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01CAIRO3303	EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART I: HISTORY AND STRUCTURE [...] (C) THIS IS THE FIRST IN A TWO PART MESSAGE DISCUSSING EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. PART 1 OUTLINES ITS HISTORY AND STRUCTURE, PART 2 OF THE MESSAGE WILL DISCUSS THE BASES FOR THE MB'S POPULARITY AS A POLITICAL FORCE IN EGYPT TODAY. EGYPT'S (ILLEGAL) MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, FOUNDED IN 1928, IS A PART OF [...]	2001-05-31 09:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PTER EG

01CAIRO3757	EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART 2: A POPULAR [...] (C) IN THIS, THE SECOND OF TWO CABLES ON EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB),WE LOOK AT THE BANNED MOVEMENT'S POPULARITY AND ITS SOURCES. DESPITE INTERNAL TENSIONS AND IMPRISONMENT OF THE MOST DYNAMIC OF ITS YOUNG LEADERS SINCE THE MID-1990'S, THE MB HAS ENJOYED AN UPSURGE IN POPULARITY, WINNING 17 PE [...]	2001-06-21 11:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PTER EG
01CAIRO5603	TFUSO1: EGYPT RESPONDS TO U.S. DISASTER [...] THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT REACTED QUICKLY TO THE HORRIFIC EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES ON SEPTEMBER 11. A CLEARLY DISTRAUGHT PRESIDENT MUBARAK APPEARED ON TELEVISION, EXPRESSING SORROW AND SADNESS AT THE EVENTS. HE LATER CALLED A CABINET MEETING, DIRECTING THAT ALL FORMS OF ASSISTANCE BE OFFER [...]	2001-09-12 16:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER EG IS
01CAIRO5770	CAIRO MEDIA REACTION: THE ATTACK IN AMERICA - SEPTEMBER 19, 2001 [...] SUMMARY: ----------- THE LEAD STORY IN ALL PRO-GOVERNMENT MEDIA WAS PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S INTERVIEWS WITH CNN'S LARRY KING AND THE BBC. ALL PRO-GOVERNMENT HEADLINES EMPHASIZED MUBARAK'S RENEWAL OF THE CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FIGHTING TERRORISM; HIS URGING THAT AN AMERICAN AT [...]	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, AND MILITARY OFFICIALS TO MAKE THE CASE AGAINST AL-QAIDA. IN PREPARATION FOR THE BRIEFINGS, WE HAD DISTILLED INFORMATION IN REFTEL INTO FOUR BASIC SECTIONS: [...]	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, WHICH HAS BECOME KNOWN AS "AL-WA'AD" (THE PROMISE),IS ALLEGED TO BE A SOPHISTICATED NETWORK OF TERRORIST CELLS. INDICTMENTS WERE ISSUED AGAINST 94 DEFENDANT [...]	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 02 VATICA 01286 01 OF 02 072227Z CONTENTS: - VATICAN CRITICIZES AIR STRIKES ON IRAQ - MEPP: VATICAN SAYS PEACE A DISTANT REALITY - NO MENTION OF GENOCIDE IN PAPAL MESS [...]	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 [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03507 01 OF 04 031719Z BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION --------------------------- 2. (U) THIS CABLE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR THE PLANNED PRESIDENTIAL MEETING WITH THE POPE. IT UPDAT [...]	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 MEMBERS CURRENTLY IMPRISONED IN EGYPT. HE HOPED FURTHER USG HELP WOULD BE DECISIVE AND SWAY GOE AUTHORITIES TO DEPORT THE TWO. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) FABIO AMIC [...]	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 [...] No summary [...]	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 extraordinary summit, then not injecting any new content or energy. He said the Egyptians were totally passive. The Sharm al-Sheikh Summit, he said, had the [...]	2003-03-03 15:28:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL AL SA EG IZ JO
03AMMAN1808	TFIZ01: FONMIN MUASHER DID NOT ATTEND MARCH 24 [...] No summary [...]	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 of QIZ's in Jordan. More seriously, such a deal would cause deep concern within the GOJ about equitable treatment for the politically tough decisions Jordan [...]	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 in Damascus this weekend will be the fourth of its kind since January when the GOT convoked ministers in Istanbul, which they dubbed the "Regional Initiative." [...]	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, [...] (C) 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. Gokturk, who had been at the Damascus meeting, said Turkey worked hard to make the original Syrian draft communique moderate and balanced, and found the meeting [...]	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 [...] (U) EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AHMAD MAHER CAME UNDER ATTACK BY ISLAMIC ACTIVISTS WHILE VISITING AND PRAYING AT THE HARAM ASH-SHARIF ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 22. A VIDEO SHOWS MAHER BEING MOBBED BY ANGRY WORSHIPPERS AND APPARENTLY CHOKED BRIEFLY BY A CLOTH AROUND HIS NECK. WORSHIPPERS REPOR [...]	2003-12-22 16:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS EG
03KUWAIT4960	SYRIA TO CONVENE FM'S ON IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) MFA Undersecretary, Ambassador Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador during an October 28 telephone conversation that Syria has invited Foreign Ministers from states bordering Iraq to a meeting in Damascus on November 1 to discuss Iraq. Ja [...]	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 [...] (C) After we sent ref A, MFA Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador that FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah had consulted with his Saudi, Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts. They had agreed that Saudi FM Prince Saud al-Feisal would call Syrian FM Sharaa and press him to invi [...]	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 [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with senior Adviser to the Prime Minister and former GCC Secretary General Abdullah Bishara on November 19. After sharing details of Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed's domestic agenda (septel),Bishara offered an upbeat view on prospects for the region, based on the US [...]	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 THE HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY THE SUDANESE NOW HAVE TO MAKE PEACE WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. CABRAS REVEALED THAT THE GOI WOULD PROVIDE AN ADD [...]	2003-01-15 13:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU EG KE IT
