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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01CAIRO3303 | EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART I: HISTORY AND [...]) THIS IS THE FIRST IN A TWO PART MESSAGE DISCUSSING EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. PART 1 OUTLINES ITS HISTORY AND STRUCTURE, PART 2 OF TH[...] |
2001-05-31 09:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER EG |
| 01CAIRO3757 | EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART 2: A POPULAR [...]) IN THIS, THE SECOND OF TWO CABLES ON EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB), WE LOOK AT THE BANNED MOVEMENT'S POPULARITY AND ITS SOURCES. DES[...] |
2001-06-21 11:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER EG |
| 01CAIRO5603 | TFUSO1: EGYPT RESPONDS TO U.S. DISASTER [...]HE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT REACTED QUICKLY TO THE HORRIFIC EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES ON SEPTEMBER 11. A CLEARLY DISTRAUGHT PRESIDENT MU[...] |
2001-09-12 16:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER EG IS |
| 01CAIRO5770 | CAIRO MEDIA REACTION: THE ATTACK IN AMERICA - [...]MMARY: ----------- THE LEAD STORY IN ALL PRO-GOVERNMENT MEDIA WAS PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S INTERVIEWS WITH CNN'S LARRY KIN[...] |
2001-09-19 10:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC KPAO EG |
| 01CAIRO6321 | SHARING THE CASE AGAINST AL-QA'IDA WITH EGYPT [...]S) ON OCTOBER 3 AND 4, DRAWING ON DOCUMENTS PROVIDED REFTEL, MISSION STAFF MET WITH EGYPTIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SECURITY, INTELLIGENCE, [...] |
2001-10-04 16:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PINR EG |
| 01CAIRO7997 | EGYPT: NEW TERRORIST GROUP, AL-WA'AD (THE PROMISE) [...]C) IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF TRIAL BEFORE THE MILITARY TRIBUNAL, THE PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN ORGANIZATION OF 94 EGYPTIANS AND FOREIGNERS, [...] |
2001-12-10 16:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER PGOV PHUM EG |
| 01VATICAN1286 | VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...]THE FEBRUARY 17 - 23 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 0[...] |
2001-03-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KMDR SOCI TBIO IR IZ IS AM EG IT VT MEPP VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN3507 | THE VATICAN-- THE SUPRANATIONAL POWER [...]) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03507 01 OF 04 031719Z BACKGROUND A[...] |
2001-07-03 12:03:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IS EG CH ID VT VTPREL |
| 02ROME1516 | ITALIAN SCIENTOLOGIST REQUESTS (FURTHER) USG HELP [...]C) A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY IN ITALY VISITED US 3/25, SEEKING FURTHER USG HELP IN BEHALF OF TWO SCIENTOLOGY MEMBE[...] |
2002-03-26 09:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM KPAL EG IS IT UN |
| 02VATICAN1171 | THE VATICAN'S ""OTHER"" INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...][...] |
2002-03-06 13:35:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | EG IS IT JO LE PREL SA SY VT VTEG |
| 03AMMAN1264 | FONMIN MUASHER: ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT AVOIDS A SPLIT [...]S) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told Ambassador and A/DCM March 2 that he was "perplexed" by Egyptian behavior in calling for an e[...] |
2003-03-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL AL SA EG IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1808 | TFIZ01: FONMIN MUASHER DID NOT ATTEND MARCH 24 [...][...] |
2003-03-26 09:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AL IZ EG JO |
| 03AMMAN781 | EGYPTIAN QIZ'S IN JORDANIAN PERSPECTIVE [...]c) SUMMARY: Activating the QIZ initiative in Egypt through parallel protocols would have profound effects on the long-term viability[...] |
2003-02-05 08:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD JO EG IS |
| 03ANKARA6779 | SYRIA'S IRAQ MEETING: PART OF A PROCESS [...]C) MFA MidEast DDG Safak Gokturk told polmilcouns October 30 that the meeting of foreign ministers from Iraq's neighbors plus Egypt i[...] |
2003-10-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA |
| 03ANKARA6923 | IRAQ: TURKISH READOUT OF DAMASCUS MEETING: SAUDIS, [...]) POLMILCOUNS called on MFA Deputy DG for Middle East Safak Gokturk Nov. 5 for a readout of the Nov. 1-2 Damascus meeting on Iraq. Go[...] |
2003-11-05 16:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA |
| 03JERUSALEM4246 | ISLAMIC RADICALS ATTACK EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...]) EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AHMAD MAHER CAME UNDER ATTACK BY ISLAMIC ACTIVISTS WHILE VISITING AND PRAYING AT THE HARAM ASH-SHARIF ON T[...] |
2003-12-22 16:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS EG |
| 03KUWAIT4960 | SYRIA TO CONVENE FM'S ON IRAQ [...]) This is an action request. Please see para 5. ¶2. (C) MFA Undersecretary, Ambassador Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador[...] |
2003-10-28 12:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA |
| 03KUWAIT4988 | (C) MORE ON SYRIA'S IRAQ MEETING [...]) After we sent ref A, MFA Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador that FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah had con[...] |
2003-10-29 14:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA |
| 03KUWAIT5342 | (C) FORMER GCC SECGEN OPTIMISTIC FOR THE REGION [...]) Summary: Poloffs met with senior Adviser to the Prime Minister and former GCC Secretary General Abdullah Bishara on November 19. After[...] |
2003-11-22 11:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KU IZ IR SA EG SY |
| 03ROME163 | SEN. DANFORTH, ITALIAN MFA AGREE ON SUDAN APPROACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JANUARY 11 MEETING AT THE MFA, SENATOR DANFORTH AND THE MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR AFRICA, BRUNO CABRAS, SPOKE OF TH[...] |
2003-01-15 13:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU EG KE IT |
| 03ROME2766 | PM BERLUSCONI'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST [...]) PM Berlusconi's swing through the Middle East (Israel, Jordan, and Egypt June 9-11) ruffled (French) feathers only because some chos[...] |
2003-06-18 16:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT IS KPAL EG JO |
| 03ROME323 | MFO: ITALY CANNOT PROVIDE REPLACEMENTS FOR US [...][...] |
2003-01-28 16:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KMFO PREL IT IS EG NATO |
| 03ROME4273 | MUBARAK IN ITALY: EXPELLING ARAFAT WOULD BE A [...][...] |
2003-09-22 10:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS IT UNSC |
| 03SANAA2342 | REPORTS OF 9/16 KIDNAPPING OVERSTATED; NO [...]/nf) Summary: Post has determined from various ROYG sources, informed journalists and the Egyptian Embassy that 9/16 media reports th[...] |
2003-09-17 19:08:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PTER ASEC EG YM |
| 03THEHAGUE2366 | DUTCH RESPONSE TO IAEA ARAB-ISRAELI DISPUTE [...]) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the IAEA Arab-Israeli dispute at the General Conference (Ref A) to Dutch MFA Deputy Head of Nucl[...] |
2003-09-19 14:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IS EG NL IAEA |
| 04AMMAN10034 | BIO FOR NEWLY APPOINTED JORDANIAN AMBASSADOR TO [...]ar Abdul-Monem Rifai has been appointed as the new Jordanian Ambassador to Egypt. Biographical information on Rifai follows. [...] |
2004-12-21 08:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL EG JO |
| 04AMMAN581 | MUASHER ON ARAB INITIATIVE, TUNIS SUMMIT, [...]S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador that he is trying to revive the Arab initiative for the upcoming Arab summit in Tunis and wants[...] |
2004-01-22 15:44:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KPAL IS EG SA JO |
| 04ANKARA4132 | IRAQ: TURKS TERM JULY 21 CAIRO IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...]) Iraq's neighbors are increasingly willing to engage with a newly sovereign Iraqi government, Turkish officials told us on July 23, t[...] |
2004-07-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS IZ TU EG IS |
| 04ANKARA4317 | TIP IN TURKEY: GOT APPROACHES EGYPTIAN EMBASSY FOR [...]C) In a July 27 meeting with Emboff, Embassy of Egypt Second Secretary Ahmed El Sayed confirmed Turkish anti-TIP officials approached [...] |
2004-08-03 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EG KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA921 | PRESIDENT MUBARAK VISITS TURKEY [...]C) Summary: During an February 11-12 visit to Ankara, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak listened to Turkish views on Iraq, while the T[...] |
2004-02-18 07:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EG IZ PREL TU |
| 04BRATISLAVA101 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT SCHUSTER ON [...]) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR WEISER MET WITH SLOVAK PRESIDENT RUDOLF SCHUSTER ON JANUARY 28. THEY DISCUSSED HIS CONVERSATION THAT MORNING W[...] |
2004-01-29 14:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR LO EG UP |
| 04BRATISLAVA221 | ICAO'S MEETING IN CAIRO [...][...] |
2004-03-04 13:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EG LO |
| 04CAIRO8456 | EGYPT: ABOUL GHEIT ON IRAQ, MEPP WITH A/S BURNS [...]) In a November 13 meeting at the Foreign Ministry, NEA Assistant Secretary Bill Burns and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit recalled event[...] |
2004-11-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS SU IR KBIO |
| 04DJIBOUTI526 | DJIBOUTI'S MINISTER OF COMMERCE ON UTILITY OF [...]) Minister of Commerce and Industry, Saleban Omar Oudine, sees the planned port of Doraleh as key to a prosperous economic future for [...] |
2004-04-12 10:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD PGOV DJ EG TU IN UG TC |
| 04HARARE435 | FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE FULMINATES ON THE BBC, [...]bu) Summary. Foreign Minister Stanislaus Mudenge convened the diplomatic corps on short notice March 10, with the press in attendance[...] |
2004-03-10 16:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS EAIR ZI EG |
| 04KUWAIT1355 | (C) COPTIC CHURCH MAKES STRIDES BY MAKING FRIENDS [...][...] |
2004-04-26 10:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV KU EG |
| 04KUWAIT3413 | NOTIFICATION OF PRESUMPTIVE DEATH OF THREE [...]U) Embassy Kuwait received a letter from Major General Gary D. Speer, Deputy Commanding General of the Coalition Forces Land Component[...] |
2004-09-29 07:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL IZ EG |
| 04KUWAIT3529 | REQUEST FOR BAGHDAD'S ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING [...]his is an action request for Embassy Baghdad; please see para 4. ¶2. As reported in Ref A, Embassy Kuwait received a lett[...] |
2004-10-13 03:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL ELAB EG KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT4312 | MUBARAK RUNS INTERFERENCE FOR ABU MAZEN DURING [...]) Summary: Ambassador met December 12 with the Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait, Abdel-Rahim Shalaby, to discuss Egyptian President Hosni[...] |
2004-12-13 08:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM ECON KU IZ EG |
| 04MADRID3073 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MILLER [...]mbassy Madrid warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep. Jeff Miller, House Armed Services Committee (HASC), and delegation,[...] |
2004-08-11 14:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JO PK AF IZ BA DJ EG SP |
| 04PARAMARIBO175 | ICAO'S MEETING IN CAIRO: SURINAME REGRETS [...]ER REFTEL REQUEST, ON FEBRUARY 20 THE EMBASSY DISCUSSED THE ICAO FACILITATION DIVISION (FAL/12) MEETING TO BE HELD IN CAIRO FROM M[...] |
2004-02-26 18:42:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EC EG NS |
| 04ROME1050 | MEETING BETWEEN U/S DOBRIANSKY AND ITALIAN FOREIGN [...] (S) SUMMARY. U/S PAULA DOBRIANSKY HELD A BILATERAL MEETING WITH FM FRATTINI ON MARCH 4 AT THE ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY. THE U[...] |
2004-03-17 12:05:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | IT KDEM PHUM PREL SENV EG HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME902 | MUBARAK IN ITALY: GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE [...]) Summary: The Italian PM and President urged Mubarak to take a more open stance towards the Greater Middle East Initiative, noting It[...] |
2004-03-08 14:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EG IT PREL XE ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04TELAVIV1335 | U/S LARSON DISCUSSES "GREATER MIDDLE EAST," AN [...]C) Summary. Under Secretary Larson reviewed the President's "Greater Middle East" vision with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director G[...] |
2004-03-04 09:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 04TELAVIV1488 | FM SHALOM REVIEWS BUSY TRAVEL ITINERARY; BELIEVES [...]) Summary: Foreign Minister Shalom told the Ambassador on March 8 that in recent discussions in London and Dublin the Europeans had c[...] |
2004-03-10 06:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER IS EG XF EU GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1676 | QIZ TALKS: GETTING CLOSER, BUT ISRAELI, EGYPTIAN [...]) This is a joint cable from Embassies Tel Aviv and Cairo. ------- Summary ------- ¶2. ([...] |
2004-03-18 10:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ECON EG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
| 04TELAVIV2039 | GOI DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON ISRAEL-EGYPT QIZ [...]) Summary and Action Request. Gabbi Bar, Deputy Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor confirmed to us April [...] |
2004-04-02 13:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL EG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
| 05ACCRA829 | REFUGEES IN GABON -- AN UPDATE [...]C) SUMMARY: Ref Coord, PRM/A Program Assistant, and Poloff (Embassy Libreville) met with refugees in Libreville on April 14 to addres[...] |
2005-05-04 07:11:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF GB EG CO |
| 05ALGIERS1550 | BOUTEFLIKA CONDEMNS SHARM EL-SHEIKH BOMBINGS [...][...] |
2005-07-25 11:21:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER EG AG |
| 05AMMAN4474 | MDA: ISRAEL "WON'T PAY FOR MDA" WITH FOURTH [...]) SUMMARY. Israel would rather abandon the possibility of holding a diplomatic conference this fall than accept Swiss Envoy Pfirter'[...] |
2005-06-06 11:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS EG JO ICRC |
| 05AMMAN5130 | JORDAN-ISRAEL TRADE AND RESEARCH INITIATIVES [...]C) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has pursued trade discussions with Israel and Egypt related to Qualifying Industrial Zones[...] |
2005-06-27 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL KTIA SENV ECON PGOV KDEM EG IS JO |
| 05AMMAN5913 | JORDANIANS CONDEMN SHARM AL-SHEIKH BOMBINGS [...]U) SUMMARY: King Abdullah led Jordan's public condemnation of the July 23 bombings in Sharm al-Sheikh, calling the attacks "barbaric[...] |
2005-07-25 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL KPAO ECON EG JO |
| 05ANKARA1650 | POTENTIAL TURKISH CONTRIBUTION TO BMENA INVESTMENT [...]SBU) Summary. In recent months, Turkish government and private sector officials have shown an increasing interest in becoming more i[...] |
2005-03-22 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV KCRM PGOV QA EG TU |
| 05ANKARA2490 | JOINT STATEMENT FROM ISTANBUL IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...] May, 2, the Turkish MFA passed us a copy of the text of the joint statement from the April 29-30 Iraq neighbors' meeting (full text i[...] |
2005-05-02 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER AORC TU IZ IR EG JO SY KU BA SA |
| 05ANKARA2548 | IRAQ: TURKISH READOUT ON ISTANBUL NEIGHBORS MEETING [...]) Iraq and its neighbors--and numerous guests--held a "friendly and interactive" foreign ministers' meeting in Istanbul April 29-30, a[...] |
2005-05-04 12:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER AORC TU IZ IR EG JO SY KU BA SA |
| 05ANKARA4230 | TURKS ANNOYED WITH IRAQI AND IRANIAN INTERIOR [...]) Summary: Iraq's Interior Minister, Bayan Jabr, seemed to take his lead from the Iranians at the July 18-19 meeting of Iraq's neighbo[...] |
2005-07-21 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM TU IZ IR BA EG SY KU SA JO |
| 05BAGHDAD2973 | RESPONSE TO INQUIRY ON EGYPTIAN DETAINEES [...]SBU) The following cable responds to Embassy Cairo's inquiry in reftel regarding six Egyptian nationals believed to be detained by Coa[...] |
2005-07-17 14:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PHUM PINS PTER IZ EG |
| 05BAGHDAD3099 | PRESIDENT TALABANI SEEKS CALL ON PRESIDENT BUSH IN [...]) This is an action cable, see paragraph 6. ¶2. (C/NF) President Talabani told me on July 26 that he plans to leave Baghda[...] |
2005-07-26 18:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER IZ SY EG |
| 05BAGHDAD3101 | PRESIDENT TALABANI SEEKS CALL ON PRESIDENT BUSH IN [...]) This is an action cable, see paragraph 6. ¶2. (C/NF) President Talabani told me on July 26 that he plans to leave Baghda[...] |
2005-07-27 02:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER IZ SY EG |
| 05BAGHDAD4339 | MIXED LOCAL REACTIONS TO AMRE MUSA VISIT [...]C) Summary. On October 20, Arab League Secretary General Amre Musa discussed with GOI officials the possibility of hosting a national [...] |
2005-10-21 03:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4411 | AL-BAGHDADIYA TV: IS THE FORMER IRAQI REGIME [...]U) This is a joint message with Embassy Amman and Embassy Cairo. ¶2. (U) Summary. There are reports in Baghdad and Cair[...] |
2005-10-27 03:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PREL KPAO EG IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4465 | SHAHRISTANI AND ZEBARI ON ARAB LEAGUE ENGAGEMENT [...]) In an October 30 meeting with the Charge, First Deputy TNA Speaker Husayn al-Shahristani reflected on Amre Moussa's recent visit to [...] |
2005-10-31 19:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO1978 | INTERNAL SECURITY IN SINAI--AN UPDATE [...]C) The effects of the October 7, 2004 terror bombings continue to ripple through the Sinai Peninsula, even as tourism rebounds. In J[...] |
2005-03-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PGOV PHUM ASEC KCRM EG |
| 05CAIRO2089 | LETTER TO SECRETARY FROM PRISONER NABIL SOLIMAN [...]C) The Embassy received on March 1, 2005 a letter addressed to the Secretary from Nabil Soliman, who was returned by the United State[...] |
2005-03-17 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER KJUS EG |
| 05CAIRO2271 | PRISON VISIT: MOHAMED HESHAM S. ELDIN YOUSSEF [...]me: Mohamed Hesham S. Eldin Youssef ¶17. ACCESS: FEBRUARY 24, 2005 ¶19. MISTREATMENT: NONE REPORTED THIS VISIT[...] |
2005-03-23 11:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PHUM EG MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF |
| 05CAIRO2280 | CODEL PELOSI MARCH 19-20 VISIT TO CAIRO: MUBARAK [...]) In a particularly relaxed meeting with CODEL Pelosi March 20, President Mubarak reviewed his efforts to convince Syrian President Bash[...] |
2005-03-23 15:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL KPAL KDEM IS IZ IR EG |
| 05CAIRO2281 | CODEL PELOSI MARCH 19-20 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...]C) Summary. During a meeting with CODEL Pelosi, PM Nazif asserted that Egypt is "systematically" building a democratic system. He al[...] |
2005-03-23 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO2285 | CHARGES AGAINST AYMAN NOUR: ADDITIONAL DETAILS [...]C) The statement of Public Prosecutor Maher Abdel Wahed, released on March 22 when the GOE formally charged Ghad Party leader and asp[...] |
2005-03-23 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO2357 | IMPROVING ANTI-TERRORISM SCREENING FOR CAIRO VISA [...]S) Summary: On March 23, 2005, Cairo consular officers met with local ORA and LEGATT staff as part of an ongoing effort to train offic[...] |
2005-03-24 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER KFRD EG |
| 05CAIRO2405 | BOGEYMAN OF FOREIGN INTERFERENCE STALKS EGYPT: [...]pposition newspaper Al-Wafd launched a campaign on March 20 against foreign economic assistance and "interference." Several newspaper[...] |
2005-03-28 08:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO2410 | ANOTHER CARTOONIST CROSSES THE LINE [...]ummary: A small, middle-of-the-road Cairo weekly magazine ran a cartoon on March 19 of a swastika- covered U.S. soldier. Embassy staf[...] |
2005-03-28 11:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO2416 | EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES [...][...] |
2005-03-28 12:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OEXC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO2433 | EGYPT:MASSIVE POLICE DEPLOYMENTS PARALYZE CENTRAL [...]) On March 27, one of the largest security operations in recent years paralyzed Central Cairo for hours. Thousands of police troops i[...] |
2005-03-28 15:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC EG |
| 05CAIRO2469 | EGYPT: CYBERCRIME DEMARCHE/PROPOSED DOJ VISIT [...]) On March 27, poloff delivered the points in reftel to Assistant Minister of Justice Iskandar Ghattas. Poloff also flagged for Ghatt[...] |
2005-03-29 13:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM EG UNCRIME |
