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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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05TELAVIV1731SHIMON PERES TELLS CODEL REID TO LOOK AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 20, Codel Reid and Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres discussed the economic future of Israel and post-disengagement Gaza, the U.S. position on Syria and Iran, the impact of the separation barrier on the lives of Palestinians, the run-up to the budget vote in [...]
2005-03-22 16:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIR IS MNUC OREP PGOV PREF PTER SY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV1833ISRAELI DEFMIN DISCUSSES PA SECURITY PERFORMANCE
[...] (C) Summary: On March 23, 2005, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams and the Ambassador that arms smuggling continues into both Gaza and the West Bank. Despite success by Palestinian Authority (PA) secur [...]
2005-03-25 08:27:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MARR KWBG KPAL EG SY IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1854PRIME MINISTER SHARON ON PRESIDENT ABBAS' EFFORTS,
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told CoDel Pelosi March 21 that disengagement is a "pre-roadmap" step, and that real progress will depend on the ability of President Abbas and the PA to dismantle terrorist infrastructure. In his view, this has not yet happened, although Abbas has d [...]
2005-03-25 15:58:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1890WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS BEAT AND INJURE PALESTINIANS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IDF reported no security incidents in the Gaza Strip between March 25-28. UNRWA reported that Palestinian militants fired small arms at Gadid settlement and fired a mortar shell at Netzarim settlement, causing no injuries. Israeli media reported that anti-disengagement "s [...]
2005-03-28 14:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV1917WB/G SITREP: ISRAELI FORCES SHOOT AND INJURE THREE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian-made bomb detonated in the car of a prominent Gaza lawyer, injuring him lightly. Gazan militants fired on IDF positions, causing no injuries. In the West Bank, Israeli forces shot and injured three Palestinians near Hebron and Nablus. Shots we [...]
2005-03-29 12:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV1928ISRAELI MFA OFFICIALS WILL HOLD COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) Israeli MFA Director General Ron Prosor, Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs Jeremy Issacharoff, and Director for Arms Control Alon Bar will travel to China for meetings with Chinese officials on April 4-5. According to Bar, the purpose of the trip is to discuss counterterrorism [...]
2005-03-29 16:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM CH IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1956WB/G SITREP: EIGHT PALESTINIANS AND THREE PA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested eight Palestinians and three uniformed PA policemen in the West Bank March 29. Palestinians shot at IDF soldiers east of Netzarim and near Rafah March 29 in the Gaza strip, but no injuries occurred. End Summary. --------- West Bank --------- 2. (SBU) A [...]
2005-03-30 14:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2009WB/G SITREP:GAZA QUIET; IDF INJURES THREE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF shot and injured three Palestinians and arrested two others March 31 in the West Bank. Gaza remained quiet April 1, without incident. End Summary. --------- West Bank --------- 2. (SBU) ATTACKS/SECURITY: -- Deaths: Nil. -- Injuries: The IDF shot and i [...]
2005-04-01 12:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2125(S) DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TO CODEL LEVIN:
[...] (S) A senior defense intelligence (DMI) officer told Senator Levin March 31 that pre-OIF Israeli intelligence estimates of Iraqi WMD were nearly as wrong as those of the USG. GOI analysts, prior to the war, "knew" that Saddam's regime would never support al-Qaeda or any other terrorist organi [...]
2005-04-06 13:31:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPINR PREL PTER OREP IS IZ GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2135GWOT ASSESSMENT: FIGHTING TERROR AND BUILDING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Counterterrorism is central to Israel's national security priorities and is a key component of Embassy Tel Aviv's Mission Program Plan. It also plays a key role in the progress -- or lack thereof -- of the peace process. A main requirement for moving this agenda forward is fund [...]
2005-04-06 15:29:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPTER PREL IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2138(C) EILAND OUTLINES STEPS TO PREVENT
[...] (S) In a March 23 meeting with Deputy APNSA Abrams, A/S Welch, and the Ambassador, National Security Advisor Eiland sketched out "preliminary" GOI thinking about the future of Lebanon after a Syrian withdrawal. He described three scenarios for post-Syria Lebanon: democratic stability; a retur [...]
2005-04-07 05:28:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER KWBG IS LE SY COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2167RAMON UNIT BORDER POLICE -- FIGHTING HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Ramon Unit of the Border Police has interdicted weapons, human beings and drugs being smuggled across the Egyptian-Israeli border since its establishment in March 2003. Its commander told Poloff that the unit has intercepted 36 women being trafficked into Israel in each of t [...]
2005-04-08 06:02:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM SMIG ELAB PTER KWMN EG IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV2236WB/G SITREP: IDF KILLS THREE PALESTINIANS IN GAZA,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli police on April 10 arrested 31 Israeli right-wing protesters during a demonstration in the Old City of Jerusalem. Israeli police also arrested eight Palestinians during clashes in the vicinity of the Lion,s Gate entrance to the Old City the same day. Israeli police on [...]
2005-04-11 14:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2255WB/G SITREP: NINE PALESTINIANS INJURED IN WEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinians in Nablus on April 11 clashed with IDF soldiers conducting arrest operations in the city, resulting in light injuries to nine Palestinians. Palestinian gunmen on April 11 opened fire and threw stones at a Palestinian Authority (PA) police station in Hebron, followi [...]
2005-04-12 10:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2310WB/G SITREP: TWO PALESTINIAN YOUTHS INJURED IN THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: One Palestinian youth was injured critically when a stray bullet hit him in the chest in Tulkarm in the West Bank April 12. Another Palestinian youth was injured in the Balatah refugee camp in Nablus when an explosive device detonated in his hands April 12. Two mortar shells [...]
2005-04-13 15:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2329ISRAEL-PRC STRATEGIC DIALOGUE FOCUSSES ON IRAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA Director General Ron Proser (D-equivalent) led a GOI team to China April 3-5 for a strategic dialogue on arms control and terrorism issues. MFA Arms Control Director Alon Bar briefed poloff on the talks after the team's return to Israel. Bar's assessment, which track [...]
2005-04-14 10:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KNNP CH IS IR IN GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV2362WB/G SITREP: IDF KILLS AL-AQSA MILITANT IN NABLUS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF on April 14 shot and killed an al-Aqsa Martyrs, Brigades militant during an arrest operation in the Balatah refugee camp in Nablus, according to Israeli media reports. Palestinian sources, however, have termed the incident a targeted killing by the ID [...]
2005-04-14 15:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2421WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS INJURE THREE PALESTINIANS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Four Palestinians were injured and one Hamas activist was arrested in the West Bank April 14. In the Gaza Strip, Palestinians fired five rockets, two at Neve Dekalim and three at Netzarim, but no injuries resulted, according to UNRWA. The IDF reported that Palestinians shot [...]
2005-04-18 12:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2567WB/G SITREP: IDF SOLDIER STABBED IN WEST BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: An IDF soldier sustained moderate injuries after he was stabbed in the neck April 23 near Ganim settlement, east of Jenin. The IDF closed the area while in pursuit of the assailant, but no arrests have been made in connection with this attack. In the Old City of Hebron, settl [...]
2005-04-25 15:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2607WB/G SITREP: ONE IDF SOLDIER KILLED IN THE WEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: An IDF soldier died April 25 near Halhoul village, north of Hebron, after being run over by a Palestinian motorist. Other IDF soldiers at the roadblock opened fire, killing the driver, identified as Iyad al-Duwaik. An IDF investigation is ongoing; PA security sources said tha [...]
2005-04-27 05:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2655WB/G SITREP: ONE IDF SOLDIER INJURED IN GUSH KATIF
[...] (SBU) Summary: IDF troops arrested two Palestinian minors at the Jalama checkpoint, east of Jenin, April 27, whom the troops claimed were planning to carry out an attack inside Israel. Two bags loaded with explosives were found with the two youths, one of whom claimed that he was dispatched b [...]
2005-04-28 16:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2698WB/G SITREP: 28 PALESTINIANS, INCLUDING AN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Some 28 Palestinians were lightly to moderately injured in the village of Bil,in, west of Ramallah, during clashes with the IDF that erupted April 28 during protests against the construction of the separation barrier on lands belonging to village residents. Among those injured [...]
2005-04-29 16:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV277(C) SHARON AND WEISSGLAS ON KARNI TERRORIST
[...] (C) I called Dov Weissglas this afternoon and he reported on his conversation earlier today with Saeb Erekat. Weissglas told Erekat: -- All passages in and out of Gaza have been closed indefinitely. -- Without visible and serious action by the PA, all contacts between Israeli and PA offi [...]
2005-01-14 14:02:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PREL PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV2899WB/G SITREP: AL-AQSA MILITANTS AND PA POLICE CLASH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Exchanges of gunfire erupted between al-Aqsa gunmen and PA police May 9 in Jenin, after the police opened fire on an al-Aqsa leader's car when he refused to stop at a PA police checkpoint, according to PA security sources. As of 1300 hours, community leaders were working to co [...]
2005-05-09 14:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2938WB/G SITREP: THREE MORTAR SHELLS FIRED IN GAZA;
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Palestinian man was killed in Yatta village, near Hebron, on May 9, according to Palestinian sources, but the killers and motive remain unknown. PA police said that the man's death appeared to have resulted from a criminal act, but added that they are also investigating whet [...]
2005-05-10 14:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2967WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS INJURE PALESTINIAN GIRL IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Settlers in Hebron beat and lightly injured a Palestinian girl May 10. Also on May 10, the IDF arrested three Fatah activists in Zawata village, near Qalqiliya, and four Palestinians in Yatta, south of Hebron. Israeli police shut down two PA election registration centers in Ea [...]
2005-05-11 15:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2996WB/G SITREP: THREE KATYUSHA ROCKETS LAND IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli settlers beat and lightly injured an elderly Palestinian man working in fields near Salem village on May 12, and IDF soldiers arrested 22 settlers for entering Palestinian villages near Nablus the same day for a demonstration and refusing IDF orders to leave. The arres [...]
2005-05-13 14:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3127WB/G SITREP: EIGHT PALESTINIANS INJURED IN WB
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, eight Palestinians protesting against the construction of the separation barrier were wounded by the IDF near the village of Bil'in, near Ramallah, May 20, and a 14-year-old Palestinian was wounded by an explosion as he was playing in a valley near the East Je [...]
2005-05-23 14:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3152WB/G SITREP: FATAH ACTIVISTS CLASH WITH PA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 300 Fatah activists the evening of May 23 attempted to enter the Muqata'a in Ramallah in order to visit former Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Arafat's gravesite. Clashes erupted as PA security forces blocked their entrance into the compound. The Fatah activ [...]
2005-05-24 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3172WB/G SITREP: TWO WB BANK TEENS ARRESTED WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF on May 24 arrested a Palestinian teenager carrying two pipe bombs in a bag as he attempted to pass through the Huwwara checkpoint, south of Nablus. Israeli sappers later blew up the bag containing the bombs. This arrest follows a similar occurrence May 22, when a Palest [...]
2005-05-25 14:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3204WB/G SITREP: PA POLICE OFFICIAL AMBUSHED IN GAZA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the Gaza Strip, Egyptian mediators failed to resolve the conflict between Fatah and Hamas over municipal election results in several Gaza municipalities. Armed militants ambushed the convoy of PA anti-riot police chief BG Abdullah Khalil, wounding his bodyguard on the evenin [...]
2005-05-26 14:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3223ISRAEL POLICE TALK POLICY AND TACTICS TO COMBAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An Israel National Police (INP) official outlined the GOI's fight against money-laundering and other offenses during the DEA Asset Forfeiture Seminar held May 15 to 19 in Tel Aviv. The official described methods used by criminals to transfer illicit profits, and how the GOI's p [...]
2005-05-27 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV3226WB/G SITREP: PA SECURITY OFFICERS AND CIVIL POLICE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Officers from the Palestinian Authority (PA) Preventive Security Organization (PSO) and the PA civil police clashed in Ramallah on the evening of May 26 following a dispute between a PSO officer and members of the civil police. At least three civil police sustained injuries in [...]
2005-05-27 14:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3244STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar discussed the disengagement process with high-ranking Israeli military and foreign affairs officials, minister without portfolio Matan Vilnai, senior members of Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres' staff, and an opposition leader during a visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusal [...]
2005-05-31 06:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG OREP EG SY IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV331WB/G SITREP: ONE ISRAELI SHIN BET OFFICER AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: As newly elected PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas met with leaders of several armed militant factions in the Gaza Strip on January 18 at Gush Katif junction, a suicide bomber detonated explosives, killing one Shin Bet officer and wounding eight other Israelis. Hamas claimed cre [...]
2005-01-19 14:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3477WB/G SITREP: SENIOR FATAH OFFICIAL KILLED IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the family of an alleged Israeli collaborator reportedly killed a senior Fatah official and his brother in Nablus, sparking demonstrations at the Muqata,a in Ramallah. An IDF soldier and two foreign national protesters were injured near Salfit in clashes bet [...]
2005-06-06 13:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV3526WB/G SITREP: THREE QASSAMS FALL ON SDEROT, TWO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hamas militants fired five Qassam rockets into Israel the morning of June 7, three of which landed in the town of Sderot. No injuries were reported, but three Israelis were treated for shock. Also on June 7, Islamic Jihad and, according to some reports, Hamas, claimed respons [...]
2005-06-07 15:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV355WB/G SITREP: A TOTAL OF FIVE PALESTINIANS KILLED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two IDF soldiers were wounded January 19 southeast of the Erez Crossing, near Nissanit, when Palestinian militants fired an anti-tank missile at a bulldozer they were operating. A total of five Palestinians were killed and another six were injured January 19-20 in Gaza clashes [...]
2005-01-20 14:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3560WB/G SITREP: MORTAR AND ROCKET FIRE CONTINUES IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF on June 7 clashed with demonstrators protesting the construction of the separation barrier near the village of al-Ramadin, southwest of Hebron. Two protesters sustained light injuries during the protest. PA President Mahmud Abbas is scheduled on June 8 to travel to the [...]
2005-06-08 15:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3594WB/G SITREP: TWO IDF SOLDIERS AND ONE PALESTINIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian militants fired some 17 mortar rounds and rockets on Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip overnight June 8-9. Two IDF soldiers were lightly injured when a mortar struck near their outpost in the vicinity of Neve Dekalim. The barrage followed an IAF missile strike [...]
2005-06-09 14:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV382WB/G SITREP: IDF TROOPS KILL THREE PALESTINIANS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli troops shot and killed three Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including one 12-year-old boy on January 21. The IDF also shot and injured three other Palestinians in the Gaza strip January 21. End Summary. ---- Gaza ---- (SBU) ATTACKS: -- Death: Israeli media rep [...]
2005-01-21 15:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3893WB/G SITREP: IDF SWEEP ARRESTS 52 PIJ MILITANTS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested 52 PIJ activists in the West Bank on June 20, including 25 in Bethlehem and a senior PIJ leader, Ra'id al-Hijawi, in Jenin, according to PA security sources. Eight Palestinians were injured in clashes with the IDF near Yatta village, south of Hebron, in anti-b [...]
2005-06-21 15:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3955WB/G SITREP: IDF ARRESTS AT LEAST 11 WEST BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF arrested five alleged PIJ activists June 22 in and around Jenin, and six Palestinians and one foreign peace activist in anti-barrier protests in Bili'in, near Ramallah, the same day. PA security forces entered the Amari refugee camp to arrest several [...]
2005-06-23 13:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3992WB/G SITREP: AL-AQSA GUNMEN KILL ONE PA POLICEMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades gunmen killed one PA police officer, Ziad al-Bzur, during an assault on Jenin,s main police station June 23, according to PA security sources. The tension between al-Aqsa gunmen and PA police began when police arrested an al-Aqsa member for attacking [...]
2005-06-24 14:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4059AMOS GILAD ON PA POLITICS, DISENGAGEMENT PLANNING
[...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Defense Political-Military bureau head Maj. Gen. Amos Gilad told EconCouns that the high level of USG and international community actors involved in disengagement planning -- including Quartet Special Envoy (QSE) Wolfensohn, Security Coordinator Gen. Ward, and A/S We [...]
2005-06-28 11:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PTER EAID IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4107MOSSAD CHIEF ON WEAKNESS OF SYRIA, PREDICTS NO
[...] (C) Summary: Mossad Chief Meir Dagan told NEA A/S David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, and the Ambassador June 17 that, despite the weakness of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, he is unlikely to be replaced any time soon. Syria,s neighbors prefer to keep Assad in pow [...]
2005-06-29 13:24:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV PTER MNUC IR SY IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4112MFA DEMANDS EGYPT DO MORE TO PREVENT SMUGGLING
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA Director General Ron Prosor stressed to visiting NEA A/S Welch, DNSA Elliott Abrams, and the Ambassador June 17 that Egypt is doing "less than the minimum necessary" to stop smuggling along the Egyptian-Gaza border. Prosor floated the idea of allowing the Badr Brigade [...]
2005-06-29 13:36:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PTER KWBG EG JO IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4145U.S. TREASURY RECEIVES GOI BRIEF ON MONEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli officials briefed U.S. Treasury advisor Szubin and Econoff on GOI efforts against money laundering and terror finance. The police officials cited successes in fighting money launderers, seizing millions of dollars, but also noted difficulties in cooperation and informati [...]
2005-07-01 12:07:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER EFIN COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV4183WB/G SITREP: CLASHES BETWEEN FATAH AND HAMAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli Press reported that six Palestinians were injured July 4 in clashes between Fatah and Hamas activists in Bani Suhelia, east of Khan Yunis. Hamas leaders Mahmoud al-Zahar and Mushir al-Masri rejected PA Prime Minister Abu Ala'a's call to form a national unity government [...]
2005-07-05 13:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4213WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS INJURE TEN PALESTINIANS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF arrested two youths July 5 on suspicion of throwing a firebomb at an Israeli car near Nilli settlement, east of Highway 443. IDF forces demolished 17 structures in the West Bank villages of Beit Furik and Ein al-Bida, both in the Jordan valley, on Jul [...]
2005-07-06 14:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4244WB/G SITREP: ONE PALESTINIAN DEAD, FOUR INJURED IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: IDF troops shot and killed 17-year-old al-Aqsa Brigades member Ahmad Masimi and lightly injured an accomplice, Ahmad Sanakreh, on July 6 in Nablus. According to Israeli security sources, the IDF returned fire after shots were fired at several busloads of settlers who had enter [...]
2005-07-07 13:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4267WB/G SITREP: 19 PALESTINIANS INJURED IN WEST BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: A total of 19 Palestinians were lightly injured on July 7 during stone throwing clashes that erupted with the IDF during a protest against the separation barrier in the village of Immatin, near Nablus. Also in the West Bank, the IDF arrested seven PIJ militants on July 7 during [...]
2005-07-08 14:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4403ISRAELI MOD DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND GROWING NUMBER OF TERRORIST ATTACKS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-15 15:24:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KWBG KPAL PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4405IDF DEPUTY COS KAPLINSKY BRIEFS A/S WELCH ON LATEST VIOLENCE, IDF-PA SECURITY COORDINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-15 17:18:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KWBG PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4418WB/G SITREP: MORTAR, ROCKET FIRE CONTINUE IN GAZA;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Intense mortar and Qassam fire from Gaza continued through the weekend of July 16-17, easing up somewhat on July 18. On July 17, the IDF killed the Hamas military commander in Khan Yunis in a targeted killing and also killed, in a separate incident, a PIJ militant who was prep [...]
2005-07-18 16:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4482WB/G SITERP: PA-HAMAS CLASH IN GAZA AS
[...] (U) This is a joint ConGen Jerusalem/Embassy Tel Aviv cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Up to twelve Palestinians were injured in an extended PA-Hamas clash in the Gaza Strip on July 19. One Palestinian was reported dead due to IDF warning fire when a car tried to force its way through a closed Is [...]
2005-07-19 16:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4523WB/G SITREP: PA-HAMAS CLASH IN GAZA CITY FOLLOWS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite an 0100 July 20 announcement from Fatah and Hamas that they had agreed to end clashes between their forces, Hamas gunmen exchanged fire with PSO forces in Gaza City at about 0200 on July 20. Four Hamas men and one PSO officer were reported injured. Mortar, rocket and [...]
2005-07-20 12:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4613WB/G SITREP: GAZA BOY KILLED BY ROCKET THAT FELL
[...] (SBU) Summary: A homemade rocket launched at a Gaza settlement failed to hit its intended target on July 21, killing instead a Palestinian boy in Khan Yunis and wounding his brother. Only one other incident of rocket fire and only one incident of mortar fire were reported from Gaza. PA secu [...]
2005-07-22 14:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4755WB/G SITREP: EREZ CROSSING AND INDUSTRIAL ZONE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 31 the GOI opened the Erez Crossing for Palestinian merchants and the Erez Industrial Zone for Palestinian laborers, both for the first time since the July 12 suicide bombing in Netanya. Two UNDP consultants were kidnapped July 29 by a Gaza clan whose members hoped to [...]
2005-08-01 15:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4780WB/G SITREP: GUNMEN KILL PA POLICEMAN, WOUND THREE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Armed men in Gaza killed a PA police officer August 1 during an apparent kidnapping attempt. Gunmen also wounded three PA intelligence officers in Gaza City on August 1. A Palestinian died and five were wounded when an explosive device detonated overnight August 1-2 in a villa [...]
2005-08-02 15:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4799SHARON AND CHIRAC'S PARIS HONEYMOON: DOWNPLAYING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an August 2 meeting, French Charge d'Affaires Christophe Bigot told the DCM that Prime Minister Sharon and French President Jacques Chirac agreed in advance to downplay their differences on peace-process issues and instead focus on enhancing bilateral relations during Sharon' [...]
2005-08-03 11:38:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MNUC FR IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4804WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN CHILD KILLED BY QASSAM IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: One child was killed and up to eleven other Palestinians injured when a Qassam aimed at Sderot landed in Beit Hanoun. Elsewhere in Gaza, former Palestinian prisoners occupied two Palestinian Authority (PA) buildings in Rafah. In the West Bank, Israeli authorities arrested 25 [...]
2005-08-03 14:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4831WB/G SITREP: THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS RALLY IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF reported one mortar attack and five shooting incidents in Gaza overnight with no injuries. Israeli police and army units arrested up to 200 protesters attempting to infiltrate into Gaza. According to UNRWA, some 15,000 Palestinians held a rally outside the Palestinian [...]
2005-08-04 16:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG KPAL PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4842ISRAELI-ARAB LEADERS BLAME JEWISH EXTREMIST'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI quickly spun into action to contain a potentially volatile atmosphere in Israeli-Arab communities after the August 4 shooting attack by an extremist Jewish settler on a bus in the Arab city of Shfaram that killed four Israeli Arabs. Prime Minister Sharon called the attack [...]
2005-08-05 12:58:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV4861WB/G SITREP: IDF SOLDIER KILLS FIVE ISRAELI ARABS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A religious, right-wing IDF soldier, who had been AWOL for a month, killed four Israeli Arabs on a bus in the north of Israel on August 4, before a crowd killed him (septel). IDF soldiers overnight killed three Palestinians who approached the Gush Katif settlement, reportedly w [...]
2005-08-05 15:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4883CODEL KING'S MEETING WITH GOI SECURITY MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Codel King met with Minister of Public Security Gideon Ezra where discussions focused on disengagement, anti-disengagement protests, and related security concerns. Ezra stressed the importance of intelligence gathering and sharing as a necessary tool in combating terrorism, both [...]
2005-08-08 14:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5009(SBU) THE ARREST OF SAADIA HERSHKOP: A
[...] SUMMARY: The well-publicized arrest of Saadia Hershkop (DPOB:04-Mar-1987 NY) provides a window into the measures the Government of Israel is willing to take to ensure that Disengagement moves forward, the treatment American citizens may receive if arrested as part of anti-Disengagement activi [...]
2005-08-12 13:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDCASC GZ KPAL PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI SOCIETY ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV5019GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: GEN. DANGOTT UPDATES
[...] (C) DEFMIN Mofaz's Military Adviser, General Eitan Dangott, updated Ambassador August 12 on status of ongoing GOI-Palestinian negotiations on post-disengagement issues, including the disposition of settler housing, the degree of authority for Gaza, improvement in passages, the Gaza disputed bo [...]
2005-08-12 16:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EAID KWBG KPAL PREL MARR PTER IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV51WB/G SITREP: SEVEN DEAD, SIX WOUNDED IN BAYT
[...] (SBU) Summary: IDF tank fire killed at least seven Palestinians and injured six more January 5 in Bayt Lahiya, as IDF soldiers attempted to target militants launching rockets at Israeli settler targets. One Israeli child was lightly wounded January 4 when Palestinian militants fired mortars [...]
2005-01-04 16:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV5103(S) ISRAELI MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: GOI
[...] (S) Summary: Chief of Israeli Military Intelligence Aharon Ze'evi Farkash told A/S Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer August 16 that he was surprised by U.S. media reports on a U.S. National Intelligence Estimate that Iran could build its first nuclear weapon only by 2015. He noted that recent U.S. [...]
2005-08-18 07:49:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETKPAL KWBG PREF PTER EG IR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV5219IDF DEPUTY COS KAPLINSKY UPDATES A/S WELCH ON
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 22 meeting, IDF Deputy Chief of Staff MG Moshe Kaplinsky told Assistant Secretary Welch, the Ambassador, and Security Coordinator General Ward that disengagement is proceeding ahead of schedule. Kaplinsky praised ongoing GOI-PA security coordination and expressed hop [...]
2005-08-24 05:48:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5233GOI'S EFFORTS AGAINST TERROR FINANCE IN GAZA; GOI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA and NSC officials briefed econoff and poloff August 11 on the GOI's post-disengagement efforts against terror finance in Gaza. An Israeli National Security Council official said an alternative to the Hamas social service network in Gaza, operated by the Palestinian Authority [...]
2005-08-24 14:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN EFIN PREL COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5515DISENGAGEMENT: GAZA BUSINESSMEN BOTH HOPEFUL AND
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, nine businessmen from the Gaza Strip stressed that freedom of movement for people and goods was essential to achieving economic prosperity after disengagement. They claimed that the GOI's proposal for a trilateral border crossing at Ke [...]
2005-09-07 10:54:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON KPAL EINV EAID IS PTER GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5575ORGANIZED CRIME AND NARCOTICS TRADE IN ISRAEL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: According to an Israeli law enforcement official, all categories of criminal activity are on the rise. The illegal drug trade, organized crime, murder, and extortion present major challenges to the Israeli police. While countries in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and South Americ [...]
2005-09-09 13:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PTER EFIN ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV571WB/G SITREP: IDF ARRESTS FIVE PALESTINIANS IN THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the absence of incursions or demolitions in the Gaza strip, the IDF accidentally shot and killed a 10 year-old girl and wounded another 7 year-old Palestinian child in Rafah January 31. As many as 32 Palestinians, including passersby, were injured in violent clashes th [...]
2005-01-31 17:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV583WB/G SITREP: MILITANTS FIRE 12 MORTAR SHELLS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the Gaza Strip, IDF fire reportedly injured one Palestinian in the Rafah refugee camp. According to the IDF, Hamas militants fired 12 mortar shells at various locations throughout the Strip in response to the January 31 shooting of a Palestinian girl in Rafah, an incidicent [...]
2005-02-01 10:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV5905SHARON ADVISOR TOURGEMAN ON CONTACTS WITH THE PA
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador on September 27, Prime Minister Sharon's foreign policy adviser, Shalom Tourgeman, stressed the importance of the political process with the Palestinians. He said the GOI is preparing a list of possible steps to assist PA President Mahmud Abba [...]
2005-09-30 03:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6084KIDNAPPING OF KNIGHT RIDDER JOURNALISTS
[...] (C) The October 12 kidnapping of an American reporter, Dion Nissenbaum, and a British photographer, Adam Pletts, near Khan Yunis is symptomatic of the lawlessness that prevails in the Gaza Strip, according to Embassy Fatah contacts in Gaza. An influential Fatah-affiliated lawyer in Gaza City [...]
2005-10-14 16:16:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG KPAL PGOV PINS PTER US UK GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6133ISRAELI COUNTER-TERRORISM OFFICIALS MEET WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli MFA and NSC officials briefed staffers from the U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on the GOI's efforts against terrorism and terrorism finance. MFA officials stressed the importance of the U.S. role in urging European nations to designate Hizballah [...]
2005-10-20 04:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER EFIN KTFN PREL COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV6228SHARON STAYS HIS COURSE FOLLOWING HADERA BOMBING
[...] (C) Summary: The October 26 suicide bombing of the Hadera market by Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) that claimed the lives of five Israelis and wounded 20 has resulted in a cycle of violence that -- barring significant additional casualties -- experience indicates will be short-term. As it h [...]
2005-10-28 17:01:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6262UNTSO HEAD MGEN LILLEY SAYS PKO CAN LEAVE WHEN
[...] (C) United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) Chief of Staff Major General (MGEN) Clive Lilley briefed Ambassador Jones October 27 on UNTSO's mission in Israel and the region, noting how it supports UN peacekeeping operations in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and Syria (UNDOF),and that its missi [...]
2005-11-01 14:50:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR PGOV PTER LE SY EG IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV649WB/G SITREP: ISRAELI POLICEMAN INJURED AND FIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: An Israeli policeman in the Old City was injured trying to prevent Jewish youth from stoning Arabs, and eight international activists were injured while protesting construction of the separation barrier, on February 1. Five Palestinians were arrested by the IDF in the West Ban [...]
2005-02-02 14:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV651WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN YOUTH WOUNDED BY IDF
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, a Palestinian was shot and wounded by IDF soldiers during stone-throwing skirmishes near the village of Burqa south of Jenin. Two Palestinian youths were injured during stone-throwing clashes with the IDF in Nablus. Four Palestinians were arrested in various [...]
2005-02-03 14:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV653WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN YOUTH WOUNDED BY IDF
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, a Palestinian was shot and wounded by IDF soldiers during stone-throwing skirmishes near the village of Burqa south of Jenin. Two Palestinian youths were injured during stone-throwing clashes with the IDF in Nablus. Four Palestinians were arrested in various [...]
2005-02-03 14:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV6552AMIR PERETZ: NOT YET READY FOR PRIME TIME?
[...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz told DAS Danin November 18 that he will focus his upcoming election campaign on socio-economic issues, rather than on peace and security. He stressed the importance of the Labor Party serving as a real opposition party and added tha [...]
2005-11-18 10:48:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL KWBG KPAL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6578ISRAELI NSC CHIEF: GOI "ALONE" IN CONFRONTING
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Council (NSC) Chairman Giora Eiland told Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) on November 14 that the GOI feels "alone" in opposing any Hamas participation in the January 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. The GOI felt obliged to state publicly [...]
2005-11-21 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6580LIVNI PONDERS LIKUD INTERNAL POLITICS AND HAMAS'
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-21 12:08:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG PTER IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6606UNSCO DE SOTO URGING ISRAELIS TO TURN OVER
[...] (C) In a discussion about recent Hizballah-IDF clashes along the Israel-Lebanon border, UN Special Coordinator (UNSCO) Alvara de Soto told the Ambassador at mid-day November 22 that: -- he has helped to broker a "fragile cease-fire" that has led to a momentary calm along the Israel-Lebanon b [...]
2005-11-22 13:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MARR PTER PBTS MOPS PINS KPKO LE COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6626U.S. TREASURY DISCUSSES WITH GOI ESTABLISHMENT OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli military intelligence officials headed by Brigidier-General Kuperwasser met with Treasury policy advisor Lebenson, Post's Defense Attach and econoff to discuss a U.S. Treasury initiative to establish a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) or Financial Follow-up Unit (FFU),a [...]
2005-11-23 12:23:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV6628ISRAELI NSA EILAND ON HAMAS IN ELECTIONS, PEACE
[...] (C) Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland told NEA DAS Robert Danin November 18 that Hamas will continue to honor the tadiyah ("calm") as long as it believes it serves its interests. Eiland said the calm could be extended through Israeli general elections scheduled for March 2006, or [...]
2005-11-23 12:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV PINS PREF PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV6751SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR BROOKS' DECEMBER 6-9
[...] (C) Mr. Ambassador: Your visit to Israel will be taking place at a time when Israel's domestic political situation is in flux and progress is being made on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Anxiety in Israel is high about Iran and its nuclear weapons program, political instability in Syria and [...]
2005-12-02 12:38:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV PTER EAID ENRG ETTC MASS OTRA PARM TRGY TSPL GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6798ISRAELI MOD DG TOREN ON NOVEMBER 14 AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Israeli MOD Director General Jacob Toren told the Ambassador December 5, only hours after the deadly Netanya suicide bombing, that his people are sparing no effort to implement their undertakings vis-a-vis the Palestinians per the November 14 agreement brokered by Secretary Rice. Toren co [...]
2005-12-06 17:18:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM MARR MASS KPAL KWBG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6799SHALOM OUTLINES GOI REACTION TO ATTACK, BLAMES PA
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told the Ambassador December 6 that in response to the December 5 Netanya terrorist attack, the Security Cabinet decided to cancel special travel privileges for Palestinian VIPs, to resume targeted killings, and to combat terrorism and arms smugglin [...]
2005-12-06 17:28:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6846LABOR MK HERZOG: "SHARON STOLE HANEGBI," AND MORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Labor MK and former Housing Minister Isaac (Itzchak) Herzog discussed the ever-evolving Israeli political scene, including then breaking news that acting Likud Party Chairman and Minister-without-Portfolio Tzachi Hanegbi had decided [...]
2005-12-08 11:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6875MOFAZ TELLS A/S WELCH HE WILL SHUT KARNI, EREZ IF
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador December 9 that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has done nothing to implement the Agreement on Movement and Access since both sides met with the Secretary November 15. He underscored repeatedly that security conce [...]
2005-12-10 15:44:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EG IS SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6876GILAD TELLS A/S WELCH PA ACTION AGAINST PIJ AND
[...] (S) Summary: In a December 9 meeting after that with Defense Minister Mofaz (septel),MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad told A/S Welch, the Ambassador, and Col. Dugger (USSC) that he is concerned that Fatah is replacing its "old guard" with extremists. He assessed that if this trend continues, [...]
2005-12-10 15:52:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPGOV PINS PTER KWBG KPAL IS JO LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV7003ISRAEL: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy Tel Aviv submits the following proposed draft for the Israel section of the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. This draft has been cleared with ConGen Jerusalem, which is producing a report on the Palestinian Authority (septel). ------------------ GENERAL ASS [...]
2005-12-19 13:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC COUNTERTERRORISM GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV7030NNSA ADMINISTRATOR BROOKS' DECEMBER 6-9 VISIT TO
[...] (U) Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security/Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Linton Brooks visited Israel December 6-9 for a series of discussions of ongoing cooperation between NNSA and the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC). IAEC Director Gene [...]
2005-12-21 13:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL OTRA ENRG KNNP PARM PINR PGOV PTER EAID TRGY TSPL IR IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV711WB/G SITREP: PIJ AND AAMB INJURE FOUR IDF
[...] (SBU) In the West Bank on February 3, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades wounded four IDF soldiers in a shooting attack south of Hebron. Eight international activists were lightly injured in clashes with the IDF when protesting the construction of the seamline barrie [...]
2005-02-04 13:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV7112ISRAELI DEBRIEF ON KATYUSHA ATTACK ON KIRYAT
[...] (S) Israeli MFA and MOD sources provided Embassy with details concerning the December 27 Katyusha attack from Lebanon on northern Israel. At 2309 local time, Israeli forces reported three explosions in northern Israel, but the debris has not been located to date. MOD contacts said several r [...]
2005-12-30 15:54:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINS MOPS PTER LE IS KPAL KPKO SY GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV73WB/G SITREP: EIGHT ARRESTED IN WEST BANK; IN GAZA,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Violence continued in Gaza January 4-5 with 11-12 IDF soldiers reportedly injured by Qassam rocket attacks and eight Palestinians, including six members of the same family and one militant, killed by Israeli gunfire. In the West Bank, eight Palestinians were arrested, including [...]
2005-01-05 15:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV76NASSER YUSIF ON POSSIBLE SECURITY ROLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: National Security Force BG Nasser Yusif told poloffs recently that, if called upon to join an Abu Mazen government as interior minister, he would bring the green-uniform public security forces, Force 17, and the naval or coastal police under his personal operational control, an [...]
2005-01-05 16:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PREL PTER ASEC GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV886WB/G SITREP: FEBRUARY 14, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL)
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian militants launched three shooting attacks at IDF and Israeli settler targets February 11-14, including one in which militants fired on Israeli laborers who were putting up a fence along the Kissufim Road. No injuries were reported. The GOI agreed February 14 to th [...]
2005-02-14 15:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV916WB/G SITREP: FEBRUARY 15, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL)
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Palestinian driver said that an Israeli car fired shots at his vehicle north of Nablus on February 14, damaging his vehicle but causing no injuries. The IDF arrested a total of eight Palestinians throughout the West Bank February 14-15. In Gaza, unknown assailants opened fi [...]
2005-02-15 14:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV946WB/G SITREP: TWO AL-AQSA MILITANTS AND A
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF shot and killed two Al-Aqsa militants in the West Bank, while an Israeli settler killed a 15-year-old Palesinian in Ramallah. In Gaza, militants fired mortar shells at Morag and Neve Dekalim. No injuries were reported in either attack. End Summary. --------- West [...]
2005-02-16 15:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV969WB/G SITREP: FEBRUARY 17, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL)
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 16, settlers west of Hebron attacked a group of Amcit (Christian Peacemakers) and Italian peace activists who were escorting Palestinian shepherds grazing animals, beating up and injuring two activists, according to humanitarian NGOs. PA Labor Minister Ghassan Khat [...]
2005-02-17 12:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05THEHAGUE161NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR JAN 31 FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. and EU need to agree to disagree on China and prepare a soft landing for the transatlantic relationship after the inevitable lift of the China arms embargo, Jaap Werner (MFA, Political Director) and Bahia Tahzib (MFA Deputy European Correspondent) told Poloff during di [...]
2005-01-21 15:32:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH NL EUN
05THEHAGUE164NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR JAN 31 FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. and EU need to agree to disagree on China and prepare a soft landing for the transatlantic relationship after the inevitable lift of the China arms embargo, Jaap Werner (MFA, Political Director) and Bahia Tahzib (MFA Deputy European Correspondent) told Poloff during di [...]
2005-01-21 16:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH NL EUN
05THEHAGUE1965COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-13 10:15:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPTER NL UNGA
05THEHAGUE2126NETHERLANDS/UZBEKISTAN: MORE ON DENIED DUTCH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-03 05:52:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PINS PREL PTER UZ NL
05THEHAGUE2309AMBASSADOR’S PARTING THOUGHTS ON TAKING THE DUTCH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: With the EU divided and its direction uncertain, the Dutch serve as a vital transatlantic anchor in Europe. As one of the original six EU members, the Dutch ally with the British to counter Franco-German efforts to steer Europe off a transatlantic course. The Netherlands' solid Europea [...]
2005-08-22 17:01:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID NL EUN USUN
05THEHAGUE2427NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: NO PLANS TO MEET AT UNGA
[...] (S) On September 7, POLCOUNS delivered reftel points separately to Tessa Terpstra (Acting Syria/Lebanon Desk Officer, Dutch MFA) and Karel van Kesteren (Director of the MFA's Department of UN and International Financial Organizations Affairs.) POLCOUNS also asked directly whether the Dutch an [...]
2005-09-07 11:38:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV PTER SY NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2444NETHERLANDS/UIGHURS: DUTCH WANT UNHCR INVOLVEMENT
[...] (C) On September 2, POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche regarding the possible resettlement of 15 Uighur detainees from Guantanamo to Anneke Adema, Head of the Dutch MFA's Office of Human Rights Affairs. Adema said that she would circulate the request to the relevant Dutch ministries and provi [...]
2005-09-08 13:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR MOPS KAWC NL
05THEHAGUE2557NEW DUTCH MFA SECTION: TERRORISM AND NEW THREATS
[...] (SBU) The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has created a "Terrorism and New Threats" unit within the Department of Political Affairs. According to Fred Olthof, the newly-designated head of the unit, the reorganization is intended to consolidate into one office several counter-terroris [...]
2005-09-20 16:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER NL
05THEHAGUE2599THE DUTCH MUSLIM COMMUNITY: A PRIMER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Muslim community in the Netherlands is the second largest in Europe as a percentage of total population (5.8 percent). It is also one of the least-well integrated and most alienated, and according to polls looks less favorably on the United States than Muslim communities elsewher [...]
2005-09-27 08:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KISL NL KPAO
05THEHAGUE2648 DUTCH COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION
[...] SUMMARY: Since the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, the Dutch have steadily constructed a solid framework of counter-terrorism (CT) laws. The Netherlands has ratified and implemented all UN conventions and protocols on terrorism as well as all legal instruments in the Eu [...]
2005-09-30 15:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PINS PGOV NL KPRP
05THEHAGUE2651THE NETHERLANDS: COMBATING EXTREMISM THROUGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GONL is fully trying at the national and local levels to combat Islamic extremism on Dutch soil. The government's approach involves a two-pronged effort. First, the Dutch are promoting social integration in order to shrink the pool of potential recruits for extremist groups. Se [...]
2005-09-30 16:10:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL NL
05THEHAGUE2705ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IN THE NETHERLANDS
[...] (S) This cable responds to ref a request for information on Islamic Extremism in the Netherlands. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Within the relatively large Dutch Muslim Community, Islamic Extremism represents a worrisome and growing trend. Dutch security and intelligence services estimate that about 5 p [...]
2005-10-06 17:12:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PTER PGOV SOCI ASEC KISL NL
05THEHAGUE2793DUTCH ARREST SEVEN IN COUNTER-TERRORISM RAI...
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the largest single counter-terrorism action in the Netherlands since the 9/11 attacks, a newly formed rapid intervention team arrested six men and one woman in The Hague, Amsterdam and Almere on October 14. Among those arrested were Jermaine Walters, the brother of (American) H [...]
2005-10-14 18:04:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PINS PGOV PREL NL KPRP
05THEHAGUE2802NETHERLANDS/PKK: DUTCH DEMARCHED ON COMBATTING
[...] (S) POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche on reducing European support to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to Pim Dumore, Director of the Dutch MFA's Political Affairs Department, on October 13. On October 14, POLCOUNS followed up with Fred Olthof, Director of the Dutch MFA's Office of New Thr [...]
2005-10-17 15:46:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPTER PREL PINR EFIN KCRM TU NL
05THEHAGUE2850PROSECUTORS ON DUTCH TERROR ARRESTS
[...] (C) Summary. Dutch prosecutors responsible for terrorist cases confirmed during an October 17 lunch that the timing of the arrests of seven terror suspects on October 14 was driven by intelligence information indicating the threat of an imminent attack; they did not provide details on the s [...]
2005-10-20 15:05:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PTER NL KPRP
05THEHAGUE2898 DUTCH IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Dutch Minister for Immigration and Integration Rita Verdonk reiterated to Charge her strong interest in visiting the U.S. Verdonk said she was interested in a program that covered both the immigration and integration sides of her portfolio. She suggested a January 2006 timefr [...]