03ROME2766	PM BERLUSCONI'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) PM Berlusconi's swing through the Middle East (Israel, Jordan, and Egypt June 9-11) ruffled (French) feathers only because some chose to misconstrue Italian motives, Berlusconi's deputy diplomatic advisor told us June 18. Scarante said French FM de Villepin's criticism of Berlusconi's deci [...]	2003-06-18 16:23:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT IS KPAL EG JO
03ROME323	MFO: ITALY CANNOT PROVIDE REPLACEMENTS FOR US [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 16:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KMFO PREL IT IS EG NATO
03ROME4273	MUBARAK IN ITALY: EXPELLING ARAFAT WOULD BE A [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-22 10:23:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EG IS IT UNSC
03SANAA2342	REPORTS OF 9/16 KIDNAPPING OVERSTATED; NO [...] (s/nf) Summary: Post has determined from various ROYG sources, informed journalists and the Egyptian Embassy that 9/16 media reports that an Egyptian diplomat was kidnapped in Sanaa were overstated. While sources provide a range of variant "facts" and posit wildly differing motives for the a [...]	2003-09-17 19:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER ASEC EG YM
03THEHAGUE2366	DUTCH RESPONSE TO IAEA ARAB-ISRAELI DISPUTE [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the IAEA Arab-Israeli dispute at the General Conference (Ref A) to Dutch MFA Deputy Head of Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Division Peter Potman. During the demarche, the MFA received a call from its delegation in Vienna saying the EU had just rea [...]	2003-09-19 14:22:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP IS EG NL IAEA
04AMMAN10034	BIO FOR NEWLY APPOINTED JORDANIAN AMBASSADOR TO [...] Omar Abdul-Monem Rifai has been appointed as the new Jordanian Ambassador to Egypt. Biographical information on Rifai follows. ---------------------- BIOGRAPHY: RIFAI, OMAR ---------------------- 2. Omar Rifai is a Muslim East-banker and the son of late Prime Minister Abdul Mun'em Rifai [...]	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 to add an element of public diplomacy outreach to Israelis, but has found little interest from the Saudis or Egyptians in moving in this direction. He plans [...]	2004-01-22 15:44:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KPAL IS EG SA JO
04ANKARA4132	IRAQ: TURKS TERM JULY 21 CAIRO IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Iraq's neighbors are increasingly willing to engage with a newly sovereign Iraqi government, Turkish officials told us on July 23, though some are still holding back. MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Safak Gokturk said that the tone of the July 21 Cairo meeting of Iraq's neighb [...]	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 Egyptian Ambassador Ahamad Fathallah to propose a formal law enforcement and intelligence cooperation agreement between security officials from both government [...]	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 Turks did most of the listening on the subject of Israel/Palestine. Mubarak agreed with Turks' concerns about Iraq's territorial integrity and unity. He brie [...]	2004-02-18 07:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EG IZ PREL TU
04BRATISLAVA101	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT SCHUSTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR WEISER MET WITH SLOVAK PRESIDENT RUDOLF SCHUSTER ON JANUARY 28. THEY DISCUSSED HIS CONVERSATION THAT MORNING WITH UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT LEONID KUCHMA, WHO IS SEEKING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR HIS REELECTION. SCHUSTER ALSO DESCRIBED HIS SUCCESSFUL TALKS WI [...]	2004-01-29 14:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR LO EG UP
04BRATISLAVA221	ICAO'S MEETING IN CAIRO [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-04 13:56:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EG LO
04CAIRO8456	EGYPT: ABOUL GHEIT ON IRAQ, MEPP WITH A/S BURNS [...] (C) In a November 13 meeting at the Foreign Ministry, NEA Assistant Secretary Bill Burns and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit recalled events surrounding Yasser Arafat's funeral the previous day and discussed the upcoming Iraq conference in Sharm El Sheikh. Aboul Gheit noted his desire [...]	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 [...] (C) Minister of Commerce and Industry, Saleban Omar Oudine, sees the planned port of Doraleh as key to a prosperous economic future for Djibouti. In a March 31 meeting with Ambassador, he talked about the port and its two key components: a fuel container terminal and a Free Zone. The containe [...]	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, [...] (sbu) Summary. Foreign Minister Stanislaus Mudenge convened the diplomatic corps on short notice March 10, with the press in attendance. Mudenge's presentation began with a scathing attack on the BBC for a recent Panorama program, then moved on to the detention of a planeload of mercenaries, [...]	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 [...] No summary [...]	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 Command (CFLCC),requesting post's assistance in resolving the cases of three Egyptian drivers presumed to have been killed while driving in Iraq (text in pa [...]	2004-09-29 07:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL IZ EG