| 05CAIRO2480 | CODEL SMITH MARCH 21-24 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...]BU) Summary: During his March 21-24 visit to Egypt, Senator Gordon Smith called on Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, Egypt's senior Isla[...] |
2005-03-29 15:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP KISL PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO2481 | GAINING SUPPORT FROM EGYPT ON MAGON DAVID ADOM [...]C) During a March 29 meeting with Ambassador Ahmed Fathalla, MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs, the Acting DCM requested[...] |
2005-03-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF EG IS SW ICRC |
| 05CAIRO2482 | CODEL SMITH MARCH 21-24 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...]) During a March 23 meeting, Senator Gordon Smith and Egyptian Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rachid discussed the recent QIZ [...] |
2005-03-29 16:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP ETRD PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO2487 | CODEL SMITH MARCH 21-24 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...]) In a cordial March 23 meeting, Senator Smith and Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif discussed political reform, bilateral trade, religiou[...] |
2005-03-30 08:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP ETRD PREL KIRF EG |
| 05CAIRO2506 | EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR REFERRED TO TRIAL [...]) The Egyptian public prosecutor's office announced on March 26 that opposition leader Ayman Nour and five codefendants would stand tr[...] |
2005-03-30 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO2514 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, [...]C) During a March 30 meeting with the Foreign Minister regarding the induction of Israel's Magen David Adom society into the Red Cross[...] |
2005-03-30 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EG IS IZ |
| 05CAIRO2515 | MAGEN DAVID ADOM ISSUE: FOREIGN MINISTER COMMITS [...]C) The Charge met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit March 30 to press the GOE to support a Swiss diplomatic conference [...] |
2005-03-30 16:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF EG IS SW ICRC |
| 05CAIRO2516 | EGYPT: "ENOUGH" BACK ON THE STREETS IN CAIRO [...]BU) As of 1630 local time on March 30, 300-400 demonstrators from Kifaya ("Enough"), a loose coalition of opponents of the GOE, were g[...] |
2005-03-30 16:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM ASEC EG |
| 05CAIRO2517 | CODELS PELOSI/KILPATRICK/SMITH/DREIER IN CAIRO [...]C) During the week of March 20-24, Egyptian Minister of Defense Tantawi met with 20 members of Congress and staff from CODEL Pelosi (M[...] |
2005-03-31 09:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL MOPS MASS IR IS IZ SU EG |
| 05CAIRO2524 | THE SOUND AND THE FURY OF EGYPT'S REACTION TO USG [...]C) Egyptian anger at our March 3 announcement of direct USG funding for democracy promotion has now reached the Parliament. After se[...] |
2005-03-31 11:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KMPI KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO2532 | CODEL DREIER MARCH 23-25 VISIT TO CAIRO: PRIME [...]C) In a March 24 meeting with Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif, CODEL Dreier (consisting of Representatives Dreier, Diaz-Balart, Alcee H[...] |
2005-03-31 14:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP EG |
| 05CAIRO2534 | SUDAN: EGYPT TO SEND CABINET MEMBER TO OSLO [...]C) The Charge met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit March 30 and raised the issue of the upcoming Sudan donors conferen[...] |
2005-03-31 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN PHUM EG SU NO |
| 05CAIRO2536 | WHAT IF YOU HELD A COMPETITIVE PRESIDENTIAL [...]) President Mubarak's late February proposal to amend Article 76 of the Egyptian constitution will, once parliament has hammered out t[...] |
2005-03-31 15:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO2552 | MESSAGE ON KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON SYRIA: [...]C) The Charge spoke separately on April 2 with Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad and MFA Chief of Staff Sameh Shukry to request the [...] |
2005-04-03 14:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EG SY LE |
| 05CAIRO2589 | REPORTING ON RECENT DEMONSTRATIONS; NEW WEEKLY [...]gyptian newspapers carried only limited reporting of the recent demonstrations in Cairo and around Egypt by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB[...] |
2005-04-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO2596 | EGYPT: UPDATE ON TERRORISM CASES [...]) An emergency court in Cairo convicted and sentenced on March 28 an Egyptian national and an Iranian diplomat (the latter in absentia[...] |
2005-04-04 16:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM ASEC IR EG |
| 05CAIRO2640 | EGYPT PRESSING PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP TO BETTER [...]C) MFA Chief of Staff Sameh Shukry telephoned the Charge April 4 under instructions to convey that the Government of Egypt had communi[...] |
2005-04-05 14:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL EG IS |
| 05CAIRO2662 | INTEL CEO MAKES A SPLASH IN CAIRO [...]n his first visit to Egypt, Intel Corporation CEO Craig Barrett last week delivered a slick, multimedia presentation resembling a prim[...] |
2005-04-06 09:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO ECON ETRD EINT EINV PREL TINT KWWW EG |
| 05CAIRO2682 | LIBYA - UNHCR TRIPOLI REQUESTS USG HELP [...]) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 10. ¶2. (U) THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY USLO TRIPOLI. ------- &#[...] |
2005-04-06 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG LI UNHCR |
| 05CAIRO2691 | PROGRESS OF DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE ASSISTANCE IN [...]SBU) Post is moving to implement an ambitious program of directly-funded democracy and governance (D&G) activities in Egypt, using US[...] |
2005-04-06 15:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMPI PREL EG PDEM |
| 05CAIRO2693 | EGYPT AND THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM [...]/NF) Egypt brings to the fight against terrorism both its own grim experience and a track record of results. In the 1990s, Egypt succ[...] |
2005-04-06 16:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL ASEC KFRD EG |
| 05CAIRO2722 | EGYPTIAN REACTION TO DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL II [...]SBU) Summary: The GOE, Egyptian religious leaders, and the Egyptian media have joined the worldwide outpouring of condolences and re[...] |
2005-04-07 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL EG VC |
| 05CAIRO2733 | MIXED REVIEWS OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S FIRST [...]C) Summary: After several months of delay, the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has completed its first annual report on the[...] |
2005-04-07 14:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO2734 | CONTINUING TO PURSUE RADIO SAWA TRANSMISSION IN [...]BU) Summary: Continuing to seek permission for Radio Sawa to retransmit its signal in Egypt, the Charge sent a letter on March 31 to[...] |
2005-04-07 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PROP KPAO EG BBG |
| 05CAIRO2736 | EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES [...][...] |
2005-04-07 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OEXC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO2737 | EGYPT: DEMARCHE ON WIPO IPR AND DEVELOPMENT [...]ost delivered reftel demarche to senior-level officials in the following ministries and agencies responsible for intellectual property[...] |
2005-04-07 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EG WIPO EIAD |
| 05CAIRO2739 | MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING [...]SBU) The Charge chaired on April 6 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). A/DCM, RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, C[...] |
2005-04-07 15:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG |
| 05CAIRO2740 | EGYPT: RAISING AWARENESS OF PSI [...]SBU) Post appreciates ref A opportunity to consider how public diplomacy might raise awareness of the Proliferation Security Initiati[...] |
2005-04-07 15:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PHSA OIIP KNNP KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO2741 | SUDAN: EGYPT SUGGESTS DARFUR WAR CRIMINALS BE [...]C) Following an April 6 meeting between President Mubarak and Sudanese Foreign Minister Ismail, Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit [...] |
2005-04-07 19:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM EG SU |
| 05CAIRO2743 | EGYPT: EXPLOSION AT CAIRO BAZAAR [...]SBU) Charge convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 8:30 p.m. on April 7 after reports of an explosion in the popular Khan a[...] |
2005-04-07 20:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC CASC EG |
| 05CAIRO2744 | APRIL 7 CAIRO BOMBING: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE [...]) The Charge convened the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee on April 8 at 12 noon local to discuss the April 7 bombing incident at [...] |
2005-04-08 13:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC KCRM EG |
| 05CAIRO2789 | TERRORISM IN CAIRO; ANOTHER ROUND OF CRITICISM OF [...]ll media outlets gave wide coverage to the bombing attack in Cairo's Khan Al-Khalili market, highlighting PM Ahmed Nazif's April 8 hos[...] |
2005-04-11 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO2792 | APRIL 3 VISIT TO ISMAILIA: "ACTIVATING" THE [...]U) The Charge on April 3 visited Ismailia, the Egyptian governorate with which Embassy Cairo cooperates in running an experimental Vi[...] |
2005-04-11 15:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ETRD KWWW PREL TINT EG |
| 05CAIRO2799 | CAIRO TERROR ATTACK: ARRESTS, CLAIMS, AND REACTIONS [...]BU) In a statement aired on Egyptian TV on the afternoon of April 11, the Ministry of Interior identified the (dead) perpetrator of th[...] |
2005-04-11 16:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC EG |
| 05CAIRO2801 | EGYPT: SUA CONVENTION AND NONPROLIFERATION [...]SBU) Poloff discussed reftel demarche April 11 with Adel Ibrahim, Director of the Office of Arms Control and Disarmament at the Egypt[...] |
2005-04-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KNNP MNUC MX PARM PGOV PHSA PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO2852 | IRAQ POLICY COORDINATOR JONES'S MEETINGS WITH [...]S) During an April 11 visit to Egypt, Iraq Policy Coordinator and Senior Advisor (S/I) Richard Jones met separately with Egyptian Inte[...] |
2005-04-12 15:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC EG IZ OVIP |
| 05CAIRO2853 | APRIL 12 MEETING OF EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...]SBU) Summary: On April 12, the Charge chaired a regular meeting of post's IDWG, which was attended by American and LES staff from th[...] |
2005-04-12 16:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO2854 | ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE U.S. ELICITS [...]C) Egyptian press and MFA contacts offered tempered reactions to public comments by President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Sharon f[...] |
2005-04-12 16:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL ASEC EG IS |
| 05CAIRO2875 | PRESSING THE MAGEN DAVID ADOM ISSUE: SWISS ENVOY [...]C) We learned from our Swiss Embassy contacts April 12 that the new Swiss Ambassador raised the issue of an international conference a[...] |
2005-04-13 15:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KPAL EG IS SW ICRC IFRC |
| 05CAIRO2876 | EGYPT'S NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...]SBU) The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has publicly released its first annual report. Although there are several obvious [...] |
2005-04-13 16:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO2877 | EGYPT: SMEAR PUTS MUSLIM BROTHERS ON THE DEFENSIVE [...]) Enemies of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood have seized on an erroneous report as an opportunity to attack the group as duplicitous and disl[...] |
2005-04-13 16:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO2892 | EGYPT: GOE MAY BE CHANGING TUNE ON COE CYBERCRIME [...]U) On April 12, DOJ Computer Crimes expert Christopher Painter met with Assistant Minister of Justice Iskandar Ghattas to discuss the[...] |
2005-04-14 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM EG UNCRIME |
| 05CAIRO2893 | CHR-61 CUBA AND BELARUS RESOLUTIONS: GOE [...]C) Responding to Ref B demarche request on the UNCHR-61 Belarus resolution, Post coordinated with the Dutch Embassy (representing the [...] |
2005-04-14 15:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EG PDEM CHR |
| 05CAIRO2896 | EGYPT: COS WEHEBA AND CENTCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER [...]C) Summary: Meeting with Egyptian Chief of Staff Weheba on April 13, senior U.S. military commanders led by Deputy CENTCOM Commander[...] |
2005-04-14 15:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS EG |
| 05CAIRO2897 | MOD ADVISOR CLAIMS LIMITED EGYPTIAN MILITARY [...]C) On April 13, PolOff asked senior MoD advisor MG Fouad Abd al Haleem about the depth of MoD interests in China. (Note: Defense Mi[...] |
2005-04-14 15:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS CH EG |
| 05CAIRO2898 | EMBASSY CAIRO'S RESPONSE TO THE APRIL 7 TERRORIST [...]BU) Embassy Cairo's immediate response to the April 7 Khan el-Khalili bombing (reftels) included expeditious consular assistance to th[...] |
2005-04-14 16:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC EG |
| 05CAIRO2899 | ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CAIRO TERROR ATTACK: MODEST [...]U) Reaction to the April 7 bombing in Cairo has been muted on the economic front, with the stock market registering a slight dip in th[...] |
2005-04-14 16:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PTER EG |
| 05CAIRO2930 | IRAQI JOURNALISTS VENT THEIR FRUSTRATIONS ON [...]SBU) Summary: At a backyard reception for a group of visiting Iraqi journalists, Embassy staff witnessed a spirited discussion among[...] |
2005-04-18 07:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO IZ EG |
| 05CAIRO2957 | GOE MONETARY POLICY COORDINATING COUNCIL HOLDS [...]U) The Monetary Policy Coordinating Council of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) held its first meeting on April 10, 2005. The Council [...] |
2005-04-18 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EG |
| 05CAIRO2967 | EGYPTIAN AMERICAN BANK TO BE SOLD [...](C) Roderick Richards (protect), Managing Director of the Egyptian American Bank (EAB), told the Charge on April 18 that the Board of [...] |
2005-04-18 15:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN EG |
| 05CAIRO2968 | EGYPTIAN JOURNALISTS SENTENCED TO PRISON TERMS FOR [...]SBU) A Cairo Criminal Court has convicted three journalists working for independent daily Al Masry Al Youm of defaming Minister of Ho[...] |
2005-04-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO2969 | EGYPT NAMES ACCOMPLICES IN APRIL 7 BAZAAR BOMBING [...]BU) In a public announcement on the afternoon of April 17, the Ministry of Interior named four accomplices of the bomber who died as h[...] |
2005-04-18 16:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC EG |
| 05CAIRO2971 | AL-AZHAR BOMBER IDENTIFIED, CO-PLOTTERS ARRESTED: [...]ummary: Egyptian Television (ETV) reported the identity of the Al-Azhar terrorist bomber on April 11. The following day, photos of t[...] |
2005-04-19 06:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PTER KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO2990 | BOGUS USG MEMO 'EXPLAINED' BY AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT [...]SBU) Summary: PA officer visited Abdel Latif Al Manawy, Cairo bureau chief of pan-Arab Al Sharq Al Awsat newspaper, to discuss an Ap[...] |
2005-04-20 09:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PROP OIIP KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO3065 | ADDITIONAL EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON A PROPOSED [...]C) Responding to reftel demarche on the U.S.-EU sponsored conference on Iraq and a possible Egyptian-sponsored preparatory conference [...] |
2005-04-24 05:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO3066 | EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES [...][...] |
2005-04-24 05:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OEXC KPAO EG KIIP |
| 05CAIRO3071 | OSAC COUNTRY COUNCIL STATUS REPORT: CAIRO [...]arterly/Annual Update (U) The Cairo Regional Security Office is making good progress in creating a viable Country Council. [...] |
2005-04-24 08:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EG KSAC |
| 05CAIRO3086 | MULTI-HOUR MUBARAK INTERVIEW TO AIR STARTING APRIL [...]BU) A multi-hour interview with President Mubarak will be aired over three consecutive days on Egypt Channel One starting on the even[...] |
2005-04-24 14:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EG |
| 05CAIRO3089 | EGYPTIAN JUDGES LAUNCH "INTIFADA", THREATEN TO [...]) Over 1000 Egyptian judges meeting under the auspices of the Alexandria Judges' Club launched in mid-April what one paper dubbed "the[...] |
2005-04-24 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO3112 | NEW EGYPTIAN DONATION TO AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...]C) Summary: The Egyptian Ministry of Defense (MoD) responded to ref E request, relayed through State and military channels and reinf[...] |
2005-04-27 04:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS EG |
| 05CAIRO3131 | FY06 MRP "VOLUNTEERISM AND COMMUNITY SERVICE," FEBRUARY [...]A Cairo is pleased to nominate Ms. Nora Ismail Mohamed YOUNIS, Project Coordinator, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), to part[...] |
2005-04-27 13:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO3132 | FY06 MRP "URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES," NOVEMBER [...]A Cairo is pleased to nominate MR. Ashraf Amin Mohamed AMIN, TV Nile News reporter, to participate in the subject MRP. �[...] |
2005-04-27 13:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO3133 | FY06 MRP "GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM," JANUARY 19 [...]A Cairo is pleased to nominate Ms. Shafky Halim Aly EL MONIERY, Presenter and Producer, Egyptian Television, to participate in the sub[...] |
2005-04-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO3146 | GOE RESOLVES SOFT DRINK SALES TAX ISSUE [...]U) On March 31, 2005 the GOE official gazette published Law No. 9 of 2005, which amends Sales Tax Law No. 11 of 1991. The amendment, [...] |
2005-04-27 16:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EG |
| 05CAIRO3147 | EGYPTIAN AMERICAN BANK: BOARD OF DIRECTORS [...]C) The Board of Directors of the Egyptian American Bank (EAB) met last week to approve the sale of EAB to a strategic investor, as rep[...] |
2005-04-27 16:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID EG |
| 05CAIRO3164 | EGYPTIAN MEDIA CAMPAIGN AGAINST USG ASSISTANCE [...]SBU) Summary: There has been a marked increase recently in negative Egyptian media commentary concerning USG assistance to Egypt, wit[...] |
2005-04-28 11:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO EG MEPI USG |
| 05CAIRO3175 | GOE TRACKING SYRIAN MOVES IN LEBANON; NOTES OUR [...]C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche to Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad April 28. Before hearing the demarche, Awad noted that[...] |
2005-04-28 15:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO EG LE SY |
| 05CAIRO3176 | PREPARING FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...]C) General Abizaid, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your return visit to Egypt. U.S.-Egyptian military relations have benefited from o[...] |
2005-04-28 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS EG |
| 05CAIRO3178 | MDA: SWISS PROJECT DIRECTOR PFIRTER'S [...]C) During a two-day visit to Egypt April 20-21, Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs Policy Coordinator Didier Pfirter met with senior [...] |
2005-04-28 15:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL PHUM EG IS ICRC MDA |
| 05CAIRO3179 | NET-CENTRIC DIPLOMACY TRIP REPORT, CAIRO, APRIL [...]is cable was drafted by the Net-Centric Diplomacy (NCD) team from the Department and CITI that visited post from April 10-11 to instal[...] |
2005-04-28 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AINF OTRA EG NCD |
| 05CAIRO3180 | IMPROVING OUR SIPRNET WEBSITE [...]st is committed to classified web-publishing as a way to provide end-users with easy access to cables, biographies, and other post rep[...] |
2005-04-28 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AINF EG SIPRNET |
| 05CAIRO3183 | EGYPT: PROBABLE TERROR ATTACKS IN CAIRO ON APRIL [...]U) This message is senstive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. ----------- [...] |
2005-04-30 19:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC CASC KCRM EG |
| 05CAIRO3184 | EGYPT: EAC MEETING FOLLOWING APRIL 30 SUICIDE [...]U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. ¶2. (SBU) On Ma[...] |
2005-05-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL CASC KCRM EG EAC |
| 05CAIRO3239 | TERRORISM STRIKES CAIRO AGAIN; MUBARAK'S [...]U) Summary: TV and print media devoted extensive coverage to the April 30 terrorist attacks in Cairo, quoting GOE officials' statemen[...] |