2005-10-25 15:45:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CASC CVIS PTER PGOV NL
05THEHAGUE2912ROTTERDAM VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Summary. The sprawling port of Rotterdam and its substantial petroleum refining and storage facilities is critical to the European economy. The Dutch government considers the port one of seven "critical infrastructure" sectors in the Netherlands, and considerable public and private secto [...]
2005-10-26 15:30:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC KHLS
05THEHAGUE2948NETHERLANDS/EXTREMISM: ONE YEAR AFTER VAN GOGH,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly one year after the murder of controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by Islamic extremist Mohammed Bouyeri, the GONL is still struggling to craft a strategy to address rising radicalization of its large and disenfranchised Muslim population. An October 26 conference i [...]
2005-10-28 17:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINR PINS PGOV PREL NL KPRP
05THEHAGUE3008NETHERLANDS/EXTREMISM: MOHAMMAD B'S NEIGHBORHOOD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-04 10:09:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KISL NL KPAO
05THEHAGUE3064NETHERLANDS/PARIS RIOTS: COULD IT HAPPEN HERE?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are concerned that riots similar to those in France are unlikely, but could erupt in the Netherlands given a dramatic trigger event, especially between police and Muslim youth. Embassy contacts emphasized that differences between the French and Dutch immigrant communities and [...]
2005-11-10 14:13:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKISL NL PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL SOCI KPAO
05THEHAGUE3069ONE YEAR AFTER MURDER OF THEO VAN GOGH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first anniversary of the murder of Theo van Gogh passed with lightly attended memorial events, but the most durable memorial is a heated and constant discussion in the government, the press and on the streets about integration, Islam, immigrants, and terrorism. END SUMMARY. 2. [...]
2005-11-10 15:57:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KISL NL KPAO
05THEHAGUE3109NETHERLANDS/COLOMBIA: SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE OAS
[...] (U) The Dutch plan to continue, and perhaps increase, their contribution to the OAS Mission in Colombia. On November 17, Dimitri Vogelaar (Venezuela Desk Officer, MFA) shared this information with POLOFF in response to ref A points. 2. (C) FM Bot's recent visit to Bogota has renewed Dutch [...]
2005-11-17 14:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID NL CO
05THEHAGUE3144DUTCH DEMARCHE ON SECRET PRISONS, CIA PLANES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made a formal request for information regarding recent news reports of secret USG prisons and CIA-contracted planes landing at Dutch airports. Both issues have figured prominently in the Dutch press in recent weeks and promise to be topic [...]
2005-11-23 06:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER NL CIA
05THEHAGUE33382005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] The following is Embassy The Hague's submission of Part II of the 2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Embassy Point of Contact for this report is Deputy TFCO/Econoff Karen Enstrom at enstromkl@state.gov. As requested reftel, Post will [...]
2005-12-16 13:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER ETTC NL
05THEHAGUE3340KEY MUSLIM ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Muslim community in the Netherlands boasts an array of organizations claiming to represent Muslim interests. The Dutch media and government frequently look to spokesmen from these groups to express "Muslim" views on integration initiatives and other matters. Some post con [...]
2005-12-16 15:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KISL KPAO
05THEHAGUE3342TERRORISM FINANCING: OP-ED PLACEMENT IN DUTCH PAPER
[...] The Financieele Dagblad (the Netherlands' equivalent to the Wall Street Journal) is interested in running the Op-Ed provided reftel. However, the paper's editors have suggested some changes to the text, which Post has forwarded to EB/ESC/TFS for approval. 2. ACTION REQUESTED: Post reque [...]
2005-12-16 16:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL NL EUN
05THEHAGUE3406TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT -- DUTCH RESPONSE
[...] (S) On December 23, Post delivered reftel points concerning the USG intention to amend its previous designation of Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LET) to Eric Ligthart, Deputy Director, Financial Integrity Department, Dutch Ministry of Finance (MOF). The MOF will forward the information provided to the [...]
2005-12-28 16:13:00Embassy The HagueSECRETKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS NL EUN
05THEHAGUE423NETHERLANDS/HIZBALLAH - DUTCH SUPPORT DESIGNATION
[...] (C) Jules Gerzon (MFA, Office of Political Affairs) confirmed that the Netherlands supports designating Hizballah as a terrorist organization at the February 16 meeting of the EU Clearinghouse. Dutch efforts to lobby EU Member States have had a mixed reaction, he added, noting that some stat [...]
2005-02-14 12:57:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC PTER EFIN NL EUN
05THEHAGUE540VENEZUELA/NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA'S
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Dimitri Vogelaar, MFA Venezuela/Colombia/Peru Desk officer on February 25. Vogelaar said that the EU Heads of Mission (HOMs) in Caracas had discussed this issue in preparation for the March 8 COLAT meeting in Brussels and concluded that it was not an issue [...]
2005-02-28 12:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL VE CO NL
05TOKYO1440FOURTH U.S.-JAPAN COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) Summary. Following brief opening remarks by CTWG co-chairs, Political Section Deputy Reynolds and MOFA International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Director Shinsuke Shimizu, Cabinet Secretariat Assistant Counselor Hiroyuki Yamaya kicked off the fourth U.S.-Japan Counterterrorism [...]
2005-03-11 08:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS ETTC KVPR KFRD PTER SENV JA
05TORONTO2601VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER
[...] Summary. Post held its monthly Terrorist Lookout Committee meeting 28 SEPTEMBER 2005 in accordance with reftel A) and Section 304 of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002. 2. Participants: CG, CONOFF, POL/ECON, FPM, RSO, ATF, FBI, DHS/ICE, DHS/Pearson. 3. Terror [...]
2005-10-03 12:08:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KVPR CVIS KCRM CA CMGT PINR PREL ASEC
05TORONTO2838Bringing Order to the Border: The Niagara
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a ConGen Toronto-hosted October 13, 2005, dinner meeting in Toronto, border and law enforcement officials from the Buffalo/Niagara region expressed pride in the continued effectiveness of cross- border cooperation in combating transnational crime. The guests, which also incl [...]
2005-10-31 08:46:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PBTS PTER PINR KPAO PREL CA
05TORONTO2907 Monthly Visas VIPER report OCTOBER 2005,
[...] Summary. Post held its monthly Terrorist Lookout Committee meeting 02 NOVEMBER 2005 in accordance with reftel A) and Section 304 of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002. 2. Participants: ACG, CONOFF, POL/ECON, FPM, RSO, FBI, DHS/ICE, Secret Service. 3. Terroris [...]
2005-11-04 10:00:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KVPR CVIS KCRM CA CMGT PINR PREL ASEC
05TRIPOLI209LIBYANS PLEASED WITH SAUDI DECISION
[...] (C) August 10 COM spoke at some length with Ambassador to the UK Mohammad al-Zway and his colleagues about the Saudi decision to pardon and expel three Libyans accused of an assassination plot again then-Crown Prince Abdullah (reftel). Zway had just returned from Sirte; he flew there August 8 [...]
2005-08-15 07:30:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPGOV PREL PTER LY SA
05TRIPOLI221SENATOR LUGAR'S MEETING WITH QADHAFI AUGUST 20
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a conversation with Senator Lugar on August 20, Colonel Qadhafi complained that Libya had not been properly recognized and rewarded for its decisions on WMD. He suggested that the most appropriate "rewards" would be defensive weapons to protect the country against the threa [...]
2005-08-31 14:10:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPGOV PTER PHUM LY BU
05TRIPOLI243LIBYA SENDS OFFICIAL DELEGATION TO BAGHDAD TO EXPAND TIES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-27 14:52:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IZ LY
05TRIPOLI285GUANTANOMO DETAINEES: LIBYANS PROVIDE DIPNOTE RESPONSE
[...] (S) We received a draft MOU in response to reftel dip note regarding the proposed transfer of Libyan national, Abdul Rauf Omar Mohammed Abu Al Qusin,also known as Abu Abdul Rauf Zalita to the exclusive custody and control of the Government of Libya, under circumstances satisfactorily confirmed [...]
2005-11-30 07:38:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPREL PTER KAWC LY
05TUNIS1442VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY 2005
[...] Post's Visa Viper Committee met on Friday, July 1, 2005. The Ambassador chaired the meeting, which was attended by Consular, Pol/Econ, ODC, DAO, ORA, Public Affairs, Management, FSI Arabic language field school, and MEPI representatives. We reviewed the recently disseminated revised procedures [...]
2005-07-01 15:17:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT TS
05TUNIS1503BEN ALI CONDEMNS LONDON BOMBINGS
[...] (U) All major press July 8 carried President Ben Ali's message to Britain's Queen Elizabeth and PM Blair, in which he "condemned the odious crime" which had resulted in horrible damage and loss of life, and "expressed Tunisia's sympathy for the United Kingdom, the families of the victims and [...]
2005-07-08 14:22:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER TS
05VIENNA1075TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO.2: AUSTRIAN
[...] (C) Following is keyed to information requested in reftel: A) Amount of assets frozen, forfeited or seized by host government pursuant to UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and 1373; the legal authority under which the action was taken; and what additional domestic actions have been taken against the d [...]
2005-04-04 11:01:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALKTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS AU
05VIENNA1103VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-05 11:29:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU
05VIENNA1186LIGHTER BAN DEMARCHE - FOLLOW UP
[...] Post conveyed reftel B demarche on March 11 to Manfred Bialonczyk, Head of the Aviation and Navigation Office in the Federal Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology, and to Alois Kraut, Head of the Transport and Telecommunication Unit in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Neither [...]
2005-04-12 11:18:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER AU
05VIENNA1221TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-HIYARI DESIGNATION -
[...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted Bilal AL- HIYARI designation (List 69) demarche on April 13 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Birgit Ertl, money laundering and terrorism financing coordinator in Lejsek's offi [...]
2005-04-14 08:43:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN
05VIENNA1222TERRORISM FINANCE: LET SUBMISSION - DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Per ref A instructions, Post submitted LET submission to 1267 Committee on April 13 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Birgit Ertl, money laundering and terrorism financing coordinator in Lejsek's office. Post also s [...]
2005-04-14 08:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN
05VIENNA1224GWOT ASSESSMENT: POST FEEDBACK: VIENNA
[...] (S) Summary: Austria contributes constructively to the fight against terrorism. Austria is training and equipping Iraqi police, it has been an ally against terrorist financing, and it leads major programs to strengthen border policing in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Austria is currentl [...]
2005-04-14 09:12:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPTER PREL AU
05VIENNA1340LIGHTER BAN DEMARCHE - AUSTRIAN REACTION
[...] This message includes a request for guidance in paragraph 3. 2. On April 21, Manfred Bialonczyk, Civil Aviation Director General in the Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology, told us that the GoA is taking a pragmatic view of the lighter ban and accepts the ban of lighter [...]
2005-04-21 14:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER AU
05VIENNA1438AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
[...] (U) On April 25, we conveyed reftel talking points to appropriate offices in the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. DAO will present talking points to the Ministry of Defense at earliest opportunity. 2. (SBU) On May 2, EconPol Unit Chief followed up with Hubert Hrabcik, [...]
2005-05-02 16:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PREL PTER AU WHO
05VIENNA1439EXTENSION OF TRAINERS AT JORDAN INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Political-Economic Counselor and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on April 28 to the Bilateral Affairs Director at the Interior Ministry (MoI),Brigadier General Kurt Hager. Hager noted that any foreign deployment, including to the Amman police academy, required a Counci [...]
2005-05-03 05:52:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS MARR MCAP PGOV PINR PINS PTER SNAR SOCI AU
05VIENNA1447VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-03 11:42:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU
05VIENNA1464TERRORIST FINANCE: JI-3 PRENOTIFICATION TO
[...] (C) On May 4, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points, background paper, and names to Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance. Ertl promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of Interior, Financi [...]
2005-05-04 14:31:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER ETTC PREL ADPM AU KFTN
05VIENNA1470TERRORIST FINANCE: ELEHSSAN DESIGNATION DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) On May 6, post conveyed reftel name, background paper, and talking points to Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance. Ertl promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of Interior, Financial Market A [...]
2005-05-06 09:55:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER ETTC PREL AU KFTN
05VIENNA1635TERRORIST FINANCE: IJG PRENOTIFICATION DELIVERED
[...] (S) On May 17, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel name, background paper, and talking points to Peter Maerschalk, Deputy Director of the Financial Markets Unit in the Ministry of Finance. Maerschalk promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Minist [...]
2005-05-18 12:54:00Embassy ViennaSECRETEFIN PTER ETTC PREL AU KFTN
05VIENNA175DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON JANUARY 31 EU FOREIGN
[...] (U) EconPolCouns met with Foriegn Ministry EU Affaris director Werner Almhofer on January 21 to present reftel points. Almhofer made the following substantive replies: 2. (SBU) Tsunami: Almhofer expressed some frustration with the European public's dissatisfaction with the response of t [...]
2005-01-21 14:17:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH AU EUN
05VIENNA2244VISAS VIPER MAY 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT:
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-05 13:26:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA2313LONDON BOMBINGS: AUSTRIANS EXPRESS SOLIDARITY:
[...] Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel has declared Austria's solidarity for the United Kingdom and sympathy for the victims of the July 7 bombings in London. "Europe will not be intimidated. It will close ranks," he declared. President Heinz Fischer expressed shock and outrage, calling the attacks [...]
2005-07-08 15:02:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV AU
05VIENNA2327UPDATE ON EXTENDING THE MANDATE OF AUSTRIAN
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns and Poloff met on July 11 with Brigadier Kurt Hager, the Austrian Interior Ministry's Director of Bilateral Affairs. We asked for an update on Hager's efforts to secure an extension of the mandate of Austria's police trainers at the Iraqi Police Academy in Amman through th [...]
2005-07-11 14:02:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER KCRM MARR SOCI SNAR AU
05VIENNA2336TERRORIST FINANCE: NASCO AMENDMENT PRENOTIFICATION
[...] (S) On July 11, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points, background paper, and entity name to Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance. Ertl promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of Interior, [...]
2005-07-12 08:43:00Embassy ViennaSECRETKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL AU
05VIENNA2347AUSTRIA SUPPORTS CONCLUSION OF COMPREHENSIVE
[...] EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on July 12 to Helmut Tichy, the DAS-level head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Legal Division. Tichy's deputy, Michael Postl, is Austria's negotiator on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terorrism (CCIT). 2. Tichy said Austria suppor [...]
2005-07-12 15:32:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER AU UNGA
05VIENNA2412TERRORISM FINANCE: MOVEMENT FOR ISLAMIC REFORM
[...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (MIRA; List 70T) designation demarche on July 18 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Anelika Schloegel, money laundering and terrorism f [...]
2005-07-18 14:29:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN
05VIENNA2437DEBATE ON AUSTRIAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY
[...] (U) In the aftermath of the London terror attacks, public debate in Austria has focused on the situation of its Muslim community. Interior Ministry officials stress that there are only a few radical elements in the community and that the GoA is closely monitoring extremist elements. The off [...]
2005-07-20 10:54:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA2604VISAS VIPER JULY 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT:
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-03 11:29:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA2698 CENTRAL EUROPEAN INTERIOR MINISTERS PLEDGE TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At the annual meeting of the "Salzburg Forum" (an informal conference of Central European Interior Ministers) Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Romania pledged to strengthen police cooperation against organized crime, corruption, and [...]
2005-08-11 09:43:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KCOR KCRM SMIG EZ HU PL LO SI RO BU AU EUN
05VIENNA2893DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-29 14:38:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR AU
05VIENNA2924ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UNGA -- DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on August 31 to Ralph Scheide, the assistant secretary-level head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Middle East and Africa division. 2. (S) Austrian President Heinz Fischer would attend the High Level Event in New York, Scheide said. The Syria [...]
2005-08-31 15:28:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER SY AU
05VIENNA2945INTERPOL REQUEST FOR BIOTERRORISM TRAINING
[...] EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on September 2 to Tibor Benczur-Juris, Director of the Office for International Relations, in the Interior Ministry's Federal Agency for State Protection and Counterterrorism. 2. Benczur-Juris agreed that Interpol's Bioterrorism Prevention Initiative w [...]
2005-09-02 14:28:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM TBIO PTER AU
05VIENNA2970VISAS VIPER AUGUST 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-07 11:17:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA302STATEMENTS FOR CARTAGENA CONFERENCE: DEMARCHE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) Embassy Vienna received reftel points at COB on February 1 and conveyed them immediately to Austrian MFA Americas Bureau. Pol Unit followed up on February 2. MFA informed us that the points had reached them after the departure for [...]
2005-02-02 10:01:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ECON CO AU
05VIENNA3098TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-AKHTAR TRUST INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted the addition of Al-Akhtar Trust International Movement to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee list demarche on September 16 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Birgit Ertl and Anelik [...]
2005-09-19 10:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU UN
05VIENNA3129TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 72T
[...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted designation of Dr. Abdul Latif Saleh (list 72T) demarche on September 20 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Birgit Ertl, money laundering and terrorism financing coordinator in [...]
2005-09-21 10:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU UN
05VIENNA3202AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON LITE DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On September 26, Economic Unit Chief delivered reftel points to Johann Froehlich, Head of the MFA's Justice and Home Affairs Division, urging Austria to support an EU listing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LITE) as a terrorist organization. Froehlich said that Austrian views on [...]
2005-09-27 12:14:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KTFN PREL PTER AU
05VIENNA3304VISAS VIPER SEPTEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-06 07:42:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA3310VISAS VIPER SEPTEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-06 11:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA3320EMBASSY VIENNA TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION
[...] Following information is keyed to reftel request: A) TFCO --Economic-Political Counselor Gregory E. Phillips --(43)-1-31339-2201 --phillipsge@state.gov B) Deputy TFCO --Economic Unit Chief Phillip R. Nelson --(43)-1-31339-2299 --nelsonpr@state.gov C) Given the inter-agency dimension [...]
2005-10-07 12:49:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL AU
05VIENNA3487DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S
[...] (U) EconPolCouns and visiting EUR/ERA director Chase discussed reftel points on October 28 with Austrian Foreign Ministry political director Thomas Mayr-Harting and MFA Middle East director Ralph Scheide. We also passed reftel points to Austrian MFA EU correspondent Andreas Riecken. [...]
2005-10-28 16:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PHUM IR AU
05VIENNA3576VISAS VIPER OCTOBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-08 12:17:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA3702TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION TO AUSTRIAN
[...] (S) On November 22, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points, background paper, and names to Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance. Ertl promised to distribute the information immediately to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of Interior, F [...]
2005-11-22 11:52:00Embassy ViennaSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC AU
05VIENNA3735SEEKING SUPPORT FOR OAS MISSION IN COLUMBIA:
[...] Post conveyed reftel talking points November 18 to Andreas Melan, Deputy Chief (DAS-equivalent) in the MFA's America's Division. Econ Unit Chief followed up on November 23 with Melan, the GoA's Latin American expert. Melan noted that there was no direct EU support for the OAS Mission, altho [...]
2005-11-25 13:16:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PTER CO AU OAS
05VIENNA3766UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR POST TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 14:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EFIN KCRM PTER AU
05VIENNA3823VISAS VIPER NOVEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-06 14:58:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA3842AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-09 13:22:00Embassy ViennaSECRETKTFN PTER LE SY AU
05VIENNA3868DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: CONDEMNING THE ASSASSINATION
[...] (C) On December 13, EconPolCouns delivered the texts of the President's and the Secretary's statements on the assassination of Gebran Tueni to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director for Middle East and African affairs. Scheide immediately had his st [...]
2005-12-14 09:29:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER LE SY AU
05VIENNA3877TERRORISM FINANCE: ASG INDIVIDUALS (LIST 73)
[...] (SBU) Per ref A instructions, post advised Birgit Ertl from the Ministry of Finance's Financial Markets Division that the UN 1267 Committee approved December 5 the addition of three Abu Sayaf Group leaders to the list of individuals/entities subject to UNSC-mandated sanctions, including asset [...]
2005-12-14 15:02:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC AU
05VIENNA3888AUSTRIA: 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-16 09:09:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER AU
05VIENNA389VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-10 07:20:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU
05VIENNA38982005-2006 International Narcotics Control
[...] Following is the 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) Part II: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes for Austria. Austria ------- Austria is not an important financial center, offshore tax haven, or banking center, but Austrian banking groups control signif [...]
2005-12-16 14:49:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER KSEP SNAR AU
05VIENNA3923Austria: 2005 Country Report on Terrorism
[...] Austria has been a constructive ally in the fight against terrorism. Austria has shown leadership in regional anti-terrorism initiatives and in ongoing efforts to tighten controls on suspected terrorism financing. 2. Austria is forthcoming and diligent in implementing asset freeze decis [...]
2005-12-20 12:05:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM KHLS EFIN KPAO AU
05VIENNA3978TERRORISM FINANCE: AMENDED DESIGNATION OF
[...] (S) On December 23, Embassy Vienna delivered the prenotification regarding the amended designation of Lashkar e-Tayyiba to include Jamaat-ul-Dawa (and its variants) on the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee list. We spoke to Finance Ministry official Angelika Schloegel, money laundering and terrori [...]
2005-12-30 15:54:00Embassy ViennaSECRETEFIN ETTC KTFN PK PREL PTER AU
05VIENNA437DESIGNATION OF HIZBALLAH AS A TERRORIST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-14 14:59:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PTER IS LE AU EUN
05VIENNA462TERRORISM FINANCE: FADHLI DESIGNATION - DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted Muhsin Fadhli designation (List 67) demarche on opening of business February 16 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF). Post also sent a copy to the Foreign Ministry's International Sec [...]
2005-02-16 14:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN
05VIENNA474TERRORISM FINANCE: IDENTIFYING DESIGNATION
[...] Below are the answers to reftel questions regarding Austria's designation mechanisms and authorities. National Authority to Implement Sanctions ----------------------------------------- 2. UN Security Council resolutions are generally reflected in EU Council regulations, which in Austr [...]
2005-02-17 15:48:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PGOV PTER AU EUN
05VIENNA572SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASSAD TO VISIT VIENNA MARCH 15
[...] (C) EconPol Counselor and Pol Unit Chief met Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and Africa Ralph Scheide on February 28. In the course of a general discussion on Middle East issues, we made reftel points and raised concerns about President Bashir al-Assad's planned visit to Austr [...]
2005-03-01 08:49:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV SY LE IS AU EUN
05VIENNA607AUSTRIA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT HIZBALLAH DESIGNATION
[...] (S) On March 1, Econ Unit Chief met with Johann Froehlich, Head of the MFA's Justice and Home Affairs Division, to deliver ref A talking points. Froehlich reiterated that Austria continues to support Clearinghouse designation of Lebanese Hizballah. "Austria," in Froehlich's words, "was not [...]
2005-03-02 08:34:00Embassy ViennaSECRETETTC PTER EFIN AU EUN
05VIENNA728VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-08 10:51:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU
05VIENNA792DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON MARCH 16 EU FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) On March 10, EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief presented ref (a) points to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's new EU Affairs director. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- On the EU's China arms embargo, Riecken said the issue was not supposed to [...]
2005-03-10 16:33:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG AU EUN
05VIENNA8VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-04 11:57:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU
05VIENNA850HIZBALLAH DESIGNATION NON-PAPER: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 12:02:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALETTC PTER EFIN AU EUN
05VIENNA981TERRORISM FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION
[...] (C) On March 24, Econ Unit Chief and Canadian DCM Sheila Coutts jointly met with Birgit Ertl from the Financial Market Division in the Ministry of Finance to discuss the USG and GoC intention to request that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee list Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LET). Ertl promised to distri [...]
2005-03-25 08:23:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL AU
05VILNIUS1013SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? No B. HAVE THERE BEEN ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE COUNTRY WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS? No C. HAVE DEMONSTRATIONS TAKEN PLACE NEAR OR IN [...]
2005-09-23 16:28:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC LH PTER
05VILNIUS1049TERRORIST FINANCING: LITHUANIA ACCEPTS EU COURT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Acting Head of the MFA's Threat Analysis Division told us on September 28 that Lithuania continues to support dialogue to ensure effective sanctions against terrorist financing. Stonys said that the GOL is pleased that the European Court of First Instance (ECI) decided the [...]
2005-10-03 14:45:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN KPAO PREL PGOV PTER LH
05VILNIUS1062GOL SUPPORTS DESIGNATING LTTE AS TERRORIST GROUP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-05 05:20:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV KTFN PREL PTER CO LH
05VILNIUS1075TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER FOR
[...] (SBU) The Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer (TFCO) for Embassy Vilnius is DCM Tom Kelly, tel: 370-5-266-5535, e-mail: kellytp@state.gov. The TFCO Deputy is Scott Woodard, Economic Officer, tel: 370-5-266-5500, e-mail: woodards@state.gov. 2. (U) We believe it would be useful and conv [...]
2005-10-07 15:01:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL LH
05VILNIUS1292LITHUANIA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] General assessment: No acts of international terrorism of major significance occurred in Lithuania during 2005. Lithuania is not designated as a state sponsor of terrorism, and has not otherwise been determined by the Secretary of State to be subject to the Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. [...]
2005-12-12 06:31:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDASEC LH PTER
05VILNIUS1341TERRORIST FINANCE: LITHUANIA RECEIVES LET
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-23 12:25:00Embassy VilniusSECRETKTFN EFIN ETTC PK PREL PTER LH
05VILNIUS28LITHUANIA INCSR (INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Money laundering is not a significant problem in Lithuania. Strict legal and regulatory controls and the GOL's cooperation with international regulatory counterparts explain the government's success. The Lithuanian government increased controls to prevent financial crimes and money launderi [...]
2005-01-10 14:39:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN KCRM PTER KTFN LH
05VILNIUS372GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM ASSESSMENT: LITHUANIA
[...] (S) Lithuania has a low terrorism threat, and we are working hard with Lithuanian security agencies to keep it that way. There are no known terrorist operational cells, logistical cells, or support organizations in Lithuania. There are no known incidents of terrorism financing or terrorism-re [...]
2005-04-08 14:19:00Embassy VilniusSECRETPREL PTER ASEC LH
05VILNIUS478LITHUANIA REJECTS UKRAINIAN MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] The GOL dismissed recent allegations by Ukranian Minister of Interior Yuri Lutsenko that Lithuanian banks laundered USD 130 million to support the losing presidential campaign of Viktor Yanukovich. The Ukrainian Embassy confirmed that there is no evidence to support the charges. Lithuanian b [...]
2005-05-09 10:54:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR EFIN KCRM PTER KTFN LH
05VILNIUS530LITHUANIA'S MFA WARY OF PROPOSED ARMS SALE TO NEPAL
[...] This is a short-fuse action request; see para 6. We need input from Washington and Katmandu by OOB May 24. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Kestutis Jankauskas, Director of the MFA'a Security Policy Department, notified us on May 18 of an application of a Lithuanian company for a license to export ammuni [...]
2005-05-23 09:24:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMCAP KSTC PARM PGOV PTER PINR LH NP
05VILNIUS596GERMAN AND LITHUANIAN AUTHORITIES SCRUTINIZE MONEY
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY RSO BRENT A. BARKER. REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (C) Summary. The Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigative Service recently disclosed to us that in 2004 it received an informal request from a German government agency regarding a financial transaction used to "purchase equipment in [...]
2005-06-10 05:04:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMCAP KSTC PARM PTER PINR EFIN KNNP ASEC IR LH
05VILNIUS635EAC Convened to Discuss July 4 Event in Vilnius
[...] (U) Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee on June 16, 2005, per reftel. 2. (C) The EAC knows of no specific threat information or concerns with regard to Fourth of July events in Lithuania. RSO is coordinating with the local police, who have promised to provide a suffici [...]
2005-06-17 11:54:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER CASC LH
05VILNIUS711LONDON BOMBINGS: VILNIUS EMERGENCY ACTION MEETING
[...] CDA chaired a meeting of the core EAC at OOB July 8 to review the Mission's security posture in the wake of the terrorist attacks in London. RSO, DIA, ORA, MGT, CONS, POL, and PAS attended. The EAC noted that that a group claiming responsibility for the bombings had indicated its intent to t [...]
2005-07-08 11:48:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CASC PTER LH
05WARSAW3250ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UNGA: POLAND
[...] (C) Polish MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East and Africa Wojciech Bozek assured us August 31 that neither Polish Foreign Minister Daniel Rotfeld nor President Aleksander Kwasniewski has any plans to meet with Al-Asad in New York, for both reasons of policy and scheduling. Bozek indicated [...]
2005-08-31 13:54:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY PL UNGA
05WARSAW3732POLAND CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING
[...] (U) Poland reacted very quickly and strongly to Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's October 25 statement that Israel should be "wiped off the map" (reftel). The Polish MFA spokesman issued on October 27 a strong condemnation of Ahmadi-Nejad's remarks. Text follows in para 3 below. 2. (C) Pol [...]
2005-10-31 13:07:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM IR PL
05WARSAW4037IRAQ: POLES SIGNAL READINESS TO STAY, BUT PRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish officials and parliamentarians who met with Robert Deutsch, Deputy Senior Advisor for Iraq, on December 8 in Warsaw suggested that Poland will likely remain in Iraq past January 2006, but in reduced numbers, and with an eye to withdrawing by the end of 2006. Because Polish [...]
2005-12-13 16:15:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS MARR IZ PL
05WARSAW4124DRAFT POLISH DEFENSE BUDGET, MORE FOR
[...] SUMMARY: Poland's Parliamentary Defense Committee offered a glimpse of future defense spending when it approved the $5.6 billion draft defense budget for 2006 on December 15. This represents a 3.3% increase (adjusted for inflation) over 2005. Significant elements of the draft include $1 billi [...]
2005-12-28 15:53:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON PREL PTER PARM PL
05WELLINGTON160NEW ZEALAND AIMS TO STRENGTHEN ITS TERRORIST
[...] (U) Summary: The New Zealand government continues to tighten provisions of an anti-terrorism law it enacted more than a year after September 11, 2001, and that it amended in 2003. The government recently introduced legislation that will delay the expiration date for New Zealand's designations [...]
2005-02-23 04:43:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON243NEW ZEALAND: INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND
[...] In response to reftel, following are details and a few observations on how post handles maritime security issues in New Zealand. 2. Post and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attach, based in Singapore, work closely to coordinate our approaches to the New Zealand government [...]
2005-03-23 04:07:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ASEC ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER NZ ADM
05WELLINGTON244NEW ZEALAND: TERRORISM FINANCE - 2005 UPDATE NO. 2
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-23 04:07:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETKTFN CVIS KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON270NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANTHONY WHITE,
[...] (S) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) representatives Lt. Col. Anthony J. White, Sandrea Hwang, and Lori Lewis to travel to Wellington, New Zealand April 9-12, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand counterparts at [...]
2005-03-31 04:37:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETOTRA PINR PTER NZ
05WELLINGTON328NEW ZEALAND ON WHO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
[...] Post delivered reftel points April 21 to New Zealand's Ministry of Health. On April 22, Andrew Forsyth, team leader of the Ministry's Public Health Legislation Review, reported that he was still working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to formulate New Zealand's positions for th [...]
2005-04-21 22:52:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PREL PTER NZ WHO
05WELLINGTON363IS NEW ZEALAND AWASH IN BAATHISTS?
[...] (C) Summary: An opposition politician threatened early this week to reveal the identity of a member of Saddam's regime who is reportedly seeking residence in New Zealand. The Government responded by revoking the visitor's permit... of the wrong Iraqi. The Government's action was taken again [...]
2005-05-05 03:05:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER SMIG NZ
05WELLINGTON435LUIS POSADA CARRILES - MESSAGE PASSED TO NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-02 02:33:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR IT KJUS PHUM PREL PTER CU US VE NZ EUN
05WELLINGTON504NEW ZEALAND TIGHTENS TERRORISM FINANCE LAW
[...] New Zealand's Parliament has passed legislation strengthening the country's terrorism finance law. The legislation extends until 2007 the country's UN Security Council-related designations of terrorist organizations. It also makes illegal the intentional financing of non- designated organiza [...]
2005-06-29 03:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON531EAC MEETING WELLINGTON
[...] (S) The Emergency Action Committee convened 1400 hrs local time on July 8, 2005 to discuss security profile in light of the London explosions. Embassies Wellington and Apia were notified of the London explosions by the RSO in Canberra via RMAS. 2. (U) Embassy Wellington has put the Local G [...]
2005-07-08 03:49:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETASEC PTER CASC AMGT
05WELLINGTON553COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) On July 15, Pol-Econ Couns discussed the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) with Taha Macpherson, Senior Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MFAT) Security Policy Division. PolEcon Couns noted the importance of the Convention, and expres [...]
2005-07-15 04:15:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPTER NZ UNGA
05WELLINGTON619TERRORISM FINANCE: UNSCR 1617 IMPLEMENTATION
[...] Summary: The New Zealand government announced August 12 that a FATF evaluation confirmed the need for more regulation of the country's financial sector to safeguard against money laundering and terrorist financing. Post issued a news release welcoming that announcement, as part of our action [...]
2005-08-15 03:42:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR KPAO OIIP NZ
05WELLINGTON666REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is willing to consider taking in Uigher refugees from Guantanamo, but would at a minimum need a request from the UNHCR to start the process. Both Minister of Foreign Affairs Goff and Immigration Minister Swain will make the final decision of whether to admit the Uighe [...]
2005-08-31 04:52:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKAWC MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR NZ
05WELLINGTON684SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 03:02:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC NZ
05WELLINGTON718NEW ZEALAND OFFERS INFORMATION ON PASSENGER-
[...] This is an action request; please see Paragraph 3. 2. In response to the Department of Homeland Security's intent to expand the Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS),the New Zealand government has offered to provide the U.S. government with information and a demonstration on the Aus [...]
2005-09-19 03:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER NZ
05WELLINGTON739NZ FOLLOW-UP: HSPD-6 TERRORIST LOOKOUT INFORMATION
[...] (S) Post IWG agencies met to discuss Ref A and B. We also discussed the possibility of the terrorist lookout information sharing pilot with Conoff in Auckland. Agencies all agree that GNZ would be a good candidate for the proposed pilot project, and would likely be receptive should we make [...]
2005-09-23 03:24:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETCVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON757NEW ZEALAND: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER
[...] (U) The following information is in response to reftel. 2. (SBU) Embassy Wellington's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is: David R. Burnett Charge d'Affaires Tel: 64-4-462-6101 e-mail: burnettDR@state.gov 2. (SBU) Post's deputy TFCO is: Joy Yamamoto Economic Officer [...]
2005-09-29 23:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER NZ
05WELLINGTON758NEW ZEALAND ASKS ABOUT ACCESS TO TSA'S NO FLY LIST
[...] (S) Summary: New Zealand Immigration is interested in possible access to the Transportation Security Administration's "no fly" list as a way to improve the country's border security. New Zealand law enforcement agencies already work closely with U.S. counterparts, and New Zealand Immigration [...]
2005-09-30 02:50:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETPTER ASEC CVIS PGOV PINR PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON880NEW ZEALAND WANTS TO MOVE AHEAD ON HSPD-6
[...] (C) Summary: The New Zealand government remains eager to move quickly toward bilateral sharing of terrorist lookout information. To move forward, however, the government needs to know more about how the information it supplies to the United States would be used, details on how such an informa [...]
2005-11-10 03:40:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC CVIS PGOV PREL PINR NZ
05WELLINGTON913 NEW ZEALAND TERRORISM REPORTING OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-28 22:47:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM NZ
05WELLINGTON9502005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Below is post's input on New Zealand for the money laundering section of the 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). This input also will be sent via unclassified e-mail to Ed Rindler, INL/C/CP. 2. Begin submission: New Zealand is not a major regional or offsh [...]
2005-12-12 01:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR NZ
05WELLINGTON957NEW ZEALAND: COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] The following is Embassy Wellington's submission for the 2005 Country Terrorism Report on New Zealand: New Zealand New Zealand has a strong capacity to develop and implement counter-terrorism policies, and further strengthened its role in the global war on terror in 2005 through domestic [...]
2005-12-13 00:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO NZ
05YEREVAN1254DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-14 12:32:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPTER AM UNGA
05YEREVAN131CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED ON THE TURKISH BORDER
[...] (C) At a January 23 meeting, Ashot Martirosyan, head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA) told us that on 16 December, a source of Cesium 137 was seized by Turkish Authorities at the Turkish-Georgian border. Martirosyan stated that he received a fax from the Turkish Atomic Energy [...]
2005-01-26 11:51:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPINR MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC AM KPRP
05YEREVAN154UPDATE ON CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED ON THE TURKISH
[...] (C) On January 31, we met with Armen Israelian, head of the MFA's Department for Arms Control and International Security to follow up on the reported (ref) seizure on the Georgia-Turkey border of cesium-137 reportedly originating in Armenia. Israelian said that the Armenian National Security [...]
2005-01-31 13:10:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPINR MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC TU AM
05YEREVAN1930GOAM AGREES: IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S RHETORIC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-01 13:18:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM IR AM
05YEREVAN1969FOREIGN MINISTER'S PUBLIC STATEMENT ON IRANIAN
[...] (U) On November 5, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian told students and reporters at Yerevan State University that Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's recent statement regarding Israel "will have no impact on Armenian-Iranian relations." Oskanian told the audience that "Israeli issues hav [...]
2005-11-07 13:46:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM IR AM
05YEREVAN1992ARMENIANS WILL NOT JEOPARDIZE ECONOMIC TIES FOR
[...] (C) In a November 8 conversation with the Ambassador, Presidential chief of staff and co-chair of the Armenia-Iran Joint Economic Commission (JEC) Artashes Tumanian said he would have no choice but to meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad in Tehran on November 11 (reftels),but that [...]
2005-11-10 13:23:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM IR AM
05YEREVAN2009DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR OAS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-16 07:14:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALEAID PTER CO AM OAS
05YEREVAN2082ARMENIA'S LIMITED CAPACITY REGARDING FINCEN 314
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-30 10:52:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALKTFN PTER LE SY AM
05YEREVAN267ARMENIA: KURDS DEMONSTRATE FOR OCALAN
[...] (SBU) Marking the sixth anniversary of the capture of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, about 250 ethnic Kurds came to Yerevan in buses February 15 to stage a peaceful march across downtown Yerevan and demonstrate in front of Armenian Government buildings and the United Nations Development Progr [...]
2005-02-15 14:00:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER ASEC PHUM AM
05YEREVAN312LITTLE PROGRESS ON INVESTIGATING SEIZURE OF
[...] (C) Armenia asserts that it has still not received formal notification that from either the IAEA or from the Turkish authorities that Cesium-137 seized on the Georgia-Turkey border in December 2004 originated in Armenia. Armenian MFA experts tell us they will insist on a formal investigation [...]
2005-02-24 09:00:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC AM TU KPRP
05YEREVAN612GWOT ASSESSMENT: ARMENIA
[...] (S) While Armenia consistently declares its eagerness to contribute to the Global War on Terror, most government officials and institutions do not believe that there is an imminent threat from within Armenia. While Armenia may be less vulnerable to terrorist attack than some of its neighbors, [...]
2005-04-07 11:07:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPTER PREL AM
05YEREVAN634UPDATE ON CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED ON THE TURKISH
[...] (C) We recently met with Ashot Martirosyan, head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA) to follow-up on any details concerning the December 2004 Cesium-137 seizure at the Georgian/Turkish border per ref A. Martirosyan stated that ANRA had still not received any official notification [...]
2005-04-12 02:17:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPINR MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC TU AM
05YEREVAN762 ARMENIA WILL CONVEY MESSAGE ON WHO HEALTH
[...] (SBU) We delivered demarche and talking points to MFA Chief of International Organizations Department Valery Mkrtumyan, MFA Americas Department Chief Lilit Touthalian and Ministry of Health International Affairs Section Chief Haik Grigoryan April 25 per reftel instructions. Post also delivere [...]
2005-04-28 02:04:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PREL PTER AM WHO
05ZAGREB1963DEMARCHES DELIVERED - MARITIME SECURITY AND
[...] POLOFF and EXBS Advisor delivered reftel points to Capt Tomislav Miletic, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Trade, Tourism, Sea and Transport. Miletic welcomed the briefing on U.S. initiatives and looked forward to continuing dialogue on the whole range of maritime security issues. Miletic al [...]
2005-12-19 12:04:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PREL ECON ETRD ELTN ATRN KCIP PTER
06ABIDJAN1217DEMARCHES ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS REGARDING THE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 17:18:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER IV
06ABIDJAN1360TERRORIST LISTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-11 09:18:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER
06ABIDJAN1393COTE D'IVOIRE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] General Assessment: Cote d'Ivoire does not engage in any major counterterrorism efforts as terrorist groups are not known to be present and thus terrorist activity is not a percieved threat in this country. Cote d'Ivoire has been in the throes of a political-military crisis since 2002 which [...]
2006-12-19 16:53:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER ASEC PGOV IV
06ABUDHABI1006UAE PREPARED TO DISCUSS CHARITIES AT MENA-FATF
[...] (C) The UAE Central Bank will represent the UAE at the March 20-21 MENA-FATF plenary in Cairo, and Central Bank officials are prepared to discuss the UAE's implementation of the MENA-FATF charities white paper. This discussion will likely focus on the same themes that Abdulrahim al-Awadi, the [...]
2006-03-15 13:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN AE UAE
06ABUDHABI1103UAE RED CRESCENT: "AID TO NEEDY, NOT TERRORISTS"
[...] (SBU) Summary. In response to the March 20, 2006 New York Times Article, "Emirates Aided Kin of Palestinian Militants," the Chairman of Board of the UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) told Ambassador on March 21 that the RCA's policy is to fund needy children and that it does not aid families o [...]
2006-03-21 15:43:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAID PTER KTFN PHUM IS PA AE TC UAE
06ABUDHABI1120DESIGNATION OF AL-MANAR, LEBANESE MEDIA GROUP, AND AL-NOUR
[...] (C) Ambassador met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi March 22 to inform him of the USG´s intent to designate domestically al-Manar Television, the Lebanese Media Group, and al-Nour Radio as Specially Designated Global Terrorists under Executive Order 13224. Ambassador noted that the designa [...]
2006-03-22 12:34:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC ETTC KPAO AE
06ABUDHABI1301UAE CHARITY REGULATION: EMIRATE-LEVEL, NOT FEDERAL
[...] (C) Summary. The UAE does not have a unified federal system of charity oversight or regulation. Charity regulation is ultimately the responsibility of each of the seven emirates. The Ministry of Social Affairs (MSA) licenses and monitors charities in Abu Dhabi, and any charity that is licen [...]
2006-04-04 11:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAID PTER KTFN PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI1401SCENESETTER FOR HOMELAND SECURITY AND
[...] (S) Summary. Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE on April 23. In the aftermath of the controversy of the Dubai Ports World acquisition of P&O, your assurances to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),your host for the visit, that the USG values the UA [...]
2006-04-10 14:23:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS ASEC EPET MCAP KPAL AE IZ IR
06ABUDHABI1409PREPARING FOR 2ND U.S./UAE JTFCC
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suweidi on April 11 to discuss details of the upcoming U.S./UAE Joint Terrorist Finance Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) that will be held during Treasury U/S Stuart Levey's trip to the UAE on April 30. Al-Suweidi commi [...]
