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06DARESSALAAM1309	TANZANIA WANTS INTERNATIONAL FORCE IN LEBANON, [...] (C) Tanzania supports a stabilization force in Lebanon and welcomes the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations' meeting in New York on August 3, Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Division, told Poloff on August 2. Mulamula said the cre [...]	2006-08-03 09:56:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC LE IZ TZ

06DARESSALAAM451	TANZANIA NOT PLANNING STATEMENT CONCERNING SHRINE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 15:06:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO PTER IZ TZ
06DARESSALAAM977	GUARDED OPTIMISM FOR NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT BY [...] (C) On May 25, Poloff had pressed Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Division, for a public statement applauding formation of the new Iraqi government (reftel). Mulamula said that while the Government of Tanzania (GOT) was encouraged by the [...]	2006-06-16 14:12:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ TZ
06DJIBOUTI372	DJIBOUTI AND ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's Minister of Foreign Affairs indicated that Djibouti shares similar points of view with the United States regarding the four key issues on the agenda in the upcoming Arab League Summit. He also offered insights on other issues such as Iran, Somalia, and a Common Defense [...]	2006-03-27 05:18:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS SO SU IR IZ DJ
06DOHA1610	IRAQ: QATAR CAN SUPPORT EDUCATION, INFLUENCE SUNNI [...] (S) SUMMARY. In contrast to its support for our military in the region, Qatar has not been an important partner on political issues regarding Iraq. Post believes Qatar can provide increased support in areas where it can achieve leadership, such as education and training. Its contacts with Iraq [...]	2006-11-05 14:28:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS IZ XF QA
06DOHA293	U/S HUGHES' MEETINGS WITH QATARI FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: U/S Karen Hughes visited Doha Feb 17-19 to attend the US-Islamic World Forum, sponsored by the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution and the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs. While in Doha, she met with the Foreign Minister and Sheikha Mozah, wife of the Amir. This cable rep [...]	2006-02-26 13:14:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAO IZ IR QA
06DOHA312	AL JAZEERA NETWORK BOARD OF DIRECTORS NAMED [...] (SBU) In an effort to maintain brand identity and consistency of message and quality, the GOQ established in late 2005 (reftel) an entity known as the Al Jazeera Network (AJN),charged with overseeing all bodies bearing the Al Jazeera brand name. On March 1, an Amiri decree announced the estab [...]	2006-03-01 07:58:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO IZ QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA317	U/S HUGHES MEETINGS AT AL JAZEERA [...] (C) Summary: U/S for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes met February 19 with Al Jazeera managing director Wadah Khanfar at the Al Jazeera studios in Doha. She also participated in a roundtable discussion with Khanfar and four senior Al Jazeera staff members and recorded an Al Jaz [...]	2006-03-01 12:38:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAO IZ QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA461	COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S MEETING WITH QATARI FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary. Department Counselor Dr. Philip Zelikow met with the Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs March 20 to begin a strategic dialogue between the two countries, consult on Iran, and enlist support for [...]	2006-03-27 09:41:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL MARR KPAL XF IR IZ QA
06DOHA464	COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S MEETING WITH QATARI MINISTER [...] (C) In two meetings with Minister of Finance Yousef Kamal on March 20, Department Counselor Dr. Philip Zelikow outlined U.S. strategic thinking on Iran and regional security and commended Qatar for choosing the path of reform, progress, and prosperity. At a brief meeting in the Finance Ministry [...]	2006-03-27 13:37:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL EAID EINV KPAL IZ XF QA
06DOHA48	A/S WAYNE BRIEFS QATARI OFFICIALS ON STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary. The Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Finance Minister welcomed in principle the USG proposal presented by EB A/S Wayne for strategic investments in stability in the region. They were well-prepared and provided updates on their current assistance to the four priorit [...]	2006-01-09 13:01:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID EINV EFIN KPAL IZ AF LE QA
06DOHA524	FOREIGN MINISTER ON DEMOCRACY, TERRORISM, IRAN [...] Summary. First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) gave a speech on democratization in the Middle East April 1 during the Doha Cultural Festival. Answering questions afterwards, he said that Qatar will hold the first elections for the country's legislative body in ear [...]	2006-04-06 04:08:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ECON PTER IZ IR QA
06DOHA868	A/S WELCH'S MEETINGS JUNE 4 WITH QATAR'S HEIR [...] (S) Summary. A/S David Welch met with the Qatari leadership, including Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and later with Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ),June 4 to discuss Iran, Iraq, and Israel/Palestine. Relaxed and well-prepared, Sheikh Tamim, who handles defense [...]	2006-06-06 12:28:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL KNNP KPAL IR IZ IS QA
06DOHA923	AL JAZEERA PETITIONS IRAQI GOVERNMENT TO RETURN TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Wadah Khanfar, Director-General of the Al Jazeera Network, told PAO that Al Jazeera has asked the Iraqi government for permission to return to Baghdad and is awaiting a response. He said the decision to replace him as head of Al Jazeera Arabic is unlikely to occur before the end [...]	2006-06-14 10:17:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ KPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA
06DUBAI10	GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE AND [...] (S) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met December 27 in Dubai with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) and Dubai Crown Prince and UAE Minister of Defense General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Ma [...]	2006-01-02 12:28:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR PTER XF TC IR IZ SY LE XD SO
06DUBAI2297	CODEL SHAYS MEETS MINISTER OF ECONOMY, DISCUSSES [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-23 08:56:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV IR IZ AE
06DUBAI3374	KHOR FAKKAN PORT - A TRANSHIPPMENT HUB [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 17:02:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD ELAB AE IZ IR
06DUBAI4123	KELLOGG, BROWN AND ROOT ACCUSES DUBAI POLICE OF RACIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 15:20:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC SNAR AE IZ ETRD
06DUBAI6903	FORMER SECRETARY POWELL AND UAE VICE PRESIDENT/DUBAI RULER [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-30 15:47:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR IS KPAL AE
06DUBAI6926	AIR FORCE SECRETARY WYNNE DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH UAE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 14:32:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PREL PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ AF LE AE
06DUBAI6928	PHILIP MORRIS CONVEYS IPR FRUSTRATIONS REGARDING THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-14 14:45:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV KIPR PGOV PREL ETRD IZ AE
06DUBLIN1326	IRELAND TO WRITE OFF NEARLY ALL IRAQI DEBT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-13 08:27:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON IZ EI
06DUBLIN306	IRISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-23 17:44:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID IZ PREL EI
06DUBLIN349	IRELAND: INDEPENDENT INQUIRY COMMITTEE FOLLOW-UP [...] On March 22, emboff approached Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) UN/Terrorism and Illicit Drugs section First Secretary Brian Cahalane regarding the Independent Inquiry SIPDIS Committee's (IIC) investigation of three Irish companies implicated in the UN's Oil-for-Food (OFF) program scanda [...]	2006-04-03 13:41:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KFIN PGOV IZ EI
06DUBLIN372	IRELAND UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE POLICE TRAINERS TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 16:52:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EI IZ JO KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP PGOV PINR PINS
06DUBLIN42	IRISH-IRAQI RESIDENT RETURNS TO DUBLIN AFTER IRAQ [...] (C) On December 24, the leader of the opposition in Ireland called the Ambassador seeking information about the detention in Baghdad of Ahmed Abbas Naji Khursheed, the brother of Irish citizen Dr. Nizar Naji Khursheed (an MD practicing in respiratory care in Ireland). Emboff met with the now [...]	2006-01-13 18:03:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAO IZ EI
06DUBLIN530	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: GOI EXPECTS PRELIMINARY [...] (C) Summary: On May 11, Post delivered ref A pre-GAERC demarche to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent, and, on May 12, further discussed ref A's Iran points with Stephen Dawson, DFA First Secretary for the Middle East and North Africa. Dawson expected GAERC minis [...]	2006-05-12 15:21:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UN EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU LI
06DUBLIN578	IRELAND WELCOMES THE NEWLY FORMED GOVERNMENT IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 17:26:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ EI
06DUBLIN778	IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIANS MAKE THEIR CASE IN IRELAND [...] (U) In a June 18-24 trip sponsored by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and organized with embassy assistance, a group of Iraqi parliamentarians visited Ireland to learn from the Irish experience of reconciliation and to plead for more Irish assistance. During this visit the group [...]	2006-06-30 15:49:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ EI
06DUBLIN839	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND CALLS FOR MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: The Irish Government recognizes Israel's right to self-defense, though not at the expense of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent Jim Kelly, to whom emboffs delivered refs A-C demarches. Kelly cited a July 13 state [...]	2006-07-14 16:40:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL SU
06DUBLIN891	SHANNON FIVE FOUND NOT GUILTY [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 25, a jury found five anti-war protesters not guilty of criminally damaging a U.S. aircraft at Shannon Airport on February 3, 2003. In an unprecedented decision, Judge Miriam Reynolds allowed the accused, who had pleaded not guilty, to argue that they had a "lawful excu [...]	2006-07-29 05:28:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PTER KJUS IZ EI
06DUSHANBE945	TAJIKISTAN: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVT FORMATION [...] DCM delivered talking points per reftel to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs May 22. Nasredinov promised to pass the points on to the MFA's Asia and Africa desk and will respond to the Embassy if the desk has any [...]	2006-05-23 11:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO IZ TI
06EFTOANKARA4972	BOMBING IN ANTALYA [...] (SBU) Summary: On Monday, August 28, 2006 at approximately 1640 hours local an explosion occurred in the tourist port city of Antalya killing three (3) and injuring an estimated 30 people (media reports have reported as many as 87 injured). The Turkish National Police (TNP) have confirmed tha [...]	2006-08-29 10:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL IZ TU
06EFTOANKARA5010	BOMBING IN MERSIN [...] (SBU) Summary: On Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at approximately 1310 hours local an explosion occurred in the tourist port city of Mersin injuring one person. End summary. 2. (SBU) At approximately 1310 hours local, an explosion occurred in the shopping area of downtown Mersin. TNP contacts [...]	2006-08-31 12:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL IZ TU
06EFTOANKARA5097	BOMBING IN CATAK (SE TURKEY) [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday, September 3, 2006 at approximately 2100 hours local an explosion occurred in the town of Catak (Van Province) in southeastern Turkey killing two and injuring fourteen. End summary. 2. (SBU) At approximately 2100 hours local, an explosion occurred in an open teahou [...]	2006-09-05 10:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL IZ TU
06FRANKFURT4401	German officials make Ansar al-Islam arrest, bring other [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 12 German police arrested "Burhan B." at Frankfurt Airport and charged him with breaking German export laws and with membership and support for Ansar al-Islam. Separately, on June 20 authorities launched the trial of Ata Abdoulaziz Rashid and two accomplices. They stand [...]	2006-06-27 15:03:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KISL IZ GM
06FRANKFURT7499	Ansar al-Islam Trial Update [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The trial of three suspected members of Ansar al-Islam accused of plotting to assassinate then-Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi during a visit to Germany in December 2004 is ongoing in Stuttgart-Stammheim (a high-security court facility). One defendant has spoken out in recent proceed [...]	2006-10-31 15:30:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KISL IZ GM
06FRANKFURT7924	ALLEGED FRANKFURT AIRPORT TERROR PLOT DISRUPTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German authorities temporarily detained six suspected terrorists November 17 for alleged involvement in a plot to blow up an aircraft, presumably from Frankfurt International Airport. END SUMMARY. The Alleged Plot ---------------- 2. (SBU) According to a press release fro [...]	2006-11-21 14:36:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PGOV KISL JO KU IZ GM
06GEORGETOWN493	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR NEW [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered demarche per reftel May 24 to Ambassador Elizabeth Harper, Director General (and number two) at Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Harper does not believe the GoG has had any communication or interaction with the new Iraqi government. Although providing assistance is out of [...]	2006-05-25 18:52:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PGOV KPAO IZ GY
06HANOI1235	VIETNAM SUPPORTIVE OF NEW GOVERNMENT IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN will publicly congratulate the new Government of Iraq and will re-extend its invitation to senior Iraqi officials to visit Vietnam, including the Minister of Trade. Vietnam says it has a long history of friendly relations with Iraq and would like to get them back on tra [...]	2006-05-22 23:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO IZ PREL KDEM VM
06HANOI429	VIETNAM: Palestine, and Iraq Bombings [...] (SBU) Nguyen Diep Ha, desk officer in the Foreign Ministry's West Asia and Africa Department, told Poloff February 23 that Vietnam "respects the decision of the Palestinian people's choice to elect Hamas" and predicted that Hamas will "represent the Palestinian people well and will act in thei [...]	2006-02-23 10:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER IZ PA VM
06HANOI875	VIETNAM: INDEPENDENT INQUIRY COMMITTEE [...] (U) Post received a note dated April 7 from the Ministry of Trade formally conveying their response to Post's inquiry regarding the Independent Inquiry Committee investigation. 2. (SBU) Begin text of note: Ministry of Trade Socialist Republic of Vietnam Hanoi, April 7, 2006 The Min [...]	2006-04-18 08:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KFIN PGOV IZ VM
06HELSINKI1238	REQUEST TO EXTEND INTERNATIONAL POLICE TRAINERS AT [...] PolChief delivered subject demarche to Anu Laaminen, Office Director of the MFA's Unit for Civilian Crisis Management. Laaminen confirmed that Finland will maintain five police trainers at the Jordan International Police Training Center through February 28, 2007. The GOF has also informed JI [...]	2006-12-14 13:42:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR AU HR IZ JO SI FI
06HELSINKI149	FINLAND: REACTION TO AL- ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered statements in reftel to the MFA's Middle-East bureau. The Director for Middle-East Affairs said that Finland was playing an active role in intra-EU deliberations on the Al-Askariya shrine bombing, and that she believed an EU statement condemning the attack might be re [...]	2006-02-23 08:46:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV PTER FI
06HELSINKI523	FINNISH VIEWS ON JUNE GAERC [...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche to European Correspondent Jarno Syrjala June 7. Syrjala said the GOF generally supports most of our points and suggested that the ministers will focus on the Balkans and Iran. 2. (C) On Iran, Syrjala reiterated the warm welcome others in the GOF have [...]	2006-06-08 11:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ CU KPAL FI
06HILLAH1	DIWANIYAH LEADERS HOPE FOR MORE LOCAL AUTONOMY FROM NEW [...] (C) Summary: Both the Diwaniyah Governor and Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) Head expressed a desire for more local autonomy under the new Iraqi Government in separate meetings on December 29. Each was optimistic regarding the quick formation of a national unity gover [...]	2006-01-02 17:00:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
06HILLAH10	NAJAF'S ZURFI PLEADS FOR US AID [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf Cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On January 21, SET Najaf met with former Najaf Governor and head of the Loyalty to An Najaf party, Adnan Al Zurfi. The meeting covered a wide range of subjects. Zurfi expressed his view that the recent December 15 national election, while n [...]	2006-01-25 19:07:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH100	MADHI MILITIA ACTIVITY ON THE RISE IN BABIL PROVINCE [...] (U) This is a Babil PRT cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Throughout the second half of May and into early June, the Madhi Militia (MM and also commonly referred to as Jaysh al Mahdi or JAM) has increased its presence in Al-Hillah and Babil, engaging in overt attacks directed agains [...]	2006-06-11 09:50:00	REO Hillah	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER MOPS KISL IZ
06HILLAH101	BAGHDAD THREATENS REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Baghdad-based Iraqi Media Network (IMN) and national Al-Sabah newspapers are threatening to cut subsidies to South Central regional independent newspapers, potentially forcing the closure of journals Al-Fayhaa in Babil, Al-Diwaniyah in Diwaniyah, and Al-Ilam Al-Iraqi in Karbal [...]	2006-06-11 17:45:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PROP KISL SCUL IZ
06HILLAH102	QADISIYAH PROVINCE: SADR, SCIRI, AND SECURITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Militia (MM) and his political organization, Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS),increasingly dictate the pace of events in Qadisiyah Province. While the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution (SCIRI) holds 20 seats out of 41 on the Provincial Council, SCIRI is [...]	2006-06-12 16:11:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV KISL MARR PTER IZ
06HILLAH103	NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED: BABIL POLICE CHIEF UNDER FIRE [...] (U) This is a Babil PRT Cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Babil Police Chief General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri has yet again come under political fire from the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) affiliated Babil Provincial Governor, Salem Saleh Mehdi Al-Muslimawi. This time Qais [...]	2006-06-12 16:19:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV KDEM IZ
06HILLAH104	RUMBLINGS IN SOUTH CENTRAL PROVINCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Events in four South Central provinces over the last twenty-four hours indicate that although the incidence of terrorist acts remains low in this seemingly stable region, tensions are increasingly manifesting themselves in public demonstrations, ultimatums to provincial government [...]	2006-06-14 12:20:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	KISL PGOV PTER MARR IZ
06HILLAH105	ARREST OF KARBALA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN ROILS SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lack of public information about the arrest of Karbala Provincial Council Chairman Sheikh Akeel Fahem al-Zubaidi fueled condemnation of the raid in Friday afternoon sermons throughout the South Central region. Sadrist clerics were the most vehement in condemning the ISF/CF raid. [...]	2006-06-16 17:52:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL IZ
06HILLAH106	NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED: PART II [...] (U) This is a Babil PRT Cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: During a series of recent meetings Babil Province Governor Salem Saleh Mehdi Al-Muslimawi and members of the Provincial Council (PC) related to REO and PRT staff that the security situation in the province is deteriorating as evidenced by the v [...]	2006-06-17 05:34:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV KDEM IZ
06HILLAH107	DIWANIYAH PROVINCE: MAHDI MILITIA ON THE OFFENSIVE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Diwaniyah, REO staff found that with the fulcrum of political influence in Diwaniyah swinging toward the Office of Martyr Sadr (OMS) and its associated Mahdi Militia (MM or Jaysh al-Mahdi),the Mahdi Militia are increasingly able to declare large sections [...]	2006-06-20 04:51:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PTER PGOV KISL IZ
06HILLAH109	BABIL SCIRI BOSS ON SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND POLITICAL [...] (U) This is a Babil PRT cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. During a recent meeting Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraqi (SCIRI) Babil party boss, and also Provincial Council (PC) member, Ali Al Qasser presented Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) staff with an insider's view of the party's [...]	2006-06-22 13:13:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH11	NAJAF ELECTION RESULTS REACTION [...] (U) This is a SET NAJAF cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Just a day after the release of the results of the December 15 national election by the IECI, reaction in the Najaf province was diverse and pointed. Many in the province, including local government officials and members of the United Iraqi [...]	2006-01-26 13:02:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH110	A CASUAL COMEDY: SOUTH CENTRAL PROVINCIAL COUNCILS THREATEN [...] (U) This is a Babil PRT Cable 2. (C) SUMMARY. During a June 23 meeting held in Najaf, representatives from all south-central provincial councils (PC),as well as from Baghdad and Kirkuk, held an "emergency" meeting concerning the arrest of Karbala Provincial Council Chair Aqeel Fahim Al-Zub [...]	2006-06-24 11:35:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH117	GENERAL QAIS DISMISSED AS BABIL PROVINCE POLICE CHIEF [...] (S) SUMMARY General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri told RC that on July 13, Minister of Interior Jayad al-Bulani signed an order removing Qais as Chief of Police in Babil Province, transferring Qais to an unspecified desk job in Baghdad. Qais said Ministry contacts told him that al-Bulani bowed [...]	2006-07-16 18:05:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PTER MARR PGOV ASEC IZ
06HILLAH118	RURAL IRAQI BANK SLUMBERS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In rural Qadisiyah Province, even bank personnel have only a hazy idea of what commercial banking might be. REO staff met with Mr. Salih Mehdi, director of the Diwaniyah branch of the Rafadeen Bank, a financial institution belonging to the Ministry of Finance. Mehdi made the f [...]	2006-07-16 18:26:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ETRD EINZ IZ
06HILLAH12	WASIT ELECTION RESULTS REACTION: UIA/555 SAVORS CONFIRMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Members of the Shi'a Islamist United Iraqi Alliance/555 list savored the overwhelming victory of their slate after election results were announced on January 20. The UIA/555 won seven of the eight seats allocated to the province, with Ayad Allawi's National Iraqi List/671 picking [...]	2006-01-26 13:02:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06HILLAH121	QADISIYAH ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHIEF ON NEW ELECTION LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Diwaniyah Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) head Saad Mazloum briefed REO staff on what he sees as serious shortcomings in the draft "High Commissions for Elections" law currently under consideration in the Council of Representatives. Mazloum warned that the infighting in t [...]	2006-07-24 04:23:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL IZ
06HILLAH122	UPDATE ON NAJAF CAR BOMBINGS [...] (C) Summary. According to local contacts, police believe that three of an original seven VBIEDs (Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices) are still roaming Najaf streets. However, two suspects have been arrested for the Friday, July 6 (VBIED) which exploded between two buses carrying tou [...]	2006-07-24 04:27:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KISL IZ
06HILLAH124	HOW THE SOUTH WAS WON - TALLYING UP ELECTION DAY FRAUD [...] (C) SUMMARY: For perspective on potential problems in upcoming provincial council elections, REO Staff spoke to representatives of the South Central Iraqi National Accord (INA),Communist Party, Iraqi Election Commission (IECI),and other contacts about ballot tampering and other forms of voter [...]	2006-07-25 04:59:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PROP IZ
06HILLAH125	BABIL GOVERNOR'S RENEWED EFFORTS TO OUST BABIL POLICE CHIEF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (C) REO staff met with Babil Iraqi Police (IP) Deputy Chief Colonel Abbas Al-Gebory on July 26 to discuss the latest effort on the part of the Babil Provincial Council (PC) and Babil Governor Al-Musalamawi to oust General Qais Ham [...]	2006-07-27 06:52:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR PGOV ASEC IZ
06HILLAH126	WASIT FADILHA HEAD ON SCIRI PLANS FOR FEDERALISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 26, REO staff met with Sheikh Abbas Al Zaidi, a self-professed "moderate" cleric who is the interim head of all Fadilha activities in Wasit Province. Al Zaidi claimed to be speaking for Fadilha spiritual head Ayatollah Yaqoubi as he made the following points: 1) Sheikh Ya [...]	2006-07-28 12:22:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PTER IZ
06HILLAH127	SECURITY UPDATE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL IRAQ [...] (SBU) This cable covers trends and significant events that affect security in the five South Central provinces of Iraq. Items are taken from the local press or are public knowledge in the region (Najaf, Karbala, Qadisiyah, Babil, and Wasit provinces). Najaf Province ----------------- 2 [...]	2006-07-29 09:00:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PTER KISL IZ
06HILLAH128	BABIL GOVERNOR AND PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN PRESS REO [...] (C) Summary: Babil Governor Al-Musalamawi called an emergency meeting with REO staff on July 27 to discuss various security issues brewing in the province. He was joined by Provincial Council Chairman (PCC) Mohammed Ali Hussein Al-Masoudi. The main point of issue raised during the meeting was [...]	2006-07-29 15:28:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR PGOV ASEC IZ
06HILLAH129	DIWANIYAH SECURITY - TURNING A CORNER? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Diwaniyah provincial government has become more aggressive about turning around deteriorating security in the province, and preliminary results are encouraging. After a series of meetings with REO staff and personnel at Camp Echo, Governor Hamza held a public meeting in wh [...]	2006-08-10 11:42:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL MARR PTER IZ
06HILLAH13	WASIT BADR ORG. DEPUTY ON THE SADRIST CHALLENGE [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-26 18:22:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV MOPS KDEM IZ
06HILLAH130	SISTANI MOSQUE FRIDAY SERMON STRIKES ANTI-AMERICAN TONE [...] (SBU) Approximately 3500-4000 people attended the Friday afternoon sermon given by Sheikh Sayed Ahmed Al-Safi, generally regarded as a close associate and spokesman for Ayatollah Ali Sistani. Al-Safi's speech was covered by several national television outlets. 2. (SBU) Al-Safi told his [...]	2006-08-10 11:42:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PTER PGOV IZ
06HILLAH131	QADISIYAH INA LEADER: BADR ORGANIZATION IS SETTING UP SADR [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a August 2 meeting with REO staff, Abd Muslim, the head of the moderate Iraqi National Accord party in southern Qadisiyah (Diwaniyah) province, warned against attributing all instability in Diwaniyah Province to the Mahdi Militia (MM). Muslim believed that local MM cells ar [...]	2006-08-10 11:54:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	KISL PTER MARR IZ
06HILLAH132	SOUTH-CENTRAL IRAQ FEDERAL REGION: A DONE DEAL [...] (C) Summary: On August 14 Regional Embassy Office (REO),Al-Hillah staff met with the head of Wasit Badr Corps and Provincial Council member Qasim Mohammad Jalal to discuss pressing issues of the province and region. The meeting proved to be fruitful when Jalal presented new information in re [...]	2006-08-16 18:14:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR PGOV ASEC IZ
06HILLAH134	"PUBLIC COMMITTEES" CONCEPT FOR SECURITY IN NAJAF MAY ALSO [...] (C) Summary and comment: In an effort to combat a recent rise in violence in the province, the Najaf Provincial Council has approved the formation of Public Committees intended to work as "community watch" organizations. While the province's dominant political entities generally agree that th [...]	2006-09-10 15:26:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS IZ
06HILLAH135	MALIKI, SISTANI MEET TO DISCUSS SECURITY, SHABANIYA AND THE [...] (C) Summary and comment: A day after relating his concerns regarding the security of Iraqis, the shortage of essential services and a "crippled" judicial system to the Prime Minister, who was paying him a call on the eve of a major religious holiday, Shi'a Islam's leading religious figure repor [...]	2006-09-10 15:32:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06HILLAH136	HEIRS TO SHIA POWER MEET TO DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY AND [...] (C) Summary: Ammar Al Hakim and Mohamed Ridha Al Sistani, sons to two of Shia Islam's most important leaders, met on August 24 to discuss a wide range of issues. The two men spoke about the continuing problem of militias and how "Public Committees" might enhance security. Al Sistani voiced his [...]	2006-09-10 15:37:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL IZ
06HILLAH137	AL SARKHI BECOMES AN APPEALING ALTERNATIVE TO AL SADR FOR [...] (C) Summary: Mahmud Al Hassani Al Sarkhi has begun challenging Muqtada Al Sadr for the allegiance of violent, disaffected young men in south-central Iraq, many of them culled from Sadr's own legions. Sarkhi's willingness to do violence and his lack of political ambition make him an ideal leader [...]	2006-09-10 15:42:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL IZ
06HILLAH14	DEPARTURE FROM POST OF REGIONAL COORDINATOR ALFRED [...] (U) Regional Coordinator, Alfred Fonteneau departed REO Al Hillah, Iraq on January 27, at 0900. 2. (U) Deputy Regional Coordinator, Gary L. Anderson has assumed charge. ANDERSON [...]	2006-02-02 07:07:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT IZ
06HILLAH142	TIMELINE ACCEPTABLE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF COALTION FORCES, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: Muqtada Al-Sadr, in his most recent Friday sermon, demanded the release of his recently detained associates and called on coalition forces (CF) to leave Iraq. He also derided the national government as ineffective and fragile, but touted the political process as a peaceful form of [...]	2006-09-23 12:52:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL IZ
06HILLAH146	BABIL GOVERNOR PLAYING A NEW GAME OR JUST BLUFFING? [...] (C) Summary: The governor of Babil province has shown uncharacteristic willingness to engage with the Regional Embassy Office (REO) during the month of Ramadan, chairing a lengthy meeting to discuss projects, attending the REO's iftar and meeting with REO representatives at his office. Though [...]	2006-10-11 15:38:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV IZ
06HILLAH147	SWAT COMMANDER'S DEATH MAY JEOPARDIZE NON-PARTISAN SECURITY [...] (C) Summary and comment: The head of the Al-Hillah SWAT team was assassinated in his office on Oct. 13, days after being informed by the office of the Prime Minister (PM) that he was being replaced. Though the victim had a warrant out for his arrest on terrorism charges, a confluence of factor [...]	2006-10-13 18:23:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV PINS PREL PINR PTER PHUM IZ
06HILLAH148	NORTH BABIL SHEIKHS APPEAL FOR U.S. HELP ON SECURITY, JOBS [...] (C) Summary: A group of Sunni tribal leaders and activists from north Babil view American intervention as their best hope to address unemployment in their area, stabilize Iraq's security situation and promote expression of moderate political views. According to a subsequent communication from o [...]	2006-10-15 17:32:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PTER KISL IZ
06HILLAH15	TEMPORARY DEPARTURE OF REGIONAL COORDINATOR, ALFRED [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-02 08:51:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT IZ
06HILLAH154	UN DEVELOPS ROLE IN SHIA HEARTLAND [...] (C) Begin Summary: Supported by both the Coalition, PRT Najaf and the REO, SRSG PolAd Wilfred Buchta and an advance team traveled to Najaf City on 5 December to lay the groundwork for a visit in early 2007 of the SRSG to meet with Grand Ayatollah Sistani and Shia radical cleric Muktada Al Sa [...]	2006-12-07 12:00:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ
06HILLAH155	UN DEVELOPS ROLE IN SHIA HEARTLAND [...] (C) Summary: Supported by both the Coalition, PRT Najaf and the REO, SRSG PolAd Wilfred Buchta and an advance team traveled to Najaf City on 5 December to lay the groundwork for a visit in early 2007 of the SRSG to meet with Grand Ayatollah Sistani and Shia radical cleric Muqtada Al Sadr. Co [...]	2006-12-11 07:04:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PINR PINS PREL
06HILLAH157	SADR RENEWS CALL FOR IRAQI UNITY, WITHDRAWAL OF FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. December 11, Muqtada Al Sadr issued a statement outlining his issues with United States presence in Iraq. Sadr decried what he sees as the systematic destruction of Iraqi society by the twin demons of the United States and Ba'athists. He repeated his call for the withdrawal or ou [...]	2006-12-16 11:01:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL IZ
06HILLAH16	NAJAF GOVERNOR SAYS MEHDI NEW IRAQI PM [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (C) Summary: Najaf Governor Assad Al-Taee told SET Najaf that the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA, ballot number 555) had agreed to nominate Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) Official Adel Abdul Mehdi as the new Prime Minister. Al-Taee s [...]	2006-02-05 11:34:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ
06HILLAH17	BABIL OFFICIALS TELL DAS GODEC THEY LIKE PRT AND PRDC BUT [...] (U) This is a Babil PRT cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Robert Godec met with Babil province officials to discuss the Babil Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and the Iraqi-run Provincial Reconstruction Development Committee (PRDC). T [...]	2006-02-12 14:31:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH18	WASIT POLITICAL OUTSIDERS PREPARE FOR PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Wasit Provincial Council and local officials outside of the ruling Shi'a Islamist groupings (principally the major constituent parties of the United Iraqi Alliance) have begun preparations for provincial elections to be held on an undetermined date in 2006. A slate of secular PC an [...]	2006-02-12 15:23:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR IZ
06HILLAH20	WASIT UIA MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES: [...] (U) SUMMARY. Wasit province was allocated eight seats in the December 15, 2005 elections to the Council of Representatives(CoR). The United Iraqi Alliance (ballot number 555) received seven of the eight seats. Biographical information follows for six of the seven UIA/555 members in the CoR. END [...]	2006-02-15 14:14:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IZ
06HILLAH21	ASHURA MARKED BY GOOD SECURITY, LIMITED MILITIA PRESENCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The annual Shi'a commemoration of Ashura in Karbala and other parts of South Central Iraq on February 8 and 9 went smoothly. Ashura begins the forty-day period of remembrance and mourning for the deaths in 680 A.D. of Imam Hussein and Imam Abbas, grandsons of the prophet Moham [...]	2006-02-15 18:56:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06HILLAH22	SISTANI ADVISES SPEEDY FORMATION OF INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT IN [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (C) Summary: Shi'a Religious Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani advised Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari to quickly form a new government and to ensure that the new government is inclusive in a February 20 meeting at Sistani's home in Najaf's Old City. Afte [...]	2006-02-20 19:58:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ
06HILLAH23	WASIT COR REP ON UIA OVERTURES TO ALLAWI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Shaykh Jamal Al-Batik, the sole Wasit National Iraqi List (ballot number 731) member in the incoming Council of Representatives, related discussions between Iyad Allawi and Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq head Abdul Aziz al-Hakim. According to Al-Batik, Hakim has [...]	2006-02-21 18:23:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH24	JAFARI NOMINATION VARIOUSLY GREETED WITH PRAISE, DISBELIEF, [...] (SBU) Summary: The selection of Ibrahim Jafari as the choice of the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) to serve as Prime Minister of the new Iraqi government was greeted by widely divergent reactions across South Central Iraq. Most Shi'a Islamist contacts praised Jafari, even as some UIA constituent g [...]	2006-02-22 13:47:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL IZ
06HILLAH25	RETURN OF REGIONAL COORDINATOR, ALFRED FONTENEAU [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 08:18:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT IZ
06HILLAH26	THOUSANDS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL PROTEST MOSQUE BOMBING; [...] (U) Summary: Iraqis across the South Central region took to the streets February 22, angrily protesting the bombing of the Al-Askariyah Mosque in Samarra. Reportedly spontaneous at first, the demonstrations were soon spurred on by mosque exhortations and organized by Shi'a government officials, [...]	2006-02-23 16:36:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KISL PINR IZ
06HILLAH27	WASIT UIA LEADER LINES UP BEHIND JA'AFARI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mohammed Al-Khateeb, outgoing Wasit Deputy governor and future United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) representative in the Council of Representatives (CoR),predicted Prime Minister-designate Ja'afari would survive protracted coalition negotiations between the UIA and the Kurdish bloc. Al-Kh [...]	2006-02-23 18:20:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL MOPS IZ
06HILLAH28	NAJAF, KARBALA MOSQUES PREACH UNITY AND CALM; BLAME [...] (U) Summary: Friday Mosque sermons delivered amidst heavy security in Najaf and Karbala generally appealed for calm and unity, and were followed by peaceful demonstrations. Despite some Sadrist provocations, the two Shi'a holy cities were reportedly quiet, with shops and offices closed and blac [...]	2006-02-24 17:59:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KISL PINR IZ
06HILLAH29	PROTESTS, SPORADIC VIOLENCE CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL; [...] (SBU) Summary: Protests continued across Wasit and Babil Provinces in South Central Iraq for a second and third day after the bombing of Al-Askariyah mosque in Samarra. In Wasit, Shi'a Islamists of all affiliations joined a massive demonstration February 23. The next day, Sadrist mosque preache [...]	2006-02-24 18:20:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KISL PINR IZ

06HILLAH3	NAJAF SADRISTS SUGGEST RESPONSIBILITY FOR KILLING CLERIC; [...] (C) Summary: Flyers distributed from the offices of Moqtada Al-Sadr in Najaf and Kufa and from his compound in Najaf beginning on January 4 boast that a group called the "Battalions of Imam Mousa Al-Sadr" carried out the December 26 assassination of Shaykh Fattah Al-Thabhawi, a mid-level cleric [...]	2006-01-06 17:01:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL IZ
06HILLAH30	SISTANI URGES SCIRI HEAD AL-HAKIM TO CALM SHI'A, PROTECT [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (C) Summary: Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani urged Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim, head of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI),to calm the Shi'a, protect Sunni shrines and prevent further violence. The February 24 meeting took place at Sistani's [...]	2006-02-25 12:04:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL PINR IZ
06HILLAH31	CAR BOMB IN KARBALA KILLS EIGHT, CLERICS CONDEMN ACT BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A February 25 car bomb in Karbala killed eight and wounded 31. An impromptu protest after the incident at the site of the attack included chants of "No, no America." Religious leaders in Karbala and Najaf were quiet after the incident, with no reports of calls from the mosques [...]	2006-02-27 17:18:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINS PREL PTER IZ
06HILLAH32	NAJAF COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBERS' BIOGRAPHICAL [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf Cable. 2. (U) Najaf Province was allocated eight seats in the recently elected Council of Representatives (CoR). The United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) won seven of the eight seats. The eighth Najaf seat went to a candidate from the Iyad Allawi-affiliated National Iraqi Lis [...]	2006-02-28 16:24:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL IZ
06HILLAH33	SADR OFFERS MAHDI MILITIA TO SISTANI AS SHRINE PROTECTION [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (C) Summary: Moqtada Al-Sadr, meeting with a group of senior ayatollahs in the Najaf home of Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, offered his Mahdi Militia as a holy shrine protection force. Sadr also volunteered to deploy his militia to protect the senior cleri [...]	2006-03-01 18:53:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ
06HILLAH34	SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHERN IRAQI OFFICIALS DISCUSS SHRINE [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Provincial Council (PC) members, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) officers and other officials from the predominantly Shi'a South Central and Southern Iraqi provinces met March 1 in Najaf to discuss the protection of holy shrines in the aftermath [...]	2006-03-02 18:33:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL IZ
06HILLAH36	BARHAM SALIH TELLS SISTANI THAT KURDS OPPOSE JAFARI; SISTANI [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (C) Summary: Minister of Planning Barham Salih told Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani in a March 5 meeting that Jalal Talabani and his Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) are opposed to the nomination by the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) of Ibrahim Jafari as Prim [...]	2006-03-05 18:19:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KISL PINR IZ
06HILLAH37	MOSQUE ORATORS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL IRAQ CALL FOR MUSLIM [...] (C) Summary: Sunni and Shi'a mosque preachers in Najaf, Babil, Wasit and Karbala called for the unity of all Muslims during Friday, March 3 prayers. A Babil Province Sadrist mosque orator blamed attempts to sow sectarian discord on the "occupiers," while a Sadrist preacher in Najaf claimed that [...]	2006-03-05 18:25:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KISL PINR IZ
06HILLAH38	WASIT SISTANI REP RESIGNED TO INCREASING SADRIST INFLUENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former Transitional National Assembly member and Wasit province representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Habib Saman Al-Khateeb, expressed his frustration with the rising influence of Sadrists in his hometown of Numaniyah and across the province in a meeting with Regional Em [...]	2006-03-05 18:35:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH39	MEETING OF REO AL-HILLAH EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) [...] (C) Summary: The REO Al-Hillah EAC was convened on 1 March 2006. It was chaired by the Regional Coordinator, and in attendance were representatives from RSO, POL, PRT, USAID, KBR, and ORA. The REOs US Army LNO and the 2/4 BCT S-9 were also present, and advised on the posture of Coalition f [...]	2006-03-06 10:50:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	ASEC AEMR AMGT IZ
06HILLAH4	NAJAF OFFICIALS PLAN INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT CONFERENCE, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Najaf Deputy Governor told REO Al-Hillah staff of his intention to hold an international investment and economic development conference in Najaf in February. In a January 4 meeting, the Deputy Governor asked for U.S. support in publicizing the conference to American officials [...]	2006-01-06 17:03:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV ECIN EAGR PGOV KISL IZ
06HILLAH40	DIWANIYAH DAWA REP CAUTIONS AGAINST JAFARI'S REMOVAL; FEARS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Diwaniyah Islamic Dawa Party official elected to the Council of Representatives (CoR) from the province's United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) slate cautioned against replacing Ibrahim Jafari as the UIA nominee for prime minister in the new Iraqi government. The parliamentarian, who is re [...]	2006-03-09 11:53:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL IZ
06HILLAH42	WASIT PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CONDEMNS U.S. ROLE IN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a contentious meeting with Regional Embassy Office Al-Hillah staff in Al-Kut, the Wasit Provincial Council (PC) Chairman and members of Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) harshly criticized the United States' role in the ongoing government formation negot [...]	2006-03-12 17:01:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM PTER IZ
06HILLAH44	WELCOME TO IRAQ: SCENES FROM THE IRAQ-IRAN BORDER CROSSING [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. A March 8 visit by Regional Embassy Office Al-Hillah staff to the Arafat Border Patrol station and Zorbatiyah Point of Entry (PoE) confirmed continuing reports of nearly unrestricted movement of people and goods across the Iran/Iraq border in Northeast Wasit province. The Border [...]	2006-03-14 08:51:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PBTS PGOV PTER KCRM IR IZ
06HILLAH45	NAJAF GOVERNOR VOICES CONCERNS OVER IDP (INTERNALLY [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (C) Summary. Set Najaf staff met March 15 with Najaf Governor Assad Al Taee. The short meeting focused on the governor's concern regarding the influx of (IDP) Internally Displaced Persons into Najaf. Al Taee claimed that nearly 400 families have moved [...]	2006-03-19 07:36:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
06HILLAH46	SISTANI CALLS FOR END TO SECTARIAN VIOLENCE AND FORMATION OF [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a March 20 meeting with SCIRI (Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq) leader Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani called for an end to sectarian violence. A participant related the substance of the conversation im [...]	2006-03-20 16:01:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PTER KIRF KISL IZ
06HILLAH48	KARBALA COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBERS' BIOGRAPHIC [...] (U) In the December 15, 2005 elections, residents of Karbala province cast their votes to fill six seats in the new Council of Representatives (CoR). They elected five members from the Shi'a Islamist United Iraqi Alliance coalition list (UIA, ballot number 555),and one from the National Iraq [...]	2006-03-23 16:07:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IZ
06HILLAH50	SCIRI LEADER AL-HAKIM'S SON ISSUES INVITATION FOR U.S./IRAN [...] (S/NF) Summary. The son of SCIRI leader Abdul Aziz Al Hakim, Sheikh Ammar Al Hakim petitioned the Regional Embassy Office, Al Hillah staff for a dialogue between the United States and Iran. He noted that this dialogue should be at the highest levels possible within Iraq and that SCIRI would [...]	2006-03-26 09:19:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAIR IZ
06HILLAH52	MOQTADA AL SADR ISSUES STATEMENT ON RECENT FIGHT WITH ISF [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (C) Summary: Radical anti-American cleric Moqtada Al Sadr met March 26 in Najaf with clerics from his organization and members of his Mahdi Militia. He called on them to be calm and show restraint in the wake of renewed fighting with Iraqi Security Forc [...]	2006-03-27 18:34:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV PTER KISL IZ
06HILLAH53	MUQTADA AL SADR MEETS WITH AYATOLLAH AL SISTANI: OFFERS [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf Cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. According to two independent sources, on March 30, in a hastily arranged meeting, Muqtada Al Sadr met with Ayatollah Al Sistani to discuss recent events and solicit the Ayatollah's advice. Sistani reportedly told Sadr that he had to remain pea [...]	2006-03-31 18:18:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH54	FORMER NAJAF GOVERNOR ON AL-SADR, IRANIAN INFLUENCE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Former Najaf Governor and head of the Loyalty to An Najaf party Adnan Al Zurfi believes Muqtada Al-Sadr wishes to avoid armed confrontation with coalition forces, but is finding it difficult to keep Madhi Army militia under his direct control. Sadr, Zurfi commented, is listening to [...]	2006-04-05 10:05:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH55	TEMPERS FLARE IN WAKE OF NAJAF VBIED ATTACK [...] This is a SET NAJAF cable. 2.(U) SUMMARY. On April 6, a Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) detonated 300 meters from the Holy Shrine of the Imam Ali in Najaf. The vehicle was a Sports Utility Vehicle. At 1900 local time, casualty figures had reached 20 confirmed dead and ove [...]	2006-04-06 17:14:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KISL IZ
06HILLAH57	SADR RAILS AGAINST COALITION FORCES AT KUFA MOSQUE [...] (U) This is a SET NAJAF cable. Sensitive, but unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. April 7, a day after a car bombing near Najaf's Imam Ali shrine, Muqtada Al Sadr made a rare appearance and conducted the Friday Sermon at Kufa mosque. He condemned the "interference" of the US Ambassador in the [...]	2006-04-07 18:02:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KISL IZ