2005-05-04 06:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER KPAO IS RS EG |
| 05CAIRO3320 | MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING [...]SBU) The Charge chaired on May 4 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). A/DCM, RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CON[...] |
2005-05-04 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG |
| 05CAIRO3421 | EGYPT: NOTES ON THE APRIL 30 CAIRO TERRORIST [...]) A clearer picture of the April 30 terrorist attacks in Cairo is beginning to emerge. The two attacks, one a bombing that killed the[...] |
2005-05-05 16:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC EG |
| 05CAIRO3424 | A SEASON OF UNCERTAINTY IN EGYPTIAN POLITICS [...]) As Cairo's weather warms up this spring, Egyptian intellectuals and observers are preoccupied by a growing sense of anticipation and[...] |
2005-05-05 18:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO3445 | IT'S THE REAL THING: U.S. SOFT DRINK COMPANIES [...]SBU) Post contacted Tarek Kabil, Chairman and CEO of Pepsi Egypt, and Lobna El Dessouky, Chief Financial Officer for Coca-Cola Bottlin[...] |
2005-05-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO3493 | CODEL FRIST MAY 4-6 VISIT TO CAIRO: PRIME [...]C) Summary: Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif and Finance Minister Boutros Ghali reviewed for CODEL Frist the GOE's economic reform polici[...] |
2005-05-09 16:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL ECON EFIN EG |
| 05CAIRO3495 | CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND THE OUTLOOK FOR [...]) Egypt's People's Assembly (PA) is expected to approve on May 10 legislation that would amend Article 76 of the constitution to allow[...] |
2005-05-09 18:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO3589 | POLICE ROUND UP MUSLIM BROTHERS: EGYPTIAN MEDIA [...]eadlines: Egyptian media devoted much of their May 6 - 7 weekend coverage to talks between President Mubarak, Saudi Crown Prince Abdu[...] |
2005-05-11 09:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO3617 | EGYPT: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CHANGED, PASSED [...]) Egypt's parliament passed on May 10 an amendment to Article 76 of the constitution, allowing for the country's first direct, competi[...] |
2005-05-11 16:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO3624 | EGYPT ISSUES IPR COPYRIGHT REGULATIONS [...]BU) Summary. On March 29, 2005, the Prime Minister issued decree 497/2005 which promulgated the final chapter of executive regulation[...] |
2005-05-12 13:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD EINV EAID EG |
| 05CAIRO3626 | RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN'S FIRST VISIT TO EGYPT [...]C) The visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin April 26-27 to Cairo, Egypt will be remembered more for its ceremonial and nostalgic [...] |
2005-05-12 13:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KNNP ECON EG IS UNSC |
| 05CAIRO3627 | PROMINENT REFORM ADVOCATE DISCUSSES CONSTITUTIONAL [...]C) Summary: Shafik Gabr praised the recent amendment to Egypt's presidential election law but said the GOE had done a poor job of exp[...] |
2005-05-12 13:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EG |
| 05CAIRO3647 | GUANTANAMO ALLEGATIONS OF KORAN DESECRATION NOT ON [...]C) During a May 12 meeting with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif (septel), the Charge drew from reftel talking points to address al[...] |
2005-05-12 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO3649 | SUDAN: EGYPTIAN CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN [...]SBU) During a May 12 meeting with MFA Sudan Office Deputy Director Abdelmoneim Omar, poloff explored the current Egyptian contribution[...] |
2005-05-12 15:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS EAID EG SU |
| 05CAIRO3650 | SUDAN: NATO TECHNICAL AND LOGISTICAL ASSISTANCE [...]C) Poloff met May 12 with MFA Sudan Affairs Deputy Office Director Abdelmoneim Omar to press the GOE to support African Union (AU) Cha[...] |
2005-05-12 15:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM EG SU |
| 05CAIRO3687 | RELEASE OF EGYPTIAN NATIONALS FROM GUANTANAMO [...]) As instructed ref A, Embassy has gone back through liaison channels to reiterate to the GOE the Department's points on the cases of [...] |
2005-05-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC EG |
| 05CAIRO3688 | EGYPTIAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS STRIKE [...]) Summary: On May 9, Egyptian air traffic controllers began an air traffic slow down in response to what they considered low wages an[...] |
2005-05-15 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC OTRA EG |
| 05CAIRO3729 | MARITIME PORT SECURITY [...]BU) SUMMARY: Egyptian officials responded positively to presentations by U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Liaison [...] |
2005-05-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PBTS PINR PHSA PTER OTRA EG |
| 05CAIRO3752 | MDA: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE LOOKING FOR [...]C) In the absence of the Foreign Minister, who has been in Brazil and is now in Libya, the Acting DCM delivered ref A demarche on May [...] |
2005-05-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS ICRC MDA |
| 05CAIRO3755 | THE GOE AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: ANATOMY OF A [...]C) In recent months, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has adopted both increasingly confrontational street tactics and reform-touting r[...] |
2005-05-17 04:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO3763 | POST CONTINUES TO ENGAGE KEY EGYPTIAN FIGURES ON [...]C) Embassy Cairo has engaged key contacts vigorously in response to initial allegations of Koran desecration at U.S. detention facili[...] |
2005-05-17 10:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO3767 | MUBARAK BLAMES DEMONSTRATIONS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT; [...]onstitutional reform: The People's Assembly debate and approval of a constitutional amendment to article 76 dominated media coverage [...] |
2005-05-17 12:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO3774 | EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY POSTPONES FOREIGN DIGNITARY [...]C) Locally-based diplomats shared recently with us that the Egyptian Presidency had quietly and abruptly "postponed" long-scheduled vi[...] |
2005-05-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO3779 | EGYPT: TREASURY OFFICIALS HEAR GOE APPEAL FOR TAX [...]U) On May 4, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Technical Assistance James Fall, Treasury officials Robert Warfield and Keith[...] |
2005-05-17 14:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EG |
| 05CAIRO3780 | EGYPT TO CONSIDER NOMINATION OF JUDGE BUERGENTHAL [...]oloff delivered reftel demarche May 12 on the candidacy of Judge Thomas Buergenthal to MFA Second Secretary in the Office of Specializ[...] |
2005-05-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EG UNSC UNGA |
| 05CAIRO3785 | EGYPT POLITICS: OPPOSITION CALLS FOR BOYCOTT OF [...]) Leading opposition parties and other critics of the Egyptian parliament's proposal to amend Article 76 of the constitution (to allow[...] |
2005-05-17 16:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO3792 | Egypt PD Results (04/21/05-05/11/05) [...][...] |
2005-05-18 07:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC OEXC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO3793 | UNESCO: EGYPT REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ITS [...]hile delivering a demarche May 12 seeking Egyptian support for a U.S. candidacy to the International Court of Justice (reftel), MFA Of[...] |
2005-05-18 08:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EG UNGA UNESCO |
| 05CAIRO3806 | MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING [...]SBU) The Charge chaired on May 18 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and [...] |
2005-05-18 18:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG HSWG |
| 05CAIRO3807 | THE FIRST LADY'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...]SBU) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes the visit of First Lady Laura Bush to Egypt. This visit is an opportunity for the U.S. to emphasi[...] |
2005-05-18 18:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP OTRA PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO3839 | EGYPT BELIEVES IT CAN MANAGE SYRIAN INVOLVEMENT IN [...]C) Summary: During a May 19 meeting with MFA Chief of Cabinet Sameh Shukry, the Charge delivered reftel demarche on USG objections to[...] |
2005-05-19 15:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC EG IZ SY EUN NATO |
| 05CAIRO3840 | EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR, SUPPORTERS FACING HARASSMENT [...]) Sustained threats, intimidation, and harassment are making it "impossible" for Ayman Nour, the embattled leader of the opposition Gh[...] |
2005-05-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO3841 | MAY 10 MEETING OF EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...]SBU) The Charge chaired the May 10 IDWG meeting, which was attended by the Acting DCM; USAID Deputy Director and USAID D&G staff; PA [...] |
2005-05-19 16:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO3842 | CHARGE PRESSES MDA ISSUE WITH FOREIGN MINISTRY [...]C) During a May 19 meeting with Chief of Cabinet Sameh Shukry (the second-ranking official at the MFA), the Charge urged Egypt to play[...] |
2005-05-19 16:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS ICRC |
| 05CAIRO3889 | EGYPT MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT: MARCH AND APRIL 2005 [...]U) In this edition: Banking and Finance: Parliament considers amendments to the Banking Law and the first foreign medical in[...] |
2005-05-22 16:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT SENV EG |
| 05CAIRO3901 | MIXED COMMENTARY ON NAZIF VISIT TO WASHINGTON: [...]eadlines: President Mubarak's visit with Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi and other African leaders to discuss Darfur May 17 - 18 was wid[...] |
2005-05-23 08:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO3911 | EGYPT: ARTICLE 76 REFERENDUM SPEEDING TOWARD [...]) The May 25 referendum on parliament's proposed amendment of Article 76 of the constitution, to allow for Egypt's first competitive p[...] |
2005-05-23 15:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO3941 | ARREST OF SENIOR MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD OFFICIAL [...]) The GOE arrested on May 22 Mahmoud Ezzat, Secretary-General of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Ezzat SIPDIS is th[...] |
2005-05-24 16:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO3952 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...]C) During a May 25 meeting with the Charge, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit expressed satisfaction with the respective vis[...] |
2005-05-25 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG KDEM KPAL IS IR SU |
| 05CAIRO3953 | THE FIRST LADY'S VISIT TO EGYPT, MAY 23-24 [...]irst Lady Laura Bush's May 23-24 visit to Egypt was a public diplomacy triumph and contributed significantly to USG efforts to promote[...] |
2005-05-26 04:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP OTRA PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO4005 | REFERENDUM MARRED BY LOW TURNOUT AND REPORTS OF [...]C) The May 25 referendum on revising the Egyptian constitution to allow for direct presidential elections was characterized by low tu[...] |
2005-05-26 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
| 05CAIRO4023 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON HIS PERSONAL SUPPORT [...][...] |
2005-05-26 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL KOLY EG KBIO |
| 05CAIRO4024 | EGYPT: GAMAL MUBARAK AIDE ON REFERENDUM VIOLENCE [...]C) ECPO Counselor raised the negative consequences of the GOE's handling of violent incidents during Egypt's May 25 constitutional ame[...] |
2005-05-26 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO4025 | CHARGE BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON VISITS OF FIRST [...]SBU) Summary. The Charge briefed the diplomatic corps May 26 on the visits of Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif to the United States and [...] |
2005-05-26 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EG OVIP |
| 05CAIRO4028 | MAY 25 MEETING OF EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...]SBU) The Charge chaired the May 25 IDWG meeting, which was attended by the Acting DCM; USAID D&G staff; PA Counselor and PA staff; an[...] |
2005-05-26 15:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL KPAO EG KIIP |
| 05CAIRO4059 | PDAS CHENEY CHALLENGES ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY [...]C) Summary: In a May 24 meeting with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney SIPDIS pr[...] |
2005-05-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG |
| 05CAIRO4061 | GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT MAY USE USDA'S GSM-102 PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: On May 26, AgCounselor Asif J. Chaudhry met with Hassan Kheder, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade, to discuss Egypt[...] |
2005-05-31 04:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD ECON EAID EG |
| 05CAIRO4119 | EGYPT SHARES USG GOALS ON LA/SW MARKING AND [...]C) Drawing from reftel points in a June 1 meeting with Adel Ibrahim, Director of the MFA Office of Arms Control and Disarmament, Polo[...] |
2005-06-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO4120 | CWC: EGYPT SENDING NON-GOVERNMENTAL [...]SBU) Poloff discussed ref B demarche with MFA cabinet member responsible for disarmament Sherif Kamel, who reported back on May 31 th[...] |
2005-06-01 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC EG OPCW CBW CWC |
| 05CAIRO4121 | EGYPT: MAY 25 REFERENDUM - RESULTS AND REACTION [...]C) The GOE claims that 83 percent of those casting ballots on May 25 supported the amendment to permit future direct presidential ele[...] |
2005-06-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO4122 | THE TERROR SUSPECT WHO BEAT HIMSELF TO DEATH: A [...]BU) On May 22, the Egyptian Public Prosecutor announced that 27-year-old Ashraf Said Youssef, the alleged mastermind behind the April[...] |
2005-06-01 15:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER PGOV EG |
| 05CAIRO4123 | CHARGE PRESSES REFORM WITH EGYPTIAN COUNCIL FOR [...]U) Summary: Members of the American-Egyptian Relations Committee of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs invited the Charge to di[...] |
2005-06-01 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO4124 | RECENT EMBASSY EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY IN [...]SBU) Embassy Cairo continued in May its robust outreach program to support the expansion of democracy and freedom in Egypt, with a pa[...] |
2005-06-01 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM EG |
| 05CAIRO4125 | EGYPT CONVOKES CHARGE ON IRAQ PREPCOM PARTICIPATION [...]C) The Charge was convoked late in the afternoon of June 1 by MFA Chief of Cabinet Sameh Shukry (acting for the Foreign Minister, who[...] |
2005-06-01 15:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IZ RS EG EUN |
| 05CAIRO4126 | REFERENDUM CALLED "HISTORIC" BY GOVERNMENT MEDIA; [...]ay 25 referendum on constitutional amendment to change presidential election process - TV: Egyptian TV coverage showed enthusiastic v[...] |
2005-06-02 05:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO4127 | SHAKE-UP RUMORED IN EGYPTIAN PRO-GOVERNMENT PRESS [...]SBU) Summary: An unprecedented "correction" in the pro-government Al Ahram newspaper has sparked a tense stand-off between ruling Na[...] |
2005-06-02 05:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OPRC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO4159 | PROPOSAL FOR FY-06 SINGLE COUNTRY PROGRAM FOR [...]mbassy Cairo requests a Single Country Program be organized for five to seven Egyptian participants on the topic of "Arts Management i[...] |
2005-06-02 12:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO4170 | EGYPTIAN CIVIL SOCIETY MONITORING OF MAY 25 [...]C) Summary: Six Egyptian civil society organizations, led by the Ibn Khaldun Center (IKC) and with training and coordination support[...] |
2005-06-02 15:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL EG NDI |
| 05CAIRO4171 | MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING [...]SBU) The Charge chaired on May 30 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and [...] |
2005-06-02 15:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG |
| 05CAIRO4172 | EGYPT COMFORTABLE WITH "NON-RESULT" OF NPT REVCON; [...]C) Summary: In a June 1 conversation with a member of the Egyptian delegation to the NPT Review Conference, Poloff heard Egypt's vie[...] |
2005-06-02 16:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PHSA OIIP KNNP KSTC ETTC EG IAEA NPT |
| 05CAIRO4174 | BMENA: CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS LACK OF [...]U) This is a joint cable from Embassy Cairo and the MEPI Regional Office in Tunis. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: During a recent [...] |
2005-06-05 05:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KMPI EG MEPI |
| 05CAIRO4218 | POST ENCOURAGES EGYPTIAN SUPPORT FOR NEW YORK [...]U) In advance of the July 6 decision in Singapore by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Post is bringing to the attention of E[...] |
2005-06-06 07:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL KOLY EG |
| 05CAIRO4221 | ERITREAN MILITARY GROUP IN KSA PROPOSED FOR [...][...] |
2005-06-06 11:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM SA EG UNHCR |
| 05CAIRO4256 | CAIRO MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION HELD UP OVER [...]SBU) Summary: Apparently objecting to coverage of referendum-related protests by the English-language weekly "Cairo Magazine," the M[...] |
2005-06-06 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO4261 | DELIVERABLES FOR THE US-EU INTERNATIONAL [...]C) Following a June 2 Iraq Steering Group meeting in Cairo (septel), Post delivered demarches in refs A and C to MFA Cabinet Staff mem[...] |
2005-06-06 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON EG IZ EUN |
| 05CAIRO4262 | MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE ON ADVANCING THE PEACE [...][...] |
2005-06-06 16:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS |
| 05CAIRO4264 | EGYPT: ANOTHER BLOW TO THE GHAD PARTY [...]) The Ghad Party, the beleaguered liberal/secular political party founded by Ayman Nour, has suffered another severe setback with the [...] |
2005-06-06 16:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO4304 | CRITICS ACCUSE NDP OF USING "THUGS" AND [...]SBU) Summary: While the pro-government press was praising the May 25 referendum, independent and opposition commentators criticized [...] |
2005-06-08 06:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO4309 | IRAQ CONFERENCE CORE-GROUP PLANNING MEETING IN [...]C) Steering Group members (U.S., EU, Iraq, Japan, UN, Egypt, and Russia) met in Cairo June 2 to coordinate planning for a June 22 Mini[...] |
2005-06-08 07:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON EG IZ RS EUN |
| 05CAIRO4317 | IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE TO ATTEND BRUSSELS MINISTERIAL [...]C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Arab League Secretariat Chief of Staff Hesham Yousef June 7, urging the SIPDIS A[...] |
2005-06-08 14:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO4318 | EGYPTIAN MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION REQUESTS [...][...] |
2005-06-08 14:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EG FAA |
| 05CAIRO4321 | WELL-KNOWN JOURNALIST LAUNCHES NEW NEWSPAPER IN [...]SBU) Summary: Al Fagr ("The Dawn"), the latest weekly independent newspaper in Egypt, published its first edition on June 4. The ne[...] |
2005-06-09 05:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO4336 | GENERAL WARD'S DISCUSSION WITH OMAR SOLIMAN IN [...]C) LTG Ward and Omar Soliman, meeting in Cairo June 6, shared views on the need for a clear chain of authority in the revamped securit[...] |
2005-06-09 13:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL ASEC IS EG LTG |
| 05CAIRO4359 | EGYPT: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT [...]C) Madame Secretary, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt and looks forward to the opportunity to advance U.S. interests[...] |
2005-06-09 17:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP EG |
| 05CAIRO4360 | SUDAN: NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE AND THE [...]C) National Democratic Alliance (NDA) officials confirmed June 7 that negotiations would commence June 12 in Cairo between the NDA lea[...] |
2005-06-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PHUM EG SU ER |
| 05CAIRO4361 | EGYPT CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR INDEPENDENT [...][...] |
2005-06-10 15:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL CASC PTER EG UZ |
| 05CAIRO4362 | GOE FORMALLY COMPLAINS ABOUT KORAN MISHANDLING [...]) Summary: Following media reports of Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit's condemnation of the alleged desecration of the Koran at the det[...] |