04KUWAIT3529	REQUEST FOR BAGHDAD'S ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING [...] This is an action request for Embassy Baghdad; please see para 4. 2. As reported in Ref A, Embassy Kuwait received a letter from Major General Gary D. Speer, Deputy Commanding General of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC),requesting post's assistance in resolving the cas [...]	2004-10-13 03:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL ELAB EG KU IZ
04KUWAIT4312	MUBARAK RUNS INTERFERENCE FOR ABU MAZEN DURING [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met December 12 with the Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait, Abdel-Rahim Shalaby, to discuss Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak,s December 7-8 visit to Kuwait. Shalaby said the meeting covered three GOE concerns: support for Mahmoud Abbas, candidacy in upcoming Palestinian ele [...]	2004-12-13 08:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM ECON KU IZ EG
04MADRID3073	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MILLER [...] Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep. Jeff Miller, House Armed Services Committee (HASC),and delegation, to visit Spain from August 24-25, 2004 for an overnight stop at Rota Naval Base. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is Econ Officer Richard C. Mer [...]	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 [...] PER REFTEL REQUEST, ON FEBRUARY 20 THE EMBASSY DISCUSSED THE ICAO FACILITATION DIVISION (FAL/12) MEETING TO BE HELD IN CAIRO FROM MARCH 22 TO APRIL 2, 2004, WITH SURINAME'S CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY DIRECTOR VIVIAN HANENBERG. HANENBERG RESPONDED THAT THE GOS WAS UNABLE TO SEND A DELEGATION [...]	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 UNDER SECRETARY RAISED FOUR ISSUES, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES, THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, ECOSOC MEMBERSHIP AND MONTREAL PROTOCOL LIMITS ON [...]	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 [...] (C) Summary: The Italian PM and President urged Mubarak to take a more open stance towards the Greater Middle East Initiative, noting Italy's support and the likely endorsement of the EU and NATO for the concept. Mubarak was careful not to rule out Arab participation in the initiative, but arg [...]	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 General Yoav Biran February 23, noting the initiative's efforts at promoting democracy, expanding education, and increasing economic cooperation. Larson sugges [...]	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 [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Shalom told the Ambassador on March 8 that in recent discussions in London and Dublin the Europeans had conveyed a preference for GOI-PA negotiations in the context of the roadmap, as opposed to unilateral steps. UK PM Tony Blair reportedly expressed admiration [...]	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 [...] (U) This is a joint cable from Embassies Tel Aviv and Cairo. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The third round of Israeli/Egyptian QIZ talks ended without an agreement on March 17 in Jerusalem. As in the previous discussions in Jerusalem and Cairo, the stumbling block remained the minim [...]	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 [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Gabbi Bar, Deputy Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor confirmed to us April 2 that Israel and Egypt had agreed to 11.7% minimum Israeli content for all Egyptian QIZ products. Bar said the next step is a meeting in Athens April 14, wher [...]	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 address resettlement, protection, and repatriation issues. In response to a small pro-settlement demonstration earlier in the week, we explained that the 41 cases [...]	2005-05-04 07:11:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF GB EG CO
05ALGIERS1550	BOUTEFLIKA CONDEMNS SHARM EL-SHEIKH BOMBINGS [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-25 11:21:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER EG AG
05AMMAN4474	MDA: ISRAEL "WON'T PAY FOR MDA" WITH FOURTH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Israel would rather abandon the possibility of holding a diplomatic conference this fall than accept Swiss Envoy Pfirter's proposal to overcome Egyptian/Arab League opposition by recommending Fourth Convention follow-on monitoring mechanisms when Switzerland presents its Interna [...]	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 (QIZs). The GOJ seeks USG support of Jordanian positions to lower Israeli content to five percent in QIZ products and to use the simpler Egyptian QIZ product [...]	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" acts of terrorism that have no grounding in Islam. He telephoned President Mubarak to express Jordan's solidarity with Egypt, as ordinary Jordanians and th [...]	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 involved on the economic side of the BMENA initiative. This fits with Turkey's large and growing trade and investment with the region and its potential -- as a [...]	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 [...] On 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 in para. 2). We will provide MFA's readout of the meeting septel. 2. Joint statement follows (original was in English): BEGIN TEXT (note internal paragra [...]	