06HILLAH58	NAJAF QUIET, BUT ANTI-CF RUMORS FLY; BABIL QUIET DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: REO Al-Hillah media contacts reported that while Najaf city was calm and under tight police and army control, Mahdi Army members were seen massing in the cemetery area. The city is abuzz with rumors, and several contacts reported that much of the chatter blames the attacks on th [...]	2006-04-07 18:07:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIBL IZ
06HILLAH59	AYATOLLAHS BLAME U.S. FOR SECTARIAN VIOLENCE [...] This is a SET NAJAF cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. In reaction to the terrorist attacks near Najaf's Imam Ali Shrine (April 6) and the Attack at Baghdad's Buratha mosque (April 7) two of the major Shi'a clerics affiliated with Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani issued sharply worded Fatwas blaming the Un [...]	2006-04-09 18:55:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KISL IZ
06HILLAH6	BABIL OFFICIALS ASK NAJAF SCIRI BOSS TO HELP OUST BABIL [...] (C) Summary: Members of the Babil Provincial Council (PC) met January 3 with the Najaf head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) to secure the SCIRI leader's help in ousting the Iraqi Police (IP) chief of Babil Province. Recent efforts by religious party-affiliated [...]	2006-01-07 17:12:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ
06HILLAH60	SOUTH CENTRAL: NAJAF, KARBALA SERMONS CALL FOR END TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. Friday sermons in both Najaf and Karbala condemned ongoing sectarian violence and demanded an end to the political wrangling over the formation of a national government. In Najaf, a high-ranking Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) cleric also expressed his f [...]	2006-04-09 18:55:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KISL IZ
06HILLAH62	TEXT OF FATWA ISSUED BY MUQTADA AL-SADR IN RESPONSE TO [...] (U) On April 11, Muqtada Al-Sadr issued a fatwa in response to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's comments questioning the loyalty of Iraqi Shi'a. 2. (U) Begin Text (translated by REO Hillah local staff): By the Name of God: Your Excellency the Leader of Islam and Muslims: Within this [...]	2006-04-12 04:29:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KISL IZ
06HILLAH65	WASIT PROVINCAL FINANCES: TREASURY, PROVINCIAL COUNCIL AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a April 12 meeting with Regional Embassy Office staff, Wasit Provincial Treasurer Lu'ay Allah Wardi described procedures instituted by the Wasit provincial government to obligate and disburse the Regional Development and Rapid Reconstruction funds allocated to the province by [...]	2006-04-13 18:09:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID KCRS PGOV IZ
06HILLAH66	NAJAF: SADR MEETS WITH SISTANI'S SON, SUPPORTS JA'AFARI FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the evening of April 13, Mohammad Ridha Sistani, son of Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, visited Moqtada Al-Sadr at his residence in the Al-Hannah district of Najaf to discuss the ongoing government formation process. According to sources from within Sadr's and Sistani's offices, Sadr [...]	2006-04-15 15:15:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH67	WASIT: SUWERAH SHAYKH ON RECONSTRUCTION, ELECTIONS, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prince Sa'ad Mizher Al-Sumarmed, a prominent tribal figure in the Suwerah area of Northwest Wasit, predicted an increase in Sadrist influence when provincial elections are held after the formation of the national government in Baghdad. Without U.S. backing and security guarantees, [...]	2006-04-16 18:02:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH7	DIWANIYAH IECI HEAD SHARES FINAL PROVINCIAL VOTE, THOUGHTS [...] (C) Summary: The Diwaniyah Province head of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) told REO Al-Hillah staff that the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA, ballot number 555) won seven of Diwaniyah's eight National Assembly seats. The director attributed the result to the mobilization of Shi' [...]	2006-01-09 14:51:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH71	WASIT DEPUTY GOVERNOR AND PROVINCIAL COUNCIL STRUGGLE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Wasit Deputy Governor Ahmed Abdel Salam Rasheed, in a meeting with Regional Embassy Office (REO) Al-Hillah staff, expressed his frustration with the slow pace of reconstruction in the province. Though the security situation in the province is generally stable, Wasit lacks the capa [...]	2006-04-26 18:12:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KCRS PGOV IZ
06HILLAH72	SOUTH CENTRAL SHI'A VIEWS ON SELECTION OF JAWAD AL-MALIKI AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After the April 22 selection of Jawad Al-Maliki as the Prime Minister-designate, REO Hillah canvassed leaders in the heavily Shi'a South Central region of Iraq for their views on this development. Not surprisingly, reaction to Maliki's selection broke down mostly along Shi'a Isl [...]	2006-04-27 17:19:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH74	MUQTADA AL-SADR STATEMENTS: ZARQAWI, COLLABORATING WITH [...] SUMMARY: On April 28 and 29, Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr issued two "Istifa" or policy statements. The first statement suggested that Al Qaeda leader Zarqawi had entered into a "truce" with Coalition Forces that created a pretext for continued U.S. occupation of Iraq. Muqtada al-Sadr told his fol [...]	2006-05-01 10:52:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KISL IZ
06HILLAH75	NAJAF FRIDAY SERMONS: SADRIST SAYS THE JAYSH AL-MAHDI ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY During Friday sermons in Kufa and Najaf, Sadr cleric Sayyed Mohammed al-Tabatebaiee rejected the idea of integrating militias into Iraqi security forces in contrast to SCIRI preacher Al-Deen al-Qubanji who praised integration. Both clerics appeared to be reacting to Ayatollah Sist [...]	2006-05-01 10:55:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINS PTER IZ
06HILLAH76	WASIT SADRISTS: SISTANI EDICT ON MILITIAS DOES NOT APPLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of the Wasit Sadr Office, Bashaar Al-Mousawi, in an April 30 meeting with Regional Embassy Office (REO) Al-Hillah staff, insisted that the April 27 statement on militias from Grand Ayatollah Sistani does not apply to Sadrist Jaysh Al-Mahdi forces in the province. JAM for [...]	2006-05-02 18:33:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH77	DIWANIYAH SECULAR POLITICIAN ON MILITIAS, SCIRI POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Abid Muslim, head of the Iraq National Accord (INA) slate (Allawi) in Diwaniyah Province, spoke to REO Officer on May 3rd, touching upon the stand-off between the Mahdi Militia (MM) and the Badr Organization and decision-making on the provincial council. According to Muslim, the [...]	2006-05-06 18:32:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL IZ
06HILLAH78	MUQTADA AL-SADR MEETS WITH MAHDI MILITIA LEADERS ON BASRA [...] (S) According to a source close to cleric Muqtada's Al-Sadr's immediate circle, radical cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr met with unidentified Mahdi Militia (MM) leaders on May 6th. Participants discussed the MM response to the downing of a British helicopter in Basra. 2. (S) Our source told REO staf [...]	2006-05-07 18:44:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	KISL PGOV PTER IZ
06HILLAH79	SCANDAL IN ISKANDARIYAH: BABIL PC MEDDLING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Using the Babil Province Council (PC),SCIRI (Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq) political meddling in northern Babil local politics is on the rise, notably at the expense of secular and mixed Shi'a-Sunni city governments. The recent move to disband the mixed Iskandar [...]	2006-05-09 13:43:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06HILLAH8	NEW DIWANIYAH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DELEGATION SHOWS DAWA, SADR [...] (C) Summary: The Diwaniyah Province delegation to the new National Assembly (NA) will contain seven candidates from the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA, ballot number 555) and one candidate from the Iraqi National List (ballot number 731) according to final provincial results provided by the provinc [...]	2006-01-09 14:59:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
06HILLAH80	BABIL POLICE CHIEF SACKED [...] (SBU) This afternoon the Babil Provincial Council (PC),in a 24 to 2 vote, recommended the termination of Province Police Chief Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri (commonly known as "General Qais") to the MOI as per CPA Order 71. The PC further voted to install Qais' deputy, Farris Jassim as the new [...]	2006-05-09 15:21:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06HILLAH82	NORTH BABIL SUNNI SHEIKHS CALL FOR RETENTION OF IP CHIEF, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent meeting with the Regional Coordinator (RC) nine Sunni Sheikhs and tribal leaders from northern Babil Province made a passionate appeal for the REO to prevent the termination of Provincial Police Chief General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri (ref). The Sheikhs argued th [...]	2006-05-13 16:49:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL IZ
06HILLAH83	FORMER SHI'A PROPONENT OF FEDERALISM CHANGES HIS MIND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A well known regional proponent of federalism has reversed course. After several years of holding seminars on federalism, often at the behest of South Central politicians, Diwaniyah Law School President Malin Lilo explained that he was now convinced that federalism would result i [...]	2006-05-13 18:10:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL IZ
06HILLAH84	GENERAL QAIS: WILL HE BE DISMISSED? [...] (S) SUMMARY: The beleaguered, but popular head of the Babil Police, General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri, updated the Regional Coordinator on developments in the Babil Governor and Provincial Council's campaign to dismiss him. General Qais stated that he had traveled to Baghdad on Friday to se [...]	2006-05-14 18:14:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	KISL PGOV MARR IZ
06HILLAH85	GENERAL QAIS: WILL HE BE DISMISSED? [...] (S) SUMMARY: The beleaguered, but popular head of the Babil Police, General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri, updated the Regional Coordinator on developments in the Babil Governor and Provincial Council's campaign to dismiss him. General Qais stated that he had traveled to Baghdad on Friday to se [...]	2006-05-15 12:31:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	KISL PGOV MARR IZ
06HILLAH87	POSING AS A STATESMAN, MUQTADA AL-SADR CONDEMNS [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 16, in response to a query from a group of Iraqi teachers based in Libya, Muqtada Al-Sadr issued a "fatwa" decrying the reopening of full diplomatic ties between the United States and Libya. (NOTE: Because he does not have the nece [...]	2006-05-18 17:45:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH89	SADR LIEUTENANT KILLED AT IP CHECKPOINT, NAJAF REMAINS CALM [...] This is a SET NAJAF cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On May 18, Abbas Al Chilabi, Mahdi Militia leader and member of radical cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr's personal security detail, was killed at a Najaf Iraqi Police (IP) checkpoint. Najaf IP Chief General Abbas Al Moadal stated IPs opened fire after the [...]	2006-05-20 17:56:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL IZ
06HILLAH90	MUQTADA AL-SADR THREATENS BOYCOTT OF PARLIAMENT MEMBERS WHO [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: On May 19, the eve of the expected announcement of the newly formed national government, radical anti-American cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr issued a statement outlining his expectations for Iraq's Council of Representatives (CoR). Sadr noted th [...]	2006-05-20 17:59:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH91	DECONSTRUCTING BABIL? SECULAR SHI'AS AND SUNNIS WARY OF PC, [...] (U) This is a Babil PRT cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The unabated efforts of the Babil Provincial Council (PC) to usurp power from local municipalities and gain control of the provincial security forces continue to provoke a secular Shi'a and Sunni backlash against the SCIRI-controlled body (ref [...]	2006-05-23 15:08:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH92	ISLAMIC DA'WA PARTY CHIEF IN BABIL CALLING FOR IRAQI [...] (U) This is a Babil PRT cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. During a recent meeting Abu Al-Basri, Islamic Da'wa Party Chief of Babil Province, offered Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) staff insight into the party's opinions on reconstruction, the Provincial Council (PC),other Shi'a Islamist parties [...]	2006-05-24 11:57:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH93	SCIRI MEMBERS OF BABIL PROVINCIAL COUNCIL BOYCOTTING DUE TO [...] (U) This is a Babil PRT cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The recent decision of twenty-three Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) members to "suspend" their membership in the Provincial Council is the latest salvo in the ongoing dispute over their attempted firing of Babil Police Ch [...]	2006-05-28 12:27:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL IZ
06HILLAH95	DURING FRIDAY PRAYERS IN KUFA, MUQTADA AL-SADR APPEARS TO [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (C) Summary: On Friday, May 26, Muqtada Al-Sadr made an appearance during the midday prayers at the Kufa mosque in Najaf province. Sadr last spoke in Kufa mosque on April 7. Sadr called on "true believers" to begin to strictly follow Islamic teachings. [...]	2006-06-01 10:45:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH96	NOT BETTER THAN CAVES AND RUINS: A SNAPSHOT OF EDUCATION IN [...] (U) This is a Babil PRT Cable 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. During a May 25 meeting, the Education Director General (DG, a provincial representative from the national ministry) for Babil, Dr. Hummadi Al-Awadi, told Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) staff that the current state of education in the p [...]	2006-06-01 13:45:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL SOCI IZ
06HILLAH97	IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI AND AYATOLLAH SISTANI DISCUSS US-IRAN [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (S) Summary: On May 27, Iranian Foreign Minister (FM) Manouchehr Mottaki visited local officials and members of the religious community in Najaf. Mottaki's visit began at one of Shia Islam's most holy sites, the Imam Ali Shrine. He visited Grand Ayatol [...]	2006-06-01 14:31:00	REO Hillah	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH98	INTERNAL DISPLACED PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL IRAQ: AN UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 24, Ali Abbass Jahaker, head of the Wasit Office, Ministry of Displacement and Migration briefed REO staff on the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) situation in South Central Iraq. Jahaker provided updated Ministry statistics for South Central IDPs: Najaf 1600 families [...]	2006-06-01 14:38:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KISL PREF PHUM IZ
06ISLAMABAD20836	PAKISTANI CONCERNS OVER SPECULATION ON U.S. [...] (S) During an October 20 meeting with the Ambassador on Indo-Pak relations, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz shifted the conversation to ask about press reports that President Bush had likened the current situation in Iraq to the U.S. experience in Vietnam. (Note: Aziz's question was a [...]	2006-10-23 13:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PK PREL PTER IZ
06ISLAMABAD3208	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF CONDEMNS AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE [...] (C) On February 23, 2006, per reftel instruction, PolCounselor contacted MFA Spokesperson Tasneem Aslam and MFA Americas Director General Sohail Mehmood to urge the Government of Pakistan (GOP) to issue a statement condemning the bombing of the al-Askariya Shrine. He also shared with the MF [...]	2006-02-24 11:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM KPAO PGOV PK PREL PTER PAS
06ISLAMABAD8327	D-8 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 05:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BG EG ID IR IS IZ MOPS MY NI PGOV PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD9486	GOP PM AZIZ CONGRATULATES NEW IRAQI PRIME MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 12:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK PREL IZ KDEM
06ISTANBUL2105	URBANCIC AND BASER DISCUSS EFFORTS TO COMBAT PKK [...] (C) Summary. S/CT Deputy Coordinator Urbancic met Gen. (ret) Baser, the GOT's counter-PKK envoy, in Istanbul on November 11. After expressing appreciation for Urbancic's efforts to curb PKK criminal support in Europe, which was the subject of Urbancic's Ankara meetings, Baser took the opport [...]	2006-11-24 12:57:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN PREL TU IZ
06JAKARTA10039	GOI ACTIVELY WORKING TO COUNTER JIHAD CALLS [...] (C) The Indonesian government, led by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY),has responded to public clamoring for jihad on the part of militant groups by urging the Indonesian public to respond realistically and rationally to events in the Middle East. Following a cabinet discussion of ho [...]	2006-08-09 10:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PTER PGOV PINR KDEM KISL ASEC ID IZ
06JAKARTA2031	SEEKING SUPPORT FOR FINAL IRAQ ELECTION RESULTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 09:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPRC ID IZ
06JAKARTA2476	INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR AL-ASKARIYA [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 08:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ID IZ
06JEDDAH149	ACHIEVING DIALOGUE WITH ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 7, Consul General Gfoeller and Jeddah Pol/Econ Chief met with President of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Al-Madani and senior staff members. CG delivered points in ref B. Al-Madani and his associates were cordial and forthcoming. In a wide ranging conversation Al- [...]	2006-02-15 10:04:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ KISL KPAL PK PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH498	ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK ON AID TO IRAQ AND GAZA [...] On July 22, Econ Counselor met with two senior Islamic Development Bank officials in Jeddah. They are Amadou Boubacar Cisse (VP for Operations) and Rami Ahmad (Deputy Director of Operations in charge of Middle East projects). Cisse briefed on Iraq, Gaza and more generally on how the IDB make [...]	2006-07-25 10:57:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IZ KPAL PREL SA
06JEDDAH511	SAUD AL-FAISAL ASKS THE US TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE [...] (C) FM Saud al-Faisal summoned the Ambassador from Riyadh to Jeddah for a one-on-one late in the evening of July 30 to urge the Secretary to call for a ceasefire in Lebanon. In a soft-mannered but insistent and blunt approach, Prince Saud made the following points: -- "We understand the concern wi [...]	2006-07-30 21:46:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	IS IZ LE PINS PREL SA
06JEDDAH548	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 8, Ambassador Oberwetter led a group to met Islamic Development Bank (IDB) President Al-Madani. The Ambassador apprised Al-Madani of the forthcoming visit of Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmit to discuss U.S. and potential IDB involvement in the reconstruction of Lebano [...]	2006-08-19 06:24:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN IZ KISL LE PREL SA
06JERUSALEM1145	RAISING ISSUE OF 89 PALESTINIANS ON THE [...] (C) In connection with ref (a),Con Gen Pol specialist contacted Azzam Ahmad, head of the Fatah PLC faction and former PLO ambassador to Baghdad. Post stressed the need for the PA to do everything possible to keep other Palestinians from leaving Baghdad for Jordan and indicated that we are in [...]	2006-03-21 14:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KPAL PHUM PINS KCRS MOPS IZ PA JO
06JERUSALEM1180	ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT DEMARCHE: PALESTINIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) In accordance with reftel, Polchief spoke on March 22 with Assistant Foreign Minister for International Organizational Affairs Marwan al-Jilani about the upcoming Arab Summit. Jilani said that while President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) will be attending, it was still unclear whether Jilani [...]	2006-03-22 17:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG SU IZ
06KHARTOUM2704	Sudan: Debt Relief for Iraq [...] Pol/Econ Chief delivered subject demarche to MFA Deputy Director for the Americas Abdel Rahman Sharfi on November 2, with a follow-up visit on November 9 and inquiry on November 16. 2. Sharfi promised to refer the issue to the Department for Asian Affairs; Pol/Econ Chief has requested a me [...]	2006-11-20 08:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON IZ SU
06KHARTOUM509	SUDAN DENOUNCES SAMARRA BOMBING [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 15:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER KDEM KISL SU IZ
06KIEV2526	UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK ON COALITION AGREEMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 23 meeting with the American Jewish Committee (AJC),Acting Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said Ukraine would not join moves against Israel in the new UN Council for Human Rights and undertook to examine the possibility of withdrawing Ukrainian membership in the UN Committ [...]	2006-06-29 13:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AORC KCRM PINR IZ UP
06KIEV336	UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS: NATO, [...] (C) Summary: In Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24, ASD/ISP Flory and EUR A/S Fried noted U.S. support for Ukraine's NATO aspirations, but emphasized the importance of Ukraine demonstrating that it shared the political, economic, and social values required to meet the performance-b [...]	2006-01-26 08:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR YI IZ MD BO UP OSCE NATO
06KINSHASA369	DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CONDEMNATION OF [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered March 3 reftel demarche and statements to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC deplored the attack on the Al-Askariya shrine as well as any acts of violence in Iraq. He added that the USG must find a solution to the violence or ri [...]	2006-03-06 10:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ CG
06KIRKUK10	WASHINGTON POST FABRICATED STORY, ACCORDING TO SALAH AD DIN [...] This is a SET Tikrit telegram. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. A January 12 Washington Post news article describes the Iraqi presidential palaces in Tikrit, formally known as FOB Danger. The article claims to quote the Salah Ad Din provincial Governor as accusing his deputy and the ISF of [...]	2006-01-26 21:58:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC IZ
06KIRKUK100	SADRISTS SEEK TO BLOCK KURDISH DESIGNS FOR KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Sadr group is searching for ways to impede progress on the Kurdification of Kirkuk. A Sadr representative in Kirkuk said the Sadrists, who represented about 75 percent of the Shia Arab population in Kirkuk, were at odds ideologically with the Badr Organization on Kirkuk iss [...]	2006-04-25 13:34:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM PINS PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK102	HALABJAH DETAINEES SPEAK ABOUT KRG ABUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. A young teacher and student each describe their detention following the Halabjah protests on March 16. Neither of them participated in the demonstrations. The PUK thwarted more student demonstrations in Kalar through beefed-up security and intimidation. PRT finds these disturb [...]	2006-04-28 15:34:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL PHUM IZ IR
06KIRKUK103	KIRKUK PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEMBERS BOYCOTT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Arab council members boycott and Turcoman council members threaten to boycott the Kirkuk Provincial Council if the Kurdish bloc does not meet their demands. Boycott Threatened ------------------ 2. (SBU) On April 18, Turcoman and Arab council members finally submitted [...]	2006-04-29 11:02:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK104	KDP ASAYISH CHIEF ON SECURITY ISSUES IN KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The chief of Asayish in Kirkuk said the Iraqi Army and police in Kirkuk were neither effective nor serious in their duties because their loyalties were based on ethnic bonds. He said Hawijah was a terrorist safe haven and that its poor security situation had a negative effect o [...]	2006-04-29 16:49:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PINS PINR PREL PTER PNAT IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK105	PUK ASAYISH CLAIMS SECURITY DOMINANCE IN KIRKUK [...] SUMMARY. The PUK chief of Asayish (internal security) in Kirkuk complained that the MNF-I and Iraqi Army did not recognize the Asayish as a formal security force below the greenline and expressed frustration that the Asayish had to obtain MNF-I permission prior to making an arrest. He claime [...]	2006-04-29 16:49:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PINS PINR PREL PTER PNAT IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK106	KIRKUK NGO PROMOTES WOMEN'S RIGHTS, CITY PROJECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 18, Fathal Uthman Rasul, founder and director of the Rozh Foundation for Women's Rights, discussed the organization's work with IPAO. The Rozh Foundation is an NGO in Kirkuk that promotes women's liberties, civil society projects and educational opportunities. The Dir [...]	2006-04-30 18:03:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KWMN KDEM PINR IZ
06KIRKUK107	(C) KRG-ERBIL INTERIOR MINISTER ON BORDER TENSIONS WITH [...] (C) On the margins of the Iraqi-American Chamber of Commerce conference in Erbil on April 27 Kurdish Regional Government Interior Minister Karim Sinjari briefly discussed recent border tensions with Turkey. Sinjari described the shelling of an Iraqi (Kurdish KDP) border post at Zaha-Sidarkan [...]	2006-05-02 07:14:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PNAT PGOV PINR IZ TU IR
06KIRKUK11	(SBU) KURDS EXPECT SHIITES WILL AGREE KIRKUK CAN JOIN KRG [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Kurdistan Regional Government-Sulaymaniyah (KRG-S) leaders complained to RC and DRC January 26 that the December elections had cheated the Kurds out of seats, though this would not prevent the Kurdish alliance from participating in the government. PUK Dep GenSe [...]	2006-01-28 19:58:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT EFIN PREL IZ
06KIRKUK112	KRG WOOING "COWARDLY CAPITAL" WITH NEW INVESTMENT STRATEGY [...] Summary: The KRG is attempting to win-over hesitant foreign investors with a combination of new airports, trade shows, and investment incentives. In a meeting April 22 with KRG Deputy Finance Minister Abdullah Abdulrahim, Abdulrahim told Emboffs that he welcomed input and U.S. technical assist [...]	2006-05-10 07:36:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ
06KIRKUK113	KRG SWEARS IN UNIFIED CABINET [...] (SBU) The Kurdistan Regional Government swore in its new unified cabinet May 7, the major step in its path towards full unification. Until now, the KRG had rival cabinets in Erbil (dominated by the Kurdistan Democratic Party) and in Sulaymaniyah (dominated by the Patriotic Union of Kurdista [...]	2006-05-14 14:47:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM EPET KWMN IZ
06KIRKUK115	SULAY STUDENTS VIEW ELECTION THROUGH KURDISH EYES [...] (SBU) Summary: Students from Sulaymaniyah University met on May 24 with IPAO to share reactions to the formation of the national government. The twenty-six students equally represented men, women, and both younger students from a variety of departments and older students attending graduate l [...]	2006-06-04 14:02:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PNAT IZ
06KIRKUK116	SULAYMANIYAH GOVERNOR AND KURDISTAN TOILERS PARTY RESPOND TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings on May 24, Sulaymaniyah Governor Dana and leaders of the Kurdistan Toiler's Party (KTP) shared with IPAO their reactions to the formation of the newly formed governments in Erbil and Baghdad. Sulaymaniyah Governor Dana said it would be difficult for Prime [...]	2006-06-04 14:08:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR ENRG IZ
06KIRKUK117	PUK LEADERSHIP: PARTY CHANGE, KRG UNITY, IRAN [...] (C) Summary. On May 31 PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed PRT/REO POLOFS that the number of new KRG ministries was linked to building support for the Kurds on the 2007 Kirkuk Referendum. Further, the PUK would soon hold a congress to restructure the party to adapt to the new political [...]	2006-06-13 13:34:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PNAT KDEM KCOR EPET IZ IN
06KIRKUK119	OVERVIEW OF NORTHERN IRAQ FROM DEPARTING A/RC [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Kurds have long made clear they want the territories Saddam stripped from Kurdish control. Kirkuk province is main prize. We believe the Kurds would let Hawijah go in exchange for the other territories they seek. The Commission for the Resolution of Real Property Disputes [...]	2006-06-20 14:41:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PGOV PINR PINS KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK12	(C) KRG UNIFICATION: TWO YEARS TO FORM NEW SECURITY SERVICE [...] (S) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Kurdistan Regional Government-Sulaymaniyah (KRG-S) PM Omar Fattah told RC and DRC January 26 he expected the two main Kurdish parties to name a PM and a Deputy PM for a unified KRG in the next few days so the Kurds could present a unified face in Baghdad. PUK De [...]	2006-01-28 20:03:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PGOV EAID PINR PINS KDEM IZ IS BAGHDAD FOR POL
06KIRKUK120	DISPLACED ARAB FARMERS IN KIRKUK UNHAPPY OVER DISPLACEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A farmers' union in Kirkuk province - claiming to represent 5,000 displaced families - said that one of the United States' key mistakes in Iraq was not taking more initiative to help solve the internally displaced persons (IDP) problem. The farmers claimed that following Oper [...]	2006-06-20 14:53:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM KIDE IZ
06KIRKUK122	KIRKUK SUNNI ARABS ON KIDNAPPINGS AND ARTICLE 140 [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 22, Iraqi Republican Gathering's Kirkuk office head detailed a series of kidnappings between Kurds and Sunni Arabs in Kirkuk. He used the incidents as an example of how organized the Sunni Arab population would be against the annexation of Kirkuk. He warned that Isl [...]	2006-06-29 16:36:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER IZ
06KIRKUK123	(U) NEW KIRKUK KURDISH POLITICAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ARTICLE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: IPAO on June 26 met with leaders representing local Kurdish parties who recently set aside differences to push implementation of Article 140. Kurdish representatives universally agreed that Baghdad must implement Article 140 immediately or risk discredit amo [...]	2006-07-15 14:22:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PNAT PREF PREL KDEM ECON EINV IZ
06KIRKUK124	(U) KURDISTAN REFERENDUM MOVEMENT LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: IPAO on July 3 met with leaders of the Kurdistan Referendum Movement (KRM) to discuss the structure of the organization, its current political goals, and future plans for a referendum on Kurdistan independence. (Note: the KRM was responsible for an unofficia [...]	2006-07-15 14:28:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PNAT PREF PREL PBTS KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK125	(C) PUK CHANGES; KIRKUK MUST JOIN KDP; IRAN NO ALLY [...] (C) Summary. PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed IPAO on July 1 in Sulaymaniyah that the PUK had undertaken major reforms, including the re-election of all PUK leaders, beginning with the villages, districts, and sub-districts. Also, he said the Article 140 referendum was necessary [...]	2006-07-15 14:33:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK126	(C) KDP-PUK UNITED FRONT AFTER DOKAN MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. KRG Prime Minister Nechirwan Barzani and PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed IPAO in separate meetings on July 2 and 1 respectively that the KDP and PUK politburos had agreed to end direct party interference in government affairs; delay appointment of deputy ministers; [...]	2006-07-15 14:38:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK127	(C) PM BARZANI: INVESTMENT LAW PASSES; KRG EDUCATION IN [...] (C) Summary. KRG Prime Minister Nechirwan Barzani said in July 2 meetings with IPAO that the new Investment Promotion Law had been held up in Parliament over the provision for 100% foreign ownership of property. He said the KRG had a window of opportunity for attracting foreign investment t [...]	2006-07-15 14:42:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK128	(U) KRG VP KOSRAT RASUL: KRG CHALLENGES, REFORMS, [...] (C) Summary: KRG Vice President Kosrat Rasul told IPAO in a July 1 meeting in Sulaymaniyah that the biggest challenge facing the newly unified KRG was public dissatisfaction over government services and the subsequent appeal of the Islamic movement. In his first address to the KNA as KRG V [...]	2006-07-15 14:45:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK129	(U) KIRKUK IECI HEAD ON NORMALIZATION, UPCOMING CENSUS AND [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kirkuk head of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI),Ferhad Talabani, is threatening to close the office due to poor security, government corruption, and lack of funding. Talabani detailed the ethnic breakdown of the office personnel and perceiv [...]	2006-07-19 16:12:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ

06KIRKUK130	KIRKUK ARAB LEADERS DENOUCE PLAN TO RETURN ARABS TO THE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Several Kirkuk Arab leaders including Sunni and Shia representatives criticized plans to return Kirkuk Arabs to the south. They agreed that while many Arabs have already left, it was primarily due to discrimination, persecution, and arrests. They stated that [...]	2006-07-20 13:57:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PREL KISL IZ IR TU
06KIRKUK131	(C) ASSYRIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT LEADER ON CHRISTIANS' [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) General Secretary, Salim Kako, stated on July 9 that poor security and ethnic discrimination were causing Christians and Kurds to resettle to northern areas of Iraq, which was straining the relations between Kurdish and Assy [...]	2006-07-25 09:11:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PINS ECON KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK132	(SBU) NEW KURDISH BLOC ON POLITICAL GOALS, OPPOSITION TO [...] (C/NF) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Leaders of the recently formed 5-party Kurdish political opposition bloc said they would focus on local issues and push to reduce the domination of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). They asserted that their bloc [...]	2006-07-25 10:52:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IZ
06KIRKUK133	(SBU) NEW KURDISH BLOC ON POLITICAL GOALS, OPPOSITION TO [...] (C/NF) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Leaders of the recently formed 5-party Kurdish political opposition bloc said they would focus on local issues and push to reduce the domination of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). They asserted that their bloc [...]	2006-07-25 11:36:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM PTER IZ
06KIRKUK134	(C/NF) KDSP LEADERS ON KRG'S CLOSURE OF KDSP OFFICES [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-25 12:16:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PTER PNAT PREF KDEM IZ TU
06KIRKUK135	(C) PUK ASAYISH HEAD - KIRKUK SECURITY WORSENING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Asayish head, Hallkawt Abdullah Aziz, said on July 24 that the security situation in Kirkuk was getting worse. He said terrorists had sympathizers among the Iraqi Police (IP) officers and checkpoint guards who facilitated t [...]	2006-07-31 10:23:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK136	(C) KDP KIRKUK ASAYISH HEAD ON SECURITY, MERGER WITH PUK, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: KDP Kirkuk Asayish head, Hallo Najat Hamza, told IPAOs on July 25 that the terrorists were getting stronger and were targeting security forces in Kirkuk. Hamza said the open borders of Kirkuk and guards cooperating with the terrorists at checkpoints were pri [...]	2006-08-02 17:27:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK137	(C) KIRKUK TURKOMAN DIVIDED ON ARTICLE 140, FUTURE STATUS OF [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Turkoman political leaders from different blocs said on July 26 they do not agree on the issues of implementation of Article 140 and the future status of Kirkuk. In separate meetings bloc leaders from the Iraqi Turkoman Front (ITF) and the Iraqi Turkoman Nat [...]	2006-08-02 17:49:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ TU
06KIRKUK139	KIRKUK POLICE SAY SECURITY SITUATION DETERIORATING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: According to police, the security situation in Kirkuk province has reached new lows. IP forces were taking major casualties and the Sadr group was encouraging movement from the south to areas in southern Kirkuk in an attempt to ignite tensions between Sunni and [...]	2006-08-15 11:31:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER IZ KDEM
06KIRKUK140	KIKRUK POLICE CHIEF ON KIRKUK SECURITY AND HIS IMPENDING [...] (C) Kirkuk police chief General Sherko Shirku told IPAO on July 25, 2006, that security is better in Kirkuk than most other places in Iraq. When informed that most sources thought security was deteriorating in recent months, he said he believed that was because two months ago Sadr said that th [...]	2006-08-15 11:35:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER IZ KDEM
06KIRKUK141	READOUT OF RECENT PROTESTS IN KURDISTAN SULAYMANIYAH REGION [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Several participants and organizers of the recent protests in the Chamchamal sub-districts of Sulaymaniyah Province said on August 17 poor services in the water, electricity, and fuel sectors had prompted growing calls for government reform in the Kurdistan [...]	2006-08-20 17:08:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT IZ KDEM
06KIRKUK142	(C) KRG PROVIDING WATER TO 450-PLUS VILLAGES IN KIRKUK; POOR [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kirkuk Provincial Council (KPC) Minister of Water, Abdul Qadir, told IPAO on July 31 the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has been supplying well water to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),mostly Kurds, in more than 450 villages on the periphery of Kirk [...]	2006-08-22 06:47:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ IR
06KIRKUK143	(C) KRG MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON MONITORING MOSQUES, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs (MARA) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Mohammad Ahamd Saeed Shakaly, said on August 8 that his ministry monitored more than 3000 mosques in the Kurdistan region and that checking sermons was a matter of "pu [...]	2006-08-22 07:03:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK144	(C) KRG MINISTER OF EDUCATION ON CHALLENGES, RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Education (MOE) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Dilshad Abdul Rahman Osman Younis, said on August 8 that his ministry had limited relations with the MOE in Baghdad, which was divided into separate Sunni and Shia departments, and that t [...]	2006-08-22 07:19:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK145	(C) KRG MINISTER OF JUSTICE ON REGIONAL AUTHORITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 07:50:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK146	(C) KRG CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE CHAIR DISCUSSES KURDISH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Chair of the Constitution Committee for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Farset Ahmad Abdallah, said on August 10 that resource control, Article 140, and regional defense were the key redlines defining federalism for the Kurdistan region. He said that [...]	2006-08-22 08:04:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK147	(C) KRG MINISTER FOR PESHMERGA AFFAIRS ON MERGER, SECURITY, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister for Peshmerga Affairs, Omar Osman Ibrahim, said on August 7 the KDP and PUK were ready to merge their Peshmerga forces within six months (Septel.). Ibrahim said Peshmerga were located below the 'Green Line' anywhe [...]	2006-08-22 09:00:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER IZ TU KDEM
06KIRKUK148	(C) KRG INTERIOR MINISTER ON SECURITY CONCERNS, RELATIONS [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Interior (MOI) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Karim Sinjari, said on August 10 that nearly non-existent liaison relations with the MOI in Baghdad would have an impact on security in the Kurdistan region and throughout Iraq. He said [...]	2006-08-22 09:09:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER IZ TU
06KIRKUK16	(SBU) POLITICAL ROUNDTABLE BRINGS PARTIES TOGETHER IN SALAH [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Several political parties in Salah Ad Din Province meet weekly to develop political cohesiveness in the province. The group is showing an amazing unity of purpose during its first two months in existence. END SUMMARY. -------------- (U [...]	2006-01-29 19:07:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR IZ
06KIRKUK17	(SBU) PUK FACILITATES ARAB DEPARTURE FROM KIRKUK [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Dr. Farhad Omar works in a new PUK-funded group assisting Arabization Arabs who want to return voluntarily to southern Iraq. He and a Kurdish member of the Kirkuk provincial council told DRC and IPAO on January 25 that "Kurdistan Unity and Brotherhood (KUB)" a [...]	2006-01-29 19:11:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PINR IZ
06KIRKUK173	KIRKUK GOVERNOR SURVIVES ATTACK, LAYS OUT PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kirkuk Governor Mustafa survived a human bomb attack on his car November 28. This was the first time this tactic had been used in Kirkuk. Mustafa was pessimistic that the provisions of Constitutional Article 140 on the final status of Kirkuk would be completed on schedule. Strong [...]	2006-11-29 14:13:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PINR PINS MOPS PBTS IZ
06KIRKUK174	KIRKUK RULING COALITION AGAINST BAKER-HAMILTON REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 10 key representatives of the ruling PUK/KDP-dominated local government demarched the REO, and on October 11 affiliated NGO's held a demonstration in front of our gate, about the Iraq Study Group (ISG) Report. In the PUK/KDP's view, the ISG report was biased in favor [...]	2006-12-14 09:55:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS PINR IZ
06KIRKUK179	ANOTHER ANTI-ISG DEMONSTRATION AT REO - KIRKUK [...] (U) On December 19, a group of about 100-150 demonstrators from the Turcoman People's Women Union assembled in front of the REO to express discontent with provisions of the Iraq Study Group (ISG) report. The Women Union is an affiliate of the Turcoman Brotherhood Party (led by Walid Sharika, a [...]	2006-12-21 14:20:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR PGOV PBTS IZ
06KIRKUK18	(SBU) SALAH AD DIN GOVERNOR WINS KRG LARGESSE [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Governor of Salah Ad Din, a predominantly Sunni Arab province, is making inroads with Kurdish Regional Government President Barzani. Governor Hamad met with Barzani in January; he came away with a commitment for the KRG to fund medical s [...]	2006-01-29 19:15:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IZ TU JO SA
06KIRKUK19	(SBU) TURCOMAN FRONT FEELS CHEATED, BUT SAYS ELECTION A STEP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Iraqi Turcoman Front (ITF) leader Sadettin Ergech called on Regional Coordinator (RC) and UK Consul General January 28. Ergech was the only person running as a Turcoman who won a seat in the December national legislative elections (some Turcomans running with [...]	2006-01-30 18:53:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK20	(U) KIRKUK CHURCHES BOMBED [...] (S) According to Coalition military and local Iraqi security service information, on January 29 two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) detonated near two churches in northern Kirkuk city. The first VBIED detonated at 1435 hours near the Mar-Afram church in the Quriyah neighbo [...]	2006-01-31 06:37:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PTER PINS PHUM KIRF PGOV ASEC IZ
06KIRKUK21	(SBU) KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION TALKS THE TALK [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On January 29, RC, DRC and IPAO met Abdulrahman Siddiq Karim, the smooth-talking head of public affairs for the Kurdistan Islamic Union. Abdulrahman was upbeat on the KRG investigation into the Dahuk incidents in which several KIU members were killed, includin [...]	2006-01-31 19:51:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PREL IZ
06KIRKUK22	(SBU) KAMAL SAYID QADIR KARIM: CONVICTION OVERTURNED, LOWER [...] (SBU) On January 19, the Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil (KRG-E) Court of Cassation struck down the lower court's December 19 conviction of Austrian citizen and native Iraqi Kurd journalist and political activist Kamal Qadir Karim, aka Kamal Sayid Qadir (KSQ). The lower court had senten [...]	2006-01-31 19:53:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK23	(U) RC FAREWELL VISIT TO ERBIL [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On January 29, Regional Coordinator (RC),accompanied by Deputy RC and IPAO, held farewell meetings in Erbil with senior Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil (KRG-E) leaders affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP),including Karim Sinjari, the Minis [...]	2006-02-01 13:53:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL IZ
06KIRKUK24	KRG UNIFICATION: AWAITING A DEPUTY PM [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 2, KNA Speaker Mufti, Deputy Speaker Kirkuki and Kirkhi Alti Barmakh, the leader of the KNA's Turcoman bloc, all expected the PUK to nominate KRG-Sulaymaniyah PM Omar Fattah, PUK Erbil office director Arsalan Baiz or KRG-S Deputy PM Emad Ahmed to be Deputy PM for a u [...]	2006-02-04 08:54:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ TU
06KIRKUK25	(SBU) KRG DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Kurdistan Regional Government-Sulaymaniyah (KRG-S) Interior Ministry says it has information only on 15 of the 200 or so names on the U.S. list of individuals allegedly detained in Kirkuk and taken to the KRG. The Minister says 3 have been released and the remaining 12 had [...]	2006-02-04 17:16:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK26	KRG CONSTITUTION: KURDS HOPE TO ENTICE MINORITIES [...] (C) The KNA's Constitutional Committee continues to work on a KRG Constitution. Members expect further changes. In the next few weeks, the committee is supposed to send the draft to party leaders. Once they have blessed it, the committee will issue it for public comment. KNA Deputy Speake [...]	2006-02-04 17:19:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT PHUM KDEM KISL IZ TU
06KIRKUK27	(S) KURDISH IA UNIT SPLITS OVER DEPLOYING OUT OF KIRKUK [...] (S) The 101st tells REO that the MOD ordered the 4th BN, 2nd BDE, 4th Iraqi Army DIV to deploy from Kirkuk outside of Kirkuk province to Bayji. We understand this IA unit is composed of Kurds, but was not a former Peshmerga unit. After the order was given, about half (50%) of the unit deser [...]	2006-02-05 06:40:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	MOPS PGOV KDEM PINS IZ
06KIRKUK30	02/07/06 EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 02/07/06 acting Regional Coordinator (RC(A)) convened a meeting of post's Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at RSO's request. The following members were present: RC(A),PRT Leader (A),RSO, ARSO, MGTO. The purpose of this meeting was to assess the threat environment a [...]	2006-02-07 19:53:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	ASEC PTER IZ
06KIRKUK31	TRAIN TO WORK PROPOSAL [...] This is a SET Tikrit cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. In Salah Ad Din Province, a group of men is trying to tackle part of the employment problem. They have devised a program very similar to the U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps, and hope to present it to the PRDC this month. Funding [...]	2006-02-08 16:52:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV IZ
06KIRKUK32	(U) SENIOR PUK LDR ON UNIFICATION, BAGHDAD TALKS [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On February 7, RC(A) met with Kosrat Rasul, the Executive Secretary of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's (PUK's) politburo. Rasul discussed the unification of the two Kurdistan Regional Governments (KRGs) and national political developments in Baghdad. He sa [...]	2006-02-09 19:06:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
06KIRKUK33	(U) KURD TOILERS PARTY SEEKS USG INTERVENTION [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On February 7, RC(A) met with Qadr Aziz, the General Secretary of the Kurdistan Toilers Party, a secular, left-leaning Kurdish party that participated in the December legislative elections as a member of the Kurdish Alliance with the dominant Kurdistan Democra [...]	2006-02-11 17:28:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV IZ
06KIRKUK34	(U) PUK DEMONSTRATION AT REO KIRKUK [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On February 12, PRT Kirkuk Deputy Team Leader, IPAO and RSO met with Provincial Council Chairman and Kirkuk PUK leader Rizgar Ali at the REO. The subject was the February 7 shooting incident in which a REO PSD shot and killed a taxi driver and one of his passe [...]	2006-02-12 18:49:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC IZ
06KIRKUK35	(C) SUNNIS ASCENDANT IN DIYALA [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The announcement of the results of the December 15 Council of Representatives elections has punctuated a scramble by the IIP to put together a coalition of Sunni Arab leaders in Diyala that can claim to represent the interests of the majori [...]	2006-02-13 16:07:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK36	MEDIA CONSTRAINTS IN KURDISTAN: AN EDITOR'S VIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. The current editors of Hawlati, Kurdistan's most independent newspaper, (strictly protect) charge that Kurdish parties' dominance make press freedoms worse there than in the rest of Iraq. They said the government routinely monitored who met with foreign officials. They said th [...]	2006-02-13 16:19:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR IZ
06KIRKUK37	(U) CORRUPTION IN THE KURDISH NORTH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Corruption is Kurdistan's biggest economic problem. The two ruling parties' dominant control lets corruption flourish. Corruption relies on family-clan and/or peshmerga ties. Kurdish corruption starts at the top with a few political "godfathers" who quietly di [...]	2006-02-16 19:39:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR ECON PGOV PREL IZ
06KIRKUK38	(SBU) SALAH AD DIN LEADERS SPLIT OVER PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) SET and IRMO Tikrit discussed Salah Ad Din province economic development planning with provincial leadership. Although the discussion was candid, it brought to light concerns the provincial council chairman had about extend [...]	2006-02-18 16:17:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID IZ