2005-06-10 15:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO4374 | EGYPT'S FY2005/06 BUDGET: A MAKEOVER [...]U) On June 7 the People's Assembly passed the budget for fiscal year (FY) 2005/2006. The new budget was drafted using the IMF Governm[...] |
2005-06-12 11:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO4378 | BIO INFORMATION ON NEW EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ [...]C) The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released in late April a list of names of Egyptian diplomats assigned to new postings, inc[...] |
2005-06-12 11:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IZ IS KBIO |
| 05CAIRO4379 | MDA: EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS SWISS ENVOY [...]C) According to the Swiss Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission, Heinz Walker, Ambassador Didier Pfirter received encouraging signals on the[...] |
2005-06-12 12:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS MDA |
| 05CAIRO4428 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CONCERNED OVER POSSIBLE [...]C) A senior MFA official convoked the Charge on June 12, at the Foreign Minister's direction, to express concern over how Egypt unders[...] |
2005-06-13 09:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS EAID EU EG |
| 05CAIRO4430 | FAMILY-FRIENDLY TAXES AND DOCTORS WITHOUT [...]ummary: The pro-government media highlighted a new tax law, signed by President Mubarak on June 8. TV talk shows hosted a parade of [...] |
2005-06-13 11:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO4441 | SYRIAN "HIT LIST" NOT NEWS IN EGYPT [...]SBU) Summary: Egyptian media have largely ignored recent press reports citing U.S. comments about a possible Syrian 'hit list' of tar[...] |
2005-06-13 15:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO EG SY |
| 05CAIRO4495 | GOE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS DETAILS U.S. TRIP [...]SBU) On June 13, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dr. Tarek Kamel met with the Charge for consulations prior to [...] |
2005-06-14 12:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EINT EINV OVIP PREL KGIT EG |
| 05CAIRO4518 | EGYPT TO CONSIDER USG VIEWS ON COMPREHENSIVE [...]BU) In a discussion with Hisham Maher, a member of the Foreign Minister's cabinet, and a more detailed exchange with First Secretary N[...] |
2005-06-14 15:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER EG UNGA |
| 05CAIRO4519 | EGYPT'S POLITICAL REFORM AGENDA: MORE IN THE [...]) The amendment of Article 76 of Egypt's constitution, ratified by public referendum on May 25 (refs A and B), was the centerpiece of [...] |
2005-06-14 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO4532 | EGYPT: 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...]) Claimant A b) 2001 c) In June 2001, the Alexandria Governorate took approximately 6,000 square meters of claimant's [...] |
2005-06-15 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EFIN EINV KIDE PGOV EG OPIC |
| 05CAIRO4534 | REPORT: MUBARAK TO NAME VICE PRESIDENT [...]) The London-based Financial Times reported on June 15 that President Mubarak intends to name a Vice President - a step he has refused to take throu[...] |
2005-06-15 16:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO4535 | EGYPT: ARCENT COMMANDER HEARS BRIGHT STAR [...]C) Summary: During June 15 meetings with Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials in Cairo, ARCENT Commander LTG Whitcomb was told that B[...] |
2005-06-15 16:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS SU SY CH IZ AF EG |
| 05CAIRO4576 | OPPOSITION LEADER ALLEGES PLOT TO FIX THE [...]) In a June 16 meeting, Ayman Nour, the embattled leader of the opposition Ghad Party and presidential candidate, alleged to poloff th[...] |
2005-06-16 17:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EG |
| 05CAIRO4577 | UPDATE ON THE GOE-MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD STAND OFF [...]) Government sources quoted in media reports claim that approximately 300 members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), detained during a la[...] |
2005-06-16 17:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO4597 | MDA: ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL ASKS FOR MORE [...]C) In a June 19 meeting with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, the Charge encouraged the Arab League to work for acceptance [...] |
2005-06-19 15:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
| 05CAIRO4598 | OPPOSITION PRESS AGREES WITH CHANGES TO [...]ummary: Opposition press eagerly engaged in the debate over changes made by Parliament to the constitutional amendment on Egypt's pre[...] |
2005-06-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO IZ EG |
| 05CAIRO4681 | NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE AND GOVERNMENT OF [...]U) Summary: Officials representing the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) signed a peace agreement[...] |
2005-06-20 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID EG SG |
| 05CAIRO4709 | SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT A SUCCESS IN EYES OF [...]BU) Summary: Secretary Rice's visit to Egypt on June 20 and her speech at the American University in Cairo (AUC) led all Egyptian rep[...] |
2005-06-21 15:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EG KPAO OVIP PREL |
| 05CAIRO4756 | EGYPTIAN E-JOURNALISM - TWO WEBSITES IN VANGUARD, [...]ummary: Two Egyptian websites - Masrawy.com and ArabAmbassador.org are striving to establish themselves as credible Egyptian Interne[...] |
2005-06-23 09:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR OPRC SCUL KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO4757 | GOE SEEKING INFORMATION ON EGYPTIANS REPORTEDLY [...]) This is an action message. Please see request in paragraph 4. ¶2. (C) During a June 22 meeting, Ambassador Ahmed Tayyeb[...] |
2005-06-23 10:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MOPS EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO4780 | EGYPT: UN PRIORITIES UNDERSTOOD, BUT MECHANISMS [...]C) Summary: The Acting DCM conveyed ref D points on USG priorities for UN reform at the MFA Assistant Minister level, in the absence[...] |
2005-06-23 15:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KUNR AORC EAID EG UNSC UNGA |
| 05CAIRO4781 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PRESENTS REPORT TO MUBARAK; [...]SBU) Summary: On June 21, National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) president Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali met with President Mubarak to[...] |
2005-06-23 16:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO4805 | OMS OF THE FUTURE: NEA REGIONAL OMS CONFERENCE - [...]wenty-eight participants from 21 NEA posts joined the eight Cairo OMSes for the first NEA Regional OMS conference hosted in Egypt Febr[...] |
2005-06-26 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER EG |
| 05CAIRO4820 | MDA: EGYPT REMINDED OF IMPORTANCE OF MDA ISSUE ON [...]C) On June 26, PolOff shared ref A points with Amr Rushdy of the Foreign Minister's cabinet. Rushdy will travel with the Minister to[...] |
2005-06-26 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM IS EG ICRC |
| 05CAIRO4836 | EGYPT: MONETARY POLICY ON TRACK [...]U) In early June, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) published the minutes of the first meeting of the Monetary Policy Coordinating Counc[...] |
2005-06-27 06:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO4873 | VISIT TO PRISONER NABIL SOLIMAN [...]) Emboffs visited Nabil Soliman on June 23, an Egyptian citizen returned by the U.S. to Egypt in June 2002 and subsequently convicted [...] |
2005-06-27 13:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM CASC EG |
| 05CAIRO4875 | SUDAN: NDA OFFICIALS IN CAIRO SAY JUNE 18 [...]SBU) Summary: On June 23, Cairo-based representatives of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) shared with the diplomatic corps the[...] |
2005-06-27 14:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID PHUM SU EG |
| 05CAIRO4876 | EGYPT: PEACEKEEPERS HEAD TO SOUTHERN SUDAN [...]n June 21, President Mubarak reviewed Egyptian troops preparing for peacekeeping missions in south Sudan. The President reminded the [...] |
2005-06-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO MOPS MASS SU EG |
| 05CAIRO4877 | SENIOR EGYPTIAN CLERICS' REPORTED UNHELPFUL [...]) Summary: Egyptian media reports this week quote Egypt's two most prominent Islamic figures, the Mufti and the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, e[...] |
2005-06-27 15:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER PGOV EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO4882 | CRITICAL COVERAGE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT IN [...]ummary: Secretary Rice's visit to Egypt continued to receive positive coverage in the pro-government press; however, commentary in th[...] |
2005-06-28 06:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO IZ SU EG |
| 05CAIRO4917 | EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR TRIAL OFF TO CHAOTIC START [...]) Summary: The Ayman Nour trial opened on June 28 in a chaotic atmosphere, as hundreds of Nour's supporters (alleged by some to be a "[...] |
2005-06-28 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO4960 | EGYPT: HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS AT THE UN [...]C) PolOff discussed ref A points June 29 with Mohamed Mounir of the MFA's Human Rights Department, who emphasized the need to reform [...] |
2005-06-29 15:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KUNR EG |
| 05CAIRO4961 | EGYPT: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL [...]BU) Summary: Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court issued an advisory opinion June 29 stating that five articles of the new Presidentia[...] |
2005-06-29 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
| 05CAIRO4980 | EGYPT: RELEASE OF SHI'A MUSLIM DETAINEE MOHAMED [...]C) Summary: On June 29, Egyptian Shi'a Muslim Mohamed El-Derini, arrested in March 2004 apparently because of his religious beliefs,[...] |
2005-06-30 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KIRF KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO4981 | EGYPT: AT SECOND DAY OF AYMAN NOUR TRIAL, [...]) Summary: In a second chaotic session of the Ayman Nour trial, a codefendant and witness for the prosecution recanted his guilty plea[...] |
2005-06-30 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO4997 | DATE OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ANNOUNCED; PROPOSED [...]SBU) Summary: Egypt's 2005 presidential election, according to senior presidential advisor Zakariyya Azmy, will occur on September 7[...] |
2005-06-30 17:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
| 05CAIRO5000 | EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND [...][...] |
2005-07-03 10:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OEXC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO5009 | SUPPORT FOR IRAQI RESISTANCE; PRAISE FOR IRANIAN [...]ummary: Reacting to the President's speech at Fort Bragg, Egyptian newspapers criticized U.S. policy in Iraq and accused the U.S. of f[...] |
2005-07-03 13:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO5035 | PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES REFORM, GAZA WITHDRAWAL, [...]C) In a June 30 meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney emphasized the importance of reform. Alth[...] |
2005-07-05 06:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG |
| 05CAIRO5051 | EGYPTIAN JUDGES ALLEGE FRAUD, MISMANAGEMENT OF MAY [...]) Summary: The Egyptian Judges' Club has issued a report detailing irregularities and fraud in the administration of the May 25 refere[...] |
2005-07-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO5052 | EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND [...]esham Afifi of the Foreign Ministry's cabinet staff told poloff July 3 that Prime Minister Nazif would represent the GOE at the July 9[...] |
2005-07-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EG SU IGAD |
| 05CAIRO5054 | QURANIC TEACHINGS, BLACK MAGIC, AND SCHOOL [...]ummary: While Egypt plays host to several religious media outlets, only Holy Quran Radio has any real influence on the Egyptian popul[...] |
2005-07-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR SCUL KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO5055 | MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING [...]SBU) The Charge chaired on June 29 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and[...] |
2005-07-05 14:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG HSWG |
| 05CAIRO5057 | EGYPTIAN PRESS SHAKE-UP: MUSICAL CHAIRS OR [...]ummary: Egypt's Shura Council confirmed long-rumored changes to the pro-government press by appointing new editors and board chairmen[...] |
2005-07-05 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO5058 | MFA MYSTIFIED BY AMBASSADOR IHAB SHERIF'S [...]C) Alaa Al-Hadidi of the Foreign Minister's Cabinet told poloff that, as of July 5, the GOE still had no firm clues as to the location[...] |
2005-07-05 15:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO5083 | PDAS CHENEY'S MEETING WITH GOE MINISTER OF [...]C) NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met with Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin to discuss the Fund for the Future. The U.S. envisi[...] |
2005-07-06 16:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO5084 | EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR'S TRIAL POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER, [...]) Summary: At the third session of opposition leader Ayman Nour's forgery trial, the lawyer for defendant number three, Ayman Ismail H[...] |
2005-07-06 16:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO5185 | EGYPTIAN MEDIA LEGEND IBRAHIM NAFEI SHOWN THE [...]SBU) Summary: Of all the changes to the pro- government press leadership announced by the Shura Council on July 3 (ref A), most sign[...] |
2005-07-07 16:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO5194 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY [...]) Deputy Secretary Zoellick, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes you to Egypt and believes your visit comes at a particularly significant mo[...] |
2005-07-07 17:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO5210 | EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: INTERNAL COUP REPORTS, [...]) There have been numerous reports in early July that Mahdy Akef, the Supreme Guide of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB), has been sidel[...] |
2005-07-10 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PHUM EG |
| 05CAIRO5245 | EGYPTIAN JOURNALISTS SUCCESSFULLY COVER LEBANESE [...]SBU) Summary: In anticipation of Egypt's presidential and parliamentary elections later this year, post funded the travel of seven E[...] |
2005-07-11 08:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO LE EG |
| 05CAIRO5264 | BLACK DAY OF TERRORISM: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...]ummary: The Egyptian media roundly condemned the murder of Egyptian envoy to Iraq Ehab Al-Sharif and the London bombings. "Black Day[...] |
2005-07-11 12:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO5272 | EGYPT: AN ASSESSMENT OF KIFAYA - THE POPULAR [...]) The Kifaya (Enough) protest movement has made a significant impact on Egypt's internal political scene in the first half of 2005. K[...] |
2005-07-11 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO5296 | EGYPT SUPPORTS COMPREHENSIVE UN REFORM BUT [...]U) Charge met with the Foreign Ministry's Chief of Cabinet Ambassador Sameh Shukry on July 11 to deliver reftel demarche regarding th[...] |
2005-07-12 12:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EG UNSC |
| 05CAIRO5344 | EGYPT MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT: MAY-JUNE 2005 [...]n this edition: More Egyptian companies make it into international emerging market stock indices and the GOE signs an S&T agreement w[...] |
2005-07-13 13:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG |
| 05CAIRO5350 | UPDATE ON EGYPT'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM [...]BU) Since taking office in July 2004, Prime Minister Nazif's administration has reinvigorated the GOE's program to privatize state-own[...] |
2005-07-13 16:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO5446 | RECENT MEETINGS OF EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...]SBU) Summary: The Charge chaired meetings of the Embassy's Institutions of Democracy Working Group (IDWG) on June 21 and July 5, whi[...] |
2005-07-17 14:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO5447 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13, 2005 MEETING [...]U) July 13, 2005; 2:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt ¶2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Charge[...] |
2005-07-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG OVIP |
| 05CAIRO5467 | VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH TO EGYPT [...]C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch discussed Gaza disengagement, Palestinian security reform, and the Palestinian internal politic[...] |
2005-07-18 09:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS MASS OVIP MFO UNGA |
| 05CAIRO5472 | EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...]ssistant Secretary David Welch's statements following a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit received straightforward, l[...] |
2005-07-18 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG OVIP |
| 05CAIRO5473 | TERRORISM: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...]ummary: The Egyptian media continued to comment on the murder of Egyptian envoy to Iraq Ehab Al-Sharif and the London bombings. Some[...] |
2005-07-18 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG |
| 05CAIRO5477 | EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF DEPUTY SECRETARY [...]eputy Secretary Zoellick's visit to Egypt (July 13-14) was the occasion for extensive, and mostly positive, coverage in pro-government[...] |
2005-07-18 14:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG OVIP |
| 05CAIRO5484 | EGYPTIAN GAS PRODUCTION EXPANDING [...]SBU) Egypt's ambition to become a major player in the gas sector is starting to be realized. With upstream and downstream production[...] |
2005-07-18 16:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO5513 | EGYPT'S POSITION ON THE G-4 PROPOSAL [...]C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on July 18 to the MFA's Counselor for UN affairs, Dr. Hany al Selim. Selim said that Foreign Mini[...] |
2005-07-19 13:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG KUNR UN UNSC |
| 05CAIRO5514 | VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH TO CAIRO [...]C) In a July 16 meeting, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch asked Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to agree to the installation of [...] |
2005-07-19 13:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO5521 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14, 2005 MEETING [...]U) Date, time and place: July 14, 2005, 11:45 a.m., Alexandria, Egypt. ¶2. (U) Participants: U.S.: �[...] |
2005-07-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL OVIP EG IS IZ LE SU |
| 05CAIRO5524 | VISIT OF NEA PDAS CHENEY: PM NAZIF REVIEWS U.S. [...]C) NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met with PM Nazif, Minister of Trade Rashid Rashid and Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin June 30th for a[...] |
2005-07-19 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG OVIP |
| 05CAIRO5542 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14 MEETING WITH [...]) July 13, 2005; 4:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt ¶2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary &#x[...] |
2005-07-20 11:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM OVIP EG |
| 05CAIRO5544 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13, 2005 MEETING [...]U) July 13, 2005; 12:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt. ¶2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secreta[...] |
2005-07-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP KPAL SY LE IS IZ EG |
| 05CAIRO5545 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14 MEETING WITH [...]U) July 14, 2005; 8:30 a.m.; Cairo, Egypt. ¶2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary [...] |
2005-07-20 12:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN OVIP EG |
| 05CAIRO5546 | MFA COMMENTS ON HAMAS-PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TENSION [...]C) In a meeting with poloff on July 17, MFA's Desk Officer for Palestinian Affairs Randa Labib highlighted concerns over the prospect[...] |
2005-07-20 12:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER EG IS |
| 05CAIRO5547 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13 MEETING WITH [...]U) June 13, 2005; 3:45 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt. ¶2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary [...] |
2005-07-20 13:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP KPAL IS IZ EG |
| 05CAIRO5553 | FY06 "RP: Foreign Policy Decision Making [...]n addition to already nominated Mr. Gamal Ismail Abd El Aziz Hassan SHAHIN, Journalist, at Al Sharq Al Awsat Newspaper, post also nomi[...] |