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 [...] (C) Iraq and its neighbors--and numerous guests--held a "friendly and interactive" foreign ministers' meeting in Istanbul April 29-30, according to Turkish MFA officials. Our interlocutors reported relatively little squabbling over the communique text, though they apparently had to beat back 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 [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Interior Minister, Bayan Jabr, seemed to take his lead from the Iranians at the July 18-19 meeting of Iraq's neighbors' interior ministers. Jabr annoyed the Turks by ignoring their advice to steer clear of the press, especially on the PKK issue; his private assurances to th [...]	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 Coalition Forces in Iraq. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (U) All detainees held by Coalition Forces in Iraq are held on the authority of UNSCR 1546 [...]	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 [...] (U) This is an action cable, see paragraph 6. 2. (C/NF) President Talabani told me on July 26 that he plans to leave Baghdad on September 10 to attend the Socialist Democratic Summit in New York. He said he must arrive in New York no later than September 13 for this meeting with various Eu [...]	2005-07-26 18:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER IZ SY EG
05BAGHDAD3101	PRESIDENT TALABANI SEEKS CALL ON PRESIDENT BUSH IN [...] (U) This is an action cable, see paragraph 6. 2. (C/NF) President Talabani told me on July 26 that he plans to leave Baghdad on September 10 to attend the Socialist Democratic Summit in New York. He said he must arrive in New York no later than September 13 for this meeting with various Eu [...]	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 dialogue conference in Baghdad, prior to the national elections. Jafari staff reaction to the visit, and that of other Shia contacts, has been measured. Sunn [...]	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 Cairo that members of Saddam's family, or at least unreformed Saddam-era Ba'athists, may be using new satellite channel al- Baghdadiya as a Trojan Horse to re-enter Iraqi p [...]	2005-10-27 03:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PREL KPAO EG IZ
05BAGHDAD4465	SHAHRISTANI AND ZEBARI ON ARAB LEAGUE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) In an October 30 meeting with the Charge, First Deputy TNA Speaker Husayn al-Shahristani reflected on Amre Moussa's recent visit to Iraq. Shahristani indicated that both ITG officials in Baghdad and Ayatollah Sistani in Najaf pressed the SYG to establish Arab League representation in Iraq [...]	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 January the security services and tribal leaders formally agreed to work together against criminal activities by tribesmen. In early February, a combined forc [...]	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 States to Egypt in June 2002. Soliman was convicted by an Egyptian State Security Court in November 2002 of membership in Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Soliman receive [...]	2005-03-17 13:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER KJUS EG
05CAIRO2271	PRISON VISIT: MOHAMED HESHAM S. ELDIN YOUSSEF [...] Name: Mohamed Hesham S. Eldin Youssef 17. ACCESS: FEBRUARY 24, 2005 19. MISTREATMENT: NONE REPORTED THIS VISIT. 23. Remarks: Vice Consul and ACS LES visited Mr. Youssef at Liman Torah Prison, south of Cairo. Subject appeared to be in normal physical condition. He told us he is ambi [...]	2005-03-23 11:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PHUM EG
05CAIRO2280	CODEL PELOSI MARCH 19-20 VISIT TO CAIRO: MUBARAK [...] (C) In a particularly relaxed meeting with CODEL Pelosi March 20, President Mubarak reviewed his efforts to convince Syrian President Bashar to withdraw all his forces from Lebanon (reftel) and reiterated his commitment to improving relations with Israel and pressing forward on solving the Israeli- [...]	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 also highlighted Egypt's economic reforms and called for strengthening the bilateral economic relationship. Nazif expressed concern over the image of the U.S. [...]	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 aspirant presidential candidate Ayman Nour with forgery and knowingly using forged documents (ref A),provides additional details on the GOE's case against Nour. [...]	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 officers to enhance their ability to prevent terrorists from entering the United States through valid visas. End summary. 2. (S) ORA began his briefing by dis [...]	2005-03-24 15:14:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PTER KFRD EG
05CAIRO2405	BOGEYMAN OF FOREIGN INTERFERENCE STALKS EGYPT: [...] Opposition newspaper Al-Wafd launched a campaign on March 20 against foreign economic assistance and "interference." Several newspapers picked up this thread of criticism throughout the week, but none were as vociferous as Al-Wafd in calling for Egypt to refuse U.S. assistance. Commentators [...]	2005-03-28 08:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO EG
05CAIRO2410	ANOTHER CARTOONIST CROSSES THE LINE [...] Summary: A small, middle-of-the-road Cairo weekly magazine ran a cartoon on March 19 of a swastika- covered U.S. soldier. Embassy staff met with the editor on March 23 to protest the cartoon. The editor stated that the cartoon was a 2004 work by a Palestinian freelancer. Although the edito [...]	2005-03-28 11:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO EG