2006-04-11 12:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI1718UAE CONDEMNS DAHAB BOMBING
[...] (U) UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan has sent a cable of condolence to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak condemning the bomb attack in Dahab on April 24. The state news agency, WAM, reported that in his cable President Khalifa reiterated the UAE's solidarity with Egypt in confr [...]
2006-04-26 11:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER EG AE
06ABUDHABI1724TOWNSEND DISCUSSES REGIONAL STABILITY,
[...] (C) Summary. During an April 22 lunch meeting with Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT),and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ),Townsend and MbZ discussed counterterrorism cooperation. Townsend stressed [...]
2006-04-29 12:43:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS EPET ETTC MCAP IR AE IQ
06ABUDHABI1725SCENESETTER FOR COUNTERTERRORISM COORDINATOR
[...] (S) Summary. Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE on May 7. U.S. and UAE officials have had a number of productive meetings on the topic of counterterrorism, the most recent of which came on April 22, when Fran Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security [...]
2006-04-29 13:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS ASEC EPET MCAP IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI1930S/CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON DISCUSSES
[...] (S) Summary: During a May 7 meeting, Department of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton and UAE State Security Director Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed al-Nahyan discussed counterterrorism cooperation and the need to find new ways to coordinate intelligence activities and counter-terror [...]
2006-05-10 11:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPTER PINS PREL KISL KPAL IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI1932S/CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON DISCUSSES
[...] (S) Summary: During a May 7 meeting with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ),Department of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton and Ambassador received a readout of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders' 8th consultative summit, held a day earl [...]
2006-05-10 12:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPTER PINS PREL KISL KPAL KWBG PK AF LE JO
06ABUDHABI2041UAEG DISCUSS SECURITY CONCERNS WITH NDU DELEGATION
[...] (C) Summary: On May 13, senior officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Economy, and Education met with a visiting delegation from the National Defense University's (NDU) National War College and discussed regional security issues, accompanied by Ambassador and alternatively the DCM. [...]
2006-05-17 06:55:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL KWBG IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2042KIDNAPPING OF UAE DEPUTY CHARGE IN BAGHDAD
[...] (C) The Deputy Charge d'Affaires at the UAE Embassy in Baghdad, Naji al-Naimi, was reportedly kidnapped by gunmen May 16. One of his bodyguards, a Sudanese, was reportedly injured in the incident. This morning, Ambassador reached out to Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (who is in B [...]
2006-05-17 08:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINS PTER MARR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2074REACTION IN THE UAE TO KIDNAPPING OF EMIRATI
[...] (C) Al Arabiya TV is leading its hourly newscasts with the story of the kidnapping of the UAE diplomat, identified as Naji Rashid al-Naimi (or Naji al-Naimi Abu Rashid),from the emirate of Fujeirah and Yemeni descent. He is reported to be 28 years old and single. Al Arabiya cites Iraqi polic [...]
2006-05-17 13:55:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINS PTER MARR
06ABUDHABI2081U/S LEVEY CO-CHAIRS 2ND U.S./UAE JTFCC MEETING
[...] (S) Summary. The second meeting of the Joint Terrorist Finance Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) was held in Abu Dhabi April 30, 2006. The JTFCC was chaired on the UAE side by Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suwaidi and on the U.S. side by Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Finan [...]
2006-05-20 07:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER KTFN PARM MCAP IR AE
06ABUDHABI2123 UAE INTEREST IN TIP/PISCES SYSTEM
[...] (SBU) On May 8, 2006, DCM and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attache met with Colonel (now Brigadier General) Nassar Al Nuaimi, Chief of Staff for UAE Minister of Interior Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nayhan, regarding UAE participation in a U.S.-sponsored Terrorist Interdiction Pr [...]
2006-05-22 12:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER CJAN AE
06ABUDHABI2126UAE: UPDATE ON SHUTTING DOWN ACTIVITIES OF
[...] (S) SUMMARY. On May 22, Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) asked for USG "patience" as UAE authorities looked into Mayrow-associated company linkages within the UAE and the Gulf region. AbZ reiterated several times that the UAEG took the information provided by the USG "very s [...]
2006-05-22 13:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL PTER IR AE
06ABUDHABI2133PHILIPPINES INQUIRY ABOUT PIRATED VESSEL, CREW
[...] (C) Summary: The Philippines Ambassador to the UAE, Mr. Libran N. Cabactulan, called on Ambassador May 23 to discuss the status of the vessel M/T Lin 1 and its crew of 20 Filipinos seized by Somali pirates on March 29. Cabactulan said that his government wanted to know if the U.S. Navy was co [...]
2006-05-23 11:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL RP SO AE
06ABUDHABI2210UAE CONCERNS: US-MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA PRIVATE
[...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, the following are key officers at the Emirates Banking Association: 1) Mr. Fathi Mahmood Saik, General Manager, (971)2-627-2541 (phone),(971)2-627-4155(fax),ebuau@emirates.net.ae and, 2) Mr. Awni Bushnaq, Financial and Administrative Manager, (971) 2-627-2541 [...]
2006-05-30 12:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KTFN ECON EFIN ETTC PREL AE
06ABUDHABI2211UAE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REQUESTS TRAINING BEFORE
[...] (C) Summary. At the request of the Central Bank Governor, Embassy's Joint Terror Finance Coordination Committee (JTFCC) team met with the UAE's JTFCC team May 29 to discuss the proposed U.S./UAE Cash Courier Operation. Although the Ambassador had briefed the Governor on this operation during [...]
2006-05-30 12:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI2242UAE DEPUTY CHARGE IN BAGHDAD FREED BY CAPTORS
[...] (U) UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed confirmed the release of UAE Deputy Charge d'Affaires Naji al-Nuaimi the evening of May 30. Al-Nuaimi was kidnapped May 16 by gunmen belonging to the previously unknown Banner of Islam group (refs A, B). One of his bodyguards, a Sudanese, wa [...]
2006-05-31 13:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS PTER MARR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2281DRAFT U.S./UAE JTFCC MOU FOR INTERAGENCY COMMENT
[...] (C) Summary. At the request of the UAE Central Bank Governor, Embassy has prepared a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. and UAE to formalize the Joint Terrorist Finance Coordinating Committee (JTFCC). The purpose of this MOU is to give the UAE chair of the JTFCC (presum [...]
2006-06-05 09:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI2421DHS/ICE CONDUCTS UAE CASH COURIER TRAINING
[...] (SBU) At the request of Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suweidi (reftel),DHS/ICE attache conducted a seminar on cash courier operations on June 10, 2006 at the Dubai branch of the UAE Central Bank. The purpose of the seminar was to outline the procedures for conducting cash courier op [...]
2006-06-12 11:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI2422FM FEEDBACK ON GCC MEETING; UAE REACTION TO GULF
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) told Ambassador on June 11 that the previous day's GCC Foreign Ministers meeting in Riyadh had been a "brainstorming" session on Iran rather than a decision-making session. He complained again that he was "very disappointed" with EU [...]
2006-06-12 11:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS IR AE
06ABUDHABI2445UAE ESTABLISHES NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) On June 13, the UAE passed a long-anticipated federal law establishing a National Security Council (NSC). According to the public announcement of the council's formation (which was the front-page headline story on all Arabic and English papers),the NSC will be responsible for formulating [...]
2006-06-14 09:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EPET PINR ASEC KHLS AE
06ABUDHABI2695APHSCT TOWNSEND DISCUSSES IRAN, REGIONAL CT ISSUES
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On June 19, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met with the Director of the UAE's State Security Department (SSD) Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed al-Nahyan to discuss the growing Iranian threat in the region and ongoing [...]
2006-06-29 11:57:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS EPET ETTC SY IR IQ AE
06ABUDHABI2782CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY STRATEGY
[...] (S) On July 5, Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Yousef Al-Otaiba, Director of International Affairs for Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ),who attended the April meeting at which Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism (APHSCT [...]
2006-07-05 13:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETENRG KCIP ECON PREL PINS PTER AE
06ABUDHABI2928TFLE01: MINSTATE AL-SHA'ALI ON LEBANON SITUATION
[...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussein Al-Sha'ali convoked Ambassadors from all G-8 countries July 17 to call for a concerted effort to calm the situation in Lebanon. He offered three specific UAE points of view: 1) Israel's actions recklessly violate Lebane [...]
2006-07-17 14:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR KWBG KPAL LE SY IR AE
06ABUDHABI2930SCENESETTER FOR GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH UAE
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to the June 27 Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) as an opportunity to clarify key areas of potential cooperation with the UAE, particularly vis-a-vis the very real threat that the Emirates feels from Iran. The UAE is also likely to want to expand the a [...]
2006-07-17 14:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3027SCENESETTER FOR SCA A/S AMB BOUCHER TO UAE
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Boucher, Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes your visit to discuss support for Afghanistan with the UAE leadership. We have requested a meeting with a senior member of the ruling family (the Crown Prince or Foreign Minister). We recommend that you acknowledge the UAE contrib [...]
2006-07-25 14:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER MOPS MASS EINV AF PK AE
06ABUDHABI3097MBZ'S VIEWS ON IRAQ COMPACT, HIZBOLLAH AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Counselor of the State Department Philip Zelikow won Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan's support for the International Compact on Iraq during their July 22 visit. However, MbZ said that he was less worried about Ira [...]
2006-07-31 12:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER EAID EFIN KDEM LE QA IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3101CONCLUSION TO PIRATED VESSEL EPISODE
[...] (C) Reftel noted the Philippines Ambassador to the UAE's concerns about the safety of the 20-member Filipino crew of a UAE-based vessel, the M/T Lin 1, which was at the time in the hands of Somali pirates. We now understand, from Philippines Ambassador Libran Cabactulan and media reports that [...]
2006-07-31 12:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL RP SO AE
06ABUDHABI3102TFLE01: RESPONSE IN UAE TO ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE ON
[...] (C) Summary: The UAE public is outraged by innocent deaths in Qana, as reflected in a statement by the UAE Foreign Minister, in press reporting, and in conversations with Embassy contacts. In some conversations, the U.S. is as much a target of this anger as is Israel; widely reported U.S. p [...]
2006-07-31 13:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR KPAL LEIS AE
06ABUDHABI3140EMIRATES FOCUSED ON SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 29 lunch with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his younger brother Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher pressed SIPDIS for continued support of Afghan reconstruction a [...]
2006-08-02 12:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER EAID ENRG MOPS PK AF AE
06ABUDHABI3255DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1701
[...] (C) On August 12, the Charge and Acting Under Secretary Tareq Al-Haidan (MFA's number two) discussed UNSCR 1701. Reviewing reftel points, the Charge stressed the need for strong support for the current resolution aimed at addressing the requirements 6^JY|Q@uthan previous drafts and took into a [...]
2006-08-12 13:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UNSC UN IS LE AE
06ABUDHABI3257UAE MFA OFFICIAL'S PESSIMISTIC ASSESSMENT OF IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: MFA's second-in-command, Acting Under Secretary Tareq Al-Haidan, offered the Charge his strong SIPDIS views on the poor security situation in Iraq on August 12. He said the Secretary's call for a "new Middle East" in the context of the Lebanon conflict begged the question of w [...]
2006-08-12 15:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS EAID IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3370UAE CRISIS MANAGEMENT: MOVING FORWARD INCH BY INCH
[...] (C) Summary. Recognizing that the UAE lacks unified crisis response capabilities, the UAE leadership initiated a plan to develop a national crisis management system over a year ago. However implementation of the plan is moving forward at a glacial pace, and UAE authorities continue to develo [...]
2006-08-20 11:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPTER ASEC EPET ENRG PINR KHLS AE
06ABUDHABI3404AL MANAR NEXT STEPS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 13:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKPAO ECPS ETTC PREL PTER AE
06ABUDHABI3436REACTION TO UAE STUDENT AL-SHA'ALI DETENTION AT
[...] (C) Summary: The detention and refusal of entry of returning UAE graduate student Saif Khalifa Al-Sha,ali at LAX on August 21 has generated a significant, although uneven, reaction (see reftel). All major English and Arabic dailies have covered the story, generally characterizing Al-Sha,ali,s [...]
2006-08-28 14:25:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL PTER AE
06ABUDHABI3537ASSESSMENT OF UAE TERRORIST FINANCING ENVIRONMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. In response to ref A, Embassy's country team provides the following assessment of the terrorist/insurgent finance operating environment in the UAE. Responses are keyed to reftel, to the extent possible. End summary. Legal Regime ------------ 2. (SBU) Question. What la [...]
2006-09-06 14:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER KTFN EFIN ETTC TC IQ
06ABUDHABI3626UAE FOREIGN MINISTER ATTENDING NAM IN HAVANA:
[...] (C) Post delivered ref B and C demarches in a series of meetings with members of the UAE delegation to the NAM conference prior to their respective departures to Havana: Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ),MFA Under Secretary Tariq Al-Haidan, and International Organiza [...]
2006-09-13 13:48:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PTER PHUM KPKO UNSC PGOV GT SU IR
06ABUDHABI3693TERRORISM FINANCE: UPCOMING DESIGNATIONS UNDER THE
[...] (S) Embassy first raised reftel request for the UAEG to co-sponsor and support the nomination of the listed individuals in the UN 1267 Committee on August 30. To date the UAEG has not provided any substantive response. Econchief again raised the issue with the office of the Assistant Under Se [...]
2006-09-19 12:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETKTFN EFIN ETTC PTER AE
06ABUDHABI3782TERRORISM FINANCE: TALIBAN UAE STRATEGY
[...] (S/NF) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on reftel strategy for disrupting external financing to the Taliban. We believe that the draft background paper covers the issue in a comprehensive fashion. In the UAE specifically, we would propose using the existing Joint Terror Financing [...]
2006-09-26 12:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNKTFN PTER EFIN AE
06ABUDHABI3818A/S O,BRIEN AND A/S SULLIVAN CO-CHAIR 3RD U.S./UAE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (S) Summary. The third meeting of the U.S./UAE Joint Terrorist Financing Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) was held in Abu Dhabi on September 12, 2006. The JTFCC was chaired on the UAE side by Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suwei [...]
2006-09-28 13:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER KTFN SO PK AF IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3872DRAFT UAE-U.S. "GAP ANALYSIS" OF CASH COURIER REGULATIONS
[...] (U) In response to the Central Bank Governor's request at the September 12 JTFCC for a "gap analysis" of the U.S. and UAE cash reporting regulations and procedures, Embassy/CG interagency team (State/Econ, Treasury/OFAC, DHS/ICE) prepared the following draft and passed to the UAE Central Bank f [...]
2006-10-04 08:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI408TREASURY U/S LEVEY MEETS WITH ADIA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. On January 24, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey met with Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) officials to discuss security of assets and tax issues in the context of ongoing U.S. - UAE FTA negotiations. ADIA of [...]
2006-02-08 08:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER ETRD ECON AE
06ABUDHABI4087UAE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON IRAN AND NORTH KOREA
[...] (S/NF) During a November 19 meeting with econchief and Treasury Regional Advisors, Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi briefly discussed U.S. efforts to isolate the Iranian regime financially. He said that Treasury Secretary Paulson had discussed Iran with all GCC Central SIPDIS [...]
2006-10-26 11:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNETTC PTER KTFN MNUC IR KN AE
06ABUDHABI409U/S LEVEY LAUNCHES U.S./UAE JTFCC
[...] (S) Summary. The U.S. and UAE held the inaugural meeting of the Joint Terrorist Financing Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) in Abu Dhabi on January 24, 2006. The Central Bank Governor began the meeting by questioning the value in having a JTFCC, but by the end acknowledged that there could be b [...]
2006-02-08 08:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI4154UAEG SEEKS TO END UNCERTAIN STATUS OF STATELESS
[...] (C) Summary: President Sheikh Khalifa issued directives October 25 for federal ministries to seek a final end to the problem of the "bidoun" (stateless persons) in the UAE. The bidoun of the UAE generally fit two groups: Arabs (from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman),and non-Arabs (primarily from Ira [...]
2006-11-02 12:20:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER AE
06ABUDHABI4302GSD ISSUES REVIEWED AT JMC WORKING GROUP MEETINGS
[...] (C) Working groups following up on the June, 2006 Joint Military Commission (JMC) met November 14 in Abu Dhabi, reviewing action items and charting a path towards deeper U.S.-UAE military cooperation. The thoroughness of UAE engagement on a number of items discussed, including topics which a [...]
2006-11-16 11:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMCAP PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS IR AF AE
06ABUDHABI4392MENA FATF SIDE MEETINGS - EGYPT, LEBANON AND UAE
[...] (U) Summary. On the sides of the Middle East North African Financial Action Task Force Fourth Plenary meeting November 13-16, the US delegation connected the Iraqi FIU with other regional FIU's that can provide training and support. The US delegation continued the dialogue with the UAE FIU [...]
2006-11-30 13:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPTER PREL KTFN IZ
06ABUDHABI4397UAE OIL SECTOR - CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE STILL VULNERABLE
[...] (S) Summary: U.S. and UAE corporate officials told visiting PM officer Bruce Averill that the UAE has undertaken some improvements in protecting its critical infrastructure and some steps toward developing an integrated crisis management structure, but that progress has been glacially slow. Th [...]
2006-12-04 13:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETEPET ENRG EINV PTER AE
06ABUDHABI440U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES DUBAI CHARITY REGULATIONS, DIFC
[...] (C) Summary. During Undersecretary Stuart Levey's trip to the UAE, Levey and his delegation met with the Dubai Department of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Organizations (DDIA) to discuss charity oversight in Dubai. DDIA explained that charities can be licensed to operate in an individual em [...]
2006-02-08 13:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI4415TERRORIST LISTS - UAE
[...] (SBU) The UAE does not maintain a published list of banned terrorist entities. The Central Bank sends circulars with search and freeze orders to banks and other financial institutions based on the UNSC 1267 committee lists. SISON [...]
2006-12-05 12:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER AE
06ABUDHABI4473TREASURY U/S LEVEY VISIT - ASKING UAE TO PROTECT
[...] (S) Summary. On December 6, 2006 Under Secretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey and a USG delegation met with UAE officials to encourage support in isolating Iran from financial markets in the UAE and internationally. Levey met with Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed [...]
2006-12-14 12:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL KTFN ECON PTER IR AE
06ABUDHABI4476UAE SEEKING US PARTICIPATION FOR THE 4TH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 5-6 2. (U) The UAE Central Bank informed Post that they are planning to hold their 4th international Conference on Hawalas in Abu Dhabi on March 18-20, 2007. Abdulrahim Al Awadi, head of the Anti-Money Laundering and Suspicious Cases Unit ( [...]
2006-12-14 13:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI609UAE CENTRAL BANK ON CASH COURIERS, DRAFT FINCEN MOU
[...] (C) On February 13 econoff met with Abdulrahim al-Awadi, Executive Director and In-Charge of the Central Bank's Anti-Money Laundering and Suspicious Cases Unit (AMLSCU) to preview the points on cash couriers as provided in reftel. Al-Awadi said that the UAE had not sent a delegate to the FATF [...]
2006-02-20 10:18:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN EFIN ETTC AE
06ABUDHABI713UAE CONDEMNATION OF THE AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING
[...] (U) UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan issued a statement February 22 condemning the bomb attack in Samarra earlier in the day. The widely published condemnation stated: "The UAE condemns in the strongest possible terms this terrorist act which mainly aims at sowing the [...]
2006-02-27 08:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KISL IZ AE
06ABUDHABI715UAE SUSPENDS OPERATIONS OF BOUT FRONT COMPANY
[...] (U) Summary. The Embassy notified the UAEG on 14 February that Irbis Air, a small air service operating out of Sharjah Internatioanl Airport, was a UN designated front company for international arms trafficker Viktor Bout. One week later, on February 21, the UAE closed the Irbis office and sus [...]
2006-02-27 10:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SOCI ETRD PREL PTER LI AE
06ABUDHABI75UAE JTFCC: INTERAGENCY PARTICIPATION NEEDED
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) As the U.S. and the UAE prepare to launch the Joint Terrorist Financing Coordinating Committee (JTFCC),Embassy is concerned that the only confirmed agency with Washington participation is the Department of Treasury. In order fo [...]
2006-01-08 12:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER EFIN SNAR KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI933PRIME MINISTER MBR TELLS AMBASSADOR "DUBAI PORTS
[...] (C) Summary: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, UAE Vice President/Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler, told Ambassador and CG Dubai March 11 that the recent furor related to Dubai Ports World "will not affect our relationship at all." The U.S.-UAE relationship was excellent in all fields -- military, bu [...]
2006-03-11 17:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL EINV PNUC PTER IR IQ IS AE
06ABUDHABI948NOTICE OF SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) On March 11, DCM delivered to MFA Asst U/S Tariq Al Haidan reftel message that OARDEC is in process of scheduling a UAE national, currently under USG control at GTMO, for ARB proceedings. Asst U/S maintained that person named, Abd Al Sattar, Muieen A Deen Jamal A Deen Abd Al Fusal, ISN [...]
2006-03-13 07:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL AE
06ABUJA1411EXXONMOBIL ON WAGE INCREASES AMID DELTA VIOLENCE
[...] (C) On May 30, ExxonMobil Nigeria CEO, John Chaplin met with the Ambassador and told him that ExxonMobil was taking the recent rise in violent incidents in the Niger Delta and city of Port Harcourt very seriously. The company saw the two car bombs, in Port Harcourt and Warri, and the killing of [...]
2006-06-08 13:21:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEPET ELAB PGOV PTER KCRM NI
06ABUJA2081DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEBANON/HRC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 06:48:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER PREL LE NI
06ABUJA2100DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-15 10:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL PTER SG UNSC IS LE
06ABUJA225NIGERIA: HOSTAGE CRISIS HIDES POLITICAL CRISIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent hostage incident in Delta State was a political conflict masquerading as a criminal incident. Its resolution, although fortunate, does not address the underlying political issues. Consequently, more such events are likely in the future. The government response demons [...]
2006-01-31 16:24:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI HOSTAGES
06ABUJA2316NIGERIAN NSA MUKHTAR ON SITUATION IN THE DELTA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 31 meeting in his office with AF DAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield and the Ambassador to reiterate USG concern over the situation in the Niger Delta, Nigerian National Security Advisor (NSA) General Mukhtar admitted that problems were complex, and that some key militan [...]
2006-09-06 07:45:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPTER EPET ASEC NI
06ABUJA2761CHEVRON MUSINGS ON ELECTIONS AND SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Peter Williams (protect),Consultant/Special Advisor to Chevron Nigeria, met with the Charge to discuss the 2007 election and to provide an update on bunkering activities in the Delta. Williams suspects that the election cycle will be "messy, ugly and won't end the ongoing probl [...]
2006-10-17 15:44:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ASEC PTER NI
06ABUJA2889SENATOR SARAKI ON TERRORISM, DELTA, 2007 ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff and visiting SFRC staff member paid an October 31 courtesy call on Senator Gbemi Saraki-Fowora at her Abuja residence. Saraki insisted that the threat of terrorism in Northern Nigeria loomed ominously, particularly given Nigeria's porous borders and the extreme poverty in [...]
2006-11-03 12:35:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PTER PBTS NI
06ABUJA2902ASSESSMENT OF NFIU FOR EGMONT GROUP ADMISSION
[...] (U) Summary: A representative from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) unit conducted a positive assessment of Nigeria's Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) for membership in the Egmont Group at the next plenary session for 2007. The assessment went well and the U [...]
2006-11-05 16:11:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ASEC KCRM PTER NI
06ABUJA494PRESIDENTIAL AIDE ASSURES ON DELTA CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: Presidential spokesman Femi Fani-Kayode met with Ambassador on February 28 to deliver a message from the President that the USG could be assured the hostages would be released unharmed, after which the GON intended to address the underlying socio-economic problems in the Niger Delt [...]
2006-03-01 06:45:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEPET PREL PGOV KFLU PTER NI
06ABUJA666ECOWAS LOOKING AT ROLE IN NIGER DELTA
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 21, the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, suggested a possible entry for ECOWAS involvement in Niger Delta conflict mediation. Chambas believes the negative impact of the violence on natural gas supply to the West African G [...]
2006-03-24 12:33:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06ABUJA874MILITANTS DETONATE VBIED AT NIGERIAN ARMY BARRACKS
[...] (U) The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND),the militant group responsible for the recent rash of kidnappings and violence in the Niger Delta, claimed credit for the detonation of a VBIED at Camp Bori, a Nigerian Army base in Port Harcourt, the evening of April 19. While [...]
2006-04-20 17:02:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPTER ENRG MOPS NI MILITANTS
06ABUJA971GOVERNMENT COMMITS TO DEVELOPING NIGER DELTA USING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the second of what appears to be a series of high profile meetings aimed at creating momentum to address underdevelopment in the Niger Delta, the Nigerian government committed itself to a plan to create 20,000 government jobs and invest 20 trillion Naira of oil industry mone [...]
2006-04-28 12:22:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PTER EPET EAID NI
06ACCRA256AMBASSADOR MEETS BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER TO GHANA
[...] (U) Summary: On January 24, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on British High Commissioner Gordon Wetherell. They discussed corruption in Ghana, Muslim outreach and the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy. End summary. Corruption ---------- 2. (C) The Ambassador expressed concerns abou [...]
2006-01-31 08:21:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALECON GH PGOV PREL PTER UK
06ACCRA3005GHANA HOSTS REGIONAL SEMINAR ON UNSCR 1540
[...] SUMMARY: Ghana hosted Africa's first outreach activity on United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540, the UN Regional Seminar on Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) in Africa, in Accra on November 9-10, 2006. Representatives from 23 African countries attended [...]
2006-12-18 17:35:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ETTC PARM PREL PTER AORC XA GH
06ADANA133TURKEY: SATURDAY BOMBING IN MERSIN
[...] (U) One police officer and twelve civilians were wounded by a bomb which exploded at 11:40 am on Saturday, June 3, 2006, in downtown Mersin. The bomb reportedly was planted in a black plastic bag. Some press accounts attribute the detonation to a remote control device. No American citizens w [...]
2006-06-06 06:59:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC TU
06ADANA144TURKEY: ATTEMPTED BOMING IN TARSUS
[...] (SBU) The Anti-Terror Branch of the Turkish National Police reported, to Consulate Adana's SD Supervisor, that the police had a tip regarding Turkish citizen Fahrettin Kocakaya (born in Diyarbakir in 1987). They were following him when he came to Tarsus and attempted to enter the Sub-Governo [...]
2006-06-16 12:15:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC TU
06ADANA40TURKEY: PROTESTS MARK ANNIVERSARY OF OCALAN CAPTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: As in past years, protest activities marking the anniversary of the February 15, 1999 capture in Kenya of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan and his subsequent transport to Turkey by Turkish authorities, occurred throughout southeast Turkey. This year's protests lasted one week, instea [...]
2006-02-22 12:27:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER TU ADANA
06ADDISABABA1607ETHIOPIA: GOE OPPOSES ACCOMMODATION WITH SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Charge June 12 the GOE was concerned that USG "feelers" to the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in Mogadishu could affect that attitudes of other players, including the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Tekeda bemoaned the fact that many a [...]
2006-06-13 11:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC PGOV ET SO ER
06ADDISABABA1647IGAD AMBASSADORS IN ETHIOPIA DISCUSS SOMALIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting of ambassadors from IGAD member states and donor partners June 15, the Ambassador of the Somalia TFG to Ethiopia, Abdil Karim Farah, told those assembled that the armed units of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) were advancing toward both Belet Dweyne and Baidoa. He s [...]
2006-06-15 17:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIGAD PTER ASEC MARR KPKO AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1648ETHIOPIA: ETHIOPIAN MILITARY TO RESPOND IF
[...] (C) Summary. On 15 June, DATT met with MG Yohannes Gebremeskel, Head, Intelligence Main Department of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF). Yohannes said the Islamic Courts are likely using "freelance" militias to expand their control beyond Mogadishu. He said they had taken Jowhar. [...]
2006-06-16 10:31:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS ET SO
06ADDISABABA1691CORRECTED COPY -- IGAD AMBASSADORS IN ETHIOPIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting of ambassadors from IGAD member states and donor partners June 15, the Ambassador of the Somalia TFG to Ethiopia, Abdil Karim Farah, told those assembled that the armed units of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) were advancing toward both Belet Dweyne and Baidoa. He s [...]
2006-06-20 13:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIGAD PTER ASEC MARR KPKO AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1708ETHIOPIA: SAMORA REITERATES GOE POLICY ON SOMALIA
[...] (C) Summary. LTG Samora Yonus, Chief of General Staff, Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) met with Commander, U.S. Central Command General John Abizaid and the Charge June 19. Topics of discussion included CJTF-HOA presence in Ethiopia, the Somalia situation, Ethiopian military intentio [...]
2006-06-21 15:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS ET SO
06ADDISABABA1719ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS ABIZAID
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin met with Commander, U.S. Central Command General John Abizaid and the Charge June 19 to discuss the GOE's growing military force along the Somali border and its warning to the UIC that any perceived threat will be met with military action. Seyoum s [...]
2006-06-22 11:58:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS ET SO
06ADDISABABA1763ETHIOPIA: ANALYSIS OF OLF CONNECTIONS TO TERRORISM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In response to reftel request for intel analysis on the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF),Post has gathered information from local sources, including clandestine reports, to respond to the questions posed. The information collected suggests that the OLF has, and continues to, support [...]
2006-06-28 06:30:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPTER PREL PGOV ET ER
06ADDISABABA1781AFRICAN UNION: FRAZER URGES KONARE TO REMAIN FIRM, MOVE FAST ON AMIS TRANSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-29 16:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PTER AU SU SO
06ADDISABABA1782AFRICAN UNION: KONARE URGES US SUPPORT FOR SOMALI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: African Union (AU) Chairperson Konare told A/S Frazer in a June 25 meeting that the Union of Islamic Courts was currently probing to see how far it could expand, but intended to take over all of Somalia if possible. An expanding UIC would inevitably provoke war with Ethiopia, he [...]
2006-06-29 16:16:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPKO MOPS AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1783MELES/FRAZER REVIEW APPROACH TO SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Frazer opened the meeting by telling Prime Minister Meles that we appreciate Ethiopia's restraint and contacts warning the Union of Islamic Courts (ICU) that Ethiopia would not tolerate an attack on Baidoa as the seat of the Transitional Federal Government ( [...]
2006-06-29 16:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER
06ADDISABABA1924ETHIOPIA: PROMINENT EDITOR SAYS SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Amare Aregawi, a prominent and well connected newspaper editor, told PAO in late June that the GOE perceived increased threats from several sources, including increased fundamentalism in Somalia and hardline factions of the CUDP. Amare pointed to pervasive signs of increasing Mus [...]
2006-07-14 06:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS ET SO
06ADDISABABA217ETHIOPIA: COMBATING EXTREMISM
[...] (C) Summary and Background: Ethiopia has a long-standing tradition of religious tolerance between Christian and Islamic communities. Christian and Muslim religious leaders are quick to point out that intermingled communities attend each others weddings, births, deaths, etc., although there hav [...]
2006-01-25 13:05:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ET
06ADDISABABA2245ETHIOPIA: UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON
[...] (C) On August 14 Charge presented reftel talking points, resolution text and Secretary Rice statement to Prime Minister Meles who responded that Ethiopia is in favor of stopping the violence, supports the UN resolution, and wants a lasting peace. Meles went on to point out that Ethiopia fully [...]
2006-08-15 11:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER ET IS LE
06ADDISABABA2256ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES EEBC MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told the Charge August 15 that Ethiopia was undecided about attending the August 24 Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission (EEBC) meeting claiming that Eritrea had done little to show its interest in the process. The Charge told Tekeda that Eth [...]
2006-08-16 12:30:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER ET
06ADDISABABA2257ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES EEBC MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told the Charge August 15 that Ethiopia was undecided about attending the August 24 Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission (EEBC) meeting claiming that Eritrea had done little to show its interest in the process. The Charge told Tekeda that Eth [...]
2006-08-16 12:38:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER ET
06ADDISABABA2526ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY MINISTER TEKEDA TALKS SOMALIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told AF DAS Yamamoto Sept. 16 that although the GOE does not see increased risk of conflict with Eritrea, it nevertheless would prefer a six-month extension of UNMEE. In Somalia, the GOE now hopes only to contain the Council of Islamic Courts [...]
2006-09-16 13:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MOPS AU ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA2609ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF LTG R.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: 1. (C) Welcome to Addis Ababa! Your visit comes as the country works to rebuild public confidence in democratic institutions and cope with potential threats on its borders with Eritrea and now Somalia. Ethiopia remains a strong U.S. partner in the global war on terrorism. The de [...]
2006-09-25 14:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPKO PHUM AU ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA2708ETHIOPIA: RECENT BOMBINGS BLAMED ON OROMOS
[...] (S) SUMMARY A series of explosions were reported in Addis Ababa on September 16, killing three individuals. The GoE announced that the bombs went off while being assembled, and that the three dead were terrorists from the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) with links to the Oromo National [...]
2006-10-06 08:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPTER PREL PGOV ET ER
06ADDISABABA2763PM MELES: ETHIOPIA WILL CONTAIN THE ISLAMIC COURTS
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Theresa Whelan met with Prime Minister Meles, Minister of State Tekeda and Defense Chief of Staff Samora on October 10. Whelan was accompanied by DATT Col. Zedler, OSD Rep Lt. Col. Atallah and myself. Meles argued that the best way to conta [...]
2006-10-12 13:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALET MOPS PREL PTER
06ADDISABABA2776PM MELES: ETHIOPIA PREPARING TO GO AGAINST CIC IN
[...] (C) Summary. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Business Executives for National Security (BENS) President and CEO General Charles Boyd, U.S. Air Force (Ret.),CJTF-HOA Commander Rear Admiral Richard Hunt, and Charge October 13 that he sees a UN-supported IGAD/Ugandan battalion station [...]
2006-10-14 10:58:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER ET
06ADDISABABA2793ETHIOPIA: ERITREAN ARMORED FORCES INITIATE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. AS OF MID-DAY ON 16 OCTOBER 2006, ERITREAN ARMORED FORCES HAD INITIATED BATTALION-SIZE MOVEMENT INTO THE UNITED NATIONS TEMPORARY SECURITY ZONE (TSZ) IN THE VICINITY OF OM HAJER (BR 468 858); MALUBA (CNA),BARENTU (CS 583 570),KARAKASH (CS 633 656) AND SHAMBIKO (CS 745 515). NO E [...]
2006-10-16 15:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETMOPS PREL PTER ER ET
06ADDISABABA2810ETHIOPIA: UNMEE SAYS ACTION NECESSARY TO PREVENT
[...] (C) Summary. The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Deputy Special Representative Ambassador Azouz Ennifar invited representatives of the United Nations Security Council permanent members to a briefing October 17 to discuss Eritrea's movement into the temporary security zon [...]
2006-10-17 15:52:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER ER ET
06ADDISABABA2818ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM TALKS ON ERITREA INCURSION,
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Charge and United Kingdom Ambassador Bob Dewar October 18 that he had "absolutely no concern" about Eritrea's incursion into the TSZ and Ethiopia would not be provoked into action. He said that Ethiopia will continue to monitor the border, [...]
2006-10-18 14:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET
06ADDISABABA2832ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM REACTS TO CONTACT GROUP
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Charge October 20 that the statement from the Somalia Contact Group was positive in that it confirmed the international community's support of the TFG, but it would have been better if the contact group had publicly supported a partial lif [...]
2006-10-20 12:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET
06ADDISABABA2872ETHIOPIA: MELES HOPES TO DELAY SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles told visiting Gen. Fulford and SFRC staffer Michael Phelan that delays and problems with IGASOM deployment might leave Ethiopia to face the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) alone, but that he hoped to hold off on military intervention until around mid-November. He said th [...]
2006-10-26 17:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC PTER UNSC SO ET
06ADDISABABA2910ETHIOPIA: MFA EXPERT OFFERS THOUGHTS ON SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The MFA's Somalia expert sees a "dangerous situation" arising in the next two to three weeks if the international community takes no concrete action to assist Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in its struggle against the extremist Council of Islamic Courts (CIC). H [...]
2006-11-01 16:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER SO ET ER EG AU
06ADDISABABA2914THE ISLAMISTS BATTLE FOR BAIDOA AND BEYOND
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Meles met with Admiral Rick Hunt, DATT Don Zedler and Charge at our request October 30. We were particularly concerned by reports of the Council of Islamic Courts' (CIC) military preparations for an attack on Baidoa, and the possibility that even with Ethiopian mili [...]
2006-11-02 05:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREF PTER SO ET
06ADDISABABA2927ETHIOPIA: SFRC STAFFER PHELAN VISIT TOUCHES ON WAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings during a visit to Ethiopia, SFRC Staffer Phelan inquired about issues at the forefront of Ethiopian politics ) engagement in Somalia and progress in deepening democracy. Regarding Somalia, Phelan was told by GoE officials that Ethiopia is ready to eliminate [...]
2006-11-03 09:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM ET ER
06ADDISABABA3048AN AMERICAN/ETHIOPIAN PARTNERSHIP SO CRITICAL AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: As I prepare to turn over my responsibilities to my good friend and respected colleague, Ambassador Don Yamamoto, I urge the USG to maintain and strengthen our partnership with Ethiopia. Ethiopia is moving in the right direction -- despite the nay-sayers -- on democracy, devel [...]
2006-11-15 15:10:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALASEC ET PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SO
06ADDISABABA3114ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM TALKS ABOUT DIALOGING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Vicki Huddleston on November 20 (during a farewell call) that Ethiopia preferred to dialogue with the CIC rather than enter into armed conflict. Tekeda said that Ethiopia had invited the CIC to talks in Addis Ababa, and the "ball was now [...]
2006-11-28 10:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET
06ADDISABABA3206ETHIOPIA: PM MELES MEETS WITH FMR SECSTATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. While visiting Addis Ababa to promote the UNDP's Commission for the Legal Empowerment of the Poor, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi December 1 to discuss Ethiopia's support of the Commission and her concern about the deterioratin [...]
2006-12-06 06:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET
06ADDISABABA3411SOMALIA: TFG AMBASSADOR REPORTS MILITARY CAMPAIGN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a December 28 meeting with USAU Amb. Courville and deputy pol-econ counselor (note-taker),the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's (TFG) PermRep to the AU and Ambassador to Ethiopia, Amb. Abdulkarim Farah, responded to a series of questions asked by Amb. Courville on [...]
2006-12-28 14:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MOPS KPKO KISL ET SO DJ
06ADDISABABA3413SOMALIA: PM MELES REPORTS ETHIOPIAN FORCES HAVE
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi informed Charge in the evening of December 28 that Ethiopian troops had not entered Mogadishu, and that Ethiopia would wait until the following day to assess circumstances and decide whether to intervene in Somalia's capital. Meles [...]
2006-12-28 19:47:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PTER MOPS KISL ET SO
06ADDISABABA3418RESPONSE FROM ADDIS ABABA REGARDING SADDAM HUSSEIN VERDICT.
[...] (SBU) On December 26, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review the general security situation in Ethiopia as well as post's general security posture. The following offices were represented at the EAC: Charge, A/DCM, PE, DATT, USAID, USAU, CONS, RMO, ORA, CDC, MGT, GSO, A/PAO, MSG an [...]
2006-12-29 10:16:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ET SO PTER PGOV PHUM CASC KAWC KJUS IZ
06ADDISABABA3419RESPONSE FROM ADDIS ABABA REGARDING SADDAM HUSSEIN VERDICT.
[...] (SBU) On December 26, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review the general security situation in Ethiopia as well as post's general security posture. The following offices were represented at the EAC: Charge, A/DCM, PE, DATT, USAID, USAU, CONS, RMO, ORA, CDC, MGT, GSO, A/PAO, MSG an [...]
2006-12-29 11:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ET SO PTER PGOV PHUM CASC KAWC KJUS IZ
06AITTAIPEI2363Taiwan Adopts FATF Recommendations
[...] On July 11, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission Banking Bureau issued a regulation effective August 1 that requires all banking institutions to collect, verify and store information about any banking customer that makes any single cash or electronic remittance above NT$30,000 (US$923). [...]
2006-07-12 21:47:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM PTER KSEP TW
06AITTAIPEI3888Demarche on International Expansion of Federal Flight Deck
[...] Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Representative Sharon Walloppillai and AIT-Taipei econoff delivered reftel demarche to Taiwan Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) Deputy Director General George Lee on November 13, 2006. Lee indicated that Taiwan was open to the U.S. proposal to [...]
2006-11-17 09:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON PTER ASEC TW
06AITTAIPEI4053 Terrorist Lists
[...] Taiwan does not have a public terrorist list similar to the USG Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) list published by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. YOUNG [...]
2006-12-05 06:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER TW
06AITTAIPEI4094TERRORISM FINANCE: TALKING POINTS AND Q & AS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-11 08:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
06AITTAIPEI4165LAUNCH OF SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE - NONPAPER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-20 08:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KHLS ASEC PTER ECON TW
06ALGIERS1184UPTICK IN VIOLENCE IN ALGERIAN COUNTRYSIDE
[...] (SBU) Since late April, GSPC terrorists have intensified their attacks against both traditional military and government targets and civilians in areas to the east and west of Algiers. The GSPC has changed tactics and increased the lethality of its attacks. The Algerian Army for its part has [...]
2006-06-27 17:32:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC AG
06ALGIERS1278ALGERIA REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE IN IMPLEMENTING
[...] (C) MFA Director General for African Affairs Chergui briefed Ambassador July 9 on the recent agreement Algeria brokered between Malian authorities and Tuareg rebels in northern Mali (reftels) and asked for a U.S. pledge of financial assistance for the "Forum on Development" created by the agr [...]
2006-07-11 05:50:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR MARR ML AG LY SU
06ALGIERS1308INTERIOR MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR ALGERIAN
[...] (C) True to his hard-liner reputation, Interior Minister Zerhouni told Ambassador during his July 10 farewell call that Algerians supported reform but needed time to absorb and adapt to economic and political change. Forcing the pace could cause problems and set back the entire process. Zerho [...]
2006-07-16 05:43:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS1403ALI BELHADJ PROTESTS U.S. ACTIONS IN LEBANON IN
[...] (U) In a deliberate challenge to the authority of the GOA, which released him from prison March 6 under the terms of the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, co-founder of the now banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) Ali Belhadj demonstrated in front of Embassy Algiers July 31, carr [...]
2006-07-31 16:50:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM ASEC AG
06ALGIERS1414GOA COORDINATES PUBLIC STATEMENTS FROM RELIGIOUS
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Religious Affairs over the past couple of weeks has continued to provide imams with points on the ongoing violence in Lebanon from which to draw for Friday sermons (reftel). Imams have confirmed to post that July 28 sermons were required to contain a reference to "the l [...]
2006-08-02 15:02:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PTER AG
06ALGIERS1514TO POSTPONE OR NOT TO POSTPONE: AMNESTY DEADLINE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian terrorists seeking amnesty under the Peace and National Reconciliation process (reftels) have until August 28 to surrender to the authorities. In mid-August the military and police began ostentatious preparations to conduct what they assert will be a final mopping-up of [...]
2006-08-23 15:08:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER KDEM KISL AG
06ALGIERS1572FORMER FIS LEADERS QUESTION IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (U) Former Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) leaders Rabeh Kebir and Anwar Haddam and former Islamic Salvation Army (AIS) emir Madani Mezrag gave interviews that appeared August 27 in the Arabic-language daily El Chourouk El Youmi. The interview of Haddam, who currently resides in the U.S., was t [...]