2005-07-20 14:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO5564 | EGYPT SUPPORT FOR USG POSITION ON FOOD AID [...]SBU) During a conversation with Walid Nozahy, WTO Director of Egypt's Commercial Representation Office, tradeoff asked about Egypt's f[...] |
2005-07-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID EG ETRA WTRO |
| 05CAIRO5589 | MODIFIED GOE ASSURANCES ON RETURN OF EGYPTIAN GTMO [...]) The Embassy has received a memorandum from the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) amending the memorandum described reftel[...] |
2005-07-21 16:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PHUM EG |
| 05CAIRO5591 | JULY 18 MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...]SBU) Summary: The Charge chaired the July 18 meeting of the Embassy's Institutions of Democracy Working Group (IDWG), which was atte[...] |
2005-07-21 16:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO5592 | EGYPT: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...]) Egypt's leftist Tagammu' Party, which holds six seats in the People's Assembly, announced on July 19 that it would not field Khalid [...] |
2005-07-21 17:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO5622 | EMBASSY CAIRO'S EAC MEETS IN RESPONSE TO SHARM [...]) At an EAC meeting on the morning of July 23, Charge and Embassy officers reviewed the latest information on the terrorist attacks on[...] |
2005-07-23 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CASC PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO5650 | EGYPT REACTING TO SHARM BOMBINGS [...]) Egypt remains shocked and is struggling to digest the terrorist attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh in the early hours of July 23, the countr[...] |
2005-07-24 17:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CASC ASEC ECON EG |
| 05CAIRO5652 | "THIS MEANS WAR": EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...]ummary: Egyptian TV covered the July 23 Sharm El Sheikh bombings extensively throughout the day. TV images immediately after the att[...] |
2005-07-25 09:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO5695 | EGYPT: EXPLOSION IN GIZA [...]) Summary: An Egyptian hospital clerk, Sami Gamal Ahmed Hegazy, was wounded on July 24 in an explosion in his Giza apartment. The Ca[...] |
2005-07-25 16:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CASC ASEC EG |
| 05CAIRO5743 | CHARGE DISCUSSES RADIO SAWA AND FOREIGN [...]) Charge and PAC met with Information Minister Anas Al Fekki on July 26 to urge that GOE allow Radio Sawa to create a broadcast facility in Egypt and [...] |
2005-07-26 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO5744 | SHARM TERRORISM CONDEMNED: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...]ummary: The Sharm El Sheikh terrorist attacks on July 23 dominated Egyptian media coverage the following two days (reftel). All comm[...] |
2005-07-26 16:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IS EG |
| 05CAIRO5746 | EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE PRIVATELY PRESSING SYRIA TO [...]C) The Charge raised the issues of Syria's blockade of Lebanon's border and prevention of terrorist transit to Iraq (refs A and B) Jul[...] |
2005-07-26 17:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EG SY LE |
| 05CAIRO5753 | PRESIDENT'S CONDOLENCE VISIT TO EGYPTIAN EMBASSY [...]ummary: Egyptian state-run TV ran President Bush's July 25 signing of the condolence book at the Egyptian Embassy as the top news ite[...] |
2005-07-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO5757 | SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACTS [...]) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes the Department's initiative outlined in ref A. The Embassy has a strong record of engagement and cont[...] |
2005-07-27 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO5814 | SENIOR EDITOR PRAISES PRESIDENT BUSH'S SIGNING [...]U) The new editor-in-chief of the very influential pro-government news weekly Al Ahram Al Arabi (circulation: 80,000) had high praise [...] |
2005-07-28 11:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO5820 | UNPRECEDENTED OPENNESS?: EGYPTIAN MEDIA HAS FREE [...]ummary: A surprisingly large amount of Egyptian media commentary critical of Egyptian society and the government has appeared since t[...] |
2005-07-28 15:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO5821 | MUBARAK ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY; PROPOSES ANTI-TERROR [...]C) In a July 28 keynote speech, President Mubarak made several major announcements, including his decision to run for a fifth term, p[...] |
2005-07-28 17:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO5860 | EGYPTIAN TRADE MINISTER JUSTIFIES EXPANSION OF QIZ [...]C) During Charge's July 28 courtesy call on Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid, the Minister raised the issue of expanding Egypt's [...] |
2005-07-31 16:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL ECON EG USTR QIZ |
| 05CAIRO5924 | EGYPTIAN GTMO DETAINEES - STATUS OF DISCUSSIONS [...]) SUMMARY: In the context of the close and sustained cooperation between the USG and GOE on counterterrorism, Post believes that the w[...] |
2005-08-01 16:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER EG GTMO |
| 05CAIRO5925 | ARAB SUMMIT: EGYPT CLEAR ON USG DESIRE FOR CLEAR [...]C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chef du Cabinet Sameh Shukry (the MFA's number two) told the Charge July 31 that Egypt understood the U[...] |
2005-08-02 05:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL PTER ASEC EG IS IR SY |
| 05CAIRO5935 | NEA SENIOR ADVISOR MALLORY MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN [...]SBU) NEA Senior Advisor King Mallory and private sector consultant Ahmed Dabbous met on July 28 with Egyptian Minister of Investment M[...] |
2005-08-02 13:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO5941 | EGYPT: BANK PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...]SBU) In early July the Ministry of Investment (MOI) announced the choice of Citibank as the financial advisor for privatization of the[...] |
2005-08-02 14:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO5944 | EGYPT: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS MOVING AHEAD WITH [...]C) President Mubarak's July 28 announcement of his plans to run for a fifth 6-year term in Egypt's first-ever multi-candidate presiden[...] |
2005-08-02 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO5945 | SHARM AFTERMATH UPDATE [...]) Resilience among tourists and shock-absorbers in the economic system may be calming initial fears regarding the economic fallout of [...] |
2005-08-02 16:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ECON ASEC PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO5946 | A NEW GOE APPROACH TO DEMONSTRATIONS? [...]C) Summary: A July 30 anti-Mubarak rally in downtown Cairo was violently disbanded by Egyptian riot police and NDP "thugs," possibly[...] |
2005-08-02 17:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
| 05CAIRO6010 | CODEL KING'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN INTERIOR [...]) In their August 4 meeting with Interior Minister El Adly, CODEL King discussed the desire for deeper cooperation with Egypt on count[...] |
2005-08-04 16:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EG |
| 05CAIRO6093 | 30 OF 57 PRESIDENTIAL APPLICANTS PASS FIRST [...]C) Following a weekend review of applications, the Presidential Election Commission (PEC) determined on August 6 that only 30 out of [...] |
2005-08-08 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC EG |
| 05CAIRO6133 | HERE COME THE CANDIDATES: EGYPTIAN MEDIA [...]ummary: The media reported at length on the candidates who had registered for Egypt's presidential elections. Although the pro-gover[...] |
2005-08-09 15:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO6135 | MAURITANIA COUP: ARAB LEAGUE SENDING PERSONAL [...]C) Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Palestinian Affairs Said Kamal (protect) told poloff August 9 that he had been appointe[...] |
2005-08-09 16:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PINR EG MR |
| 05CAIRO6137 | PROSPECTS FOR INTERNATIONAL MONITORING OF EGYPT'S [...]C) Since President Bush's May 7 call for international monitoring of Egypt's presidential elections, the GOE has expressed little ent[...] |
2005-08-09 16:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6163 | EGYPT'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR FACING MAJOR [...]SBU) The Egyptian telecommunications sector is poised to undergo two major structural changes in the coming months: liberalization of [...] |
2005-08-10 12:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD PREL KGIT EG |
| 05CAIRO6171 | EGYPT: BANKING SECTOR REFORM UPDATE [...]SBU) As part of its banking sector reform program, the GOE has pushed legislation through parliament designed to strengthen the sector[...] |
2005-08-10 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV EG USTR |
| 05CAIRO6200 | DOMESTIC ELECTION MONITORS GEARING UP [...]SBU) Summary: Egyptian civil society is preparing to monitor the upcoming presidential and parliamentary campaigns and elections. U[...] |
2005-08-11 13:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6210 | BBG REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS RADIO SAWA WITH [...]) During their meeting with Information Minister El Fekki and other broadcast officials, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) team headed by Exec[...] |
2005-08-11 15:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO OPRC EG BBG |
| 05CAIRO6211 | AN UPDATE ON MEPI FUNDING IN EGYPT: REGIONAL [...]SBU) On July 16-20, MEPI Regional Director Peter Mulrean visited Alexandria and Cairo to meet with current and prospective MEPI grant[...] |
2005-08-11 16:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV EG MEPI |
| 05CAIRO6270 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COVERAGE LURCHES ALONG: [...]ummary: The media devoted most of its leading coverage to the presidential nomination process. One independent newspaper continued t[...] |
2005-08-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG EG |
| 05CAIRO6271 | LIBYA: EGYPT HELPING HEAL RIFT BETWEEN SAUDIS AND [...]S) During an August 14 conversation on Gaza disengagement, Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad volunteered to the Charge that Libyan l[...] |
2005-08-15 15:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EG SA LY PINR |
| 05CAIRO6279 | ENSURING A PEACEFUL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: EGYPTIAN [...]C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche on August 14 to Presidential Spokesman and Policy Advisor Soliman Awad. Awad confirmed Egypt'[...] |
2005-08-16 07:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG IS GZ |
| 05CAIRO6286 | UN REFORM: EGYPT NOT YET FOCUSED ON HIGH-LEVEL [...]C) The Charge delivered ref A demarche on August 15 to MFA Acting Chief of the Minister's Cabinet, Yasser Morad. Morad accepted the po[...] |
2005-08-16 14:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR EG UNGA UNSC UN |
| 05CAIRO6292 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON CODEX AD HOC TASK [...][...] |
2005-08-16 15:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR ECON EG |
| 05CAIRO6370 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WOO THE RELIGIOUS VOTE [...]C) As the presidential candidates jockey for votes, religion is playing a prominent role. Cairo salons are abuzz with rumors that th[...] |
2005-08-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6414 | VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH: DEFENSE [...]C) During an August 18 telephone conversation with visiting NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, Egyptian Minister of Defense Tantawi confir[...] |
2005-08-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG |
| 05CAIRO6417 | VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH: EGYPTIAN [...]C) During an August 18 telephone conversation with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch pr[...] |
2005-08-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL EG IS ICRC |
| 05CAIRO6419 | EGYPT'S NEW TAX LAW [...]SBU) In June President Mubarak signed into law a new tax code that substantially reduces personal and corporate taxes. The law also i[...] |
2005-08-21 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO6420 | IRAQ: HALTING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN INSURGENTS AND [...]S) The Charge delivered reftel demarche July 24 to Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad, stressing the importance of assisting Iraq wit[...] |
2005-08-21 15:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO6435 | PRESSURING SYRIA TO NORMALIZE THE SYRIAN-LEBANESE [...][...] |
2005-08-22 11:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD ECON EG SY LE |
| 05CAIRO6446 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON [...][...] |
2005-08-22 15:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC EG |
| 05CAIRO6447 | CODEL HOEKSTRA'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN GENERAL [...]C) In an August 20 meeting at the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS), Congressman Hoekstra, Congresswoman Wilson, Congressm[...] |
2005-08-22 16:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL EG IS IZ |
| 05CAIRO6448 | EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #1 [...]U) This message is the first in a series which will update key developments in the Egyptian presidential campaign (August 17-Septembe[...] |
2005-08-22 16:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6487 | EGYPTIAN GENERAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE DIRECTOR [...]S) Summary: At an August 20 meeting at the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS)(other topics reported SEPTEL), EGIS Director[...] |
2005-08-23 12:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM EG |
| 05CAIRO6488 | ECONOMIC STUDY SEES BENEFITS TO FTA [...]BU) A U.S.-Egypt Free Trade Agreement (FTA) would be politically and economically beneficial for both Egypt and United States, accordi[...] |
2005-08-23 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV EIND EG USTR |
| 05CAIRO6494 | MAURITANIA: EGYPT MAINTAINING A LOW PROFILE ON [...]C) During an August 22 meeting on other topics with MFA Cabinet staff member responsible for Arab affairs, Alaa Hadidi, poloff inquire[...] |
2005-08-23 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KDEM EG MR |
| 05CAIRO6508 | ELECTIONS IN EGYPT: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...]ommentaries this past week indicate that many educated Egyptians think that the presidential elections next month, even if the results[...] |
2005-08-24 10:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG EG |
| 05CAIRO6509 | SUDAN: DARFUR REBEL GROUPS AND ZAM ZAM BLOCKADE; [...]C) Post is unaware of any permanent official representation in Egypt of either the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) or the Justi[...] |
2005-08-24 10:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS EG SU SA KBIO |
| 05CAIRO6510 | ARAB ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: [...]SBU) Reftel requests financial information on Egyptian and other Arab contributions to the Palestinian Authority in order to assist th[...] |
2005-08-24 10:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON ETRD EFIN KPAL EG IS |
| 05CAIRO6539 | EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #2 [...]C) One week into the presidential campaign, the Presidential Election Commission (PEC) is drawing criticism for a lack of transparenc[...] |
2005-08-24 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6577 | VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH: MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER NAZIF [...]) NEA Assistant Secretary Welch met with Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif on August 18 to discuss bilateral and regional issues. Welch pointed out that t[...] |
2005-08-25 14:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD EG |
| 05CAIRO6582 | ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON GOE GTMO DETAINEE ASSURANCES [...]) This message adds additional detail to the GOE response regarding GTMO detainees as outlined in Ref A. Post received this informati[...] |
2005-08-25 15:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM PINR EG GTMO |
| 05CAIRO6583 | CODEL THORNBERRY MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN GENERAL [...]C) In an August 23 meeting at the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS), Congressmen Thornberry and Cramer and Charge Jones dis[...] |
2005-08-25 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS IZ GZ |
| 05CAIRO6653 | EGYPT: ABU MAZEN'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...]C) Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas's (Abu Mazen) August 24-25 visit to Egypt via the Rafah border crossing in Gaza was marked by bo[...] |
2005-08-29 14:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAL EG IS MEPN |
| 05CAIRO6654 | EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #3 [...]C) As Egypt's first campaign for the direct election of the president heads into its final week, the political landscape remains larg[...] |
2005-08-29 15:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6673 | PRESSING THE ARAB LEAGUE TO SUPPORT IRAQI [...]C) Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa has so far been marginally helpful on building political support for Iraq's new constitut[...] |
2005-08-30 10:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO6703 | THE NEW CABINET ONE YEAR LATER: REFORMS AND [...]C) One year after the cabinet shuffle that placed Ahmed Nazif and other economic reformers into significant ministerial positions, Pre[...] |
2005-08-31 13:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR EAID EG ECON PGOV USTR |
| 05CAIRO6710 | EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #4: [...]C) While Cairo streets are aflutter with banners urging the populace to reelect the President, the novelty of the presidential campai[...] |
2005-08-31 15:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6711 | BUILDING SUPPORT FOR IRAQ'S CONSTITUTION: EGYPT [...]C) In conjunction with the Secretary's August 27 call to Egyptian President Mubarak, the Charge delivered ref A and B demarches on the[...] |
2005-08-31 15:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KPAO EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO6755 | SAMEH KHOUZAM: ASSURANCES LETTER FROM EGYPTIAN [...]) In response to our March 1 demarche (ref A) and Charge's July 27 letter and aide memoire, Post received a formal letter from Egypt's[...] |
2005-09-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO6757 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VERBAL MESSAGE TO THE [...]C) The DCM was convoked to the Foreign Ministry September 1 by newly arrived MFA Chef du Cabinet, Ambassador Wafaa Bassim (D equivalen[...] |
2005-09-01 16:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EAID PTER EG IS MEPN |
| 05CAIRO6877 | VISIT OF CODEL DAVIS TO EGYPT, SEPTEMBER 2-5: [...]C) Prime Minister Nazif told visiting members of Congress that Egypt's September 7 presidential elections represent major milestone in[...] |
2005-09-06 08:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV EG IS KPAL KWBG IZ OREP |
| 05CAIRO6908 | EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: UPDATE #5--FINAL [...]C) The official campaign period for Egypt's first presidential election, which began on August 17, closed on September 4. The final [...] |
2005-09-06 14:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6911 | WTO DDA NEGOTIATIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS: [...]SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Walid Nozahy, Head of the WTO Department, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industry. El Nozahy ha[...] |
2005-09-06 16:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EG WTO USTR |
| 05CAIRO6912 | EGYPT'S SEPTEMBER 7 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: HOW IT [...]BU) Summary: The September 7 presidential election will be the Egyptian people's first opportunity to select a president in a competi[...] |
2005-09-06 17:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6913 | ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EGYPT [...]S) During their September 4 introductory meeting, the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit touched on Syria. The Ambassador so[...] |
2005-09-06 17:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON PTER EG SY LE UNSC UNGA |
| 05CAIRO6914 | TFUS01: EGYPT'S DONATION TO KATRINA RELIEF ON THE [...]is is an action request. Please see paragraphs two and four. ¶2. The Government of Egypt (GOE) has dispatched to Little [...] |
2005-09-06 17:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EFIN AEMR KPAO AMGT US EG |
| 05CAIRO6915 | PROPOSED STATEMENT ON EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL [...][...] |
2005-09-06 18:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EG |
| 05CAIRO6939 | EGYPT'S SEPTEMBER 7 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: FIRST [...]BU) Egypt held the first competitive presidential election in its history on September 7. Key themes from today's voting, as observed [...] |
2005-09-07 17:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6953 | CAIRO ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: [...]C) During an introductory meeting September 6, the Ambassador reviewed with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa reftel points ah[...] |