05CAIRO2416	EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-28 12:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL OEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO2433	EGYPT:MASSIVE POLICE DEPLOYMENTS PARALYZE CENTRAL [...] (C) On March 27, one of the largest security operations in recent years paralyzed Central Cairo for hours. Thousands of police troops in riot gear thwarted the attempt of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),accompanied by a smattering of leftists, to stage a demonstration either at the parliament bui [...]	2005-03-28 15:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC EG
05CAIRO2469	EGYPT: CYBERCRIME DEMARCHE/PROPOSED DOJ VISIT [...] (U) On March 27, poloff delivered the points in reftel to Assistant Minister of Justice Iskandar Ghattas. Poloff also flagged for Ghattas the proposed visit to Cairo April 11-15 of DOJ Computer Crimes expert Christopher Painter, for consultations with the GOE on cybercrime issues and to attend [...]	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 [...] (SBU) Summary: During his March 21-24 visit to Egypt, Senator Gordon Smith called on Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, Egypt's senior Islamic spiritual leader, and visited the President of Cairo's Jewish community. With Tantawi, Smith reaffirmed U.S. respect for Islam and discussed the mutual d [...]	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 Egyptian support for a possible Swiss-convened conference on a Third Protocol and inclusion of Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) national society into the Red [...]	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 [...] (C) During a March 23 meeting, Senator Gordon Smith and Egyptian Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rachid discussed the recent QIZ agreement and prospects for an eventual FTA with the U.S. Smith underlined the importance of further Egyptian progress in particular areas, including IPR. S [...]	2005-03-29 16:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP ETRD PREL EG
05CAIRO2487	CODEL SMITH MARCH 21-24 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...] (C) In a cordial March 23 meeting, Senator Smith and Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif discussed political reform, bilateral trade, religious freedom, and Iraq. The Senator welcomed President Mubarak's move to open the field for competitive presidential elections, congratulated Egypt on the QIZ a [...]	2005-03-30 08:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP ETRD PREL KIRF EG
05CAIRO2506	EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR REFERRED TO TRIAL [...] (C) The Egyptian public prosecutor's office announced on March 26 that opposition leader Ayman Nour and five codefendants would stand trial for forgery beginning June 28. Although the venue for the trial has not yet been publicly announced, a senior Ghad Party contact claimed to us that the c [...]	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/Red Crescent Movement (septel),the Charge requested a readout on the latest Arab League summit in Algiers, as well as updates on a prospective Iraq Neighbors [...]	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 on bringing Israel's Magen David Adom society into the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. (Other topics are reported septel/NOTAL.) Drawing on the points cont [...]	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 [...] (SBU) As of 1630 local time on March 30, 300-400 demonstrators from Kifaya ("Enough"),a loose coalition of opponents of the GOE, were gathered in front of the Press Syndicate building (about one mile from the U.S. Embassy) holding banners rejecting a fifth presidential term for Mubarak, rejec [...]	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 (March 20, eight representatives),CODEL Kilpatrick (March 23, five representatives),CODEL Smith (March 23, one senator),and CODEL Dreier (March 24, six repre [...]	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 several weeks of increasingly strident editorial coverage in newspapers controlled by or sympathetic to the GOE, the People's Assembly has debated the implicati [...]	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 Hastings, Doc Hastings, Gingrey, and Crenshaw) discussed the potential for political and economic reform in Egypt, links between economic development and the f [...]	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 conference. Drawing on the points contained in ref B, the Charge stressed the importance of high-level Egyptian attendance at and support for the Oslo-hosted Sudan d [...]	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 [...] (C) President Mubarak's late February proposal to amend Article 76 of the Egyptian constitution will, once parliament has hammered out the modalities, allow for direct, competitive presidential elections for the first time in the country's history. Although no announcement has yet been made, [...]	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 Government of Egypt to reinforce with the Syrian leadership the importance of timely parliamentary elections in Lebanon and of Syria's providing a timetable f [...]	2005-04-03 14:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS EG SY LE
05CAIRO2589	REPORTING ON RECENT DEMONSTRATIONS; NEW WEEKLY [...] Egyptian newspapers carried only limited reporting of the recent demonstrations in Cairo and around Egypt by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and the opposition Kifaya ("Enough") movement. Al Destour ("The Constitution"),a weekly paper with an aggressive tone, reappeared on the newsstands after [...]	2005-04-04 13:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO EG