06KIRKUK39	KRG-E JUSTICE MINISTRY FACES POLITICAL PRESSURE AND LEGAL [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The RC(A) met February 16 with Hadi Ali, the Justice Minister in the Erbil Kurdistan Regional Government, and the ministry's Director General, Judge 'Abdulbassit 'Abdullah Farhad. Ali is from the Kurdistan Islamic Union and has been the KRG-E Justice Minister f [...]	2006-02-19 18:43:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL PINR KWMN IZ
06KIRKUK4	(U) KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS TO UNITE [...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) announced January 7 that they had reached agreement on uniting the two Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) administrations in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah. The announcement was made by KRG [...]	2006-01-09 14:56:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ KDP
06KIRKUK40	(U) BA'QUBAH CARTOON DEMONSTRATION LARGEST IN OVER A YEAR [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. A February 19 demonstration in Ba'qubah protesting Danish cartoons and the alleged 2004 British beating of students in al-Amarah amassed one of the largest crowds Ba'qubah has seen in a demonstration to date. The numbers may imply a cons [...]	2006-02-22 09:50:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM KDEM PINS IZ
06KIRKUK41	OUTGOING TNA MEMBER ON IRAQ'S FUTURE [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Tikrit SET Officer and 101 AASLT Deputy G-9 met with outgoing Transitional National Assembly (TNA) member, Hatem Mukhls, on 9 February. Mukhls said few candidates in the December elections understood voters. He sees ri [...]	2006-02-22 09:53:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER IZ
06KIRKUK42	(U) PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS IN KIRKUK AND KURDISH REGION IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 11:03:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV KISL IZ PINR
06KIRKUK43	(U) PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS IN KIRKUK AND KURDISH REGION IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 07:06:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV KISL IZ PINR
06KIRKUK44	(S) SAMARRA BOMBINGS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN PLANNED IN ADVANCE [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (S) Intelligence reporting about people and tribes in the Samarra area suggests plans to destroy the Golden Mosque were made as early as a year ago. HUMINT reporting in April 2005 points to plans by Samarra AQIZ members to destroy the mosque. Those AQIZ m [...]	2006-02-24 10:21:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PINS PGOV PTER KISL PINR IZ
06KIRKUK45	(C) SAMARRA UPDATE, 1900 2-23-06 [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Mostly peaceful protests occurred in Samarra on the first day after the Golden Mosque was bombed. The entire province was calm. END SUMMARY. 3. (C) At approximately 9:20 AM, the Iraqi Police (IP) guarding the ruins of the Golden Mosque o [...]	2006-02-24 10:26:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PTER KISL IZ
06KIRKUK46	(C) ORGANIZED, WIDESPREAD CORRUPTION IN FUEL DISTRIBUTION [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: A highly organized corruption ring is running a black market for fuel in Kirkuk, manipulating fuel prices, and siphoning fuel to Iran and Turkey for profit. The organization parallels KDP and PUK party, Peshmerga and Asayish structures. Attempts to cover up its [...]	2006-02-26 19:06:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR EPET ECON PINS IZ
06KIRKUK47	(C) TOZKHURMATO TO JOIN KIRKUK PROVINCE? [...] (U) This is a joint Kirkuk and SET Tikrit cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Governor Hamad of Salah ad Din Province says he would not object to Tozkhurmato's rejoining Kirkuk province, were residents to favor that in a referendum. By contrast, a Tozkhurmato Turcoman strongly oppose [...]	2006-02-27 14:35:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS EAID PHUM IZ
06KIRKUK48	SALAH AD DIN WANTS PROVINCIAL COUNCIL DISTRICTS [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Salah Ad Din contacts are pushing to elect the next provincial council by district. The January 2005 elections brought 15 Provincial Council members from a single district because of the Sunni boycott. District elections w [...]	2006-02-28 19:45:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK49	(C) MEASURED RESPONSE IN DIYALA TO SAMARRA BOMBING; ISF [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The reaction in Diyala to the destruction of the al-Askariya shrine in Samarra has been restrained and generally focused on positive messages of shared determination to fight against takfirism, due in no small part to the responsible rhetori [...]	2006-03-01 19:13:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK50	(C) MEASURED RESPONSE IN DIYALA TO SAMARRA BOMBING; ISF [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The reaction in Diyala to the destruction of the al-Askariya shrine in Samarra has been restrained and generally focused on positive messages of shared determination to fight against takfirism, due in no small part to the responsible rhetori [...]	2006-03-02 05:41:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK51	KURDISH ECONOMY: OIL, IRAN AND CUSTOMS [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. Sarkis Aghajan Mamendu, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister for the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil, told RC February 28 that the two KRG finance ministries would have a unified KRG budget by the end of 2006. The KRG would not fire any employees i [...]	2006-03-02 19:16:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET ETRD IZ
06KIRKUK52	NDI SUPPORTS IRAQI WOMEN'S POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. A National Democratic Institute (NDI) Program Manager for women's issues told IPAO's in late February that Iraqi women had not yet obtained an independent voice in political parties. NDI works with women from all Iraqi political parties to implement constitutional provisions adv [...]	2006-03-02 20:16:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN KDEM PINR IZ
06KIRKUK53	GOVERNMENT FORMATION: KDP GRIPING ABOUT TALABANI [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. RC met separately on February 28 with Falah Bakir, a close aide to the KRG-E PM (and future unified KRG) PM Barzani, and with Fadil Mirani, Secretary of the Kurdistan Democratic Party's Politburo. On Baghdad government formation, Bakir downplayed Talabani's rol [...]	2006-03-05 19:11:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ IR
06KIRKUK55	KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION MAINTAINS A MODERATE, INDEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Kurdistan Islamic Party (KIU) hopes to be a viable option for Kurdish voters that are not satisfied with what they perceive to be the corrupt, self-serving policies of the KDP and PUK. KIU officials reputedly reject violence in the name of Islam and argued that the Iraqi Go [...]	2006-03-07 19:12:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM PINS PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK56	KURDS' PUSH ON TAL ARTICLE 58 SPARKS TEMPORARY PROVINCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kurds sprung a surprise proposal at the March 1 Kirkuk Provincial Council meeting to implement TAL article 58 at the provincial level. Turcoman and Arab PC members staged a walkout to show their displeasure, but both sides sidestepped a long-term boycott. END SUMMARY. (SBU) [...]	2006-03-09 11:54:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK57	KRG UNIFICATION: CABINET FORMATION NEXT [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On February 28, RC met separately with Falah Bakir, a close aide to Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil PM Barzani, and with Kurdistan Democratic Party Politburo Secretary Fadil Mirani on the unification of the two KRG's. The next step is for KRG President Masu [...]	2006-03-09 16:57:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM IZ IR
06KIRKUK58	KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT PUK PRIME MINISTER PUSHES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings, leaders of the Patriotic United Kurdistan (PUK) demanded that the next Baghdad government tackle TAL 58 issues: "Kirkuk is a part of Kurdistan." The leaders reaffirmed the PUK's support for the U.S. presence in Iraq and their desire for continuing long-term [...]	2006-03-09 17:02:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK59	SUNNI POLITICIANS SAY HAWIJAH PRIME FOR COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two members of the Iraqi Republican Gathering separately stressed the need to expand Coalition outreach to Sunni Arabs in Hawijah - a Sunni Arab city southwest of Kirkuk. They admitted the city was a Ba'athist stronghold, but claimed it had few foreign fighters, and recommended [...]	2006-03-10 14:02:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PINS PINR PTER IZ
06KIRKUK61	TRIBAL LEADER WARNS OF FUNDAMENTALISM, CORRUPTION IN KURDISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. The leader of the second largest Kurdish tribe in Iraq, the Harki, identified corruption, nepotism and the growth of Islamic fundamentalism fueled by economic instability as the major threats to democracy in the Kurdish region of Iraq. Shaykh Mahmud Asad Fattah Harki said that th [...]	2006-03-14 12:21:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM APER IR SY TU IZ PREL
06KIRKUK62	(U) DIYALA REPRESENTATIVES' BIOS [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: SET has collected background information on nine of the ten representatives elected from Diyala province in the December 2005 elections. These representatives-elect share virtually no common characteristics, but their backgrounds reveal a l [...]	2006-03-15 11:58:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK63	PROVINCIAL GOVT STRUGGLES FOR POWER, BUDGET [...] (U) Summary. Sulaymaniyah provincial leaders stressed the need for the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) to grant them legal authority and practical power to carry out projects. Provincial Governor Dana Ahmad Majid requested U.S. technical assistance for urban planning and taking a census of [...]	2006-03-17 14:19:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PINR IZ
06KIRKUK64	(S) OPERATION SWARMER UPDATE 0600 BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY. OPERATION SWARMER began on March 16, Northeast of Samarra, Iraq to kill or capture AIF, to disrupt AI operations, and to capture weapons caches. The Governor of Salah Ad Din Province gave a news conference, and will give a second on March 17 [...]	2006-03-17 14:27:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	MOPS PINS PGOV PTER IZ
06KIRKUK65	KURDISH TRIBAL OPINION OF COALITION WORSENING OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The leader of the influential Baradusti tribe in the Kurdish region of Iraq described the Iraqi security situation as worse today than during Saddam Hussayn's era. The continued violence throughout Iraq is denting Kurdish popular opinion of the Coalition. The U.S. presence, how [...]	2006-03-18 19:08:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR PTER KWMN IZ IR
06KIRKUK66	SULAY GOVERNOR: IRAN'S INFLUENCE INCREASING [...] (C) Sulaymaniyah Provincial Governor Dana Ahmed Majid complained on 13 March to RC(A) and IPAO about Iran's growing influence on Iraq's energy, oil refineries, and imports and exports. Majid said Iran was heavily invested in a new railway route from Basrah to China, which would cross Iranian [...]	2006-03-19 20:17:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KISL PINS IZ IR
06KIRKUK67	TURCOMAN FRUSTRATION MOUNTS IN KIRKUK [...] (C) Summary. The Turcoman are frustrated with the Kurds' domination of Kirkuk politics. An Iraqi Turcoman Front (ITF) leader warned that the Turcoman and Arabs might unite against Kurdish injustices. The Turcoman reject the national Normalization Committee on Kirkuk and believe that the IP [...]	2006-03-20 18:49:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK68	(C) PROVINCIAL LEADERSHIP LOSING SUPPORT, LOSING INTEREST [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The citizens of Salah Ad Din province by and large support neither the Provincial Council Chairman nor the Governor. Instead, they are calling for a strong leader who will find jobs, improve the security situation, reduce corruption, and imp [...]	2006-03-23 12:14:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06KIRKUK69	HALABJAH DISCONTENT SPARKS VIOLENCE, CRACKDOWN [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On March 16, protestors in Halabjah torched a museum erected to commemorate the March 16, 1988, chemical weapons attack there. Locals believe the PUK has largely used the Halabjah museum to extract foreign assistance, but failed to spend the funds on Halabjah. [...]	2006-03-24 13:28:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK70	(C) KAMAL QADR KARIM: CONVICTED FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL, PARDON [...] (SBU) Media reports say a Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil court convicted Austrian citizen and Kurdish political activist Kamal Qadr Karim on March 26 of criminal defamation and sentenced him to 18 months in jail. As reported reftels, on December 19 a court had sentenced him to 30 years [...]	2006-03-27 18:43:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR IZ
06KIRKUK71	TURCOMAN - UNIFIED IN KIRKUK, DIVIDED IN BAGHDAD -REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Islamic Turcoman Union represents most Shia Turcoman in Kirkuk. The party works with other Turcoman parties on issues locally but is aligned with the Unified Iraqi Alliance in Baghdad. The Shia Turcoman remain frustrated with the perceived bias and indecision in the land [...]	2006-03-29 04:37:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK72	IRAQI ARMY RAID ON TURCOMAN VILLAGE - TWO DEAD, SEVERAL [...] (C) Summary. A mid-march Iraqi Army (IA) raid in predominately Turcoman village near the At Tamim - Salah ad Din provincial border results in two deaths, several injuries, and alleged widespread destruction of property. Turcoman frustration increases to what they perceive as an excessive mil [...]	2006-03-29 04:39:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK73	KRG UNIFICATION: PLOTTING A PATH [...] (C) SUMMARY. KRG PM Barzani told RC(A) March 29 that that each of the dual Erbil and Sulaymaniyah KRG ministries would form a committee to consider who should get the top jobs in the unified ministry and to find new jobs for redundant incumbents. No one would suffer a pay cut. The PUK has [...]	2006-03-31 07:49:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS PHUM MCAP KCOR IZ
06KIRKUK74	(C) PM BARZANI TO PARDON KAMAL QADR KARIM IN NEXT FEW DAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. KRG PM Barzani told RC(A) March 29 that he would pardon Kurdish political activist Kamal Qadr Karim "in the next three to four days." We suspect they will deport him. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) While discussing human rights with RC(A) March 29 in relation to the riot in Halabja [...]	2006-03-31 10:42:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR IZ
06KIRKUK75	KURDISH TRIBAL LEADER DOWNS KDP AND PUK, URGES U.S. TO STAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. A leader from the influential Kurdish tribe of Surchi said tribes were forced to work with the KDP and PUK because the parties controlled all the region's revenue. He thought the two Kurdish parties were incapable of working together. Shaykh Surchi urged the U.S. to remain in [...]	2006-03-31 15:29:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR
06KIRKUK76	HALABJAH: PM BARZANI BLAMES THE PUK [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. With RC(A) March 29, KRG-Erbil PM Barzani blamed the PUK for the heavy-handed response by the KRG-Sulaymaniyah to the Halabjah riot. Barzani said the PUK had known about the growing tension, but had done nothing to stem it. The PUK had undertaken many projects [...]	2006-03-31 15:30:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL PINR IZ
06KIRKUK78	STUDENT PROTEST SPARKED HALABJAH VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The KRG had denied permission for the March 16 protests at Halabjah. The KRG Deputy PM had agreed to student protest organizers' demands the night before, but was too late to prevent the violent March 16 Halabjah protests. Protestors were mostly male students from Halabjah, and [...]	2006-04-07 14:03:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK79	PUK CRACKDOWN ON ALLEGED HALABJAH PROTESTORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the wake of the March 16 violent protests in Halabjah, the PUK has confiscated cameras and film, using them to identify perpetrators. Asayish security forces were arresting suspected protestors by conducting raids in the middle of the night wearing ski masks. A source in th [...]	2006-04-07 14:03:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK8	(U) KURDISH PARLIAMENT APPROVES KRG UNIFICATION [...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Ambassador Khalilzad attended the January 21 special session of the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA),which unanimously approved reftel agreement on unification of the two Kurdistan Regional Governments (KRGs). Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (leader of the Patri [...]	2006-01-23 12:24:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IZ KDP
06KIRKUK80	MORE PROTESTS AHEAD IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. A freelance press interpreter says some who participated in the violent Halabjah protests could now be inclined to become KRG insurgents because the PUK is giving them few other options. Our contact said he had heard reports that some protestors had fled to the mountains or Ira [...]	2006-04-07 14:07:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL PINR IZ IR
06KIRKUK81	SUNNIS IN HAWIJAH MAY PREFER POLITICIANS TO TRIBES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Sunni community in the Kirkuk province wanted to benefit from U.S. outreach efforts, but the U.S. needed to work with the right Sunni leaders. A Sunni Arab politician from Kirkuk argued that the people of Hawijah were fed up with the tribes' inability to deliver security to [...]	2006-04-10 05:42:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PINS PINR PTER IZ
06KIRKUK82	GAS/OIL REFINERY TO BE BUILT IN KURDISH REGION [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi KAR Group CEO Baz Karim discussed bids for two new oil refineries, including the first in the Kurdistan region, slated for Koia, Sulaymaniyah Province. Karim also requested advocacy from the United States for KAR's bid on the proposed $1.3 billion Al- Nahrian Refinery, in c [...]	2006-04-10 05:47:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PGOV PINR IZ
06KIRKUK83	ZEBARI SHAYKH SAYS TRIBES CONTROL SOCIAL AFFAIRS IN NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of the Zebari tribe said he supported the Coalition presence in Iraq, but requested that the U.S. pay more attention to the tribes. He explained that while the Sunni Arabs of Iraq are demanding a U.S. withdrawal, the Kurds fear it. Zebari said Kurds blamed the U.S. fo [...]	2006-04-10 13:50:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR
06KIRKUK85	DRL VISIT TO NORTHERN IRAQ: CIVIL SOCIETY STRUGGLES FOR [...] (C) Summary: During a visit by DRL to Northern Iraq, civil society funding recipients said they struggled to maintain independence against strong opposition, and in some cases persecution, from political parties. Media sources said they faced detainment and abuse from government authorities f [...]	2006-04-12 10:12:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL KWMN IZ
06KIRKUK86	DRL VISIT TO NORTHERN IRAQ: TREATMENT AT LAST FOR THE [...] (U) Summary: A DRL site visit to Northern Iraq revealed that implementing partners are providing Iraqis for the first time with treatment for the mentally ill, legal services for women in jail, and a major effort to record the stories of victims of torture, imprisonment, and the genocide campa [...]	2006-04-12 10:41:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL KWMN IZ
06KIRKUK87	IRAQI OIL CO. TALKS CONSTITUTION, CORRUPTION, COMPROMISE [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi businessman and CEO of KAR Group Baz Karim said that the Iraqi national government and the Kurdistan Regional Government were handling new oil contracts in accordance with the new constitution, even though it was not yet in effect. Karim also said the two sides had recently [...]	2006-04-12 10:48:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET ENRG ECON KCOR PREL PINR IZ NO CA
06KIRKUK88	YOUNG KURDS WARN OF IMMINENT PROTESTS IN KALAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Students and recent graduates from Kalar concurred that demonstrations would likely ignite there, but they disagreed on when those demonstrations might occur or how violent they would be. One student was adamant about protesting on April 14 - the commemoration of the Anfal atta [...]	2006-04-12 13:53:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK9	(C) KRG-E INTERIOR MINISTER OFFERS POLICE HELP [...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In a January 19 meeting with Regional Coordinator (RC),Karim Sinjari, Minister of Interior for the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil (KRG-E),said he agreed with the USG decision to make 2006 "the year of the police." He said Iraq's police force suffered f [...]	2006-01-23 12:28:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PREL MARR IZ
06KIRKUK92	STREET TALKS BUSINESS AND POLITICS IN A KURDISH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On a visit to Ankawa District in Erbil City, business owners told IPAO an influx of migrants was pushing up real estate prices. The owners complained about inflation, fuel prices, and how winning contracts required party membership. Ankawa is a middle-class, pre [...]	2006-04-14 09:10:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KDEM KCOR IZ
06KIRKUK93	BANNED IN TURKEY, POLITICAL PARTY OPENS ERBIL OFFICE ON [...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: The Socialist Party of Kurdistan recently opened a party office in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil, Iraq. Its representative Nureddin Agiri said Erbil's Kurdistan Regional Government was subsidizing the SPK's Erbil office. Agiri admitted his under-financed party was b [...]	2006-04-16 08:48:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL PTER PHUM IZ TU
06KIRKUK94	KRG OIL REP SAYS DOORS ARE OPEN TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: KRG Erbil Oil & Gas Establishment General Director Serwan Aziz said that the Iraqi National Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil were handling new oil contracts in accordance with the new constitution, as if it were already in place. Aziz also said that when t [...]	2006-04-21 13:04:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV ENRG PREL IZ NO
06KIRKUK95	STUDENT UNIONS MAKE DEMANDS TO KRG ON HALABJAH DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Students from Halabjah and As Sulaymaniyah issued a list of demands to the KRG following the violent protests in Halabjah (REFTELS),because detained protestors were being denied fundamental rights. They told REO April 8 that they might go on strike or organize peaceful demonst [...]	2006-04-21 13:08:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK96	KURDISTAN ISLAMIC GROUP SEEKS U.S. RELATIONS [...] SUMMARY. (C) The Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG) supported U.S. invasions in Afghanistan and Iraq, but has been disappointed with some U.S. actions toward it. The party seeks to uphold the holiness of Islam and advocates Sharia law as the main source of guidance on Iraqi law. The KIG and the [...]	2006-04-21 13:08:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM APER IR SY TU IZ PREL
06KIRKUK97	IRANIAN FORCES ATTACK IRAQI KURDISH VILLAGES [...] (C) On April 21, Iranian military forces bombed Iraqi villages near the tri-border area of Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. Deputy speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly, Kamal Kirkuki, confirmed that the attacks occurred around 5:00 A.M. in the northern Iraqi villages of Haji Umran and Kherena. [...]	2006-04-22 17:22:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PINR PINS PREF PNAT PREL PTER PHUM IZ
06KIRKUK98	BADR ORGANIZATION IN KIRKUK COOPERATING ON SECURITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Badr Organization claims to be a multiethnic group in northern Iraq. Badr representatives claim most Shia Arabs in Kirkuk are Ba'ath loyalists. The Badr representatives claimed to defer security responsibilities to the Iraqi Army and police. The Badr Organization is postp [...]	2006-04-25 13:34:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM PINS PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU
06KUALALUMPUR356	MALAYSIAN PM URGES IRAQI RECONCILIATION, NATIONAL [...] (U) On March 1, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi issued the following statement on the current situation in Iraq: BEGIN TEXT I am extremely and gravely concerned with the latest developments in Iraq because the increasing scale of violence is dangerously escalating into a situatio [...]	2006-03-02 08:59:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL IZ MY
06KUALALUMPUR954	MALAYSIA ON IRAQ GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 04:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ MY

06KUWAIT1002	ENERGY MINISTER AND COUNSELOR ZELIKOW DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 19 meeting with DoS Counselor Zelikow, Kuwaiti Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahd Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah said that Iran's strategies may have changed over the years but that the underlying agenda remain the same, to exert its influence throughout the region. He alleged [...]	2006-03-22 04:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL IR KU IZ KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT1010	ON IRAQ AND IRAN, KUWAITI MINISTERS TELL ZELIKOW [...] (S) Summary: Counselor Philip Zelikow met separately March 19 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Minister of Interior and Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to advance a strategic dialogue with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries begun by Se [...]	2006-03-22 07:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PARM PTER EFIN IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT1011	ON IRAQ AND IRAN, KUWAITI MINISTERS TELL ZELIKOW [...] (S) Summary: Counselor Philip Zelikow met separately March 19 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Minister of Interior and Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to advance a strategic dialogue with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries begun by Se [...]	2006-03-22 07:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PARM PTER EFIN IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT1012	KUWAIT RESPONSE: U.S. IRAQ SUPPLEMENTAL AND BUDGET [...] The following details of Kuwaiti aid to Iraq were outlined by Marwan Al-Ghanem, Regional Manager for Arab Countries at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED),in a February meeting with EconOfficer (Ref C). We are not aware of any changes since that time. GOK assistance to I [...]	2006-03-22 07:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ KU
06KUWAIT1031	KPC GETTING PAID BY SOMO, TRANSPORTERS ARE NOT [...] (SBU) Econ Officer spoke on March 22 with Kuwait Petroleum Corporation EAMD of Marketing Mr. Waleed Al-Hashash regarding SOMO payments to KPC for gasoline and diesel fuels purchased by Iraq from Kuwait (see all reftels for background.) Al-Hashash made the following points: -- KPC is defini [...]	2006-03-25 06:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET KCOR MOPS KU IZ
06KUWAIT1055	CODEL MCCAIN THANKS GOK FOR IRAQ SUPPORT; PM TELLS [...] (C) Summary: Senator McCain and a delegation of Senators, Congressmen, and Governors met March 24 with Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed, and other senior Kuwaiti officials to express U.S. gratitude for Kuwait's generous assistance to Operation Iraqi F [...]	2006-03-27 06:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT1060	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MUQTADA AL-SADR [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 11:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT1146	AMIRI ADVISOR WELCOMES RICE-STRAW VISIT TO IRAQ; [...] (SBU) During an April 3 meeting on other issues, Political Advisor to the Amir Mohammed Abul Hassan queried the Charge about the success of the Secretary and British Foreign Secretary in encouraging the Iraqis to form a coalition government. Drawing from the Secretary's roundtable with the [...]	2006-04-03 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ
06KUWAIT124	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: DEMISE OF THE AMIR [...] Summary: The death of the Amir dominated all daily newspapers in Kuwaiti today. The Embassy's message of condolence was reprinted in all English and Arabic dailies. Al-Qabas, one of the five major Arabic language newspapers distributed today's edition free of charge, with the trademark blue lo [...]	2006-01-17 06:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT1352	KUWAIT: UN SOMA PASSED BY COMMITTEE BUT NOT BY [...] (U) Post has confirmed that, as of Monday April 17, the United Nations Status of Mission Agreement (SOMA) reputed to have passed in reftel has not yet been voted on in Kuwait's National Assembly (NA). The UN SOMA has been approved by the NA's Foreign Affairs Committee. Legislative action sta [...]	2006-04-19 13:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IZ KU
06KUWAIT147	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: THE DEMISE OF KUWAIT'S [...] Summary: All Arabic and English newspapers continued to dedicate the majority of each edition to the recent passing of the Amir. Some dailies published more photos of the Amir- designate, Shaykh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, during his calls on various sites in Kuwait or with visiting he [...]	2006-01-18 04:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT1594	APPEAL OF PENINSULA LIONS VERDICT: JUDGE REFERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of the remaining 36 Peninsula Lions defendants took a new turn on May 3 when the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals referred the original 37 cases to the Constitutional Court for a decision on the constitutionality of the charges relating to collaboration to commit [...]	2006-05-06 11:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT1664	FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR RESIDENCE PERMIT TRADER [...] The Arabic-language daily Al-Watan reported on May 10 that the Criminal Court sentenced an Iraqi man to five years in prison and subsequent deportation for fraudulently obtaining residence permits. The convicted man was using a Bahraini identification card to sponsor workers. He aroused sus [...]	2006-05-10 09:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KU IZ BA TIP
06KUWAIT1675	REGIONAL CT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ AND ITS NEIGHBORS: [...] (S REL AUS UK) Summary: Chiefs of Mission from Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria conferred via video conference on April 26 to follow up on Regional Strategy Initiative (RSI) proposals first formulated at a March 7-8 counterterrorism (CT) strategy session in Kuwait (Ref A) to counter foreign [...]	2006-05-11 03:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV IZ KU SY JO TU SA
06KUWAIT1818	SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION: KUWAIT [...] Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent messages of congratulations to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki shortly after the May 20 vote of confidence approving the new Cabinet. According to the press, the Amir "wished the new government members [...]	2006-05-21 10:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KU IZ
06KUWAIT1862	KUWAITI FM CONGRATULATES NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT; [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 10:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KU IZ STATE
06KUWAIT1933	KUWAIT FUND REPORTS LIMITED PROGRESS ON ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 22 meeting with Econoff, the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development's (KFAED) Regional Manager for Arab Countries cited no progress, other than a preliminary report on school construction, pertaining to the GOK's $560M reconstruction package for Iraq (ref B). T [...]	2006-05-28 17:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PREL IZ KU
06KUWAIT201	NEW IRAQI CHARGE TO KUWAIT ON RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary. During a January 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Iraqi Charge d'Affaires to Kuwait, Hamid Al-Sharifi, spoke about Iran and its growing influence on the Iraqi Shi'a population. He stated that Iranian agents have been able to infiltrate Iraqi schools, hospitals, social centers, an [...]	2006-01-22 14:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KISL IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2025	ARAB AND KUWAIT FUND HEADS CALL FOR CLOSER [...] (C/NF) Summary: During separate meetings on May 29 and 31 with the Ambassador, Abdulwahab Al-Bader, Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) and Abdulatif Al-Hamad, Chairman of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) reaffirmed their organiz [...]	2006-05-31 17:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EAID PGOV PREL IZ AF GZ WE XF KU
06KUWAIT2066	NEA A/S WELCH'S JUNE 3 MEETINGS WITH KUWAITI [...] (S/NF) Summary: In June 3 meetings with NEA A/S Welch, the Kuwaiti leadership affirmed support for the U.S. position on talks with the Iranian government and offered advice that the USG keep its public statements low-key, exercise maximum patience in sticking with talks, and continue to exer [...]	2006-06-03 20:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IR IZ KPAL KU
06KUWAIT216	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: MOURNING THE AMIR SHIFTS TO THE [...] Sunday, January 22, 2006 -- Al-Qabas front page "Two parallel lines: Activating article 3 and opening door for settlement"; "Council of Ministers keeps its sessions open"; "Speaker Al-Khrafi: Matters are in wise hands"; "Royal family meeting Al-Shaab Palace cancelled"; "Informed Sources: Med [...]	2006-01-24 07:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT217	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: SUCCESSION IN KUWAIT [...] Monday, January 23, 2006 -- Al-Qabas front-page "Oath-taking session on Tuesday; The Government 'activation' letter was handed over to the National Assembly"; "Goodwill endeavors without any result"; "Al-Khorafi optimistic that wisdom will ultimately prevail"; "Amir received Speaker Al-Khora [...]	2006-01-24 07:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT2194	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ZARQAWI'S DEMISE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-10 17:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR PTER KDEM PGOV IZ KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT2220	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ZARQAWI, MAN OR MYTH? [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-11 17:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR PTER PREL IZ KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT224	UP CLOSE WITH MUQTADA AL-SADR ON THE KUWAITI [...] (C) On January 21, PolOffs attended the diwaniya of a liberal Shia professor who is a close Embassy contact. The professor recounted an interchange he had with radical Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr at the diwaniya of a prominent Kuwaiti Shia real estate and hotel magnate. Al-Sadr had been [...]	2006-01-24 08:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2302	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AFTERMATH OF ZARQAWI'S DEMISE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR PTER KDEM PGOV IZ KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT2323	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AFTER ZARQAWI'S DEATH AND HIS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-17 10:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR PTER KDEM PGOV IZ KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT25	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ [...] Tuesday, January 03, 2006 -- Al-Anbaa front page "Washington: The militias are loyal to their sects and there are fears of Iraq becoming a sectarian state" -- Al-Anbaa p. 23 "Bush's military advisor points to reducing the number of troops to 100,000 by the end of the year"; "Washington wi [...]	2006-01-04 04:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT255	CODEL ROS-LEHTINEN ENGAGES KUWAITIS ON IRAQ, IRAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 20-21 visit to Kuwait, CODEL Ros-Lehtinen met with Kuwaiti officials to offer condolences on the death of Amir Shaykh Jaber Al-Sabah, and to express USG appreciation for Kuwaiti support for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and for Kuwait's $500 million pledge to h [...]	2006-01-25 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV KWMN IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2563	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: APPROACHING GULF ARAB [...] (C/NF) The Charge delivered June 27 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah ref A demarche encouraging Gulf states to invite Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki for an official visit. Referring to positive GOK statements following the formation of the new Iraqi government, [...]	2006-06-27 12:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID PGOV KU IZ DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT263	UN REQUESTS ASSISTANCE WITH UPCOMING KUWAIT-IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) Summary: In a January 25 meeting with the Ambassador, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative, Moez Doraid, requested assistance for the upcoming border assessment team's visit to the Kuwait-Iraq border area [...]	2006-01-25 14:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ UN
06KUWAIT2776	IRAQI PM MALIKI LEADS MINISTERIAL DELEGATION ON [...] (S/NF) MFA Under Secretary Khalid Jarallah told CDA on July 10 that the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had been "very very positive" and that Maliki had made a good impression on GOK officials. His reconciliation initiative briefing elicited promises of "full support" from the Amir. T [...]	2006-07-10 13:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2799	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - GAZA INCURSION AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 09:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM IZ KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2813	SCENESETTER FOR JULY 21-22 VISIT TO KUWAIT OF [...] (C) Welcome to Kuwait, Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Counselor Zelikow, and delegation. Your visit comes during a period in which Kuwait has been active both domestically and regionally. Parliamentary elections, the first in which women participated as both voters and candidates, were held Jun [...]	2006-07-12 10:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID PREL KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2931	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Grove to travel to post o/a 24 to 27 July, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 24 to 25 J [...]	2006-07-23 04:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ FR GM COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT2954	DEPUTY TREASURY SECRETARY KIMMITT AND COUNSELOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a July 22 meeting with Mr. Abdul Latif Al-Hamad, Director General (DG) of the Arab Fund, Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt and State Dept. Counselor Dr. Philip Zelikow outlined the concept for the Iraq Compact, laid out a timeline for critical steps, and solicited the ac [...]	2006-07-23 15:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PREL KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3136	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MILLER(6-8 AUG) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for CODEL Miller to travel to post o/a 6-9 August, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made at the Radisson SAS [...]	2006-08-05 12:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BE EI IS IZ JO KU QA COUNTRY
06KUWAIT3201	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BUYER(14-21AUG) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for CODEL Buyer to travel to post o/a 15 to 17 August, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 15 and 16 A [...]	2006-08-09 07:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ IC GM COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT3211	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL BALKHAM(7-17 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Balkham to travel to post o/a 13 to 14 August, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 13 Aug, [...]	2006-08-09 11:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KS PK AF KU IZ JA COUNTRY
06KUWAIT3236	CORRECTED COPY- Country Clearance for Commercial Officer [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Commercial Officer Mitch Larsen to travel to Kuwait from August 17 to August 19, 2006. 2. CORRECTION: Embassy point of contact is: Irma La Pore Office- 965/259-1001 x 1468 Direct - 965/259-1468 Cell - 965/936-9905 Fax - 96 [...]	2006-08-12 09:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	COUNTRY CLEARANCE AESC BEXP BMGT IZ KU OTRA SF
06KUWAIT3275	IRAQ'S ILLICIT FUEL TRADE: THE VIEW FROM KUWAIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Post engaged contacts in Kuwaiti security agencies, but found no substantive reports of Iraqi fuel being smuggled into or through Kuwaiti territory. However, a mid-level Kuwaiti security official revealed to NCIS agent at Post principal routes and methods for smuggling Iraqi [...]	2006-08-14 04:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN EPET IZ KCOR KU
06KUWAIT3324	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL KILEY (20-27 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Kiley to travel to post o/a 21 to 25 August, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 21 thru [...]	2006-08-16 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU AF IZ QA GM COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT3596	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BURR (SEP 7-11) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for CODEL Burr to travel to post o/a 8 to 10 September, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 8 Septembe [...]	2006-09-06 12:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU FR IZ
06KUWAIT3640	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE 51ST [...] Summary: Kuwait hosted the 51st session of the Tripartitite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on September 5, 2006 with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, Britain, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC),and Embassy Kuwait in attendance. The session [...]	2006-09-10 14:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3692	AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE PLANS TRIP TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Kuwait's Ambassador-designate to Iraq Ali Al-Mumin cited reciprocity issues as the most important stumbling block to upgraded diplomatic representation in Baghdad. He noted that issues involving security, site location and transportation between Iraq and Kuwait needed to be reso [...]	2006-09-14 11:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL OFDP PINR SOCI IZ KU
06KUWAIT3697	AMBASSADOR URGES SUPPORT FOR LEBANON, CONFIRMS [...] (C) During a meeting on a variety of topics with the senior official in country at the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry, the Ambassador urged the Kuwaiti authorities to respond quickly to the GOL's request for security equipment, noting that support for LAF deployment in the South is critical, along [...]	2006-09-14 16:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IZ KU
06KUWAIT3725	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SMITH (SEP 21-24) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for CODEL Smith to travel to post o/a 22 to 24 September, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 22-23 Se [...]	2006-09-17 07:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU GM IZ
06KUWAIT3733	SENIOR KUWAITI SHI'A CLERIC ON HIZBALLAH, IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a September 13 meeting with PolOff, senior Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri shared his views on regional developments and Shi'a-Sunni relations in Kuwait. Al-Mohri said Hizballah was more popular among Kuwaiti Shi'a than before the recent Israel-Hizballah [...]	2006-09-17 13:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KTFN IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3756	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, REGIONAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Acting National Assembly Speaker and Islamic Constitutional Movement MP Mohammed al-Bousairi told Ambassador September 17 that opposition MPs are ready to move ahead with their agenda, but need to look for pragmatic ways to work with the GOK. Opposition representatives are now [...]	2006-09-19 12:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IZ IR KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT3828	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL FRIST [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for CODEL Frist to travel to post o/a 3 October, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 2 October (one nig [...]	2006-09-24 13:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PK AF KU IZ JO
06KUWAIT3856	FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT SPEAKER SAYS ELECTORAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a September 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi highlighted the importance of the recently-passed electoral reform legislation for Kuwait's political future. The new electoral system will change the nature of parliamentary politics in Ku [...]	2006-09-26 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT3874	INVITATION DELIVERED: CIVILIAN CENTCOM CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 13:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL KU IZ DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT399	KUWAIT FUND ON IRAQ, LEBANON, PA AND STRATEGIC [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a February 1 meeting with Econoff, the Kuwait Fund's (KFAED) Regional Manager for Arab Countries outlined details of an informal December 2005 agreement with the Iraqi Planning Ministry on allocation of the GOK's $560M assistance package for Iraq; pointed to renewed [...]	2006-02-05 15:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID KU GZ WE IZ XF
06KUWAIT3992	MOI READ-OUT OF JEDDAH MEETING OF INTERIOR [...] (C/NF) During a September 30 meeting, Major General Dr. Khaled Al-Osaimi, the Assistant Undersecretary for Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Interior, gave PolChief a brief read out of the September 18-19 meeting of the Interior Ministers of Iraq's neighboring countries in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia [...]	2006-10-04 13:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4023	IRAQ COMPACT: GOK UNDECIDED ABOUT HOSTING LATE [...] (C) As instructed reftel, Econcouns discussed reftel demarche and upcoming Iraq Compact (ICI) events with UK DCM Jamie Bowden on October 7. Bowden said UK Ambassador had raised the Iraq Compact with MFA U/S Jarallah that morning, and had been told the GOK was still undecided about hosting th [...]	2006-10-09 07:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU PGOV PREL
06KUWAIT4076	SENIOR SCIRI LEADER AMMAR AL-HAKIM VISITS KUWAIT, [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Ammar Al-Hakim, the son of SCIRI leader Abdulaziz Al-Hakim and a top SCIRI leader himself, arrived in Kuwait October 8 for meetings with the Amir, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and other Kuwaiti government officials. Al-Hakim likely tried to assuage Kuwaiti fe [...]	2006-10-11 14:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4078	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MARK STAMILIO [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance to Mark Stamilio and Andrew Morrison, U.S. Department of State, Office of War Crimes Issues, to travel to post for meetings and consultations regarding the Iraqi High Tribunal's investigation of regime crimes against Kuwaiti national [...]	2006-10-14 04:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT APER PREL PTER KU IZ
06KUWAIT4093	(SBU) KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN HANNAH [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for John Hannah and Robert Karem to travel to post o/a 16 to 22 October 2006. 2. (U) This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. (SBU) Hotel reservatio [...]	2006-10-14 11:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4118	FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN URGES U.S. TO SUPPORT [...] (C/NF) During an October 15 meeting with PolChief, Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager, the Speaker of the Arab Parliament and the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Kuwaiti Parliament, characterized the prospect of GCC countries gradually accepting an Iraqi government dominated by Shi'a r [...]	2006-10-16 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4119	ARAB FUND ON IRAQ COMPACT AND AID TO LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Arab Fund Director General Abdul Latif Al-Hamad told Charge October 16 that the Iraq Compact enjoys "very little support" among Arab countries. He said a combination of "fogginess" over who is driving the compact, anxiety about the brisk pace at which it is moving, and a gene [...]	2006-10-16 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN IZ KU PREL
06KUWAIT4152	AMAR AL-HAKIM ON IRAQ-GCC AND IRAQ-KUWAIT RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Amar Al-Hakim, son of SCIRI leader Abdel Aziz Al-Hakim, said the annual Ramadan visit of the Al-Hakim family is a social tradition and an opportunity to reach out to Kuwait's government and the Sunni community here. During his visit, Al-Hakim met with a wide range of senior off [...]	2006-10-17 13:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ IR
06KUWAIT4153	IRAQ AND NEIGHBORS CONFERENCE REGIONAL CT [...] (U) This message, cleared by embassies Kuwait, Riyadh, Amman, Damascus, Baghdad, and Ankara, provides recommendations for regional activities to advance the counterterrorism strategy developed in March in Kuwait. While not exhaustive, the initiatives described below are in posts' opinion relatively [...]	2006-10-17 21:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL KISL OEXC KU IZ SY JO TU SA
06KUWAIT4173	KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER VISIT: OCTOBER 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 15, Econoffs and DHS officer visited Abdaly Border Crossing, Coalition Crossing, and Navistar on the Kuwait-Iraq border. Despite a number of cross-border incidents in August and September 2006 (reftel),activity at the border appeared calm due in part to the decrea [...]	2006-10-18 10:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS KTFN PTER
06KUWAIT4177	IRAQ COMPACT: PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR OCTOBER [...] (C) Econcouns spoke with MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Ambassador Khalid Maqamis on October 18 to touch base on GOK planning for the hosting of the Iraq Compact meeting on October 31. Maqamis said the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) had been charged by the forei [...]	2006-10-18 13:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN IZ KU PREL
06KUWAIT4204	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL JONES (23-30 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Jones to travel to post o/a 27 to 30 October, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 27 to 29 Oct, a [...]	2006-10-23 06:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ AF KU QA GM UK