2006-09-06 06:18:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS2189GOVERNMENT ISLAMIST PARTY SEES CONSENSUS ON
[...] (C) Summary: A top official in the moderate Islamist Movement for the Society of Peace (MSP) party, a member of the governing coalition, told us Algeria did not yet have the same societal consensus to support WTO accession and other economic reforms aimed at attracting investment as it did on [...]
2006-12-26 16:06:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER ETRD KDEM KISL AG
06ALGIERS246GAS PIPELINE EXPLOSION IN AOMAR
[...] (U) Wednesday's edition of "Le Soir d'Algerie" reported that GSPC member Mohamed Keraouni, also known as Emir Kezouit, used a homemade bomb to destroy a portion of the Hassi R'mel-Cap Dijnet gas pipeline on February 6 in Aomar, approximately 100 kilometers southeast of Algiers. The article p [...]
2006-02-12 05:37:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALEPET PTER ENRG AG
06ALGIERS336MFA ADVISES GIVING HAMAS TIME TO CHANGE, AVOIDING
[...] (C) MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher told Ambassador, visiting NEA/MAG Director Jordan, and DCM January 26 that while Algeria agreed with the U.S. that Hamas must change its position on peace with Israel, they disagreed about "imposing sanctions." Bouzaher advised the U.S. and [...]
2006-02-28 12:35:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KWBG AG
06ALGIERS338IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCES FOR NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) The ordinances implementing the provisions of National Reconciliation as approved by voters in September 2005, made public February 22, are expected to be implemented by presidential decree by the end of the current month. While several organizations representing victims of terrorism cr [...]
2006-02-28 12:49:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM AG
06ALGIERS365UNOFFICIAL, EMBASSY-EDITED TEXT OF IMPLEMENTING
[...] The opening chapter lauds the sovereignty of the people who overwhelmingly voted for the Charter and implements the legal provisions of the approved charter in their name. CHAPTER TWO: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ------------------------------ 2. In brief, this chapter deals with legal proceeding [...]
2006-03-05 08:54:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PHUM AG
06ALGIERS401SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S VISIT TO ALGIERS
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary Welch, Embassy Algiers and our Algerian hosts very much look forward to welcoming you to Algiers. President Bouteflika is interested in continuing the dialogue you began in New York last September, and there is indeed much to discuss. Prime Minister Ouyahia and Forei [...]
2006-03-09 18:48:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER AG
06ALGIERS408AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAMAS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Ambassador drew on reftel points on the Israeli-Palestinian situation in a March 5 meeting with Foreign Minister Bedjaoui (discussion of Sudan, Western Sahara, NDI visas reported septel). Ambassador stressed the importance of the international community maintaining a common position towa [...]
2006-03-12 18:12:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS AG
06ALGIERS455BOUTEFLIKA TELLS A/S WELCH KHARTOUM SUMMIT AND
[...] (C) During a two-hour meeting March 14 with President Bouteflika, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch raised Hamas, noting that the international community had made clear to Hamas what it needed to do. Arab support for that message, including at the upcoming Khartoum Arab summit, would be critical [...]
2006-03-18 07:41:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KPAL AG
06ALGIERS565REALITIES OF RECONCILIATION CHARTER IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (C) Influential segments of the Algerian public, assured by President Bouteflika last fall that voters were not approving a general amnesty for terrorists, are expressing serious reservations on its implementation after seeing prominent terrorists and FIS leaders returned to the streets and ma [...]
2006-03-29 15:57:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS576EL KHABAR JOURNALIST INTERROGATED ABOUT THE
[...] (U) Algeria's leading Arabic-language daily, El Khabar, claimed in April 1 that its reporter Mohamed Mourad, the author of two articles published March 27 and 29 on the dissemination of leaflets by the Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC),was questioned March 30 at an Algerian police st [...]
2006-04-01 16:00:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER KDEM PHUM AG
06ALGIERS605ALGERIA ACTIVELY SEEKING TO PREVENT TRAVEL OF
[...] (S/NF) The GOA is committed to preventing Algerian would-be foreign fighters from traveling to Iraq and to breaking up networks recruiting foreign fighters of various nationalities. Algeria continues to arrest persons traveling with this intent and has won U.S. Government recognition for bei [...]
2006-04-03 14:54:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC PREL PGOV CG IZ AG
06ALGIERS606NEW ALGERIAN LEGISLATION A STEP BACK FOR RELIGIOUS
[...] (SBU) The Algerian parliament quietly passed legislation February 28 that, among other things, confines non-Muslim worship to church buildings approved by the state, imposes penalties for proselytizing, and treats these as criminal rather than civil offenses. The new law, which clearly impact [...]
2006-04-03 15:41:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PTER AG
06ALGIERS622ALGERIA REPORTEDLY RE-ARRESTS THREE TERRORISTS
[...] (U) The leading Arabic-language daily newspaper El Khabar reported April 4 on its front page the re-arrest of Abdelmadjid Dahoumen, Mourad Yakhlaf, and Adel Boumazber. According to El Khabar, the three individuals were released from prison last month in accordance with the Charter on Peace an [...]
2006-04-04 16:44:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PTER PGOV AG
06ALGIERS662RELEASED ISLAMIC LEADER ATTACKS GOA LEGITIMACY,
[...] (C) Since his March 6 release from prison pursuant to the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, Ali Belhadj, co-founder of the now banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS),has blatantly defied the Charter's ban on those released engaging in political activity. Belhadj's most direct ch [...]
2006-04-12 13:02:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM AG
06ALGIERS686ALGERIA NOT FAVORABLE TO PSI
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche April 12 to MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and International Security Briza, seeking support for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and for Algerian attendance at the upcoming PSI high-level meeting scheduled to take place in Poland in June. [...]
2006-04-15 16:29:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER AG
06ALGIERS722ATTACK ON CUSTOMS OFFICIALS SPARKS MAJOR OFFENSIVE
[...] (U) According to an April 10 article in the official French daily El Moudjahid, corroborated by an announcement from the Ministry of the Interior, an orchestrated terrorist attack on Algerian Customs officials by the Group Salafist for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) on April 7 sparked a major off [...]
2006-04-18 16:03:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC AG
06ALGIERS751GOA OUTLINES STEPS TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT THE CHARTER
[...] (U) The Government of Algeria released April 23 a communique outlining the steps taken by the GOA in implementing the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation. Among the more important points of the communique were: -- Nearly 2200 detainees have been freed, which is almost the total n [...]
2006-04-25 08:11:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM AG
06ALMATY1162KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF SA-16 AND
[...] (S) In a March 30 meeting with FM Tokayev (other issues reported septel),Ambassador reiterated Ref A request for the transfer of SA-14 and SA-16 MANPADS to the U.S. for countermeasures testing. Tokayev, although apparently not briefed on the request in advance of the meeting, responded very [...]
2006-04-03 07:36:00US Office AlmatySECRETPARM PREL PTER MARR KZ
06ALMATY1482KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW SECURITY
[...] (S) Summary: During his first meeting with Marat Tazhin in his new position of Secretary of the Security Council, the Ambassador reviewed bilateral security cooperation efforts. He noted that counterterrorism cooperation with the KNB appeared to be back on track, DOD and MOD were engaged in a [...]
2006-04-24 05:21:00US Office AlmatySECRETPREL MARR PTER KZ
06ALMATY1586KAZAKHSTAN: ARREST OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS
[...] (C) Summary: In early April, Kazakhstani authorities arrested ten individuals accused of planning terrorist activities. This is the first such arrest in recent years in which the terrorist suspects were accused of targeting Kazakhstan. End summary. 2. (SBU) In early April, the Kazakhstani [...]
2006-05-02 11:57:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KZ
06ALMATY1703KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSION OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan insists on a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with the U.S. in order to accept the return of Guantanamo detainees. The MFA is willing to meet with U.S. experts in Astana to discuss the issue. See request for guidance, para. 4. End summary. 2. (SBU) On May 2, Poloff [...]
2006-05-15 02:25:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY1946KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Officer Ualikhan S. Sanginkhanov to stress that it is not appropriate to link the return of the Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo to the conclusion of a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT),as the two matters are not [...]
2006-06-01 16:58:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY1956KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF SA-16
[...] (S) Summary: Poloff met with Kazakhstani MFA official Sergey Savelyev to discuss the transfer of SA-14 and SA-16 MANPADS. Savelyev asked if the U.S. is interested in the rockets or the whole systems, if the U.S. wanted to purchase the items, and if the U.S. had made a similar request to Ukra [...]
2006-06-02 09:46:00US Office AlmatySECRETPARM PREL PTER MASS MARR NATO KZ
06ALMATY2399KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 29 meeting regarding the possible transfer of Kazakhstani citizens detained at Guantanamo, an MFA Consular Services representative stated that the GOK could give no guarantees that the transferred detainees would never again engage in terrorism, asked for the backgrou [...]
2006-07-07 01:07:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY2533KAZAKHSTAN: GLOBAL INITIATIVE COORDINATING OFFICER
[...] (SBU) Embassy Almaty's Global Initiative Coordinating Officer is Pol-Econ Chief Deborah Mennuti. Unclassified email: mennutid@state.gov. Classified email: mennutid@state.sgov.gov. Office phone: 7 (3272) 50-49-95, home phone: 7 (3272) 60-70-72, cell phone: 7-333-222-2610. 2. (SBU) Back-u [...]
2006-07-13 06:46:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PINS PTER KZ
06ALMATY2549KAZAKHSTAN: FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO
[...] (S) Summary: In a July 12 meeting with MFA consular officials, Poloff followed up on Ref A discussion of the transfer of Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo. Poloff passed requested information about the background of the three Kazakhstani detainees approved for transfer (Ref B),explained t [...]
2006-07-13 15:21:00US Office AlmatySECRETPTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY2871KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF MANPADS
[...] (S) Summary: Poloff met with Kazakhstani MFA official Sergey Savelyev to discuss the transfer of SA-14 and SA-16 MANPADS. Savelyev said that his office had given its opinion that the weapons systems should not be transferred, but should be destroyed. This is not the MFA's final decision, bu [...]
2006-08-09 11:28:00US Office AlmatySECRETPARM PREL PTER MASS MARR NATO KZ
06ALMATY2872KAZAKHSTAN: MFA UNWILLING TO RECEIVE TRANSFER OF
[...] (S) Summary: In an August 2 meeting with MFA consular officials, Poloff again discussed the issue of transferring the Kazakhstani detainees held at Guantanamo to Kazakhstan. Poloff informed his counterparts that only intelligence and law enforcement personnel were allowed to visit the detaine [...]
2006-08-10 00:49:00US Office AlmatySECRETPTER KAWC PHUM PREL KZ
06ALMATY2889KAZAKHSTAN: POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF KAZAKHSTANI
[...] (S) Post appreciates receipt of ref B information on Kazakhstani citizen Ilkham Turdbyavich Batayev, ISN US9UZ-000084DP, and will pass it to the GOK soonest. Additionally, in response to reftel A approval for the transfer of Batayev from DoD custody to Kazakhstan, post notes that the Kazakhst [...]
2006-08-12 03:09:00US Office AlmatySECRETPTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ
06ALMATY3080(S) KAZAKHSTAN UNABLE TO TRANSFER MANPADS
[...] (S) In an August 28 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov informed the Ambassador that Kazakhstan would not be able to turn over MANPADS slated for destruction in the NATO Trust Fund project to the U.S. as requested (reftel). Abdrakhmanov said that several bilateral agreements [...]
2006-08-31 10:44:00US Office AlmatySECRETPARM PREL PTER MASS MARR NATO KZ
06ALMATY3086KAZAKHSTAN: MFA EAGER TO RESOLVE DETAINEE ISSUE
[...] (SBU) Following up on his discussion of the issue with Foreign Minister Tokayev (reftel),the Ambassador on August 28 pressed Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov on the need for Kazakhstan to accept the return of its citizens detained at Guantanamo. The Ambassador stressed that there [...]
2006-08-31 11:11:00US Office AlmatySECRETPTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ
06ALMATY3245KAZAKHSTAN: GOK AGREES TO THE TRANSFER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request. The Government of Kazakhstan has agreed to receive the transfer of the Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo Bay, according to Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Officer Ualikhan S. Sanginkhanov. Post requests Department guidance on the mechanism [...]
2006-09-15 01:15:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY335KAZAKHSTAN: SECOND ROUND OF ARB REVIEWS
[...] (C) EBO Astana principal officer delivered Ref A demarche on January 26 to Valikhan Konurbayev, Head of the MFA Consular Department. The demarche concerned the upcoming ARB review of GTMO detainee Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev. Konurbayev noted that when Kerimbakiev first came up for ARB review (Re [...]
2006-01-30 12:12:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY336KAZAKHSTAN CONSIDERING TRANSFER OF DETAINEES
[...] (SBU) This cable contains a request for guidance, para. 5. 2. (C) EBO principal officer delivered Ref A demarche to Valikhan Konurbayev, Head of the MFA Consular Department on January 26 (re: proposed transfer of GTMO detainee Abdullah Tohtasinovich Makrubov). Konurbayev confirmed that his [...]
2006-01-30 12:14:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PHUM PINR KZ
06ALMATY3394KAZAKHSTAN: FEEDBACK ON GICNT DOCUMENTS PROMISED
[...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief, along with Counselor Gennadiy Spiglyazov and Third Secretary Dmitriy Tretyakov from the Russian Embassy, conveyed Ref A points and documents to Olzhas Togyzbayev of the MFA's international security section on September 21. 2. (SBU) Togyzbayev indicated that despite the f [...]
2006-09-25 06:29:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIC MCAP PINR PINS KNNP KZ
06ALMATY411EUCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER GENERAL WALD,S MEETING WITH
[...] (U) Participants: U.S. European Command Deputy Commander Charles F. Wald Charge Mark Asquino Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense James MacDougall Rear Admiral Michael J. Lyden, J4 Director of Logistics and Security Assistance, EUCOM Brigadier General Melvyn Spiese, J5/J8, Deputy Direc [...]
2006-02-03 02:19:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALMARR PINS PTER PREL KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY456KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIANS HOST CTAG MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the first CTAG of the Russian G-8 presidency, representatives of G-8 embassies discussed the threats to Kazakhstan posed by international terrorism, organized crime, and drug trafficking. While expressing general satisfaction with the GOK's approach to counterterrorism [...]
2006-02-07 03:43:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER RS KZ
06ALMATY598KAZAKHSTAN: GOK DENIES REFOULEMENT OF UZBEK
[...] (C) Summary: Three months after a group of Uzbek citizens was forcibly returned to Uzbekistan from southern Kazakhstan, the Kazakhstani MFA formally responded to UNHCR's multiple inquiries with a flat denial of any GOK involvement. This contradicts previous, informal high-level GOK acknowledg [...]
2006-02-14 11:33:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PTER KZ UZ
06ALMATY761KNB HEAD STEPS DOWN FOLLOWING ARRESTS IN
[...] (U) Summary: On February 22, two days after the arrest of five KNB officers in the Sarsenbaiuly murder case (reftel),Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev accepted the resignation of Committee of National Security (KNB) Chairman Nartai Dutbayev. According to press reports, KNB Vice Cha [...]
2006-02-25 10:05:00US Office AlmatySECRETPHUM PGOV PREL PTER KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY808KAZAKHSTAN: UZBEK REFUGEES UNDER RENEWED PRESSURE?
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 meeting in Almaty, imam Abidkhan Nazarov of the Tukhtaboy mosque in Tashkent told Poloff that he fears that Uzbek and Kazakhstani authorities have recently intensified their efforts to locate him and his followers in Kazakhstan. Nazarov voiced his concerns three [...]
2006-03-01 12:29:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF PTER KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY895KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF SA-16 AND
[...] (S) On February 28, Poff delivered ref B demarche immediately following the delivery of Ref C demarche to Gaukhar Biseyeva, Head of the Office of European Security in the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and her assistant Yerzhan Zhukenov. Biseyeva appeared cautiously optimistic abo [...]
2006-03-09 07:07:00US Office AlmatySECRETPARM PREL PTER MASS MARR KZ POLITICAL
06AMMAN1176VERDICTS IN THE CHEMICAL PLOT, ZARQAWI SENTENCED TO DEATH - AGAIN
[...] (U) Summary: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) on February 14 sentenced nine men to hang, including al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, for the 2004 plot to carry out a chemical/vehicle-borne explosive attack against the U.S. Embassy and Jordanian government targets. The plot's ma [...]
2006-02-16 16:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
06AMMAN1501THREE PRISONS BACK UNDER CONTROL AFTER RIOTS
[...] (C) Summary: Authorities have regained control of three prisons after overnight riots. Islamist extremists at the prisons appear to have been at the center of the disturbances. According to local security contacts, members of parliament from the Islamic Action Front took part in successful n [...]
2006-03-02 07:27:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM ASEC JO
06AMMAN1505AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH PRINCE ALI
[...] (S/NF) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met February 28 with Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein, one of King Abdullah's closest advisors and his half-brother. Discussions focused on Jordan's Counterrorism (CT) support request (Ref A). Ambassador Crumpton was joined in the mee [...]
2006-03-02 09:59:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MARR PHUM LE SY JO
06AMMAN1511AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S VISIT TO JORDAN'S 71ST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Henry Crumpton, U.S. Coordinator for Counterterrorism (CT),discussed Jordanian CT capabilities - and CT training for foreign special operations forces - with the commander of the 71st Jordanian Counterterrorism Battalion during a February 28 visit to Jordan. END SUMMA [...]
2006-03-02 10:38:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PTER MARR MCAP IZ JO
06AMMAN1523JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES CAPTURE TERRORISTS
[...] (U) Jordanian dailies led with the GOJ's announcement that the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) foiled a suicide bombing plot by capturing three terrorists. GOJ spokesman Nasser Judah said the captured terrorists planned to attack a "vital civilian facility" in Amman. State-run TV showe [...]
2006-03-02 14:10:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
06AMMAN1526AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH THE CHIEF OF
[...] (C) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with Lt. General Mohammad Majid Al-Eitan February 28. Discussions focused on terrorist tactics, border security, and regional security cooperation. Ambassador Crumpton was joined in the meeting by the Ambassador, A/RSO, and Po [...]
2006-03-02 14:24:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PTER IZ SY LE JO
06AMMAN1534AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH FM KHATIB
[...] (SBU) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with Foreign Minister Abdul Ilah Al-Khatib February 28. Discussions focused on regional concerns including Hamas, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan,s efforts to combat radical Islamist ideologies. Jordanian participants incl [...]
2006-03-02 15:55:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PTER MARR PHUM KISL SY JO IR IZ
06AMMAN1792TRUCKING DELAYS AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Queues have been getting longer since the new year on the Iraqi side of the Jordan-Iraq border at Al Karama-Trebil, due to security screening on the Jordanian side, and a lack of resources on the Iraqi side. Coalition convoys traveling eastward are also facing delays. END SUMMA [...]
2006-03-12 06:22:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR IZ JO
06AMMAN1827TWO FOLEY ASSASSINS HANGED
[...] (U) Jordanian authorities carried out the executions of two men convicted for the October 28, 2002 assassination of USAID diplomat Lawrence Foley. Libyan national Salim Suwayd, and Jordanian national Yasir Furayhat were hanged at dawn March 11. 2. (U) The executions came ten days after rio [...]
2006-03-12 16:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PHUM ASEC JO
06AMMAN2118JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT MOVES ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) indicted 20 defendants for terrorist activities in connection with attacks in Amman and Aqaba last year, and indicted members of the "Al-Mansurah" cell for conspiring to carry out terrorist acts. The SSC reached verdicts in six terrorism-rela [...]
2006-03-22 16:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
06AMMAN2145NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2002 MA'AN UPRISINGS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The State Security Court (SSC) sentenced nine of the 108 defendants in the 2002 Ma'an uprising (refs A, B) to death on March 22. The defendants, charged with carrying out terrorist acts, possessing automatic weapons, and illegal public assembly, claimed that their confessions we [...]
2006-03-23 15:51:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM ASEC JO
06AMMAN230CODEL OBAMA MEETS WITH JORDAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (U) Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) met with Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelelah Khatib on January 9. The Senator was joined in the meeting by his staff, the Ambassador, and poloff. 2. (C) Sen. Obama thanked Khatib for his successful efforts to persuade Jordan's parliament to ratify the Artic [...]
2006-01-12 14:04:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER JO
06AMMAN2322FOREIGN FIGHTER DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Polcouns made Ref A points on foreign fighters in a March 9 meeting with Dimai Haddad, head of Foreign Minister Khatib's private office. Haddad said the GOJ views it as in its own interest to stop any young men, Jordanian or foreign, who fit the foreign fighter profile. He pointed to Jor [...]
2006-03-30 14:40:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL ASEC CG XA XF XG XI JO
06AMMAN2657QAFQAFA PRISON RIOT BY TAKFIRI ISLAMISTS
[...] (SBU) On April 13, at approximately 0900 hours (local),a riot took place in Qafqafa prison, located near Irbid approximately fifty miles north of Amman. According to RSO sources in the Public Security Directorate (PSD),the riot occurred when PSD officers assigned to the prison attempted to [...]
2006-04-13 13:47:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PTER PHUM JO
06AMMAN2767JORDAN: MIDDLE EAST NORTH AFRICA FINANCIAL ACTION
[...] (C) ECOUNS and TREASATT delivered reftel points to Central Bank of Jordan Deputy Governor Faris Sharaf on April 17, 2006. When asked about Jordan's position on the MENA/FATF charities paper, Sharaf had no concerns about the current draft of the paper. He asserted, however, that "for politi [...]
2006-04-18 12:11:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PERL PTER JO
06AMMAN2841SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETING WITH PRINCE FAISAL
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Lieberman and Prince Faisal met April 17 to discuss regional issues including Iraq, Iranian ambitions, and Hamas. End Summary. 2. (U) U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman met with Prince Faisal of Jordan April 17 in Amman. Prince Faisal is King Abdullah's brother, and was [...]
2006-04-20 11:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KWBG KPAL IZ JO
06AMMAN2906REACTION TO POSTPONEMENT OF ZAHAR VISIT TO AMMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Most Jordanian editorials supported the GOJ decision to postpone the visit of Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar after allegations of Hamas weapons smuggling into Jordan. Several prominent columnists ) echoing the broadcasts of Arab satellite channels ) have, however, e [...]
2006-04-24 14:56:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL KPAL JO
06AMMAN2916Sandia Workshop Works to Lower Bioterrorism Risks,
[...] Summary: An April 11-13 workshop sponsored by Sandia National Lab gathered thirty Middle Eastern lab scientists in Amman to discuss biosafety and biosecurity risks and risk reduction strategies at health and agricultural biology labs. Expert speakers outlined best practices for lowering risk [...]
2006-04-25 03:03:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PTER XF JO
06AMMAN3319KING COVERS DOMESTIC AND REGIONAL ISSUES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah gave an extensive interview May 7 with Arab satellite station Al-Arabiya in which he discussed both domestic and regional issues. He reiterated earlier pledges to balance security with public freedoms, hailed positive signs in Iraq, and claimed there is only a "tw [...]
2006-05-10 14:24:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDEM KPAL JO
06AMMAN3325TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE
[...] SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) began proceedings against would-be suicide bomber Sajida Rishawi - an Iraqi woman who attempted to blow herself up during the November 2005 hotel bombings in Amman - and against six defendants charged with firing rockets at two U.S. vessels in Aqab [...]
2006-05-11 05:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PHUM ASEC IZ JO
06AMMAN3375IRAQ: AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSSES MOD NEEDS,
[...] (C) During a May 9 meeting in Amman with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, Lt. General Abdel Al-Qadir, Iraqi Ground Forces Commander, underlined the need for an experienced professional as the next Iraqi Minister of Defense. Al-Qadir negatively assessed the ability of the Iraqi Army [...]
2006-05-14 09:15:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV MCAP PTER IZ
06AMMAN3507HAMAS CONSPIRACIES - MANY AREN'T BUYING IT
[...] (C) Summary: Many Jordanians are unconvinced by the GOJ's public charges that Hamas cached weapons and sent terrorists to Jordan with the goal of targeting the GOJ. Local media, however, which initially expressed some skepticism toward the GOJ's version, is now largely backing the government [...]
2006-05-18 08:14:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV PTER KISL KPAL JO
06AMMAN4025CRITICISM OF DRAFT COUNTERTERRORISM BILL
[...] (SBU) Human rights groups, liberal NGOs, and professional associations denounced a draft of the GOJ's counterterrorism bill that appeared in the local press May 31. The draft includes several provisions that provoked controversy. If approved by Parliament, the new law would make it a crime to [...]
2006-06-06 13:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER JO
06AMMAN4651GOJ AND ISLAMISTS TRADE BARBS ON ARREST OF MPS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite some vigorous prodding, Jordanian Islamists have to date refused to apologize for the four Islamic Action Front (IAF) MPs detained for allegedly glorifying deceased terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. King Abdullah and GOJ officials continue to defend the arrest of the MPs, [...]
2006-06-22 14:58:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KISL JO
06AMMAN4685JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT MOVES ON TERRORISM
[...] SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) continued proceedings against would-be suicide bomber Sajida Rishawi, as well as six defendants charged with firing rockets at two U.S. warships in Aqaba. The SSC began proceedings against nine defendants - including Azmi Jayousi - for an attempted [...]
2006-06-25 13:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PHUM ASEC IZ IS JO
06AMMAN4686LOCAL G-8 COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The G-8 plus three (Australia, Switzerland, and Spain) Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) met in Amman June 20 to discuss the status of counterterrorism security assistance to Jordan. Representatives from the UN's Counterterrorism Executive Directorate (UNCTED) joined the CTAG m [...]
2006-06-25 13:44:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC UN JO
06AMMAN4770KING BRIEFS FOREIGN CHIEFS OF MISSION ON DOMESTIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah convened chiefs of mission (COMs) from G8 and European Union nations on June 25 to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the regional threat posed by Iran, the recent arrest of four Islamist MPs in Jordan, and domestic reform efforts. END SUMMARY. ISRAEL-PAL [...]
2006-06-27 14:11:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KISL KPAL JO
06AMMAN5324JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's State Security Court is responsible for handling all terrorism, state security, and drug-related cases. These trials are conducted in a mixed military and civilian court with hearings open to the public. The court has an increasing workload, with most of the growth [...]
2006-07-16 07:31:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PTER PHUM JO
06AMMAN6088LEBANON UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-12 09:07:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE JO
06AMMAN645SENATOR KERRY'S MEETING WITH JORDAN'S INTELLIGENCE
[...] ( C ) Summary: Senator John Kerry,s 90-minute meeting with Jordan,s intelligence chief centered on Iraq, and on the intelligence service,s worries about Iran,s role there and throughout the region. They also discussed Syria and security in Jordan. End summary. 2. ( C ) Senator John Ker [...]
2006-01-27 10:16:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER IR IZ IS JO
06AMMAN6708ANTI-TERRORISM LAW PASSES LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's lower house of parliament approved a new anti-terrorism bill. Passage of the measure was a priority for the Bakhit government because of the King's call for new anti-terrorism legislation. The law strengthens Jordan's regime for countering terrorism financing and closes [...]
2006-08-30 14:04:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KTFN JO
06AMMAN6761USG ASSESSMENTS OF TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This cable provides the assessment of Embassy Amman's country team of the terrorist/insurgent financing environment in Jordan. As instructed in reftel, post's response is divided into separate sections providing background information on the terrorist/insurgent operating env [...]
2006-08-31 12:22:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PGOV PREL PTER JO IZ
06AMMAN6917REACTIONS TO SEPTEMBER 4 AMMAN SHOOTINGS
[...] (SBU) Jordanians of all political tendencies joined the GOJ in condemning the September 4 shooting in Amman (ref A),which killed one Briton and injured five other tourists and a Jordanian policeman. From King Abdullah to Muslim Brotherhood leader Salem Al-Falahat, Jordans speaking out on th [...]
2006-09-07 12:34:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IS LE JO
06AMMAN6925PARTICIPANTS IN THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 13:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU JO
06AMMAN6972NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT / IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-10 15:07:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER UNGA IAEA UNSC CU JO IR
06AMMAN7277SAJIDA AL-RISHAWI SENTENCED TO DEATH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-21 13:49:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC IZ JO
06AMMAN7553PARDONS FOR TWO ISLAMIST POLITICIANS
[...] (U) King Abdullah pardoned jailed Islamists Muhammad Abu Fares and Ali Abul Sukkar on September 30. The two were imprisoned for "inciting sectarianism" for statements they made after the death of Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi in June (ref B). They also lost their seats in the Chamber of Deputies up [...]
2006-10-02 15:21:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM KISL JO
06AMMAN7630TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) handed down sentences in six terrorism-related cases and began proceedings against Nabil Ahmad Issa Jaaoura, a Jordanian who allegedly killed a British tourist at Amman's Roman Amphitheater in early September, and Ziyad Khalaf Karbouli, an Ira [...]
2006-10-05 06:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
06AMMAN7924DEMARCHE ON PRESERVING SINIORA,S GOVERNMENT
[...] (S) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche October 15 to Thamar Al-Adwan, FM Khatib's chief of staff. Al-Adwan took careful notes and undertook to brief Khatib immediately, but offered no substantive comment. 2. (S) During a follow-up demarche October 16 with Jaffar Hassan, foreign affairs advi [...]
2006-10-17 14:44:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY JO
06AMMAN8495MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL BIOMETRIC CONFERENCE OUTCOMES
[...] (C) Summary: The November 7-8 Jordanian-hosted regional biometric conference was a significant success. All fourteen Middle East countries invited by Jordan attended, represented mostly by Interior Ministry officials. A number of participants told the U.S. delegation that this was the first [...]
2006-11-19 15:34:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL JO
06AMMAN8725CONTESTING TERRORIST USE OF THE INTERNET
[...] (U) Reftel asked for post's estimate of the most popular websites for Jordanians. According to the Alexa Internet service provider the top ten websites visited by Jordanians are: Yahoo (yahoo.com),Google (google.jo),Microsoft Network (msn.com),Google (google.com),Maktoob.com Inc (maktoob. [...]
2006-12-05 15:00:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KISL KPAO OIIP JO
06AMMAN8850TRIALS IN JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT - AN UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) handed down sentences in four terrorism-related cases, and continued proceedings against Nabil al-Jaaoura, a Jordanian who allegedly killed a British tourist at Amman's Roman Amphitheater in early September, and Ziyad Khalaf Karbouli, an Iraqi charged [...]
2006-12-13 05:45:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
06AMMAN8947DETAINEE TRANSFER FRAMEWORK NOTE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel diplomatic note December 12 to Thamer Adwan, Director of the Foreign Minister's private office, and to Mahmoud Hmoud, the Ministry's legal advisor. Adwan and Hmoud stated that the ministry would provide a substantive reply after studying the proposed framework th [...]
2006-12-18 08:34:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM JO
06AMMAN9101ARABSAT/NILESAT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Afram Jamil, Acting Secretary General of the Ministry of Information on December 27. Jamil explained that Jordan no longer sits on the Arabsat board, due to Jordan's small stake in the company (4 per cent) and its limited content contribution and usa [...]
2006-12-27 14:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETTC KPAL KPAO PTER JO XF
06AMSTERDAM160NETHERLANDS/MUSLIM OUTREACH: AMSTERDAM MOSQUE HOSTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Nearly 300 Dutch-Moroccan women crowded a hall at Amsterdam's Al Kabir Mosque on February 19 to hear spokeswomen from four political parties in advance of March 7 local elections. The meeting was indicative of growing minority interest in the upcoming polls. Long-term residen [...]
2006-02-28 12:35:00Consulate AmsterdamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL
06ANKARA1101TURKEY READY TO ENGAGE ON MAKHMOUR, SEEKS SECURITY
[...] (C) MFA's Director General for Security Affairs, Hayati Guven, told us March 1 that Turkey is ready to engage on closing the Makhmour refugee camp and that it considers such a step as an important objective in its battle against the PKK. The GOT seeks assurances that there will be sufficient [...]
2006-03-03 14:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREF MOPS EAID SOCI PHUM PREL PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA1152EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS IN ANKARA OPEN TO ENHANCED
[...] (C) Summary: At a briefing by a visiting JAC analyst, French, British and German diplomats in Ankara were receptive to enhanced cooperation against PKK networks in their countries. Both the British and French DCM's believed their host government's attitude towards Kurdish issues was evolving, [...]
2006-03-08 09:41:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER KTFN FR GM UK TU PKK
06ANKARA1251TURKEY AND THE PKK: TERRORIST ATTACKS CONTINUE
[...] (C) Summary: There have been several terrorist attacks over the past week in southeastern Turkey and in the Aegean city of Izmir. These attacks, which have resulted in several fatalities, are likely the first salvos of PKK/Kongra-Gel's expected, annual spring offensive. End Summary. 2. (C [...]
2006-03-10 12:41:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER ASEC TU
06ANKARA1325TURKISH RESPONSE TO U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-13 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINS TU
06ANKARA1463TURKEY: EVOLVING VIEWS ON IRANIAN NUKES
[...] (SBU) In recent weeks, AKP officials have gradually been ratcheting up public pressure on Iran, simultaneously sending messages to their domestic constituencies that the situation has reached a more serious level. Over the weekend of March 11, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdulla [...]
2006-03-20 16:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU
06ANKARA1464NEVRUZ HOLIDAY SPURS CONCERN OF INCREASE IN PKK
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Protests in major Turkish cities and in the southeast in advance of a traditional Kurdish holiday may harbinger the escalation of PKK/Kongra-Gel-related violence and tensions in Turkey. Although we expect an increase in violence -- including rural military clashes and urban te [...]
2006-03-21 05:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA1480TURKISH REPLY ON SAJID MOHAMMED BADAT DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) The Turkish MFA has responded to reftel demarche with a diplomatic note informing the Embassy, "that Sajid Mohammed Badat, born in 1979, holder of the British passport No: 703114075 had entered Turkey on 8 Decmeber 2001through Istanbul Ataturk Airport and left the country on 10 December [...]
2006-03-21 11:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN PTER TU
06ANKARA1630Terrorism Finance: Turkish FIU Still Waiting for
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-27 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN PTER TU
06ANKARA1657CJCS AND CHOD OZKOK STRESS IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (S) Summary: CJCS Gen Pace and TGS Chief Ozkok reaffirmed the importance of the US-Turkey military relationship. Ozkok underscored Turkey's record of cooperation on Iraq, acknowledged recent progress there, stressed the importance of Kirkuk, and warned that sectarian strife could draw neighbo [...]
2006-03-29 06:04:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR PTER OVIP PACE PETER TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA1659CJCS GEN PACE'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH PM ERDOGAN
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey continues to support the Iraqi people and coalition efforts, but the PKK, ethnic and religious strife, and Kirkuk remain difficult issues for the GOT, Prime Minister Erdogan told CJCS Gen Pace March 23. Erdogan praised the U.S.-Turkey strategic partnership and hoped the re [...]
2006-03-29 07:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALOVIP PACE PETER PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU US
06ANKARA1723TURKEY REQUESTS U.S. DEMARCHE TO DENMARK ON ROJTV
[...] (C) MFA DG for Intelligence and Research Hayati Guven asked to see the Charge March 31 to raise the GOT's ongoing concerns about Roj TV's broadcasts from Denmark. Guven said the GOT believes that Roj TV's broadcasts have been intentionally used by the PKK to incite the current civil unrest [...]
2006-03-31 12:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV TU DA
06ANKARA1748TURKISH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ETLO
[...] (C) We met with Huseyin Ozdemir, Chief of Section for the International Security Section of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on March 30 to follow up on our January demarche (reftels) regarding China's request that the UN designate the East Turkistan Liberation Organization (ELTO/SHAT) [...]
2006-04-03 06:27:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER TU CH
06ANKARA1821TURKEY, PKK TERRORISM, AND NEXT STEPS BY THE USG
[...] (S) SUMMARY: PKK terrorism in Turkey is on the upswing. Violent protests in the southeast and bomb attacks in Istanbul have resulted in over 15 deaths in under a week. On April 3, the Kurdish Freedom Falcons issued a warning to foreign tourists to avoid Turkey and called on Kurdish youth to j [...]
2006-04-06 04:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA1858DAS GRAY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH TURKISH MFA OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary. DAS Gordon Gray visited Ankara on March 22 to discuss USG ideas on the Iranian nuclear program with several senior Turkish MFA officials. DAS Gray delivered a strong message emphasizing that, while Washington has taken no option off the table, the USG remains committed to a dipl [...]
2006-04-06 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINS IR TU
06ANKARA1899TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE AND KURDISH VIEWS
[...] (C) Summary: In discussing the recent unrest in southeastern Turkey (reftels A-E),Kurdish contacts describe a growing sense of rage and frustration in the region. They say many Kurds oppose violence by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK),but have lost hope that the GOT will address the region [...]
2006-04-07 14:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PREL PGOV TU
06ANKARA2045TURKISH-IRANIAN RELATIONS, BY THE NUMBERS
[...] (SBU) As the constroversy over the Iranian nuclear program continues and many in Turkey become increasingly anxious about next steps, we thought it useful to review the basic elements of Turkey's relations with this troublesome neighbor. What follows is a snapshot overview of Turkey's interac [...]
2006-04-14 12:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU
06ANKARA2047CONGRESSMAN WEXLER'S APRIL 10 VISIT TO ANKARA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Robert Wexler met April 10 with PM Erdogan, FM Gul, Economy Minister and lead EU negotiator Babacan, D/CHOD Kosaner, PM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu, and Turkish Union of Chambers President Hisarciklioglu. Wexler's message was that although the HAMAS visit [...]
2006-04-14 12:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ECON TU IZ
06ANKARA2153TURKEY WORRIED ABOUT PKK'S SMUGGLING ARMS FROM IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (S) Summary: MFA requests the USG investigate the loss of 617 handguns that were intended for Iraqi government use and that ended up in criminals' hands in Turkey. Two people have been killed with these weapons, including the Italian priest [...]
2006-04-19 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER TU
06ANKARA2214LOCAL G8 COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING IN
[...] (SBU) The Russian Embassy in Ankara convened a meeting of G8 Embassies plus Australia, Switzerland and the European Commission on April 12 as the local Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG). Most Missions were represented at the counselor level. Russian Ambassador Petr Stegniy opened the ses [...]
2006-04-21 13:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER TU
06ANKARA2352TURKISH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
[...] (C) We met with Huseyin Ozdemir, Chief of Section in the International Security Department of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on April 27 to follow up on our January demarche (refs a and b) regarding China's request that the UN designate the East Turkistan Liberation Organization (ELT [...]
2006-04-28 12:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER TU CH
06ANKARA2417INTENSIFYING COOPERATION WITH BELGIUM AGAINST PKK
[...] (S/NF) Summary: We should move now to extend the effort to disrupt criminal networks in Europe that support PKK terrorist activity beyond France and Germany to other European countries that host significant PKK support networks. Belgium is a prime candidate. The recent arrest in Switzerlan [...]
2006-05-02 14:18:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER EFIN KTFN BE TU
06ANKARA2449TURKISH TROOP MOVEMENTS: WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
[...] (S/NF) The deployment of troops along the Iraqi border appears to be consistent with GOT practice in past years when PKK terrorism threatened Turkey: The military is apparently sealing the Iraqi border in order to block PKK infiltration. This is what FonMin Gul told the Secretary during their April [...]
2006-05-03 15:19:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS PTER TU IZ IR
06ANKARA2452PKK IN EUROPE: DRAFT LONDON/OSLO DEMARCHES
[...] (S) Summary. In a May 3 meeting, Turkish MFA Director General for Intelligence and Research Hayati Guven welcomed the proposed demarches to Norway and the United Kingdom urging cooperative action against PKK activities (reftel),and made suggestions to strengthen the message to Norway given [...]
2006-05-04 05:56:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER TU UK NO
06ANKARA2480IRAQ ASKS TURKEY FOR NEW EXTRADITION TREATY
[...] (C) MFA Director General for Security Affairs Hayati Guven informed us on May 3 that the Iraqi Foreign Ministry had sent to Turkey a note verbale the week of April 17 stating that the Turkey-Iraq Legal Assistance Treaty did not provide sufficient grounds to extradite PKK suspects to Turkey. In [...]
2006-05-04 15:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER CJAN PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA250Turkish Police Create Anti-Terror Finance Unit
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish National Police (TNP) Intelligence Department recently established a terrorism finance division, to be housed under the Intelligence Department's organized crime group. Recep Guven, TNP Intelligence Department Chief of Section in the Organized Crime Division and a [...]
2006-01-23 13:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER KTFN TU
06ANKARA2506NO APPARENT INTENT -- NOW -- FOR TURKISH
[...] (S/NF) Summary: We continue to see no evidence of Turkish cross-border activity across the northern Iraq border. A senior staff general told us May 3 that two developments would almost certainly precipitate a cross-border operation (CBO): a spectacular attack in Turkey or an attack against Tu [...]
2006-05-05 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS PTER TU IZ IR
06ANKARA2508MAKHMOUR: MFA OFFICIAL READY TO DISCUSS SECURITY
[...] (C/REL GBR) Per ref b, we discussed the way forward on steps required to close the Makhmour refugee camp in northern Iraq with MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven on May 3. Guven reported that he was prepared to travel to Geneva for discussions with U.S. a [...]
2006-05-05 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PREL PREF TU IZ UN
06ANKARA252INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-23 14:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER TU CH
06ANKARA2539DEEPENING ANTI-PKK COOPERATION WITH GERMANY
[...] (S) Summary: Following the productive launch of discussions with German authorities on combating illegal PKK support activities in Germany, we may wish to consider bringing Turkish services directly into the conversation with German counterparts in the trilateral exercise foreseen by ref A. [...]
2006-05-09 08:48:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKTFN PTER EFIN PGOV TU GE
06ANKARA256DEMARCHE ON REPORTING IRAN TO UNSC
[...] (C) We delivered ref a demarche to Turkish MFA First Secretary Guven Begec on 20 January. Begec told us that SIPDIS Turkey shares USG concerns regarding the Iranian nuclear program and believes that Iranian nuclear weapons would pose a direct threat to Turkey's national security. He also [...]
2006-01-23 15:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU
06ANKARA2595TURKEY/IRAN: FM GUL'S MEETING WITH ALI LARIJANI
[...] (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary for Security Affairs Akgunay Larijani provided Ambassador an initial readout of Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani's May 8 meeting with FM Gul. (Larijani's meeting with Turkish NSC SecGen Alpogan is described septel.) Akgunay reporte [...]
2006-05-09 14:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KNUC PTER IR TU
06ANKARA2597TURKISH U/S ALI TUYGAN ON GREEK ISSUES AND OTHER
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Ali Tuygan debriefed Ambassador May 5 on PM Erdogan's May 4 meeting in Thessaloniki with Greek PM Karamanlis and distanced Turkey from FM Gul's reported hard line on the Halki Seminary. Tuygan reviewed follow up on Secretary Rice's recent visit. Discussion also t [...]