2005-09-08 10:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON KPAL EG IZ IS ICRC MEPN |
| 05CAIRO6957 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON UN REFORM ISSUES, [...]C) During a September 4 introductory meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Aboul Gheit to present credentials, the Ambassador[...] |
2005-09-08 11:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR EG UNGA UNSC |
| 05CAIRO6958 | CODEL DAVIS SEPTEMBER 2-5 VISIT TO CAIRO: MUBARAK [...]) In an ebullient mood on the eve of the Egyptian presidential election, President Mubarak told visiting Codel Davis that the main re[...] |
2005-09-08 11:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV EG OREP |
| 05CAIRO6986 | UPDATE ON SECURITY CONDITIONS IN NORTH SINAI [...]/NF) Following the killing of two high-ranking police officials by what authorities call "Bedouin outcasts" in the Jabal Halal area, t[...] |
2005-09-08 13:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KISL ASEC CASC EG |
| 05CAIRO6989 | AS PROMISED, EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN MEDIA [...]ummary: Media coverage for Egypt's September 7 presidential election campaign largely lived up to Minister of Information Anas El Fek[...] |
2005-09-08 14:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO6991 | DOMESTIC MONITORS ISSUE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS [...]C) Several Egyptian civil society groups which observed the September 7 election have issued preliminary findings. Although the elect[...] |
2005-09-08 15:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6992 | AMBASSADOR AND U.S. PARTY INSTITUTES ASSESS [...]) In a September 8 lunch hosted by the Ambassador, leaders of the assessment teams deployed by the National Democratic Institute (NDI)[...] |
2005-09-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7041 | AMBASSADOR RICCIARDONE'S SEPTEMBER 8 MEETING WITH [...]C) Ambassador Ricciardone had an introductory meeting on September 8 with Egyptian Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali (YBG). Y[...] |
2005-09-11 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO7045 | NEXT STEPS ON DEMOCRACY IN EGYPT [...]) Summary: After absorbing Washington's clear message on reform, Gamal Mubarak's NDP clique, allied with ministers and advisors, was [...] |
2005-09-12 10:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7047 | ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET TO DISCUSS [...]C) Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo September 8 to discuss Iraq, Palestine, terrorism, and other key topics ahead of the UN General[...] |
2005-09-12 10:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL PHUM EG IS IZ MEPN ICRC |
| 05CAIRO7068 | EGYPT - UPDATE ON GSP PROVISIONS ON THE WORST [...]ummary: The Government of Egypt (GOE) continues to make progress on restricting and regulating child labor. The GOE and non-governme[...] |
2005-09-12 13:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND EG PHUM SOCI ETRB USAID |
| 05CAIRO7087 | INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF DEVELOPMENT FINANCE [...][...] |
2005-09-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID EFIN EG UNGA UNSC |
| 05CAIRO7088 | ARAB LEAGUE RESOLUTIONS: IRAQ, PALESTINE, [...]he following are unofficial embassy translations of Arab League resolutions on Terrorism, Palestine, Iraq, and the Third Protocol/Mage[...] |
2005-09-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAL EAID PTER EG IZ IS ICRC |
| 05CAIRO7104 | AND THE WINNER IS...: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...]ummary: Since Egypt's September 7 presidential election the media has focused on Mubarak's victory, widely announced on September 10.[...] |
2005-09-13 05:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO7113 | (C) SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S SEPTEMBER [...]C) General Abizaid, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your return visit to Egypt. Your visit for the Bright Star exercise will reaffirm [...] |
2005-09-13 10:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL MOPS MASS KPAL EG IS OVIP |
| 05CAIRO7147 | TRACKING CHANGES IN TEXTILES AND APPAREL EMPLOYMENT [...]The following data responds to ref A request for specific data and information on textiles and apparel production, trade and employmen[...] |
2005-09-14 07:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD EINV EG USTR |
| 05CAIRO7149 | AMBASSADOR STRESSES COOPERATION IN GLOBAL WAR ON [...]ummary: To commemorate the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the Ambassador conduct[...] |
2005-09-14 08:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO7155 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON EGYPTIAN INTERIOR MINISTER [...]) In his September 12 introductory call on Egyptian Interior Minister General Habib el-Adly, the Ambassador expressed enthusiasm for t[...] |
2005-09-14 11:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC EG |
| 05CAIRO7158 | STATUS OF GAZA-EGYPT BORDER SECURITY: SEPTEMBER 14. [...]) Summary: Embassy officers on the scene report that the Egyptian Rafah border terminal is technically closed to pedestrian traffic g[...] |
2005-09-14 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PINS IS EG |
| 05CAIRO7185 | WTO GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS ISSUE: EGYPT [...][...] |
2005-09-15 11:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EG WTO USTR |
| 05CAIRO7189 | ENGAGING "LIKE-MINDED" NATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL [...]C) Summary: Emboffs have reached out to key members of Cairo's diplomatic community to urge public and private support for internati[...] |
2005-09-15 12:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG EU |
| 05CAIRO7210 | STATUS OF GAZA EGYPT BORDER SEPTEMBER 15 [...]) Summary: Egyptian forces effectively controlled the Egyptian side of the Gaza border September 15, dividing responsibilities betwee[...] |
2005-09-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PINS IS EG |
| 05CAIRO7238 | AMBASSADOR STRESSES COOPERATION IN GLOBAL WAR ON [...]ummary: To commemorate the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the Ambassador conduct[...] |
2005-09-19 05:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO7286 | EGYPT: REALIZING PRACTICAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE [...]) Building on specific ideas outlined in ref D, and in keeping with the overall approach presented in ref C, Embassy Cairo is working [...] |
2005-09-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7297 | GAZA-EGYPT BORDER SECURITY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 18 [...]C) Embassy officers at the Rafah border September 18 reported that formal GOE border terminals remain closed, as civilian two-way foot[...] |
2005-09-20 09:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KPAL PINS EG IS |
| 05CAIRO7323 | STATUS OF GAZA-EGYPT BORDER: SEPTEMBER 20 [...]C) Summary: Embassy officers at the Rafah border reported that the Egypt-Gaza border was sealed as of the morning of September 20. [...] |
2005-09-20 14:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PINS IS EG |
| 05CAIRO7324 | ARAB LEAGUE OFFICIAL SAYS NEW IRAQI CONSTITUTION [...]) In a meeting on other subjects (septel) with Arab League Chef de Cabinet Hishem Youssef September 19, the Charge raised Arab League[...] |
2005-09-20 16:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO7325 | EGYPT: OPPOSITION LEADER NOUR WARDS OFF INTERNAL [...]) Barely a week after Ayman Nour placed second in the presidential race, with a surprising and impressive 500,000 votes, an internal c[...] |
2005-09-20 16:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7369 | THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...]C) The Ambassador had an introductory meeting with Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin on September 14. The Ambassador [...] |
2005-09-22 10:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO7393 | G-8 BMENA: EGYPT TO BE REPRESENTED AT RABAT [...][...] |
2005-09-25 08:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO KMPI EG MO |
| 05CAIRO7414 | GAMAL MUBARAK AIDE ON ELECTIONS, U.S. ASSISTANCE [...]C) Summary. A close aide to Gamal Mubarak thinks that barriers to international observers for Egypt's upcoming parliamentary election[...] |
2005-09-25 12:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID EG |
| 05CAIRO7418 | EGYPT-GAZA BORDER: GOE UPDATE SEPTEMBER 24 [...]C) Summary: During a September 24 meeting, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble and General Emir and Colonel Osama of the [...] |
2005-09-25 14:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL MOPS EG IS |
| 05CAIRO7423 | RAFAH-GAZA BORDER: EGYPT STRUGGLES TO SUPPORT [...]C) The recent chaos on the Rafah-Gaza border laid bare Egypt's dilemma of trying to balance its strong support for Palestinian stateho[...] |
2005-09-26 08:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL EG IS |
| 05CAIRO7450 | AL-GHAD PARTY PUBLIC MELTDOWN CONTINUES: EGYPTIAN [...]ummary: Public infighting among members of opposition Al-Ghad Party continued, with two members engaged in a shouting match on a popu[...] |
2005-09-27 07:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ GZ IS EG |
| 05CAIRO7451 | GOE OFFICIALS RAISE ANTICIPATED CONCERNS ON MFO [...]) Summary: NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble separately briefed Foreign Ministry and Liaison Agency with International [...] |
2005-09-27 08:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IS MFO |
| 05CAIRO7452 | EGYPT SUPPORTS AVERTING A MIDDLE EAST SHOWDOWN AT [...][...] |
2005-09-27 08:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL EG IS IAEA |
| 05CAIRO7466 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO EGYPT OF ACTING A/S OF [...]SBU) In May 2002, Egypt passed a law criminalizing money laundering, which included terrorist financing within the scope of crimes cov[...] |
2005-09-27 11:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PTER EG |
| 05CAIRO7501 | EGYPT: SENIOR NDP OFFICIAL MAINTAINS OBJECTIONS TO [...]) During a September 22 meeting, Ahmed Ezz, a senior member of the ruling NDP, told visiting DAS Dibble that Egypt aspired to the high[...] |
2005-09-28 09:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7510 | SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASAD'S SEPTEMBER 26 VISIT TO EGYPT [...]S) Senior Egyptian contacts have shared read-outs with Post on the September 26 visit to Cairo by Syrian President Asad. President Mu[...] |
2005-09-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG SY IS IZ MEPN |
| 05CAIRO7547 | U/S HUGHES´ MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER NAZIF [...]) Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes met with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on September 26. Hughes a[...] |
2005-09-29 13:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EG OVIP |
| 05CAIRO7548 | SURPRISES IN EGYPT'S BANKING SECTOR [...]SBU) In a surprise move earlier this week, the GOE announced the merger of two of Egypt's state-owned banks, Banque du Caire and Banqu[...] |
2005-09-29 13:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO7549 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO EGYPT OF IRAQ POLICY [...]C) Ambassador Jeffrey, we are looking forward to hosting you and your delegation here in Cairo to pursue the first phase of your Arab [...] |
2005-09-29 14:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EG IZ OVIP |
| 05CAIRO761 | EGYPT: UPDATE ON THE ARREST OF OPPOSITION LEADER [...]) The Embassy has raised strong USG concerns about the arrest and detention of opposition party leader Ayman Nour (reftels) with a var[...] |
2005-02-01 15:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7626 | EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, SEPTEMBER 26 TO OCTOBER 2: [...]ummary: President Mubarak's September 27 inauguration was carried on live TV and followed over the course of the week by coverage and[...] |
2005-10-03 11:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO7692 | NEA PDAS CHENEY'S SEPTEMBER 27-29 VISIT TO CAIRO - [...]C) Prime Minister Nazif said that he hoped domestic election observers would be permitted during upcoming parliamentary elections but [...] |
2005-10-04 13:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ETRD EG |
| 05CAIRO7725 | VISIT OF AMBASSADOR JEFFREY: EGYPTIAN REACTION TO ARAB OUTREACH STRATEGY [...][...] |
2005-10-05 08:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EAID ECON EG IZ MOPS OVIP PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05CAIRO7748 | EGYPT "NOT OPPOSED" TO UNGA HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...][...] |
2005-10-05 15:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS UNGA |
| 05CAIRO7766 | SUDANESE DEMONSTRATIONS FORCE UNHCR CLOSURE [...]BU) A PEACEFUL BUT GROWING DEMONSTRATION BY SUDANESE REFUGEES HAS FORCED UNHCR TO CLOSE ITS OFFICE IN CAIRO. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TH[...] |
2005-10-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG SU UNHCR |
| 05CAIRO7782 | PDAS LIZ CHENEY'S SEPTEMBER 28 MEETING WITH GAMAL [...]) In a September 28 meeting with PDAS Elizabeth Cheney, Gamal Mubarak, head of the NDP Policies Committee, reviewed his father's presi[...] |
2005-10-11 10:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7783 | PDAS ELIZABETH CHENEY'S MEETINGS WITH EGYPTIAN [...]) During their September 27-30 visit to Cairo, NEA PDAS Cheney and DAS Scott Carpenter met with the leadership of Egypt's two stronges[...] |
2005-10-11 10:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG OVIP |
| 05CAIRO7793 | EGYPT'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS TAKE SHAPE AS [...]) A presidential decree issued on October 10 specifies the dates for Egypt's forthcoming parliamentary elections, which will be held i[...] |
2005-10-11 14:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7794 | PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH EGYPTIAN [...]) During a September 29 meeting, NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney and DAS Scott Carpenter discussed with Interior Minister General Habib El-A[...] |
2005-10-11 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7795 | SPECIAL ENVOY FOR DISENGAGEMENT WOLFENSOHN'S [...]C) Quartet Special Envoy for Disengagement, James Wolfensohn visited Cairo October 9 and met with President Mubarak, Egyptian Intellig[...] |
2005-10-11 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID KPAL PTER EG IS |
| 05CAIRO7860 | TRANSPARENT BALLOT BOXES AND DOMESTIC OBSERVER [...]C) Summary: Egypt's National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), a semi-official organization which has nonetheless demonstrated its in[...] |
2005-10-13 09:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7877 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT ON THE POLITICAL RELEASE [...]BU) Reason and justification for Egypt's request for political release of MK48 MOD 4M and 6AT Torpedoes: a. As part of its ongoing ef[...] |
2005-10-13 11:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS MCAP EG |
| 05CAIRO7878 | PAKISTAN - GROWING NEED FOR REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT [...]BU) The Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator (for resettlement) joined with the Islamabad Refugee Coordinator and the Regional Dir[...] |
2005-10-13 12:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PA EG |
| 05CAIRO7885 | A/S WELCH DISCUSSES IRAQ, PALESTINE, AND SYRIA [...]) During an October 9 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit expressed pessimism about the near-term outloo[...] |
2005-10-13 12:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EG |
| 05CAIRO7889 | SAHRAWI: FOOD CRUNCH IN TINDOUF [...]BU) The Algerian Red Crescent has apparently refused to accept the joint World Food Program/UNHCR decision to cut back from 158,000 to[...] |
2005-10-13 13:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM AL EG |
| 05CAIRO7890 | WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND GEOGRAPHICAL [...][...] |
2005-10-13 13:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR EG WTO |
| 05CAIRO7900 | EGYPT, ARAB LEAGUE REACT TO IRAQ CONSTITUTION [...]C) The Ambassador made reftel points to Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit during a meeting October 13. Aboul Gheit argued th[...] |
2005-10-13 16:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ EG |
| 05CAIRO7937 | HELPING REBUILD EGYPTIAN-IRAQI POLITICAL RELATIONS [...]C) In recent discussions with the Ambassador, senior GOE and GOI interlocutors have expressed a willingness to engage more robustly an[...] |
2005-10-16 12:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ECON PTER EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO7946 | PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION COVERAGE REVS UP: EGYPTIAN [...]ummary: The Egyptian media intensified parliamentary election coverage with several announcements about the NDP and opposition partie[...] |
2005-10-17 07:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ SY EG |
| 05CAIRO7963 | ARAB LEAGUE'S MOUSSA TO BAGHDAD; SEEKING USG [...]U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph five. ------- Summary ------- ÂÂ[...] |
2005-10-17 09:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS ASEC EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO7987 | CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM TENSIONS FLARE IN ALEXANDRIA [...]SBU) Summary: Coptic-Muslim tensions erupted in Alexandria October 14 as local Muslims protested the performance -- and DVD distribu[...] |
2005-10-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF EG |
| 05CAIRO7997 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES POSITIVE PUBLIC [...]SBU) During an October 17 meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Ambassador requested the minister's public sup[...] |
2005-10-17 14:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO7998 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DETAILS OCTOBER 17 CAIRO [...]C) Summary. Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit told the Ambassador October 17 that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during his [...] |
2005-10-17 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL MOPS PTER ECON EG IS IZ MEPN |
| 05CAIRO8009 | UPDATE ON SECURITY CONDITIONS IN THE SINAI [...]) Three armed militants were killed and a fourth captured alive in late September, following several weeks of standoff in Jebel Halal,[...] |
2005-10-18 06:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC EG |
| 05CAIRO8016 | ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL MOUSSA TO IRAQ: [...]C) Arab League Secretary General intends to travel to Iraq October 20-22 to spearhead renewed Arab engagement on Iraq's political proc[...] |
2005-10-18 11:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO8032 | EGYPT "FAVORABLE" ON BUERGENTHAL ICJ CANDIDACY [...][...] |
2005-10-18 14:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EG UNSC UNGA |
| 05CAIRO8033 | U.S. WTO AG PROPOSALS: EGYPTIAN RESPONSE [...]) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. ¶2. (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on October 17 to Dr. Samih[...] |
2005-10-18 14:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EG WTRO |
| 05CAIRO8034 | EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR AT THE END OF HIS ROPE [...]) Opposition leader Ayman Nour recently gave poloff a dramatic account of his current political travails, claiming the GOE has respond[...] |
2005-10-18 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8036 | CARGO SHIP COLLIDES WITH FERRY NEAR SUEZ; 2 [...]) Two passengers were killed and another 40 injured when a Cypriot cargo vessel struck an Egyptian passenger ship, the Pride of Al Sal[...] |
2005-10-18 14:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR EG |
| 05CAIRO8077 | GAMAL MUBARAK ON CORRUPTION IN EGYPT [...]BU) During their October 18 meeting, the Ambassador flagged for Gamal Mubarak President Bush's personal interest in the subject of cor[...] |
2005-10-19 15:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8078 | UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY VOTE: EGYPT OPPOSED [...]SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche and diplomatic note October 19 to MFA Assistant Minister for International Cultural Affairs, Ambas[...] |
2005-10-19 15:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EG UNGA UNSC UNESCO |
| 05CAIRO8081 | MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...]BU) In an October 17 meeting, Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rashid Rashid pressed for a specific date for the start of FTA ne[...] |
2005-10-20 07:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL EAGR EG WTRO |
| 05CAIRO8110 | FRUSTRATION MOUNTS AS SUDANESE DEMONSTRATIONS [...]BU) The continuing demonstration by southern Sudanese migrants camped out in a central city park is not a refugee problem but rather a[...] |
2005-10-20 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG SU UNHCR |
| 05CAIRO8111 | SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO ARAB LEAGUE AMRE [...]C) The Ambassador delivered the Secretary's oral message (ref A) during a meeting late October 19 with Arab League Secretary General A[...] |
2005-10-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO8112 | EGYPT: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PREVIEW # 1 [...]) Four weeks before the first round of parliamentary elections, we have achieved several modest successes and a setback in the effort [...] |