06KUWAIT4237	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL DAYTON (31 OCT TO [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Hock to travel to post o/a 31 October to 3 November, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 31 Oct t [...]	2006-10-28 17:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU NL IZ
06KUWAIT4238	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL HOCK (28 OCT [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Hock to travel to post o/a 29 October to 2 November, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 29 Oct t [...]	2006-10-29 04:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU
06KUWAIT4285	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BROCK DAHL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Brock Dahl to travel to post o/a October 30-November 3, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Per reftel, Post has arranged accommodatio [...]	2006-10-31 11:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER OTRA KU IZ
06KUWAIT4286	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TAISIR [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 11:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER OTRA KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4288	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JANE ELLEN [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Ms. Jane Ellen Bagwell and Mr. Jason Wilson to travel to post o/a 3 November to 11 November, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. As requested, [...]	2006-10-31 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA APER JO IZ KU PINS
06KUWAIT4291	KUWAIT FINANCE MINISTER URGES DISCRETION ON IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 31, Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with Kuwaiti Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi to discuss the Iraq Compact, Iraqi debt relief, Lebanon's debt situation, oversight of Kuwaiti charities, and Kuwaiti investments in the United States. Kimmitt provided an update [...]	2006-10-31 21:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV LE IZ KU
06KUWAIT4309	INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ: OCT 31 PG MEETING STRESSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the Oct. 31 meeting of the Preparatory Group (PG) for the International Compact with Iraq (ICI),the PG achieved broad consensus that the current iteration was satisfactory, and that critical next steps include reaching out to a broader range of countries for participation in [...]	2006-11-01 14:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV IZ KU
06KUWAIT4310	DEPSEC KIMMITT DISCUSSES IRAQ COMPACT, TERROR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 1 November, Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with the Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait, Shaykh Salem Abdullah Al-Sabah, to report on the results of the previous day's Iraq Compact Preparatory Group Meeting (septel) and discuss the importance of a strong monitoring [...]	2006-11-01 16:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN EINV KTFN IZ KU
06KUWAIT4311	IRAQ COMPACT: ARAB FUND PROMISES CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: During a November 1 meeting with Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Arab Fund Director General Abdul Latif al-Hamad reiterated the Fund's "unwavering" support for the Iraq Compact, despite the absence of the Fund from the October 31 Iraq Compact (ICI) Prep Group meeting due to [...]	2006-11-01 16:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU PGOV PREL
06KUWAIT4312	IRAQ COMPACT: TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On October 31, Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt met with Kuwait Fund Director General Abdulwahab Ahmed Al-Bader on the margins of the International Compact for Iraq Preparatory Group meeting in Kuwait. The meeting was also attended by Treasury Deputy Assistant Secre [...]	2006-11-01 16:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV LE IZ KU
06KUWAIT4313	IRAQ COMPACT: TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On October 31, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt met with Kuwait Foreign Minister Shaykh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on the margins of the International Compact for Iraq Preparatory Group (PG) meeting in Kuwait. Al-Sabah expressed little enthusiasm for debt f [...]	2006-11-01 17:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV LE IZ KU
06KUWAIT4315	IRAQ COMPACT: TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Treasury D/S Kimmitt met with Iraqi NSA Rubaie in Kuwait City on November 1, the day following the Preparatory Group meeting on the International Compact for Iraq (ICI). They had a wide ranging discussion regarding the ICI, Iraq-Saudi relations, the Iraqi insurgency and Iraq's [...]	2006-11-03 11:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV LE IZ KU
06KUWAIT4326	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR J. PALMER ROSELI TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for James Palmer Roseli to travel to post o/a November 7-9,2006 for a meeting with Post's ECON section. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Vis [...]	2006-11-04 08:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT APER ECON IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4404	MFA U/S ON IRAQ DEBT FORGIVENESS, DPM SALIH VISIT [...] (C/NF) In a November 6 meeting with Ambassador, MFA U/S Khalid Jarallah said bilateral meetings between Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih and Kuwaiti officials on the margins of the recent Iraq Compact meetings here had been "fruitful." He said Salih had raised with the Amir the issue [...]	2006-11-07 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ
06KUWAIT4405	ENGAGEMENT OF REGIONAL STATES FOR IRAQ: WHAT CAN [...] (S/NF) This cable responds to reftel request for ideas on Iraq-Kuwait engagement. Kuwait's relationship with Iraq continues to be colored by their difficult shared history. While Kuwaitis are elated to see Saddam condemned by an Iraqi court, and recognize the danger of a failed state on thei [...]	2006-11-07 14:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL IZ XF MOPS MAPP
06KUWAIT4417	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL GARVEY (29 OCT [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Garvey to travel to post o/a 9 November, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exped [...]	2006-11-08 12:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN FR IZ KU JO
06KUWAIT4438	IRAQ DEBT FORGIVENESS: "A BLOODY, UPHILL BATTLE" [...] (C) Summary: The Director General of the Arab Fund expressed pessimism November 12 about the prospects for Iraq debt forgiveness on the part of the GOK. He said there was virtually no public support for the measure in Kuwait, and he did not believe the senior Kuwaiti leadership, especially t [...]	2006-11-12 13:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IZ KU
06KUWAIT4484	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL KING (22 NOV - 29 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL King to travel to post o/a 24-25 November, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]	2006-11-20 09:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AE AF IZ KU KG GM QA UK PK
06KUWAIT4497	CONFIRMATION FOR NEXT IRAQ AND NEIGHBORS REGIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU IZ JO KISL PTER PREL PGOV ASEC
06KUWAIT4502	KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER TALKS CONCLUDE SUCCESSFULLY [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi and Kuwaiti delegations both gave positive assessments of three days of talks on border and security issues. The two sides agreed to a compensation scheme allowing the construction of a security road and fence through the northern border area at Um Qasr. They also agre [...]	2006-11-22 08:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ
06KUWAIT4510	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S 11/13 MEETING WITH KUWAIT NSB [...] (S/NF) Summary: APHSCT Frances Fragos Townsend met November 13 with Kuwait National Security Bureau President Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahd to discuss counterterrorism cooperation, energy security, and regional developments. Shaykh Ahmed sought reassurances on U.S. policy in Iraq. He encouraged the U. [...]	2006-11-25 11:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN IZ KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT4536	29TH MEETING OF THE TRIPARTITE COMMISSION AND THE [...] Summary. The 29th Meeting of the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War Missing met in Geneva on November 15, 2006. The Commission announced the closure of 12 cases. The Commission agreed on a plan of action to address the inability of the Commission's Technical Subcommittee to conduct any field [...]	2006-11-29 13:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM AORC MARR IZ SA KU
06KUWAIT4547	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GAO (JOB CODE [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for GAO Officials Brian LePore, Joshua Margraf and Jim Melton to transit Kuwait to/from Iraq December 2 to 15, 2006. Post acknowledges that Embassy assistance is not requested. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you m [...]	2006-12-03 06:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AGOA OTRA ASEC KU IZ
06KUWAIT4556	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENGAGING THE ARAB LEAGUE, [...] (C) PolCouns delivered ref A points to MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Hamed Al-Mashan. Al-Mashan said he would ensure the points are passed directly to the Foreign Minister, now traveling in France with the Emir. He said Kuwait would likely favor a strong statement of support for [...]	2006-12-03 14:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT4568	GENERAL ABIZAID'S MEETINGS WITH THE KUWAITI AMIR, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 28 meeting, the Amir warmly welcomed General Abizaid back to Kuwait, noting the enduring friendship between his country and the United States. On Iraq, the Amir said the U.S. needs to quickly hand over authority to Iraqi security forces, and reduce its own exposur [...]	2006-12-04 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ IR
06KUWAIT4569	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA A/DAS L. VICTOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for NEA Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary L. Victor Hurtado to Kuwait from December 5 to 11, 2006. Please note action request in para. 4.J. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through E [...]	2006-12-05 05:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC KU IZ COUNTRYCLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4570	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA A/DAS L. VICTOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for NEA Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary L. Victor Hurtado to Kuwait from December 5 to 11, 2006. Please note action request in para. 4.J. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through E [...]	2006-12-05 11:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC KU IZ COUNTRYCLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4571	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA A/DAS L. VICTOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for NEA Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary L. Victor Hurtado to Kuwait from December 5 to 11, 2006. Please note action request in para. 4.J. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through E [...]	2006-12-05 11:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC KU IZ COUNTRYCLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4583	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LEADER WARNS OF IMPACT OF IRAQ [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Secretary General of the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM),Dr. Bader Al-Nashi, told Poloff December 6 that sectarian violence in Iraq was contributing to rising Shi'a-Sunni tensions in Kuwait. While he did not believe violence between the two communities was likely, [...]	2006-12-06 14:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL IR IZ KU ISLAMISTS SHI
06KUWAIT4584	MFA U/S ON IRAN, BOEING, GCC SUMMIT, LEBANON, AND [...] (C) Summary: According to Kuwaiti MFA U/S Jarallah, the French were "talking tough" on Iran during the Amir's recent visit to Paris. He said French interlocutors anticipate near-term U.S. policy adjustments on Iraq. On Lebanon, the French FM called for pressure on Syria and support for the [...]	2006-12-06 14:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR IZ IR DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT4585	UN COUNTERTERRORISM ASSESSMENT TEAM MEETS WITH G-8 [...] (U) On December 4, a visiting United Nations Counterterrorism Executive Directorate delegation met with Ambassadors from the G-8 nations and from Spain, Switzerland and Australia to discuss Kuwait's implementation of UNSCR 1373, the level of the terrorism threat in Kuwait and the counterterror [...]	2006-12-06 14:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KTFN EFIN KU IZ
06KUWAIT4609	FINANCE MINISTRY TALKS TAXES, AID, AND DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. On December 9, Econcouns met with acting Assistant Undersecretary of Finance Khalid Al-Rubeian to discuss Kuwait's new draft tax law, the December 7 designations by the United States of three Kuwaitis for support to Al-Qaida, and assistance to the Palestinians. Al-Rubeian said t [...]	2006-12-10 09:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN BEXP ETRD IZ KU
06KUWAIT4612	SPEAKER AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN ON IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: During separate meetings December 6 with the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi and the Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Mohammed Al-Sager, shared their views on regional and domestic political issues. Al-Khorafi welcomed the President's recent meetings wit [...]	2006-12-10 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM LE IZ IR KU
06KUWAIT4616	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MCCAIN (12-19 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL McCain/Lieberman to travel to post o/a 13-15 Dec, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver [...]	2006-12-11 05:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IS KU IZ AF PK IR GM COUNTRY
06KUWAIT4623	MP AHMED BAQER ON PENDING LEGISLATION, TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary. On December 11, Ambassador met with Chairman of the Parliament's Financial and Economic Affairs Committee and Coordinator of the Islamist Bloc Ahmed Baqer. Topics included pending Kuwaiti legislation, recent Treasury Department designations of Kuwaiti nationals for supporting te [...]	2006-12-11 14:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN BEXP IZ LE KU

06KUWAIT4625	KUWAITIS TELL NEA PDAS JEFFREY INCREASED [...] (C/NF) Summary: During his December 9 visit to Kuwait, PDAS Jeffrey met with a number of prominent Kuwaitis to discuss Iraq and Iran. The Kuwaitis expressed concern about rising Iranian influence in the region and emphasized the need for international cooperation. They agreed that the GCC s [...]	2006-12-11 15:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4638	EVOLVING IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER CROSSING PROCEDURES [...] (C/NF) Summary. On December 5, Kuwait Ministry of Interior (MOI) and United States Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC) officials accompanied by Emboff met and discussed Kuwait-Iraq border crossing issues arising from recently altered MOI procedures. The MOI began using new procedu [...]	2006-12-12 14:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PBTS KU IZ
06KUWAIT4645	IRAQ COMPACT: LETTER TO TREASURY DEPSEC FROM THE [...] (U) Post has received the following letter from Abdelatif Y. Al-Hamad, Director General/Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, dated November 26, addressed to Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt. The original has been sent to DepSec SIPDIS [...]	2006-12-13 11:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN IZ KU
06KUWAIT4652	NATO ICI MEETING: KUWAIT SEEKS "STRATEGIC [...] (C/NF) Summary. In a briefing for NATO resident ambassadors, NATO Secretary General Scheffer praised the atmosphere surrounding NATO-GOK meetings, and noted Kuwait's interest in expanding NATO's relationship with Kuwait and the GCC as a "political-military alliance." Scheffer believes Kuwait [...]	2006-12-13 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT4669	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SKELTON (DEC 23 - [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Skelton to travel to post o/a 24-26 Dec, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2006-12-18 11:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ UK
06KUWAIT4675	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL NELSON (20 DEC - [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Nelson to travel to post o/a 20-21 December 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exped [...]	2006-12-19 08:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ
06KUWAIT4683	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW IRAQI CHARGE [...] (C) Ambassador met 12/13 with new Iraqi Mission Charge d'Affaires Fadel Hamad Khudair Al-Azawi. Al-Azawi, a career diplomat, arrived in Kuwait in early November, replacing outgoing Charge Hamad Al-Sharifi. Al-Azawi requested the meeting as a courtesy call, noting his interest in maintainin [...]	2006-12-20 09:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
06KUWAIT4690	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MARSHALL (22 DEC [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Marshall to travel to post o/a 22 December 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]	2006-12-21 15:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ
06KUWAIT4699	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL WILSON (DEC 27 - [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Wilson to travel to post o/a 28-31 Dec 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2006-12-24 07:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU GM
06KUWAIT563	UPDATE: KUWAIT JOINT STATE-DOD GROUP ADDRESSES [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On February 14, the joint State-DOD Avian Influenza (AI) working group (Refs A & B) met to discuss the latest developments in the ongoing dialogue with GOK Public Authority for Agriculture and Fish Resources (PAAFR) officials regarding Kuwaiti concerns about the pote [...]	2006-02-19 05:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO PREL KFLU KU IZ
06KUWAIT587	RE-APPOINTED KUWAITI FINANCE MINISTER OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a February 20 meeting with the Ambassador, re-appointed Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi expressed confidence in the pace of reforms and governance under the new Amir, Crown Prince and Prime Minister. He predicted overall support from the National Assembly for G [...]	2006-02-21 05:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PTER PGOV PREL IZ XF KU KTFN
06KUWAIT588	RE-APPOINTED KUWAITI FINANCE MINISTER OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a February 20 meeting with the Ambassador, re-appointed Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi expressed confidence in the pace of reforms and governance under the new Amir, Crown Prince and Prime Minister. He predicted overall support from the National Assembly for G [...]	2006-02-21 05:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PTER PGOV PREL IZ XF KU KTFN
06KUWAIT594	SCENESETTER FOR COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S FEB. 28 - [...] (U) We look forward to your visit to Kuwait. We have requested meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Minister of Energy Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and Minister of Finance Bader M. Al-Humaidhi. Your visit [...]	2006-02-21 07:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID ENRG KU IZ IR
06KUWAIT634	KUWAITI CONDEMNATION OF THE AL- ASKARIYA SHRINE [...] The highest levels of the Kuwaiti Government have condemned the February 22 bombing of the Al-Askariya shrine in Samarra. According to the press, Amir Shaykh Sabah sent a message to Iraqi President Talabani condemning the act and asserting that the targeting of religious monuments and murder [...]	2006-02-23 10:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER KDEM IZ KU
06KUWAIT659	UN TEAM'S FIRST KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER ASSESSMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: United Nations (UN) Iraq Desk Officer Eliza Kimball and UN cartographer Vladimir Bessarabov, part of a four person UN border team, discussed the UN team's first assessment of the Kuwait-Iraq border demarcation with pol/mil officer on February 22. The team's February 10-24 visit t [...]	2006-02-27 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PGOV MOPS IZ UN KU
06KUWAIT661	KUWAITI SHI'A AND SUNNIS CONDEMN IRAQ SHRINE [...] (C) Summary and comment: During a February 24 rally at the Shi'a Imam Hussein mosque, Kuwaitis from across the religious and political spectrum condemned the bombing of the Al-Askariya shrine in Iraq. While most speakers blamed the attack on Sunni extremists and stressed the need for Muslim [...]	2006-02-27 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS SHI
06KUWAIT678	KUWAIT OFFERS $10 MILLION TO RESTORE SAMARRA [...] (U) According to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) and confirmed by MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, on Monday, February 27, the GOK Council of Ministers (cabinet) authorized a $10 million grant for Iraq, half for the restoration of the Shrine of the Two Imams mosque in Samarra and half for othe [...]	2006-02-28 11:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID IZ KU
06KUWAIT703	FREEDOM AGENDA: INFORMATION MINISTER REPORTS [...] (C) Summary: During a March 1, 2006 meeting with the Ambassador, the newly re-appointed Minister of Information commented optimistically about progress made on the draft press law and reduction in the number of political constituencies in Kuwait, two key Freedom Agenda elements. The Minister e [...]	2006-03-04 06:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU PREL IZ KMPI FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT73	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: Sharon's healthSHARON'S [...] Summary: Kuwaiti Arabic daily newspapers' coverage of the developments surrounding the Israeli Prime Minister's health mostly focused on the reporting on his conditions and the possibilities of recovery or death. The two analysis pieces found below provide an outlook into the possible scenarios [...]	2006-01-08 14:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT731	KUWAIT DEMARCHE: ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-05 06:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ KU
06KUWAIT807	FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQI SUNNIS, [...] (C) Summary: During a March 8 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah repeated a request he made to the Secretary soliciting U.S. support for a nuclear-free zone in the Gulf in addition to a proposed anti-bigotry resolution at the UNGA. Shaykh Dr. Mohamm [...]	2006-03-09 09:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV ECON IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT841	AMBASSADOR'S ATTEMPTS TO TIE DOWN CONCESSIONARY [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador March 8 that the GOK has instructed Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) to renew the Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) fuel contract and urged that U.S. negotiators meet with KPC representatives. Shaykh Dr. Mohammed ad [...]	2006-03-13 08:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL ECON MOPS KU IZ
06KUWAIT867	OIF FUEL UPDATE [...] (C) Following up on Ambassador's March 13 meeting with KPC Chairman Hani Hussain (reftel),Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah called the Ambassador the afternoon of the 14th and made the following points: -- He supports continuation of some sort of concessionary pricing [...]	2006-03-14 12:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL ECON MOPS KU IZ
06KUWAIT87	A/S WAYNE AND TREASURY DAS SAEED ENGAGE KUWAITIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 7, A/S Wayne and Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed, accompanied by the Ambassador, NEA/ARPI Deputy Director Steve Walker, EB Financial Economist Roland de Marcellus, and Econoff, met separately with Minister of Finance Bader Al-Meshari Al-Humaidhi, Minister of Commerce & Indust [...]	2006-01-10 10:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN ECON KPAL AF LE IZ IS KU
06KUWAIT881	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION'S TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE'S [...] Summary: Kuwait hosted the 50th session of the Tripartitite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on March 14, 2006 with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, Britain, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC),and Embassies Kuwait and Baghdad in attendance. [...]	2006-03-15 10:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT883	KUWAIT FUND WELCOMES USG ENGAGEMENT WITH ARAB [...] (SBU) On March 8, Econoff met with Marwan Al-Ghanem, Regional Manager for Arab Countries at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) to discuss the possibility of USG participation in upcoming multilateral planning meetings of Arab donor organizations in an effort to enhance coor [...]	2006-03-15 11:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL ECON IZ KU
06KUWAIT913	REGIONAL CT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ AND ITS NEIGHBORS: [...] (S REL AUS UK) Summary: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and Embassy representatives from Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey met in Kuwait, March 7-8, as a first step to develop a regional counterterrorism strategy. Ambassador for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton and U.S. interagency repres [...]	2006-03-18 04:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PREL IZ KU SY JO TU SA
06KUWAIT970	KUWAIT CONFIRMS SUPPLY OF CONCESSIONARY OIF FUEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-19 12:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL ECON MOPS KU IZ
06KUWAIT998	NATO'S ICI VISIT BRINGS MISUNDERSTANDINGS TO A HEAD [...] (C) Summary and Comment: NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) delegation to Kuwait briefed over a dozen NATO member country mission chiefs on its March 19 meetings with GOK officials. According to the head of the six-person delegation, Rear Admiral Dr. Deniz Kutluk of Turkey, the Kuw [...]	2006-03-21 13:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL PTER IR IZ KU
06LISBON1425	PORTUGUESE VIEWS ON JULY 17 GAERC [...] (C) P/E officer met with MFA Deputy European Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha on July 14 to discuss the Balkans, Middle East, Sudan, Congo, and North Korea per reftels. Rocha anticipates this GAERC will be slow since it is the first under the Finnish EU Presidency. ------- Balkans ------- [...]	2006-07-14 16:03:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL SU CG
06LISBON964	PORTUGAL: MANAS AIRFIELD AND IRAQI CABINET SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: On May 24, Pol/Econ Officer delivered reftels to MFA Director of Defense and Security Coordination Joao Corte-Real. He concurred with the U.S. concerns about Manas Airfield (ref A) and agreed to refer the matter to the Portuguese embassy in Moscow. With regard to Iraq (ref B),[...]	2006-05-26 15:06:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PO IZ KG AF
06LJUBLJANA722	GOS: SUPPORTIVE OF RELIEF FOR IRAQ BUT STYMIED BY [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Government of Slovenia (GOS) is supportive of assistance to Iraq but regional issues prevent them from making any commitment to providing debt relief. Most of the debt owed to Slovenia, estimated at $205 million, was incurred before the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. Until [...]	2006-11-09 12:38:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IZ SI
06LONDON5371	IRAQ: HMG EXPRESSES HOPE FOR IRAQ COMPACT AND [...] (C) Summary: In a July 18 meeting in London, FCO and MOD officials told Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs John Hillen they were disappointed in the deteriorating security situation in Iraq and that they supported using the Iraq Compact as a mechanism for obtaining exp [...]	2006-07-20 16:30:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS UK IZ
06LONDON8178	UK AGREES TO EXTEND SOME TRAINERS AT JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 14:24:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM IZ JO UK
06MADRID1564	SPAIN ON IRAN, SYRIA, HAMAS, NATO, WESTERN SAHARA, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During meetings at MFA, MOD, and the presidency on June 1, top GOS policymakers told EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and NEA DAS Scott Carpenter that Spain strongly supports the recent US announcement on Iran and will continue its significant commitment to Afghanistan. They said that th [...]	2006-06-16 13:57:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO SP AF VZ IR IZ WI IS MO GG RS
06MADRID1722	SPAIN/IRAQ: TRANSIT OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ [...] (S) Summary. Beginning in early 2005, Spanish authorities discovered the existence of a significant Spain-based network to recruit, indoctrinate, and send Islamist radicals to Iraq to fight against coalition forces. Press reports indicate that as many as 80 individuals have been recruited in o [...]	2006-07-06 10:34:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PTER PREL IZ SP
06MADRID1806	SPAIN: PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COMPACT MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-17 08:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV IZ SP
06MADRID1832	SPAIN'S DEPUTY FM ON IRAQ HOSPITAL DONATION, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Spain's Deputy Foreign Minister Leon confirmed to Ambassador Aguirre on July 18 that Spain will donate USD 22 million to the Basrah Children's Hospital and should have no problem delivering the funds by September 1. Leon reiterated that Spain will vote for Guatemala rather than [...]	2006-07-20 13:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SP VZ IZ BO
06MADRID1939	SPAIN PLANS TO ISSUE STATEMENT SUPPORTING IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 15:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ SP
06MADRID1940	SPAIN ON SUPPORT FOR BASRAH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. Summary. FM Moratinos reaffirmed to the Ambassador on July 27 that Spain will provide the requested funds to support construction of the Basrah Children's Hospital. Moratinos said Spain would provide the funds as quickly as possible, but co [...]	2006-07-31 16:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ AORC KCOM SP
06MADRID2184	SPANISH ATTENDANCE AT IRAQ COMPACT MEETINGS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-01 12:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ SP
06MADRID2226	UPDATE: SPANISH ATTENDANCE AT IRAQ COMPACT MEETINGS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 12:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ SP
06MADRID2624	SPAIN: IN ADVANCE OF OCT. 16 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with MFA European Correspondent Carlos Fernandez-Arias on October 13 to discuss Spain's position in advance of the October 16 GAERC meeting. Fernandez-Arias indicated that Spain was in complete agreement on most topics with the United States, but he singled out Kosovo [...]	2006-10-17 07:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UN EU YI SR BO MK SU CG IS LE IR IZ UP
06MANAGUA1145	NICARAGUA: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQI [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 22:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO IZ NU
06MANAGUA475	NO NICARAGUAN STATEMENT AS YET ON THE AL-ASKARIYA [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 17:01:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PETER IZ NU
06MANAMA1040	BAHRAINIS REACT TO AL ZARQAWI'S DEATH [...] (C) Privately, all Bahrainis we have been in touch with, whether Sunni or Shi'a, have expressed satisfaction with the death of Al Zarqawi. Public reactions have broken down along mostly sectarian lines. Shi'a Bahrainis, who represent some 70 percent of the country's citizens, expressed their [...]	2006-06-13 12:23:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER BA IZ REGION CTR
06MANAMA1145	IRAN PROPOSES JULY 8 IRAQ NEIGHBORS MEETING [...] (C) In a June 25 meeting covering several subjects (septels),Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told the Ambassador that the Iranian Ambassador one day earlier had delivered an invitation for Bahrain to attend an Iraq Neighbors Conference in Tehran on July 8. The Minister n [...]	2006-06-26 13:10:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA IR IZ REGION OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1190	BAHRAIN: UNDERCUTTING IRAN'S RESCHEDULED [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief July 2 delivered Ref A demarche concerning the planned July 8 Iraq Neighbors Conference in Iran to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al Umran. Al Umran said it would be usual practice for Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa to attend a conference lik [...]	2006-07-03 09:20:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BA IZ IR REGION OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1213	IRAQI PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION TO VISIT BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 10:11:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BA IZ REGION
06MANAMA1275	IRAQ NEIGHBOR'S MEETING FALLS FLAT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa told the Ambassador that the July 8-9 Iraq neighbors meeting in Tehran was a predictably uneventful affair. He said that he and his Iraqi and Kuwaiti counterparts left unhappy with the way the Iranians ran the meeting, especially their la [...]	2006-07-12 12:09:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA IZ REGION
06MANAMA1277	FRACTIOUS IRAQI PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION VISITS [...] (C) Summary. A diverse group of Iraq parliamentarians, led by Speaker Mashadani, visited Bahrain July 9-11, meeting with a range of officials, parliamentarians, and business leaders. Before visiting Bahrain, the delegation stopped in Iran, where they found a confident Iranian leadership that [...]	2006-07-12 15:12:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA IZ REGION
06MANAMA1717	BAHRAIN: CIVILIAN INVITATION TO CENTCOM [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 11:14:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL BA IZ
06MANAMA1806	DEFENSE MINISTER AND GENERAL ABIZAID DISCUSS [...] (C) CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid October 11 met with Defense Minister GEN Shaikh Khalifa and discussed Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, bilateral military cooperation, and counter-terrorism. Shaikh Khalifa said that Iran's behavior in the region is growing worse and Iran's nuclear program must [...]	2006-10-19 10:15:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS MASS BA IR IZ REGION BILAT
06MANAMA1828	CROWN PRINCE OUTLINES REGIONAL CHALLENGES WITH [...] (C) CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid October 11 met with Crown Prince Shaikh Salman and discussed Iraq, Iran, the war of ideas in the Middle East, and Bahrain's upcoming elections. On Iraq, the CP said that the United States should adopt a "less forward-leaning position" and allow Iraqi for [...]	2006-10-24 11:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS MASS BA IR IZ REGION BILAT
06MANAMA1888	FOREIGN MINISTER ADDRESSES SADDAM CONVICTION [...] (C) During a November 6 meeting covering several subjects (septels),Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told the Ambassador that he had intentionally made a cautious public statement about Saddam Hussein's conviction because Saddam is a divisive figure who continues to have a [...]	2006-11-06 14:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BA IZ REGION
06MANAMA1903	BAHRAINI ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ: WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? [...] (S) As the only Arab country other than Iraq that has a Shia majority population, Bahrain is very worried about the situation in Iraq and watches closely for signs that increased sectarian tensions and violence in Iraq could spill over into Bahrain. To become more actively engaged with Iraq, [...]	2006-11-08 09:20:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS BA IZ REGION
06MANAMA2021	BAHRAIN: CLARIFYING U.S. POLICY ON SUNNI OUTREACH [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-11 09:40:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BA IZ REGION
06MANAMA2022	BAHRAIN: IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT [...] (C) In the course of a December 7 meeting with MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa covering several subjects, Pol/Econ Chief raised the release of the Iraq Study Group (ISG) report a day earlier and asked for his reaction. Shai [...]	2006-12-11 09:41:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS BA IZ REGION
06MANAMA288	BAHRAIN REACTS TO SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN IRAQ [...] (C) Tens of thousands of Bahrainis, mostly Shias, participated in peaceful and orderly demonstrations over the weekend protesting the attack on the Imam Al Hadi Shrine in Samarra. Officials, politicians, and religious leaders denounced the Samarra bombing and revenge attacks on Sunni targets [...]	2006-02-27 13:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO PTER BA IZ REGION POL
06MANAMA399	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHES ON MUQTADA AL SADR [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 09:36:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM PGOV BA IZ REGION
06MANAMA443	COUNSELOR ZELIKOW DISCUSSES IRAN AND IRAQ WITH [...] (C) Summary: State Department Counselor Zelikow met March 12 with Shura Council members Dr. Khalid Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa and Ibrahim Mohamed Bashmi, both of whom are on the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and National Security Committee, to discuss Iraq, Iran and domestic issues in Bahrain. Dr. [...]	2006-03-20 05:52:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER MARR EFIN KISL KNNP BA IR IZ BILAT OFFICIALS REGION
06MANAMA678	MFA DENIES REPORT OF POSSIBLE MUQTADA AL SADR VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-19 13:44:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER BA IZ REGION
06MANAMA818	CENTRAL COMMAND GENERAL ABIZAID'S MAY 8 MEETING [...] (C) Centcom Commander General Abizaid met with Crown Prince Salman May 8 and discussed the May 6 GCC Consultative Meeting in Riyadh, the Iranian threat, building up defenses in the Gulf, and the situation in Iraq. The CP said the GCC leaders were far more cooperative towards each other than i [...]	2006-05-09 11:40:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS BA IR IZ REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA824	CENTRAL COMMAND GENERAL ABIZAID'S MAY 8 MEETING [...] (S) Centcom Commander General Abizaid met with King Hamad May 8 and discussed the May 6 GCC Consultative Meeting in Riyadh, the Iranian threat, placement of a regional counter-terrorism center in Bahrain, Iraq, and the upcoming parliamentary elections. The King said the GCC Secretary General [...]	2006-05-09 14:52:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS ASEC PTER BA IR IZ REGION
06MANAMA936	DPM SHAIKH MOHAMMED DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ, NDI WITH [...] (C) Summary. In a May 29 meeting with the Ambassador, DPM Shaikh Mohammed welcomed continued dialogue on Iran, saying it would be vital to get as accurate intelligence as we can on Iran's nuclear program. On Iraq, he urged that new Iraqi ministers make a greater effort to reach out to their B [...]	2006-05-30 06:09:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IR IZ BA OFFICIALS BILAT
06MANILA2294	SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) In a meeting on May 30 with Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for African and Middle East Affairs Oscar Valenzuela, poloff urged the GRP to issue a statement of support for the new Iraqi political leadership and congratulate them on forming a unified government (reftel). 2. (SB [...]	2006-06-02 02:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IZ RP
06MANILA755	FUNERALS FOR FIL-AM SOLDIERS UNDERSCORE CLOSE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Military funerals for two Filipino-American soldiers killed in Iraq were recently held in the Philippines. The funerals drew large crowds and generated highly positive local press play. In sp [...]	2006-02-22 03:38:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI MOPS KPAO RP IZ
06MAPUTO253	MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE RESPONSE - STATEMENTS OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 11:54:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ MZ
06MINSK413	Oil-for-Food: GOB Not Investigating Self [...] The GOB has taken and almost certainly will not take any actions as a result of the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) looking into Iraqi Oil-for-Food violations (ref A). Post asked the MFA if there was any domestic investigation. The MFA replied that this is a complicated situation, and tha [...]	2006-04-14 13:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KFIN PGOV IZ BO
06MONTEVIDEO196	URUGUAY ON DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY [...] (S/NF) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director General for Political Affairs Ambassador Bruno Faraone on February 24. After discussing some of the items on the list, Faraone said weapons donations were not possible, but that he would look into the ""feasibility"" of donating [...]	2006-03-01 12:55:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ UY
06MONTEVIDEO199	REQUEST FOR URUGUAY TO CONDEMN AL-AKSARIYA SHRINE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 13:01:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ UY
06MOSCOW12390	RUSSIA ON DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 12:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IZ RS
06MOSCOW12592	RUSSIAN MFA ON DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR [...] (C) We shared reftel documentation, including the draft Iraq UNSCR, on November 21 with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the UN Political Affairs Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department. Safronkov said that Russia had no problem with the draft in principle and had so instruct [...]	2006-11-22 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ RS
06MOSCOW12628	RUSSIA KEEPS UP THE PACE IN MIDDLE EAST DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary: Following the assassination of Lebanese Minister Gemayel, Russia has become increasingly concerned about political violence in Lebanon, but is unwilling to press Damascus on its role. The MFA preferred to offer legalistic arguments about whether there was compelling proof of S [...]	2006-11-27 08:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS SY LE IZ RS
06MOSCOW13098	MIDDLE EAST: MFA ON LEBANON, SYRIA AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: President Putin sought to lower tensions between Lebanon and Syria during back-to-back mid-December visits by PM Siniora and President Asad, according to the Russian MFA, and had urged that a solution to Lebanon's ongoing political crisis be found through negotiations and not i [...]	2006-12-26 16:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY IZ RS
06MOSCOW3389	GOR PLANS TO TAKE NO ACTION AS A RESULT OF [...] (C) The Russian Government does not intend to take any steps as a result of the findings of the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) which investigated the UN's Oil-for-Food (OFF) Program. Despite the IIC's findings that the GOR itself and Russian business firms, political parties and politi [...]	2006-03-31 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KFIN IZ RS
06MOSCOW5456	MOSCOW ON IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IZ RS
06MOSCOW5997	RUSSIAN HOSTAGES IN IRAQ [...] (C) Upon learning of the killing of a GOR security guard and the kidnapping of four Russian Embassy employees outside a local market in Iraq on June 3, Ambassador called DFM Saltanov to express condolences and the desire of the U.S. to provide needed assistance. The Ambassador followed up wit [...]	2006-06-05 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS IZ
06MOSCOW6354	RUSSIA SUPPORTS EXTENDING MNF-I MANDATE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA IO/UNSC Section Chief Vladimir Safronkov June 14. Safronkov said Russia fully supports continuing the MNF-I mandate and the DFI/IAMB arrangements and that the GOR would not present any obstacle to the extension. The Russian side would support a po [...]	2006-06-14 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ RS
06MOSUL10	NINEWA IECI DIRECTOR CLAIMS EVIDENCE OF MISSING VOTERS COULD [...] (C) REO Poloff met with Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) Ninewa Governate Electoral Office (GEO) director Oday Abed at his headquarters office at the PJCC on February 6. Abed claims an internal study he is conducting has revealed that over 4,000 families (potentially 15,000 to 1 [...]	2006-02-07 15:59:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL11	SHABEK NATIONAL ASSEMBLYMEMBER ASKS FOR MORE "VISIBLE" USG [...] (C) PRT Leader and REO Poloff met with Shabek national assemblymember Dr. Haneen Al Qado in Mosul on February 8. Al Qado thanked the USG for ongoing assistance but said USG development projects in Ninewa need to be "more visible." Al Qado said he is working with other members of the national [...]	2006-02-10 18:24:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MOSUL12	ASSYRIAN PATRIOTIC PARTY REPS CALL FOR CREATION OF A NEW [...] (C) Assyrian Patriotic Party (APP) reps in Ninewa and Dohuk said they believe the answer to problems in Iraq's Christian community could be settled by the creation of a separate province for minorities. APP leader Namrood Betto suggested that "Ninewa Plains" be partitioned from eastern Ninewa [...]	2006-02-12 15:30:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MOSUL13	LIBERATION AND RECONCILIATION NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DELEGATE [...] (C) According to newly elected national assembly delegate Sheikh Mohammed Khalaf of the Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc, Iraq's new federal government needs to be more inclusive by "reaching out" to all parties in the country. Khalaf said he would work hard to help issues of unemployment a [...]	2006-02-14 14:24:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ ECON PINT
06MOSUL14	IRAQ NATIONAL DIALOGUE COUNCIL CONCERNED ABOUT SHAPE OF [...] (C) The Iraqi National Dialogue Council (INDC) in Ninewa is concerned about the shape of the new national government in Iraq. National assembly delegate Mahmood Al-Azzawi seems afraid Sunni Arabs might be "left out" from playing a larger role in the formation of the government. He said he wo [...]	2006-02-14 14:38:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL15	LOCAL NGO LAUNCHING NEW WOMEN'S CENTER IN MOSUL [...] (SBU) In an effort to address concerns of unemployment, job training, and community counseling for Iraqi women, members of the Assembly of Ninevah NGOs, a local NGO umbrella organization, have created a second women's center for western Mosul. The effort expands on the already existing Iraq W [...]	2006-02-14 15:00:00	REO Mosul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ ECON ELAB SCUL SOCI PINT
06MOSUL16	NINEWA JUDGES FIRE BACK AT DETRACTORS, BLAME SYSTEM FOR [...] (C) Ninewa's judges are having difficulty with the public's negative perception of their work. In part, they blame Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) officials for "public statements" made to the press that condemn the judges for faults in the system. The judges make clear, however, that [...]	2006-02-16 18:10:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MOSUL17	NINEWA POLICE CHIEF CLAIMS REPORTS OF A RISE IN KIDNAPPINGS [...] (C) Provincial Chief of Police Wathiq Al Qudir told PRT Poloff that reports of an increase in the number of kidnappings and extortions in Mosul are exaggerated. He said rumors that the crimes are targeted specifically against Kurds and Chaldo/Assyrians are false, and denied that incidents are [...]	2006-02-18 12:46:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL18	HOW JA'AFARI PLAYS IN THE PROVINCES: NINEWA REACTIONS TO [...] (C). PRT Ninewa spoke to several political party leaders from across the province to elicit reactions to the Shia coalition's re-nomination of current Prime Minister Ibrahim Al Ja'afari to a second term. The overwhelming majority of political parties appear to be disappointed by the selectio [...]	2006-02-19 14:01:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MOSUL19	NINEWA SCIRI REP CLAIMS KURDS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF AL JAAFARI [...] (C). Ninewa Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution of Iraq (SCIRI) Spokesman Aref Yousef claimed that recent personal attacks against Shia coalition nominee and current Prime Minister Ibrahim Al Jaafari as unjust and motivated by Kurds. Yousef accused Kurds of working against Al Jaafari becau [...]	2006-02-21 15:47:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ
06MOSUL20	NINEWA ISLAMIC PARTY REPS CALL FOR PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS NOW [...] (C). Ninewa Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) representative Younis Hashim called for provincial elections immediately. He accused the Kurds (which control the provincial government) of not doing enough to address the lack of basic social services and improve security in Mosul. Hashim said before t [...]	2006-02-22 17:51:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL21	NINEWA SHIAS CLAIM ALL IS CALM AFTER SAMARRA INCIDENT, BUT [...] (C) Shiite political party members, especially among the predominantly Shia Shabek community in Ninewa, have called for calm. They expressed great sadness about the attack on February 22 on the Al-Askariya Shrine in Samarra and said they hoped the incident would not increase tensions between [...]	2006-02-23 17:08:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL22	NINEWA: ALL QUIET ON THE NORTHERN FRONT [...] (C) Two days after the Al-Askariya Shrine was damaged in Samarra, the situation in Ninewa has remained calm. Yousef Muharam of the predominantly Shiite, Shabek Democratic Assembly, and Aref Younis of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution of Iraq (SCIRI) reported there were peaceful demon [...]	2006-02-24 16:37:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL23	NINEWA: TAL AFAR SHEIKHS WANT MORE ASSISTANCE FROM USG ON [...] (C) Recent U.S. press coverage has painted a positive picture of Tal Afar's security situation. But some locals see it otherwise. Sunni Arab tribal leaders are upset by what they claim are poor security conditions in Tal Afar. Local sheikhs threatened that Sunnis would leave the city if the [...]	2006-02-24 16:58:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL24	KURDISH VIEWS FROM NINEWA [...] (C) PRT Mosul had lengthy discussions with three Kurdish leaders in late February: two top Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) officials and one from the rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). All were united in their support for continued American presence in Iraq, the difficulties Ja'afari [...]	2006-03-01 08:54:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL25	NINEWA'S KURDS AND THEIR NEIGHBORS: ENCROACHMENT ISSUES [...] (C) Anxieties are building between the Kurds and their neighbors in Ninewa. Since taking control of the provincial government in January 2005, Kurdish political parties have spread their influence through many symbolic gestures in several strategic areas of the province. From Sinjar in the w [...]	2006-03-04 17:24:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL26	NINEWA: A PROVINCIAL COUNCILMEMBER'S VIEWS ON LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Ninewa Provincial Council and Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) member, Gevara Zia, said he believed Sunni Arab political parties would control the Ninewa provincial government after elections were held later this year. Zia claimed a "more representative" provincial government would bett [...]	2006-03-05 08:35:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL28	NINEWA: SINJAR YEZIDIS UNHAPPY WITH RULING KURDS [...] (C) Spokesmen for the Yezidi Movement for Progress and Reform (YMPR) demand that influence by the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Sinjar must end or "civil war" would begin. Waad Matto of YMPR claims the KDP has too much control over the police and lo [...]	2006-03-12 15:12:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL30	NINEWA: THE HERO OF TAL AFAR [...] (C) Mayor of Tal Afar Najim Al Jubouri -- the hero of President Bush's March 20 speech in Cleveland -- is a rare leader in a country fraught with fear and uncertainty. His strong leadership, both as chief of police and mayor, helped clean up this city of a quarter-million people in northwest [...]	2006-03-22 14:52:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL31	KURDISH POWER PLAY IN MOSUL: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT REQUESTS [...] (C) Ninewa Provincial Government leaders called for the immediate transfer of security operations from Coalition Forces (CF) to Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). During a meeting with the PRT and MNF-N, Governor Duraid Kashmoula, Vice Governor Khasro Goran, and Provincial Council Chair Salem Haj I [...]	2006-03-23 09:09:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL32	NINEWA: SHABEK SHIA ON ASHURA ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND [...] (C) Minority Shabek Shia in Ninewa reported no major security incidents during the 40-day Anniversary of Ashura. Representatives of the Shabek Democratic Assembly (SDA) and Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution of Iraq (SCIRI) said the only regret they had was when Al Sadr supporters were hec [...]	2006-03-23 17:36:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR

06MOSUL33	NINEWA: TAL AFAR AND RABIYA CITY COUNCILS SEARCHING FOR [...] (C) The city councils of the west Ninewa towns of Tal Afar and Rabiya seek to improve security and basic services to their communities. While both councils are pleased with improved security, they realized more work would need to be done to shore up Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) in number and t [...]	2006-03-24 14:27:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL34	NINEWA: PUK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DELEGATE HAS AN OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Although national assembly delegates met for the first time last week to take an oath of office, Ninewa PUK deputy director and national assembly delegate Abdelbari Al Zebari believes that talks will not resume until the second week of April. He claims the pause is deliberate yet necessar [...]	2006-03-24 17:09:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ
06MOSUL35	NINEWA: "CIVIL WAR IS NOT ON THE AGENDA" [...] (C) Since the bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra on February 22, we have asked contacts if they believe civil war is imminent. Several point to areas with high populations of Shia, such as Tal Afar, as ripe for civil war once Coalition Forces are drawn down. Actual incidents range from [...]	2006-03-26 16:38:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL36	KURDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK REP CLAIMS NINEWA "HANGS IN THE [...] (C) According to the Western Ninewa director of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Mustafa Khokhe, Ninewa province "hangs in the balance." Ethnic tensions and the flow of terrorism from Iraq's neighbors are all contributing to a potentially combustible situation, he claims. He says Tal Afar, [...]	2006-03-30 14:04:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL37	NINEWA RULE OF LAW ISSUES PART I: NINEWA CRIMINAL JUSTICE [...] (C) In recent months we have heard criticism of the Iraqi criminal justice system in Ninewa. Even officers at the Provincial Joint Coordination Center (PJCC) say they are "tired" of seeing terrorists released by "cowardly judges" or "corrupt" military and police officials. Corruption and cow [...]	2006-03-30 14:31:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR KCRM
06MOSUL38	NINEWA RULE OF LAW ISSUES PART II: BASIC PRINCIPLES IN [...] (C) Rule of law in Ninewa, or the lack thereof as many speculate, has negatively affected the public's trust in government institutions and the criminal justice system to protect them. At the root of the problem in Ninewa is poor communication and coordination by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) [...]	2006-03-31 11:25:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR KCRM
06MOSUL39	NINEWA RULE OF LAW ISSUES PART I: NINEWA CRIMINAL JUSTICE [...] (C) In recent months we have heard criticism of the Iraqi criminal justice system in Ninewa. Even officers at the Provincial Joint Coordination Center (PJCC) say they are "tired" of seeing terrorists released by "cowardly judges" or "corrupt" military and police officials. Corruption and cow [...]	2006-04-01 12:22:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR KCRM
06MOSUL4	NINEWA KURDS FOCUSING ON PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) REO Poloff met with members of the Kurdish Alliance (KA) to discuss national election results, the new government, security, and the future provincial election. PUK member Abdulbari Al-Zebari claims KA did not perform as well as they should have due to improprieties by local IECI. He sai [...]	2006-01-30 13:39:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MOSUL40	HUMAN RIGHTS/NORTHERN IRAQ: MAYOR FEARS KURDISH DESIGNS IN [...] (C) Mayor Bassem Jejo is frustrated by what he sees as blatant efforts by the Kurds to usurp his and the Ninewa provincial government's authority over Telkaif District. He accuses the Kurds of loading the district council with KDP members, allowing Peshmerga to operate checkpoints on major t [...]	2006-04-01 12:37:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL41	NINEWA: TAWAFOQ IRAQI FRONT PARLIAMENTARIAN VIEWS ON IRAN [...] (C) Tawafoq Iraqi Front coalition national assemblymembers, who are predominantly from the Iraqi Islamic Party, told us that U.S. pressure on Iran over nuclear issues is causing Iraq's Shia politicians to resist any formation for the new government. They said the end of U.S. pressure on Iran m [...]	2006-04-07 16:31:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL42	NINEWA: IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY ON SECURITY [...] (C) Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) leaders in Ninewa want a more representative Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and a reduced role of Coalition Forces (CF). They claim the Kurds are meddling with security and politics in the province. IIP reps believe they should play a larger role with helping CF an [...]	2006-04-08 16:05:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL43	NINEWA: PROMINENT - AND SHADY - SUNNI SHEIKH ON SECURITY AND [...] (C) With the advent of democracy in Iraq, Ninewa's tribal leaders in the Sunni Arab community fear losing their traditional influence. However, there are tribal leaders working behind the scenes who still hold sway over politics and business affairs, especially such persons with strong ties t [...]	2006-04-08 16:13:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL44	NINEWA: SCIRI REP BLAMES SUNNIS, USG FOR PROBLEMS WITH [...] (C) SCIRI provincial spokesman Aref Yousef believes delays in the formation of a new central government are the fault of Sunni Arab political parties and the USG. Yousef says Sunni coalitions Tawafoq Iraqi Front (Iraqi Accord Front) and Iraqi Front for National Dialogue (Al Hewar Iraqi Front) [...]	2006-04-11 11:19:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL45	NINEWA: SHAMMAR TRIBAL LEADER ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION, [...] (C) Western Ninewa Sunni Arab tribal leader Sheikh Abdullah Al Yawar believes all ethnic and political groups in Baghdad are responsible for failings with the new government formation. He believes the last government's problems were not only the fault of Prime Minister Al Ja'afari, but also t [...]	2006-04-14 12:00:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL46	NINEWA: PUK NATIONAL ASSEMBLYMEMBER CONFIDENT IMPASSE OVER [...] (C) PUK national assemblymember from Ninewa Abdelbari Al Zebari is an optimist. On a recent visit to Turkey with PUK colleagues for talks with members of the Turkish parliament, the delegation was told -- repeatedly -- that the Iraqis should "get accustomed" to the idea of working with the Tu [...]	2006-04-14 12:39:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL47	NINEWA: TURKOMAN TRIBAL LEADER ON TURKEY, RELATIONS WITH THE [...] (C) Sheikh Seyh Beyatli, leader of the Turkoman Beyatli tribe, believes Turkey is meddling in Turkoman affairs in Iraq. He claims Turkey's main goal is to remove any sort of historical allegiances between the Kurds and Turkoman people to keep federalism from taking hold in Iraq. Beyatli claim [...]	2006-04-20 11:51:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL5	NINEWA CHALDO/ASSYRIANS CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR FUTURE IN [...] (C). REO Poloff met with members of the Beth Nahrain Patriotic Union (BNPU),a Chaldo/Assyrian political party, on January 31, to discuss national election results, security issues, and the future of the community in Ninewa. BNPU member Yacoub Ibrahim said kidnappings and extortions against [...]	2006-01-31 16:57:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL50	NINEWA VIEWS ON CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FORMATION AND SECURITY [...] (C) Reaction by Ninewa's political representatives and government officials towards the formation of a new central government in Baghdad is best described as cautiously optimistic. While there is some finger pointing as to why the process has taken so long (over six months) with no agreement, [...]	2006-05-19 16:30:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL51	NINEWA: PROVINCIAL CHIEF OF POLICE CONFIRMS SECTARIAN STRIFE [...] (S) Provincial Chief of Police Wathiq al-Qudir confirms recent violence in the western Ninewa city of Tal Afar is due to sectarian strife. President Bush mentioned Tal Afar in a speech this year as a beacon of hope after successful counterinsurgency efforts last September helped bring stabili [...]	2006-05-20 16:17:00	REO Mosul	SECRET	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL52	NINEWA PRT: MOSUL UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS INTERESTED IN WORKING [...] (C) Dean of the University of Mosul Medical School, Dr. Nazar Qibi, says he is interested in working with PRT Ninewa on projects to benefit the people of the province, but is terrified that any association with the USG or Coalition Forces (CF) might lead to injury or death for himself and his [...]	2006-05-22 16:12:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL53	NINEWA PRT RULE OF LAW: NINEWA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE [...] (C) Rule of law is the foundation of an effective criminal justice system that empowers governments to provide security and stability. Using this concept, the PRT Rule of Law Team is working with local officials on the establishment of the Ninewa Criminal Justice Committee (NCJC). The NCJC a [...]	2006-05-25 12:20:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR KCRM
06MOSUL54	NORTHERN IRAQ: NINEWA REACTION TO NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Views from Ninewa political, tribal, and government officials on the new -- and permanent -- Government of Iraq vary according to ethnicity. The Shiite community is overwhelmingly upbeat, the Kurds more pragmatic, with Sunnis feeling a bit disaffected and minorities somewhat despondent. [...]	2006-05-27 13:27:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL55	NINEWA: SOURCES CITE SECTARIAN STRIFE IN TAL AFAR [...] (C) Tal Afar is frequently cited in the western media and by USG officials as a good news story in Iraq. Recently, however, we have also heard reports of increased sectarian strife. Some sources say Sunni and Shia conflict in southern Iraq and Baghdad has influenced relations between the two [...]	2006-05-31 06:14:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL56	NINEWA: LOCAL CHRISTIAN OFFICIALS CLAIM INTERNALLY DISPLACED [...] (C) Local religious and political officials report that the number of internally displaced Christians fleeing Baghdad and Mosul to eastern Ninewa is growing. Father Aimen of St. George's Catholic Church in Bartallah claims around 3,000 displaced persons are already residing in Al Hamdiniya Di [...]	2006-05-31 07:15:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL57	CHRISTIAN MILITIAS IN NINEWA PLAINS [...] (C) Christian religious and provincial government officials report Christian militias are operating in minority areas east of Mosul ("Ninewa Plains"). According to Dr. Lalo, assistant governor for the province, Christian forces in Ninewa Plains number approximately 1,250 and are personally be [...]	2006-05-31 07:33:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL58	NINEWA PRT: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT REACHES OUT TO ITS [...] In an effort to bring the provincial government into closer contact with district constituents, PRT Ninewa and MNF-N have provided logistical support for the Ninewa provincial council to conduct a series of outreach events throughout Ninewa province. The provincial leadership held town meetings [...]	2006-05-31 08:20:00	REO Mosul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL6	AL MOSUL FREE LIST DISAPPOINTED BY ELECTION LOSS [...] (C). REO Poloff met with Shammar Sheikh Nayif Al Faysal of the Al Jerba tribe in Mosul on February 1, to discuss election results, compensatory seat awards, and the upcoming provincial election. Al Faysal is disappointed that his brother Sheikh Khlaid Al Faysal's Al Mosul Free List (#639) co [...]	2006-02-01 14:58:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL7	NINEWA VICE GOVERNOR REQUESTS MORE AUTHORITY FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (C) PRT TL and REO Poloff met with Vice Governor Khessro Goran and KDP headquarters in Mosul in February 1. Goran believes the new federal government should "give more authority" to provincial governments to help address the needs of the people. Goran spoke at some length about an increase i [...]	2006-02-03 16:58:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL8	TAWAFOQ NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DELEGATES HOPE TO "REFORM" THE [...] (C) REO Poloff met with Tawafoq Iraqi Front (#618) national assembly delegates at the Provincial Joint Command Center (PJCC) on February 2. Tawafoq members said they have many plans to help Ninewa from their positions in the federal government. Izzi Adola said Tawafoq would like to push for a [...]	2006-02-04 06:49:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL9	KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION, BRINGING DEMOCRACY BACK TO IRAQI [...] (C) REO Poloff met with Ninewa members of the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) on February 2. KIU provincial director Sabbah Baberi believes KIU, given their strong showing after the December national election, could now play an important role in Iraqi Kurdistan by moving the PUK and KDP, "back [...]	2006-02-05 11:44:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MUSCAT1588	OMANI ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: Oman has not pursued proactive engagement with the Iraqi government due to a lack of strong tribal, economic or religious ties with Iraq, geographic distance, and a cautious foreign policy that seeks to avoid playing a highly visible role on contentious issues. Omani concerns a [...]	2006-11-14 13:15:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR IZ MU
06MUSCAT170	AMERICAN FILMS SHOWCASED IN ARAB CULTURAL CAPITAL [...] Summary: This year's Muscat Film Festival, January 21- 28, was held in conjunction with the month-long Muscat Festival to showcase Muscat as this year's Arab Cultural Capital. Taken together, these events provided an ideal platform for the Embassy to reach a substantial Omani audience numbe [...]	2006-02-08 14:42:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OEXC IZ MU
06MUSCAT1707	NEA A/S WELCH MEETING WITH OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) NEA A/S Welch met December 12 with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi in Muscat. Bin Alawi personally drove A/S Welch and the Ambassador to a meeting with Sultan Qaboos (septel),and then hosted a working lunch for them with participation from Foreign Ministry [...]	2006-12-20 07:21:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAL IR IZ SY MU
06MUSCAT1737	NEA A/S WELCH ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETING WITH [...] (C) NEA A/S WELCH, ACCOMPANIED BY AMBASSADOR, MET MINISTER OF THE ROYAL OFFICE GENERAL ALI BIN MAJID AL-MA'AMARI ON DECEMBER 12 FOR A BRIEF EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON REGIONAL ISSUES. THE VISIT, MOSTLY A COURTESY CALL ON ONE OF THE SULTAN'S MOST TRUSTED ADVISORS, FEATURED A HEALTHY DIALOGUE ON IRA [...]	2006-12-28 15:00:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KDEM KMPI IZ MU
06MUSCAT1738	NEA A/S WELCH MEETING WITH ROYAL OFFICE MINISTER [...] (C) NEA A/S WELCH, ACCOMPANIED BY AMBASSADOR, MET MINISTER OF THE ROYAL OFFICE GENERAL ALI BIN MAJID AL-MA'AMARI ON DECEMBER 12 FOR A BRIEF EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON REGIONAL ISSUES. THE VISIT, MOSTLY A COURTESY CALL ON ONE OF THE SULTAN'S MOST TRUSTED ADVISORS, FEATURED A HEALTHY DIALOGUE ON IRA [...]	2006-12-28 15:03:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KDEM KMPI IZ MU
06MUSCAT192	SECURITY CONCERNS DAMPEN OMAN-IRAQ RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Iraqi and Omani diplomats agree that security concerns are frustrating the growth of bilateral relations, but disagree over whether Iraq has requested assistance. A draft joint statement forming the basis of a new bilateral relationship has yet to be signed, and the next binational comm [...]	2006-02-13 04:14:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL MU IZ
06MUSCAT235	REACTIONS TO UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR'S REPORT, [...] (SBU) In a February 18 call on MFA Chief of International Organizations Ambassador Talib bin Miran al-Raisi, P/E Chief took the opportunity to register USG objections to the UN Special Rapporteur's Report on detainee conditions in Guantanamo Bay (ref A),as well as to use talking points (refs [...]	2006-02-19 14:02:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ASEC KPAO IZ MU
06MUSCAT268	CONDEMNATION OF THE AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 09:06:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KPAO OPRC IZ MU
06MUSCAT292	IRAQ STRIFE SPARKS DENUNCIATION, REFLECTION [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Bin Alawi joined his GCC colleagues on February 24 in denouncing terrorism in Iraq in the wake of the Al-Askaria shrine bombing, while Oman's leading Arabic dailies also condemned the apparent effort to stoke civil war. Perhaps provoked by an "inappropriate" local Intern [...]	2006-03-01 14:28:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KISL PINS PGOV IZ MU
06MUSCAT671	MFA UNDER SECRETARY ON IRAN, HAMAS, IRAQ [...] (C) Foreign Ministry Under Secretary Sayyid Badr reiterated to the Ambassador on April 25 Oman's paramount concern at finding a peaceful resolution to the Iranian nuclear standoff, expressing frustration that creative solutions and confidence-building measures are not being more aggressively p [...]	2006-04-26 14:38:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL MNUC IR IZ XF MU
06MUSCAT809	OMAN WELCOMES NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] Government-owned Oman News Agency reported May 23 the Sultanate's official comments hailing the formation of a new Iraqi government: "Oman welcomed today the forming of the new Iraqi government, expressing its hope for the government to be able to find solutions to political issues that Iraq [...]	2006-05-23 12:54:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO OPRC IZ MU
06MUSCAT841	OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER: TIME NOT RIGHT FOR GCC [...] (C) The timing is not right for an Oman-led GCC mission to Tehran, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi told the Ambassador in a late evening meeting May 26. He predicted that such a mission, if not properly planned and timed, would entangle GCC governments in unproductive [...]	2006-05-29 12:33:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PREF IR IZ LY MU
06MUSCAT904	READOUT ON SULTAN'S JUNE 5 MEETING WITH IRAN FM [...] (C) Iranian FM Mottaki assured Sultan Qaboos in a June 5 meeting that Iran will give careful study to the incentive package that EU foreign policy chief Solana will deliver on June 6, as well as to the USG's May 31 offer. He offered no indication of where Tehran is leaning. Mottaki reassured [...]	2006-06-06 13:20:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC SENV PINS IR IZ MU
06NAIROBI5165	SENATOR FEINGOLD QUERIES THE GOK ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Senator Feingold sought views on Iraq from President Kibaki, Foreign Minister Tuju and Trade Minister Kituyi. Kibaki was strongly supportive of the USG's efforts in Iraq and counseled steadfastness. His Foreign and Trade ministers, however, were highly critical of the USG's ac [...]	2006-12-05 12:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KE PREL
06NEWDELHI1415	CONGRESSMAN CROWLEY AND RAHUL GANDHI DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. In a half hour February 20 meeting with Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY),Congress heir apparent Rahul Gandhi was eager to learn the Democratic party positions on a number of foreign policy issues, including the war in Iraq, the situation in the Middle East and the US relations [...]	2006-02-27 09:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL IN IZ IR
06NEWDELHI1445	KASHMIRIS SPOIL PM'S DELHI DIALOGUE BUT INDIA [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister continues to try to implement his vision of reconciliation in Kashmir, despite much political turbulence there and criticism from the BJP. PM Singh's February 25 roundtable on Kashmir attracted mainstream politicians, academics, and intellectuals, but none of t [...]	2006-02-27 15:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PBTS KISL IN PK IZ
06NEWDELHI2138	INDIAN ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO INDEPENDENT INQUIRY [...] Summary: The Volcker Committee probing allegations of illegalities in the oil-for-food program had identified Indian entities including former Foreign Minister Natwar Singh and the Congress Party among the non-contractual beneficiaries of illegal oil allotments. In India, a special inquiry a [...]	2006-03-29 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KFIN PGOV IN IZ
06NEWDELHI3248	RIFTS EMERGE AMONG INDIAN MUSLIMS OVER FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In an ugly marriage of convenience, Indian Muslim extremists from the Wahhabi-influenced Deobandi sect and radical pro-Iran Shias have joined forces with the opportunistic regional Samajwadi Party (SP) of Uttar Pradesh (UP) to mount an anti-US political campaign. More moderate [...]	2006-05-11 08:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PTER SCUL IN IR IZ
06NEWDELHI3546	INDIA WELCOMES FORMATION OF NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (U) In a welcome sign of leadership, India today issued a statement welcoming the formation of the new Iraqi government. See para 4 for complete text. 2. (C) PolCouns spoke May 22 to Indian Middle East envoy Ambassador Chinmaya Garekhan to deliver the points in Reftel. Garekhan said the GO [...]	2006-05-22 13:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EPET ENRG KISL IZ IN
06NEWDELHI356	LUCKNOW'S SHIAS UPBEAT ON U.S. OPPOSE TERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary: Sunni and Shia Muslim leaders emphasized to Poloff during his January 14-16 visit to Lucknow that the overwhelming majority of India's Shias oppose Islamic terrorism (much of which has been directed against Shias) and want India to cultivate close relations with the US. Leaders [...]	2006-01-18 11:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ PK
06NEWDELHI3586	INDIA WILL CONSIDER ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for the Gulf Manohar Ram was noncommittal about the message in Ref (A) demarche, but was receptive to suggestions that India provide training to the Iraqi Parliament, renew Ind [...]	2006-05-23 13:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ IN
06NEWDELHI369	LUCKNOW'S SHIAS UPBEAT ON U.S., OPPOSE TERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary: Sunni and Shia Muslim leaders emphasized to Poloff during his January 14-16 visit to Lucknow that the overwhelming majority of India's Shias oppose Islamic terrorism (much of which has been directed against Shias) and want India to cultivate close relations with the US. Leaders [...]	2006-01-18 13:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ PK
06NEWDELHI759	U/S DOBRIANSKY DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN [...] (C) As part of the February 1 Global Issues Forum, U/S Dobriansky met with Foreign Secretary Saran to discuss initiatives to promote democracy and human rights with India, including presidential deliverables, the UN Deeocracy Fund and UN Human Rights Commission reform. U/S Dobriansky opened [...]	2006-02-02 14:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UNSC PHUM PTER AF HU JP IZ IN
06NEWDELHI8511	SENATOR SPECTER MEETING WITH P.M. SINGH [...] (C) Summary. Visiting Senator Arlen Specter (R - PA) called on Indian P.M. Manmohan Singh December 24. Both agreed on the historic impact of the U.S./India civil-nuclear agreement on bilateral relations. P.M. Singh offered the caveat that the significance will be historic once the 123 Agre [...]	2006-12-26 11:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ETRD ETTC EAGR IR IS IZ JO KN
06NEWDELHI948	IRAN'S ANTI-US COLD WAR FALLS FLAT IN INDIA [...] (C) Summary. India's IAEA Iran vote, the Danish cartoons, and the POTUS visit are reverberating on the Indian political scene, provoking Indian Muslim leaders and activists to speak out. On the domestic front, however, the Congress-dominated UPA government has begun to act on the promises m [...]	2006-02-08 13:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IAEA KNNP KISL KDEM SCUL IN IR IZ
06NICOSIA1164	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON JULY 17 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (U) On July 14, poloff delivered reftel message to Elena Rafti, who covers the Balkans in the MFA's Division of Bilateral Affairs. Rafti said that Cyprus largely agrees with U.S. policy in the Balkans, but differs slightly in its position on Kosovo. The GOC feels the current timeline in Kos [...]	2006-07-18 09:16:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL SU CG
06NICOSIA1692	CYPRUS EXTENDS FULL DEBT RELIEF TO IRAQ [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Cyprus (GOC) and the Government of Iraq agreed on a full, mutual debt cancellation at the recent meeting of the General Assemblies of the IMF and World Bank in Singapore. As part of the agreement, Cyprus forgave Iraqi debts to the GoC and Cypriot firms of an est [...]	2006-09-29 13:14:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PREL IZ CY
06NICOSIA265	CYPRUS AGREES WITH MOST U.S. POSITIONS ON THE [...] (C) On February 23, poloff delivered reftel message to the appropriate action officers in the MFA's office of bilateral affairs. Elena Rafti, who follows Balkan issues, agreed with most U.S. points on the Balkans, and stressed that a strong EU presence in Kosovo and a successful referendum in [...]	2006-02-24 14:23:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	BK BO CG CY EUN IR IZ KPAL MW PREL SR YI
06NICOSIA332	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (C) On March 7, poloff delivered reftel message to Charalambos Hadjisavvas, who follows Middle Eastern issues in the MFA's office of bilateral affairs. Hadjisavvas said that Cyprus did not, as a rule, comment on the internal management of the Arab League, but agreed to discuss the U.S. positio [...]	2006-03-07 15:40:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU IZ CY
06NICOSIA365	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (C) On March 7, poloff delivered reftel message to Charalambos Hadjisavvas, who follows Middle Eastern issues in the MFA's office of bilateral affairs. Hadjisavvas said that Cyprus did not, as a rule, comment on the internal management of the Arab League, but agreed to discuss the U.S. positio [...]	2006-03-10 15:13:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU IZ CY
06NICOSIA375	CYPRUS REPORTEDLY HOSTS CONFERENCE ON ESTABLISHING [...] (C) On March 13, Sotos Liassides -- Director of Multilateral Affairs at the MFA -- called polchief to report that Cyprus had hosted a conference in Larnaca March 8-10 on the issue of establishing a national human rights commission in Iraq. According to Liassides, Environment Minister and Ac [...]	2006-03-13 15:28:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CY IZ
06OSLO1344	NORWEGIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN SUDAN, IRAQ [...] (C) In an October 30 tour d'horizon, Norwegian Minister of Development Assistance Erik Solheim reviewed Norway's approach to Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Sri Lanka. He cited unhappiness with the multilateral aid mechanisms Norway has been using in the Sudan, saying Norway may have to switch to [...]	2006-10-31 16:34:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID NATO SU NO AF SL IZ
06OSLO1350	EB A/S SULLIVAN MEETS NORWEGIAN DEPUTY FM [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met October 20 on the margins of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Conference with Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Liv Monica Stubholt to discuss EITI and a range of international and bilateral [...]	2006-11-02 12:58:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EMIN EPET ENRG ETTC EINV IZ IR RU NO
06OSLO401	NORWAY CONSIDERS JORDAN POLICE TRAINING [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Global Security Section advisor Torn Dramdal. Dramdal was pleased to receive our request and promised that Norway would carefully consider providing police instructors to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). 2. Comment: In its Octo [...]	2006-03-31 12:48:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS IZ JO NO KJUS KCRM
06OSLO420	ONE LESS KREKAR HURDLE: NORWEGIAN AMBO TO IRAQ [...] (C) Norway now has an accredited Ambassador to Iraq. Ambassador Sverre Stub (resident in Amman) presented his credentials to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on April 3. This important step in formalizing relations between Norway and Iraq has been laying in abeyance for some time (over [...]	2006-04-04 12:46:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC IZ NO
06OTTAWA3251	IRAQ COMPACT PREPARATORY GROUP MEETING IN KUWAIT: [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-27 15:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN PREL EINV CA IZ
06OTTAWA3373	CANADA MIGHT CONSIDER FURTHER DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 19:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ECON EFIN IZ
06PARIS105	MUBARAK VISIT LEAVES GOF REASSURED OF EGYPT'S [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the January 4 Mubarak-Chirac meeting, GoF contacts described Chirac and Mubarak as on the "same line" on Syria/Lebanon, and concluded that Egypt remains firm in its commitment to press Syria to cooperate with UNIIIC. Mubarak and Chirac agreed that Bashar al-Asad mu [...]	2006-01-06 18:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE EG KPAL IS IR IZ FR
06PARIS1186	FRENCH ON FEBRUARY 27 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol Deputy delivered points to Pascal LeDeunff, deputy chief of the MFA's CFSP unit, on February 17; poloff followed up with LeDeunff on February 24. According to LeDeunff, the GAERC will issue strong conclusions on Iran, but none on Iraq or the Israeli-Palestinian situation. END [...]	2006-02-24 17:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ KPAL CG FR EUN
06PARIS1187	GOF CONDEMNS AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING [...] (SBU) The GoF issued two statements, February 22 and 23, condemning the Al-Askariya Shrine bombing, and stressing the need for national reconciliation in Iraq (texts in paras 2 and 3). MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan told us the GoF statements were intended [...]	2006-02-24 18:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ FR
06PARIS1236	2/21 STAFFDEL TALWAR VISIT: IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staff Members Puneet Talwar and Tomicah Tilleman met a series of senior French officials February 21, in discussions that addressed Iran, Iraq, Syria/Lebanon, NATO/Darfur, Hamas, regional reform, and counterterrorism. On Iran, Chirac's Mi [...]	2006-02-28 11:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR PARM IZ SY LE KPAL IS KDEM PTER SU
06PARIS1588	MARCH 4-6 CHIRAC VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA: FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Syria/Lebanon were the primary topics of President Chirac's March 4 and 5 meetings with Saudi King Abdullah, with Iran, Hamas/PA, and Iraq discussed to a lesser degree. Elysee contacts described the Saudi monarch as bitter over rejection of the Saudi initiative on Syria-Lebanon [...]	2006-03-13 14:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA LE SY IR IZ ECON FR
06PARIS1735	FRENCH ON MARCH 20 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials spent much of March 17 helping plan the EU response to the summons received by EU and US Ambassadors in Minsk late March 16; the Austrian presidency will issue a statement holding Lukashenko alone responsible for any violence surrounding this weekend's presid [...]	2006-03-17 17:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ SU FR EUN
06PARIS1851	FRANCE: DEMARCHE ON SUDAN/AMIS/UN MISSION [...] (C) Per ref A, we provided on March 22 ref A talking points on Sudan and the AMIS/UN issue to MFA DAS-equivalent for Central and East Africa Helene Le Gal. In a follow-up discussion the same day, Le Gal said she considered the approach the U.S. intended to take with Arab states at the Arab [...]	2006-03-22 15:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SU FR
06PARIS2069	UPDATE/FAREWELL FROM TERRORISM INVESTIGATING JUDGE [...] (S) Summary: Jean-Francois Ricard, terrorism investigating judge for 12 years and deputy to renowned investigating judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere, is being promoted and transferred to the Ministry of Defense to work as chief magistrate for military penal affairs. Speculation abounds that Ricard is [...]	2006-03-30 13:39:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV FR IZ MO AG TS LY KISL
06PARIS2137	IIC FOLLOW-UP: FRENCH INVESTIGATION OF [...] (SBU) In the wake of the UN Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) reports into Oil-for-Food Program (OFF) corruption, the GoF has launched investigations of a number of French nationals named in the IIC reports, though so far none have been charged with a crime. The GoF investigation is being l [...]	2006-03-31 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KFIN PGOV PINR IZ FR
06PARIS2177	IIC FOLLOW-UP: FRENCH INVESTIGATIVE JUDGE VISITS [...] (C) On April 3, poloff spoke with financial investigating judge Philippe Courroye, who heads the independent judicial inquiry into potential French involvement in Oil-for-Food Program corruption. Courroye said the Le Figaro article in para 3 of reftel was "behind the times," since he had alrea [...]	2006-04-03 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KFIN PGOV PINR IZ FR
06PARIS2318	SEEKING FRENCH CONTRIBUTION FOR POLICE TRAINERS AT [...] (C) Summary and comment: We received mixed initial responses to our appeals to GoF officials to consider contributing police instructors to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). GoF Inter-ministerial Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction Jean-Pierre Guinhut, in a preliminary [...]	2006-04-07 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS EAID EFIN IZ FR
06PARIS2723	MFA DEMARCHE ON BADGES FOR FRENCH EMBASSY STAFF IN [...] This message contains an action request for Washington in para 5. 2. (C) On April 25, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf affairs Antoine Sivan called poloff to deliver an oral demarche on issue of DoD-issued badges for staff of the French embassy in Baghdad (reftels). Sivan exp [...]	2006-04-25 17:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ FR
06PARIS3181	FRENCH ON MAY 15-16 GAERC - FOCUS ON AID TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA deputy for CFSP Pascal LeDeunff on May 10 and discussed them with him on May 12. LeDeunff said that the biggest issue for the GAERC would be the question of EU assistance to the Palestinians. He noted that the GoF was refusing to agree to inclusion o [...]	2006-05-12 16:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KPAL UN EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU
06PARIS3448	GOF WELCOMES FORMATION OF IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (U) The following is an informal embassy translation of the French MFA statement issued May 22, welcoming formation of the new Iraqi government: Begin text: France welcomes the formation of a government in Iraq, the result of the December 15 elections and which should aim to ensure a balanc [...]	2006-05-22 16:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ FR
06PARIS3667	FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER REACTION TO U.S. STATEMENT [...] Late on May 31, in response to the Secretary's statement, which we had previously delivered, the MFA issued a supportive statement by French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy praising the U.S. decision to join the EU3's negotiations with Iran (see informal translation para 2). On June 1, the MFA [...]	2006-06-01 16:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM IZ FR
06PARIS3668	NO INCREASE IN FRANCE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NTM-I [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ FR NATO
06PARIS3922	FRANCE ON JUNE 12 GAERC - RECOGNITION OF MONTENEGRO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy will announce at the June 12-13 GAERC that France recognizes Montenegro, according to MFA CFSP deputy chief Pascal LeDeunff. He listed as the most important topics at the GAERC preparation of the June 20-21 U.S.-EU summit, Montenegro, Cuba, Iran, I [...]	2006-06-09 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ CU KPAL FR
06PARIS3978	CONSTRUCTIVE FRENCH MFA LINE ON MID-YEAR [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on the June 15 UNSC review of the Multinational Force Iraq (MNF-1) mandate and current DFI/IAMB arrangements with MFA Iraq desk officer Jean-Marie Safa and MFA UN Action Officer for Iraq Nicolas Kassianides June 12. Both Safa and Kassianides expected that th [...]	2006-06-13 13:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ FR
06PARIS4610	IRAQI VP ABDEL-MEHDI MEETS WITH FM DOUSTE-BLAZY [...] (C) Summary and comment: While in France for personal reasons, Iraqi Vice-President Abdel Abdel-Mehdi met on June 26 with FM Douste-Blazy and President Chirac's diplomatic advisor, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne. Abdel-Medhi also gave numerous press interviews during which he described the situat [...]	2006-07-05 15:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR IZ
06PARIS4817	FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) The visit of Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Counselor Zelikow and the Iraq Compact delegation offers the best opportunity thus far to move the French toward significant involvement in Iraq's reconstruction. The GOF has been publicly supportive of the new Iraqi government. However, its respons [...]	2006-07-17 05:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID IZ FR
06PARIS4855	FRENCH PARTICIPATION AT IRAQ COMPACT MEETING IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-17 15:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV IZ FR
06PARIS4951	FRANCE: DEMARCHE ON JULY 20 BAGHDAD COMPACT [...] (SBU) Embassy provided reftel points to the offices of Foreign Ministry Political Director Stansilas de Laboulaye and Ministry of Finance Director General of the Treasury and Economic Policy Xavier Musca to update them after their recent meetings with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Ki [...]	2006-07-20 14:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL FR IZ ECIN OTRA
06PARIS4955	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' JULY 13 MEETING WITH INDIAN [...] (U) July 13, 2006; 10:30AM - 2:45PM; Paris, FRANCE 2. (U) Participants: U.S. U/S Nicolas Burns Anja Manuel, P Staff Political Officer Greg D'Elia, U.S. Embassy, Paris Political Officer Leslie Ordeman, U.S. Embassy, Paris (notetaker) India: Foreign Minister Saran S. Jaishankar, H [...]	2006-07-20 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL BM NP CE IR IZ VE GT CU FR
06PARIS4979	FRENCH VIEWS ON IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow briefed French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye on planning for the Iraq Compact on July 18. Laboulaye welcomed the initiative for an Iraq Compact as "encouraging", calling it a good [...]	2006-07-21 15:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ FR
06PARIS4980	IRAQ COMPACT: FRENCH FINANCE MINISTRY OPEN TO [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Counselor Philip Zelikow met July 17 with Xavier Musca, Director General of the Treasury and Economic Policy in the French Ministry of Finance to discuss the Iraq Compact. Musca expressed support for the goals of the Compact, but expressed concerns abou [...]	2006-07-21 15:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL FR IZ
06PARIS5170	INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION (IOC/UNESCO) [...] Summary and Key Accomplishments: At the 39th Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Executive Council -- which took place June 21-28, 2006 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris -- the U.S. delegation (USDEL) met all of its objectives. These included: encouraging fiscal tra [...]	2006-07-31 14:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AORC TSPL EAID SENV KSCI IZ
06PARIS552	FRENCH "OIL FOR FOOD" INVESTIGATING JUDGE SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Investigating judge Philippe Courroye met with Poloffs January 24 to request USG assistance regarding his planned trip to Baghdad to question four Iraqi nationals (including Tariq Aziz and Saddam Hussein) in his investigation into the UN's "oil for food" corruption scandal. Courr [...]	2006-01-27 15:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS FR IZ
06PARIS5657	FRENCH SUPPORT FOR IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt led a delegation to France August 16-17 to discuss the Iraq Compact. French officials remained positive about the Compact's goals and were visibly engaged on the issue. Officials welcomed the briefing on USG discussions with Gulf countries, espe [...]	2006-08-24 07:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EIND EAID PREL IZ FR
06PARIS584	IAEA DONOR CONFERENCE ON DECOMISSIONING OF IRAQ'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 14:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP AORC FR IZ IAEA
06PARIS6046	SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-11 08:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IZ PREL
06PARIS6512	MFA DENIES RUMORS OF RENEWED FRENCH OFFER TO TRAIN [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi ambassador to France has picked up intimations that France may, during a visit in early November by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, renew its offer to train members of the Iraqi security forces -- this time perhaps in Jordan -- a rumor strenuously denied by the MFA. End [...]	2006-09-28 15:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ FR
06PARIS6907	TALABANI VISIT ON TRACK [...] (C) On Oct. 19, PolMC briefed Iraqi Ambassador Mouaffak Abboud on the results (reported Ref B) of our latest demarche to the French on supporting the Iraq Compact. PolMC noted that the UK Embassy delivered a similar demarche to the French in mid-September and urged Abboud to also raise the po [...]	2006-10-19 17:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD FR IZ PGOV PREL
06PARIS7024	SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY'S NOVEMBER 3-4 VISIT TO [...] (C) When you meet him, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne's focus will be on some of the same subjects that are currently preoccupying us: Iran, Syria/Lebanon and NATO (global partnerships, Afghanistan.) We would expect MGM to be in his usual cooperative, problem-solving mode on the first two, wher [...]	2006-10-25 17:34:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL FR NATO KNNP IR IZ LE SY IS RS GG

06PARIS7056	FRENCH MFA ON IRAQ COMPACT PG MEETING, TALABANI [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Franck Gellet, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq, and Bernard Chappedelaine, Iraq desk officer, on October 26. Chappedelaine said France would be represented at the 10/31 Preparatory Group meeting by Ambassador Jean-Pierre Guinhut, Inter-Ministerial Coordinato [...]	2006-10-26 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN FR IZ PGOV PREL
06PARIS7322	FRENCH PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON IRAQ, LEBANON, AND [...] (C) Summary: A/DCM met 11/8 with Dominique Boche, President Chirac's foreign policy advisor for the Middle East and North Africa and received a short readout of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's visit to France November 1-2. Boche noted that Talabani did not raise France's long-standing offer t [...]	2006-11-09 11:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS744	ISRAELI IO A/S OUTLINES MULTILATERAL PRIORITIES, [...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA IO A/S-Equivalent Aharon Leshno Yaar briefed Political Minister-Counselor January 26 on his meetings with French counterparts, stressing his warning to the GoF against new initiatives on Shebaa farms. Yaar confided Israel was also interested in organizing a new coor [...]	2006-02-03 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ FR
06PARIS7445	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR TEXT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on November 17 to Nicolas Kassianides, MFA action officer for UN Middle East issues. Kassianides said that France wanted to be helpful, and that the MFA agreed "almost fully" with the draft text. He noted that the French Mission to the UN had already sugge [...]	2006-11-17 16:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IZ PARM PREL
06PARIS7567	SIGIR Stuart Bowen's PD Program in France, Nov 20 - 22, [...] SUMMARY: The Embassy's Public Affairs Section (PAS) took advantage of the visit to France of Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) Stuart Bowen, November 20-22, 2006, to program him as a "target of opportunity" speaker in both Paris and Lille. Presenting updated informati [...]	2006-11-28 14:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KDEM IZ FR
06PRAGUE1401	CZECH REPUBLIC: UNLIKELY TO FORGIVE BEYOND 80% OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 12:35:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EZ IZ
06PRAGUE1466	PLANNED CZECH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS FOR 2007 [...] (U) Summary: The Czech Chamber of Deputies will vote in December on a bill authorizing proposed foreign military deployments for 2007. The bill is likely to pass without serious opposition. Increased numbers of troops are planned for Afghanistan and the Balkans, while Iraq troop levels will re [...]	2006-12-01 13:15:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ MARR MASS IZ AF YI BK LE
06PRAGUE1487	CZECH PARLIAMENT APPROVES MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS FOR [...] On November 5th the Czech Chamber of Deputies approved a bill authorizing proposed foreign military deployments for 2007 (Note: Reftel provided full details of the plan. End note). The legislation now goes to the President for signature. 2. The bill approved by the lower chamber, and previo [...]	2006-12-06 15:34:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EZ MARR MASS IZ AF YI BK LE
06PRAGUE1543	CZECH CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAQ [...] Summary. This is the first in a series of cables summarizing significant Czech contributions (military, security, democracy promotion, development assistance, and humanitarian aid) in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans. The Czech Republic has maintained troops in Iraq since 2003 and provided tr [...]	2006-12-22 08:27:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID MASS IZ EZ
06PRAGUE1544	CZECHS WILL NOT EXTEND TOUR OF POLICE TRAINERS IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-22 08:42:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KRCM SNAR IZ JO EZ
06PRAGUE1545	CZECHS AFFIRM SUPPORT FOR U.S. MIDDLE EAST POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. During a visit to Prague December 10-11, NEA PDAS James F. Jeffrey met with MFA officials and members of the Czech Parliament Foreign Relations Committee to discuss Iran, recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, and Middle East issues generally. The Czechs responded favorably [...]	2006-12-22 09:01:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR EZ
06PRAGUE192	CZECH MEDICAL AID TO THE MIDDLE EAST: "A SIGNAL TO [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Ambassador Cabaniss, the Iraqi Ambassador, and the Pakistani Charge d'Affaires visited Iraqi and Pakistani children recuperating in Prague from surgery on February 21. The purpose of their visit was to thank the Czech government for its "medevac" program, which brings critica [...]	2006-02-22 13:47:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL IZ PK EZ
06PRAGUE199	CZECHS ON FEB 27 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the February 27 GAERC, the top priorities will be the Balkans, the Middle East, and Belarus. The Czechs stress the importance of observing international standards in Kosovo, and of managing the impact in Belgrade of any permanent solution for Kosovo. The Czechs strongly support [...]	2006-02-24 07:53:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ KPAL CG
06PRAGUE285	CZECHS ON MARCH 20 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs predict that the Balkans, Palestine, and Belarus will be the top priorities at the March 20 GAERC. On the Balkans, progress is being made, but some EU member states may be losing their appetite for admitting the Balkan states to the EU in the foreseeable future. On Pale [...]	2006-03-17 16:30:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ SU
06PRAGUE306	CZECHS TEACH IRAQIS IMMIGRATION CONTROL [...] (U) Summary. The Czechs are helping the Iraqi government learn how to manage Iraq's borders. In February, the Czechs brought ten senior Iraqi government officials to Prague to learn best practices in asylum and migration policy. The visit -- sponsored by a partnership between the Czech governm [...]	2006-03-23 14:25:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM IZ EZ
06PRAGUE508	CZECHS ON MAY 15 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the May 15 GAERC, Czechs expect the focus will be on the Balkans, the Middle East, and Africa. On Serbia, the Czechs agree with the EU decision to suspend accession talks for failure to comply fully with ICTY. They urge Montenegro to use the Czech-Slovak "Velvet Divorce" as a m [...]	2006-05-12 08:41:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UN EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU LI
06PRAGUE570	CZECH REPUBLIC WELCOMES FORMATION OF IRAQI [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 12:31:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ EZ
06PRAGUE571	CZECHS CONTRIBUTE 50,000 EURO TO NATO TRAINING [...] (U) MFA Deputy Director for Security Policy Vaclav Balek informed Poloff that in response to NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer's appeal, the Czech government on May 17 approved a donation of EUR 50,000 (USD 70,625) to support the NTM-I Trust Fund. These funds follow a Czech donation [...]	2006-05-26 13:34:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MOPS PREL EZ IZ