2006-05-09 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER GR IR IZ TU
06ANKARA2614SECOND ACTION REQUEST--TURKEY WORRIED ABOUT ARMS
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. three. 2. (S) MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven reminded us May 3 that he had requested information from us April 18 (see reftel) on 617 firearms that the Turkish authorities have recovered that apparen [...]
2006-05-10 13:05:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER TU IZ
06ANKARA2671DEMARCHE: MAY 9-13 D-8 SUMMIT IN BALI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-12 10:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER MOPS IS IR TU
06ANKARA2793MAKHMOUR: GOT CONTEMPLATING UNHCR OPERATIONS PLAN,
[...] (C) UNHCR-Turkey informed us May 12 that UNHCR-Geneva had forwarded its draft Operations Plan for effecting durable solutions for the residents of Makhmour refugee camp in northern Iraq to the U.S. and Turkish permanent missions in Geneva, and that UNHCR-Turkey had forwarded the plan to MFA Di [...]
2006-05-16 13:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PREL PREF TU IZ UN
06ANKARA2805TURKEY NOTIFIED OF SECOND ROUND OF GTMO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-17 13:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL TU GE
06ANKARA2854JUSTICE MINISTER DEFENDS DEFINITION OF TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to a letter from the Ambassador to Justice Minister Cicek expressing concern over the retention of Turkey's narrow definition of terrorism in draft anti-terror legislation (ref),a Justice Ministry letter argues that provisions in current Turkish law allows Turkey to [...]
2006-05-18 12:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER KTFN TU
06ANKARA2876TURKISH TROOPS MOVEMENTS OUT OF THE NEWS--FOR NOW
[...] (S/REL GBR) Summary: Other events have pushed the issue of PKK violence and troop movements within Turkey to deal with it off the front pages, but this is likely only temporary. PKK violence and Turkish countermeasures continue. Turkey may/may have fired two mortar rounds near an Iraqi village [...]
2006-05-18 15:32:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS TU IZ IR
06ANKARA2903PKK VIOLENCE ONGOING
[...] (U) According to press reports, PKK violence in Turkey continued the week of May 13-19. In various PKK attacks (usually involving IEDs) and Turkish military operations, six soldiers or police, four civilians (all children),and five PKK terrorists were killed, with two security forces personn [...]
2006-05-23 05:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA2924(S/NF) GUN USED TO KILL TURKISH JUDGE APPARENTLY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (S/NF) Turkish National Police (TNP) sources informed LEGATT May 22 that the weapon used to murder Council of State judge Ozbilgin and wound five others May 17 was a Glock pistol. TNP sources further reported that the Glock company had [...]
2006-05-23 15:02:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER KCRM PREL PGOV TU IZ US
06ANKARA2971EUR/SE DIRECTOR SILLIMAN'S MEETING WITH TURKISH
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with MFA Security Affairs DDG Bicakli, EUR/SE Director Silliman briefed on his meetings in Brussels and London and discussed deepening cooperation with European countries to fight criminal activity there. Silliman also raised possible U.S. designation of the Turkish F [...]
2006-05-25 05:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKTFN PTER TU
06ANKARA2981TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: A POLITICAL PRIMER
[...] (U) This message is from Consulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey's southeast encompasses 23 provinces stretching from Gaziantep in the west to Kars in the north and Hakkari in the far southeast. This region includes most of Turkey's Iranian and Syrian borders and its entire Iraqi border [...]
2006-05-25 06:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER TU
06ANKARA3028TURKEY WELCOMES NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT, GOT IRAQ
[...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) The GOT welcomes the new government in Iraq, and will send its Special Envoy there next week to meet the leadership and invite the Iraqi PM, FonMin, and Speaker of Parliament to Turkey. FonMin Gul hopes to go there "soon." The GOT is maintaining a positive public s [...]
2006-05-25 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA3097TURKEY/IRAQ: SMALL-SCALE ACTIVITY ON BORDER
[...] (S/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkish Special Forces Headquarters near the Iraq border have confirmed that Turkish forces have fired mortars against PKK forces on two occasions (May 16 and 20) just across the border. The military also claims to have received small arms fire and indirect fire (NF [...]
2006-05-26 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER MOPS PREL TU IZ IR
06ANKARA3103MAKHMOUR: GOT GENERALLY PLEASED WITH UNHCR
[...] (C) We met May 26 with MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven to get Guven's readout of a May 24 GOT interagency meeting he chaired to discuss UNHCR's operations plan for effecting durable solutions for the residents of the Makhmour refugee camp in northern Ira [...]
2006-05-26 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PREF PREL TU IZ UN
06ANKARA3109GOT REQUESTS INFORMATION ON PKK MEMBER ERSIN SEFIL
[...] (S/NF) MFA Head of Department for Security Affairs (MFA's S/CT-equivalent) Nevzat Uyanik called us in May 25 to request USG assistance in ascertaining the whereabouts of a PKK terrorist who may have been killed in an Iranian attack on PKK forces in northern Iraq o/a April 23. According to Uya [...]
2006-05-30 07:52:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINR PREL TU IZ IR
06ANKARA323 TURKISH FINANCE MINISTER TERRORISM FINANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his first meeting with Finance Minister Unakitan, the Ambassador stressed the importance of preparing for Turkey's upcoming Financial Action Task Force (FATF) review. Unakitan expressed confidence that the legislation governing Turkey's anti-financial crime agency will be pa [...]
2006-01-27 16:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER PBIO TU IZ
06ANKARA325 TURKISH FINANCE MINISTER ON TERRORISM FINANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his first meeting with Finance Minister Unakitan, the Ambassador stressed the importance of preparing for Turkey's upcoming Financial Action Task Force (FATF) review. Unakitan expressed confidence that the legislation governing Turkey's anti-financial crime agency will be pa [...]
2006-01-30 12:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER PBIO TU IZ
06ANKARA3269PKK VIOLENCE: PRESS REPORTS 12 TURKISH SECURITY
[...] According to press reports -- many of them supplemented by television coverage of soldiers' funerals -- 12 members of the Turkish security forces were killed in incidents of PKK violence over the two-week period of May 22 through June 4. These reports also claim 23 security forces were WIA. Ei [...]
2006-06-05 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER MOPS PREL TU IZ IR
06ANKARA3325FINANCIAL MONITORING OF TURKEY'S CHARITIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are two types of private charitable organizations that are subject to different rules and official oversight. Charitable "foundations" have played a prominent role in Turkish society dating back to the Ottoman period, and non-profit "associations" have become increasingly [...]
2006-06-07 13:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER KTFN TU
06ANKARA3339TURKEY/RUSSIA: LAVROV VISIT LESS THAN SATISFYING
[...] (C) Foreign Ministry DDG Murat Burhan and Russian embassy PolCouns Vyacheslav Kunekov provided us read-outs of Foreign Minister Lavrov's May 31-June 1 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. While the Russians and Turks were in general agreement on regional issues, the Turkish side was disappointed with [...]
2006-06-07 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD ENRG KPAL XF IZ IR IS AM
06ANKARA3433TURKISH POLICE PASS WEAPONS SERIAL NUMBERS
[...] (C/NF) On June 8, Turkish National Police handed LEGATT a list of weapons, primarily GLOCK Model 17 and 19 handguns, which have been recovered in recent months in Turkey. TNP requested information on the weapons' provenance from the manufacturers, who apparently reported that many of the weap [...]
2006-06-09 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER TU IZ
06ANKARA3434GTMO: TURKEY PROVIDES PAPER ON DETAINEE
[...] (C) On June 9, MFA Head of Section for Security Affairs Huseyin Ozdemir passed us the GOT's submission regarding Turkey's lone detainee at GTMO: Murat KARNAZ. Per ref a, Ozdemir requested the document be passed to the Administrative Review Board (ARB) for its consideration of Karnaz's case. [...]
2006-06-09 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL TU GM
06ANKARA3464 MOMENTUM ADVANCING CSI PROGRAM IN TURKEY
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: We appreciate the CSI team's readiness to move forward with the Izmir port assessment despite the current legal questions surrounding the Declaration of Principles (DOP). State Minister Kursad [...]
2006-06-12 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PTER KTIA TU
06ANKARA3476PKK VIOLENCE CONTINUES: TEN YEAR-OLD CHILD AMONG
[...] PKK attacks in southeast Turkey for the week of June 5-11 killed four Turkish security forces personnel and one civilian, a ten year-old child (according to press reports). During the same week, 15 security forces were WIA, as were seven civilians. Two PKK terrorists were killed in a firefigh [...]
2006-06-13 12:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL ASEC MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA3505AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SOUTHEAST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-14 11:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER KPAO ADANA PKK
06ANKARA3524LOW-PROFILE HAMAS DELEGATION VISITS TURKISH HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: A four-person delegation of Hamas members arrived in Turkey June 8 and met with NGO representatives and an MP. The Turkish press covered the visit, though not extensively. We raised the issue on a cautionary note with a leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),[...]
2006-06-15 09:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS TU
06ANKARA3619PKK IN EUROPE UPDATE WITH TURKISH MFA
[...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Huseyin Bicakli expressed appreciation for USG efforts against PKK in western Europe, noting that they were having an effect. Bicakli supported the creation of trilateral working groups in key western European capitals in o [...]
2006-06-20 04:59:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER KTFN TU
06ANKARA3643TRILATERAL PKK TALKS: TURKISH THINKING ON NEXT
[...] (C) MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven called us in June 20 to provide us the latest GOT thinking on preparing for trilateral (U.S.-Turkey-Iraq) talks on the PKK. He reported that he had discussed the matter with Undersecretary Tuygan and senior ministry [...]
2006-06-20 14:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ IR
06ANKARA3727EXPLOSION IN TURKISH TOURIST AREA KILLS FOUR,
[...] (C) Summary: A June 25 explosion in the city of Manavgat, on Turkey's south coast, killed four people, none of them AmCits. We have received conflicting information on whether the explosion was an accident or a bombing. End Summary. 2. (U) On June 25, an explosion in Manavgat, on Turke [...]
2006-06-26 13:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER TU
06ANKARA3775PKK AFFILIATE CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR BOMBING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Kurdish Freedom Falcons (TAK),a well-known PKK affiliate, has claimed responsibility for the June 26 bombing in Manavgat, a tourist destination near the coastal resort of Antalya. This bombing fulfills previous threats by TAK to target foreign tourists and brings the death [...]
2006-06-27 14:59:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETASEC PTER MOPS PKK
06ANKARA3837TURKEY: WORRISOME TRENDS IN KURDISH POLITICS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-03 07:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER PREL TU
06ANKARA386AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH THE TURKISH GENERAL STAFF: IRAQ, PKK, IRAN AND DEFENSE PROCUREMENT
[...] (S) Summary: During separate meetings with Turkish General Staff (TGS) Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok, TGS Deputy Chief GEN Isik Kosaner, and Turkish Land Forces (TLFC) Commander GEN Yasar Buyukanit January 26 and 27, the Ambassador asserted that Turkey should do nothing to disrupt the fragile situat [...]
2006-02-01 12:49:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR PTER MASS TU IZ IR
06ANKARA3894US ASSISTANCE CRITICAL TO STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey plays a strategic role in US policy. A long-time US Ally, the second largest NATO member, an EU candidate, and a Western-oriented country that borders an area of US concern, Turkey is providing critical assistance to US efforts in both Iraq and Afghanistan, is pressing Iran [...]
2006-07-03 15:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR PTER TU
06ANKARA3895CSI VISIT FIRMS UP TURKISH SUPPORT FOR PROGRAM
[...] Summary: Representatives from DHS, DOE, USCG and post visited Izmir June 14-16 to assess the port's suitability for participation in the DHS Container Security Initiative (CSI). The two-day visit included meetings with Turkish officials from Customs, Foreign Trade, the Coast Guard, the Marit [...]
2006-07-03 15:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EWWT PTER KTIA TU
06ANKARA3899TURKEY: WORRISOME TRENDS IN KURDISH POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary: Despite some small steps forward, cynicism and suspicion dominate the mood among Turkey,s Southeast Kurds. The Democractic Society Party (DTP),which has pushed to allow the PKK to be a legitimate interlocutor with Ankara, remains the leading political party in the region, and a [...]
2006-07-05 08:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER PREL TU
06ANKARA3948PKK VIOLENCE CONTINUES, DEFENSE MINISTRY CLAIMS
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see ref b). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turkish [...]
2006-07-07 07:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA3985TURKEY: PARLIAMENT FAILS TO ADOPT ANNOUNCED REFORM
[...] (U) Summary: Parliament went into recess July 1 after passing only four minor elements of a reform package designed to boost Turkey's EU candidacy, although FM Gul, in April, had urged MPs to adopt the full package before the end of the legislative session. A number of controversial measures w [...]
2006-07-07 13:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF PTER EU TU
06ANKARA4085IRAQ/TURKEY: ZEBARI VISIT SUCCESSFUL
[...] (C) Summary: GOT sources and the Iraqi Embassy here characterized Iraqi FonMin Zebari's July 3-5 visit as very positive. The Turkish MFA told us Zebari said Iraq will get tough on the PKK, and that Turkey and Iraq had agreed in principle on a deal to open two additional border gates. While so [...]
2006-07-12 15:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD TU IZ
06ANKARA4105TURKEY: REPORT ON PKK VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see reftels). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turk [...]
2006-07-13 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA4145POSITIVE TURKISH RESPONSE TO US-RUSSIAN GLOBAL
[...] The Turkish Foreign Ministry made the following public announcement on July 17 in reaction to the joint U.S. - Russia Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism announced on July 15 (reftels). The MFA provided this to us in the form of a diplomatic note as well. Informal Embassy translati [...]
2006-07-17 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP IAEA RU TU
06ANKARA4235PUK REPRESENTATIVE GALALI DISCUSSES PKK AND KIRKUK
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Turkey representative Bahros Galali told us he will immediately urge President Talabani and KRG President Barzani to take public steps against the PKK as a way to prevent a Turkish cross-border operation (CBO) into northern Iraq and to also send an [...]
2006-07-20 16:22:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER ENRG ETRD TU IZ
06ANKARA4236TFLE01: TURKEY: ISRAELI ACTIONS TRANSLATE INTO
[...] (C) Summary. The combination of Israel,s actions in Lebanon, USG support for Israeli,s right to self defense, increased PKK-related violence in Turkey, and USG opposition to a Turkish cross-border action (CBO) against the PKK in northern Iraq has created a public opinion pressure cooker in Tur [...]
2006-07-20 16:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALIS IZ PGOV PREL PTER TU
06ANKARA4258TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKS CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR PROGRESS
[...] (C) We discussed the PKK issue July 21 with GOT Deputy Iraq Coordinator Fazli Corman. We emphasized the importance of continuing to work together to combat the PKK and underscored that the USG is engaged on the issue. We asked Corman about Turkey's recent contacts with the GOI on combatting [...]
2006-07-24 02:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD TU IZ
06ANKARA4259(S/NF) TURKEY/PKK: PRT KIRKUK MEETING WITH PKK
[...] (S/NF) Contacts in the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (TNIO) informed us July 20 that they understood American diplomats in northern Iraq had recently met with representatives of the Kurdistan Democratic Solutions Party (KDSP). The Kurdish press also carried this allegation. Cont [...]
2006-07-24 02:02:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA4266COUNCIL OF STATE CANCELS FREEZING OF AL KADI ASSETS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-24 09:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKTFN PTER PREL TU
06ANKARA4290DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES IRAQ AND PKK WITH TURKISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior MFA officials emphasized to visiting EUR DAS Bryza that Turkey was pleased with US-Turkey cooperation in Iraq and noted Turkey's interest in cooperating with Iraq to develop Iraq's energy resources. However, they also stressed that it was time for the Iraqi Government to ta [...]
2006-07-25 07:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG ETRD TU IZ
06ANKARA4331TFLE01: TURKISH DEBATE INCREASINGLY CRITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Reactions in Turkey to the conflict in the Middle East continue to focus on humanitarian needs and the requirement for an immediate ceasefire, with commentary, both in the media and from our contacts, increasingly critical of both Israel and the U.S. Many have linked Secretary Ric [...]
2006-07-27 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPROV PREL PTER TU IS LE
06ANKARA4355SCENESETTER FOR PKK TRILATERAL MEETINGS: THE
[...] (S/NF) Recent pledges by Presidents Bush and Talabani have assured the Turks that we and Iraq take the PKK seriously, and may have averted -- temporarily -- a Turkish cross-border operation. Should the Iraqis follow through on their commitments, this will begin to satisfy long-standing Turkish [...]
2006-07-28 16:18:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS TU IZ IR
06ANKARA4356TURKEY: REPORT ON PKK VIOLENCE, FOURTEEN PKK
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see reftels). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turk [...]
2006-07-28 16:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA4373TFLE01: TURKISH PRESS AND PUBLIC CONDEMN QANA
[...] (C) Summary: Continued large-scale attacks causing civilian deaths such as the Qana bombing in Lebanon are fueling increased anti-Israel and anti-American sentiment among the public and the press. Protests in Istanbul and Ankara against the U.S. and Israel occurred on July 28 and 29, and may [...]
2006-07-31 15:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TU IS LE
06ANKARA4381TURKEY/IRAQ: DEMANDS FOR ACTION ON PKK ACCELERATE
[...] (C) The public mood throughout Turkey is increasingly agitated as PKK terrorism continues to claim lives and Israeli operations in Lebanon spark public claims of double standards and hypocrisy. In a July 31 address to the nation, Prime Minister Erdogan said Turkey's patience on the PKK issue [...]
2006-08-01 10:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS IZ TU
06ANKARA4408TURKEY: REPORT ON PKK VIOLENCE, 130 ARRESTED AT
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see reftel b). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Tur [...]
2006-08-01 15:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA4450PKK IN EUROPE: SUSTAINING MOMENTUM
[...] (C) Summary: Pushing for concrete law enforcement action aginst PKK criminal activity in Europe is a key next step, according to both European and Turkish reps during recent discussions in Ankara. To help achieve this goal, they identified three near-term action items: -- raise the priority [...]
2006-08-02 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER KTFN TU GM FR UK
06ANKARA4451TURKEY PROVIDES PKK WISH LIST; CONFIRMS READY FOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tuygan presented to Charge on Aug. 2 the GOT list of requested actions to be taken against the PKK before and after a trilateral meeting with the US and Iraq. Tuygan expressed Turkey's readiness to meet bilaterally in a neutral location the week of Aug. 7 t [...]
2006-08-02 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA4474TFLE01: TURKEY: ANGRY CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE
[...] (C) Summary: The mood in Turkey regarding events in Lebanon - particularly the failure to achieve an early, UN-brokered ceasefire - has turned angry. Growing protests on the streets have been matched by official statements in Kuala Lumpur (PM Erdogan at the OIC ministerial) and Washington (F [...]
2006-08-03 13:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER TU IS LE
06ANKARA4522TURKEY SUPPORTS GLOBAL INITIATIVE BUT UNABLE TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is a strong supporter of the US/Russia Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The GOT issued a public statement endorsing the initiative and subsequently indicated to us their interest in playing an active role. In a preliminary response to reftel request to hos [...]
2006-08-07 14:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP TU
06ANKARA4527TURKEY: LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UN IS TU
06ANKARA4587TURKEY: POSSIBLE ESCALATION OF PKK VIOLENCE IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (SBU) On August 15, 1984, PKK militants killed two police officers in Eruh and Semdinli, launching the armed phase of the PKK's campaign for Kurdish autonomy in Turkey. The anniversary of the PKK's first attack against Turkish governme [...]
2006-08-09 16:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA4622CSI: TURKEY RESPONDS TO ASSESSMENT WITH NEW PROPOSED
[...] On July 31, Embassy received via diplomatic note Turkey's response to the draft Container Security Initiative (CSI) Declaration of Principles (DOP) and Basic Impelementation Procedures (BIP) that were provided to the GOT earlier this year. 2. The revised Declaration of Principles (DOP) and B [...]
2006-08-10 14:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PTER KTIA TU
06ANKARA464ENGAGING TURKEY ON FINANCIAL CRIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. is engaging the Government of Turkey on multiple fronts to continue strengthening its regime against terrorism finance and money laundering. Through diplomatic advocacy and a series of visits and workshops, the U.S. has highlighted Turkey's need for a domestic designat [...]
2006-02-06 11:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER TU
06ANKARA4647THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF TURKISH-IRANIAN RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Turkey's relationship with Iran is long, complex, and multifaceted. The two are historical and regional rivals; mutual trust is a rare commodity. Nonetheless, Turkey and Iran have enjoyed improved political relations since the late 1990s --- when Iran stopped su [...]
2006-08-11 11:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PTER PGOV PINS IR TU
06ANKARA4701REPORTS OF MILITARY ACTIVITY ON TURKEY-IRAQ BORDER
[...] (SBU) Recent Turkish press reports have suggested an escalation of Turkish military activity near the border with Iraq. An August 9 press report quoted Kurdish media sources claiming Turkish forces engaged in sustained artillery fire across the border on August 7-8. Masud Barzani was quoted o [...]
2006-08-11 14:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA4711URGENT DEMARCHE ON US SECURITY COUNCIL'S
[...] (U) This is an action message. See para 5. 2. (SBU) Ambassador spoke August 12 with Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan to convey reftel demarche regarding UNSCR 1701. In addition to the points provided, Ambassador urged Turkey to express strong support for the resolution. He expected that work will [...]
2006-08-12 12:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE TU
06ANKARA4726TURKISH MFA STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF UNSC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 13:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC KPAO LE TU
06ANKARA4744TRILATERAL TALKS ON THE PKK -- WHAT DOES TURKEY
[...] (S/NF) The GOT's comprehensive "Measures to be Adopted to Terminate PKK/KONGRA-GEL Activities in Northern Iraq" (ref a) lists Turkey's desired outcomes prior to and following US-Turkey-Iraq trilateral talks on the PKK. The list includes political and public affairs, security, legal, and other [...]
2006-08-15 11:17:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL MOPS IZ TU
06ANKARA4748TURKISH PRIME MINISTRY STATEMENT WELCOMING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-15 11:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC KPAO LE TU
06ANKARA4778TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE REPORT, EXPLOSION IN ISTANBUL
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see reftels). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turk [...]
2006-08-16 14:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA4885TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE REPORT, PKK BLOWS UP SECTION
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see reftels). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turk [...]
2006-08-23 12:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA4902DIYARBAKIR MAYOR OSMAN BAYDEMIR: AIMING TO BE A
[...] (U) This is an AmCon Adana message. 2.(C) Summary: Osman Baydemir, the 35-year old mayor of Diyarbakir, aspires to a national leadership role among the Kurds in Turkey. Baydemir,s moderate approach * he renounces violence and calls for immediate dialogue between the Turkish government and K [...]
2006-08-24 11:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA4933REGIONAL DYNAMISM SPURRING HOPE IN TURKEY'S KURDS
[...] (U) This is an AmCon Adana message. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey's Kurdish political and business leaders believe that progress in Northern Iraq could produce positive ripple effects in Turkey's troubled southeast: economic benefits have already affected local businesses and they hope the shared [...]
2006-08-25 12:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PHUM TU
06ANKARA4953TURKEY: SIX BOMBINGS IN FOUR DAYS INJURE 37
[...] (SBU) Six bombs have detonated in civilian areas across Turkey within the last four days, injuring 37 civilians, according to Turkish security officials. The evening of August 25, two bombs -- one outside of a bank and one at an office block near the city center -- exploded within five minute [...]
2006-08-28 11:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDIZ PREL PTER TU
06ANKARA4999TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE REPORT -- FOUR DEAD AND
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see reftels). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turk [...]
2006-08-29 14:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA5001TERRORISM FINANCE: TURKISH MFA DOWNPLAYS IMPACT OF
[...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Huseyin Bicakli told us August 29 that the Foreign Ministry and the Finance Ministry would appeal the Danistay (Council of State) July 20 ruling (ref a) that vacated the Council of Ministers decree freezing al-Qadi's assets in Turkey [...]
2006-08-29 16:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKTFN PTER TU
06ANKARA5099TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY PREPARED FOR PKK BILATERALS
[...] (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay told Ambassador September 5 that the GOT will be prepared to host bilateral talks in Ankara during the September 13-14 time period with U.S. Special Envoy for Countering the PKK General (ret) Joseph Ralston and delegation. Akgunay said the MFA will [...]
2006-09-05 12:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA5124PKK IN EUROPE: TURKISH MFA LINKS RECENT ARRESTS TO
[...] (C) In an August 29 meeting MFA Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Huseyin Bicakli commented favorably on recent arrests of PKK activists in Europe on criminal charges. Praising the recent arrests of PKK members Muzaffer Ayata and Riza Erdogan in Germany (ref C) and of Nedim Seven [...]
2006-09-05 15:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN TU
06ANKARA5125TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE REPORT, NINE TURKISH FORCES
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (ref a). Our primary sources for tese reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and nternational wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turkish press [...]
2006-09-05 15:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA5139TERRORISM FINANCE: TURKISH GOVERNMENT APPEALS
[...] (C) Further to ref, MFA DDG Huseyin Bicakli confirmed that on September 5, the MFA and Prime Ministry filed an appeal of the July Danistay (Council of State) ruling that invalidated the 2001 Council of Ministers order that freezed Yassin al-Qadi's assets in Turkey pursuant to UNSCR 1267. Bica [...]
2006-09-06 13:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKTFN PTER TU
06ANKARA5203TURKEY AND UNSC RESOLUTION 1695
[...] (C) We delivered reftel non-paper to MFA Security Affairs Deputy Director General Avni Bicakli on September 7 and Disarmament Office DDG Bulent Meric on September 8. Meric said Turkish financial authorities have ascertained that Turkish companies are not directly or indirectly involved with s [...]
2006-09-08 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT PTER KN TU
06ANKARA5219TURKISH DELEGATION TRAVELING TO HAVANA NAM MEETING
[...] (SBU) We spoke September 8 with Turkish MFA Deputy Director General (DAS equivalent) for the Americas Murat Esenli about the upcoming Havana Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit. Esenli affirmed that the Turks had received an invitation from the Cubans. After consulting with his colleagues in [...]
2006-09-11 12:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER CU TU PHUM
06ANKARA5223UPDATED VERSION: U.S. MISSION TO TURKEY
[...] Summary: The U.S. Mission to Turkey commemorated the 5th anniversary with events in Ankara, Istanbul, and Adana. The post activities connected the 9/11 terrorist attacks to terrorist attacks on Turkey and other nations, in order to reinforce a theme of common determination to confront and de [...]
2006-09-11 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO OIIP PTER TU
06ANKARA5251TURKEY - ASSESSMENT OF TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: This cable details Embassy Ankara's assessment of the terrorist/insurgent financing environment in Turkey as requested in ref a. Embassy Ankara and our Turkish Government contacts have little information about support for the Iraqi insurgency coming from Turkey. [...]
2006-09-12 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKTFN PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA5269PKK MAIN OFFICIAL SUSPECT BEHIND SEPTEMBER 12
[...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (U) At 9:15 p.m. on September 12, a bomb exploded in Diyarbakir,s Kosuyolu Park, killing 11 and wounding at least 15. Those dead include seven children, and many of those injured have reportedly lost limbs. The person carrying the bomb is also rep [...]
2006-09-13 15:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA528TURKISH MFA OFFICIAL ON PKK DEMARCHE TO FRANCE,
[...] (C) Summary: We consulted with MFA Director General for Security Hayati Guven January 30 on the USG-proposed demarche to France regarding PKK. Guven promised a response in 10 to 14 days. Guven believes US diplomatic pressure on western European governments is having an impact, citing Belgium. [...]
2006-02-07 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN PREL TU FR
06ANKARA5294TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH PARTY CALLS FOR UNILATERAL PKK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) issued an unprecedented call for a unilateral PKK ceasefire during a September 11 press conference. Appearing before the press in Ankara, DTP chairman Ahmet Turk portrayed the move as a response to the party's grassroots' desires. [...]
2006-09-14 10:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TU
06ANKARA5392TURKISH REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-15 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALIR PREL PTER IAEA UNSC
06ANKARA5398TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE REPORT, 11 CIVILIANS KILLED
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (ref a). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turkish pre [...]
2006-09-15 14:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA5399PKK IN EUROPE: LEGATT DISCUSSIONS WITH EUROPEAN
[...] (S) Summary: Following up on the DCM's recent meeting with French, German and UK counterparts (ref A),LEGATT discussed PKK issues with law enforcement counterparts at these Embassies to increase collaboration on PKK issues. Separately, the Turkish National Police (TNP) called two meetings of [...]
2006-09-18 05:03:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER KTFN TU
06ANKARA5440PRIME MINISTER OVERRULES BUREAUCRACY IN SUPPORT OF
[...] (C) A distraught MFA Director General for Security Affairs Hayati Guven (please protect) told us he understood that Turkish press reports were true that the Prime Ministry had applied -- on PM Erdogan's personal instructions -- to withdraw its earlier appeal of the July 20 Danistay (Council [...]
2006-09-18 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKTFN PTER EFIN ETTC TU
06ANKARA5490TURKEY WANTS TO STEP UP PKK IN EUROPE WORK
[...] (C) Summary. The Turkish MFA is interested in continued cooperation against PKK logistical and support networks, and suggests that the issue could be raised with the Europeans by the new U.S. and Turkish Special Envoys for Countering the PKK. Another round of U.S.-Turkey interagency meeting [...]
2006-09-20 09:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KTFN TU
06ANKARA5568TURKEY RECEIVES GLOBAL INITIATIVE KEY DOCUMENTS
[...] (U) Accompanied by a Russian emboff, PolMilCouns provided reftel key documents to Foreign Ministry International Security Affairs Director General Ambassador Tomur Bayer on September 22. Bayer promised to examine the documents, circulate them among relevant offices, and provide initial commen [...]
2006-09-22 13:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP TU
06ANKARA56VISAS VIPER: TURKEY JANUARY 2006 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] (U) This cable constitutes the monthly Visas Viper report for Embassy Ankara and Consulates Istanbul and Adana. Consulates submit Visas Viper reports to Ankara for inclusion in the Embassy's Visa Viper working group report. 2. (U) Visas Viper meetings were held by Embassy Ankara on 03 Janua [...]
2006-01-05 10:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PTER PINR ASEC TU
06ANKARA5612TURKEY: NO PROGRESS ON TERRORISM FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary: More than a year after Treasury Under Secretary Levey's June 2005 visit, Turkey has made negligible SIPDIS progress strengthening its regime against terrorism finance and in some respects is backsliding. Although terrorism finance is now criminalized, the definition of terror [...]
2006-09-26 12:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKTFN PTER EFIN ETTC TU
06ANKARA5642MAKHMOUR: TURKEY IMPATIENTLY AWAITS IRAQI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish MFA is pleased with UNHCR's revised operations plan for Makhmour, but frustrated that the Iraqi Government has yet to agree to provide security at the camp and that President Talabani has yet to respond to UNHCR on the issue. The GOT will propose changes to the tripart [...]
2006-09-28 07:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREF PTER PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA5674IRAQ: MFA REPORTS ON NEIGHBORS INTERIOR MINISTERS
[...] (C/REL USA, CAN, AUS, GBR) MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven told us Sept. 22 that Turkey was disappointed with the final protocol on security cooperation the interior ministers of Iraq's neighbors adopted at their Sept. 18 meeting in Jeddah. Turkey had h [...]
2006-09-29 05:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KCRM KNNP TU IZ IR EG SA KU JO
06ANKARA5676TURKS ANGRY AT TALABANI'S ACCUSATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-29 08:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV MARR TU IZ
06ANKARA5723PRESIDENT SEZER TO PARLIAMENT: SECULARISM IS BASIS
[...] (C) Summary. Turkey's President stressed secularism and democracy as antidotes to increasing fundamentalism in his October 1 speech at parliament's official opening. Coming as it did on the day before PM Erdogan's meeting with President Bush in Washington and a much anticipated address on Oct [...]
2006-10-02 11:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TU
06ANKARA5735TURKISH MILITARY LAYS DOWN A MARKER AGAINST
[...] (C) Senior Turkish military eaders have made clear, in a recent series of public speeches, that the military is concerned about the twin threats of Islamic fundamentalism and separatism which threaten the secular and unitary nature of the Turkish republic founded by Ataturk. In an October 2 a [...]
2006-10-02 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS PTER TU
06ANKARA5738PKK DECLARES CEASEFIRE: NOW WHAT?
[...] (C) The PKK leadership in Iraq declared a ceasefire as of Oct. 1, following Ocalan's Sept. 27 call from his Turkish jail cell. PM Erdogan took a measured stand, repeating the GOT position (and ours, as outlined by Gen. Ralston in his Sept. 27 press conference) that as a terrorist organization [...]
2006-10-02 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA5796HIJACKING OF THY FLIGHT 1476 ON OCTOBER 3, 2006
[...] (U) Turkish Deputy Director General for Civil Aviation, Haydar Yalcin, described for us the October 3 hijacking of Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 flight 1476. Yalcin said Turkish national Hakan Ekinci seized control of the flight soon after its departure from Tirana in route to Istanbul's Ataturk [...]
2006-10-05 09:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EAIR ASEC TU
06ANKARA5802SE TURKEY LEADERS WANT POSITIVE RESPONSE TO PKK
[...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana Cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Kurdish and regional GOT leaders in SE Turkey are hopeful the PKK cease-fire will de-escalate the violence, but worried that Ankara will not capitalize on the opportunity, which they believe offers an opening for serious, long [...]
2006-10-05 10:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA581UNHCR TURKEY READY TO ENGAGE ON MAKHMOUR
[...] (S) UNHCR's Turkey office is ready to get to work on voluntary repatriation or local integration for residents of the Makhmour Camp in northern Iraq. However, the UNHCR-Turkey Representative pointed out obstacles to be overcome, such as accessing villages in southeast Turkey to which Makhmour [...]
2006-02-09 14:30:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREF EAID SOCI PHUM PREL PTER IZ TU UNHCR
06ANKARA5871PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-11 09:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA5922TALK TOUGH FROM TURKEY'S GENERALS: READING BETWEEN
[...] (C) In a carefully crafted series of public messages, Turkey's senior military and President Sezer have warned of imminent danger to the nation's secular order, clearly pointing at the pro-Islam government of PM Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP). The generals' strident warnin [...]
2006-10-13 14:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS PTER TU
06ANKARA5944TERRORISM FINANCE: TURKEY FINALLY PASSES LAW ON
[...] (SBU) On October 11, the Turkish Parliament finally passed the "MASAK Law," long-awaited legislation which the Government views as the centerpiece of its efforts to strengthen Turkey's regime against money-laundering and terrorism finance. The law was intended to improve Turkey's compliance w [...]
2006-10-16 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PTER EFIN ETTC TU
06ANKARA5952TERRORISM FINANCE: COURT REJECTS GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) On October 12, the Administrative Chamber of the Danistay (Council of State) rejected the Government's application to withdraw its appeal of the al-Qadi case. As explained reftel, the Government (Prime Ministry and MFA) had filed appeals of the Danistay's July 20 ruling that invalidated [...]
2006-10-16 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PTER EFIN ETTC TU
06ANKARA5990PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador reviewed U.S. concerns about Syrian plans to undermine the Siniora government with Turkish PM/FM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu on October 17. He reminded Davutoglu of the exchange about Syria and Lebanon during PM Erdogan's meeting with the President on October 2. The tw [...]
2006-10-17 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS TU LE SY
06ANKARA6014TURKISH POLITICIANS USE PKK AMNESTY REMARKS TO
[...] (C) Summary. Turkish political leaders are using True Path Party (DYP) leader Mehmet Agar's recent calls for PKK militants to abandon violence and engage in politics to curry favor with undecided voters who will play a crucial role in Turkey's 2007 presidential and parliamentary elections. A [...]
2006-10-18 08:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TU
06ANKARA6019TURKISH MFA DISPLEASED WITH KRG DRAFT CONSTITUTION
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Turkish officials have told us that the draft KRG constitution crosses several Turkish redlines, and asked us to intervene with the Iraqi Kurds. From a Turkish perspective, the draft seems almost designed to poke this country in the eye and will further complicate the GOT's [...]
2006-10-18 10:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA6036TURKS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey has enthusiastically endorsed plans for the first meeting of partners of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) and will send a high-level delegation to Rabat on October 29-31. The MFA is coordinating an interagency review of the of Statement of Principles, [...]
2006-10-18 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP TU
06ANKARA6072ENCOURAGING TURKISH ATTENDANCE AT THE NOVEMBER 7-8
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-20 13:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL ASEC PGOV JN TU
06ANKARA6075TURKS OFFER MORE COMMENTS ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey provided additional comments on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) Statement of Principles and other documents on October 19. The Turkish delegation will fully participate in the Rabat conference, but does not plan to present an expert-level briefing o [...]
2006-10-20 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP TU
06ANKARA6140PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]
2006-10-27 10:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6141TURKISH DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE
[...] (SBU) The Turks share our concerns regarding the lack of balance in the NAM-sponsored UNGA resolutions related to the situation of children and human rights in Lebanon. We delivered reftel points October 26 to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Officer Cem Ulusoy, following a three-day end of [...]
2006-10-27 12:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PHUM PREL PTER LE IS TU
06ANKARA6156TURKEY NOT SATISFIED WITH REVISED GLOBAL
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. Per reftel request, we presented the revised Statement of Principles, Terms of Reference and and Explanatory Notes for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Section Head Serhan Yigit on October [...]
2006-10-30 12:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKGIC KNNP PTER PREL TU
06ANKARA6164S/CT URBANCIC TRIP TO EUROPE AND TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: We are delighted that Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Urbancic will lead an interagency team to key western European capitals and Ankara. As an important part of the larger effort against PKK terrorism, this trip holds the potential to move trilateral (Europe [...]
2006-10-31 06:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN TU
06ANKARA6165S/CT URBANCIC TRIP TO EUROPE AND TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: We are delighted that Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Urbancic will lead an interagency team to key western European capitals and Ankara. As an important part of the larger effort against PKK terrorism, this trip holds the potential to move trilateral (Euro [...]
2006-10-31 06:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN TU
06ANKARA622TURKEY/IRAN -- NOT UPSETTING THE NEIGHBORS
[...] (C) Summary. While the Turkish government publicly declares that a nuclear-armed Iran is not in Turkey,s interest, it will not get out front on the issue for fear of irritating a neighbor with which Turkey has a delicate political and growing economic relationship: -- Turkey does not wish [...]
2006-02-10 16:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU
06ANKARA6230TURKISH MILITARY STRESSES IRAQ AND PKK TO VISITING
[...] (S) Summary: Iraq and the PKK dominated US Army Chief of Staff Schoomaker,s meetings in Ankara October 27 with his host Turkish Land Forces Commander Gen. Basbug and with TGS CHOD Gen. Buyukanit. The Turks expressed anxiety about developments in Iraq and possible trends in US policy; complai [...]
2006-11-01 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MPOS PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA6250MAKHMOUR: TURKEY PREPARED TO DISCUSS TRIPARTITE
[...] (C) MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven told the DCM Nov. 1 that Turkey has reversed its position and is prepared to discuss its recommended changes with UNHCR on the draft Tripartite Agreement on the Makhmour refugee camp in northern Iraq. Guven has reques [...]
2006-11-02 15:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREF PREL UNHCR PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6253COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS "EFFECTIVE REPENTANCE"
[...] (U) A panel of judges from the Turkish Court of Appeals ruled November 1 that PKK members who had otherwise committed no crime shall benefit from Article 221 of the Turkish penal code, which allows for "effective repentance." Under this article, persons who are members of a criminal gang may l [...]
2006-11-03 12:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PHUM TU IZ
06ANKARA6300PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of unclassified, periodic reports on the PKK issue in Turkey. Our primary sources for casualty statistics are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkis [...]
2006-11-06 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6372IRAQ: GOT SEEKS TO POSTPONE CONTROVERSIAL SUNNI
[...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA has learned that a Nov. 14-16 NGO conference in Istanbul of apparent Iraqi Sunni Arab rejectionists may complicate the visit of Iraqi PM Maliki, scheduled for the same dates. The GOT has had no hand in organizing the conference and has been able to learn few specifics [...]
2006-11-08 15:04:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER PGOV TU IZ TC QA
06ANKARA6392PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT:
[...] (S) Ambassador raised ref a points with MFA Deputy U/S Apakan November 8, stressing USG concern that the SARG was using Lebanese political figures to try to bring down the government of PM Siniora. Large-scale demonstrations may be orchestrated during which violence would be encouraged in ord [...]
2006-11-09 16:59:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PROV PTER KDEM MOPS TU
06ANKARA6419ONE MONTH AFTER PKK DECLARES CEASE-FIRE, RELATIVE
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara/Consulate Adana message. 2. (C) Summary: PKK violence has largely -- but not entirely -- subsided since the terrorist organization's unilateral cease-fire started Oct. 1. Many here hope the lower level of violence will give the GOT room to address the root [...]
2006-11-15 12:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA6429TURKISH TROOPS IN THE SOUTHEAST STAYING PUT FOR NOW
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In past years, the annual December snowfall prompted the re-deployment of Turkish troops away from the Iraqi border region back to bases in the West. However, given the increased intensity of the PKK terrorist campaign this summer and continued low-level engagement with Turkis [...]
2006-11-16 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS PTER TU IZ IR
06ANKARA6448PM MALIKI IN TURKEY: PLEDGES OF SUPPORT, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Iraqi PM Maliki accepted Turkish offers to increase the level of training for ISF, especially police, and to work on expanding Turkish trade and investment beyond northern Iraq during his Nov. 16-17 visit to Ankara. The GOT was generally pleased with Maliki's public statements on [...]
2006-11-17 16:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV ECON TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA6457 CSI IN TURKEY PRESENTS A "BINDING" IMPASSE
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Two days of meeting with Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) officials in Ankara failed to find a solution to contradicting views about the legal nature of an agreement that would implement the Co [...]
2006-11-20 13:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PTER ETRD KTIA TU
06ANKARA6490LEBANON/TURKEY: GOT CONDEMNS GEMAYEL
[...] (U) The Turkish MFA immediately and strongly condemned the Nov. 21 assassination of Lebanese Industry Minister Gemayel (full text in para. 3). Media reporting was straightforward and tended to place the blame on Syria. 2. (C) The Lebanese Ambassador to Turkey recently told Ambassador that [...]
2006-11-22 15:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KDEM MOPS TU LE SY
06ANKARA6495TURKISH MILITARY SUSPECTS US OF USING UAVS TO
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Major General Hikmet Celik, Command and Control Chief for the Turkish General Staff (TGS),notified us that an unidentified Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) crossed the border from Iraq into Turkey on November 7 and 8. He requested an investigation and re-stated a previous TGS wa [...]
2006-11-24 07:25:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA6496ANKARA RECEPTIVE TO PDAS URBANCIC RE PKK IN EUROPE
[...] (C) Summary: Capping a week of meetings in Europe, S/CT PDAS Urbancic led an interagency team to Ankara for meetings November 10 with Turkish officials on PKK in Europe. Urbancic briefed the Turks on the team's European meetings and suggested several avenues for follow-up. The team urged a fo [...]