05CAIRO2596	EGYPT: UPDATE ON TERRORISM CASES [...] (C) An emergency court in Cairo convicted and sentenced on March 28 an Egyptian national and an Iranian diplomat (the latter in absentia) on charges of involvement in both a 2004 act of terrorism in Saudi Arabia and in conspiring to commit acts of terrorism in Egypt, including planning an assa [...]	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 communicated its "deep concerns" to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) regarding the struggle for authority among Palestinians and particularly [...]	2005-04-05 14:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL EG IS
05CAIRO2662	INTEL CEO MAKES A SPLASH IN CAIRO [...] In his first visit to Egypt, Intel Corporation CEO Craig Barrett last week delivered a slick, multimedia presentation resembling a primetime television show to assembled government and business leaders during an AmCham-sponsored luncheon on "Building the Digital Society in Egypt." The specta [...]	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 [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (U) THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY USLO TRIPOLI. ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (SBU) INCIDENTS OF DETENTION AND DEPORTATION OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS FROM LIBYA ARE INCREASING. SOME OF THESE DEPORTEES COULD BE REFUGEES DESERVING INTERNAT [...]	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 USAID and other resources. Implementation of MEPI-funded D&G projects is a key component in this process. Post signed a new directly-funded D&G grant on March 3 [...]	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 [...] (S/NF) Egypt brings to the fight against terrorism both its own grim experience and a track record of results. In the 1990s, Egypt successfully subdued domestic terror groups that conducted operations ranging from firebombing video stores to attempted assassinations of senior GOE officials, t [...]	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 respect on the occasion of the death of Pope John Paul II. Although the Roman Catholic population of Egypt is relatively small (about 350,000 from a total Egyp [...]	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 state of human rights in Egypt. After review by the Presidency, the document is expected to be released next week. Our discussions with NCHR contacts sugges [...]	2005-04-07 14:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL EG
05CAIRO2734	CONTINUING TO PURSUE RADIO SAWA TRANSMISSION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Continuing to seek permission for Radio Sawa to retransmit its signal in Egypt, the Charge sent a letter on March 31 to newly appointed Minister of Information Anas El Fekki reiterating the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors's (BBG's) long-standing request for facilities 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 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-07 15:17:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL OEXC KPAO EG

05CAIRO2737	EGYPT: DEMARCHE ON WIPO IPR AND DEVELOPMENT [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to senior-level officials in the following ministries and agencies responsible for intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and policy: Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industry; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ministry of Culture; Ministry of Communications and [...]	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, CONS, and ECPO attended. 2. (SBU) ECPO solicited input from HSWG members for the Embassy's response to ref A, concerning the Department-wide assessment of [...]	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 Initiative (PSI) in Egypt. Egypt is an influential leader in the non-proliferation (NP) community and Egyptian experts hold unequaled sway in international fora. Whi [...]	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 told the press that "Sudanese war criminals need not go to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the Sudanese judiciary held fair trials." MFA contacts c [...]	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 al Khalili bazaar near downtown Cairo. An explosion occurred at about 5:45 p.m., causing multiple injuries, including four confirmed AmCit injured, one of whom [...]	2005-04-07 20:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC CASC EG
05CAIRO2744	APRIL 7 CAIRO BOMBING: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE [...] (C) The Charge convened the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee on April 8 at 12 noon local to discuss the April 7 bombing incident at Cairo's Khan el-Khalili tourist bazaar in the early evening of April 7. Attending the meeting were the A/DCM, RSO, LEGATT, ORA, CONS, ECPO, OMC, DATT, NCIS, R [...]	2005-04-08 13:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC KCRM EG
05CAIRO2789	TERRORISM IN CAIRO; ANOTHER ROUND OF CRITICISM OF [...] All media outlets gave wide coverage to the bombing attack in Cairo's Khan Al-Khalili market, highlighting PM Ahmed Nazif's April 8 hospital visit to victims and Egyptian government officials' claims that the attack was "an individual act." All commentators feared the attacks would unsettle [...]	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 Virtual Presence Post (VPP),or "Virtual Consulate" (reftels). The Governorate's expanded engagement with the project, coupled with enhanced participation on th [...]	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 [...] (SBU) In a statement aired on Egyptian TV on the afternoon of April 11, the Ministry of Interior identified the (dead) perpetrator of the April 7 terrorist attack in the Khan el-Khalili tourist bazaar as an 18-year old engineering student from the Delta province of Qalyubia. The announcement [...]	