06PRAGUE635	CZECHS ON JUNE 12 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the June 12 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on Cuba, the Middle East, and the Balkans. On Cuba, the GAERC conclusions are expected to contain strong language on Cuba (already negotiated by the Czechs and the Spanish) denouncing the human rights conditions in Cuba and o [...]	2006-06-09 14:56:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL EZ
06PRAGUE806	CZECHS ON JULY 17 GAERC [...] (C) Summary: At the July 17 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on the Middle East and the Balkans. The Czechs are strong supporters of USG policy in both regions. Of particular note, outgoing Czech FM Cyril Svoboda plans to take a tough stand in support of Israel during the debate on the [...]	2006-07-14 12:54:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL SU CG
06PRAGUE97	CZECH DEMOCRACY PROMOTION: IRAQ [...] (U) Summary and comment. This cable, the fifth in a series highlighting Czech transformational diplomacy, describes Czech democracy promotion projects in Iraq. These projects are motivated by the Czech interest in rebuilding Iraq, and promoting democracy and regional stability throughout the M [...]	2006-01-27 17:57:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM IZ EZ
06PRETORIA1290	SAG ON HAMAS, PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, AND IRAQI DEBT [...] (C) Summary: The SAG is likely to continue to engage Hamas, including a visit by Intelligence Minister Kasrils and Deputy Foreign Minister Pahad to the Middle East region next week and a visit by Hamas leadership to South Africa at an undetermined date. DFA Chief Director for the Middle East [...]	2006-03-30 16:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN KPAL IR IZ IS SF
06QUITO1401	GOE DEFENDS NAM IRAN DECLARATION, BUT PLEDGES [...] (C) PolChief and PolIntern delivered RefTel demarche on June 7 to Ambassador Fernando Yepez, Acting U/S for Multilateral Affairs, expressing USG dismay over the recent declaration on Iran issued by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). Ambassador Yepez noted that the GOE Ambassador in Vienna had a [...]	2006-06-07 22:21:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ EC
06RABAT1095	MOROCCO: PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Further to reftels, MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Organizations Hassan Hami contacted Poloff on June 5 to report that during the May 27 Morocco-Kuwait Joint High Committee meeting held in Kuwait FM Benaissa and his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Sabah Al Jaber Al Sabah issued a communique [...]	2006-06-06 15:59:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ MO
06RABAT1456	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR ZALMAY [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 16:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	JO TU IZ AMGT OTRA ASEC FR MO
06RABAT2050	MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE REGARDING UPCOMING [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Hassan Hami, Chief of Division of Arab and Islamic Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 3. Hami, spoke unofficially because Mohammed Azeroual, the Di [...]	2006-11-03 16:06:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IO IS IZ LE SY ECON MO
06RABAT2082	DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ: INTERIM MOROCCAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor raised reftel demarche with Hassan Hami, Chief of Division of Arab and Islamic Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 7. Hami declined substantive comment on the issue, indicating that it is being handled directly at a higher level by Mohammed Azerou [...]	2006-11-09 11:07:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON IZ MO
06RABAT2134	DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ: FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor pursued the issue of Moroccan debt relief for Iraq in a November 16 meeting with Ambassador Mohammed Azeroual, Director General for Arab and Islamic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Azarwal noted that the GOM has been in repeated contact with Iraqi officials o [...]	2006-11-17 13:38:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON IZ MO
06RABAT2218	MOROCCO'S POLITICAL AND MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR IRAQ [...] (C) A senior MFA official confirmed to us that Iraqi FM Zebari is due in Morocco for a 2-3 day visit on December 8. The Moroccans cautioned the USG against allowing Iraqi Sunnis to become marginalized from the political process and to be wary of any Iranian role in stabilizing the country. The [...]	2006-12-06 14:29:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO IZ
06RABAT2259	MOROCCO/IRAQ: NO REVELATIONS BUT ZEBARI GETS [...] (C) MFA Director General for Middle East and International Organizations Mohammed Azeroual briefed Polcouns December 13 on the December 6-8 visit to Morocco of Iraqi FM Hoshiyar Zebari. Azeroual said Zebari paid a courtesy call on the Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament Abdel Wahed Radi [...]	2006-12-14 12:32:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR SY MO
06RABAT315	MOROCCO ON DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY [...] (S) DCM met February 22 with newly appointed Director General for Multilateral Affairs and Director for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual to discuss reftel requirements regarding potential Moroccan donations for Iraqi and Afghan security forces. Azeroual asserted that the Iraqis would [...]	2006-02-23 17:13:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	AF IZ MARR MO MOPS PINS PREL PTER MASS
06RABAT519	ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: MOROCCAN RESPONSE [...] (C) DCM met March 22 with MFA Director General for Multilateral Relations Mohamed Azeroual to stress the importance of ref(a) issues for the upcoming Arab League (AL) meeting in Khartoum. Azeroual confirmed that FM Benaissa will lead the Moroccan delegation as King Mohammed is currently "busy [...]	2006-03-23 16:13:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SU MO
06RABAT789	MOROCCO ON INDEPENDENT INQUIRY COMMITTEE FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel impact of the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) charged with investiging the UN's Oil-for Food program on April 27 with MFA Director for International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita. According to Bourita, the issue needs to be viewed "globally," and [...]	2006-04-27 12:37:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KFIN PGOV IZ MO
06REYKJAVIK102	ICELAND: ADDITIONAL IRAQ ASSISTANCE NOT [...] (SBU) Post briefed Icelandic MFA Head of Security and Disarmament Division Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson March 23 on the President's budget requests for Iraq (ref A). Asked the current Icelandic thinking on additional assistance for Iraqi reconstruction, Gudjonsson referenced Reykjavik's recent d [...]	2006-03-23 17:09:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL IZ IC
06REYKJAVIK63	ICELAND JOINS EU IN CONDEMNATION OF IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 16:52:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ IC
06REYKJAVIK69	ICELAND TO MAKE NEW DONATION TO NTM-I [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 15:47:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ IC
06RIGA1056	TWO LATVIAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] SUMMARY. The deaths of two Latvian soldiers in Iraq December 27 has topped all news in Latvia in the aftermath. Despite nearly 80 percent public opposition to the mission, senior officials have clearly stated that Latvia will remain in Iraq. Opposition political leaders, and even some membe [...]	2006-12-29 15:38:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS PREL IZ LG
06RIGA524	LATVIAN DEFMIN REASSURED ON ROTATAION OF LATVIAN [...] (C) Summary: As flagged by Embassy Baghdad, the Government of Latvia has been very concerned in recent days about what they believed to be a delay in the return home of their contingent rotating out of service in MNF-I. Thanks to quick coordination, we have been able to allay GOL concerns an [...]	2006-07-05 14:47:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PGOV IZ LG
06RIYADH5105	SAUDIS NAME NEW IRAQ BORDER LIAISON OFFICER [...] (S) General Saleh bin Ali al-Muhayya, Chief of General Staff of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense and Aviation (MODA) sent a letter (classified "secret/urgent") to CHUSMTM May 30 on the appointment of a new Saudi-Iraq border liaison officer. The new officer is LTC Khalid bin Mohamed al-S [...]	2006-06-25 15:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PBTS PGOV PREL PINR SA IZ MARR MOPS
06RIYADH5106	SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 27 VISIT OF AMBASSADOR [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Jeddah June 27. Ambassador Oberwetter and Consul General Tatiana Gfoeller look forward to meeting you and will accompany you on a number of your calls on Saudi leaders. Per your request, appointments are being requested in Jedd [...]	2006-06-25 16:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV OVIP PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH5322	IRAQI PRIME MINISTER VISITS KINGDOM ON FIRST TRIP [...] (C) Traveling on his first trip abroad as Prime Minister, Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki visited Saudi Arabia July 1-2 seeking Saudi support for economic development, reconciliation, and improving security to stabilize Iraq. Saudi news sources reported that PM Maliki was received by the Crown Prin [...]	2006-07-05 12:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH5546	KING EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN [...] (S) During Ambassador Khalilzad's recent visit to the Kingdom (reftels),King Abdullah talked at length about SAG concerns about the influence exerted by Iran and its surrogates in Iraq and the region. King Abdullah told his guests that "justice is missing" in Iraq, and that there is "no eq [...]	2006-07-12 06:42:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV IZ SA
06RIYADH5547	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for the visit of Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt and his delegation to Saudi Arabia on July 23. Due to recent severe budget cuts, the Mission must direct charge all visit support costs. Country cl [...]	2006-07-12 08:23:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ SA
06RIYADH5548	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY TREASURY [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Jeddah July 23. Ambassador Oberwetter and Consul General Tatiana Gfoeller look forward to meeting you and will accompany you on a number of your calls on Saudi leaders. Per your request, appointments are being requested in Jedd [...]	2006-07-12 09:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ SA
06RIYADH5780	US LOBBYING FIRM SEEKS GREATER VOICE FOR TAWAFUQ, [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph five. 2. (C) Summary: Mark Alsalih, an Iraqi American from the Washington lobbying firm MITA, requested Embassy's assistance on July 17 to make an introduction to Director of the Saudi General Intelligence Presidency Prince [...]	2006-07-19 15:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH6440	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for a delegation led by Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Principal Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Ambassador James SIPDIS Jeffrey to visit the Kingdom August 14-15 to dis [...]	2006-08-13 11:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ SA
06RIYADH7	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD SEEKS POST-IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad met with King Abdullah, Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, and General Intelligence Presidency director Prince Muqrin bin Abd al-Aziz on December 27, to seek Saudi support in Iraq for building an Arab Sunni-Kurdish-Alawi coalition to engage the [...]	2006-01-02 12:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH7838	USG ASSESSMENTS OF TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This cable provides the assessment of Embassy Riyadh's country team of the terrorist/insurgent financing environment in Saudi Arabia. As instructed in reftel, post's response is divided into separate sections providing background information on the terrorist/insurgent operat [...]	2006-10-05 14:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PREL PTER KTFN ETTC SA IZ
06RIYADH7990	IRAQI DELEGATION VISITS KSA TO DISCUSS IRAQ [...] The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance confirmed to us on October 9 that an Iraqi technical delegation came to Saudi Arabia on October 7 to discuss Iraqi debt to Saudi Arabia. 2. According to Deputy Minister of Finance Al-Bazi'y, three Iraqi delegates from the Ministry of Finance v [...]	2006-10-11 10:47:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECIN ECON IZ SA
06RIYADH8414	MAKKAH DECLARATION - WHERE HAVE ALL THE SHI'A [...] (U) Iraqi Sunni and Shi'a religious leaders signed on October 20 the "Makkah Declaration," which forbids Sunnis and Shi'a to kill each other (reftel). Many are likening the ten-point declaration to a "fatwa," or religious ruling, although the signatories have not described the document as suc [...]	2006-10-24 13:41:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH8799	SAUDI PUBLIC REACTION TO SADDAM HUSSEIN'S [...] (C) Saudi public reaction to the November 5 sentencing to death of Saddam Hussein has been mixed. While there are those who question the legality of Hussein's trial and the credibility of the proceedings, others agree with the verdict and sentencing. At the same time, some Saudis have expres [...]	2006-11-08 10:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH8835	FACILITATING GREATER SAG ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ - A [...] (S) This constitutes Post's response to Ref A. The situation in Iraq remains of great concern to Saudis across the political, economic, and social spectrum. The press reported on November 13 that Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Naif called Iraq a "major base for terrorism," adding that the [...]	2006-11-13 13:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON IZ SA
06RIYADH8900	A SAUDI'S VIEWS ON THE U.S. AND RULE OF LAW IN KSA [...] (S) Echoing several other commentators and analyses, Saudi commercial lawyer and diplomat Dr. Waleed Nasser Al-Nuwaiser (strictly protect) told PolOff on November 8 that the heart of most problems in Saudi Arabia is the absence of rule of law. He stressed that the USG should emphasize the n [...]	2006-11-21 07:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PHUM PGOV KISL EPET SA IZ
06RIYADH9	SAUDI VIEWS ON IRANIAN AND SYRIAN ACTIVITIES IN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal and General Intelligence Presidency (GIP) director Prince Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz sought and shared views on Iran and Syria during a December 27 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad. They told the Ambassador that while it was possible t [...]	2006-01-02 14:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IR SA SY IZ
06RIYADH9068	THE REHABILITATION OF KING SAUD AND HIS TRIBAL [...] (C) Saud bin Abudulaziz was the eldest surviving son of the Kingdom's founder Abudulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud. He became Crown Prince and Viceroy of the Nejd in 1933. Upon his father's death in 1953, he became King. He was deposed by his brothers in 1964 and died in exile a few years lat [...]	2006-12-13 13:01:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA IZ
06RIYADH9095	xxxxxxxxxxxx ON IRANIAN THREATS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-16 14:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EFIN PTER IZ IR SA
06RIYADH9173	ENTHUSIASTIC SHOURA COUNCIL ASKS SENATOR NELSON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Enthusiastic Majlis Al Shoura members acknowledged the positive U.S. - Saudi bilateral relationship but asked Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) during a meeting on December 17 for increased engagement by members of Congress with the Council. Meeting participants agreed that any enhance [...]	2006-12-26 11:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH9174	CROWN PRINCE REITERATES SAUDI NONINTERFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 11:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH9175	SAUDI MOI HEAD SAYS IF U.S. LEAVES IRAQ, SAUDI [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 11:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PTER KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH9179	DEPUTY MOI TO SENATOR NELSON:THE KEY TO WINNING [...] (S) SUMMARY. Deputy Minister of Interior Mohamed bin Naif told Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) that the key to winning the war on terror is defeating the terrorists' ideology. He echoed the senator's other interlocutors in supporting Iraqi unity and the SAG's noninterference policy. The Deputy M [...]	2006-12-26 12:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KISL IZ SA
06ROME1019	BERLUSCONI-PRODI DEBATE SHOWS CONTRAST: NO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Many commentators give PM Berlusconi a slight edge over challenger Romano Prodi in last night's second candidate debate. Berlusconi was more poised than in the first debate and offered a surprise proposal to eliminate local property taxes on every family's first home--a proposal [...]	2006-04-04 15:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON IZ IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME119	IRAQ: ITALIANS WANT TO LEAD PRT, EVALUATING OTHER [...] (C) Summary. Italy would like to lead the PRT in Dhi Qar province, where it has considerable military and civilian experience. It sees this as a useful vehicle for an increasing focus on civilian activities as well as security training. Packaging the coalition's evolving role in Iraq in ter [...]	2006-01-12 17:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM
06ROME1209	ITALY: PRODI ADVISER TALKS GOVERNMENT FORMATION, [...] (C) A senior adviser to Romano Prodi says President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi has privately agreed to tap Prodi as PM-designate before Ciampi's term expires. If that happened, it could accelerate the government formation process by about two weeks, to mid-May. Levi also said he th [...]	2006-04-21 17:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KNNP PTER EUN IZ IR IT
06ROME1221	ITALY: PRODI ALLY LOOKS AHEAD ON IRAQ, HAMAS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Head of the Democrats of the Left (DS) International Affairs Office adviser and newly elected member of parliament Luciano Vecchi told Poloff that Prodi would strictly follow EU policy with regards to Hamas. Vecchi also confirmed the Center-Left position on Iraq, reaffirming that [...]	2006-04-24 16:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPAL IZ IT
06ROME1261	ITALIAN POLITICIANS REACT WITH GRIEF AND [...] (C) Italian politicians reacted with grief, solidarity, and condemnation April 28 following the killing of three Italians and a Romanian in Nasiriya. PM Berlusconi said he was deeply grieved by the deaths and center-left leader Prodi called it a tragedy for all of Italy. One center-left party [...]	2006-04-28 05:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME1347	IRAQ: ITALIAN MFA WARNS PRESSING TOO HARD ON QRF [...] (C) The Italian MFA does not foresee a change in Italy's policy of gradual troop reductions, in consultation with the Iraqis and coalition partners, in Iraq. Barring additional terrorist attacks, the MFA also does not expect major problems with funding renewal for the mission this summer. But [...]	2006-05-05 16:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME1450	GOI LEADERS SAY ITALY WILL REMAIN STAUNCH ALLY [...] (C) Summary. PDAS Kurt Volker met May 8-9 with a cross-section of political and MFA representatives and stressed to elected GOI leaders the importance of continued cooperation on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, the Balkans and other global issues. He said that Italy would remain an important ally b [...]	2006-05-12 14:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IAEA IT IZ IR SR
06ROME1552	ITALIANS WELCOME FORMATION OF IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOI welcomed the formation of the new Iraqi Government and pledged to continue support for Iraqi reconstruction and democratic development. Newly elected Prime Minister Prodi, who was critical of the war, and newly-appointed Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema issued individua [...]	2006-05-22 14:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KPAO IZ IT
06ROME1580	ITALY: DEFENSE MINISTER PARISI TELLS AMB. GOI [...] (C) In the Ambassador's May 23 introductory call on new Italian Defense Minister Arturo Parisi, Parisi stressed themes of friendship with the U.S., a desire to consult closely on all issues and to deal with the most sensitive ones frankly and away from the press. He assured the Ambassador of [...]	2006-05-23 15:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS IZ AF IT
06ROME1590	ITALY: NEW UNDERSECRETARY TO THE PM CALLS [...] (C) Ambassador paid an introductory call May 23 on the new Undersecretary to the Prime Minister Enrico Letta (nephew of Berlusconi U/S Gianni Letta). Letta, a 1988 IV grantee and VP of Aspen Italy, has a very positive view of the U.S. and said he considers Italy's relationship with the U.S. e [...]	2006-05-24 15:43:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL NATO MOPS IZ IN IT
06ROME1625	ITALY: PM PRODI ON CIVILIAN COMMITMENT TO IRAQ, [...] (C) In a wide-ranging meeting with Senator Allen and the Ambassador on May 30, Italian PM Prodi said Italy was firmly committed to Iraq's future, but had to figure out how to end its military engagement while continuing to contribute to reconstruction and political development. He said he was [...]	2006-05-31 14:52:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS EUN IZ AF IT
06ROME1637	IRAQ: ITALIAN LEADERS ASSESSING ITALY'S TROOP [...] (C) Summary. Italian leaders are evaluating Italy's troop presence in Iraq and seeking ways to reconcile the need to maintain a military presence for civilian force protection with the government's commitment to complete troop withdrawal. In separate discussions with Deputy FM Rutelli and De [...]	2006-06-01 14:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME1680	IRAQ: ITALY CONSIDERING THREE OPTIONS: FULL PRT [...] (S) PolMilCouns met June 5 with Italian Defense Minister's Diplomatic Advisor Achille Amerio. Amerio said DefMin Parisi was at a two-day meeting of all Italy's ministers where Iraq was being discussed, and it was unclear what would come out of those discussions. That said, according to Amerio [...]	2006-06-06 09:53:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL NATO MOPS IZ IT
06ROME1726	ITALIAN VIEWS ON JUNE GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The GOI is prepared to recognize Montenegro as an independent state following an EU statement on the results of the referendum but wants the international community to continue to focus on trafficking, organized crime and security issues after the dissolution of the union between [...]	2006-06-09 14:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KPAL YI MW IZ IT
06ROME1753	IRAQ: ITALY HASN'T CLOSED THE DOOR ON PRT YET [...] (S) Senior Italian diplomatic advisors told visiting Deputy Senior Advisor for Iraq (S/I) Barbara Stephenson June 9 that Italy will withdraw all of its troops in Iraq before the end of 2006, but plans to remain engaged in reconstruction efforts. They were pessimistic about Italy continuing to [...]	2006-06-13 14:18:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME1755	ITALIAN FM D'ALEMA SEEKING GOOD START TO [...] (S/NF) I met with FM D'Alema June 13 to preview his plans for his June 16 meetings with you. He wants to start the new Italian government's relations with us on a positive and constructive note. D'Alema said Italy can and will do more in Afghanistan, is willing to do more in Iraq under a NATO [...]	2006-06-13 15:21:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV OVIP MOPS IZ IT EUN NATO
06ROME1757	SCENESETTER: YOUR 6/16 MEETING WITH ITALIAN FM [...] (S/NF) FM (and Deputy PM) Massimo D'Alema is a key political powerhouse in the new Italian government, a nine-party coalition including the Greens and the Communists, with a razor-thin majority in the Senate. The Prodi government is trying to align Italy with what it believes is the EU line, [...]	2006-06-13 16:44:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NATO OVIP IT SR YI IZ IR AF
06ROME1770	ITALY: MOI AMATO TALKS IMMIGRATION, IRAN, MIDDLE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Senator George Allen met May 30 with Italy's new Minister of Interior Giuliano Amato. Allen thanked Amato for the GoI's excellent counter terrorism cooperation. Amato discussed Italy's problem with illegal aliens arriving from Libya, the challenge of containing Iran' [...]	2006-06-15 10:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV UN IZ IN IT
06ROME2017	IRAQ COMPACT LOGISTICS INFORMATION FOR ITALY [...] (C) The Italian MFA confirms the presence of the three Italian delegates listed in reftel at the July 20 Iraq Compact and would like to accept the U.S. offer to provide transportation from Amman to the International Zone. The delegates' full information is as follows: - Minister Gianludovic [...]	2006-07-17 10:01:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV IZ IT
06ROME2076	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COLE [...] Embassy Rome warmly welcomes the visit of Codel Cole. Please find below background information to serve as a scenesetter for visit. 2. U.S.-Italy relations traditionally have been strong regardless of the party in power. The Center Left's April 9-10 election victory should not significant [...]	2006-07-21 09:12:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME239	IRAQ: ITALY-US-UK TRILATS, JANUARY 19, 2006 [...] (C) Summary. Italy confirmed it will lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Dhi Qar, for which it would provide its own security, and the UK previewed its plans for a PRT in Basra. U.S.-UK-Italy agreed on the concept for the PRTs as providing capacity-building for local authorities. [...]	2006-01-26 08:02:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC PGOV IZ IT
06ROME2436	ITALY: THE DOGS BARK, AND THE PRODI CARAVAN MOVES [...] (S/NF) The main lesson for the US in PM Romano Prodi's first 100 days is that early and active engagement with this center-left government pays. The Italian reversal of position and decision to quietly maintain a civilian presence in Iraq despite military withdrawal reflected a deliberate cal [...]	2006-08-31 08:14:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON MOPS PTER IZ LE SY IT
06ROME2538	IRAQ COMPACT MEETINGS: ITALY EXPRESSES INTEREST [...] Acting EcMinCouns and Econoff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Finance Director General for International Financial Relations, Ignazio Angeloni, September 7. DG Angeloni stated that the GOI would be interested in actively participating in, and contributing to, all three of the planned [...]	2006-09-11 05:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL IZ IT
06ROME2982	ITALYASKS FOR HELP ON URS LOGISTICS, [...] (C) Summary. PolMinCouns met with Italian Iraq Task Force coordinator De Martino on October 27 to deliver reftel points and discuss Italian URS logistics. De Martino told PolMinCouns that Italy would be represented at the October 31 Iraq Compact Meeting in Kuwait by the Italian Ambassador to [...]	2006-10-27 15:34:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID NATO IZ IT
06ROME2984	ITALY SEES NK UNSCR POSSIBLE PRELUDE TO UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senator Gordon Smith met with MFA Political Affairs Director General Terzi October 16. The Italians noted the UNSCR on North Korea, though not as robust as ideally desired, left hope the UNSC might reach similar consensus on Iran. Terzi stressed the goal of UNSC action must be [...]	2006-10-27 16:28:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IT IZ LE NP XF IR UN KNNP
06ROME3046	IRAQ: NO CURRENT ITALIAN PLANS TO FORGIVE [...] (C) Summary: Government of Italy officials informed Emboffs that the GOI was not developing any plans to forgive the remaining 20 percent of debt that Iraq owes to Italy. A Ministry of Finance official explained this was due largely to legal constraints. Additionally, the MoF official exp [...]	2006-11-08 16:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN IZ IT
06ROME3047	IRAQ: NO CURRENT ITALIAN PLANS TO FORGIVE [...] (C) Summary: Government of Italy officials informed Emboffs that the GOI was not developing any plans to forgive the remaining 20 percent of debt that Iraq owes to Italy. A Ministry of Finance official explained this was due largely to legal constraints. Additionally, the MoF official exp [...]	2006-11-08 16:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN IZ IT
06ROME3130	SHARING DRAFT UNSCR TEXT ON IRAQ WITH ITALY [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-20 16:42:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC IZ IT
06ROME3167	ITALY SCENESETTER FOR DNSA ELLIOTT ABRAMS [...] (U) Embassy Rome warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democratization Strategy and Deputy Assistant to the President Elliott Abrams. Please find below background information to serve as a scenesetter for the visit. Country Clearance sent REFTEL A. Summary [...]	2006-11-22 17:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV XF AF IR IZ LE IT
06ROME3272	D'ALEMA TO CODEL WEXLER: MIDDLE EAST NEEDS NEW PUSH [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister D'Alema told visiting Congressman Wexler that the international community must press Israelis and Palestinians to kick start a new phase in peace negotiations, beginning with a genuine cease-fire and exchange of prisoners. He speculated that NATO could be a poss [...]	2006-12-12 11:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AF IR IS IZ LE NATO PGOV PREL SY XF IT
06ROME3312	ITALIANS CAUTIOUS ON ISG RECOMMENDATIONS, PROPOSE [...] (C) Summary. Gianludovico De Martino, head of the MFA's Iraq Task Force, says many of the Iraq Study Group (ISG) recommendations, such as embedding coalition members inside police, military and institutional structures, have already been tried and found to be difficult to implement. Other rec [...]	2006-12-15 18:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT
06ROME371	ITALY: RUTELLI DISCUSSES CENTER-LEFT FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a February 3 lunch with Daisy Party leader Francesco Rutelli, the Ambassador stressed the importance of NATO to the Transatlantic Alliance and registered our concern that a future center-left government not look to Europe at the expense of Italy's historically strong bilateral [...]	2006-02-08 10:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS PGOV IZ IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME501	ITALY: FASSINO WANTS THE FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke at length with Democrats of the Left (DS) Party Secretary Piero Fassino on February 16. Fassino told the Ambassador that he thought either he or Daisy President Francesco Rutelli would be Foreign Minister in a future center-left government. The Ambassador note [...]	2006-02-17 17:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ IT
06ROME502	ITALY: FASSINO WANTS THE FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke at length with Democrats of the Left (DS) Party Secretary Piero Fassino on February 16. Fassino told the Ambassador that he thought either he or Daisy President Francesco Rutelli would be Foreign Minister in a future center-left government. The Ambassador note [...]	2006-02-18 10:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME551	FOLLOWUP: GOI SEEKS USG RESPONSE ON LEGAL [...] (S/NF) REFTEL NOTED ITALIAN MINISTER OF JUSTICE HAD APPEALED TO AMBASSADOR FOR RESPONSES ON SEVERAL OUTSTANDING BILATERAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE ISSUES. TWO INVOLVED ACTS OF TERROR IN IRAQ AGAINST ITALIAN CITIZENS; ANOTHER RELATES TO THE FATAL SHOOTING OF AN ITALIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. THE MESS [...]	2006-02-22 16:37:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IT IZ ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME607	IRAQ: ITALIANS FAVOR EXPANDED NATO TRAINING ROLE [...] (C) Summary. Italy strongly supports an expanded NATO training role in Iraq, which it believes will help both to increase the political legitimacy of international efforts in Iraq and to encourage broader participation in those efforts. With Italian elections in April and a tight budget, Ital [...]	2006-02-28 08:23:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR MASS MOPS PINS IZ IT
06ROME768	ITALIAN CENTER LEFT OFFICIAL SAYS NATO ESSSENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Democrats of the Left Member of Parliament and former U/S in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Umberto Ranieri told Pol M/C that his party considers NATO an essential pillar of international security. He assured us that far left radicals would not make foreign policy in a future c [...]	2006-03-10 18:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL IZ IT NATO ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME826	ITALY STAYING OUT OF ARAB LEAGUE SUDAN DECISION [...] (C) Poloff met March 3 with MFA Horn of Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli to deliver reftel demarche. Poloff urged the GOI to approach the Arab League (AL) in advance of the March 28-29 summit to note the potential consequences of a Sudanese AL presidency, especially given the GOS's h [...]	2006-03-16 10:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SU IT
06ROME863	ITALIAN ELECTIONS: THE POSSIBILITIES (PART I OF [...] (C) This cable is the first of two outlining possible post-election scenarios and our engagement with the center-left on various issues. Though opposition leader Romano Prodi holds a slight lead in opinion polls, it remains unclear whether he can hang on to defeat incumbent PM Silvio Berluscon [...]	2006-03-17 17:34:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT NATO ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME904	IRAQ: ITALIAN MFA SAYS PRT MOVING AHEAD REGARDLESS [...] (C) Italy's Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Dhi Qar province will be fully operational by the end of April. MFA officials are confident that, barring an unexpectedly large vote for the extreme left in Italy's April 9 election, a center-left election victory will not affect the current [...]	2006-03-22 15:56:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV EAID IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS

06ROME957	ITALY SUPPORTS GOALS ON SUDAN FOR ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) March 22, Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for Middle East Regional Cooperation, Antonella Uneddu, and separately provided Sudan points to MFA Horn of Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli. March 24, Pignatelli responded that the MFA had contacted all Italian [...]	2006-03-30 05:20:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SU IT
06SANAA541	ROYG AGREES TO ACCEPT FORMER IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-05 11:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER IZ YM
06SANJOSE1090	FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER STAGNO'S LETTER TO [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. As expected (see reftel),Embassy received an official request from the GOCR for "the definite exclusion of the name of Costa Rica from any official websites that refer to the 'Coalition' and the support given to the war in Iraq." The [...]	2006-05-18 21:03:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PARM PGOV IZ CS
06SANJOSE344	DONATION TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES: [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-14 21:01:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ CS
06SANSALVADOR109	SACA TO ANNOUNCE 6TH CONTINGENT TO IRAQ; EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saca will inform the President January 13 that El Salvador will send a sixth contingent of troops to Iraq. The formal public announcement will come in early February. Saca told the Ambassador January 12 that he is concerned about two issues going into March 12 elections [...]	2006-01-13 15:16:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECIN SMIG ES HO IZ
06SANSALVADOR1530	EL SALVADOR: INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel B talking points June 9 with MFA's Director for Asia, Africa and Oceania Affairs, Milton Magana, who indicated that he would discuss the matter with representatives of the Ministry of Defense. 2. (C) Comment: As outlined in reftel A, at a May 24 meeting with U [...]	2006-06-09 20:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS IZ ES
06SANSALVADOR2803	EL SALVADOR: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS MESSAGE ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 14:43:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC IZ ES
06SANSALVADOR2953	EL SALVADOR: ASSEMBLY VOTES FOR ONE YEAR EXTENSION IN IRAQ [...] (U) Late on December 14, El Salvador's Legislative Assembly passed a resolution extending the authorization for Salvadoran participation in the Multinational Forces-Iraq through December 31, 2007. The measure passed with 49 votes in favor (ARENA, National Conciliation (PCN),and Christian D [...]	2006-12-15 15:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR MASS IZ ES
06SANTIAGO2224	CHILE MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ [...] On October 21, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (Sat. circ. 195,626) carried and editorial entitled "Similarity between Iraq and Vietnam." Quote: 2. "President George W. Bush admitted similarities between the war in Iraq and Vietnam... He specifically compared the 1968 Tet Offensi [...]	2006-10-23 13:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IZ
06SANTIAGO2274	CHILE MEDIA REACTION -- IRAQ AND IRAN [...] On October 30, business and financial "Diario Financiero" (circ. 30,000) carried a column by international commentator Libardo Buitrago entitled "Iraq: Bush's Swamp." Quote: "Iraq's sands have become a serious trap for President George Bush's administration. All the alternatives to solve th [...]	2006-10-30 18:24:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER IZ IR CI
06SANTIAGO2587	CHILE MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ [...] On December 18, business and financial "Diario Financiero" (circ. 30,000) carried a column by international commentator Libardo Buitrago entitled "Iraq: Peace Options." Quote: "It took President Bush three years...to realize that the war in Iraq cannot be separated from the regional context. [...]	2006-12-18 18:46:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER IZ IR CI
06SANTIAGO462	MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 20:00:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IZ
06SANTIAGO575	MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 20:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IZ
06SANTIAGO593	MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ [...] On March 20, all stations featured stories regarding the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Quotes: 2. Private Megavision's pundit Libardo Buitrago said: "The invasion of Iraq is far from achieving the objectives set by President George Bush. First, it did not demonstrate that Ir [...]	2006-03-21 21:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IZ
06SANTIAGO603	MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ [...] On March 22, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record, "El Mercurio" (circ. 116,807) carried a column by Karin Ebensperger entitled, "The Iraqi Swamp." Quote: 2. "On the day President Bush invaded Iraq I publicly criticized his decision. It seemed to me that after the terrible attack [...]	2006-03-23 10:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IZ
06SANTIAGO806	MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ [...] On April 17, center-left "Diario Siete" (circ. 23,000, 4/17) carried an editorial entitled, "Military Criticism of Bush." Quote: 2. "As President Bush's approval ratings continue to drop...seven retired generals have harshly criticized his management of the war on Iraq.... The generals hav [...]	2006-04-17 19:10:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IZ
06SANTIAGO917	IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points urging Chile to oppose Iran's candidacy for the Human Rights Council to Foreign Ministry Director General for External Relations Carlos Portales on May 3. Portales (the MFA's number 3 official) did not address Iran's candidacy specifically, but said [...]	2006-05-04 12:21:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL CI IZ
06SANTIAGO955	AMBASSADOR URGES GOC TO OPPOSE IRAN'S CANDIDACY [...] (C) Following up on his earlier demarche (reftel B),the Ambassador telephoned Chilean Deputy Foreign Minister Alberto Van Klaveren on May 8 to urge Chile to oppose Iran's candidacy for the Human Rights Council. Van Klaveren reiterated Chile's position of supporting only those countries commi [...]	2006-05-08 20:08:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL CI IZ
06SANTODOMINGO1757	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SEEKING [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered talking points on public support for Iraqi government formation completion to Dominican Ambassador for African and Middle Eastern Affairs, Jose Juan Hernandez Cimadevilla, on May 24. There was no substantive comment. HERTELL [...]	2006-05-30 21:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ
06SANTODOMINGO658	REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF CONDEMNATION OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 21:28:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ DR PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER
06SEOUL1496	KOREAN PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) On May 3, PolMil Chief delivered reftel message on the Iraq PRT initiative to Min Kyong-ho, Director of North America Division III, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Undertaking to report the follow-up request to relevant offices in MOFAT [...]	2006-05-03 09:57:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL IZ KS
06SEOUL1549	PHASED REDUCTION OF ROK ZAYTUN UNIT IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 08:24:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PGOV PREL IZ KS
06SEOUL1921	FM BAN KI-MOON CONVEYS CONGRATULATIONS ON KILLING [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 09:10:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KS IZ
06SEOUL2220	POINTS ON PROVINCIAL IRAQI CONTROL DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 04:13:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO IZ KS
06SEOUL2451	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JULY 20 COMPACT MEETING IN [...] In response to reftel demarche, poloff met with Director of Development Cooperation Division Choe Cheol-kyu, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) International Economic Affairs Bureau, to convey appreciation for the ROKG's willingness to attend the Iraq Compact meeting. Choe [...]	2006-07-21 07:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN OTRA IZ KS
06SEOUL2575	ROK WORKING ON ITS OWN STATEMENT TO SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 08:59:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ KS
06SEOUL3858	IRAQ DEPUTY COORDINATOR STEPHENSON VISIT TO SEOUL: [...] (C) A U.S. delegation headed by Barbara Stephenson, Deputy Coordinator for Iraq (S/I),visited Seoul November 2-3 to express appreciation for the important role South Korea has played in Iraq, discuss plans for troops, and thank the ROKG for its willingness to lead a Regional Reconstruction T [...]	2006-11-08 09:02:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL IZ KS
06SEOUL3916	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS ROKG ON [...] (C) Summary. On November 8, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt met National Security Advisor and Foreign Minister-Designate Song Min-soon, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM-Finance and Economy) Kwon O-kyu, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Special Representative for Korean Pen [...]	2006-11-14 04:56:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL KS IZ AF
06SEOUL4057	MOFAT SUPPORTS TROOP EXTENSION IN IRAQ AND UNIFIL DISPATCH TO LEBANON [...] (C) On November 24, MOFAT Director-General for American Affairs Cho Tae-yong told A/DCM that President Roh's administration had decided to submit a motion to the National Assembly requesting authorization for a one-year extension of ROK troop deployment in Iraq, but at a lower force level. In [...]	2006-11-24 07:01:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ LE KS UNGA
06SEOUL859	INVITATION FOR ROK PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ REGIONAL [...] (C) On March 16, poloff delivered ref A diplomatic note on the Iraq PRT initiative to Chun Young-hee, Deputy Director of North America Division III, ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Poloff also conveyed the message to Ms. Oh Hyun-ju at the United Nations Division. Undertakin [...]	2006-03-16 08:24:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ KS
06SINGAPORE89	MM LEE ON CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: During her January 6 courtesy call, Ambassador Herbold engaged Singapore's senior statesman, Minister Mentor (MM) Lee Kuan Yew, in a wide-ranging discussion covering China, Taiwan, and Iraq. MM Lee commented that the U.S. presence in Asia created the stability that engendered t [...]	2006-01-12 09:48:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW IZ SN
06SKOPJE330	MACEDONIA REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO IRAQ EFFORT [...] (U) Deputy Senior Advisor on Iraq Robert Deutsch and his State and DoD team visited Skopje April 5-6 to thank GOM officials and parliamentarians for Macedonia's support for international efforts in Iraq, and to discuss developments in Iraq. (NOTE: Macedonia currently has 40 troops deployed to [...]	2006-04-11 16:37:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MK IZ
06SKOPJE507	MACEDONIA: SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 05:51:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ MK
06SKOPJE913	MACEDONIAN MFA STATE SECRETARY WILL PARTICIPATE IN [...] (U) P/E Chief delivered reftel invitation to participate in the October 3-5 CENTCOM-sponsored Iraq Coalition Conference in Warsaw to MFA State Secretary Igor Ilievski on September 21. Ilievski confirmed on September 26 that he would attend the Conference, together with Brigadier General Zoran [...]	2006-09-27 14:27:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MOPS MK IZ
06SOFIA1330	BULGARIA: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON HAMAS, SYRIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to Bulgaria's plans to open a diplomatic office in Ramallah following the formation of a "national unity" government in the Palestinian territories, Charge' cautioned deputy Foreign Minister Faim Chaushev, stressing the steps Hamas would have to take in order to legi [...]	2006-09-18 15:43:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF AF IS LE SY IZ IR LY BU
06SOFIA1342	YOUR MEETING WITH BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER KALFIN [...] (C) Your meeting with Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin in New York on September 20 comes just six days prior to the European Commission's final report on Bulgaria's readiness for accession. Much of official Bulgaria is holding its breath in anticipation of the report, which in turn will play in [...]	2006-09-19 14:37:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN LY IZ BU
06SOFIA1562	BULGARIA NEGOTIATING WITH IRAQ ON DEBT RELIEF [...] (C) Ambassador Beyrle delivered talking points in reftel to Minister of Finance Plamen Oresharski on November 14, stressing the need for Bulgaria to reach an agreement that will allow Iraq to get its fiscal house in order. Although we have lobbied for Bulgaria to adopt a Paris Club-like agree [...]	2006-11-15 08:29:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IZ BU
06SOFIA1579	BULGARIA: DRAFT UNSCR IRAQ RESOLUTION AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-20 12:15:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC IZ BG
06SOFIA1662	YOUR MEETING WITH BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM KALFIN'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON, A SHORT TWO WEEKS BEFORE BULGARIA CELEBRATES ITS FORMAL ACCESSION TO THE EU ON JANUARY 1, TOPS OFF AN EXTRAORDINARILY PRODUCTIVE YEAR IN THE U.S.-BULGARIAN RELATIONSHIP. KALFIN AND PRIME MINISTER STANISHEV ARE LEADING BULGARIAN PUBLIC OPINION IN [...]	2006-12-14 08:35:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV EUN MARR MOPS OVIP KPAS SR IZ LY
06SOFIA1667	BULGARIANS READY TO EXTEND ASHRAF MISSION AFTER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev and Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin visited Iraq on December 12-13, meeting senior Iraqi officials and sending early Christmas greetings to Bulgarian troops at Camp Ashraf. FM Kalfin described a worrying security situation, but stated that [...]	2006-12-15 09:33:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ BG
06SOFIA185	COUNCIL OF MINISTERS APPROVES BULGARIA'S FOLLOW-ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Council of Ministers voted February 2 to approve Bulgaria's new mission in Iraq to guard Iranian internees at Camp Ashraf located north of Baghdad. In announcing the decision, Defense Minister Bliznakov said, "The decision to dispatch this mission fully corresponds with our n [...]	2006-02-02 16:09:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IZ BU
06SOFIA249	PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES APPROVE BULGARIAN MISSION [...] The parliamentary committees on foreign policy and defense voted in a joint session February 15 to approve the proposal to send Bulgarian military personnel to Camp Ashraf in Iraq. Four MPs from the ultra-nationalist Ataka party voted against the proposal as expected, and the other 14 MPs re [...]	2006-02-16 15:14:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EU IZ BU
06SOFIA267	PARLIAMENT APPROVES BULGARIAN MILITARY DEPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) Bulgaria's ruling three-party coalition won parliamentary approval February 22 to send 155 Bulgarian military personnel to Camp Ashraf, Iraq. The vote was 151 to 14 with one abstention. This decision clears the final hurdle in the GOB's political approval process for the mission and hi [...]	2006-02-22 16:06:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EU IZ BU
06SOFIA292	BULGARIA CONDEMNS AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Venelin Lazarov, Head of the MFA's Near East and North Africa Section, on February 24. The MFA issued an official statement February 24 condemning the Al-Askariya bombing and calling on Iraqis to exercise restraint. 2. (U) Embassy Sofia's unofficia [...]	2006-02-27 13:53:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ BU
06SOFIA372	BULGARIANS DISCUSS IRAQ, JOINT BASES, [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 4. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. (C) EUR DAS Mark Pekala met March 9-10 with Bulgarian officials to discuss, inter alia, Bulgaria's follow-on mission in Iraq, ongoing negotiations on the use of Bulgarian military b [...]	2006-03-14 11:30:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON KCRM KDEM LY IZ BG
06SOFIA465	BULGARIA'S RESPONSE TO THE INDEPENDENT INQUIRY [...] (U) Per reftel, we are submitting information on the actions of the Bulgarian government as a result of the information discovered by the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC). 2. (U) In response to the release of the USG's "Duelfer Report," the 39th Parliamentary Assembly of Bulgaria (2001- [...]	2006-03-30 11:11:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KFIN PGOV IZ BU
06SOFIA468	BULGARIAN TROOPS LEAVE FOR IRAQ [...] (U) A contingent of 153 soldiers departed Bulgaria March 30 to begin its mission at Camp Ashraf, located 70 kilometers north of Baghdad. The unit will replace a U.S. Army military police company, providing security for defectors from the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK),an Iranian opposition group. [...]	2006-03-30 13:45:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EU IZ BU