2006-11-24 08:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER TU
06ANKARA6500Scenesetter for CODEL Shays' Nov. 27-29 Visit to Turkey
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey broadly agrees with U.S. goals in Iraq and tangibly supports our military effort there. However, Turkish concerns about Iraq's stability and future, as well as the PKK issue, complicate the relationship. Turkey has generally good intentions in promoting Middle East peace [...]
2006-11-24 13:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR LE SY AM EUN
06ANKARA6508PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]
2006-11-27 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6546TURKEY SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT STABILITY OF SINIORA
[...] (S) DCM discussed reftel demarche Nov. 30 with Deputy Undersecretary Uzumcu, who undertook to raise the issue at the higher levels of the ministry. We also double-tracked with MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal. Onal thanked us for sharing our concerns and noted that Turkey has also [...]
2006-11-30 16:28:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY TU
06ANKARA6563TURKS CONVEY USG CONCERNS TO SARG, BUT STILL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: We further discussed U.S. concerns related to Syrian efforts to destabilize Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora's government December 1 with MFA officials and received a read-out of Deputy PM Sener's November 29 meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. According to MFA, Sener [...]
2006-12-01 16:11:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY TU
06ANKARA6565TURKEY/IRAQ: WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey -- despite serious ongoing concerns about violence and what it views as overreaching Kurdish aspirations, as well as anger over the PKK issue -- has been steadily engaging the new Iraq. Increasing this engagement would require demonstrating to the GOT that Iraqi disintegra [...]
2006-12-04 07:41:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER PGOV EAID ECON ENRG TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA657TURKEY/PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY - RUMORED HAMAS VISIT
[...] (C) Amid rumors of an impending Hamas visit to Turkey, Israeli DCM Emmanuel Nahshon informed us February 14 that Israeli FM Livni had spoken at lngth to Turkish FM Gul the evening of Februar 13. In what Nahshon described as a long and positive conversation, Livni presented Israeli views on [...]
2006-02-14 10:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS TU
06ANKARA6581TURKEY: HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING AN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations with Turkey are trending positive but Iraq and PKK terrorism cast a long shadow; a Congressional Armenian Genocide resolution would do further damage. Continued clashes between the military and the PKK, despite the terrorist group's October 1 cease-fire declaration, hav [...]
2006-12-05 13:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER TU
06ANKARA6590PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]
2006-12-06 06:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6612TURKEY: CONTESTING TERRORIST USE OF THE INTERNET
[...] (SBU) Summary. There are very few websites in Turkey that fit the criteria outlined in reftel for use by the Digital Outreach Team. Overall, Internet usage in Turkey is relatively small. Arabic websites are not used in Turkey at all, as the lingua franca of Turkey is Turkish. English websit [...]
2006-12-07 15:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOIIP KISL KPAO PTER
06ANKARA6614MAKHMOUR: TURKEY AWAITS ANSWERS FROM GOI BEFORE IT
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA still must complete negotiations on the Makhmour camp Tripartite Agreement with UNHCR and will not discuss the agreement with the Iraqi government until the GOI formally responds to UNHCR's June 1 letter to Iraqi President Talabani. Turkey would welcome the U.S. signing [...]
2006-12-08 06:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREF PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6628TURKISH OFFICIALS TELL CODEL SHAYS THAT SECTARIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Turkish officials and business leaders told CODEL Shays Nov. 29 that sectarian violence in Iraq threatens Turkey and the region. Events in Iraq are now threatening a centuries-old balance between Sunnis and Shia in the area, they asserted. Turkey continues to be concerned [...]
2006-12-11 09:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV TU IZ IR
06ANKARA6671TURKEY/IRAQ: CONTROVERSIAL SUNNI CONFERENCE
[...] (C) The Turkish press reported Dec. 15 that a controversial Sunni Arab conference on Iraq -- that had been postponed at the GOT's request so as not to conflict with Iraqi PM Maliki's Nov. 15-16 visit to Ankara -- was held in Istanbul Dec. 13-15. According to press, the gathering (see reftel) [...]
2006-12-15 15:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6673TURKEY PREPARING TO HOST SECOND GI MEETING; NEEDS
[...] (SBU) Together with Russian First Secretary Dmitri Zykov, we delivered reftel agenda and timeline drafts and points to Ahmet Muhtar Gun, Head of Department for the MFA's office of OSCE, Arms Control and Disarmament on December 15. Gun told us preparations were underway for Turkey's hosting the [...]
2006-12-15 16:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KGIC KNNP PREL TU
06ANKARA6720FROM GLOCKS TO ROCKET LAUNCHERS: TURKISH SECURITY
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) The Turkish National Police (TNP) presented LEGATT on November 20 with a new list of serial numbers of 60 weapons and 36 explosives seized by Turkish security forces during operations in various provinces in recent months. The TNP believes these weapon [...]
2006-12-21 15:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER TU IZ
06ANKARA6726MAKHMOUR: PUSHING TOWARD CLOSURE
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey is concerned that the Makhmour camp will remain open after some refugees repatriate to Turkey, or that non-returnees will simply be moved en masse to another camp in northern Iraq. UNHCR is struggling with how to persuade the Kurdish Iraqi authorities to resettle non-retur [...]
2006-12-22 11:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREF PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6729GOT'S IRAQ ENVOY CONTINUES OUTREACH TO SUNNIS AND
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey is continuing its efforts to bring Sunni Arabs into the Iraqi political process, GOT Special Envoy Celikkol told us Dec. 19. Celikkol insisted Turkey was powerless to prevent rejectionist Sunnis from meeting in Istanbul last week. Officials in Jordan and the UAE are worri [...]
2006-12-22 12:17:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER PGOV TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA6735TURKISH OFFICIALS SHARE CONCERNS ON IRAN, IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter Rodman discussed Iraq, Iran, and the Middle East with Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul and MFA Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay on the margins of December 12-13 High Level Defense Group talks in Ankara. Rodman described his discussions [...]
2006-12-22 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS IZ IR SY LE XF TU
06ANKARA721TURKEY/IRAQ: IRAQI POLITICAL LEADERS SEEK
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Summary and Comment. MFA Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol informed DCM February 14 that Iraqi PM Jafari has been invited to Ankara and is expected to come after formation of the new government. At the same time, Moqtada al-Sadr and the [...]
2006-02-16 10:12:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER PREF ETRD IZ IR TU
06ANKARA722HAMAS -- TURKS DESCRIBE PLANNED MEETINGS IN ANKARA
[...] (c) Summary: Turkey will host probably two meetings with Hamas on February 16, according to two senior government officials. One will be at the Deputy Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs level and will take place over lunch at a government guesthouse. A second meeting is likely follow betwee [...]
2006-02-16 10:29:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER XF TU
06ANKARA723ATTACKS ON TURKISH POLICE MARK SIXTH ANNIVERSARY
[...] (C) Summary: The Turkish press reported two separate February 16 attacks on Turkish police in Istanbul and various demonstrations in southeastern Turkey. These attacks, and similar attacks over the past two weeks (reftel),are probably orchestrated by PKK/Kongra-Gel and related Kurdish groups [...]
2006-02-16 12:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC TU
06ANKARA765TURKEY'S MESSAGE TO HAMAS
[...] (C) Summary. According to the MFA, the Hamas delegation in Turkey held two separate meetings on February 16: an official meeting with MFA reps and an unofficial meeting with FM Gul in his capacity as an AK party member. In both meetings, the Turks claimed to deliver a blunt message: recogni [...]
2006-02-17 09:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS TU
06ANKARA784TURKEY: REACTION TO HAMAS VISIT LARGELY NEGATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Although Turkey's ruling AK party spinmeisters are trying to put a positive veneer on the February 16 HAMAS visit to Ankara, they concede the visit produced no concrete result. Opposition leaders and even some AKP MPs have expressed great dismay over the visit. Mainstream Turki [...]
2006-02-17 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER TU IS
06ANKARA839TURKISH MFA WELCOMES A U.S. RESIDENT LEGAL ADVISOR
[...] (SBU) In separate meetings, two senior MFA officials told the DCM that Turkey would warmly welcome the assignment of a U.S. Justice Department Legal Advisor to Embassy Ankara. Both Director General for the Americas Alpar, and Deputy Under Secretary Akgunay (responsible for Security Affairs) en [...]
2006-02-21 15:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN TU
06ANKARA873TURKEY/IRAQ: MFA HEARS OUR VIEWS ON MUQTADA
[...] (C) Summary. We have made USG views on a possible visit to Turkey by Muqtada al-Sadr (ref a) known to Foreign Minister Gul as well as working level MFA officials. The MFA understands our views and it remains inclined to receive Sadr, although the timing is unclear. We have urged MFA offic [...]
2006-02-23 08:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IZ IR TU
06ANKARA874TURKEY/IRAQ: MFA STATEMENT ON AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-23 09:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER IZ TU
06ANTANANARIVO206 Slow Progress on Port Security; Limited Resources
[...] Summary: After two productive visits to Madagascar by the United States Coast Guard International Port Liaison in 2005, the latest Port Security Advisory updated Madagascar's status to acknowledge steps taken at the main port, Tamatave. Minor international ports at Diego Suarez, Majunga, Tul [...]
2006-03-02 08:40:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ECON PTER PREL MA
06ANTANANARIVO390 Embassy Hosts Port Security Workshop to Draft Law
[...] Summary: Embassy co-hosted an inter-Ministerial workshop with the GOM Ports Agency April 21 to draft implementing legislation for the International Ship Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code. Following two productive missions by the U.S. Coast Guard in 2005(reftel),the main port at Tamatave ha [...]
2006-04-24 13:24:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ECON PTER PREL MA
06ASHGABAT178TURKMENISTAN: CTAG MEETING MORE STYLE THAN
[...] (SBU) Representatives of six of the G-8 countries met at the Russian Embassy on February 7 to discuss counter-terrorism assistance with the GOTX during the first local CTAG meeting of the Russian G-8 presidency. Although invited and encouraged by the Russian Embassy to attend, the GOTX fai [...]
2006-02-07 13:29:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER RS TX
06ASHGABAT580ARMENIAN CONSUL CLAIMS "IRAN PREPARING FOR WAR"
[...] (C) Ashgabat-based Armenian consular officer Artek Kalachayan somberly told Emboffs attending the May 26 Georgian national day celebration about his recent two-week trip to Iran, during which he traveled from the Iranian-Turkmenistani border (Ashgabat is 30km north of the border) to the Armen [...]
2006-05-31 18:10:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER IR TX
06ASMARA534President Isaias Excoriates US and "Terrorism
[...] (C) In his annual Martyrs' Day speech, President Isaias continued sounding the GSE's public anti-American position. His attacks on the US initiative to resolve the border dispute with Ethiopia have become increasingly public and strident since an early April cabinet meeting. Both indirect and [...]
2006-06-21 15:30:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINR ER
06ASTANA502KAZAKHSTAN: ASSURANCES FOR RETURN OF KAZAKHSTANI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan has agreed to the return of three citizens held at Guantanamo, and has provided written assurances regarding human rights and security issues. End summary. 2. (SBU) On November 7, Poloff met with Ualikhan S. Sanginkhanov, Head of the MFA's Division of Europe and A [...]
2006-11-08 02:21:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ASTANA55DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Astana Econoff, together with Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Sergey Kopeyko, delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov on July 7. Econoff and Kopeyko jointly expressed hope that Astana will support the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. [...]
2006-07-11 12:37:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PINR PINS PTER KZ
06ASTANA668KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 25 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 25 meeting with Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev in Astana, the Ambassador proposed policy discussions on the permanent disposition of BN-350 spent fuel, expressed disappointment at Kazakhstan's voting record in the Third Committee, and offered expanded trainin [...]
2006-11-27 04:24:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PARM PHUM PREL PTER AF KZ
06ASTANA795KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSION ON RETURN OF DETAINEES
[...] (S) On December 5, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the proposed return of three Kazakhstani detainees to Ualikhan Saginkhanov of the MFA's Consular Department. Saginkhanov appeared surprised at the proposed mid-December time frame. Saginkhanov said that he would send the information up t [...]
2006-12-08 01:44:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ
06ASTANA814KAZAKHSTAN AGREES TO RECEIVE DETAINEES IN DECEMBER
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Kazakhstani government has agreed to accept the return of its citizens from Guantanamo in December, and wants the transfer to take place in Almaty rather than Astana as proposed by the U.S. The MFA maintains that the KNB insists on receiving records of interrogations of t [...]
2006-12-11 12:45:00Embassy AstanaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PHUM PINS KZ
06ASTANA816KAZAKHSTAN: TERRORIST LIST
[...] In response to reftel, post submits the following list of banned terrorist organizations in Kazakhstan: Al-Qaida, Islamic Party of Eastern Turkistan, Kurdish People's Congress, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Asbat al-Ansar, Muslim Brotherhood, Taliban Movement, Boz Gurd, Jamaat of Central Asia [...]
2006-12-11 16:58:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KTFN KVPR PREL KZ
06ASTANA885KAZAKHSTAN: DELIVERY OF GICNT INFORMATION
[...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief, along with Counselor Gennadiy Spiglazov from the Russian Embassy, conveyed reftel information to Kairat Sarzhanov of the MFA's international security section on December 14. 2. (SBU) Sarzhanov indicated that the GOK would carefully consider the proposed plan of work and o [...]
2006-12-17 09:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR KGIC MCAP PINS PTER KNNP KZ
06ASTANA901KAZAKHSTAN: COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Included is Post's submission for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report for Kazakhstan, as well as point of contact information as requested in reftel. 2. Embassy point of contact is: Douglas Monk +7(3172) 70-24-79 monkd@state.gov 3. Note: Post requests that the term "Kazakhstani" not b [...]
2006-12-21 01:41:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KRCM EFIN KHLS KPAO KZ
06ASTANA924KAZAKHSTAN: TRANSFER OF THREE DETAINEES
[...] (S) On December 16, three Kazakhstani detainees were transfered to the custody of Kazakhstan. Poloff and Embassy Astana DAO officer met with Ualikhan Saginkhanov of the MFA's Consular Department at the Almaty international airport to facilitate the transfer. Five individuals who declined to [...]
2006-12-26 01:37:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ
06ASUNCION1020PARAGUAY REJECTS IMMUNITIES FOR U.S. MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. FM Ruben Ramirez confirmed October 2 press reports that Paraguay had decided to reject A&T status for U.S. participants in military exercises proposed for 2007. He told the Ambassador that the decision had been made on the basis of legal and political considerations. The Ambass [...]
2006-10-05 21:07:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPREL MASS KICCPUR PTER PINR BR VZ AR PA
06ASUNCION1023PARAGUAY SEEKS TO CLARIFY POSTURE ON IMMUNITIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Ramirez told the Ambassador October 6 President Duarte had decided to terminate the extension of immunities to U.S. participants in military exercises after 2006 but conveyed openness to finding a way to continue extending immunities for participants in Medical Readiness Exer [...]
2006-10-06 19:18:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS KICC PTER PINR VZ BR AR PA
06ASUNCION1024PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-10 17:56:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON PTER
06ASUNCION1053PARAGUAY'S ANTI-DRUG UNIT SEIZES MORE WEAPONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Paraguay's Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) struck again, landing its third major weapons seizure in two months when it raided the Asuncion home and store of a registered arms dealer October 13. SENAD confiscated 195 firearms, C-4 explosives and approximately 8,000 rounds of amm [...]
2006-10-19 11:27:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALASEC KCRM PTER SNAR PINR PA
06ASUNCION1071PARAGUAY: DECLARATION IN OAS ON U.S. BORDER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-24 21:42:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PTER SMIG OAS XM MX PA
06ASUNCION1089PARAGUAY: ANTI-DRUG UNIT SUCCESS NO ACCIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) has taken serious steps to combat illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs by disrupting important cocaine and marijuana trafficking networks in close cooperation with international law enforcement agencies. The arrests of important d [...]
2006-10-30 18:43:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETASEC KCRM PTER SNAR PINR PA
06ASUNCION1158PARAGUAY PERHAPS RETHINKS MILITARY IMMUNITIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since officially informing the Embassy in early October that that the Paraguayan government does not intend to renew immunities for US military exercises, domestic criticism of that decision has mounted, spurred by proximity to local elections and concerns re Venezuelan and Boliv [...]
2006-11-16 18:17:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR KICC PTER PINR BR VZ AR PA
06ASUNCION1195PARAGUAY CONTINUES TO WAFFLE ON WAY AHEAD ON
[...] Action Request. See paras. 5. 2. (C) The Ambassador impressed upon Vice President Castiglioni November 27 the need for a GOP decision on the way ahead on military cooperation as regards immunities for U.S. participants. The U.S. had approved $1.1 million in GPOI funds and another $3.5 i [...]
2006-11-30 21:06:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PTER PA
06ASUNCION1202PARAGUAY: PRENOTIFICATION OF DOMESTIC USG
[...] (C) Key Paraguayan interlocutors November 30 welcomed being informed about the impending U.S. designation of nine individuals and two entities from the TBA associated with Hizballah and conveyed a readiness to explore what Paraguay may be able to do to "embargo" the assets of these individu [...]
2006-12-01 21:11:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PREL PTER PA
06ASUNCION1203PARAGUAY: PRENOTIFICATION OF DOMESTIC USG
[...] (C) Key Paraguayan interlocutors November 30 welcomed being informed about the impending U.S. designation of nine individuals and two entities from the TBA associated with Hizballah and conveyed a readiness to explore what Paraguay may be able to do to "embargo" the assets of these individu [...]
2006-12-01 21:17:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PREL PTER PA
06ASUNCION1204PARAGUAY: SCENE-SETTER FOR 3+1 MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary. Paraguay has taken serious measures to address its reputation as a haven for illicit activity including as regards Ciudad del Este (CDE). It has created special units, often with assistance from and in cooperation with the U.S. including in the context of our MCA Threshold P [...]
2006-12-01 22:59:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL KCRM SNAR PY
06ASUNCION1208PARAGUAY: 12 CONVICTED FOR CECILIA CUBAS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Twelve of the 15 individuals charged with the 2004-5 kidnapping and murdering Cecilia Cubas, daughter of former President Raul Cubas, were convicted November 28. Their sentences,released December 1, range from between 10 and 35 years. Several of the defendants have ties to the le [...]
2006-12-04 21:13:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR KCRM PA CO VE CU
06ASUNCION1225PARAGUAY SCENESETTER FOR WHA/BSC DEPUTY DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Bruce: Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests focused on strengthening democratic institutions, promoting sound economic policies and good governance, disrupting criminal organizations, and combating terrorist financing. You come at a parti [...]
2006-12-06 22:24:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KCRM SNAR PA
06ASUNCION1242PARAGUAY SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL WALKER
[...] (SBU) Staffdel Walker: Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to highlight U.S. activities focused on combating terrorist financing, disrupting criminal organizations, strengthening democratic institutions, and promoting sound economic policies and good governance. You [...]
2006-12-14 19:36:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER KCRM SNAR PA
06ASUNCION1265GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR - GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST
[...] (U) ON DECEMBER 21, 2006, CONSUL MET WITH PARAGUAYAN IMMIGRATION DIRECTOR, ARSENIO ORUE, WHO PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL: A. (SBU) IMMIGRATION DATABASES: 1) (SBU) WHAT COMPUTERIZED IMMIGRATION DATABASES ARE USED TO TRACK ENTRIES AND EXITS? IS THE IMMIGR [...]
2006-12-27 20:50:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALKVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS PA
06ASUNCION1278PARAGUAY: HIJAZI CASE FACING LEGAL AND POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The criminal case against suspected terrorist financier/money launderer Kassem Hijazi is presently stalled, with political pressure being brought to bear on judicial players. An Appellate Court ruled Hijazi should stand trial on tax evasion charges and the trial has been tenta [...]
2006-12-29 17:27:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KCRM ECON PA
06ASUNCION149PARAGUAY'S LEFTIST PATRIA LIBRE ACCUSED OF KILLING
[...] (C) Summary: On February 6, an undercover Paraguayan National Police officer was shot and killed by automatic gunfire in an ambush in the Department of Concepcion. The leftist Patria Libre Party (PPL) is accused of the killing in retaliation for the February 5 arrests of several relatives and [...]
2006-02-09 22:06:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PGOV ASEC KCRM PA CO CU VE
06ASUNCION182PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON LEFTIST PATRIA LIBRE ARRESTS
[...] SUMMARY: (S//NF) Police officials transferred the six members of the leftist Patria Libre Party, who were arrested on February 5 in connection to the recent seizure of a truck containing weapons and explosives, to Emboscada High Security Prison. Separately, they discovered letters declaring t [...]
2006-02-17 15:53:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPTER PREL PINR PGOV ASEC SNAR MARR MASS KCRM
06ASUNCION210PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON LEFTIST ACTIVITY IN CONCEPCION
[...] (U) Summary: Patria Libre Party (PPL) militants blamed for the February 6 murder of a policeman in the Department of Concepcion (ref A) reportedly siphoned off funds transferred from bank accounts in Europe to legitimate campesino organizations. Brazilian authorities provided Paraguayan autho [...]
2006-02-27 11:09:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPTER PINR PREL PGOV ASEC SNAR MARR MASS KCRM
06ASUNCION218PARAGUAY'S INTERIOR MINISTER ON ELECTION,
[...] (C) Summary: On 2/27 Interior Minister Rogelio Benitez told Ambassador President Duarte's recent election victory was an historic opportunity to cleanse the Colorado Party (ANR) and pursue Duarte's reform agenda. He highlighted differences between perceptions of insecurity and the reality. H [...]
2006-02-28 20:05:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC MARR SNAR CVIS KCRM
06ASUNCION231PARAGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY A/S O'BRIEN
[...] (U) Assistant Secretary O'Brien, Embassy Asuncion and I warmly welcome your visit as an opportunity to advance adoption of anti-money laundering legislation and strengthen cooperation with the GOP in combating corruption, including money laundering and other illicit activity. You come at a s [...]
2006-03-03 20:26:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPVOV PREL PTER KCRM SNAR PA
06ASUNCION264COLOMBIAN VP ON FARC AND VENEZUELA IN PARAGUAY
[...] (C) Summary: Colombian Vice President Santos visited Paraguay March 2-3 to advance ongoing security cooperation and assistance initiatives with the GOP. The GOC delegation found President Duarte more open to constructive dialogue than in the past, which they attribute to a recent discovery th [...]
2006-03-10 13:05:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SNAR ENRG PINR PA CO VE EC CH AR
06ASUNCION294PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE ON OAS COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 16:58:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL ECON MARR MASS CVIS OAS PA VE
06ASUNCION325PARAGUAY'S LEFTIST PATRIA LIBRE SHOPPING FOR
[...] (C) On 3/21, Spanish DCM Marta de Blas Mayordomo told PolOff and Colombian PolCouns Raul Sanchez that a lawyer representing the leftist Free Fatherland Party (Partido Patria Libre, or PPL),whose military wing has ties to the FARC and was responsible for the 2003 kidnapping and murder of a for [...]
2006-03-22 21:59:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPREL PTER PINR PA CO VZ SP
06ASUNCION392PARAGUAY: HATTEM BARAKAT SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: On April 10, a Paraguayan court sentenced Hattem Barakat to six years in prison on charges of aggravated production and use of documents containing false information. Barakat is the brother of Assad Ahmad Barakat, who was convicted in 2003 of tax evasion and is currently s [...]
2006-04-12 18:08:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPTER KCRM PINR PREL PGOV PA
06ASUNCION404PARAGUAY: LEFTIST PATRIA LIBRE SUSPECTED IN
[...] (U) Summary: On April 18, a group of 12 heavily armed men and women assaulted a police station in the Department of Concepcion, critically wounding a policeman posted there and burning the police station to the ground. A second policeman identified one of the assailants as the brother of a mem [...]
2006-04-20 21:09:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR PA
06ASUNCION503PARAGUAY'S INCIPIENT INSURGENCY: A KEY MOMENT FOR
[...] (C) The involvement of militant members of the leftist Free Fatherland Party (Partido Patria Libre, or PPL) in two high-profile kidnappings (refs D and E),the murders of two policemen (refs C and F),and an assault on a rural police station (ref A) are evidence of a small militant leftist mov [...]
2006-05-12 14:28:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR MARR MASS PA CO VE CU
06ASUNCION590PARAGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BANTZ CRADDOCK
[...] (C) General Craddock, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time as we prepare to submit a new request to the GOP to establish [...]
2006-06-07 17:07:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA
06ASUNCION600PARAGUAY: BRAZIL REBUFFS GOP BID TO EXTEND
[...] Brazil extradited Lebanese citizen Assad Barakat to Paraguay on tax evasion charges in March 2003. In June 2003, he was convicted and sentenced to six years. Shortly thereafter, Paraguay requested an extension of his extradition so that he could be prosecuted on charges of bank fraud. 2 [...]
2006-06-08 21:04:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KCRM PA
06ASUNCION629PARAGUAY: RENEWAL OF UNSC RESOLUTION 1540
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-19 20:48:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER PA
06ASUNCION689PARAGUAY: SOUTHCOM COMMANDER CRADDOCK SUPPORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Southcom Commander General Bantz Craddock visited Paraguay 6/26-6/29, ostensibly to observe the Fuerzas Commando competition for anti-terror units from 14 countries including the U.S., but took advantage of the trip to meet with Paraguay's Vice-President, Minister of Defense, [...]
2006-07-06 15:22:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KCRM MASS PA
06ASUNCION730PARAGUAY: UNCTC VISIT LENDS MOMENTUM TO KEY
[...] Summary. The visit by UNCTC Executive Director Javier Ruperez has lent new momentum to prospects for key legislation that will satisfy Paraguay's counterterror obligations. Upon conclusion of his trip, Ruperez ventured that we are at "the beginning of the end" in terms of Paraguay's prospec [...]
2006-07-15 17:47:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER KCRM PA
06ASUNCION731 PARAGUAY: SENATOR CORNYN VISITS TRI-BORDER REGION
[...] SUMMARY: Senator John Cornyn-R Texas visited the tri-border area of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina on July 1-3. In Brazil, Cornyn met with Brazilian Revenue officials to discuss their challenges in dealing with contraband and illicit goods transported over the Friendship Bridge that connects [...]
2006-07-17 11:00:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PGOV PREL ETRD PTER EFIN PA
06ASUNCION748PARAGUAY: HOSTILITIES IN MIDDLE EAST RAISE JEWISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The confrontation of hostilities in the Middle East has raised concerns among the Jewish population and heightened security awareness. On 7/17, the A/POL met with Jack Fleischman, Dr. Enrique Cegla and Ricardo Abraham, member of the B'nai B'rith Paraguay executive committee, to d [...]
2006-07-21 12:50:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR PTER
06ASUNCION750PARAGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR BRIGADIER GENERAL OLIVER
[...] (C) Brigadier General Oliver J. Mason, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, emergency management, social reforms and other areas of cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time, with press and political a [...]
2006-07-21 13:43:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA
06ASUNCION809PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE ON LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 12:03:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN IS PY
06ASUNCION828PARAGUAY: CONTROVERSY OVER OPERATION CONDOR RISES
[...] On 8/4, PolOff, representing the Ambassador, attended a presentation by Professor Marcial Riquelme, a Professor of Sociology at Kansas State University, held at the Committee of Churches for Emergency Assistance (CIPAE) but organized by the Truth and Justice Commission. Riquelme's presentation [...]
2006-08-10 11:49:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDAINF PHUM PGOV PREL PTER PA
06ASUNCION852PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, AUGUST 12
[...] (U) Summary -- Senate Passes TFCA -- SENAD Seizes Illegal Weapons -- President Signs Decree to Create New Customs Unit -- Supreme Court Rejects Case Against American Airlines -- Stroessner Goes Out on Top ---------------------- Senate Passes TFCA ------------------ 2. (U) On 8/17, [...]
2006-08-18 18:57:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EINV KMCA PTER KCRM PY
06ASUNCION872(U) WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMMIGRATION SYSTEMS
[...] (U) ON AUGUST 17, 2006, CONSUL MET WITH PARAGUAYAN IMMIGRATION DIRECTOR, ARSENIO ORUE, WHO PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL: A. (U) NATIONAL IMMIGRATION DATABASE: 1) (SBU) WHAT COMPUTERIZED IMMIGRATION DATABASES ARE USED TO TRACK ENTRIES AND EXITS? IS THE IMMI [...]
2006-08-28 20:18:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR CVIS KFRD PINS PTER PA
06ASUNCION919PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE FOR ATTENDEES OF NAM SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-08 17:39:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU PA
06ASUNCION971PARAGUAY ON UNSC RESOLUTION 1695
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-21 19:51:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP MUNC WMD KPAO PTER KN KS PA
06ATHENS1491REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE: NEW GENERATION OF DOMESTIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 8, the weekly satirical "To Pontiki" published a lengthy proclamation by the Revolutionary Struggle (RS) organization claiming responsibility for a May 30 bomb blast aimed at Culture Minister (and former Public Order Minister) George Voulgarakis (ref A). The proclamatio [...]
2006-06-09 14:00:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV GR
06ATHENS1652PAKISTANI EMBASSY CLAIMS GOG COMPLICITY IN HUMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 16 meeting with Poloffs, Pakistani XXXXXXXXXXXX relayed his concerns that human smuggling could be funding destabilizing separatist, Muslim-extremist, and even terrorist movements in Pakistan, notably in the Balochistan province. His concern is heightened by what he [...]
2006-06-28 11:09:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALGR PINR PINS PK SMIG SOCI PTER
06ATHENS1667PUBLIC ORDER MINISTER OUTLINES CT PRIORITIES,
[...] (C) During a G-8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) lunch for G-8 Ambassadors hosted by Russian Ambassador Vdovin on June 16, Public Order Minister Polydoras gave a comprehensive description of Greece's domestic and international counter-terrorism priorities. Later, on June 26th, Polydora [...]
2006-06-29 07:54:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER GR
06ATHENS1780GOG WILL PRESS IRANIAN FM TO ACCEPT NUCLEAR
[...] (C) On the margins of a July 11 meeting between Ambassador Ries and Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyiannis (septel),Bakoyiannis conveyed to Ambassador Ries that Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki will attend a Socialist International Presidium on Samos island on Saturday, July 15, and that FM Mo [...]
2006-07-11 14:08:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR
06ATHENS1781GOG WILL PRESS IRANIAN FM TO ACCEPT NUCLEAR
[...] (C) On the margins of a July 11 meeting between Ambassador Ries and Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyiannis (septel),Bakoyiannis conveyed to Ambassador Ries that Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki will attend a Socialist International Presidium on Samos island on Saturday, July 15, and that FM Mo [...]
2006-07-11 14:08:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR
06ATHENS1804IRANIAN FM AND SOCIALIST PARTY LEADERS CONFIRM
[...] (C) Poloff contacted Dimitri Droutsas, advisor to George Papandreou (head of opposition PASOK party and President of Socialist International) to follow-up reftel telcon concerning the attendance of Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki at the July 15 Socialist International meeting. Droutsas reporte [...]
2006-07-12 14:52:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR
06ATHENS1821GEORGE PAPANDREOU INVITES IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI TO
[...] (C) Summary: George Papandreou's closest foreign policy adviser Droutsas told Ambassador July 13 that Iranian FM Mottaki would be joining the Socialist International Presidium "for coffee" on July 15 on the Greek island of Samos. The invitation was extended when Papandreou visited Tehran o [...]
2006-07-13 14:45:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR
06ATHENS184 GoG Announces Day of Remembrance for Victims of
[...] (U) The first Sunday in January has been selected as the official day of remembrance for the victims of terrorism, Marietta Yiannakou, the Education and Religious Affairs minister, announced on January 17. Yiannakou, who has also proposed that such a day of remembrance should be recognized v [...]
2006-01-23 13:11:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER GR ANARCHISTS
06ATHENS1945CONVICTED NOVEMBER 17 TERRORIST RELEASED FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Convicted November 17 terrorist, Nikos Papanastasiou, was released from prison on July 19 for "health reasons." Papanastasiou was sentenced to eight years imprisonment for "setting up and participating in a criminal group," for his affiliation with the November 17 terrorist or [...]
2006-07-25 14:56:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER GR
06ATHENS1952DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GREECE SUPPORTS P5+1 INCENTIVE
[...] (C) Per reftel A, post transmitted subject demarche to MFA contacts on July 21. MFA recipients included Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas and Ambassador Fotis Xydas of the D1 Directorate of the UN, International Organizations and Disarmament. 2. (C) D1 officials responded on July 22, [...]
2006-07-26 12:46:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC GR PGOV PTER UNSC
06ATHENS2178FM BAKOYANNIS TRAVEL TO MIDDLE EAST: CRAFTING THE
[...] (C) FM Dora Bakoyannis will depart Athens on Tuesday afternoon, August 22, for a tour of the Middle East. She plans to visit Cyprus, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel, and also intends to meet with Palestinian leadership. (Her chief of staff told DCM that she will not/not visit Syria.) The annou [...]
2006-08-21 13:18:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALCY GR IS LE MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER UN
06ATHENS2205BAKOYIANNIS HEADS TO MIDDLE EAST IN LISTENING MODE
[...] (C) DCM met with Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, Director of FM Bakoyannis' cabinet, on August 22 just prior to their departure for Cyprus, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. Delivering ref a points, DCM emphasized that, when Greece assumed the UNSC presidency in September, it would immediately face [...]
2006-08-23 13:28:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS UNSC GR CY IS LE
06ATHENS3231S/CT CRUMPTON DISCUSSES TERRORISM WITH GREEKS
[...] (C) Summary: On December 12, Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with the Greek Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Public Order and the Director General of the Greek National Intelligence Service (EYP). Discussions focused on the regional threat posed by terrorists u [...]
2006-12-21 08:47:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC OTRA PTER GR
06ATHENS3254ATHENS RSI DECEMBER 2006 READOUT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 11, Embassy Athens hosted Chiefs of Mission and others from posts in Amman, Ankara, Beirut, Cairo, Nicosia, Rome (MFO),Sofia, and Tel Aviv, as well as participants from S/CT, INL, NEA, DOJ, OSD, CENTCOM, EUCOM, and the NCTC, for an Eastern Mediterranean conference [...]
2006-12-28 13:44:00Embassy AthensSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ASEC OTRA PTER GR
06ATHENS533GREECE: RESPONSE TO AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-24 10:52:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER GR
06AUCKLAND9VISAS VIPER: JANUARY MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: NEW ZEALAND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-13 18:39:00Consulate AucklandUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC NZ
06BAGHDAD1006UN MOVES FORWARD ON IRAQI HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
[...] (C) Summary. UNAMI Human Rights Chief Gianni Magazzeni explained to PolOffs March 17 that the UN was spearheading efforts with Iraqi Government leaders to establish a Human Rights Commission in Iraq by fall 2006 (reftel). The Commission, mandated in Article 50 of the TAL (and reconfirmed in A [...]
2006-03-27 11:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1010ABDUCTION AND DEATH: ONE STORY TO ADD TO THE REST
[...] (S) In a March 22 conversation, Baghdad resident Mo'ayyad Al-Hamdani told PolOff that three of his brothers-in-law visiting from Diyala were stopped at a Sadr-City Jaysh al-Mehdi (JAM) checkpoint March 15, and were found in the morgue 4 days later (March 19). Al-Hamdani, who is also a news edi [...]
2006-03-27 12:04:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM PTER PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1017CODEL MCCAIN MEETS IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Congressional delegation led by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) met on March 25, 2006 with Iraqi National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie and members of his staff. Rubaie provided a briefing on the role of the National Security Advisor and the formulation of national securit [...]
2006-03-28 07:41:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD1022MCNS APPROVES PLAN TO ADDRESS MILITIA PROBLEM
[...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On March 26, 2006, the Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met to review a plan to address the growing problem of militia violence. The committee agreed to approve a five point action plan which calls for (1) discussing the issue with the nationa [...]
2006-03-28 17:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1025COR MEMBERS ALLEGE DISPLACEMENT CONTINUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Shia Council of Representatives (CoR) members report more displacements of Shia families under threat of violence. Shia Coalition member Hassan Radi al- Sari (Missan Governorate) and Iraqiyya List member Shaykh Jamal Abd al-Mehdi al-Shemari (Wasit Governorate) told PolOffs March [...]
2006-03-29 10:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PTER KDEM KISL KAWC IZ
06BAGHDAD1087FALLUJAH: ARMY-POLICE FRICTION AND PERCEIVED U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reports of recent Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) friction in Fallujah led to a Marine- initiated meeting held March 20 to convey Coalition Force (CF) concerns and implement operational changes. The Shia-dominant army units (two brigades) and Sunni- dominant city police fo [...]
2006-04-03 14:55:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1247MCNS DISCUSSES BAGHDAD SECURITY, MILITIAS,
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) convened the evening of April 13 at the residence of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari. The Commanding General of Multi-National Division-Baghdad (MND-B) gave a briefing on Operation Scales of Justice, highlight [...]
2006-04-17 12:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD1323MOD ON DETAINEE OPERATIONS TRANSFER, RELEASES
[...] (C) On April 23, Minister of Defense Sadoun al- Dulime and MNF-I Deputy Commanding General, Detainee Operations met (with Pol-MilOff in attendance) to discuss MOD's role in the staggered transition of Coalition detainees and the facilities in which they are housed to the Government of Iraq ov [...]
2006-04-24 10:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS PTER OPDAT IZ
06BAGHDAD1324JUDGES TO TRIAGE TARGETED IRAQI DETAINEES
[...] (C) At an April 23 meeting with MNF-I Deputy Commanding General - Detainee Operations, Acting Justice Attache, and Pol-MilOff, Judge Medhat Mahmoud, President of the Iraqi Higher Juridical Council (HJC),agreed to identify and deploy emergency panels of Iraqi investigative judges to triage cr [...]
2006-04-24 10:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS PTER OPDAT IZ
06BAGHDAD1351BAGHDAD GOVERNOR CONCERNED ABOUT PROVINCIAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Baghdad provincial governor Hussein Mohammed Al-Tahan indicated in an April 19 meeting with Baghdad PRT staff that Baghdad's security forces are not ready to take full responsibility for Baghdad's provincial security without significant Coalition support. Al-Tahan expressed doubt [...]
2006-04-25 15:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD1360SUNNI ARAB POLITICIANS ALREADY SPLIT ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sunni Arab politicians in Tawafuq remain internally divided about the new Iraqi government formation. A well-connected Sunni Arab politician told us April 23 that there is great resentment that the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) is dominating the process at the expense of the other tw [...]
2006-04-26 09:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1422MINDEF DULIME CONVEYS SECURITY CONCERNS TO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Sadoun al-Dulime called on Ambassador to discuss his concerns with the "terrorist-controlled" highway between Baghdad and Amman and the 8,750 Iraqi security detail personnel currently being paid out of MoD's budget. Dulime also took this opportunity to cauti [...]
2006-04-30 16:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1433PALESTINIAN HUMAN RIGHTS REPS ON PALESTINIANS IN
[...] (C) Summary: On April 24, Palestinian Human Rights Association (Jamyat Huquq al-Insan al-Filistinia) president Muhammed Abid Mutlak Mowsiq and a delegation of three other members expressed to RefCoord their continuing concerns about the security situation of Palestinians in Iraq. They promis [...]
2006-05-01 12:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREF KPAL PINS PTER IZ JO SY
06BAGHDAD1438AMBASSADOR OFFERS HIS CONDOLENCES TO ITALIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 28, Ambassador offered his condolences to Italian Ambassador Maurizio Melani for the death of three Italian soldiers killed on April 27 in Nasiriyah. He further committed to sharing any investigative reports he receives from MNF-I on the incident. Melani conveyed that [...]
2006-05-01 17:22:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IT IZ
06BAGHDAD148JA'FARI WOOS RAMADI, ANBAR SECURITY COUNCIL WOWED
[...] (C) Summary. The Anbar Security Council warmly welcomed Prime Minister Ja'fari on January 15. The PM deftly fielded the Anbaris' complaints regarding the fate of former Iraqi military service members, the inclusion of Anbaris in the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),the release of 'innocent' deta [...]
2006-01-18 12:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1485SADR CITY LOCAL LEADERS SAY SISTANI STATEMENT WILL
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 30 meeting with PolOff, Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) members Ali Suadi and Ahmed Hassan said the Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) would not disband simply because of Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani's April 27 statement that weapons should only be carried by government for [...]
2006-05-04 21:09:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1492BADR CORPS LEADER AL-AMIRI: DON'T CALL US A MILITIA
[...] (C/REL UK) Badr Organization General Secretary Hadi al-Amiri and Badr Organization Deputy Secretary for Protection Tahsin al-Azawi said in an April 24 meeting with DCG LTG Robert Fry, MG Rick Lynch, RDML Scott Van Buskirk and PolOffs that the Badr Organization should not be labeled a militia " [...]
2006-05-05 19:00:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1498PRT BAGHDAD: OFFICE OF MARTYR SADR ATTEMPTING TO
[...] (C) During a conversation with PRT representative, Karada District Council (DC) Chairman Mohammed Al-Rubiey commented that the Office of Martyr Sadr (OMS) is attempting to take over the distribution of benzene and cooking gas (LPG) at petrol stations in Karada, as well as house-to-house distri [...]
2006-05-07 04:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PTER ENRG ECON KCOR IZ
06BAGHDAD152FOLLOW-UP TO JANUARY 10 EMERGENCY ACTION
[...] (SBU) On January 16, Deputy Chief of Mission and Regional Security Officer evaluated threat and movement information on Routes Dover and Tampa. DCM and RSO concluded that Route Dover will remain off- limits for Chief of Mission motorcade movements. Route Tampa may be utilized on a case-by-cas [...]
2006-01-18 13:09:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD1555FALLUJAH ARMY RECRUITS GRADUATE; SOME REBEL OVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of Fallujah-area Iraqi Army (IA) recruits, numbering approximately 800 out of a total of 978 in the training class (the first of several planned waves),participated in a graduation ceremony April 30, 2006 in Habbaniyah (ex-British base located in Al Anbar Province, near [...]
2006-05-10 09:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1570ANTI-IRANIAN SHIA CLERICS SPEAK OUT
[...] (C) Summary: Baghdad Shia imams Sheikh Ayad al-Ekabi and Mahdi al-Shawki told PolOff in a May 7 meeting that some Iraqi Sunnis accuse Iraqi Shia of being pro-Iranian because of their opposition to the previous regime. According to the imams, many Sunni Arabs equate opposition to Saddam Hussei [...]
2006-05-12 13:57:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1587GOI PERCEPTIONS OF DETENTION SPLIT ON SECTARIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent introductory briefs to incoming GOI officials on the subject of MNF-I detention issues have elicited varied responses, with PM-designate Nuri Kamal al Maliki taking a conservative approach to detainee releases and an active interest in accelerating the transition of MNF- [...]
2006-05-14 06:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER PHUM KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD1619SADRIST PARLIAMENTARIAN ON HOW TO DISSOLVE JAYSH
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 9 meeting with PolCouns, Sadrist Council of Representatives member and Moqtada as- Sadr advisor Baha al-Araji said he expected more intense negotiations before a cabinet is agreed upon. Al-Araji said that Tawafuq has changed its mind on which ministries it wants. Al-Ar [...]