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 Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ibrahim was generally familiar with U.S. goals pertaining to nonproliferation aspects of the SUA convention (Convention for t [...]	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 Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit. They expressed interest in hosting a preparatory meeting of senior officials ahead of an intern [...]	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 the Public Affairs Section (including information and cultural affairs staff, as well as the grants specialist),the combined Economic-Political Section (ECPO),[...]	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 following their April 11 Crawford, Texas summit. Worried that the President might offer Sharon political cover for Israeli efforts to consolidate control over [...]	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 and the Third Protocol during an introductory meeting April 7 with MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Ahmed Fathalla. The senior Egyptian officia [...]	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 omissions, the breadth of the report's coverage suggests an organization that is balancing its close links with the Government of Egypt with a desire to demon [...]	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 [...] (C) Enemies of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood have seized on an erroneous report as an opportunity to attack the group as duplicitous and disloyal. In early April, Egyptian media began reporting (baseless) rumors that the U.S. and the MB had covertly opened a channel for dialogue and potential cooperat [...]	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 GOE's support for a proposed United Nations-sponsored global convention on cybercrime, as opposed to USG support for the Council of Europe (COE) Convention on [...]	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 current EU President Luxembourg in Egypt) on our request for GOE support ahead of the expected April 14 vote. According to MFA Office of Human Rights Affairs [...]	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 LTG Smith agreed that plans for BRIGHT STAR 2005 were on track. Weheba hoped to invite Congressional observers to that exercise. Weheba welcomed an apparen [...]	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 Minister Tantawi visited China in the fall of 2004, the Chinese Defense Minister just concluded a visit to Egypt, the Egyptian Minister of Military Production i [...]	2005-04-14 15:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS CH EG
05CAIRO2898	EMBASSY CAIRO'S RESPONSE TO THE APRIL 7 TERRORIST [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo's immediate response to the April 7 Khan el-Khalili bombing (reftels) included expeditious consular assistance to the three wounded American citizens and their families, the placement of personnel at the crime scene to collect information and assess continuing threats, and [...]	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 the opening hours of trading on the first day after the bombing. The downturn was quickly reversed, however, and the market recovered the following day. For t [...]	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 the Iraqis and invited Egyptian journalists over the shortcomings of Egyptian media reporting on Iraq. The lively interaction between the two groups of jour [...]	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 discussed a work plan to maintain price stability and increase economic growth rates. It also reviewed monetary, financial and economic developments in Egypt [...]	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 EAB intended to put the bank up for sale. Richards said the EAB Board would meet on April 19 to approve the intended sale, and that public announcement would f [...]	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 Housing Ibrahim Soliman. The court sentenced the three defendants each to one year in jail and ordered them to pay fines of LE 10,000 (about $1750). The sente [...]	2005-04-18 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO PREL EG
05CAIRO2969	EGYPT NAMES ACCOMPLICES IN APRIL 7 BAZAAR BOMBING [...] (SBU) In a public announcement on the afternoon of April 17, the Ministry of Interior named four accomplices of the bomber who died as he carried out the April 7 terrorist attack in a Cairo tourist bazaar that killed one AmCit, two French nationals and wounded 17, including three AmCits, other [...]	2005-04-18 16:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC EG
05CAIRO2971	AL-AZHAR BOMBER IDENTIFIED, CO-PLOTTERS ARRESTED: [...] Summary: Egyptian Television (ETV) reported the identity of the Al-Azhar terrorist bomber on April 11. The following day, photos of the bomber's blast-damaged face appeared above the fold in all of Egypt's major newspapers, along with Interior Ministry claims that "jihadi" publications had [...]	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 April 3 article appearing on page 9 of that paper referring to an alleged State Department memo "urging the White House to begin direct talks" with the Muslim B [...]	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 (PrepComm),poloff met April 19 with MFA senior Cabinet member Alaa Hadidi. Drawing from reftel talking points, poloff shared our preliminary responses to GOE [...]	2005-04-24 05:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG IZ
05CAIRO3066	EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-24 05:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL OEXC KPAO EG KIIP