06SOFIA562	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR BILATERAL PROGRAM IN SOFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. All of Bulgaria -- and many others in the region -- will be watching April 27 as you and Foreign Minister Kalfin sign in Sofia the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),which gives U.S. military forces access to Bulgarian bases. The long-awaited agreement will be the highlight of [...]	2006-04-20 12:55:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ENRG EINV OVIP EUN LY IZ BG
06SOFIA565	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR BILATERAL PROGRAM IN SOFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. All of Bulgaria -- and many others in the region -- will be watching April 27 as you and Foreign Minister Kalfin sign in Sofia the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),which gives U.S. military forces access to Bulgarian bases. The long-awaited agreement will be the highlight of [...]	2006-04-20 14:45:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ENRG EINV OVIP EUN LY IZ BG
06SOFIA579	YOUR MEETING MAY 4 WITH BULGARIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov, whom you will meet May 4 in Vilnius, Lithuania, has played a key role in ensuring the continuity of this country's pro-U.S. foreign policy through three administrations in Sofia. By any measure -- percentage of GDP spent on deployments abroad, number o [...]	2006-04-25 12:57:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EUN LY IZ BG
06SOFIA737	GREECE AND BULGARIA TO TRAIN IRAQI SECURITY FORCES [...] (C) The GOB is finalizing a plan with Greece to train approximately 30 Iraqi security personnel in Bulgaria this summer. Yordan Bozhilov, MOD Director for International Cooperation, told Poloff May 23 that the two-week training course will be held at the Bulgarian military academy in Veliko T [...]	2006-05-25 14:22:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL GR IZ BU
06SOFIA774	BULGARIA TO CONTRIBUTE 60,000 EUROS TO NTM-I TRUST [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Rumen Kamenov in the MFA's NATO and International Security Directorate June 1. Kamenov said that the GOB will contribute 60,000 euros to the NTM-I trust fund this year, a 50 percent increase from last year. The MFA and MOD will formally authorize this [...]	2006-06-02 08:56:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO MOPS IZ BU
06SOFIA958	ZFR ONE YEAR AFTER ELECTIONS, STANISHEV EXCEEDING [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 13:04:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PREL MARR ECON PGOV IZ BG
06SOFIA968	ONE YEAR AFTER ELECTIONS, STANISHEV EXCEEDING [...] (C) Summary. After ten months in office, the coalition government led by Socialist (BSP) Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev has surprised observers with its consistently pro-U.S. foreign policy, conservative fiscal policy and relative internal stability. Stanishev's government quickly reversed [...]	2006-07-11 12:06:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PREL MARR ECON PGOV IZ BG
06STATE109375	IRAQ: FIRST TRANSITION TO PROVINCIAL IRAQI CONTROL [...] (U) This is an action request, see para. 4. 2. (C) Iraq Prime Minister Maliki's June 19, 2006 announcement of the transfer of security responsibility from the Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) to Iraqi civilian authorities in Muthanna province is the first of its kind. The Department wishes [...]	2006-07-02 05:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO IZ
06STATE123845	AZERBAIJAN AND THE OIC: LENDING SUPPORT TO THE GOI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Washington read reftel (A) with interest. The willingness of the international community, particularly Iraq's neighbors and its Islamic partners, to support Iraq will be critical to Iraq's success. The U.S. welcomes Azerbaijan [...]	2006-07-28 15:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL AJ IZ
06STATE123851	AZERBAIJAN AND THE OIC: LENDING SUPPORT TO THE GOI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Washington read reftel (A) with interest. The willingness of the international community, particularly Iraq's neighbors and its Islamic partners, to support Iraq will be critical to Iraq's success. The U.S. welcomes Azerbaijan [...]	2006-07-28 15:55:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL AJ IZ
06STATE141362	IRAQ: GUIOANCE FOR U.S.-POLAND BILATERAL [...] (C) Department instructs a delegation led by Deputy S/I Barbara Stephenson to participate in bilateral talks with Poland on August 31 in Warsaw to discuss Poland's leadership of the Multinational Division - Center South (MND-CS) in Iraq. The purpose of the talks is to convey the outlines of t [...]	2006-08-28 19:17:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC MARR MOPS PREL IZ PL
06STATE155973	CIVILIAN INVITATION TO CENTCOM CONFERENCE ON IRAQ [...] This is an action request. See para. 7. 2. SUMMARY. An Iraq Coalition Conference will be held in Warsaw, Poland 3-5 October, 2006, sponsored by CDRUSCENTCOM. Invitees include military representatives (all addressee posts already invited by CENTCOM) and civilian political representatives f [...]	2006-09-19 23:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL IZ
06STATE181050	IRAQ: GUIDANCE FOR BILATERALS WITH ROK AND JAPAN [...] (C) Department instructs a delegation led by Deputy S/I Barabara Stephenson to participate in bilateral talks with the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Friday Nov 3 and with Japan on Nov 6-7 to discuss ongoing and future cooperation in Iraq. The focus of the ROK talks is to define a concept of opera [...]	2006-10-31 22:13:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ JA KS IT
06STATE187610	IRAQ: TRANSPORTING JAPANESE DIPLOMATS [...] (U) This is an action reqeust. See para. 3. 2. (SBU) The Embassy of Japan approached the Department to ask the USG for assistance in moving its diplomatic personnel via helicopter from Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) to the International Zone (IZ). Currently, Japan enters Baghdad fro [...]	2006-11-15 21:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL JA IZ
06STATE190845	REPEAT: ITALY'S DEMARTINO ON DHIQAR UNIT FOR [...] (U) This message repeats STATE 168109 from early October, which may have had transmission problems. This message contains an action request. See para. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On Sept. 22, Amb. Gianludovico De Martino, head of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Task Force on Iraq (and fo [...]	2006-11-22 21:54:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MOPS IZ IT
06STATE196230	IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT GUIDANCE [...] This cable provides initial guidance for posts to use in responding to inquiries about the report of the Iraq Study Group, led by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and former Representative Lee Hamilton. 2. BACKGROUND: The Iraq Study Group (ISG) was created on March 15, 2006 at t [...]	2006-12-07 02:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ IR SY XF
06STATE29555	SECTARIAN 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 [...]	2006-02-23 17:00:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV IZ
06STATE41409	U.S.-UN HIGH-LEVEL CONSULTATIONS ON IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. The following guidance should be used by the U.S. delegation, led by Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq Ambassador James F. Jeffrey, in the March 16, 2006 U.S.-UN High-Level Consultations on Iraq. Para 2 contains U.S. priorities for UN Assis [...]	2006-03-15 04:59:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
06STATE46975	IRAQ: RESPONSE TO GOJ REQUEST ON SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (S) Summary. In response to reftel B, the Department provides points to emphasize regarding USG priorities for Japanese support of Iraq. We are also sending by email a province by province situational assessment which Embassy can draw on. In the most recent quadrilateral meeting in London, [...]	2006-03-24 00:30:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK JA
06STATE61225	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' APRIL 10 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by: Acting EAP A/S Kathleen Stephens, reason 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) Participants: Morning meeting U.S. Under Secretary Burns EAP A/S Kathy Stephens (acting) P Special Assistant Andrew Shaw EAP/J Director Wendell Albright (acting) JAPAN Deputy Foreign Minister Ni [...]	2006-04-18 15:23:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL MARR MCAP MNUC PARM PINR SNAR IZ IR IN AF JA
06STATE61597	IRAQ SECURITY TRANSITION ISSUES FOR 19 APRIL [...] (C) The Joint Committee to Transfer Security Responsibility (JCTSR) to Iraq is proceeding with its provincial assessment process as described in REFTEL. Post may draw on points in para. 2 to update quadrilateral partners during the 19 April "mini-quad." The committee will not be making any r [...]	2006-04-18 21:40:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL IZ JA AS
06STATE73557	SUPPORT FOR UNAMI BAGHDAD PEACE INITIATIVE [...] (C) Department welcomes an expanded United Nations role in Iraq, including a possible UNAMI-sponsored peace initiative. There are a number of Iraqi, U.S. and international initiatives, including the formation of a national unity government, intended to promote a reduction in internal tensions [...]	2006-05-09 11:02:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
06STATE86446	DEMARCHE: ATTENDING IRAN-HOSTED CONFERENCE OF [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Summary and Action request. Iran plans to host an "Iraq and its Neighbors" conference - to include Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, and Bahrain, as well as a UNAMI representative - proposed May 31- [...]	2006-05-26 23:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
06SUVA429	FIJI CABINET TO CONSIDER MNFI DEPLOYMENT SHORTLY [...] (C) Jioji Kotobalavu, CEO for the office of Fiji's Prime Minister, informed us today that Home Affairs Minister Vosanibola is lobbying for Fiji to join the Coalition of the Willing in Iraq, the MNFI. Vosanibola just returned from his round-the-world visit to Fiji peacekeeping contingents, inc [...]	2006-10-16 00:20:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KPKO IZ FJ
06SUVA432	FIJI SEEKS MNFI JOB FOR COMMODORE BAINIMARAMA; [...] (S) Fiji Home Affairs Minister Vosanibola has asked if the Coalition of the Willing in Iraq (MNFI) can offer the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, a senior (two star or above) position. The request is with the approval of PM Qarase. According to V [...]	2006-10-16 19:43:00	Embassy Suva	SECRET	KPKO MARR PREL PGOV IZ FJ
06TALLINN1052	ESTONIA: SHARING DRAFT UNSCR TEXT ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 07:59:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC IZ EN
06TALLINN1115	ESTONIA: PARLIAMENT EXTENDS IRAQ TROOP [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 15:14:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM MARR PGOV IZ EN
06TALLINN299	ESTONIA UNLIKELY TO OFFER SUPPORT FOR MALT AND DOG [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-30 14:07:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR MOPS IZ EN
06TALLINN494	ESTONIA WELCOMES FORMATION OF IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 14:28:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ EN
06TALLINN659	ESTONIA: GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy European Correspondent Kristel Kase told us on June 14 that the June GAERC meeting would be dominated by the recent escalation of violence in Lebanon and Gaza (with Iraq and Bosnia being bumped from the agenda to free up more time). Kase also briefed us on the Council's [...]	2006-07-17 15:02:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL SU
06TALLINN660	ESTONIA: PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy European Correspondent Kristel Kase told us on June 14 that the June GAERC meeting would be dominated by the recent escalation of violence in Lebanon and Gaza (with Iraq and Bosnia being bumped from the agenda to free up more time). Kase also briefed us on the Council's [...]	2006-07-18 04:41:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL SU
06TALLINN767	INOPERABILITY PROBLEMS ENDANGER ESTONIAN MISSIONS [...] (C) This is an action request, please see para 6. 2. (C) Summary: The lack of interoperability between U.S., UK, and Estonian jamming devices used against improvised explosive devices (IED) in Afghanistan and Iraq has created a dangerous force protection situation that could potentially de [...]	2006-08-23 13:58:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL AF IZ EN
06TALLINN836	ESTONIA: PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Summary. Pol/Econ Chief discussed reftel points on Iran and other GAERC agenda items with Kristina Meius, the MFA's European Correspondent, ON September 13. Meius noted there are "no surprises" on the GOE's position on the agenda items. She provided feedback on the following issues: [...]	2006-09-14 11:25:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN EN YI SR BO IR IZ UP KPAL SU
06TALLINN842	ESTONIAN PARTICIPATION IN TRANSATLANTIC LUNCH, [...] (U) Ambassador Wos delivered A/S Fried's invitation letter to lunch with the Secretary on the margins of UNGA to Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet on Monday, September 11. Paet said that he was already aware of the lunch and it was on his agenda for the trip. 2. (SBU) On the subject of [...]	2006-09-14 14:41:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EU NATO PREL OPDC IZ EN
06TALLINN851	ESTONIAN MPS ON IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Summary: On September 14, the Ambassador hosted a luncheon discussion of Afghanistan and Iraq with four members of Parliament: Jarno Laur (Social Democrats),Janno Reiljan (People's Union),Ela Tomson (Res Publica) and Ain Seppik (Center Party). The discussion focused on the upcoming deb [...]	2006-09-19 13:40:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EU NATO AF IZ EN
06TALLINN891	TALLINN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FRIST CODEL [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Frist, to include Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist; Senator Mel Martinez; Majority Leader Staffers: Mr. Eric Ueland, Chief of Staff, Ms. Amy Call, Communications Director, and Mr. Stephen Rademaker, Policy Director for National Secur [...]	2006-09-27 05:44:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PK AF KU IZ JO EN
06TALLINN894	TALLINN ? ADDITIONAL COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for David Broome, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, and John Klemmer, Senate Photographer, Sergeant at Arms, and, to travel to Tallinn, Estonia on October 1, 2006 as part of CODEL Frist. This will be a refueling stop only; all members of [...]	2006-09-29 11:26:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PK AF KU IZ JO EN
06TALLINN901	CODEL FRIST VISITS ESTONIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a brief meeting with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and Defense Minister Jurgen Ligi in Tallinn on October 1, a Congressional delegation composed of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) thanked the GOE for Estonia's strong support in [...]	2006-10-03 11:16:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CVIS IZ AF EN
06TALLINN922	DAS PEKALA VISITS ESTONIA, OCTOBER 3-4 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Estonian government and political leaders told visiting EUR DAS Pekala October 3-4 that the GOE is committed to extending the mandate of Estonia's troops in Iraq but that upcoming parliamentary elections will complicate the debate in parliament. They also expressed deep concern ov [...]	2006-10-11 13:50:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL CVIS IZ AF EN RU
06TASHKENT997	SUBJECT: SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT: DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	UZ IZ KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL
06TELAVIV1523	SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETS LIEBERMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Senator Joseph Lieberman met with Yisrael Beiteinu Party chairman Avigdor Lieberman on April 14 to discuss the political landscape in Israel. Avigdor, fresh from a negotiating session with the lead Kadima Party negotiator, Yoram Turbovitz, expressed confidence that his party [...]	2006-04-18 14:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM PINS KPAL IS JO IR IZ LE ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1643	ISRAELI NSA EILAND ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT, [...] (S/NOFORN) Summary: Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland told Representative Christopher Shays, Representative Jim Marshall, and the DCM that Iran's main goals are to acquire nuclear weapons, support Hizballah and other proxies, and to increase Iranian influence in Iraq. Eiland sai [...]	2006-04-26 15:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MARR KNNP IZ IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV3952	PRM PDAS GREENE MEETINGS WITH ISRAELI AND NGO [...] (C) Summary: On September 28-29, PRM PDAS Richard Greene had wide-ranging discussions with GOI and International Organization (IO) officials pertaining to: access barriers facing IOs and NGOs implementing humanitarian programs in the West Bank and Gaza; coordination efforts between the GOI and [...]	2006-10-06 11:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PHUM IS LE KWBG PREF IZ
06TELAVIV4002	ISRAELI ACADEMICS OFFER POST-LEBANON WAR [...] (C) Summary: The Charge, Political Counselor and PAO recently discussed Israeli politics and regional developments in the aftermath of the Lebanon war with leading academics and area experts from Israeli universities and think tanks. These academics, who spoke to us under the Chatham House ru [...]	2006-10-11 13:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS LE SY IR IZ
06TELAVIV4481	ISRAELI REGIONAL EXPERTS SHARE VIEWS ON IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: During his recent visit to Israel, the Ambassador hosted a dinner at which DNI Negroponte asked a diverse group of Israeli experts to share their views on Iran, particularly Israeli perspectives on the intentions of the Iranian leadership. The DNI also solicited views on the pos [...]	2006-11-09 16:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS IR IZ SY KPAL
06TELAVIV4890	CODEL MCCAIN MEETS PM OLMERT: IRAQ SITUATION, [...] (C) Summary. CODEL McCain, made up of Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, Susan Collins, John Thune, and Representative Mark Kirk, called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert December 18. Charge and Pol Couns attended the meeting, as did Olmert's senior advisers and the MFA's Deputy Director G [...]	2006-12-20 07:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KWBG IS IR IZ AF
06TELAVIV4897	FORMER PM BARAK DISCUSSES REGIONAL CHALLENGES WITH [...] (C) Summary: Senators John McCain (AZ),Joe Lieberman (CT),Susan Collins (ME) and John Thune (SD),as well as Representative Mark Kirk (IL) met with former Prime Minister Ehud Barak on December 17 to discuss developments in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority. Ba [...]	2006-12-21 09:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPAL IZ IR US RU CH IN
06TELAVIV4914	OLMERT TELLS CODEL DODD/KERRY HE IS READY TO MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY: SENATORS CHRISTOPHER DODD (CT) AND JOHN KERRY (MA) DISCUSSED THE CHALLENGE FACED BY THE U.S. AND ISRAEL IN DEALING WITH EXTREMISTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER EHUD OLMERT ON DECEMBER 21. AT THE TOP OF THEIR MEETING, SENATORS DODD AND KERRY AND PRIME MINISTER [...]	2006-12-22 11:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR SY LE IZ
06TELAVIV4929	SENATOR NELSON'S MEETING WITH LIKUD LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Senator Bill Nelson (FL) and his senior staff met with former prime minister (PM) and current Likud Party leader Binyamin Netanyahu on December 12 to discuss the Iranian nuclear threat. Netanyahu urged the U.S. to mobilize all its diplomatic and national efforts against Iran. [...]	2006-12-26 09:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER IS IR IZ SY KPAL US
06TELAVIV5004	OLMERT TELLS CODEL SPECTER HE IS SKEPTICAL ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Senator Arlen Specter (PA) briefed Prime Minister Olmert on President Asad's willingness to negotiate with Israel. Specter noted that Asad had expressed a willingness to exert Syrian influence over Hamas, and pledged to cooperate with the Hariri assassination investigation and UNSCR 17 [...]	2006-12-29 14:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IS KPAL SY ECON IR IZ GE
06THEHAGUE1080	NETHERLANDS: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 10 to Deputy European Correspondent Bahia Tahzib-Lie and attended subsequent diplomatic community pre-GAERC briefing with European Correspondent Desiree Kopmels. The MFA does not expect significant progress on enlargement during this GAERC but does exp [...]	2006-05-12 13:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNAUS EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU
06THEHAGUE1267	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH CONTRIBUTIONS TO NTM-I [...] (C) Ambassador Arnall delivered reftel demarche soliciting enhanced contributions to the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) to Hugo Siblesz, Director General for Political Affairs at the Dutch MFA, on June 6. POLCOUNS and Hans Horbach, Deputy Director of the MFA's Security Affairs Department [...]	2006-06-06 16:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR IZ NL
06THEHAGUE1308	NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] (U) Poloff and intern delivered reftel demarche June 7 and 8, to policy officers of the MFA Political Affairs and European Integration Departments. Substantive responses follow. Balkans ------- 2. (C) The GONL expects Serbia/Montenegro to dominate discussion of the Balkans, particularl [...]	2006-06-09 13:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KPAL UN BO CU IR IZ MW SR YI NL

06THEHAGUE1562	NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACH IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 17 [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect discussion at the July GAERC to be more limited than normal - a reflection of the vacation season. Iran and the Israel are expected to be major foci of discussion. The Dutch will not raise North Korea but are not averse to its being raised by other members. Like [...]	2006-07-14 15:14:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KPAL UN BO CG IR IZ KN MW SR SU
06THEHAGUE2424	INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ -- DUTCH DO NOT [...] (U) Econoff delivered on November 8 reftel points concerning further debt relief for the International Compact with Iraq to Hans de Voogd, responsible for bilateral debt relief, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Nicole Bollen, Head of the Dutch Paris Club Delegation, Ministry of Finance. [...]	2006-11-08 16:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ ECON EFIN NL
06THEHAGUE396	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: APPROACHING THE DUTCH AHEAD OF [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 17, to Bahia Tahzib-Lie, Deputy European Correspondent, Political Affairs Department, Dutch MFA. Tahzib-Lie apologized for being unable to provide immediate responses, as her office has been hit by the flu and is desperately short-staffed. 2. The D [...]	2006-02-22 12:14:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ KPAL CG NL
06THEHAGUE473	NETHERLANDS/AMIS DEMARCHE: DUTCH WILL APPROACH [...] (C) Summary: Dutch FM Bot will approach Arab League members and urge them not to support a Sudanese presidency and to keep AMIS rehatting on track, according to the Dutch MFA's Sudan Task Force. The Dutch are in agreement with us on the crucial elements of the proposed UN force and on how to [...]	2006-03-03 15:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SU NL
06THEHAGUE570	NETHERLANDS: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 15 to MFA Political Affairs Department Director Pim Dumore. He had no immediate response. 2. (C) On Sudan, the GONL is concerned that China will attempt to scupper UNSC action. They would be interested in hearing our ideas on how to avoid this. [...]	2006-03-17 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ SU
06THEHAGUE591	FOLLOW-UP ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ:NETHERLANDS [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Netherlands has taken internal and external steps in recent years to prevent its citizens from traveling to Iraq and other conflict areas to train or participate in jihad. Closer cooperation between Dutch intelligence and police authorities has yielded concrete results, incl [...]	2006-03-20 16:24:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IZ NL
06THEHAGUE649	NETHERLANDS DEMARCHE: ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, KHARTOUM [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 23 and 24, to relevant MFA offices. On Sudan, the GONL continues to press Arab League and AU members through its embassies and through the offices of its Special Envoy for Sudan. On Iraq, we are awaiting a response. On Israel/Palestine, the GONL is [...]	2006-03-24 16:10:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SU NL
06TOKYO1492	IRAQ: GOJ REQUESTS SECURITY ASSESSMENT; U.S. [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see last paragraph. 2. (S) Summary: As input to GOJ decision on when to withdraw SDF from Iraq, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando asked DCM March 22 for an updated security assessment of the situation in Iraq and for an explanation of what the U [...]	2006-03-22 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MOPS IZ UK JA
06TOKYO1493	C O R R E C T E D C O P Y - IRAQ: GOJ REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see last paragraph. 2. (S) Summary: As input to GOJ decision on when to withdraw SDF from Iraq, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando asked DCM March 22 for an updated security assessment of the situation in Iraq and for an explanation of what the U [...]	2006-03-22 08:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MOPS IZ UK JA
06TOKYO1610	AMBASSADOR YAMAMOTO DISCUSSES IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary. During a March 27 meeting with the DCM, MOFA Ambassador for Counterterrorism (CT) Cooperation, Reconstruction Activities in Iraq and North Korea Nuclear Issues Tadamichi Yamamoto: -- outlined Japan's immediate plans to assist with Iraq's reconstruction, -- welcomed an updat [...]	2006-03-28 07:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ JA
06TOKYO1684	JAPAN MULLING IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENT ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: MOFA National Security Policy Division Director Shimmi indicated to Poloffs March 28 that he was personally optimistic about extending Air Self Defense Force C-130 flights at least to Baghdad Airport once assessment of the nine "candidate" airfields is complete. Shimmi was less [...]	2006-03-30 07:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK AS JA
06TOKYO1685	JAPAN MULLING IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENT ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: MOFA National Security Policy Division Director Shimmi indicated to Poloffs March 28 that he was personally optimistic about extending Air Self Defense Force C-130 flights at least to Baghdad Airport once assessment of the nine "candidate" airfields is complete. Shimmi was less [...]	2006-03-30 07:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK AS JA
06TOKYO1984	EAP A/S HILL'S APRIL 12 MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH [...] (C) During an April 12 meeting, MOFA North American Affairs DG Kawai told EAP A/S Hill that Prime Minister Koizumi hopes to resolve several outstanding bilateral issues before he visits Washington in June 2006. Japan understands issues remain concerning the relocation of some Marine Corps as [...]	2006-04-12 10:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAGR MARR MNUC KNNP PARM KN IN IZ
06TOKYO2609	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a May 10 meeting with S/P Director Krasner, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando: -- expressed interest in possible response scenarios to Iranian nuclear ambitions; -- asked about U.S. confidence in the new Iraqi government; -- sought confirmation of continued U.S. commi [...]	2006-05-12 12:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ETRD EAGR ECON IR IZ KS CH KN JA
06TOKYO2613	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a May 10 meeting with S/P Director Krasner, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando: -- expressed interest in possible response scenarios to Iranian nuclear ambitions; -- asked about U.S. confidence in the new Iraqi government; -- sought confirmation of continued U.S. commi [...]	2006-05-12 13:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ETRD EAGR ECON IR IZ KS CH KN JA
06TOKYO2654	U.S.-JAPAN-ROK POLICY PLANNING TALKS, SESSION 4: [...] (C) Summary. In Session 4 U.S.-Japan-ROK policy planning talks, discussion focused on the future of the Middle East. S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner briefed on U.S. policy toward Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP). Japanese DVFM Kohno said that Middle East devel [...]	2006-05-15 07:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IR IZ XF AF KS JA
06TOKYO2663	U.S.-JAPAN-ROK POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION [...] (C) Summary. In the May 11 U.S.-ROK-Japan Policy Planning Session meeting between S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner, Japanese Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Policy Masaharu Kohno and Korean Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations Park In-Kook, the three delegates o [...]	2006-05-15 09:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN EAID MARR UNSC IR IZ KS CH JA
06TOKYO2940	THE AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH ADMINISTRATIVE VICE [...] (S) During a May 26 meeting, Administrative Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi expressed deep appreciation for the Ambassador's efforts on the abduction issue. In a tour d'horizon, the Ambassador and Yachi discussed the upcoming summit, regional issues, realignment and beef. Foreign Minist [...]	2006-05-26 10:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL ECON MARR KUNR AF IR IZ IN KN KS CH JA
06TOKYO2973	THE DCM'S MAY 26 MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26th luncheon, MOFA North America Bureau Director General Chikao Kawai told the DCM that the Japanese government would push DPRI implementation and urge Yokosuka's mayor to proceed with the plan for Kitty Hawk replacement. On beef, Kawai expected the risk communication [...]	2006-05-31 06:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SCUL EAGR UNSC AMGT AF ID IZ KN
06TOKYO3279	JAPAN SUPPORTS MID-YEAR MULTINATIONAL FORCE REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ JP
06TOKYO3515	DEFMIN NUKAGA LETTER TO SECDEF ON IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (U) Embassy has received a letter from Defense Minister Nukaga to Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld dated June 22 regarding the changes to Japan's deployment of Self-Defense Forces in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (full text in para 2; original to follow via pouch). 2. (U) The letter, rece [...]	2006-06-23 09:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS MOPS PREL IZ JA
06TOKYO4295	JAPANESE STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR IRAQI-UN LAUNCH [...] (U) Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso on July 28 made the following statement of support for the Iraqi-U.N. launch of the International Compact With Iraq. BEGIN TEXT: Â [...]	2006-08-01 07:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ JA
06TOKYO4507	JAPAN FM TARO ASO'S AUGUST 3 VISIT TO BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary. MOFA DDG for Middle East Affairs Sugiyama on August 9 described U.S. support for FM Aso's August 3 visit to Baghdad as "a perfect operation." Aso made Japan's first-ever cabinet-level visit to send a clear message of Japan's support for Iraqi reconstruction and to encourage Japa [...]	2006-08-10 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JA
06TOKYO4913	IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR VISITS JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie visited Japan August 22-26. In Tokyo he met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Taro Aso, Minister of State for Defense Fukushiro Nukaga, and briefed MOFA officials on the situation in Iraq. He also met with press representativ [...]	2006-08-28 07:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JA
06TOKYO5138	A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging meeting on September 5, North American Affairs Bureau Director General Chikao Kawai told visiting Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill: -- the timing of the Japanese Prime Ministerial election process makes it impossible to say for certain who will be availabl [...]	2006-09-08 05:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR XB ZK AF CH IR IZ KN
06TOKYO5514	IRAQI AMBASSADOR CONCERNED ABOUT JAPAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's Ambassador to Tokyo is concerned that Japan's commitment to playing a leading role in the International Compact With Iraq could falter unless pressed by his government and the United States. He laments the fact that the government of Iraq apparently lacks the depth to pu [...]	2006-09-25 09:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL IZ JA
06TOKYO5564	JAPAN UNCERTAIN ON ATTENDANCE AT CENTCOM IRAQ [...] This is an ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3. 2. Per reftel, DCM called on Japan's Ambassador for Iraq Reconstruction Gotaro Ogawa September 26 to present Ambassador Satterfield's invitation for Japan to send a civilian representative to the October 3-5 CENTCOM Conference on Iraq in Warsaw. [...]	2006-09-26 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL IZ JA
06TOKYO5566	JAPAN'S AMBASSADOR FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION AFFIRMS [...] (C) Japan's newly appointed Ambassador for Iraqi Reconstruction Gotaro Ogawa September 26 reaffirmed to DCM Japan's support for the International Compact With Iraq. Ogawa believes that following meetings in New York and Abu Dhabi that there is a new momentum to promote the Compact. Ogawa also [...]	2006-09-26 08:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PINR IZ JA
06TOKYO5707	PDUSD RYAN HENRY,S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a September 25 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Nishida told Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Henry that U.S. involvement on China and North Korea is critical to maintaining stability in the region. Henry agreed that managing our relationship with China [...]	2006-10-01 22:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PTER CH KN IZ AF AS JA
06TOKYO6230	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IRAQ TALKS [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 04 - 08, 2006 visit to Japan by the interagency team led by Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Barbara Stephenson for bilateral conslutations with the Republic of Korea and Japan. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. [...]	2006-10-26 02:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ KS JA
06TOKYO6323	IRAQI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES JAPANESE AND KOREAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Ambassador to Japan Dr. Ghanim al-Jumaily is trying to persuade his Ministry of Foreign Affairs to pay more attention to South Korea on both the security and economic fronts, Jumaily told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer October 30 during a readout on his recent visit to Seo [...]	2006-11-01 06:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ECON ENRG IZ KS JA
06TOKYO6404	U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN SECOND TRILATERAL [...] (S/REL AUS) Summary: U.S., Australian, and Japanese Ambassadors for Counterterrorism and their interagency delegations held the second round of trilateral counterterrorism consultations in Tokyo on October 24. Participants offered general threat assessments for Indonesia, the Philippines, an [...]	2006-11-07 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PINR PREL PTER AS ID RP TH AF PK IZ JA KN
06TOKYO6484	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S TOKYO MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt met on November 7 with senior representatives of Japan,s three mega-banks, had lunch with Ministry of Finance (MOF) Vice Minister for International Affairs Hiroshi Watanabe, and met with Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Toshihiko Fukui. [...]	2006-11-13 05:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PINS JA CH KS IZ
06TOKYO6485	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT DISCUSSES DPRK, [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt met on November 7 with Foreign Minister Taro Aso and Finance Minister Koji Omi in his capacity as Presidential Emissary for the International Compact with Iraq. (Meetings with Japanese bankers, Vice Minister for Finance Watanabe and [...]	2006-11-13 05:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PINS PARM CH JA IZ
06TOKYO6618	JAPAN TO SUPPORT UNSCR TO EXTEND MNF-I [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-20 07:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL UNSC IZ JA
06TOKYO6994	AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 14 LUNCH WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During a lunch conversation on December 14, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi and the Ambassador covered a wide range of issues including: -- the U.S.-Japan security relationship ("2 Plus 2" Talks, DPRI); -- Iraq; -- economic issues (sub-Cabinet meetings, "trian [...]	2006-12-15 07:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL ECON PGOV JA BM IZ KS RS AF IR
06TOKYO757	JAPAN CONSIDERING POST-SAMAWAH OPTIONS IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-10 10:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ UK JA
06TUNIS1277	TUNISIAN SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 11:51:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KDEM KPAO PGOV IZ TS
06TUNIS2178	TUNISIA CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS FINANCIAL CLAIMS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 14:44:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAIR IZ TS
06ULAANBAATAR553	GOM Explains Decision on 7th Troop Rotation to [...] (U) Reftel reported GOM's decision to send a seventh rotation of soldiers to Iraq, consisting of a "small number of command staff officers." The sixth rotation, whose tour is up in September, consists of 100 soldiers, serving under Polish command in Camp Echo, performing force protection dut [...]	2006-07-20 23:18:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PREL KPAO MG IZ
06ULAANBAATAR554	GOM Explains Decision on 7th Troop Rotation to [...] (U) Summary: In a July 20 meeting, the Foreign Minister reiterated to Ambassador the Mongolian government's support for the war on terrorism and its commitment to remain a member of the coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said that there had been no opposition in the Cabinet to a seventh [...]	2006-07-20 23:21:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PREL KPAO MG IZ
06ULAANBAATAR609	FM TELLS AMBASSADOR NSC WILL DECIDE 7TH IRAQ [...] (C) Summary and comment: Ambassador, accompanied by Polish ambassador, met on August 9 with Foreign Minister Enkhbold to urge Mongolia to reconsider its decision to reduce the 7th rotation to Iraq to a few staff officers. Ambassador noted that Washington welcomes Mongolia's decision to send [...]	2006-08-10 08:17:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MG IZ PL
06ULAANBAATAR646	Visiting PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon Makes Progress On [...] (SBU) PACOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon paid his first visit to Mongolia, August 19-21, at the invitation of Mongolian Chief of the General Staff LTG Togoo. The Admiral's observation of Mongolia's first-ever multinational peacekeeping training exercise, Khaan Quest 06, and joint press [...]	2006-08-25 00:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PTER KPKO MG IZ PL
06ULAANBAATAR666	AMBASSADOR'S RAISES 7TH ROTATION TO IRAQ WITH [...] (SBU) On September 5, Ambassador paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Enkhbold, and on September 6 she met with President Enkhbayar and Speaker Nyamdorj. In all the calls, the Ambassador lauded close military-military relations, and noted U.S. support for Mongolia's efforts to have its mil [...]	2006-09-07 07:39:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MG IZ
06ULAANBAATAR734	CABINET AGREES TO SEND 100-MAN 7TH ROTATION TO [...] (C) During the Ambassador's September 29 initial call on Foreign Minister Enkhbold, Enkhbold confirmed that the National Security Council (President, Speaker and Prime Minister) had decided on September 26 to recommend that the Cabinet reconsider its decision to send only a limited number of [...]	2006-09-29 07:15:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MG IZ
06ULAANBAATAR750	7th Rotation of Mongolian Troops Departs for Iraq [...] One hundred Mongolian troops departed today for Iraq, where they will provide force protection at Camp Echo for Polish troops in the Multinational Force. The six month deployment is Mongolia's 7th rotation of troops to Iraq since 2003. The dawn departure ceremony was attended by the Charge, [...]	2006-10-04 00:27:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL KPKO MG IZ AF YI SL TU BE
06USNATO425	READOUT OF THE JULY 05 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: From the 05 July North Atlantic Council (NAC): --DPRK: In response to the July 4 missile launches, Amb Nuland urges NAC to issue condemnatory statement. --Darfur: NATO personnel to travel to Darfur, D/CMC notifies of possibility of additional airlift request if AMIS expands. - [...]	2006-07-06 16:43:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO MOPS MARR PREL IZ AF SU
06USNATO640	DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT ADDRESSES THE NORTH [...] (U) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt reviewed key points of the International Compact for Iraq (ICI) with the North Atlantic Council on 18 October 2006. Kimmitt noted that the ICI is a contract between the international community and Iraq with the goal of achieving economic [...]	2006-10-26 18:12:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS NATO PREL IZ AF
06USUNNEWYORK1007	UN/IRAQ: MAY 12 TRILATERAL ON UNAMI STAFF AND [...] (C) Summary. In the May 12 UN-U.S.-UK trilateral meeting on UNAMI staff and security, UN interlocutors gave an update on UN staff numbers and details of constitutional and electoral assistance and the Peace Building Initiative. UN HQ has asked SRSG Qazi to flesh out plans for this initiativ [...]	2006-05-18 09:38:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV IZ
06USUNNEWYORK1008	UN/IRAQ: S/I AMBASSADOR JEFFREY ON AN IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) Begin Summary. S/I Ambassador Jim Jeffrey briefed UN U/SYG Gambari and SRSG for Iraq Qazi May 9 on the proposal to develop an "Iraq Compact," whereby UNAMI would work closely with the newly elected Iraqi government to help al-Maliki's cabinet expand Iraq's partnership with the internation [...]	2006-05-18 09:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV IZ
06USUNNEWYORK1014	UN/IRAQ: IRAQI CHARGE ON MNF REVIEW, UNAMI AND [...] (C) MNF Review: In a May 16 meeting, Ambassador Bolton and Iraqi Charge Estrabadi discussed the upcoming June UNSC review of the mandate for the Multi National Force-Iraq (MNF-I). Estrabadi said he had heard rumors of Russian proposals that would derail the mandate review and wanted to make [...]	2006-05-18 17:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV IZ
06USUNNEWYORK1225	UN SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEWS MANDATE FOR THE [...] (U) Summary: The UNSC held public and private sessions on June 15 to review the mandate of the Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) as well as to review Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) arrangements. Council members voiced unanimous support fo [...]	2006-06-16 21:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ
06USUNNEWYORK1270	LOOTED IRAQI STATUE? [...] USUN has received a June 21 diplomatic note (text in para 2 below) from the Iraqi Mission to the UN requesting USG assistance in returning a statue reportedly looted from the Iraqi Museum. As the note refers to information provided by AmEmbassy Baghdad, perhaps action is already underway. US [...]	2006-06-26 15:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP IZ UN
06USUNNEWYORK1976	US/UK/UN TRILATERAL ON UN ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: The UN met with the UK and U.S. missions October 12 to discuss the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI),the Iraq Compact and related issues. UNAMI has temporarily withdrawn most staff from its Basrah office after MNF-I withdrew assets, although it plans on returning once their [...]	2006-10-13 23:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ PINS
06USUNNEWYORK2126	MNF-I RENEWAL: STATE OF PLAY IN NEW YORK [...] (C) Summary: Discussions regarding a renewal of UNSCR 1637, which authorizes the MNF-I and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB),are beginning in New York. Informal soundings of P-5 members indicate they remain willing to support a renewal resolution in response to a speci [...]	2006-11-06 18:59:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ PINS
06USUNNEWYORK2164	IRAQ COMPACT: UPDATING UN MEMBER STATES ON [...] (U) Summary: On November 13, the UN invited all member-states to an update on the Iraq Compact. Over 70 countries heard remarks from Iraqi Minister of Planning Ali Baban, Deputy Secretary General Mark Malloch Brown, and UNDP Associate Administrator Ad Melkert. All three speakers said the Ira [...]	2006-11-17 00:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IZ
06USUNNEWYORK2215	SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES MNF-I [...] (U) On November 28, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1723, extending for twelve months the mandate of the Multinational Forces in Iraq (MNF-I),the Development Fund for Iraq and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board. The text of UNSCR 1734 is at para 2, Ambassa [...]	2006-12-05 15:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK2242	SECURITY CONCERNS DOMINATE DURING UNAMI/MNF-I [...] (U) Summary: On December 11, UN SRSG for Iraq Ashraf Qazi and Ambassador Sanders on behalf of MNF-I presented their quarterly briefings during a public meeting of the Security Council regarding the situation in Iraq. In his remarks, Qazi issued a stark warning, saying that the recent quarterly [...]	2006-12-12 16:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC PGOV IZ
06USUNNEWYORK346	UN/IRAQ: FEBRUARY 23 U.S.-UK-UN TRILATERAL MEETING [...] Begin Summary. During the February 23 UN-U.S.-UK trilateral meeting on UNAMI staff and security, UN Secretariat staff gave an update on UNAMI electoral and SIPDIS constitutional assistance. They indicated that Japan had shown interest in providing aviation support for UNAMI, but had not [...]	2006-02-24 16:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC PGOV IZ
06USUNNEWYORK435	UN/IRAQ: ASSESSMENT MISSION FOR KUWAIT BORDER [...] Begin Summary. USUN met March 2 with Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) official Eliza Kimball, who had just returned from Kuwait. Kimball reported on the February mission of four UN staff to assess the Iraq-Kuwait border posts, consistent with reftel. This assessment mission was [...]	2006-03-08 18:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC PGOV IZ KU
06USUNNEWYORK454	UN/IRAQ: UNAMI SECURITY ISSUES AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Begin Summary. The SYG hosted a policy committee meeting March 7 for senior UN staff to discuss Iraq. He decided to expand UN operations in Erbil and approved the plan for mid- and long-term UNAMI accommodation in Baghdad. He decided not to expand in Basra for now and continued to insis [...]	2006-03-09 23:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV ASEC IZ
06USUNNEWYORK459	UN/IRAQ: PERRICOS PRESSES SECURITY COUNCIL TO [...] (C) Begin Summary. In his briefing to the UNSC, Acting UNMOVIC Chairman Demitrius Perricos urged the UNSC to address UNMOVIC's mandate and discussed in detail his concerns about the chemical weapons (CW) site at Muthanna. He also highlighted Iraq's failure to engage thus far on this file. A [...]	2006-03-10 14:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV UNMOVIC IZ
06USUNNEWYORK516	IRAQ: CSW CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Iraq to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature for membership on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The elections will be held during the resumed organizational session of the Economic a [...]	2006-03-16 14:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SOCI UNCSW KWMN IZ
06USUNNEWYORK558	IRAQ: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United Stat [...]	2006-03-22 13:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM UN IZ
06USUNNEWYORK576	UN/IRAQ:HIGH-LEVEL U.S.-UN DIALOGUE ON IRAQ [...] (C) Begin Summary. In a useful and detailed March 16 meeting, the U.S. and UN, led by S/I Ambassador Jeffrey and DPA U/SYG Gambari respectively, exchanged views on Iraq. The U.S. expressed appreciation for the work of the UN, especially SRSG Qazi, and urged an increased UN role, especially [...]	2006-03-23 16:09:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV IZ
06USUNNEWYORK589	UN/IRAQ: UNSC QUARTERLY MEETING ON UNAMI AND MNF [...] (C) Begin Summary. In the March 15 UNSC meeting on Iraq, SRSG Qazi expressed concerns about sectarian violence and the human rights situation in Iraq, but described success in meeting the benchmarks in the political process. On behalf of the MNF, Ambassador Bolton briefed progress in trans [...]	2006-03-23 23:04:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV IZ
06USUNNEWYORK602	UN/IRAQ: MARCH 23 TRILATERAL MEETING ON UNAMI [...] (C) Begin Summary. During the March 23 UN-U.S.-UK trilateral meeting on UNAMI staff and security, UN Secretariat staff gave an update on UNAMI staff and electoral SIPDIS assistance. They said Japan remains interested in providing aviation support for UNAMI and reviewed the U.S. list of p [...]	2006-03-24 23:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV IZ
06USUNNEWYORK610	USUN/IRAQ: AL-KHOEI BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION [...] (SBU) USUN Deputy PolCouns and PolOff met March 23 with Syed Meesam Razvi, the UN representative of the AlKhoei Benevolent Foundation, and three of his colleagues. AlKhoei Foundation is the only Shia NGO to have consultative status at the UN. The meeting -- the first initiated by the founda [...]	2006-03-27 17:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UN AORC KISL KDEM IZ SA
06USUNNEWYORK796	UN/IRAQ: APRIL 13 U.S.-UK-UN TRILATERAL MEETING ON [...] (C) Begin Summary. During the April 13 UN-U.S.-UK trilateral meeting on UNAMI staff and security, UN Secretariat staff gave an update on UNAMI staff and security SIPDIS concerns, especially in southeast Iraq. They reported requests to the Brazilian and Turkish Missions for a dedicated ai [...]	2006-04-14 15:43:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV IZ KU JA
06USUNNEWYORK816	UN/IRAQ: APRIL 17 UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON IRAQ/KUWAIT [...] (U) Vorontsov: In April 17 consultations, High-Level Coordinator Yuli Vorontsov briefed the UNSC on the repatriation and return of Kuwaiti and third country nationals or their remains. He said there were few substantial developments since December 2005. He commended the Kuwaiti authorities [...]	2006-04-19 14:02:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV UNMOVIC IZ KU
06USUNNEWYORK825	UN/IRAQ: APRIL 19 REVIEW OF IRAQ ISSUES WITH [...] (C) During an April 19 meeting between UNMOVIC Acting Executive Chairman Demitrius Perricos and USUN staff, the following subjects were addressed: the non-paper on bunkers in Muthanna; the Iraq WMD compendium summary; and the Iraqi request for a copy of its FFCD of its chemical weapons progra [...]	2006-04-19 23:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV UNMOVIC IZ