2006-05-16 08:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1645BAGHDAD REGIONAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN ALLEGES FATWA BY
[...] (C) Baghdad Regional Council (BRC) Chairman Khadem Al-Shamary told PRT Baghdad PolOff this afternoon that Abdulhadi Al-Haraji, allegedly a spokesman for Moqtada Al-Sadr, issued a fatwa on 16 May ordering the deaths of Mr. Al-Shamary and the remaining Sunni members of the BRC. According to Mr. [...]
2006-05-18 03:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD1658SADR CITY DAC MEMBER ON RECONSTRUCTION; DAC ROLE
[...] (C) Summary: Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) and Baghdad City Council member Khudair al-Lami told PolOff on May 15 that Sadr City residents would give Coalition Forces (CF) credit for reconstructing their area if large, visible structures were built. It is difficult to notice sewer [...]
2006-05-18 16:40:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD166SUNNI LEADERS FEAR STREET REACTION TO ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met on January 15 with key leaders from the Iraqi National Dialogue Council (INDC). Sheykh Khalaf Al-Ayan said that Tawaffuq Front was under pressure from the "street" to abandon the political process if the International Mission for Iraqi Elections (IMIE) assessment d [...]
2006-01-21 03:29:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT PTER PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD1689CABINET FORMATION ATMOSPHERICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Atmospherics at the May 20 inauguration of the new Iraqi Cabinet, reflected a blend of mirth, frustrated ambition, chaos -- but also satisfaction that a hurdle had been passed. Kurdish attendees joked over Speaker Mashadani's occasional malaproprisms and the fluid denouement to [...]
2006-05-22 15:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PNAT PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD1690IMPLICATIONS OF SUNNI COALITION SPLIT
[...] (C) Summary. The simmering conflict within the Sunni Tawafuq bloc exploded on May 20 when Adb Nasir al-Janabi lead a walkout by about a dozen of the 59 Sunni Arab CoR members during Prime Minister Maliki's presentation of the cabinet (reftel A). The walkout was a manifestation of a long sta [...]
2006-05-22 16:36:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PNAT PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD1766AUSTRALIAN CONCERNS ABOUT MNF-I DETENTION OF
[...] (SBU) On May 24, Australian Ambassador Howard Brown and Australian Consul Alan Elliot met with Pol- MilCouns and MNF-I Deputy Commanding General - Detainee Operations (DCG-DO) to express Canberra's concern about the detention of Australian national Bradley John Thompson by US military forces [...]
2006-05-27 10:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PTER PHUM KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD1767NEW MOJ EAGER TO ENGAGE, SKEPTICAL ABOUT IRAQI
[...] (C) On May 24, newly-appointed Minister of Justice Hashim Abdulrahman al-Shibli met in his office at the Ministry with MNF-I Deputy Commanding General - Detainee Operations (DCG-DO),Major General Jack Gardner, for an introductory brief on current MNF-I detention operations, the legal basis f [...]
2006-05-27 10:57:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER PHUM KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD1778SHAWAYS' JADIRIYYA BUNKER REPORT SUMMARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Then Deputy Prime Minister Rawsh Shaways met on May 13 with Rule of Law Coordinator Yellin and Poloff to review the findings of the Investigative Committee in the Al-Jadiriyya Shelter, which Shaways chaired. The report, translated on May 20, concluded that serious human rights vi [...]
2006-05-29 04:11:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM KCRM KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD1779DANISH PRIME MINISTER COMMITTED TO IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 24, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Danish Defense Minister Soren Gade called on the Ambassador and GEN Casey. Rasmussen reported that the Danish Parliament is expected to vote next week to extend and adjust its military presence in Iraq through July 7, 2007 [...]
2006-05-29 04:12:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ DA
06BAGHDAD1824SECTARIAN TENSIONS RUNNING HIGH IN MADA'IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In several meetings with PRT staff over the last three weeks, residents of Mada'in, a predominantly Sunni district in southeast Baghdad, have expressed fears that rising tensions over Shia militia control of fuel stations and an important mosque in the area could provoke a violent [...]
2006-05-31 03:40:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD1852FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY IN ANTICIPATION OF KARADAH
[...] (C) Summary: Over the last three weeks, the Karadah District Advisory Council (DAC) has faced a surge in threats, and targeted killings, which has resulted in the deaths of two council members and has forced the long-standing Karadah DAC chairman to flee the country. Council members have told [...]
2006-06-01 13:24:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD1871ITALIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 1, Italian Ambassador Maruizio Melani reported to the Ambassador that Italian Deputy Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema (who is also Minister of Foreign Affairs) plans to visit Iraq on June 7. The purpose of the visit is to discuss Italy's future Iraq assistance plan with Prim [...]
2006-06-03 18:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ IT
06BAGHDAD1957SADR CITY DAC WOMEN'S AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIR
[...] (C) Summary: Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) member Mustafa Jasim told PolOff in a June 5 meeting that both he and his wife, fellow Sadr City DAC member and chair of the DAC Women's Affairs Committee Siham Hatab, were told by Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) members that they must resign their [...]
2006-06-10 04:20:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1959DIYALA: PUBLIC CELEBRATION, DISBELIEF, FEAR IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: News of the death of Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi on June 7 produced public celebration in Diyala. Among many of our contacts, however, disbelief that Zarqawi had actually been killed after so many false reports and fears of the response by Zarqawi's group within Diyala muted enthusiasm [...]
2006-06-10 04:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD1994BADR ORGANIZATION AND FADHILA MEMBERS COMMENT ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 4 meeting with PolOff, Badr Organization parliamentarian Sheikh Dhiya al-Din al-Fayyad said the current violence in Basrah can and should be contained by the provincial council. In a June 8 meeting with PolOff, Fadhila parliamentarian Kareem al-Yaqubi, cousin of Fadhil [...]
2006-06-12 14:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1995CODEL INHOFE MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE
[...] (C) Senators James Inhofe, Oklahoma, and Daniel K. Akaka, Hawaii, visited Iraq June 10-11 with their staffs to congratulate senior security officials on their recent cabinet appointments and for their contributions to operations resulting in the death of Abu Musab Zarqawi. 2. (C) CODEL [...]
2006-06-13 06:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER REL LE SY JO IZ
06BAGHDAD202AMB AND TALABANI DISCUSS IRAN, DE-BA,ATHIFICATION,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting, Ambassador told President Jalal Talabani that the U.S. would never relent on the war against terror, refuting SCIRI leader Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim's public statements accusing the USG of encouraging terrorism with its Sunni Arab outreach program. Ambassador [...]
2006-01-24 17:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER IR IZ
06BAGHDAD2047APPARENT KIDNAPPING OF DIYALA HEALTH DG FROM
[...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The apparent kidnapping of Diyala's top health official and three companions from inside the Ministry of Health June 12 has raised considerable consternation among Diyala Sunnis. Local officials in the Iraqi Islamic Party, of which the kidna [...]
2006-06-17 10:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2059XXXXXXXXXXXX BLAMES UK FOR SECURITY
[...] (S//REL UK) Summary: In a June 12 conversation with PolOff, XXXXXXXXXXXX told PolOff the UK is largely to blame for the unrest in Basrah. The UK has not brought militias under control, and so Basrah is now a violent place, he said. This, combined with the activities of foreign intelligence ser [...]
2006-06-18 12:52:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD2083SADR CITY CONTACT LOOKS TO START LIBERAL POLITICAL
[...] (C) On June 11, Sadr City General Information Center manager Nsaif Jasim told PolOff he and his supporters wanted to start a liberal, secular political party called the Gathering of Iraqi Liberals. A brother-in-law of former Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) member Siham Hatab (reftel [...]
2006-06-19 16:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD2147THE NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND DIALOGUE PROJECT
[...] (C) As per ref, PM Maliki may announce his national reconciliation plan as early as the Council of Representative's next session, June 25. Discussion continues among the Presidency, Prime Minister, DPMs and CoR leadership on the details. Sunni VP Tarik al-Hashimi has proposed additions that [...]
2006-06-22 14:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER KEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2148REACTIONS TO THE BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN
[...] (C//REL MNFI) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The Baghdad Security Plan commenced operation June 14. The June 20 MCNS review of the plan assessed the operation positively, noting room for improvement (reftel). On June 24, the plan will be formally reviewed to determine what modifications are needed to [...]
2006-06-22 14:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PDEM KCRM MOPS MARR IZ
06BAGHDAD22INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR IRAQI ELECTIONS (IMIE)
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 3, IMIE representatives Fred Schaffer and Reem Ersheid told Poloffs that IMIE is sensitive to the media and political pressures associated with their efforts, and would therefore make a preliminary announcement before IECI's final certification of results. The IECI pl [...]
2006-01-03 12:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD225NSA RUBAI'E TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT SISTANI HAS NO
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 24 meeting, Iraqi National Security Advisor Mowaffuk Rubai'e told the Ambassador that it is not clear who will be Iraq's next Prime Minister. Negotiations on this could last for weeks. Deputy President Adel Abd al-Mehdi and Prime Minister Ibrahim Ja'afari are the cu [...]
2006-01-27 19:11:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2289TAWAFUQ INDEPENDENT SEEKS TO FORM NEW COR BLOC --
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Shaikh Wathab Shakir, who entered the CoR as a member of the National Dialogue Council, claimed to have recently broken with both the NDC and the Tawafuq bloc. As an independent, he claimed to be seeking broad-based support for forming a new bloc, "Iraq First." According to Sha [...]
2006-06-29 13:43:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2293AL-HILLAH 6/26/06 EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) NOTE: Due to technical problems at REO Al-Hillah, Embassy Baghdad is transmitting this cable. END NOTE. 2. (SBU) The Regional Coordinator (RC) convened the Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on June 26 to discuss threat information related to REO Al-Hillah. In attendance were the [...]
2006-06-30 13:24:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMER PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2318JOINT WORKING GROUP TO ASSESS IRAQI ARMED FORCES
[...] (C/REL MNF-I, MNC-I and IZ) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the Ambassador June 24 that he is interested in establishing a joint working group to assess the Iraqi Armed Forces (IAF). Maliki, Defense Minister Abdul Qader, and National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie agreed [...]
2006-07-03 10:59:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PARM MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2363VP HASHIMI DISCUSSES MALIKI VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (C) On June 29, Vice President Tarik al-Hashimi and the Ambassador discussed PM Maliki's upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia. The Ambassador pointed to the trip as a prelude to improved Iraqi-Saudi and Iraqi-Arab relations. The Ambassador also highlighted the KSA's preoccupation with Iranian infl [...]
2006-07-05 12:25:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2373FADHILA PARLIAMENTARY HEAD OFFERS TO COOPERATE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 29 meeting, Nadeem al-Jabiri, the head of the Fadhila Party parliamentary bloc, offered to help find a solution to Basrah's security problem. The Ambassador encouraged him to work with PM Maliki. Al-Jabiri attributed many of Basrah's problems to struggles between the UK [...]
2006-07-06 14:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD2400PRT-BAGHDAD: PROVINCE'S SECURITY COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Summary: PRT Representatives attended the Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC) Security Committee meeting July 2. Discussions centered on the presence of foreign elements and other Anti-Iraqi Forces (AIF). The committee also discussed concerns about corruption and collusion within Baghdad-base [...]
2006-07-09 13:27:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC IZ
06BAGHDAD2444RESPONSE TO GOR REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN HOSTAGE
[...] (S) Per reftel, the Mission will work closely with the GOR and GOI to coordinate efforts to recover the Russian Embassy staff members' remains and assist in apprehending those responsible for their murders. 2. (S) At this time, the location of any remains is unknown. Post recognizes the imp [...]
2006-07-10 15:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PREL PTER PINS PGOV RS IZ
06BAGHDAD2464MCNS - UPDATE ON SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met July 9 to review the transfer of security authority to al-Muthanna Province, critical energy infrastructure protection, the Baghdad and Basrah Security plans, and events in Anbar. END SUMMARY. 2. (S//REL G [...]
2006-07-12 14:55:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD25TEAM MEETS WITH IRAQIS TO DISCUSS NATIONAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post supports the proof-of-concept proposed by the GOI and endorsed by a joint DOS-DOD team from Washington, who traveled to Baghdad to assess the Iraqis' national ID card proposal. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) A joint DOS-DOD team traveled to Baghdad to assess Iraq's Unified Identif [...]
2006-01-03 17:19:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2569PRT BAGHDAD: DISPLACED PERSONS STILL A CHALLENGE
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with PolOffs July 9, representatives of the 9 Nissan's District Advisory Council (DAC) described the difficulties facing the IDPs in the area, notably lack of assistance by the Iraqi government and the international community. The representatives commented on insecu [...]
2006-07-18 14:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC IZ
06BAGHDAD2587MCNS - BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN AND FORCE STRUCTURE
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met July 16 to hear MNF-I briefings on the progress of the Iraqi Army training and on the strategic view of the Baghdad Security Plan Phase II. The Iraqis expressed the desire for more Iraqi troops to be trained, [...]
2006-07-19 16:31:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2591IRAQI REACTION TO ISRAEL-LEBANON SITUATION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Israeli military action in Lebanon has brought strong condemnation from Iraqi officials across the political spectrum. No negative reference has been made to Hezbollah militia actions. Friday prayers were dominated by anti-Israeli rhetoric, and demonstrations against Israel repo [...]
2006-07-20 02:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER PDEM KCRM MOPS MARR IZ
06BAGHDAD2627HEAD OF SCIRI OUTLINES FOUR-STEP PLAN TO ADDRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Supreme Council for the Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) leader Abdel Aziz Al Hakim met with the Ambassador on July 20. Al Hakim highlighted growing concerns among the Shia that the USG was taking a political "observer role" in the wake of escalating violence, especially with regard to [...]
2006-07-22 19:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2628KURDS WANT TO RESOLVE THE PKK PROBLEM
[...] (S) Summary: Talabani understands the seriousness of situation with Turkey. He and Barzani are in agreement on steps show Iraqi-Kurdish bona fides. In addition to steps aimed at stopping PKK attacks on Turkish targets, he believes that progress toward a comprehensive solution could be achiev [...]
2006-07-22 19:45:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD2655IRAQIS AND KURDS INITIATE ACTION AGAINST PKK
[...] (S) Summary: Chief of Staff (COS) Karadaghi told Poloff on July 23 that President Talabani was following up on his pledges to curb PKK activity in Iraq. The day after Talabani issued the order to shut down PKK offices in Baghdad, the COS was checking with the MOI on the status of that request. [...]
2006-07-24 17:26:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD2676AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH COUNCIL OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met July 22 with Council of Representatives Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani. Ambassador said recent Mashadani statements blasting the Coalition presence were unacceptable in tone. Mashadani defended his statements as political rhetoric designed to score points "on the st [...]
2006-07-26 18:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2677IRAQI MINDEF ON IA DEVELOPMENT
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Iraqi Minister of Defense Abd al-Qadir al-Mufraji July 21 to discuss Baghdad security. Al-Mufraji said the situation reflected personal struggles among politicians who are behind the militias killing innocent Iraqis. He pledged to "nip in the [...]
2006-07-26 19:07:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD2692GOI OPEN TO MAKHMOUR TRIPARTITE
[...] (S) Per Department's instructions (ref A),on July 27, Acting PolCouns and RefCoord called on the Minister of Displacement and Migration (MODM) and the MFA Undersecretary - Multilateral Affairs to engage them on moving forward on resolving Makhmour through the GOT-GOI-UNHCR tripartite agreemen [...]
2006-07-28 12:32:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREF PREL PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD2739FM READ-OUT OF ARAB LEAGUE MEETING AND VISITS TO
[...] (C) On July 30, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari characterized the Arab League preparatory meeting in Cairo as unsuccessful. He reported that it did not result in setting a date for the conference because sectarian tensions were too high and everyone was distracted by the Lebanon-Gaza crisis. [...]
2006-08-01 06:12:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IZ JO
06BAGHDAD274BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL COUNCIL: THE HEAVY HAND OF
[...] (C) Summary: In the year since the January 2005 elections, the Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC) has fired officials, dissolved councils, seized offices by force, and ignored entire sectors of the province. Sunnis are not represented on the BPC, which is dominated by Sadr City and/or SCIRI r [...]
2006-01-31 13:14:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2749IRAQI REACTION TO SISTANI'S SECOND LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary. On July 31, Ayatollah Al-Sayyid al-Sistani issued a strongly worded statement condemning Israeli actions in Lebanon following reports of heavy civilian casualties in Qana. The statement was widely and uncritically reported by local news media. Some Shia observers said that Sista [...]
2006-08-02 02:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD2768IRAQI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REPORT SOME MOVEMENT ON RESOLVING PKK ISSUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate conversations on July 30 and 31, President Talabani and Foreign Minister Zebari assured Charge d'Affaires that the Iraqi Government (GOI) remained committed to resolving the PKK issue and resuming the trilateral meetings. Talabani reported that the GOI had taken steps to cl [...]
2006-08-02 11:56:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD285POSSIBILITIES FOR GERMAN SUPPORT OF IRAQI POLICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to REFTEL, Post and Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq (MNSTC-I) welcome German initiatives to consider expanded training for Iraqi police. Although amenable to German proposals for different training sites, the incorporation of German trainers at th [...]
2006-02-01 09:24:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IZ GM JO
06BAGHDAD2852VICE PRESIDENT ABDEL MEHDI: IS MASHHADANI ON THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 6 conversation with the Ambassador, Vice President Dr. Adel Abdel Mehdi said that there have been some conversations about removing Mashhadani as Speaker. He provided a positive assessment of the recent Maliki visit to the US. Abdel Mehdi warned that the Lebanon sit [...]
2006-08-08 10:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2907PRIME MINISTER ON SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (S) Summary: On July 29, MNF-I CG Casey briefed Prime Minister Maliki on security-related developments that had occured during his absence from Iraq. The Prime Minister's National Security Adviser, Dr. Mowaffaq Al-Rubaie was also present. General Casey stressed to the Prime Minister that the [...]
2006-08-12 09:32:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETASEC IZ MARR PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD2931MOWAFUQ AL-RUBBAIE ON SHIA AND SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 10 meeting with the Ambassador and DCM, Iraqi National Security Advisor Mowafuq al-Rubaie discussed the Prime Minister's reservations about the use of force in the Baghdad Security Plan. Additionally, Rubaie acknowledged that there have been discussions about removing [...]
2006-08-13 12:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MARR IZ
06BAGHDAD2932MALIKI TALKS ON DOMESTIC POLITICS AND TURKISH PKK
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On August 10, the Prime Minister told the Ambassador that he had donated $27,000 to a new party formed by 600 former Ba'athists who now support the GOI. He criticized CoR Speaker Mashhadani for not cooperating with the government. The PM alleged that MNF-I publicly [...]
2006-08-13 13:14:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC TU IZ
06BAGHDAD2969INITIAL BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN SUCCESSES IN FIRST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. One week after Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) initiatives began in Al Doura, Al Rasheed District, District Advisory Council (DAC) members expressed the community's satisfaction with the results and requested an expansion of the initiative's scope to the entire district. DAC leaders [...]
2006-08-15 16:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2991BAYAN JABR AN POLITICS, AND "BAGHDAD BERMS"
[...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: During an August 14 dinner with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Bayan Jabr proposed that MNF-I construct an earthen berm around Baghdad, while gradually expanding the Green Zone walls outward - with the ultimate goal of turning the whole of Baghdad into a green zone - [...]
2006-08-17 09:27:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL PTER PNAT MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2997BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN GAINS MOMENTUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. With the security situation in Al Doura of Al Rasheed District stabilizing as a result of the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) (reftel),the CF have begun focused stabilization initiatives to normalize the area. To assuage lingering fears of danger and short-lived effectiveness, the [...]
2006-08-17 13:59:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD300(U) QUSHTEPE OFFICIALS COMMENT ON AL TASH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 25, RefCoord accompanied UNHCR to Kawa to monitor and evaluate the PRM-funded, UNHCR-implemented relocation of Iranian Kurds formerly resident in the Al Tash refugee camp near Ramadi in Al Anbar governorate. Ref A covered assistance work at the camp. En route to the [...]
2006-02-02 12:19:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREF PTER PINR PINS PREL IZ IR JO UNHCR PRM
06BAGHDAD3015BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN SUCCESSFULLY EXPANDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Key Al Mansour District Advisory Council (DAC) members praised the initial successes of the Baghdad Security Plan's (BSP) second round of initiatives that began in the Ameriya and Ghazaliya neighborhoods of Al Mansour District over the past week. Confirming popular support for t [...]
2006-08-19 14:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3025MCNS AUGUST 13 - TURKEY, IRAN, AL QAEDA, AND
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council on August 13, Prime Minister Maliki welcomed the proposed tripartite talks among the US, Turkey and Iraq on PKK Turkish Kurd terrorist activities. Improved relations with Turkey might also increase imports, and ease Iraq's fuel crisis. Rel [...]
2006-08-20 11:17:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3029SUNNI COR MEMBER DEFENDS MASHHADANI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a late meeting on August 17 with the Ambassador, Sunni National Dialogue Front (INCD) Council of Representatives (CoR) member Sheikh Abd al-Nasir al-Jenabi stubbornly defended CoR Speaker Mahmud al-Mashhadani's performance and demanded that he retain his position in the CoR. W [...]
2006-08-20 17:27:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD3035SLOVAKIAN PM PLEDGES TRANSPARENCY ON FUTURE AID TO
[...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: On August 17 the Ambassador and General Casey thanked Slovak Prime Minister Fico for his country's contributions to Operation Iraqi Freedom and asked that it conduct additional training of Iraqis, per ref A. Echoing the themes of ref B, Fico pledged to continue to help Ir [...]
2006-08-21 08:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3036KRG TELLS UNCHR THEY OPPOSE MAKHMOUR INTEGRATION
[...] (C) Summary: UNHCR-Iraq officials Burgi Englbrecht and Charlie Lynch met August 6-8 with KRG officials and residents of the Makhmour refugee camp. According to Englebrecht and Lynch, KRG Deputy Prime Minister Omar Fattah Hussayn, KRG Minister of Interior Osman Haji Mahmud, and Chief of Staff [...]
2006-08-21 08:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREF PTER PHUM UNHCR IZ TU
06BAGHDAD3051KURDISH LEADERS DISCUSS PESHMERGA, PKK WITH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a series of brief asides at the 60th anniversary celebration of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Erbil on August 16, the Ambassador discussed plans to integrate the KDP and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Peshmerga forces into a single, unified structure and the conti [...]
2006-08-22 11:20:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3053AUGUST 18 MEETING BETWEEN IRAQI PM, AMBASSADOR,
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At an intense August 18 meeting with Prime Minister Maliki, MNF-I Commander General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador, the PM reacted negatively to American news reports that the PM is willing to kill Sunnis, but shield Shia including Moqtada al-Sadr from MNF-I raids. The [...]
2006-08-22 11:50:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3057IRAQI MINISTERS ON DETENTION CENTERS INSPECTIONS
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At an August 20 meeting at the Ambassador's Residence the Ministers for Defense, Interior, Justice and Human Rights discussed procedures for improving the treatment of criminal detainees in Iraq in accordance with applicable human rights standards. Regarding the Site [...]
2006-08-22 14:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3073TALABANI SAYS IRAQ READY FOR US SPECIAL ENVOY,
[...] (C) In a meeting on August 23 with the Charge d'Affaires, President Talabani reported that he had received a letter from the leaders of the PKK in which they expressed their gratitude for U.S. engagement on Kurdish issues and indicated their readiness to call for a ceasefire without conditions. [...]
2006-08-24 08:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3121BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN MOVES TOWARD NORMALCY IN
[...] (C) Leaders in Baghdad District Advisory Councils (DAC) continue to praise the improved security situation resulting from the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) initiatives in focus areas throughout the city (reftels). To encourage further normalcy of the city's neighborhoods, Coalition Forces (CF) [...]
2006-08-27 09:02:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3155TURKISH AMBASSADOR, CHARGE DISCUSS STEPS FORWARD ON PKK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on August 25 with Turkish Ambassador Cevikoz and Turkish DCM Selcen, Charge d'Affaires informed the Turks that President Talabani had expressed full agreement with the Turks that the PKK needed to lay down their arms permanently, rather than agreeing to just another ceasef [...]
2006-08-28 13:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3157MCNS AUGUST 21
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the August 21 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki emphasized the importance of civil support for the Baghdad Security operations; called for the reform of the Facilities Protection Service; and approved Iraqi assumption of sec [...]
2006-08-28 17:11:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETGPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3161SOCIAL ACTIVISTS PUSH FOR CROSS-SECTARIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqiyya member Saad Al Janabi (elected to the CoR but deprived of his seat at the behest of the De-Ba'athification Commission) has been working to relieve sectarian tensions through community meetings and provision of basic essentials. Currently working in Adhamiya, Kadhimyah, a [...]
2006-08-29 04:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3205MCNS - AUGUST 27
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council for National Security (MCNS) on August 27, Prime Minister Maliki suggested that the looting of a former British base in Maysan province created a "public perception of defeat" that must be analyzed. The Baghdad Security Plan is progressing, [...]
2006-08-31 11:36:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3255TALABANI ACCUSES TURKISH MILITARY OF UNDERMINING
[...] (C) In separate meetings on August 30 and September 2, President Talabani updated the Charge d'Affaires on steps taken by the Government of Iraq (GOI) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to push the PKK toward a ceasefire. Charge began the meeting on August 30 by raising the spate of [...]
2006-09-05 03:11:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD326SUNNI ARAB POLITICIANS TELL CODEL SHAYS VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Tawafuq coalition representatives Professor Hassan Bazzaz and Dr. Ala'a Makki told Congressman Shays and his delegation February 4 that ending violence is their number one priority; adjusting the Constitution can wait. Bazzaz told Representatives Christopher Shays, Virginia Brown-Waite, K [...]
2006-02-05 14:32:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD3273MCNS -- SEPTEMBER 3: BSP UPDATE AND MOSQUE POLICY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In the Prime Minister's absence, National Security Advisor Rubaie chaired the September 3 Ministerial Committee on National Security -- despite the fact that both Deputy PMs (Barham Salih and Salam al-Zubai) were in attendance. General Casey argued that the Baghdad Security Plan [...]
2006-09-05 15:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3287PROVINCIAL LEADERS AGREE TO SUPPORT BAGHDAD
[...] (C) Summary: As the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) begins to achieve results in the focus areas, the Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC) has begun to regain infrastructure reconstruction and economic recovery momentum. At a dinner hosted by the CDA, BPC Chairman Mu,eem al-Khademi, Baghdad Governor [...]
2006-09-06 06:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC IZ
06BAGHDAD3300BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN: MOVING FROM CLEAR TO HOLD
[...] (C) On September 4, Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) initiatives began in the Yarmouk/Mansour areas of the Al Mansour District. As this new focus area begins the initial cordon and clear phase of the initiative, other focus areas are progressing well in the hold (maintenance of security) and build [...]
2006-09-06 12:48:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD332FALLUJAH: NEW YEAR, NEW CHALLENGES -- SAME HIGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujah faces ongoing security and rebuilding challenges despite hard-won progress throughout 2005. Attacks directed against Marines and Iraqi Security Forces continue, including an IED explosion in January 2006 targeting local police (native Fallujans). Intermittent sniper a [...]
2006-02-06 08:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS MARR EAID ECON KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3329AMBASSADOR AND TALABANI DISCUSS DEFUSING FLAG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with President Jalal Talabani on September 5-6, the Ambassador expressed his disappointment with the timing of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masud Barzani's September 1 statement on using the 1958 Iraqi flag within the KRG until a new flag had been dete [...]
2006-09-07 15:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SY RU TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3346MALIKI SAYS IRAQI POLICE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM;
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On September 6, during a briefing on the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),Prime Minister Maliki told MNF-I Commanding General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador that he sees reforming the Iraqi Police as his number one issue, and key to solving other related problems. When the [...]
2006-09-09 13:09:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3374ABU GHRAIB PRISON TRANSFERRED TO GOI, FUTURE USE
[...] (U) This is a PRT Al Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Effective September 1, 2006, responsibilities for securing and administering Abu Ghraib prison transferred to an on-site Iraq Army unit and Ministry of Justice officials. A platoon of U.S. Marines will remain at the location until mid-Sept [...]
2006-09-11 06:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD344MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met on February 3 and addressed the following: -- The MCNS acknowledged the work of the Joint Committee to Transfer Security Responsibility (JCTSR) and directed that its Working Group continue steps toward [...]
2006-02-06 13:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER MOPS ENRG EPET IZ
06BAGHDAD3456MCNS - MALIKI ON OIL SMUGGLING, DIYALA SECURITY
[...] (S/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the September 10 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki: -- Cited petroleum smuggling as a key source of terrorist financing that must be addressed together with energy infrastructure protection; -- Called for be [...]
2006-09-14 19:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD3471FALLUJAH - DISPLACED SUNNI ARABS RELOCATE TO AL
[...] (U) This is a PRT Al Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Sectarian violence has prompted thousands of Sunni-Arabs to relocate to Al Anbar Province. Many have moved to Fallujah given its proximity to Baghdad and lack of Shia militia activity. Fallujah city leaders have taken steps to address the [...]
2006-09-17 12:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3500ALLEGATIONS OF SECRET PRISONS IN KURDISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. In a September 10 conversation, Kurdish Alliance Council of Representative (CoR) member and Kirkuk resident Muhammed Redha Muhammed claimed to Emboffs that both the KDP and PUK Asayish (anti-terrorism security forces) maintain secret detention facilities where they seriously abuse [...]
2006-09-19 02:24:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER IZ PGOV KDEM
06BAGHDAD3501AL ANBAR GOVERNOR QUESTIONS GOVERNMENT'S
[...] (U) This is a PRT Al Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Al Anbar Governor Ma'moun Sami Rasheed Al- Awani told MNF-W Deputy Commanding General and Al Anbar PolOff August 21 that central government officials appeared to want to sideline the province. The lack of sustained financial resources prov [...]
2006-09-19 06:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3505PRT BAGHDAD: IRAQI POLICE PERCEPTION OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In furtherance of Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) operations, PRT officers visited seven police stations in BSP focus areas in September. Our conversations with senior police officials revealed that police officers believe or want us to believe that BSP focus area residents lack co [...]
2006-09-19 12:30:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MCAP PGOV PINR PTER PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD351CONTINUING TO REACH OUT TO THE SUNNIS: DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a follow-up meeting on January 30, 2006, the Ambassador met with Sheikh Khamis Hawaz al-Sidiq, a former Iraqi Army Major General from Hillah and senior Shammar tribal figure. Sidiq criticized the US for depending on expatriate Iraqis when it launched the war, and he defended [...]
2006-02-06 15:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3543TURKISH AMBASSADOR TELLS CHARGE: IRAQ MUST DO MORE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 20 meeting with the Turkish Ambassador to Iraq Unal Cevikoz, Charge gave Cevikoz a readout of U.S. Special Envoy for Countering the PKK General (Ret.) Joseph Ralston's September 14-15 meetings in Iraq to prepare for the upcoming visit to Washington by Turkish Prime [...]
2006-09-22 12:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3553SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING OF THE MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: -- Casualty Figures: The GOI agrees to establish a single point of contact for casualty numbers. -- The PM's Visit to Iran: The Prime Minister reported the he had raised Iranian support for anti-GOI groups during his recent visit to Tehran. Iran agreed to stop providing [...]
2006-09-24 11:20:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNIZ PGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS
06BAGHDAD3555SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING OF THE MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: -- Casualty Figures: The GOI agrees to establish a single point of contact for casualty numbers. -- The PM's Visit to Iran: The Prime Minister reported the he had raised Iranian support for anti-GOI groups during his recent visit to Tehran. Iran agreed to stop providing [...]
2006-09-24 12:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNIZ PGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS
06BAGHDAD3587SEPTEMBER 24 MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: At the September 24 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),participants described their efforts to consolidate and check casualty figures, discussed the need to have combined MoD/MoI checkpoints, and heard about initial plans to bring Facility Prote [...]
2006-09-25 19:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNIZ PREL PGOV PTER PINS MOPS
06BAGHDAD359CHALABI BULLISH ON FUEL PRICING, DOWNCAST ON
[...] (C/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Chalabi told the Ambassador on February 5 that a letter issued by PM Ja'fari empowering Chalabi to oversee fuel supplies to Baghdad was wholly inadequate to the task of restoring domestic refined product supplies and exports. The Ambassador foll [...]
2006-02-07 10:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET ETRD MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD3666BAGHDAD'S AL BAYAA POLICE STATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 19 Baghdad Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) officials revisited the Al Bayaa Police Station in Baghdad. Overall conditions at the police station have improved compared to two months ago, but major problems with trash buildup and vehicle maintenance remain. Rec [...]
2006-10-01 14:43:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PTER
06BAGHDAD3688OCTOBER 1 MCNS MEETING: INTERNATIONAL ZONE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The October 1 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on potential security threats to Baghdad's International Zone (IZ),resulting in a decision to search all people entering the IZ with potentially compromised blue security badges. MNF-I Comm [...]
2006-10-03 12:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINS PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3724PESHMERGA TRANSFORMATION TALKS
[...] (S/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On September 26, the Government of Iraq and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) held the second in a planned series of meetings to transform the Peshmerga into a unified regional force consistent with Iraq's constitution and federal law. Neither side presented a clea [...]
2006-10-07 15:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER PREL MOPS PINS PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD3739ANBAR GOVERNOR CITES POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-09 09:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD374SHARIA COURTS UNDERMINE EFFORTS TO REBUILD IRA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate conversations on January 22, 23, and 24, Shia imam Sheikh Ayad al-Ekabi and Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) members Ali Suadi and Mustafa Jasim told PolOff and Pol/FSN about extra- judicial sharia courts operating in Sadr City and other parts of Baghdad, and [...]
2006-02-07 14:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PTER IZ KDEM KWMN
06BAGHDAD3760AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH IRAQI ANTI-PKK COORDINATOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met on October 8 with Iraqi State Minister for National Security Shirwan Wa'ili, the GOI's counterpart to Special Envoy Ralston in the trilateral U.S./Iraq/Turkey anti-PKK efforts. Wa'ili is in the process of gathering information and talking to the various actors [...]
2006-10-10 20:32:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3762CODEL REED ADVISES MOI THAT TIME IS RUNNING OUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During their October 8 meeting with Minister of Interior Jawad Bolani, Senators Reed and Durbin, accompanied by Ambassador Khalilzad, shared their concerns over sectarian strife and the growing violence in Iraq. Bolani attempted to shift blame from his ministry to others, critici [...]
2006-10-11 03:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS PREL IZ PTER
06BAGHDAD3792BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN PROGRESS IN MANSOUR DISTRICT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Civil affairs construction teams and the Mansour District Advisory Council (DAC) have reported signs of success in the two Baghdad Security Plan Special Focus Areas located in the Mansour District. Trash pick up in the Ameriya Focus Area is 65% complete and the neighborhood's res [...]
2006-10-12 09:19:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PTER
06BAGHDAD382SUNNI LEADERS TELL DAS GODEC VIOLENCE MUST STOP
[...] (C) NEA DAS Robert Godec met on February 6 with key leaders from the Sunni Tawaffuq coalition at the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) headquarters. Dr. Adnan Dulaymi, Tarik al-Hashimi, Sheykh Khalaf Al-Ayan and Professor Hassan Bazzaz told DAS Godec that the security situation is their main concern. [...]
2006-02-08 08:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT PTER PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD3874ANBAR GOVERNOR CITES POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-16 15:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD3875ANBAR GOVERNOR CITES POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS ON
[...] (U) This is an Anbar PRT cable. 2. (C) Summary: Recent meetings between GOI and Anbar officials suggest progress in cooperation between the national and provincial leadership. MNF-I and PRT leadership attended a meeting where Anbar Governor Ma'amoun Sami Rasheed Al-Awani gave a readout o [...]
2006-10-16 15:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD3912REQUEST TO USE BASRAH UN BUILDINGS
[...] (C) Summary: In his October 18 meeting with United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General for Iraq, Ambassador Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, the Charge requested permission to allow Basrah's Regional Embassy Office staff to use UN Buildings on humanitarian grounds. Ambassador Qazi s [...]
2006-10-18 18:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER AMGT IZ
06BAGHDAD3927TALABANI, AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PCNS, SYRIA, PUK
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting on October 14, President Talabani informed the Ambassador that the Policy Committee on National Security (PCNS) met that day to discuss pressing security and political issues, and had resolved to keep its session open until the key issues have been resolved. Although [...]
2006-10-20 07:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
06BAGHDAD3957US SPECIAL ENVOY FOR COUNTERING PKK IN BAGHDAD,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings in Baghdad on October 18, U.S. Special Envoy for Countering the PKK General (R) Joseph Ralston discussed the ongoing PKK issue with President Talabani, Foreign Minister Zebari, Iraqi PKK Coordinator Shirwan al-Wa'ili, and UN High Commission for Refugees [...]
2006-10-22 07:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3975BAGHDAD,S RASHID DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PRT Baghdad Iraq Provincial Action Officer (IPAO) met with Rashid District Advisory Council (DAC) Chairman Sabeeh Radhy Kaaby and attended the weekly DAC meeting there on 18 October. Both the Chairman and the broader membership expressed deep frustration over the deteriorating s [...]
2006-10-23 09:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3980PESHMERGA PERSPECTIVE ON US SUPPORT
[...] (U) This is a PRT-Erbil cable, and the first of four from this source. 2. (C) Omar Othman (knows as Za'im Ali),the Kurdistan Regional Government's Minister of Peshmerga (KDP - Kurdistan (for consistency purposes only) Democratic Party) met Erbil IPAO to clarify Peshmerga and party views o [...]
2006-10-23 12:41:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IR IZ
06BAGHDAD399CODEL SHAYS MEETS WITH IRAQI INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS
[...] (C) On February 4, Iraqi National Security Adviser (NSA) Muwafuq al-Rubaie, accompanied by representatives of Iraq's security services, briefed the CODEL Shays delegation on the overall structure of the intelligence and national security community in Iraq. The briefing began with a slideshow [...]
2006-02-09 13:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ PGOV PINS PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD4016NINEWA: PENDING RELEASES OF FOREIGN INSURGENT
[...] (C) Summary: Authorities at Ninewa's Badush Prison remain urgently concerned about the pending release of 150 foreign fighters, at least one of whom is an admitted al-Qaeda member. These prisoners have completed sentences and, absent other arrangements, will be released at the prison and ar [...]
2006-10-27 11:06:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM PTER KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD4023BAGHDAD'S KARADA DISTRICT SECURITY SITUATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 12 PolOff met with Abdulla Amir, Deputy Council Chairman and District Douncil Security Chairman in Karada, a relatively prosperous, predominantly Shia but mixed Baghdad district near the International Zone (IZ). Abdulla told PolOff that Jaish al Mahdi (JAM) militia me [...]
2006-10-29 05:48:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PTER
06BAGHDAD4057VP ADVISOR HANNAH, PRESIDENT TALABANI ASSESS THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion on October 18, President Jalal Talabani and the Vice-President's National Security Advisor John Hannah discussed the internal political divisions both within the Sunni Arab groups and between the Shia, Sunni Arab, and Kurdish factions within the new [...]
2006-10-30 06:12:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SY TU IZ
06BAGHDAD4058PESHMERGA PERSPECTIVE ON US SUPPORT
[...] (U) This is a PRT-Erbil cable, and the first of three from this source. 2. (C) Omar Othman (knows as Za'im Ali),the Kurdistan Regional Government's Minister of Peshmerga (KDP - Kurdistan Democratic Party) met Erbil IPAO to clarify Peshmerga and party views on Kurdish-U.S. relations, the P [...]
2006-10-30 06:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IR IZ
06BAGHDAD4110TURKISH EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD INACTIVE ON PKK,
[...] (C) Summary: Poloffs informed Turkish Embassy in Baghdad DCM Yazal about the recent meeting that UNHCR held with the GOI and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) regarding the future of the Makhmour refugee camp; Yazal was unaware of the meeting. Poloffs encouraged the GOT to engage with the [...]
2006-11-03 11:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ PGOV PREF PREL PTER TU
06BAGHDAD414INSURGENTS DISABLE ANBAR TELEPHONE NETWORK
[...] (C) Summary. From State Embedded Team Ramadi. Attacks on a Ramadi telecommunications office have left much of the province without landlines (no cell phone network has survived in the troubled province.) Local officials speculate that beyond satisfying the terrorist's goal of creating chaos, [...]
2006-02-11 07:32:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4248GOI OFFICIALS CONDEMN KIDNAPPINGS; MANY STATEMENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of the November 14 kidnapping of dozens of people from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, GOI officials and Council of Representatives (CoR) members have issued strong statements condemning the incident. Many statements reflect sectarian divi [...]
2006-11-15 11:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4305IRAQI VP HASHIMI ON REGIONAL TRAVEL, RECENT MEDIA
[...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tariq Al-Hashimi told Charge he was disappointed at the hesitation and lack of direction about Iraq he found among Gulf interlocutors during a recent trip to the region. Hashimi defended his recent public statements threatening Sunni withdrawal from [...]
2006-11-20 21:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4318BAGHDAD INDEPENDENT LOCAL POLITICIANS DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent members from eight of Baghdad's nine District Advisory Councils (DACs) told Baghdad Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) members they are considering establishing a new liberal political party during a roundtable discussion hosted by PRT Baghdad on November 16. The P [...]
2006-11-22 09:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4323STATE MINISTER WAILI TO MEET WITH TURKEY'S PKK
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for National Security Shirwan Kamil Sibti al-Waili wants help outfitting his ministry, which focuses on domestic intelligence. He said he was looking forward to meeting Turkey's PKK Envoy during his November 16-17 trip to Ankara with PM Maliki (septel). Waili s [...]
2006-11-22 15:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD4326MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION DISCUSSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 20 meeting with Charge Speckhard, Sunni Minister of Higher Education (MOHE) Abid Dhiyab al-Ujeeli said that 88 people have been released but 57 are still missing from the kidnapping at the Ministry of Higher Education building on November 16. He blamed politics in [...]
2006-11-22 20:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4330NOVEMBER 19 MCNS: NAJAF TO PIC; BSP TO BE REVIEWED
[...] (S/REL UK, AUS) SUMMARY: The November 19 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security agreed to transfer security responsibility for Najaf to Iraqi authorities. The Committee also agreed to study the security situation in Diyala, which PM Maliki referred to as being in the hands o [...]
2006-11-23 06:41:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PREL PGOV PTER
06BAGHDAD4371IRAQI PRIME MINISTER TO REVIEW PLAN TO RESTORE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting in Erbil with United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) on November 24, the Iraqi Minister for National Security Affairs (MNSA),Sharwan Waili agreed to ask the Iraqi PM to approve the use of Iraqi Security Forces ( [...]
2006-11-27 18:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD4385NOVEMBER 26 MCNS: HIGH LEVEL WORKING GROUP REPORT
[...] (S/REL UK) SUMMARY: The November 26 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on the report of the High Level Working Group formed on October 28 by President Bush and PM Maliki to make recommendations regarding acceleration of GOI control over the security situat [...]
2006-11-28 15:13:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4400FALLUJAH UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: PRT officials met with Fallujah leaders Mayor Jassim, Fallujah City Council (FCC) Secretary Abbas and Iraqi Police Chief Colonel Karim at the Fallujah IP District Headquarters 25 on November 25. They noted that the sectarian violence in Baghdad would likely lead to a greater inf [...]