2005-10-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8124 | CAIRO FORMS AVIAN INFLUENZA WORKING GROUP; US - [...]SBU) Summary: DCM convened a meeting of Mission representatives on October 11 to establish an Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) t[...] |
2005-10-23 09:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EG WHO KSTH |
| 05CAIRO8134 | VISIT TO EGYPT OF TREASURY ACTING A/S FOR [...]C) Treasury Acting Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Daniel Glaser met on October 1 with officials of t[...] |
2005-10-23 13:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PTER EG |
| 05CAIRO8136 | SYRIA/LEBANON: EGYPT "STILL STUDYING" MEHLIS [...]SBU) Senior Egyptian Presidency and MFA officials have so far offered minimal reaction to the Report of the International Independent [...] |
2005-10-23 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE MEPN UNSC |
| 05CAIRO8137 | SADDAM IN A CAGE; SECTARIAN STRIFE IN ALEXANDRIA: [...]ummary: While the Egyptian media covered the opening of Saddam Husseins trial extensively, there was little commentary. One oppositi[...] |
2005-10-23 14:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ SY EG |
| 05CAIRO8143 | STATUS OF REPATRIATED NLEC SAMI EL-LAITHY [...]) Guantanamo detainee Sami El-Laithy, returned by the U.S. to Egypt on October 1 after being designated "No Longer an Enemy Combatant,[...] |
2005-10-24 08:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM EG KWRC |
| 05CAIRO8161 | GOE PRIVATIZES "STRATEGIC" FIRMS, WITHIN LIMITS [...]SBU) The Ministry of Investment (MOI) has recently acted to extend the revitalized privatization program to cover petrochemical firms,[...] |
2005-10-24 13:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EIND EG |
| 05CAIRO8163 | EGYPT'S SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...]gypt responded immediately to Pakistan's humanitarian crisis following the earthquake and has already donated 45 tons of relief suppli[...] |
2005-10-24 13:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PK PHUM PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO8164 | STAFFDEL ZWEIG DISCUSSES REFORM, GAZA, AND FMF [...]C) Summary: Staffdel Zweig held meetings on political reform, Gaza disengagement, and Foreign Military Funding (FMF) during its Octo[...] |
2005-10-24 13:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAL EG IS |
| 05CAIRO8188 | LEADING CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP COMPLAINS OF GOE [...]C) Summary: An October 22-23 meeting in Alexandria of non-governmental democracy activists organized by the Cairo-based Ibn Khaldun [...] |
2005-10-25 14:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8190 | EGYPT SEEKING USG SUPPORT FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE [...]U) Post recently received two diplomatic notes in Arabic from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting USG support for membership in[...] |
2005-10-25 15:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ODIP EG UNSC UNGA |
| 05CAIRO8191 | TRANSPARENCY WITH A SMILE: GOE MEDIA AND ELECTIONS [...]) In an Oct. 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Information Minister Anas al Fekki did his part to make the GOE's plans for the November[...] |
2005-10-25 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EG IS KRAL |
| 05CAIRO8238 | GOE RESPONDS TO ALLEGATIONS OF INVOLVEMENT IN IKC [...]S) The Ambassador spoke to Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rashid Rashid early October 26 to express his concern about allegat[...] |
2005-10-26 16:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8244 | ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA ON IRAQ VISIT AND SECURITY [...]C) During an October 26 meeting with the Ambassador, the Arab League's Moussa briefed on his recent trip to Iraq and described plannin[...] |
2005-10-27 07:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ SY LE |
| 05CAIRO8269 | EGYPT STILL STUDYING PROPOSED UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...]) In advance of the Ambassador's meeting with FM Aboul Gheit (scheduled for October 27 but postponed by the FM until October 29) ECPO[...] |
2005-10-27 13:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IO LE SY EG |
| 05CAIRO8275 | AMBASSADOR'S 10/29 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...]C)Summary: Ambassador met with FM Aboul Gheit on October ¶29. Sticking close to the brief he gave the Secretary on October 28, th[...] |
2005-10-30 04:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EG PREL SY |
| 05CAIRO8288 | STRIFE IN ALEXANDRIA BLAME GAME; PARLIAMENT [...]ummary: Commentary on sectarian violence in Alexandria on October 21 continued, with many commentators condemning the violence and a [...] |
2005-10-30 12:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC SY EG |
| 05CAIRO8321 | TAKING AL-MANAR OFF ARAB SATELLITES [...]) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 7. ------- Summary ------- ¶2. (C) Em[...] |
2005-10-31 08:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO8334 | EGYPT: WTO DOHA EUROPEAN AG PROPOSAL [...]U) Econoff delivered Ref A demarche on October 30 to Dr. Samiha Fawzy, First Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry [...] |
2005-10-31 13:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR EG |
| 05CAIRO8365 | EGYPTIAN, ARAB LEAGUE REACTIONS TO IRANIAN [...]ensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) The GOE position on Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's rec[...] |
2005-11-01 09:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ IR IS MEPN |
| 05CAIRO8376 | MDA/THIRD PROTOCOL: SWISS READOUT ON FOREIGN [...]C) Summary. The Swiss Embassy provided post with a readout of the October 28-29 visit to Egypt by Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Ca[...] |
2005-11-01 11:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL EG SW IS UNGA ICRC MEPN |
| 05CAIRO8392 | EGYPT: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PREVIEW # 3 [...]) A key member of the ruling NDP's leadership recently defended the party's slate of candidates for the People's Assembly elections, w[...] |
2005-11-01 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8397 | EGYPTIAN JEHOVAH'S WITNESS ACTIVIST DESCRIBES GOE [...]C) Summary: A senior member of Egypt's small community of Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) said that the GOE's persecution of the group is i[...] |
2005-11-02 08:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PHUM KIRF EG |
| 05CAIRO8398 | EGYPT TO BACK USG ON SINGLE MEMBER STATE VETO [...][...] |
2005-11-02 09:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EG ITU |
| 05CAIRO8402 | GOE ON WSIS AND INTERNET FREEDOM [...]BU) During a meeting with GOE Minister of Communication and Information Technology Dr. Tarek Kamel October 31, the Ambassador asked Ka[...] |
2005-11-02 11:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EG |
| 05CAIRO8403 | ASSURANCES FOR FUGITIVE MURDER SUSPECT SAMEH [...]BU) Assistant Public Prosecutor Ahmed Zohny told poloff on November 1 that it would be "impossible" for the Egyptian Public Prosecutio[...] |
2005-11-02 11:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM EG |
| 05CAIRO8421 | TALKING REFORM: EMBASSY CAIRO ORGANIZES IFTAR [...]ummary: As part of ongoing efforts to support and encourage reform in Egypt, post funded and organized a series of iftar seminars dur[...] |
2005-11-02 14:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON KPAO OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO8424 | APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...][...] |
2005-11-02 15:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO8434 | MUBARAK AND ARAB LEAGUE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON SYRIA [...]U) Neither the GOE nor the Arab League have have issued formal statements regarding UNSCR 1636. However, in a wide-ranging interview [...] |
2005-11-06 08:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER SY EG IO UNSC |
| 05CAIRO8462 | CAMPAIGN PROMISES AND SYRIA: EGYPTIAN MEDIA [...]ummary: With Egypt's parliamentary elections scheduled for November 9, the pro-government media reported on several government initia[...] |
2005-11-06 15:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC SY EG |
| 05CAIRO8496 | EGYPT TO PROVIDE MI-17 PARTS TO PAKISTAN [...]C) Following the Ambassador's conversation with DefMin Tantawi (Ref A) requesting that Egypt provide parts for the MI-17 helicopters s[...] |
2005-11-07 14:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PHUM PK EG |
| 05CAIRO8498 | FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AT ISSUE IN EGYPT [...]C) Egypt has witnessed two recent cases related to protection and expansion of freedom of speech. In the first case, State Security [...] |
2005-11-07 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KMDR EG |
| 05CAIRO8499 | EXPIRATION OF AUGUST 18 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FOR [...]BU) SUMMARY: DUE TO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE OVERALL SECURITY SITUATION IN EGYPT, POST RECOMMENDS THAT THE AUGUST 18, 2005 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEM[...] |
2005-11-07 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC AMGT PTER EG |
| 05CAIRO8501 | PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PREVIEW # 4 [...]BU) On the final day of campaigning before Egypt's three-stage parliamentary elections kick off on November 9, the stage is set for n[...] |
2005-11-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG KPAL |
| 05CAIRO8533 | CAIRO AVIAN INFLUENZA WORKING GROUP (AIWG) UPDATE [...]U) Summary: Cairo's Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) met on October 26 to review post and interagency preparedness and collaborat[...] |
2005-11-08 15:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EG WHO KSTH |
| 05CAIRO8534 | EGYPT'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: USG FUNDING [...]SBU) USAID and MEPI funds are supporting a wide range of initiatives linked to Egypt's 2005 parliamentary elections, which begin on N[...] |
2005-11-08 16:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV KDEM KMPI EG |
| 05CAIRO8543 | EGYPT WELCOMES PROPOSAL TO INITIATE [...][...] |
2005-11-09 09:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL PGOV EG |
| 05CAIRO8546 | EGYPT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS - NOV 9 ROUND - [...]BU) Appearing on State TV on the evening of November 8, President Mubarak urged citizens to excersise their right to vote, characteriz[...] |
2005-11-09 10:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8554 | EGYPT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS - NOV 9 ROUND - [...]SBU) Summary: Voter turnout in the first round of Egypt's parliamentary elections picked up as the afternoon began. Most polling stat[...] |
2005-11-09 16:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8555 | EGYPT'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: ASSESSING DAY ONE [...]) Egypt's People's Assembly elections kicked off on November 9. For the first time in Egypt's long history of legislative elections, [...] |
2005-11-09 18:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8556 | EGYPT'S PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: INITIAL [...]BU) Summary: As of midday on November 10, the Parliamentary Elections Commission issued results for 43 of 88 districts competed in the[...] |
2005-11-10 09:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8587 | ROUND ONE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: EGYPTIAN [...]ummary: The Egyptian media gave extensive coverage to the first round of parliamentary elections on November 9, with Egyptian TV devo[...] |
2005-11-14 10:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC JO EG |
| 05CAIRO8595 | EGYPT DONATES MI-171 PARTS TO PAKISTAN [...][...] |
2005-11-14 13:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL PK EG |
| 05CAIRO8602 | EGYPT: PATTERNS EMERGING AS PA ELECTIONS MOVE TO [...]) Runoffs for the first stage of Egypt's parliamentary elections will be held on November 15. Almost 80 percent of the constituencies[...] |
2005-11-14 16:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8603 | MDA DEMARCHE TO EGYPT ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...][...] |
2005-11-14 17:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EG ICRC |
| 05CAIRO8615 | EGYPT: FIRST-STAGE RUNOFFS IN THE PARLIAMENTARY [...]) Polls officially opened at 8AM and will close at 7 PM on November 15 for runoffs in the first stage of the People's Assembly electio[...] |
2005-11-15 15:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8617 | ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL MOUSSA COMMENTS ON [...]C) During a November 15 meeting, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa told the Ambassador of his latest discussions with Syrian [...] |
2005-11-15 18:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE EG UNSC |
| 05CAIRO8618 | EGYPT-DEMARCHE ON PREPARATIONS FOR ARAB LEAGUE [...]C) In a meeting with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa and his Chief of Cabinet Hesham Youssef on November 15, the Ambassador[...] |
2005-11-15 19:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ AL EG |
| 05CAIRO8661 | EGYPT: WSIS INTERNET GOVERNANCE DEMARCHE [...]BU) Visiting EB/CBA Frank Mermoud and Econoff conveyed reftel demarche on November 14 to Dr. Khaled Ismail, Senior Adviser to the Egyp[...] |
2005-11-16 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV ETRD EG |
| 05CAIRO8663 | EGYPT: PRELIMINARY RESULTS INDICATE FLAT NDP [...]) Summary: Though official results are not yet out, much "unofficial" data on results of the first round of People's Assembly electio[...] |
2005-11-16 16:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8700 | DETAINED BLOGGER RELEASED; AUC STILL STYMIED IN [...]SBU) Blogger Abdul Karim Nabil Soliman has been released after spending more than two weeks in the custody of Alexandria's State Secu[...] |
2005-11-17 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO8701 | EGYPT: RESULTS OFFICIAL FOR THE FIRST STAGE OF [...]) The Chairman of the Parliamentary Elections Commission has formally announced the results of the first of three stages of Egypt's Pe[...] |
2005-11-17 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8702 | EGYPT ELECTIONS ROUND 2: THE VIEW FROM ALEXANDRIA [...]SBU) Summary: Alexandria governorate, home to Egypt,s second largest city, is among those voting in the second round of parliamentary[...] |
2005-11-17 16:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8704 | NEA A/S WELCH AND ARAB LEAGUE SYG DISCUSS GAZA, [...]C) Summary: In a November 17 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch and the Ambassador, Arab League Secretary General A[...] |
2005-11-18 14:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO8705 | NEA A/S WELCH AND EGYPT'S FM ON ISRAEL-PALESTINE [...]b) and (d). Â[...] |
2005-11-20 04:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IZ EG IG |
| 05CAIRO8734 | Egypt: Minister of Agriculture Discusses [...]ummary: Ambassador Ricciardone met with Egyptian Minister of Agriculture, Ahmed El Leithy, to discuss the Egyptian ban on imports of [...] |
2005-11-20 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO EG |
| 05CAIRO8745 | THE BELL RINGS FOR ROUND TWO OF EGYPT'S [...]C) Egypt's second round of parliamentary elections--in Alexandria, and eight other governorates, where approximately 1700 candidates [...] |
2005-11-20 17:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8785 | IRAQ: FIRST TWO DAYS OF AL MEETING MOSTLY [...]BU) Summary and Introduction: The first two days of the Arab League (AL) Iraq National Accord Preparatory Meeting has gone as expecte[...] |
2005-11-21 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ EG PROG |
| 05CAIRO8786 | EGYPT: MORE ON VIOLENCE, INITIAL RESULTS IN STAGE [...]BU) On November 20, the second stage of People's Assembly elections was held in the provinces of Alexandria, Gharbiya, Beheira, Qalyou[...] |
2005-11-21 16:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8812 | ARAB LEAGUE IRAQ NATIONAL ACCORD CONFERENCE [...]U) The text below represents an unofficial translation of the "Agreed Statement" produced following the three day Conference for Iraqi[...] |
2005-11-22 13:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ EG |
| 05CAIRO8822 | AN EPIC PARLIAMENTARY BATTLE IN THE NILE DELTA [...]) One of the most closely watched races of the second round of People's Assembly elections pitted Gamal Heshmat, a popular local Musli[...] |
2005-11-22 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8850 | SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON MULTILATERAL ISSUES: GOE [...]SBU) Summary: The DCM raised UN reform and the need for greater U.S.- GOE cooperation at the UN with Assistant Minister for Multilate[...] |
2005-11-23 11:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EG UN |
| 05CAIRO8873 | SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE 2005 U.S.- EGYPT MCC [...]C) The U.S. - Egyptian military partnership represents the foundation of our broader strategic relationship. Although both nations be[...] |
2005-11-23 14:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS KDEM KPAL IS IZ EG |
| 05CAIRO8875 | AMBASSADOR CAUTIONS INTERIOR MINISTER ON ELECTION [...]) During a telephone conversation on November 22, the Ambassador cautioned Egyptian Interior Minister Habib el-Adly about the violence[...] |
2005-11-23 16:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8876 | KEY NDP REFORM FIGURE DEEMS PARLIAMENTARY [...]C) In our first discussion with leading NDP reformer Hossam Badrawi since he lost his run-off race for re-election to Parliament, Bad[...] |
2005-11-23 16:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8877 | IAEA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO EGYPT [...]/NF) Following coordination through liaison channels and in the absence of the Deputy Foreign Minister and the Assistant Minister for [...] |
2005-11-23 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL IR EG AORC |
| 05CAIRO8911 | EGYPT: SECOND STAGE RUNOFFS: MORE VIOLENCE, [...]) Summary: Runoffs for People's Assembly seats took place on November 26 in seven provinces. The November 26 polls were marred by str[...] |
2005-11-27 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8916 | EGYPT: FOLLOW-UP ON GEOGRAPHI INDICATIONS [...][...] |
2005-11-28 14:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EG |
| 05CAIRO8917 | EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER URGES FTA ANNOUNCEMENT TO [...]C) Summary. Prime Minister Nazif convoked the Ambassador on November 27 to make a strong plea for an FTA announcement during this wee[...] |
2005-11-28 14:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EG |
| 05CAIRO8929 | NEW ORLEANS ALL STARS BRASS BAND LIGHTS UP [...]UMMARY: The New Orleans All Stars Brass Band played for about 900 people including senior representatives of the GOE, business leaders[...] |
2005-11-29 11:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL EG |
| 05CAIRO8933 | EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, NOVEMBER 13-20: IRAQI [...] contrast to the Egyptian media's previous distancing itself from coverage of Iraqi developments, this week's Arab League-organized Ir[...] |
2005-11-29 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO IS IZ LE EG |
| 05CAIRO8937 | PROGRESS WITH CUSTOMS AND TRADE REFORM IN EGYPT [...]his report outlines the major reforms undertaken by the GOE in the customs and trade areas since the appointment of the new Cabinet in[...] |
2005-11-29 14:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EG EWWT ECON EAID ETRD |
| 05CAIRO8938 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...][...] |
2005-11-29 14:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM PREL EG OVIP |
| 05CAIRO8990 | EGYPT: THIRD ROUND OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...]C) Egypt's third and final round of parliamentary elections got underway on December 1 amid reports of hundreds of arrests of Muslim [...] |
2005-12-01 16:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC EG |
| 05CAIRO9053 | EGYPT: OPPOSITION LEADER NOUR REMANDED TO CUSTODY [...]) Judge Adel Abdel Salam Gom'a ordered opposition leader Ayman Nour remanded to custody on December 5 until a December 10 hearing. Am[...] |
2005-12-06 06:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO9054 | EGYPT: DEMARCHE ON UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION [...][...] |
2005-12-06 06:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC EG UNGA |
| 05CAIRO9055 | SENATOR HAGEL'S DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...]) In a December 4 meeting, President Mubarak discussed with visiting Senator Hagel Egypt's efforts to promote peace and reconciliation[...] |
2005-12-06 06:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV OREP ECON EG |
| 05CAIRO9056 | FM ABOUL GHEIT INSTRUCTS GENEVA DELEGATION TO GO [...]C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA's Chief of Cabinet Wifaa Bassam on[...] |
2005-12-06 06:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREL IZ SZ EG ICRC MDA |
| 05CAIRO9071 | Media Themes In Egypt, November 28 December 4: [...]ummary: As Egypt entered the turbulent third round of its parliamentary elections, commentators discussed the violence that marred the[...] |
2005-12-06 12:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC AL EG |