06USUNNEWYORK826	UN: UNCC EXEC DIR KNUTTSON EXPRESSES CONTINUED [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Compensation Commission (UNCC) Executive Director Rolf Knutsson briefed Ambassador Wolff April 4 regarding ongoing UNCC concerns that UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) audits of UNCC activities were continuing to exceed the scope previously defined for such audits [...]	2006-04-20 14:03:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL IZ
06USUNNEWYORK836	UN/IRAQ: SYG LETTER REGARDING UNMOVIC MANDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 14:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC PGOV UNMOVIC IZ
06USUNNEWYORK855	UN/IRAQ: UNSC PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] On April 25, UN Security Council (UNSC) President, Chinese PR Wang read out a press statement agreed by the UNSC regarding the formation of an Iraqi government. UKUN had drafted the statement in consultation with the U.S. 2. Text as Follows. Begin text. The members of the Security Cou [...]	2006-04-26 13:51:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC PGOV IZ
06USUNNEWYORK976	IRAQ: ECOSOC CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Iraq to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidacy for membership to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the term 2007-2009 at the elections to be held during the 61st sesion of the General Ass [...]	2006-05-15 15:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECOSOC IZ
06VATICAN179	CODEL SHAYS ENGAGES VATICAN ON MIDDLE EAST, SUDAN [...] (C) CODEL Shays engaged DFM Parolin on the Middle East and Sudan August 24, capping a visit to these areas with a stop in Rome. Parolin told the CODEL that the families of the kidnapped Israeli soldiers had approached the papal representative in Jerusalem and that Church personnel were tryin [...]	2006-08-29 14:03:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI KIRF IZ IS LE SU VT
06VATICAN181	CHALDEAN IRAQI CHURCH CONTINUES TO SUFFER LOSSES [...] (S) Summary: Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Holy See and the Chaldeans' European representative, told PolOffs in an August 28 meeting that the Chaldean Church continues to lose many of its faithful due to the deteriorating security situation in Ir [...]	2006-08-30 18:32:00	Embassy Vatican	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KIRF PHUM IZ VT
06VATICAN183	VATICAN: IRAQI AMBASSADOR WARNS OF UNIFIED ISLAMIC THREAT [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See Yelda, sees severe consequences to western interests should radical Shia and Sunni factions ever put aside their differences and unite. Yelda, an Assyrian Christian, counseled the U.S. to take steps now to combat this possibility by portraying Iran [...]	2006-09-01 09:16:00	Embassy Vatican	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER IZ VT
06VATICAN219	CHALDEAN: IRAQI CHRISTIANS TARGETED AFTER POPE'S REMARKS [...] (S) Summary: Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Holy See, and the Chaldean Patriarch's First Counselor, Bishop Ibrahim Ibrahim of Detroit, Michigan told Poloff in a recent meeting that Christians faced increasing violence in Iraq. They said the papal [...]	2006-10-19 10:42:00	Embassy Vatican	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR IZ VT
06VATICAN226	VATICAN: NGO CONSIDERS CHRISTIAN RESETTLEMENT IN NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: Chaldean and Syrian Church Leaders in Mosul, Iraq have proposed resettling displaced Iraqi Christians in an area of Northern Iraq. Vatican-affiliated NGO the Community of Sant'Egidio plans to visit Northern Iraq in November to meet with Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) leaders [...]	2006-10-24 13:21:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM IZ VT
06VATICAN229	VATICAN: CONSULAR ISSUES AND IRAQI CHRISTIANS [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 4. --------------------------------------------- ---- Iraqi Christian Refugees Face Immigration Hurdles --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (SBU) As delineated in reftel, Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Ca [...]	2006-10-25 15:55:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PGOV KIRF PHUM IZ VT
06VATICAN233	VATICAN OFFICIAL SPEAKS OUT AGAINST HUSSEIN VERDICT [...] (U) Cardinal Renato Martino, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, criticized the recent death sentence issued to Saddam Hussein in an interview with Italy's leading newspaper, center-right Corriere della Sera November 6. Martino stated that "punishing one crime with anot [...]	2006-11-08 08:57:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI KIRF PGOV PHUM VT IZ
06VATICAN36	POPE CONDEMNS SHIA MOSQUE BOMBING [...] In response to the bombing of the Shia mosque on February 22, Pope Benedict XVI on February 26 severely condemned all "violence done in the name of God." Pope Benedict went on to emphasize, "These are the actions that sow mourning, fuel hatred and gravely hinder the already difficult work of [...]	2006-02-28 15:28:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO PTER IZ VT
06VATICAN87	IRAQ: NEW VATICAN NUNCIO OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Archbishop-designate Francis Chullikatt, soon to be papal nuncio in Baghdad, told the Charge May 25 that he was optimistic about the future in Iraq. He said he saw a "glimmer of hope" in the new government. Chullikatt compared the situation to those in other countries where he has been [...]	2006-05-26 14:04:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ VT KIRF SOCI PHUM
06VIENNA1491	AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY ISSUES DECLARATION [...] (SBU) The Government of Austria, in its capacity as President of the European Union, issued a declaration on May 22 welcoming the formation of the new Iraqi government. The Austrian EU Presidency said it saw the process as the completion of the political transition in Iraq. 2. (U) Text [...]	2006-05-22 13:20:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ AU
06VIENNA1898	AUSTRIA EXTENDS PARTICIPATION IN EU'S IRAQ TRAINING [...] (SBU) On June 22, Parliament's Steering committee unanimously voted to extend Austrian participation in the EU's integrated mission to support rule of law in Iraq (EUJUST LEX) to December 2007. Parliament authorized the government to deploy up to three Justice Ministry trainers and up to two [...]	2006-06-27 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EUN MARR KPAO IZ AU
06VIENNA3248	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON DEBT RELIEF -- [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on November 6 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Director for the Middle East and Africa. Charge especially urged that Austria forgive the remaining 20 percent of Iraq's debt. 2. (SBU) Scheide noted that Austria's forgiveness of 80 percent of Ira [...]	2006-11-07 10:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IZ AU
06VIENNA3522	MORE FROM AUSTRIA ON INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH [...] (SBU) On December 7, post followed up discussions with the Austrian MFA (ref A) to discuss the possibility of Austria forgiving the remaining 20 percent of its Iraqi debt. Thomas Wieser, Director General of Economic Policy and Financial Markets in the Ministry of Finance (U/S-level),told A/ [...]	2006-12-12 10:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IZ AU
06VIENNA562	AUSTRIA TO MAKE STATEMENT OF CONDEMNATION OF THE [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns raised reftel points during a February 23 meeting with Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary-level director for Middle East and African Affairs. SIPDIS We passed Scheide the texts of statements by the President and by Amb. Khalilzad and Gen. Casey. Schei [...]	2006-02-23 16:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ AU
06VIENNA567	AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY STATEMENT ON THE BOMBING OF [...] Following is the text of the statement by the Austrian Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the bombing of the Immam Ali-Hadi Mosque in Samarra. BEGIN TEXT The European Union condemns the criminal and sacrilegious bombing of the Imman Ali-Hadi Mosque in Samarra on 22 February wh [...]	2006-02-24 12:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ AU
06VIENNA864	IIC: GOA HAS INITIATED PRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATIONS [...] Stefan Benner from the Ministry of Justice's Department for Criminal Matters told us March 21 that the Viennese Public Prosecutor's Office had initiated pre-trial investigations against Austrian companies, which Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) reports mentioned as possible suspects of fra [...]	2006-03-22 15:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IZ AU KFIN
06VIENNA894	STATUS OF AUSTRIAN RECONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENTS IN [...] As of December 2005, Austria has disbursed Euro 1.5 million (USD 1.8 million) in technical assistance to Iraq, according to Lydia Saadat, the MFA's Assistance Coordinator for the Middle East and Asia. (Saadat's department is updating figures for the first quarter of 2006). Austria had pledg [...]	2006-03-27 06:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN IZ AU
06VILNIUS479	GOL CONSIDERING 50,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE TRUST [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-24 12:33:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO MOPS LH IZ
06VILNIUS499	GOL CONSIDERING 50,000 EURO CONTRIBUTION TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 09:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO MOPS LH IZ
06WARSAW2323	READOUT OF CENTCOM,S IRAQ CONFERENCE IN WARSAW 3-5 [...] (U) SUMMARY. CENTCOM,s Coalition conference in Warsaw 3-5 Oct 2006 successfully gathered both military and civilian participants from current and prospective Coalition countries to provide an overview of Coalition planning for the next 12-18 months. All presentations and some keynote speeches [...]	2006-11-03 15:23:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS IZ PL
06WARSAW2433	POLAND OPTIMISTIC ON DRAFT UNSCR TEXT ON IRAQ [...] (C) Pol External Chief and British counterpart delivered Ref B points jointly November 20 to Amb. Krzysztof Plominski, Acting Director of the MFA Middle East Africa Department. PolExtChief also took the opportunity to share Ref A text of Secretary Rice's letter to the UNSC President. SIPDIS [...]	2006-11-22 07:32:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC MOPS MARR PL IZ
06WARSAW2478	POLAND-IRAQ: GOP PREPARING TO CONFIRM TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior MFA officials stated privately that the Council of Ministers would shortly forward to President Kaczynski a decision extending the Polish deployment to Iraq through December 31, 2007, consistent with the newly passed UNSCR 1723, while MOD and the General Staff confirmed pl [...]	2006-11-30 11:18:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC MOPS MARR PL IZ
06WARSAW2479	POLAND-IRAQ: GOP PREPARING TO CONFIRM TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior MFA officials stated privately that the Council of Ministers would shortly forward to President Kaczynski a decision extending the Polish deployment to Iraq through December 31, 2007, consistent with the newly passed UNSCR 1723, while MOD and the General Staff confirmed pl [...]	2006-11-30 11:19:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC MOPS MARR PL IZ
06WARSAW297	POLES ISSUE STATEMENT CONDEMNING BOMBING OF THE [...] (C) Polcouns met February 23 with Krzysztof Plominski, MFA Director for Africa and the Middle East, and as per reftel requested that Poland issue a statement condemning the bombing of the al-Askariya Shrine in Samarra. Plominski said that a statement was under preparation that would condemn t [...]	2006-02-23 15:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ PL
06WARSAW595	DEMARCHE ON IRAQ DEBT REDUCTION [...] (C) Polish Finance Ministry Director of Foreign Policy Dr. Jacek Tomorowicz indicates that the Marcinkiewicz Government has not yet considered the matter of writing off Iraq's debts to Poland. Up to now, Poland and Iraqi officials have been trying to come to an agreement as to the amount of [...]	2006-03-31 14:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ PL

06WARSAW833	IRAQ: POLAND CONFIRMS MND-CS CONTINGENT WILL STAY [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 14:20:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PL IZ
06WARSAW862	MINISTER OF DEFENSE SIKORSKI ON F-16 PROGRAM, IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 08:40:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS MCAPS PREL PL IZ
06WARSAW944	POLISH STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 14:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ PL
06WELLINGTON395	NEW ZEALAND ISSUES STATEMENT SUPPORTING FORMATION OF NEW [...] New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters issued a statement May 22 hailing the formation of the new Iraqi government. "I congratulate Prime Minister Nouri Maliki and his colleagues on persevering over many months with forming a representative list of Cabinet members," Peters said in his sta [...]	2006-05-24 04:15:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM KPAO PGOV IZ NZ
06YEREVAN1635	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SHARING DRAFT IRAQ TEXT WITH [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 11:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL UNSC IZ AM
06YEREVAN1683	ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT REAUTHORIZES IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] The National Assembly voted December 6 to reauthorize the Armenia's troop deployment to Iraq. The 85-19 vote followed two days of vigorous debate, and the personal appearance of Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian who debated with some skeptical deputies the wisdom of the deployment on the parlia [...]	2006-12-06 14:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS PREL AM IZ
06YEREVAN215	ARMENIA NOT PREPARED TO DONATE TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN [...] (S/NF) We delivered ref A points regarding GOAM support for Iraqi and Afghan Security Forces to Foreign Relations and Military Cooperation Department Head General-Major Misha Melkonyan February 13. Melkonyan told us that he would forward our request "to military leadership" but that Armenia, [...]	2006-02-13 13:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ AM
06YEREVAN264	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARMENIA TO CONDEMN THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 11:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV PTER IZ AM
06ZAGREB1364	IRAQ: CROATIA OFFERS WEAPONS AND TRAINING TO NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Pjer Simunovic provided PolOff November 9 with a list of weapons and training courses the GoC has offered to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I). Weapons range from 500 x 7.62mm assault rifles to 10 x 82mm recoilless guns, w [...]	2006-11-13 15:37:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR ASEC IZ HR DEFENSE REFORM
06ZAGREB1419	CROATIAN MFA TRAINING DIPLOMATS FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) The Croatian MFA announced November 28 that one diplomat from Afghanistan and two from Iraq have begun a one-year course on economic diplomacy at the MFA's Academy of Diplomatic Sciences in Zagreb. Zeljko Vukosav, Head of the Diplomatic Training and Publishing Department at the Diplomatic [...]	2006-11-29 12:28:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL HR IZ
06ZAGREB1428	CROATIA ASKED TO EXTEND POLICE TRAINERS IN JORDAN THROUGH [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 14:46:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM HR IZ
06ZAGREB1438	CROATIA HAS EXTENDED POLICE TRAINERS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 13:58:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM HR IZ
06ZAGREB240	CROATIA CONSIDERING DONATIONS TO IRAQI [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 15 to Sanja Bujas-Juraga, Head of the International Security Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bujas-Juraga said that they would look for suitable equipment to donate. 2. (SBU) In parallel, ODC Chief has been working wit [...]	2006-02-23 12:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ HR
06ZAGREB243	CROATIA RESPONDS TO REQUEST FOR [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to North America Desk Deputy Director Ankica Vlasic on February 23. Later that same day, the MFA GOC issued the following statement as reported by the Croatian news agency HINA. Begin Quote: It is with regret that (the Ministry) has received news of a bomb at [...]	2006-02-24 12:41:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ HR
06ZAGREB634	CROATIAN SUPPORT FOR NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Croatia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the following statement on May 22 (informal Embassy translation): -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Croatia expresses its satisfaction regarding the establishment of a new Iraqi government led by Nou [...]	2006-05-23 08:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM HR IZ REGIONAL ISSUES
06ZAGREB741	CROATIA CONTINUES TO EXPLORE OPTIONS FOR EMBASSY [...] (C) A small Croatian delegation led by Ambassador to Iraq-designate Jerko Vukas and MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Pjer Simunovic will travel to Baghdad in early summer to explore options for a Croatian presence in Iraq, Simunovic told DCM June 9. The Polish embassy in Bagh [...]	2006-06-16 05:22:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HR IZ
06ZAGREB800	(C) CROATIAN AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO TRAVEL TO [...] (C) Ambassador-designate Jerko Vukas, MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Pjer Simunovic, and another MFA official will travel to Baghdad for three days sometime between July 23 and August 1, Simunovic told DCM June 29. The GOC has been working with the Polish government, which has [...]	2006-07-03 12:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HR IZ
06ZAGREB805	(C) IRANIAN AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES CROATIAN [...] (C) The atmosphere in Iran is much more positive following the P5 1 nuclear offer, Iranian Ambassador Shamsian told Croatian Presidential foreign policy advisor Budimir Loncar the week of June 19. Loncar briefed the DCM on the content of his meeting with Shamsian June 28. 2. (C) The GOI [...]	2006-07-03 12:12:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC HR IR IZ
06ZAGREB897	CROATIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ TO PRESENT CREDENTIALS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (C) Newly-appointed Croatian Ambassador to Iraq Jerko Vukas will travel to Baghdad August 01-03 in order to present his credentials and open direct diplomatic contact with the Iraqi Government. Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs [...]	2006-07-26 12:45:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ASEC IZ HR REGIONAL ISSUES
06ZAGREB904	CROATIAN DELEGATION TO IRAQ - AGENDA [...] (C) Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Pjer Simunovic advised PolOff July 28 that the delegation he will lead to Baghdad August 1-3 (reftel) has secured all necessary appointments through the Polish Embassy in Baghdad to enable Croatian Ambassador to Iraq Jerko Vukas to present his credenti [...]	2006-07-28 09:43:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ASEC IZ HR REGIONAL ISSUES
06ZAGREB983	IRAQ: CROATIA AIMING FOR PERMANENT PRESENCE AFTER [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT : Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Pjer Simunovic thanked Charge August 8 for Embassy Baghdad's assistance to his delegation during an August 1-3 visit to Iraq (reftels). Simunovic characterized the visit as extremely positive and noted that Zagreb's new Ambassador [...]	2006-08-18 11:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ASEC IZ HR
07ABIDJAN433	IRAQ: NO COTE D'IVOIRE PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 17:00:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ IV
07ABUDHABI1104	UAE CENTRAL BANK STILL WILLING TO TRAIN IRAQ FIU [...] (U) On June 21, 2007 OFAC Attache and Treasury Representative Erin English met with Abdulrahim Al Awadi, Head of the Anti-Money Laundering and Suspicious Cases Unit (AMLSCU),the financial intelligence unit (FIU) of the UAE Central Bank. Mr. English, who was recently stationed in Baghdad, rep [...]	2007-07-01 12:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL ECON IZ AE
07ABUDHABI1177	FOREIGN MINISTER ABDULLAH ON GCC +2, SYRIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) on July 14 evening to discuss the planned GCC 2 meeting (Ref A),his upcoming trip to Syria with UAE President Khalifa, and Pakistan. END SUMMARY. GCC 2; Israeli-Palestinian Issue ----------------------- [...]	2007-07-16 12:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ IS SY PK AE
07ABUDHABI1180	DUBAI RULER/UAE PM MOHAMMED BIN RASHID ON IRAQ, [...] (S) Summary: On July 15, Ambassador met with UAE Vice President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR). MbR complained about the Iranian influence in Iraq and voiced his belief that the current situation in Iraq is a civil war which w [...]	2007-07-16 15:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PARM EAID IR IZ LE AF PK SY
07ABUDHABI1214	SCENE SETTER - SECDEF GATES VISIT TO UAE [...] (S) Secretary Gates: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your upcoming visit to Abu Dhabi. Your principal interlocutor will be Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ),whom you met at the Pentagon on May 16. The U.S. [...]	2007-07-19 12:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE
07ABUDHABI1238	ABZ ON GCC+2, UNGA, IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) Ambassador previewed the themes to be discussed at the upcoming July 31 GCC 2 Sharm el-Sheikh meeting with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) on July 23 (ref A). AbZ asked for additional information on the issue of increased assistance for Iraq, wondering if the Iraq C [...]	2007-07-23 13:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV UNGA IZ IR LE AE
07ABUDHABI1377	ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE SENIOR ADVISOR REVIEWS [...] (C) CODEL Graham (Sen. Lindsey Graham, Rep. Henry Wood, and Rep. Robert Ingilis -- all R-SC) discussed Iran, Iraq, and economic issues August 12 with Yousef al-Otaiba, International Affairs Director for Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ). Citing the mutual benefits of UAE invest [...]	2007-08-16 15:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF ETRD IZ AE
07ABUDHABI145	GENERAL ABIZAID TALKS IRAN, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN WITH [...] (S) Summary. On the evening of January 21, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) Al Nahyan hosted CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid for dinner. They discussed regional security issues, but Iraq was clearly the focus o [...]	2007-01-31 12:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PARM IZ IR AF AE
07ABUDHABI1453	UAE RESPONSE TO IRAQI LEADERS AGREEMENT [...] (C) Charge urged a supportive UAE public statement on the Iraqi Leaders Agreement with MFA Acting U/S Tariq Al Haidan on August 28, 29 and again on August 30. Al Haidan initially offered his frank opinion that it would be difficult ("Do we always have to make public statements?"),but after C [...]	2007-08-30 12:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ AL XF AE
07ABUDHABI1479	SCENE SETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S SEPTEMBER VISIT [...] (S) Admiral Fallon, Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes you for your second visit to the UAE as CENTCOM commander. As you are aware, deepening ties with the UAE is all about relationships, and the relationship that most matters on the military front is that with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zaye [...]	2007-09-05 13:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE SY AE
07ABUDHABI1595	IRAQ AND IRAN KEY TOPICS IN MBZ MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: In a lengthy September 17 conversation, Admiral William J. Fallon, USCENTCOM Commander, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces discussed the Iraq security situation and the necessity for Government of Iraq [...]	2007-09-25 05:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ LE AE
07ABUDHABI1699	SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' OCTOBER VISIT TO UAE [...] (S) General Petraeus: Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai welcome your visit to the UAE, where we look forward to supporting your media appearances and meetings with senior Emirati officials. Our most valuable senior interlocutor on defense issues and regional security is Abu Dhabi [...]	2007-10-10 14:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE
07ABUDHABI1700	UAE SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL WHITCOMB [...] (S) General Whitcomb: Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes you for what we understand will be your final visit to the UAE in your current capacity. As you are aware, deepening ties with the UAE is all about relationships, and we appreciate the effort you have made to keep your UAE counterparts engaged [...]	2007-10-10 14:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE
07ABUDHABI1726	DEMARCHE ON UAE FIRMS SUPPLYING MATERIALS TO IRAQI [...] (S/NF) Econchief met with MFA Director of Organizations and International Conferences and Counterproliferation Task Force Member Yacub Al Hosani on October 18 to inform him that Iraqi insurgents have received components for explosively formed penetrators from the UAE firm Modern Plastics Indust [...]	2007-10-18 12:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PARM PREL IZ AE
07ABUDHABI1803	UAE MFA ON PROLIFERATION SHIPMENTS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 10. 2. (S/NF) Summary: On October 28, MFA International Organizations Director Yacoub Al-Hosani provided Econchief with information on four containers (two from the Iran Tabatabaei, one from the YM Energy and one from the M/V Sinotrans Qingdao [...]	2007-10-30 10:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC IR IZ AE
07ABUDHABI1854	UAE APPRECIATES AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S ENGAGEMENT ON [...] (S) Ambassador Crocker met November 1 with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) and Deputy Prime Minister Hamdan bin Zayed al-Nahyan. Both expressed appreciation for USG engagement on Iraq and the Ambassador's visit to consult with them. Crocker told the UAE leaders he had come not [...]	2007-11-06 15:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER PARM MOPS IR IZ AE
07ABUDHABI218	MUSIC VIDEO ON SUFFERING OF IRAQI NATION -- WITH LYRICS [...] (SBU) Summary: A music video on the suffering of the Iraqi nation with lyrics attributed to Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MbR),the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, is currently making the rounds in the Middle East. The video, implicitly critical of U.S [...]	2007-02-11 13:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PROP PTER IZ AE
07ABUDHABI389	UAE ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ FROM 2003-2006 [...] (SBU) On March 7, 2007 Yousef Al Otaiba International Affairs Director for the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court provided Ambassador with a matrix of UAE assistance to Iraq from 2003-2006. 2. (SBU) According to the matrix, the UAE Armed Forces provided 129,857,752 dhs ($35,287,433) from 2003-20 [...]	2007-03-08 12:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM ECON PREL IZ AE
07ABUDHABI427	UAE ATTENDANCE AT INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] (SBU) On March 11, Embassy passed copy of letter from Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt to UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdulla bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (AbZ) along with cover message from Ambassador urging UAE to send senior level participants to the UN Interim Meeting. Econchief contacted Ministry [...]	2007-03-14 09:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ AE
07ABUDHABI430	UAE TO SEND AMBASSADOR TO US TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On March 14, MFA senior America's desk officer Rowda Al-Otaiba contacted econchief to say that the UAE had changed its head of delegation to the March 16 ICI interim meeting. The head of delegation would be Ambassador Saqr Ghobash Saeed Ghobash UAE Ambassador to the U.S. rather than the U [...]	2007-03-14 12:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ AE
07ABUDHABI513	UAEG CHANNELS EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE [...] (U) On March 14, 2007, semi-official Arabic daily Al Ittihad, reported that Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MbR),UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai issued a decree on February 27 to channel external humanitarian assistance by charities, local governments or other e [...]	2007-03-27 11:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM KPAL IZ AF AE
07ABUDHABI633	INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ (ICI) - UAE [...] (U) As part of our continuing efforts to urge the UAE to attend the ICI signing cerimony and to reaffirm its decision to forgive Iraqi debt, Ambassador met with UAE Minister of State for Financial and Industrial Affairs Dr. Mohammed Khalfan bin Kharbash on April 17. Dr. Kharbash stated that t [...]	2007-04-17 11:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN IR PGOV PREL IZ AE
07ABUDHABI683	INTERNATIONAL COMPACT ON IRAQ (ICI) - UAE ATTENDANCE AND [...] (C) On April 19 Ambassador spoke to UAE FM Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) to press for high level attendance at the May 3 International Compact on Iraq, preferably AbZ himself. Ambassador also raised the issue of UAE's forgiveness of Iraqi debt (Paris Club terms, following Saudi Arabia's April 17 ann [...]	2007-04-24 15:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN IR PGOV PREL IZ AE
07ABUDHABI700	CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON APRIL 24 MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-26 13:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PARM IZ IR AF PK SY LE IS AE
07ABUDHABI702	CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON APRIL 24 MEETING [...] (S) Summary. On April 24 Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) hosted CENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon for an introductory lunch, in what was the Admiral's first visit to the UAE since assuming command [...]	2007-04-26 15:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PARM IZ IR AF PK SY LE IS AE
07ABUDHABI705	NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ -- UAE [...] (S) Although the UAEG expresses concern over the continued violence in Iraq and has been a supporter of efforts to calm sectarian violence and support a moderate secular leadership, Post does not believe the UAE will contribute military resources to the President's new strategy in Iraq. The UA [...]	2007-04-29 13:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ AE
07ABUDHABI718	INTERNATIONAL COMPACT FOR IRAQ -- NO UAE DEBT [...] (C) Summary: The UAE will be represented by Minister for Governmental Sector Development Sultan Al-Mansouri at the ICI signing ceremony. He will not have authorization to make any public commitment to Iraqi debt relief. However, the UAE is not asking Iraq to service its debt, nor is interest [...]	2007-05-01 13:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN ECON PREL IZ AE
07ABUDHABI731	UAE RED CRESCENT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO AFRICA [...] SUMMARY: During January 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007, the UAE Red Crescent Society (RCS),the main quasi-government charity, provided USD 13.36 million in humanitarian assistance to Africa, according to official figures received from the RCS. This assistance included: miscellaneous relief USD 3.5 [...]	2007-05-03 07:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM MOPS PREL XF SO IZ AF AE
07ABUDHABI780	IRANIAN PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD'S MAY 13-14 VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary. On May 13, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan received Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with full ceremony in the first-ever visit to the UAE by an Iranian head of state. Meetings reportedly focused on increasing economic ties and cooperation on regional issues [...]	2007-05-14 14:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL KNNP IR IZ AE
07ABUDHABI801	AMF DG ON IRAQ COMPACT SIGNING [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 10:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PREL IZ AE
07ABUDHABI89	BOUCHER AND FOREIGN MINISTER ABDULLAH COVER IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Ambassador Sison on January 14, United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan discussed regional security issues in addition to the Emirates' efforts in Pakist [...]	2007-01-24 08:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL IR IZ AF AE
07ABUDHABI910	ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE MEETS WITH SENATOR LIEBERMAN [...] (S) Summary. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) received U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman at his Palace in Abu Dhabi on May 29. MbZ encouraged increased communication and planning in face of a "resurgent" Persian Empire [...]	2007-06-03 10:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER IR IZ SA AE
07ABUDHABI964	ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE TALKS IRAN/IRAQ WITH USNAVCENT [...] (S) Summary. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) met with Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. Fifth Fleet Vice Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff in Abu Dhabi on June 6. MbZ stressed the need for communication and [...]	2007-06-11 11:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	MOPS MCAP KNNP PTER IR IZ AE
07ABUDHABI97	U/S BURNS' JANUARY 22 MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE [...] (S) Summary. UAE FM Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) sketched for U/S Burns his impressions during a January 9 visit to Tehran. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ) in a wide-ranging discussion expressed strong reservations about free elections in the Middle East, stating that greater democra [...]	2007-01-24 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER KPAL ETTC IZ IR IS SY LE AE
07ACCRA2565	SHARING DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR TEXT WITH UNSC AND MNF-1 MEMBERS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 15:39:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL UNSC IZ EFIN GH MARR
07ALGIERS789	ALGERIAN PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER SHARE VIEWS [...] (C) In separate meetings with Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) on June 3, Prime Minister Belkhadem and President Bouteflika made remarks on Iran, primarily in the context of Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki's June 2 visit to Algiers. Belkhadem observed with respect to Iranian involvement in Iraq tha [...]	2007-06-05 16:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC IR AG IZ
07AMMAN1005	NEA DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY BUTLER,S MEETINGS [...] (C) In separate meetings in Amman with the Jordanian Foreign Minister and the Amman-based Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, DAS Butler discussed perceptions of the Iraqi government, the Baghdad Security Plan, the International Compact for Iraq, and displaced Iraqis. [...]	2007-03-06 06:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF JO IZ
07AMMAN1064	SCENESETTER FOR PRM A/S SAUERBREY'S MARCH 13-16 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Amman welcomes your visit, and looks forward to building upon your discussions with key Jordanian officials and Ambassador Hale in recent days in Washington to advance our dialogue with the GOJ on the needs of Iraqis in Jordan, as well as the other refugee issues of mutual [...]	2007-03-08 12:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREG PGOV PHUM SY IZ JO
07AMMAN1067	FEBRUARY PRM VISIT TO SYRIA AND JORDAN FOCUSED ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 12:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL SY IZ JO
07AMMAN1068	INFORMING GOVERNMENTS ABOUT IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 12:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
07AMMAN11	AN UNHAPPY EID; REACTIONS TO SADDAM,S EXECUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Many Jordanians we hear from are disturbed and resentful after Saddam's hanging. Opposition political parties and the professional associations staged a non-violent demonstration, while a number of condolence events took place in Kerak, Salt, and the Baq'a and Wihdat Palestini [...]	2007-01-03 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
07AMMAN1141	JORDANIANS REQUEST MODIFICATIONS TO JIPTC AMENDMENT [...] (U) Action request at paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The head of the Public Security Director's private office wrote to the Embassy March 10 requesting four changes to the U.S.-proposed text (reftels) of an amendment to the JIPTC LOA. The requests include: - Replacing the term "International Tr [...]	2007-03-13 12:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL JO IZ
07AMMAN1243	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DENNIS HADRICK [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance for the visit of PM/WRA Program Manager Dennis Hadrick to Jordan from April 1-6, 2007, as requested reftel. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at para 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is [...]	2007-03-19 13:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT PREF PREL OTRA KHDP JO IZ
07AMMAN1277	A/S SAUERBREY DISCUSSES IRAQIS WITH GOJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) Ellen Sauerbrey and Ambassador met March 14 with Bassem Awadallah, Director of King Abdullah's Office, and the head of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) Muhammad Al Dahabi together to discuss the issue of Ir [...]	2007-03-21 06:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PGOV PHUM SY IZ JO
07AMMAN1312	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE AHEAD OF ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-25 03:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO XF IS IZ IR LE SU KWBG
07AMMAN1380	A/S SAUERBREY'S MEETINGS WITH UN AND NGO OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Ellen Sauerbrey visited Jordan March 13-16 on the final leg of a regional tour focused on ensuring that displaced Iraqis receive effective protection and assistance, including expanded resettlement. Her meetings wit [...]	2007-03-28 13:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL PTER PGOV PHUM SY IZ JO
07AMMAN139	INITIAL RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah conveyed to Ambassador his support for the effort the President announced in his Iraq policy address. The Palace will encourage objective media commentary on the strategy. Many Jordanians, however, had taken a skeptical attitude to any U.S. Iraq policy changes ev [...]	2007-01-11 15:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
07AMMAN1476	STOPPING TRAVEL TO ANNUAL PKK MEETING - DEMARCHE [...] (S) Polcouns delivered reftel information and request March 29 to Thamer Adwan, director of Foreign Minister Khatib's private office. Adwan was already aware of the upcoming PKK meeting and said MFA would consult with other GoJ agencies on the issue. Note: MFA usually refers requests of thi [...]	2007-04-04 13:38:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KTFN PREL TU IZ JO
07AMMAN1508	KING AND SENIOR OFFICIALS GREET [...] (C) Summary: The King and senior GOJ officials told a Jordanian-sponsored staffdel that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was the core issue in the Middle East. They described the burden large numbers of Iraqis impose on Jordan. The Minister of Labor explained the GOJ's plan to address repo [...]	2007-04-09 14:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ELAB IS JO IZ IR SY
07AMMAN1555	JORDAN AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-12 11:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL IZ JO
07AMMAN1560	JIPTC AMENDMENT SIGNED [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-12 12:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR JO IZ
07AMMAN1629	FORMER IRAQI DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF REQUESTS [...] (S) Emboff met on April 3 with retired Iraqi Lt. General Khalid al-Jibouri, chief of Iraqi military intelligence from 1991-1995, at the latter's request. Jibouri explained that he came to Jordan from Syria in November, 2006, after leaving Baghdad due to repeated death threats. Noting that h [...]	2007-04-17 14:18:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PREF PINR IZ SY JO
07AMMAN1655	GOJ AGREES TO JIPTC EXTENSION, WITH CHANGES [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) JIPTC Director and polmiloff met with Public Security Directorate (PSD) Deputy Director for Operations BG Tawfiq Al-Halalmeh on April 15 to discuss the extension of U.S. use of the Jordan International Police Training Center [...]	2007-04-18 07:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL JO IZ
07AMMAN1801	STATE SECURITY COURT UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) sentenced Ziad al-Karbouli and three others to death and handed down prison sentences in three other terrorism-related cases, while Jordan's Court of Cassation upheld the SSC's death penalty verdict for would-be suicide bomber Sajida Rishawi. Meanw [...]	2007-04-26 14:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
07AMMAN1803	INVITATION TO THE COALITION CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-27 10:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ JO
07AMMAN1821	JORDAN AND THE NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] (S) The Government of Jordan and its most senior leadership continue to view U.S. success in Iraq as essential to its own security. Since the run-up to Operation Iraqi Freedom it has agreed to a series of U.S. requests for important political and logistical assistance. The GOJ has supported [...]	2007-04-30 12:52:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ JO
07AMMAN1822	UPDATE ON IRAQIS IN JORDAN [...] (C) Post remains engaged with the GOJ at the most senior levels seeking GOJ cooperation in moving toward the goals outlined ref a, including continued availability of first asylum; education, and other assistance. King Abdullah has made clear to Ambassador, however, that he regards the issue [...]	2007-04-30 13:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF IZ JO
07AMMAN2178	UPDATE ON IRAQIS IN JORDAN - MAY 22 [...] (C) Ambassador discussed Iraqi refugees on May 16 and again on May 20 with Lt. Gen. Mohammad Dahabi, the chief of Jordan's General Intelligence Directorate (GID),who has the lead for Jordan on this issue. Ambassador obtained Dahabi's agreement to permit the International Organization for Mi [...]	2007-05-22 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF IZ JO
07AMMAN222	TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT (SSC) SENTENCED ROMAN AMPHITHEATER SHOOTER NABIL JAAOURA TO DEATH AND HANDED DOWN PRISON SENTENCES IN TWO OTHER TERRORISM-RELATED CASES. THE COURT CONTINUED PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THREE HAMAS MILITANTS WHO PLANNED ATTACKS IN JORDAN, AND ZIYAD KARBOULI, AN IRA [...]	2007-01-18 14:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
07AMMAN2341	UPDATE ON IRAQIS IN JORDAN - MAY 31 [...] (C) On May 29, Poloff met with a counterpart from the Norwegian Embassy, which is funding the FAFO study to assess the numbers and conditions of Iraqis currently living in Jordan. The Norwegian Embassy expects FAFO to be ready to brief at least preliminary findings to interested governments i [...]	2007-05-31 14:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF IZ JO
07AMMAN2458	UPDATE ON IRAQIS IN JORDAN - JUNE 7 [...] (C) Jordanian Minister of Education Khalid Touqan told the Ambassador June 7 the GoJ was comfortable with the issuance of Requests For Proposals for summer-readiness programs targeted at school-age Iraqi children before the regular August 19 start of classes in Jordan's public school. Touqan [...]	2007-06-07 14:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF IZ JO
07AMMAN2464	KING AND SENIOR OFFICIALS WELCOME CODEL LEAHY [...] (S) Summary: King Abdullah told Codel Leahy that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is the key issue facing Jordan, time was running out to make progress, and soon a two-state solution may not be perceived as feasible. The King urged Democrats and Republicans to present a unified position on [...]	2007-06-10 06:36:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KPAL IS JO IZ IR SY
07AMMAN2501	DEMARCHE ON IRAQI WMD SCIENTIST REDIRECTION PROGRAM [...] (S) The GOJ is currently informed of existing USG programs for Iraqi WMD scientist redirection described reftel. GOJ institutions have been accepting Iraqi scientists for short-term and one-year training programs since 2005. These programs have been operating with GOJ knowledge and in partn [...]	2007-06-11 14:12:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PTER PINR PINS PARM PREL IZ JO
07AMMAN2502	JORDAN,S MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND DONORS MAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Education and donors are developing plans and identifying resources to educate additional Iraqi schoolchildren in Jordan in time for the August 19 start date of the next school year. UNICEF submitted an education strategy to the Minister of Education on June 7, [...]	2007-06-11 14:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF IZ JO
07AMMAN2559	JORDAN,S KING CALLS SAMARRA BOMBINGS A "HEINOUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-14 11:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KISL JO IZ
07AMMAN2564	UPDATE ON IRAQIS IN JORDAN - JUNE 14 [...] (C) FAFO researcher Kristin Dalen, who oversees the Norwegian NGO's survey of Iraqis in Jordan now underway, told poloff that many people will be surprised by the low number of Iraqis in Jordan, and implied that FAFO's estimate might be as low as 250,000. Dalen recognizes the potentially cont [...]	2007-06-14 14:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV IZ JO
07AMMAN2640	UPDATE ON EFFORTS TO EDUCATE ADDITIONAL IRAQIS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Amman remains actively engaged with the GOJ, UNICEF, UNHCR, and key NGOs in preparing programs that will enable Jordanian public schools to accept additional Iraqi students. While all parties await the results of the FAFO survey (ref a) on the demographics of Iraqis in [...]	2007-06-20 14:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV SOCI EAID IZ JO
07AMMAN2697	UNRWA ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING READOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: UNRWA's Advisory Commission met June 17-18 at the Dead Sea in Jordan. Representatives from over 20 refugee host and UNRWA donor countries and senior UNRWA staff participated in the meeting. PRM/ANE Office Director Richard Albright accompanied by Acting Regional RefCoord an [...]	2007-06-25 09:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KPAL PREL IS KWBG JO IZ LE
07AMMAN27	IRAQIS IN JORDAN [...] (C) Summary: Iraqis in Jordan generally remain integrated into Jordan's economy, and many continue to travel frequently between the two countries. UNHCR is optimistic that the GOJ will respond positively to its request to carry out a socio-economic survey of Iraqis who are in Jordan but perm [...]	2007-01-04 16:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF ECON SMIG SOCI IZ JO
07AMMAN2784	UPDATE ON IRAQIS IN JORDAN - JUNE 28 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan will host a neighbors' conference in July about Iraqi refugees. UNICEF, UNHCR, the USG and NGOs continue to prepare to assist the GOJ educate Iraqi schoolchildren in Jordan, but await a GOJ mechanism to approve and implement them. The Ministry of Education (MoE) has not [...]	2007-06-28 12:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV SOCI EAID JO IZ
07AMMAN2848	FOREIGN FIGHTER DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (S) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche July 2 to Thamer Adwan, director of Foreign Minister Khatib's private office. Adwan had no substantive reply to our demarche, but promised to pass our concerns to the appropriate GOJ officials. Adwan also said the Foreign Ministry is seeking information [...]	2007-07-03 10:09:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER SY IZ JO
07AMMAN2870	A/S WELCH MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KHATIB [...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Welch and Ambassador met Foreign Minister Abdelelah Al Khatib on June 27. A/S Welch and Khatib agreed that the new PA government led by Salaam Fayyad represented positive change compared to the NUG. Khatib emphasized that PM Olmert's actions now would be more [...]	2007-07-04 12:55:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PREF JO KPAL IS IZ QA LE
07AMMAN2964	IRAQIS IN JORDAN - JULY 10 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ is still planning for an Iraq Neighbors conference on refugee issues July 22, although concerns about Syrian and Iranian participation seem to be slowing the decision-making. Meanwhile, the GOJ is working to clarify its policy on enrollment of Iraqi children in schools, [...]	2007-07-10 10:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM SOCI EAID IZ JO
07AMMAN2981	PRIVATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT RESTRICTIONS AFFECT [...] (U) On June 26, Jordan's Ministry of Education (MoE) issued its annual letter to Jordanian private school principals advising them which students would be permitted to enroll in private schools for the 2007/2008 academic year. The letter stated that non-Jordanian students could register for sc [...]	2007-07-11 14:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV SOCI EAID IZ JO
07AMMAN2989	QUEEN AND SENIOR OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Queen and senior GOJ officials told a GOJ-sponsored staffdel that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was the core issue facing the Middle East. They warned against a sudden withdrawal from Iraq and discussed key challenges they perceive as facing Jordan: extremism, Syrian and [...]	2007-07-12 12:58:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KPAL IS JO IZ IR SY
07AMMAN3009	IRAQ NEIGHBORS CONFERENCE ON REFUGEES TO OCCUR [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-15 14:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF JO IZ
07AMMAN3057	IRAQ/IRAN: AMMAN MEETING WITH IRAQI SHI'A CLERIC [...] (S) Iraqi Shi'a clerical insider Jawad al-Khoe'i (strictly protect),outlined to Emboff his views on the current situation in Iraq and Iran (where he has been studying for ten of the last twelve years),political developments in the Hawza, and ongoing Iranian interference in Iraq. Jawad a [...]	2007-07-18 12:13:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ IR JO
07AMMAN3085	UPDATE ON IRAQIS IN JORDAN - JULY 19 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan decision this week that Iraqi children - regardless of legal residency status - will be permitted to enroll in school for the coming academic year is a major breakthrough (ref A),but still unannounced and closely held. Although GOJ border tightening has [...]	2007-07-19 15:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF SOCI IZ JO
07AMMAN3100	ICRC ON PROTECTION OF IRAQIS IN JORDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) provides protection for Iraqis in Jordan by monitoring Iraqi detainees and conducting tracing activities to reunite families separated by conflict. ICRC conducts prison visits for Iraqis detained for reasons of state security, a [...]	2007-07-24 05:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREF IZ JO

07AMMAN3102	ICRC ON PROTECTION OF IRAQIS IN JORDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) provides protection for Iraqis in Jordan by monitoring Iraqi detainees and conducting tracing activities to reunite families separated by conflict. ICRC conducts prison visits for Iraqis detained for reasons of state security, a [...]	2007-07-24 05:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREF IZ JO

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