2006-11-29 13:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PINS PGOV PREF IZ
06BAGHDAD4407PRT TIKRIT: POWER, CORRUPTION, AND AQIZ IN SALAH
[...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The disintegration of the social fabric of Salah ad Din (SaD),which started during the Saddam regime, was exacerbated by its fall and the subsequent aftermath, has caused political disarray in the province. With the diminuti [...]
2006-11-30 05:22:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINR PTER KCOR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD442FALLUJAH CITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN ASSASSINATED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assailants assassinated Sheikh Kamal Shakir Al-Nazal. Fallujah City Council (FCC) Chairman and senior city imam, on February 7, 2006 in central Fallujah. He had generally pursued a cooperative relationship with coalition forces. Sheikh Kamal, along with other Fallujah imams and [...]
2006-02-13 15:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4450AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH IRAQI
[...] (S) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Iraqi Minister of State for National Security Shirwan Wa'ili discussed a draft law to make the Ministry of State for National Security (MSNS) a regular Ministry; Wa'ili envisions one cabinet level official would coordinate and channel [...]
2006-12-05 08:59:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINS TU SY IZ IR
06BAGHDAD4451ADNAN DULAYMI'S GUARDS IN POLICE CUSTODY
[...] (C) Summary: Emboffs have received numerous reports from the mixed Sunni-Shia Al-Adil neighborhood, where Sunni Tawafuq bloc leader Adnan Dulaymi is based, of anti-Shia harassment and violent acts attributed to Dulaymi's security detail. In a controversial twist, nine of Dulaymi's bodyguard [...]
2006-12-05 09:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4476PRT TIKRIT: BAYJI FERTILIZER PLANT BACK IN
[...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Bayji fertilizer plant, one of two large-scale petrochemical production sites in Iraq, resumed production at 45 percent of total capacity on November 21. The plant has operated only 15 days out of the entire 2006 calendar ye [...]
2006-12-07 12:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET ETRD IR IZ PTER SENV
06BAGHDAD4503KRG SINJARI CALLS FOR PKK AMNESTY, MAKHMOUR CAMP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Interior Karim Sinjari told RRTOffs on December 4 and 5 that steps to resolve the presence of the PKK (the Kurdistan Workers Party) in Iraq are finally moving forward but face continuing difficulties with the Government of Turkey [...]
2006-12-10 12:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PHUM PREF PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD451UN DISTRESS OVER STAFF HOUSING AVERTED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi met Ambassador Khalilzad on January 26 and hinted that the UN would re-evaluate its presence in Iraq if security concerns for housing of its staff in Baghdad were not addressed. Qazi said the UN was concerned a [...]
2006-02-14 15:15:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PNAT UNSC PTER PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD4517PRT TIKRIT: THE EFFECT OF DEBAATHIFICATION IN
[...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In the Baathist heartland of Salah ad Din (SaD),the effects of de-Baathification and dismantling of the former Iraqi Army are causing SaD Sunnis to resist engagement in the political process. While many SaD residents object to [...]
2006-12-11 08:11:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4529MCNS DECEMBER 3
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the December 3 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki: -- Responded to reports of attacks on downtown Baghdad banks and government ministries by calling for "Green Zone" like security zones in strategic areas of the capital; [...]
2006-12-12 13:23:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PINS PGOV PNAT PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4530MCNS DECEMBER 10
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the December 10 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki asked for options to rapidly restore security to the area around the Bayji Oil Refinery so that production may resume. Ministers also discussed increasing prison security a [...]
2006-12-12 13:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PTER PNAT MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4560PRT WEEKLY SUMMARY FOR THE PERIOD 1 - 7 DECEMBER 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary: This summary of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) activities for December 1-7, 2006, as provided by PRTs to the National Coordination Team at Embassy Baghdad. This report also includes PRTs' observations, views and assessments of the political, economic, infrastructure, r [...]
2006-12-14 15:52:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM PTER PINS SOCI KJUS KDEM ECON EFIN
06BAGHDAD4564PM TELLS CODEL MCCAIN BETTER WEAPONS AND QUICKER
[...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told CODEL McCain December 13 that Iraq did not need more U.S. troops, but rather access to better weapons for Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to win against militias and insurgents. He agreed with the CODEL that Iraq needed to "work quickly" to demonstr [...]
2006-12-14 18:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4571AL ANBAR: IRAQI SOLDIERS DISCUSS GOI,
[...] (U) This is a PRT Al Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Al Anbar PolOff met in early and mid-December 2006 with several Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) units and Coalition trainers December 4-6 based near Fallujah to discuss Baghdad violence, CF training efforts, GOI logistical support, an [...]
2006-12-15 15:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4625BARZANI AND TALABANI DISCUSS PKK, TURKISH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In recent meetings the Ambassador raised Turkish concerns about a possible resurgence in PKK activity with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani (KDP) and Iraq President Jalal Talabani(PUK). In separate meetings both Barzani and Talabani commented that the [...]
2006-12-19 17:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD4629DCM AND PM'S COS DISCUSS PM'S SPEECHES, POLITICAL
[...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission Ambassador Daniel Speckhard hosted Dr. Tariq Abdullah, Chef of Staff to the Prime Minister, for an informal working dinner on December 17, 2006 to discuss follow up to the Prime Minister's speech the previous day at the National Reconciliation Summit. The COS recog [...]
2006-12-20 03:11:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4634AL-ANBAR PRT: RAMADI POLICE RECRUITS SEEK JOB
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Over 200 Anbari men from Ramadi and surrounding towns turned out on December 17 for the first day of a three-day recruiting drive for the Iraqi police forces. Many applicants cited job security as the main motivation for their interest in joining the Iraqi police. While they we [...]
2006-12-20 14:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS PHUM ASEC KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD4672IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI PROVIDES SECDEF SECURITY
[...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani emphasized to Secretary of Defense Gates and the Ambassador December 20 his SIPDIS firm belief that Iraqi Security Forces should be on the frontlines of Iraq's internal conflict while Coalition Forces should be in a support role. He provided a list of [...]
2006-12-22 17:48:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4673IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
[...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani provided in Arabic a list of his recommendations for Baghdad security, during a December 20 meeting with Secretary of Defense Gates and the Ambassador (septel). Among other recommendations, Talabani calls for a unified Iraqi military command in Baghdad; t [...]
2006-12-22 18:05:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4682ISG Report criticized by Speaker of Iraqi Kurdish
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Adnan Mufti, Speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil, Iraq, sent the Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) identical copies of a letter to President Bush, Vice-President Cheney, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, a [...]
2006-12-24 07:18:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4696AL-HASHIMI DISCUSSES US TRIP, MODERATE FRONT,
[...] (S) Summary. Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi (Iraqi Islamic Party - IIP) discussed his recent trip to the US and emphasized his desire to speak with Secretary of Defense Gates. On the Moderate Front, al-Hashimi stated that he wanted a "systematic" approach which included guarantees, ti [...]
2006-12-24 13:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4698SECDEF MEETS WITH IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During Secretary of Defense Gates' December 21 meeting with Minister of Defense Abdul Qader Mufraji, Minister of Interior Jawad Bolani and National Security Advisor Mowaffuk al-Rubaie, Iraq's key security officials focused on institutional challenges and capacity building. They al [...]
2006-12-24 13:51:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4715MCNS DECEMBER 17
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Salam Al-Zubai presided over the December 17 Ministerial Council on National Security, and discussed his trip to the Bayji area to observe security operations against Al Qaeda. Ministers again discussed increasing prison security. Minister of D [...]
2006-12-26 15:16:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4754BAGHDAD GOVERNATE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS,
[...] (C) Summary: Baghdad's prevailing political and security issue remains sectarian violence between Sunni and Shi'a, including the spreading influence of the Jash al Mahdi (JAM) militia. Many families continue to leave Baghdad, including doctors, educators and business owners, leaving critica [...]
2006-12-29 17:41:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4755DIYALA: THE ISSUES, LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: Diyala is a mixed Province. Although the Sunni represent a majority, they are underrepresented in the Provincial Government due to their boycott of the January 2005 provincial elections. With a Shi'a minority government trying to exert control over a Sunni-supported insurgency [...]
2006-12-29 17:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4756MAYSAN: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS
[...] (S) Summary: Maysan provincial authorities hold tenuous control over competing militias in the province, with Sadrists holding the most sway. Maysan's porous border with Iran is a crossing point for smuggled goods, including weapons and other contraband used by anti-Iraqi government groups. [...]
2006-12-29 17:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4758 Media Reaction: Barzani Says Americans Will Not Stay
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Speaking in everyday language directly to the Kurdish people, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani made a statement to a special session of the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) on December 26 in which he downplayed the significance of the Iraq Study Gro [...]
2006-12-29 21:48:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER EPET KPAO KMDR US IZ
06BAGHDAD4759ANBAR PROVINCE -- THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, STEPS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-29 21:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4765DIWANYAH: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS
[...] (S) Summary: Diwaniyah is a province with a number of problems. Security is weak and the reconstruction process is virtually halted. Restarting the reconstruction process could provide an alternative to young men with a desire for employment, but that is only part of the solution. Free and [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4766DHI QAR PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS,
[...] (S) Summary: Dhi Qar is a largely rural province, where tribal loyalties are still very strong. Four Shi'a parties largely control provincial politics, with the help of affiliated militias. Reccurrent electricity shortages affect Dhi Qar particularly hard since farmers need electricity to pow [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4767KARBALA PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS,
[...] (S) Summary: Karbala, like nearby Najaf, is home to a number of Shi'a religious sites and has become an important tourist destination. Four Shi'a parties control local politics. The JAM is increasing in power. The province recently transferred from CF Control to Provincial Iraqi Control (PI [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4768THE KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ: THE ISSUES, THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Kurdistan Region of Iraq is flourishing compared to the rest of Iraq, and is actively recruiting foreign investment and even international tourism. The Kurdish region is generally much more secure than the rest of the country, although illicit trafficking in arms, fighters [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4769TA'MIM PROVINCE AND KIRKUK: THE ISSUES, THE
[...] (S) Summary: Kirkuk's most divisive issue in Kirkuk remains Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution which dictates that normalization, a census and a referendum on Kirkuk,s future status occur before December 31, 2007. The Kurds are pushing for the process to go forward in order to tie Kirkuk [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4770BASRAH PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS,
[...] (S) Summary: Basrah province is home to Iraq,s second largest city and has an estimated population of 2.4 million, the majority of which are Shi,a. Basrah is also Iraq,s economic center; over 80 % of the country,s commerce passes through its ports. Security concerns center around targeted [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4771MUTHANNA: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS
[...] (S) Summary: Muthanna is beset by militia intimidation -- notably by the Jash al Mahdi (JAM) -- power shortages, and poor economic performance. That said, the province is currently stable, relatively secure, and has a reasonably effective provincial government. MNF-I efforts could be effec [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4772BABIL PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE
[...] (S) Summary: Babil is a Shi'a majority province, with a significant disenfranchised Sunni population. The province lacks respected leaders and, as in other parts of Iraq, has witnessed a marked increase in religious extremism and militia activity. Iraqi Army personnel staffed entirely from [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4773WASIT: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS
[...] (C) Wasit has seen a significant rise in the influence of Sadrist politicians, who are likely to sweep the next provincial elections. Highly dependent on agriculture, the province is plagued by high employment and extreme shortages of all critical goods. An Iraqi-led effort to disarm militi [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4774SALAH AD DIN PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS,
[...] (C) Summary: Salah ad Din, a Ba'athist stronghold under the previous regime, has had difficulty finding itself in a democratic Iraq. Most of the Sunni majority in the Province do not support the insurgency, but at the same time are frustrated by a provincial government in which they do not [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4775NAJAF PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE
[...] (S) Summary: Najaf is dominated by the SCIRI party, which controls half the seats on the PC. As one of the holiest locations in Shi'a Islam, it is also home to the country's top religious leaders. The economy in Najaf continues to flourish as a result of tourism. Security has been relativ [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4786ISG Report criticized by Speaker of Iraqi Kurdish
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Adnan Mufti, Speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil, Iraq, sent the Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) identical copies of a letter to President Bush, Vice-President Cheney, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, a [...]
2006-12-31 05:48:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD563SECTARIAN NERVES ON EDGE AFTER SAMARRA SHRINE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There are many rumors of attacks on Sunni religious sites and anti-Sunni demonstrations in the wake of the February 22 bombing of the Shia holy mosque in Samarra, but there appears to be much less occurring on the ground. Sunni Arab Iraqi Islamic Party Deputy Secretary-General A [...]
2006-02-22 17:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD568RESPONSE RE: GOT INVITATIONS TO SADR, MUTLAK, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reftel A requests Embassy Baghdad's views on invitations by the Government of Turkey to Iraqi political leaders. As we have reported, it is not yet certain that current Prime Minister Jafari will retain his position; there are a flurry of discussions underway in Baghdad. Although [...]
2006-02-22 20:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM TU IZ
06BAGHDAD574(CORRECTED COPY) QUIET MORNING FOLLOWS SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although it appears there were more incidents on Wednesday after the Samarra mosque bombing than we reported (ref),there appear so far to be fewer incidents of sectarian violence on Thursday. Baghdad Deputy Mayor al-Bahrani told Poloff February 23 that approximately 30 Sunni mo [...]
2006-02-23 13:25:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER PNAT PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD591SUNNI ARAB LEADERS' REACTION TO SAMARA BOMBING
[...] (C) Summary: On February 23, Sunni Arab Tawafuq leaders refused to join President Talabani at a gathering of top Iraqi government officials in response to sectarian violence that followed the February 22 bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samara. At an afternoon press conference, Tawafuq leader [...]
2006-02-24 10:24:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD594QUIET CONTINUES; ASSOCIATION OF MOSLEM SCHOLARS
[...] (C) SUMMARY Iraq was relatively calm on February 24. There was a curfew in effect most of the day in Baghdad and three surrounding provinces. There were no or reduced prayers at many Baghdad mosques. The Mahdi militia was out in force in some cities. Political and religious leaders, both S [...]
2006-02-24 15:40:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD596LIST OF SUNNI MOSQUES ATTACKED IN BAGHDAD
[...] (C) An Embassy contact working at the MOI's IG office reported that the office has a list of 29 Sunni mosques in Baghdad attacked February 22, in the aftermath of the explosion at the Al-Askariya Mosque in Samarra. The names of mosques, corresponding neighborhoods, and incident description acc [...]
2006-02-24 19:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD621SADRIST PARLIAMENTARIAN: JAYSH AL-MAHDI BEYOND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 26 telephone conversation, Sadrist Council of Representatives member Kusai al-Suhail told PolOff that the Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) is not fully under the control of Muqtada al-Sadr. JAM is not an organized army, al-Suhail said, and "anyone with a gun" can dress in blac [...]
2006-02-27 12:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER IZ KISL
06BAGHDAD624RAMADI CONUNDRUM: COMMERCE AMID TERROR
[...] (C) Summary. From State Embedded Team Ramadi. Iraqi Police employees working for the Governor painted for PolOff earlier this month a bleak picture of intimidation and paralysis on the streets of Ramadi. Terrorists use criminal enterprise to fund their jihad. While the people hope for a gr [...]
2006-02-27 13:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD627WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS LOG
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 22, Poloffs met SCIRI parliamentarians Jinan Jasim Ali Al Ubaidi and Muna Noor Zalzala, two of this year's Iraqi delegates to the Commission on the Status of Women. Al-Ubaidi lamented that the role of women in society had been greatly diminished during Saddam's reign, [...]
2006-02-27 19:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD648FADHILA PARTY MEMBER WARNS SHIA ANGER MAY NOT BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 27 phone conversation with PolFSN, Fadhila Parliamentarian Mohammed Ismail al-Kusai said that Ayatollah Mohammed al-Yaqubi thinks Shia anger will be difficult to contain if another attack of the magnitude of the Samarra February 22 bombing occurs. Al-Kusai said rece [...]
2006-02-28 20:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PTER IZ KISL
06BAGHDAD664FADHILA PARTY MEMBER: UIC 555 FOLLOWERS CRITICAL
[...] (C) In a March 1 meeting held as a follow-on to reftel conversation, Fadhila Party Council of Representatives member Mohammed Ismail al-Kusai said that he believes the worst of the sectarian strife resulting from bombing of the Al-Askariyah Shrine in Samarra is over. He repeated reftel cautio [...]
2006-03-03 16:36:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD681SIGNS OF URBAN FABRIC FRAYING: SECTARIAN
[...] (C) Summary. In the aftermath of Samarra mosque bombing, Post has received reports of sectarian displacement in some Baghdad neighborhoods. The most credible and significant information is about approximately 150 Shia families who quit their homes in Abu Ghreib, Tarmiyah, and al Doura over the [...]
2006-03-04 15:55:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD71SUNNI OUTREACH: AMB CONVEYS U.S. VISION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 7, Ambassador Khalilzad outlined suggested principles for the new Iraqi government during meetings with two Sunni sheikhs recommended to the Ambassador by Lakhdar Brahimi, former Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The Ambassador underlined the SIPDIS [...]
2006-01-09 12:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS PTER PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD725UPDATE ON CONVENING OF COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES
[...] (C) President Talabani convened a meeting of political party leaders March 7 to break the standoff over when to hold the first session of the Council of Representatives. That meeting was still in session at 1530 hrs local time. 2. (C) TNA Speaker Dr. Hajim al-Hasani (as he was heading for t [...]
2006-03-07 13:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS PINR PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD734IRAQ: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) The following is post's submission to the annual trafficking in persons report. Embassy point of contact is PolOff Lourdes Lamela, US phone 914-822-2901 and at email Lamelalm @ state.gov. This report reflects approximately 26 hours of preparation. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (U [...]
2006-03-07 19:24:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF PHUM PTER
06BAGHDAD74AMB URGES SUNNI POLITICAL LEADERS TO DENOUNCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Khalilzad met on January 5 with key leaders from the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) and on January 6 with the Iraqi National Dialogue Council (INDC) to review their concerns about the December 15 parliamentary elections and to solicit their views on the formation of a nationa [...]
2006-01-09 13:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPNAT PTER PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD773ACTING HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ON DISAPPEARANCES AND
[...] (C) Summary. Acting Minister of Human Rights Narmeen Othman told PolOffs March 5 that, although acts of violence and displacement appeared to have leveled off over the past two days, the situation remains tense. Minister Othman asserted that reports of sectarian displacement had decreased ov [...]
2006-03-10 15:00:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD812MILITIAS AND OTHER ARMED GROUPS IN IRAQ -
[...] (S//REL MNCI) SUMMARY. Militia organizations, acting both as extra-legal bodies and within government structures at multiple levels, will continue to pursue sectarian agendas that will undermine the government's ability to improve the security environment and will exacerbate sectarian tensions [...]
2006-03-13 16:38:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETKJUS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD837DIPNOTE PASSED ON UMAR SABAWI
[...] (U) This is a response to action cable STATE 30018. 2. (S/NF) Embassy Baghdad passed the DIPNOTE outlined in para 3 of STATE 30018 regarding extradition from Yemen of Umar Sabawi to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 9, with copies to the Office of the Prime Minister and to the Dep [...]
2006-03-15 13:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETKJUS CJAN MOPS PHUM PTER IZ YM
06BAGHDAD848SHIA COALITION HARDLINER'S VIEW OF ATTACKS ON SHIA
[...] (C) Summary. In a March 14 meeting, SCIRI member Shaikh Jalal ad Din al-Sagheer (from Baratha mosque) told PolCouns about Shia families fleeing their homes fearing violence from Sunnis. He warned that continued violence against the Shia may trigger a more violent reaction than seen after th [...]
2006-03-16 13:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD869KURDISH INDEPENDENT ADVOCATES CROSS-PARTY DIALOGUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 14, Kurdish Independent parliamentarian Samia Aziz told poloff that although 25 percent of the Council of Representatives is made up of women, they are grossly underrepresented at the highest levels of inter-party discussion. She said she hoped to once again serve on the [...]
2006-03-17 18:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD870SADR CITY CAR BOMBS AND THE AFTERMATH
[...] (C) Summary: As noted Ref A, Sadr City contacts told us March 13 and 14 that in the aftermath of the March 12 VBIED attacks that occurred in Sadr City, the Sadrist-backed Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) has been actively patrolling the area, setting up checkpoints, and searching cars. Tensions were alr [...]
2006-03-17 19:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PTER KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD896SADR CITY OFFICIAL WANTS JAYSH AL-MAHDI TO SECURE
[...] (C) In a March 14 conversation with PolOff, the supervisor of the Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) General Information Center (GIC),Nsaif Jassim, told PolOff that Coalition Forces (CF) need to "take care" of Iraq's militia problem. This will demonstrate that CF are serious about bui [...]
2006-03-20 08:53:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD905SHIA NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST SUPPORTS CPA DISSOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 9 conversation, Al-Adala newspaper columnist Ali Khaleef told PolOff and PAS/Off that economic progress in Iraq has not kept pace with political progress. Coalition Forces (CF) need to do more to fight corruption and promote economic growth in Iraq, he said. Khaleef [...]
2006-03-20 10:29:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM PNAT PTER ECON KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD930BADR LEADER AGREES THE MILITIA SHOULD DEMOBILIZE
[...] (C) Summary. Council of Representatives member and Badr Organization leader Hadi Farhan Abdullah al-Amiri told PolOffs on March 19 that the Al-Askariya shrine bombing was the work of Saddamists. PolOffs pressed al-Amiri that all militias needed to be under the control of the State. Amiri ag [...]
2006-03-21 11:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PHUM PREL PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD981MCNS DISCUSSES MILITIA DEATH SQUADS, RECENT
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At a meeting of the Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) on March 22, MNF-I Commanding General Casey presented information indicating militia death squads are most likely responsible for recent spikes in murders and executions that have followed t [...]
2006-03-25 07:13:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD984IRAQI SECURITY FORCES IN SADR CITY
[...] (C/REL MNC-I) SUMMARY. The Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) presence in Sadr City remains problematic, although the area is much more under control than described by reports. There is a tremendous amount of everyday urban activity - a heavy volume of vehicle traffic, large numbers of pedestrians, shops o [...]
2006-03-25 11:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MARR MCAP MOPS NATO PGOV PINR PREL PTER
06BAKU1202DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN ON UNSC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 12:46:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE AJ
06BAKU1215IRANIAN AMBASSADOR SPEAKS OUT ON THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (U) In recent statements - notably on widely watched independent ANS Television - outspoken Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani repeatedly accused Israel of using excessive force and criticized the United States for its support of this "injustice" in the conflict between Israel a [...]
2006-08-17 10:52:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV KDEM PINR IR AJ PREL IS LE KPAO
06BAKU1406PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS DEFENSE ISSUES, REAFFIRMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James MacDougall, President Aliyev affirmed his commitment to a strong bilateral relationship. Aliyev emphasized that the key points of cooperation "particularly the energy spher [...]
2006-09-26 10:25:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AMGT ABLD KZ AJ
06BAKU1432DEFENSE MINISTER ABIYEV DISCUSSES CASPIAN SEA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting EUCOM Deputy Commander General William "Kip" Ward, Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Sabir Abiyev expressed concern that Russia and Iran are building up their naval forces in the Caspian Sea. Abiyev complained about I [...]
2006-10-03 05:24:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AJ PBTS IR RU
06BAKU1580AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-30 13:48:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNGA LE IS AJ
06BAKU1783AZERBAIJAN: SUBMISSION OF THE FINANCIAL CRIMES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-08 08:31:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN PTER SNAR AJ
06BAKU1842AZERBAIJAN: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Summary: Cooperation between Azerbaijan and the United States on counterterrorism predates the September 11, 2001 attacks and the waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act in January 2002. Over the past five years, the GOAJ has continued to step up its efforts to combat terrorist fina [...]
2006-12-21 10:51:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR AJ KAPO
06BAKU1857TREASURY VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN - THE IRANIAN THREAT
[...] (C) Summary: During a 16-18 November visit by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Terrorist Finance and Financial Crimes, GOAJ officials from the National Bank, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Presidential Apparat reviewed Azerbaijan's anti-terrorism finance inf [...]
2006-12-22 12:10:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV PINR ECON EFIN PTER IR AJ
06BAKU217NEW MINISTER OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OUTLINES
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 10 meeting with the Ambassador, newly appointed Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaleddin Heydarov outlined broad functions for his new ministry, ranging from civil defense to pipeline security and some counterterrorism functions. Heydarov said the new minis [...]
2006-02-14 13:39:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR EPET PTER PINR KFLU AJ
06BAKU240RUSSIA CONVENES G-8 MEETING ON COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (S/NF) Summary: While participants at a Russian-chaired G-8 meeting on counter-terrorism issues agreed that Azerbaijan was a strong partner in the global war on terrorism, the meeting rapidly devolved into a discussion on Azerbaijan's reform record. Western countries argued that greater ref [...]
2006-02-16 07:42:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV KISL RU AJ
06BAKU269NEW SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES LEGISLATIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 16, Ambassador and USAID Country Coordinator called on the new Speaker of Parliament, Ogtay Asadov. Asadov and Ambassador agreed on the need for May parliamentary rerun elections to be democratic and expressed confidence that Parliament would exercise a greater role [...]
2006-02-21 10:42:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM PREL PGOV ECON PTER AJ
06BAKU293AZERBAIJAN'S MFA AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS CONDEMN
[...] (U) Per reftel, PAO and Pol/Econ Chief separately shared texts of statements by President Bush and Ambassador Khalilzad regarding the destruction of the Al-Askariya shrine with Azerbaijani MFA Spokesperson and Americas Desk on February 23. MFA Spokesperson Tahir Tagizade subsequently issued [...]
2006-02-24 13:54:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO KISL PTER IZ AJ
06BAKU300AZERBAIJAN: NON-PRO COURIER APPROVAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-27 10:20:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPTER OTRA AJ
06BAKU991AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FIRST DEPUTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on First Deputy Prime Minister Yaqub Eyyubov, the Ambassador discussed the U.S.- Azerbaijani bilateral relationship. She urged the Cabinet of Ministers to move forward quickly on a letter designating the Azerbaijani Navy as a partner in the Weapons of Mass [...]
2006-07-11 05:55:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS PARM PTER KNNP AJ
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN398BRUNEI/LEBANON: DEMARCHE ON UNSC RESOLUTION,
[...] (U) On August 7, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on UNSC draft Lebanon resolution to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Permanent Secretary I Pengiran Dato Osman. There was no immediate substantive response other than a repetition of the standard Government of Brunei (GOB) position t [...]
2006-08-07 08:39:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPREL BX IS MOPS PTER UN
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN460BRUNEI RECEPTIVE TO NAM DEMARCHES
[...] (C) DCM delivered ref B demarche on general NAM Summit issues on Sept. 7 to Arni Abu Bakar, USA Desk Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She welcomed U.S. views in advance of the Summit. Although she could not give a formal reply to the issues raised, Abu Bakar indicated tha [...]
2006-09-11 06:48:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN461BRUNEI: APEC COUNTER TERRORISM MANDATE DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel points separately on Sept, 7 to USA Desk Officer at the MFAT Arni Abu Bakar and Deputy Director of the Research Department at MFAT Bustamam Hj Abang. Both welcomed receiving U.S. views, but did not have an immediate response as to the GoB's position on APEC's CT man [...]
2006-09-11 06:49:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PTER BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN488LOW-KEY BRUNEIAN REACTION TO PAPAL COMMENTS ON
[...] (SBU) Bruneian reaction to Pope Benedict XVI's Regensburg comments regarding Islam has been moderate and low-key. Unlike the furor regarding cartoons demeaning to the Prophet Muhammad earlier this year (reftel),this time around there have been no statements of condemnation from the government [...]
2006-09-26 08:39:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SOCI PHUM KIRF BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN496BRUNEI: WAIT AND SEE ON EAS, PREFERS APEC
[...] (C) Foreign Minister II Lim Jock Seng, in a wide-ranging conversation with Ambassador and DCM (septels) on September 21, told us that Brunei had very limited expectations for the East Asia Summit (EAS). Lim said that in shaping the EAS agenda, China was deferring to ASEAN to take the lead. AS [...]
2006-09-28 07:34:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PTER BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN555OCTOBER MEETING OF CTAG CHIEFS OF MISSION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Chiefs of Missions from G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) member countries resident in Brunei plus Australia discussed following topics at their October meeting: -- CTAG members continue to rate the threat of domestic terrorism in Brunei as low, but remain concerned ab [...]
2006-11-01 06:31:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanSECRETPINR PTER BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN572BRUNEI'S HARI RAYA: OPEN TALK AT OPEN HOUSES
[...] (C) At this year's Hari Raya open houses -- a custom that distinguishes Brunei's celebration of the post-Ramadan month -- Ambassador and DCM heard unusually candid views from senior GoB officials on issues ranging from royal succession, bilateral security cooperation, and the status of major [...]
2006-11-08 03:39:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC ECON SOCI CVIS MARR PTER PHUM
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN573BRUNEI WANTS FREE TRADE AT TOP OF APEC AGENDA
[...] (C) Brunei's top priority for the upcoming APEC Leaders meeting and beyond is to encourage movement on regional free trade agreements (see also ref B). The GoB'sapproach to multilateral fora will remain to listen to others and seek consensus. The GoB wants to advance APEC's capacity-building [...]
2006-11-08 06:12:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALECON PARM PTER TSPL BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN625TERRORIST FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION
[...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel B points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Research Department Deputy Director Bustaman on December 7. Bustaman said that he would search GoB records but doubted whether any information would be turned up connecting these people to Brunei. SKODON [...]
2006-12-08 07:56:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN629BRUNEI MONITORS JAMA'AT AL-TABLIGH
[...] (S) French Ambassador to Brunei told Ambassador that the Government of Brunei's Internal Security Division (ISD) informed the French external intelligence service that it is actively monitoring approximately 400 Bruneian residents who are members of the Islamic missionary organization Jama'at [...]
2006-12-14 07:15:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanSECRET//NOFORNASEC BX PINR PTER
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN636PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFO EXCHANGE WITH BRUNEI
[...] (C) Reftel requested reporting on Government of Brunei (GOB) activities to collect identifying personal information on terrorists or suspected terrorists. Following post assessment is keyed to questions posed reftel. The majority of this information has not/not been publicly released by the [...]
2006-12-22 08:36:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanSECRETASEC BX CVIS KHLS KVPR PINR PREL PTER
06BANGKOK111US-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, we have met twice with our Australian and Japanese counterparts to coordinate counterterrorism actions in Thailand more closely. We found a high level of agreement on the main counterterrorism concern here, the growing anti-government violence in the three [...]
2006-01-06 10:04:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL ASEC TH
06BANGKOK112SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAI POLICE ARREST ONE OF THEIR
[...] (C) Summary. On January 5, Thai police in Narathiwat arrested Mareepeng Maha, a suspected separatist on their "most wanted" list. According to police, the arrest was prompted by information from the interrogation of another high-profile arrestee. Local media has published conflicting report [...]
2006-01-06 10:07:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1134SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS
[...] (C) Summary. In 2005, the Thai body politic finally came to the consensus that separatist violence in Southern Thailand is a real and growing problem. That said, government officials and their critics rarely move beyond well-worn generalizations when speaking about the problem. Hard numbers [...]
2006-02-24 10:37:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PHUM PGOV TH
06BANGKOK1174SENATOR FEINGOLD'S MEETING WITH THAI DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 20 meeting with visiting Senator Russell Feingold and the Ambassador, Defense Minister Thammarak Issarangkul Na Ayutthaya outlined Thai military modernization efforts, explained that the RTG has not yet made a decision on the purchase of new fighter aircraft and voi [...]
2006-02-27 09:30:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINS TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK1237SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: FEBRUARY VISIT TO FAR SOUTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 15-16 visit to the far southern provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani, and Songkhla poloffs discussed the influence of radical Islam and other factors behind the violence. They heard continued concern over divisions between the Buddhist and Muslim communities and c [...]
2006-03-01 10:25:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK1261THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: S/CT, AMBASSADOR
[...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Amb. Crumpton from March 4 - 7, 2006. 2. (U) Hotel reservations have been made at: Four Seasons Hotel, 155 Rajadamri Road, Bangkok Tel: 66-2-251-6127 Fax: 66-2-254-5390 Room rate is $125.00 net (taxes and American breakfast [...]
2006-03-02 03:50:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER OTRA ASEC AMGT TH
06BANGKOK1412SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: BUDDHIST HOMES RAIDED, OTHER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the early morning hours of March 6 a group of 10 to 15 militants raided several Buddhist homes in the far southern province of Pattani, killing three villagers and setting fire to two houses. The raid follows a series of arson and bomb attacks seen across the region over the [...]
2006-03-07 12:10:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK1844SOUTHERN THAILAND: MORE ELECTION UNCERTAINTY
[...] SUMMARY: During a March 20-21 visit to the far southern provinces of Songkhla and Pattani, poloffs heard that in several districts Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party candidates would not receive the minimum votes needed to take their seats in parliament. Local TRT candidates are keeping a low profile [...]
2006-03-27 10:35:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER TH
06BANGKOK2096SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: PROMINENT ACADEMIC WARNS OF THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Chaiwat Satha-Anand, a prominent academics and central member of the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC),expressed concern that "conflict entrepreneurs" were making exaggerated assessments of the role of radical Islam in southern Thailand. Chaiwat did not believe the [...]
2006-04-10 09:26:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK2270MOVING FORWARD ON AN SEA CT STRATEGY
[...] (S/REL AUS UK CAN) SUMMARY: On March 6, Embassy Bangkok and S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton hosted regional Chiefs of Mission and participants from other U.S. agencies to follow up on the January CT consultations in Jakarta (REFTELS). Chiefs of Mission (COMs) continued to develop a framework to [...]
2006-04-19 23:37:00Embassy BangkokSECRETASEC PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL TH
06BANGKOK2330LIFTING THE BAN ON PROVINCIAL POLICE TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY and action request: Since 2003, we have barred the use of INL funds for training of provincial police, due to their suspected involvement in extrajudicial killings in the war on drugs. Post recommends that we relax th [...]
2006-04-21 08:44:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER TH
06BANGKOK2335SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAIS TO BEGIN TALKS WITH PULO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) has facilitated talks between the RTG and purported leaders of southern Thai separatist groups. The talks, scheduled for June, will take place in Geneva and reportedly have the support of key parts of the Thai government. Talks are po [...]
2006-04-21 08:53:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPGOV PREL PTER TH SNAP
06BANGKOK2337SOUTHERN THAILAND: CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ASSISTANCE
[...] (S) Summary. Over the past two years, Post has focused much of our wide ranging assistance and training programs to help the RTG deal with the growing problem in the South. We have been very careful to avoid overt, direct involvement--the RTG sees this as a domestic issue and the insurgency i [...]
2006-04-21 09:19:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPTER PREL PINS TH
06BANGKOK2338THE WAY AHEAD IN SOUTHERN THAILAND
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST. Post requests inter-agency approval for the proposals in paragraph 6. 2. (S) Summary. The violence in the South of Thailand remains a serious problem for the RTG and a threat to U.S. interests. As outlined in ref, in the last two years we have shifted a significant por [...]
2006-04-21 09:37:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPTER PREL PINS PINR TH
06BANGKOK258CT ASSISTANCE TO THAILAND
[...] (S) Summary: Thailand is the recipient of a wide range of U.S. training and assistance programs to help the RTG combat terrorist and extremism. We believe that the assistance programs detailed below are making a contribution to the RTG's efforts. This message provides information on CT ass [...]
2006-01-13 09:32:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPTER PREL PINR PGOV PINS PBTS ECON TH
06BANGKOK2624THAILAND: THE ANDAMAN SEA MARITIME SECURITY
[...] (C) Post has proposed and the Royal Thai Supreme Command and Royal Thai Navy (RTN) have endorsed a U.S. funded initiative to secure Thai territorial waters in the Andaman Sea which would also provide radar coverage of the northern entrance to the Strait of Malacca. The proposed initiative w [...]
2006-05-04 07:41:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK2822SOUTHERN VIOLENCE UPDATE: NEW BOMB ATTACK; NEW
[...] (C) Summary: On May 10 a bomb exploded outside a tea shop in the far southern province of Pattani, killing one soldier and three civilians. The type of bomb and tactic of targeting security forces at a location they are known to frequent is similar to past attacks. However, the reported pl [...]
2006-05-11 09:28:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK2827SOUTHERN THAILAND AND THE PISCES PROGRAM
[...] (C) Embassy Bangkok requests inter-agency commitment to fully fund Phase II of the PISCES program as originally planned. 2. (C) As follow up to refs, and in light of forthcoming interagency meetings in Washington to discuss USG policy in the context of the violence in southern Thailand, Pos [...]
2006-05-11 09:46:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL TH
06BANGKOK2890A LONG-TERM THAI EFFORT TO DEAL WITH SOUTHERN
[...] (S) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: As we continue to develop a framework to assist the Thai deal with the situation in far southern Thailand, we should be realistic about the limitations of our aid and the length of time it will take for the Thai to make significant progress in the South. Expanded t [...]
2006-05-16 23:44:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPGOV PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK296SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: INSIDE THE REEDUCATION PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary. In their struggle to manage the violence in Southern Thailand, Thai officials have turned to an Orwellian-sounding program of publicly blacklisting suspected separatists and forcing them to undergo "reeducation" or "training." The details of the program are much less foreboding [...]
2006-01-17 10:14:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3111THAILAND-WASHINGTON STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM ON
[...] Summary. The State Partnership Program (SPP) between the Washington State National Guard and the Royal Thai Armed Forces has evolved from humble beginnings addressing "niche" disaster response/consequence management areas to become an invaluable Embassy tool allowing us to advance objectives [...]
2006-05-24 00:31:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK3179SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: SENIOR THAI OFFICIALS BRIEF EAP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on May 21 and 22, Deputy Prime Minister Chidchai Vansatidya and NSC SecGen Winai, respectively, told EAP DAS Eric John and the Ambassador that the RTG was developing more effective information on southern Thai insurgents and working to improve RTG policy and [...]
2006-05-26 01:48:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK3192SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: MAY 17-18 VISIT TO FAR SOUTH
[...] (C) Summary: During a May 17-18 visit to the far southern provinces of Pattani and Yala, poloffs heard optimistic reports from security officials. The Emergency Decree has allowed the government to detain suspects and develop information on insurgent members and tactics. Statistical data fr [...]
2006-05-26 05:25:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK3196SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THE POLICE SEARCH FOR
[...] (C) Summary. While the Royal Thai Army has moved to reassert its traditional role of managing security in the restive South, the Royal Thai "provincial" police remain the foundation for investigating, arresting and prosecuting militants. Over the past two years, senior Thai officials have mo [...]
2006-05-26 06:16:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3202THAILAND IN 2006 - POLITICS AND THE SOUTH
[...] (C) Summary: Political uncertainty will be the theme the rest of this year in Thailand as Thaksin and his political opponents gird for renewed conflict. US-Thai FTA negotiations can be expected to languish during this period. If the political instability becomes protracted a decline in fore [...]
2006-05-26 06:54:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM PTER TH
06BANGKOK323SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: SEPARATIST'S ARREST REVEALS
[...] (C) Ref detailed the arrest of suspected separatist Mareepeng Maha on January 5 by Thai police. Hailed as one of Thailand's "most wanted," Mareepeng had reportedly fled to Malaysia to escape arrest, only to return to Thailand in recent weeks. Thai officials trumpeted his arrest, itself based [...]
2006-01-18 09:42:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PTER TH
06BANGKOK3231ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S MEETING WITH FORMER PM
[...] (C) Summary: On May 22, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill, EAP DAS Eric John and the Ambassador met with former PM Anand Panyarachun to discuss his work on southern Thailand and the current political situation. Anand said the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) would release it [...]
2006-05-30 02:13:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TH NRC
06BANGKOK351BGEN ALLEN'S MEETING WITH NSC SECRETARY GENERAL
[...] (C) In his meeting with visiting OSD/ISA Principal Director for Asian and Pacific Affairs BGen John Allen, Thai National Security Council Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul outlined the RTG's strategic threat outlook, Thailand and ASEAN's frustration with the suprise move of the Burmese capit [...]
2006-01-19 10:02:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PINR PTER PGOV TH BURMA GPOI DPRK
06BANGKOK352BGEN ALLEN'S MEETING WITH MFA DPS PISAN MANAWAPAT
[...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with BGen John Allen, MFA Deputy Permanent Secretary Pisan Manapawat stressed the importance of the long history of US-Thai cooperation to promote stability and democracy within and beyond Southeast Asia. He noted that the high degree of trust and confidence betw [...]
2006-01-19 10:02:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK3522SRI LANKAN PEACE PROCESS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) On June 14, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Paisit Boonparlit of MFA's North American Division and to Krit Tankanarat of MFA's South Asia Division. Both Paisit and Krit assured PolOff that they would pass reftel points to their superiors but suggested they would not have a formal re [...]
2006-06-14 07:49:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR PINS CE TH
06BANGKOK355SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Bilateral relations with Thailand have been generally excellent. Thailand is a security treaty ally and has been firmly supportive of the Global War on Terror. American businesses have over $20 billion in direct investment in Thailand, the second largest investor after Japan. Thailand a [...]
2006-01-19 10:45:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER TH PSI BURMA HUMAN RIGHTS
06BANGKOK3649SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO LATEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, in response to the series of bomb attacks across far southern Thailand, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a diplomatic note addressing the current situation in the South and the RTG's efforts to deal with it. In the press, caretaker PM Thaksin continued to be [...]
2006-06-19 10:28:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PGOV TH
06BANGKOK3785SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NRC REPORT - THE LONG VIEW
[...] (C) Summary/Comment: The final report of the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC),"Overcoming Violence Through the Power of Reconciliation" was issued on June 5. The report provides solid background on the origins of the conflict and context on how specific local factors are influenci [...]
2006-06-27 09:14:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV TH
06BANGKOK3883SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THE ARMY TAKES THE LEAD
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Thaksin has charged Royal Thai Army (RTA) commander General Sonthi Boonyaratglin with overall command of the security situation in the restive South, formally returning the Army to preeminence in that region. Many observers have hailed the appointment of Sonthi--h [...]
2006-06-30 09:37:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4374SRI LANKA: TENTATIVE THAI RESPONSE ON CONTACT
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 4. 2 (C) On July 20, poloffs had follow-up consultation with Panyarak Poolthup, Deputy Director-General from MFA's Department of South Asian Affairs and other MFA South Asian and Counter-Terrorism officials to discuss reftel demarche. Panya [...]
2006-07-20 10:01:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALMARR PINS PREL PTER CE TH
06BANGKOK4480CHINESE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN THE SOUTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As Chinese television dramas and the prospects for better-paying jobs for Chinese speakers increase, Chinese language learning programs have taken off in the southern Songkhla Province. Along with for-profit cram schools, various Chinese associations there have opened their own [...]
2006-07-25 07:56:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PTER TH CH TW
06BANGKOK4592SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: SCHOOLS REMAIN A TARGET
[...] (C) Summary: The shooting death of a teacher in Narathiwat, in front of a class of primary school students, outraged the country and highlighted the danger facing government teachers in the far south. Rural village schools -- often the only visible symbol of the Thai government besides securi [...]
2006-07-28 08:03:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TH
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