| 05CAIRO9072 | INVESTOR INEXPERIENCE FUELS TELECOMS IPO BOOM [...]) On November 29, the GOE began its long-awaited divestiture of 20% of Telecom Egypt (TE), with an initial public offering of 10%, or[...] |
2005-12-06 14:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD KGIT EG |
| 05CAIRO9100 | TAKING STOCK OF EGYPT'S ELECTIONS [...]) After the relatively positive presidential elections, Egypt's parliamentary elections were marred by a low turnout, vote-rigging, a[...] |
2005-12-07 09:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO9134 | MUBARAK REBUFFS DECEMBER 6 AL SHARA'A PLEAS [...]C) President Mubarak met with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al Shara'a in Cairo on December 6. Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad ga[...] |
2005-12-07 17:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE EG |
| 05CAIRO9135 | EGYPT: WIDESPREAD OBSTRUCTION AND VIOLENCE AT [...]BU) December 7 saw runoff races for seats in most parliamentary constituencies in nine provinces of Egypt. Although many polling place[...] |
2005-12-07 17:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO9167 | EGYPT: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...][...] |
2005-12-08 12:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EG |
| 05CAIRO9168 | EGYPT FPCON MODIFICATION [...]) THE USDR, IN COORDINATION WITH THE CHIEF OF MISSION, DIRECTS A CHANGE OF FORCE PROTECTION CONDITION. THE FPCON FOR THE ARAB REPUBLI[...] |
2005-12-08 13:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | ASEC EG |
| 05CAIRO9177 | AYMAN NOUR CASE DISCUSSED WITH GAMAL MUBARAK AIDE [...][...] |
2005-12-08 14:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO9178 | POTENTIAL GOOD NEWS FOR EGYPT'S CHRISTIANS: [...]SBU) Summary: President Mubarak has decreed that registered Christian groups will face new, less restrictive regulations governing r[...] |
2005-12-08 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF EG |
| 05CAIRO9179 | HONG KONG MINISTERIAL: EGYPTIAN COMMENTS ON [...]SBU) Post delivered ref A points on TRIPS and the Convention on Biological Diversity to Dr. Samiha Fawzy, First Assistant to the Minis[...] |
2005-12-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON EG WTO |
| 05CAIRO9180 | UN REFORM: AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI'S DECEMBER 10 [...]C) During a December 10 meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, followed by a more detailed discussion with senior M[...] |
2005-12-10 16:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EG UNGA UNSC |
| 05CAIRO9209 | EGYPT: OPPOSITION LEADER AYMAN NOUR'S TRIAL HEADS [...]) Summary: The trial of political opposition leader Ayman Nour, supervised by Judge Adel Abdel-Salam Gom'a, has been characterized by [...] |
2005-12-11 15:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO9249 | ASD RODMAN DISCUSSES FMF, REGIONAL AFFAIRS, AND [...]C) Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi and Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman discussed the vulnerability of Egypt's Foreign[...] |
2005-12-13 10:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAL EAID IS IZ SY EG |
| 05CAIRO9252 | DEFENSE CHIEF OF STAFF OFFERS REGIONAL OVERVIEW [...]C) Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces LTG Samy Enan and Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman discussed MoD's image in Washington D.C.[...] |
2005-12-13 12:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS KPAL PTER IS SY EG IG |
| 05CAIRO9254 | EGYPTIAN AND ARAB LEAGUE REACTION TO MURDER OF [...]C) Post conveyed reftel demarche December 13 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Arab League, calling for prompt condemnations [...] |
2005-12-13 12:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE |
| 05CAIRO9263 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...]) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt, which comes at a critical time not only in our relations, but also in Egyptian hi[...] |
2005-12-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KPAL PHUM EAID KDEM IS IZ SY EG |
| 05CAIRO9271 | ROUND THREE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS - MORE [...]ummary: The third and final round of voting for the Parliamentary elections occurred on Dec. 7, amidst violence and closure of numero[...] |
2005-12-14 07:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO9293 | EGYPT TELLS EB/CBA MERMOUD IT'S "OPEN FOR BUSINESS" [...]BU) During his meetings with a large sampling of Egypt's political and business leaders, EB/CBA Frank Mermoud heard that while Egypt i[...] |
2005-12-15 08:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINV CVIS EG |
| 05CAIRO9294 | CAIRO EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING 12/13/05 [...]BU) SUMMARY: On December 13, 2005, DCM convened a meeting of the full EAC to discuss the worldwide public announcement issued by the D[...] |
2005-12-15 09:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR AMED AMGT ASEC EG KFLO PTER EAC |
| 05CAIRO9302 | 2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR EGYPT [...]rom January to August 2005, the U.S. trade surplus with Egypt reached $900 million. Exports to Egypt totaled $2.0 billion for this pe[...] |
2005-12-15 12:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EG USTR |
| 05CAIRO9313 | SYRIA/LEBANON: EGYPT CONSIDERING IMPLICATIONS OF [...]C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche to Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad December 15, sharing the draft UN Security Council reso[...] |
2005-12-15 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG LE SY UNSC |
| 05CAIRO9314 | 2005 IN EGYPT: SERIOUS CHANGE RAISES SERIOUS [...]) Serious political and economic change in Egypt this year generated serious resistance to change. Mubarak has tolerated the former [...] |
2005-12-15 15:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO9315 | IRAQ: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE SUPPORTIVE OF IRAQI [...]C) Post conveyed reftel demarche December 14 to MFA Cabinet Staff Member responsible for the Iraq portfolio, Alaa Hadidi. Stressing t[...] |
2005-12-15 15:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO9316 | EGYPT'S PROPOSAL FOR BILATERAL NON-PROLIFERATION [...]C) The Foreign Ministry's primary point of contact for disarmament and non-proliferation Dr. Hossam Aly provided poloff with an unoffi[...] |
2005-12-15 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL EG IS |
| 05CAIRO9335 | EGYPT: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...]gypt is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism. The Egyptian and U.S. Governments maintained close cooperation on a broad range of co[...] |
2005-12-18 16:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EG |
| 05CAIRO9349 | EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR IN PRISON HOSPITAL, HUNGER [...]BU) Multiple Ghad Party contacts confirm press reports that opposition leader Ayman Nour was tranferred on December 17 to the hospital[...] |
2005-12-19 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO9350 | IRAQ: EGYPT SEES ELECTIONS AS "STEP FORWARD" TO [...]U) The Charge delivered foreign policy reftel demarche to Presidential Spokesman and Advisor Soliman Awad ahead of Iraq's national par[...] |
2005-12-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO9351 | EGYPTIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH BLOCKS SAMPLES FOR CDC [...]SBU) Summary: The Egyptian Ministry of Health (MOH) is currently preventing the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-3) in Cairo f[...] |
2005-12-19 15:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EG PREL TBIO |
| 05CAIRO9352 | HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S ADDRESS OPENING [...]BU) During an address on December 19, President Mubarak opened parliament with a 40-minute address that emphasized political and econo[...] |
2005-12-19 15:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO9379 | TELECOM EGYPT: STABLE STOCK, GUARANTEED FUTURE? [...]SBU) Following the privatization of 20% of Telecom Egypt (TE) (reftels), share prices have stabilized, diminishing fears of a quick se[...] |
2005-12-20 14:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD KGIT EG |
| 05CAIRO9380 | AMERICAN IMAM CAMPAIGNS FOR TOLERANCE, [...]UMMARY: American Imam Mohammed Bashar Arafat engaged religious scholars, students, journalists, and media audiences across the Arab w[...] |
2005-12-20 14:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC OIIP KIRF EG |
| 05CAIRO9384 | EGYPT: EXPANSION OF AL-MANAR TO NEW MARKETS [...]/NF) Summary: Although its audience in Egypt appears to be modest, Al-Manar TV recently gained notoriety in Cairo for broadcasting a program deemed to[...] |
2005-12-20 14:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PREL ANET EG |
| 05CAIRO9385 | ECONOMIC MONTHLY REPORT: October-November 2005 [...]U) In this edition: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) narrows the overnight interest rate band, and issues new checking regulations. Pl[...] |
2005-12-20 14:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG |
| 05CAIRO9386 | 2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR ARAB [...]he impact of the Arab League boycott of Israel on U.S. trade and investment the Middle East and North Africa varies from country to co[...] |
2005-12-20 15:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EG USTR |
| 05CAIRO9387 | EGYPT: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...]gypt is not a significant destination for money laundering or terrorist financing, due to its antiquated and cumbersome financial syst[...] |
2005-12-21 05:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR EG |
| 05CAIRO9388 | American Author Promotes Dynamic View of US [...]UMMARY: American foreign policy expert Walter Russell Mead engaged Egyptian audiences with his dynamic vision of U.S. foreign policy [...] |
2005-12-21 06:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC OIIP EG |
| 05CAIRO9467 | VERDICT ANTICIPATED IN OPPOSITION LEADER AYMAN [...]) We expect that the December 24 session of opposition leader Ayman Nour's forgery trial will result in a conviction and harsh prison [...] |
2005-12-22 15:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO9468 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL [...]S) During a December 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Arab League Secretary General Moussa discussed recent Arab League and GOE interac[...] |
2005-12-22 15:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG LE SY UNSC |
| 05CAIRO9469 | IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL MOUSSA AWAITS [...]C) During a December 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa sought a readout of Iraq's recent Parli[...] |
2005-12-22 15:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO9470 | ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL ON FLAP WITH GULF [...]C) During a December 22 meeting with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, the Ambassador inquired into a SIPDIS [...] |
2005-12-22 16:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM EG IR IS PNUC |
| 05CAIRO9471 | EGYPT CLEAR ON USG APPREHENSIONS OF BASHIR AS [...]C) During a December 22 meeting with poloff, MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mohamed al Higazy shared that he was already a[...] |
2005-12-22 16:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EG SU |
| 05CAIRO9486 | BROTHERHOOD RISING IN ALEXANDRIA [...]) This cable was prepared by the American Presence Post Alexandria. ------- Summary ------- [...] |
2005-12-26 12:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO9529 | IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE CAUTIOUS ON GOVERNMENT [...]C) Post delivered reftel demarches to a senior Arab League Secretariat staff member December 26, urging the Arab League to do all it c[...] |
2005-12-27 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO9545 | AYMAN NOUR CASE: THE POST-CONVICTION STAGE [...]C) Reactions in the Egyptian media to the December 24 conviction and sentencing of opposition leader Ayman Nour on criminal forgery ch[...] |
2005-12-28 16:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO9546 | EGYPT'S NEW IMPORT-EXPORT REGULATIONS [...]U) The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industry (MOFTI) recently implemented new, more transparent and liberalized import/expor[...] |
2005-12-28 16:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EG WTRO |
| 05CAIRO9547 | EGYPT: CABINET SHUFFLE DUMPS KEY OLD GUARD [...]) News of a cabinet shuffle, anticipated in Cairo for several weeks, broke overnight December 27-28. The leaders of the "sovereign" M[...] |
2005-12-28 16:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD EG |
| 05CAIRO9581 | CAIRO REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON JUDICIAL/CRIMINAL [...]BU) Embassy Cairo has been working with the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Egyptian Ministry of Justice, and[...] |
2005-12-29 16:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM KJUS EG |
| 05CAIRO9582 | EGYPTIANS CONCERNED BY ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE [...][...] |
2005-12-29 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EG LE SY |
| 05CAIRO9583 | STATUS OF EGYPTIAN BANK PRIVATIZATION [...]C) An early December discussion between the Ambassador and Egyptian Central Bank Governor Farouk El Okdah focused on the USG-GOE Finan[...] |
2005-12-29 16:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID EG |
| 05DAMASCUS6626 | SYRIAN PRESIDENT GOES TO EGYPT [...]C) Summary: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak told visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Asad in a December 20 meeting attended by Arab [...] |
2005-12-22 14:37:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY EG |
| 05GENEVA2058 | MDA: SWISS PERMREP DESCRIBES PLANS FOR SEPT 12-13 [...]C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Moley, Swiss PermRep Blaise Godet described planning for the Sept 12-13 informal consultati[...] |
2005-09-01 05:45:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS ICRC MDA |
| 05KUWAIT765 | REFORM CONFERENCE IN CAIRO, TRAVEL OF KUWAITI FM [...][...] |
2005-02-21 10:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KU EG |
| 05MANAMA1674 | EUR A/S FRIED MEETS WITH DANISH STATE SECRETARY [...]SBU) Meeting Held on November 12, 2005, 15:30, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Manama, Bahrain. ¶2. (SBU) Participants: �[...] |
2005-11-14 11:03:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KMPI BA EG DE |
| 05MUSCAT1169 | OMAN DENOUNCES EGYPT TERROR ATTACK [...][...] |
2005-07-24 08:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER OPRC EG MU |
| 05MUSCAT364 | OMAN PRESSURES SARG ON LEBANON WITHDRAWAL [...]) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi convoked the Ambassador on February 28, just prior to departing for the Mar[...] |
2005-03-02 09:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE EG MU |
| 05OTTAWA1550 | DEMARCHING INVITEES TO THE US-EU INTERNATIONAL [...]is is an action request, see para. 6. ¶2. Poloff delivered reftel points to Ann Flanagan-Whalen, Deputy Director for the M[...] |
2005-05-25 11:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ EG JA ASEC PREL UN FAC |
| 05PARIS1802 | DAS CARPENTER'S MARCH 9 CONSULTATIONS WITH SENIOR [...]) Summary and comment: During March 9 discussions with visiting NEA DAS Scott Carpenter, senior French officials expressed full GoF su[...] |
2005-03-17 16:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM KMPI LE IZ SY EG KPAL FR |
| 05PARIS2041 | MUBARAK IN PARIS: CHIRAC URGES KEEPING PRESSURE [...]C) Summary: Receiving Egyptian President Mubarak in Paris 24, President Jacques Chirac stressed the necessity of maintaining pressur[...] |
2005-03-25 18:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV AORC KWBG EG FR |
| 05PARIS2052 | MUBARAK IN PARIS: CHIRAC URGES KEEPING [...]C) Summary: Receiving Egyptian President Mubarak in Paris March 24, President Jacques Chirac stressed the necessity of maintaining f[...] |
2005-03-29 10:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV AORC KWBG EG FR |
| 05PARIS6534 | UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD PX (PROGRAM AND EXTERNAL [...]ummary. The final vote was 54-1 in the UNESCO Executive Board PX Committee for the Canadian-sponsored resolution that paves the way [...] |
2005-09-23 15:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL CJAN ETRD UNESCO CA AF AS ID JA RS EG AG CV |
| 05ROME2456 | ITALY CONDEMNS SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER BLOCKAGE [...]) Summary. MFA officials agree that Syria's continuing blockage of its borders with Lebanon constitutes economic harassment, but they[...] |
2005-07-22 15:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EG JO PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SY IT |
| 05TELAVIV1363 | (C) OTTE SAYS HE'S PRESSING PA FOR SECURITY [...]) In a March 7 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Middle East envoy Marc Otte said he would press the PA, during his visit this week, on [...] |
2005-03-08 15:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS EU EG LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV1679 | TRAFFICKING NGOS WEIGH IN ON WHERE THE SYSTEM IS [...]SBU) Summary: Representatives of Israeli NGOs against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) say that the GOI, while inflicting stricter sentenc[...] |
2005-03-21 07:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG EG IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 05TELAVIV1833 | ISRAELI DEFMIN DISCUSSES PA SECURITY PERFORMANCE [...]C) Summary: On March 23, 2005, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Deputy National Security[...] |
2005-03-25 08:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR KWBG KPAL EG SY IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV2167 | RAMON UNIT BORDER POLICE -- FIGHTING HUMAN [...]C) Summary: The Ramon Unit of the Border Police has interdicted weapons, human beings and drugs being smuggled across the Egyptian-Isr[...] |
2005-04-08 06:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM SMIG ELAB PTER KWMN EG IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV2367 | EGYPT/ISRAEL GAS DEAL TO BE SIGNED IN EARLY MAY [...]C) Summary: Egypt and Israel appear to be coming closer to signing a gas deal that has been in the negotiations for years. The GOI s[...] |
2005-04-15 07:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IS EG GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE |
| 05TELAVIV3244 | STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT WITH [...]) Summary: Staffdel Talwar discussed the disengagement process with high-ranking Israeli military and foreign affairs officials, minis[...] |
2005-05-31 06:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG OREP EG SY IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05TELAVIV4110 | GILAD AND EILAND ON DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION AND [...]C) Summary: In separate June 17 meetings with NEA A/S Welch, DNSA Abrams, and the Ambassador, Israeli NSC Director Eiland and MoD Poli[...] |
2005-06-29 13:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV KPAL KWBG GZ EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV4112 | MFA DEMANDS EGYPT DO MORE TO PREVENT SMUGGLING [...]C) Summary: Israeli MFA Director General Ron Prosor stressed to visiting NEA A/S Welch, DNSA Elliott Abrams, and the Ambassador June 1[...] |
2005-06-29 13:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PTER KWBG EG JO IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV4118 | GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: KNESSET FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...]C) Attorney General Menachem Mazuz is to decide in the coming weeks whether allowing the Egyptians to deploy 750 border police along t[...] |
2005-06-30 10:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV4207 | GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: ATTORNEY GENERAL MAZUZ [...]C) Attorney General Menachem Mazuz told Ministry of Justice Liaison to the Knesset Paz Barnett July 5 to convey directly to Poloff who[...] |
2005-07-06 12:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV4321 | ISRAELI OFFICIALS TRAVEL TO CAIRO TO WORK ON [...]) Summary: During a July 10 trip to Cairo, two senior MFA officials were unable to reach agreement with the Egyptians on an MOU to est[...] |
2005-07-13 07:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV4335 | GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: SHARON INDICATES HE WILL SEEK [...]C) Prime Minister Sharon indicated to the press July 12 that he will seek Knesset approval of an Israeli-Egyptian agreement -- that ha[...] |
2005-07-13 13:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV4694 | GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: FINAL VOTES STILL TO COME ON [...]C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sharon still faces two GOI votes related to his disengagement plan. The first, a Cabinet vote authorizing [...] |
2005-07-27 15:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV4974 | GAZA CONTACT SEES IMPROVED SECURITY, DIMINISHED [...]C) Longtime Gaza contact and PA Interior Ministry civil servant Abdul Samia Efrangi told DCM and POL/C August 10 that Nasser Yusif's c[...] |
2005-08-11 14:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI |
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