05CAIRO3071	OSAC COUNTRY COUNCIL STATUS REPORT: CAIRO [...] Quarterly/Annual Update (U) The Cairo Regional Security Office is making good progress in creating a viable Country Council. We have had monthly meetings for the past four months, characterized by an active and candid exchange of new ideas and company initiatives. The Country Council is a [...]	2005-04-24 08:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EG KSAC
05CAIRO3086	MULTI-HOUR MUBARAK INTERVIEW TO AIR STARTING APRIL [...] (SBU) A multi-hour interview with President Mubarak will be aired over three consecutive days on Egypt Channel One starting on the evening of April 24. The regional Arabic news channel Al-Arabiya has also bought the broadcast rights and will be airing it at the same time. The interview was [...]	2005-04-24 14:46:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EG
05CAIRO3089	EGYPTIAN JUDGES LAUNCH "INTIFADA", THREATEN TO [...] (C) Over 1000 Egyptian judges meeting under the auspices of the Alexandria Judges' Club launched in mid-April what one paper dubbed "the judges' intifada." In their meeting, the assembled judges threatened to abstain from their supervisory role in the fall 2005 elections unless a new draft jud [...]	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 reinforced by a letter of request from CENTCOM, to donate much needed arms and ammunition to the Afghan National Army. Egypt made an identical donation in 2003 (r [...]	2005-04-27 04:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS EG
05CAIRO3131	FY06 MRP "VOLUNTEERISM AND COMMUNITY SERVICE," FEBRUARY [...] PA Cairo is pleased to nominate Ms. Nora Ismail Mohamed YOUNIS, Project Coordinator, United Nations Development Program (UNDP),to participate in the subject MRP. 2. Following is full EVDB nomination and DS-2019 information: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following [...]	2005-04-27 13:29:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO3132	FY06 MRP "URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES," NOVEMBER [...] PA Cairo is pleased to nominate MR. Ashraf Amin Mohamed AMIN, TV Nile News reporter, to participate in the subject MRP. 2. Following is full EVDB nomination and DS-2019 information: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : [...]	2005-04-27 13:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO3133	FY06 MRP "GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM," JANUARY 19 [...] PA Cairo is pleased to nominate Ms. Shafky Halim Aly EL MONIERY, Presenter and Producer, Egyptian Television, to participate in the subject MRP. 2. Following is full EVDB nomination and DS-2019 information: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixe [...]	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, effective April 1, removes soft drinks and non-alcoholic beer from Table A of the sales tax schedule, the "luxury goods" table. Luxury goods on Table A are s [...]	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 reported in reftel. According to EAB General Manager Roderick Richards, the Bank of Alexandria (BOA) was instructed by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) to sell it [...]	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, with opposition daily Al-Wafd (circulation: 200,000) leading the charge. Critical commentaries and articles have consistently portrayed USG assistance as 'inter [...]	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 the just-concluded visit of Russian President Putin had been very successful. Turning to Lebanon, the Charge drew from reftel talking points to stress the i [...]	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 our strategic reliance on one another for over 25 years. We look forward to your visit as yet another opportunity to reconfirm our common commitment to stabili [...]	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 Egyptian and Arab League officials to discuss the Magen David Adom (MDA) and Third Protocol issues. During the meetings, the Egyptian MFA expressed concerns [...]	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 [...] This cable was drafted by the Net-Centric Diplomacy (NCD) team from the Department and CITI that visited post from April 10-11 to install the NCD pilot system for publishing biographic files and telegraphic reports to the SIPRNet. The NCD application was successfully installed on a ClassNet w [...]	2005-04-28 16:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	AINF OTRA EG NCD
05CAIRO3180	IMPROVING OUR SIPRNET WEBSITE [...] Post is committed to classified web-publishing as a way to provide end-users with easy access to cables, biographies, and other post reporting. As part of our ongoing effort to improve our SIPRNET website, post is beta-testing two new applications from the Net-Centric Diplomacy group. These [...]	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. ----------- The Attacks ----------- 2. (SBU) Two apparent terror attacks took place in Cairo on the afternoon of April 30. An explosion in downtown Cairo killed one Egyptian and [...]	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 May 1, the Charge d'Affaires convened post's Emergency Action Committee to review details of the April 30 suicide bombing in downtown Cairo and shooting incident (ref A),[...]	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' statements and noting that several eyewitnesses had given conflicting versions of how the attacks unfolded. Statements of condemnation from leading Egyptian figures [...]	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, CONS, and ECPO attended. 2. (C) HSWG members reviewed information and preliminary conclusions regarding the two April 30 terrorist attacks in Cairo (refs A a [...]	2005-05-04 14:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG
05CAIRO3421	EGYPT: NOTES ON THE APRIL 30 CAIRO TERRORIST [...] (C) A clearer picture of the April 30 terrorist attacks in Cairo is beginning to emerge. The two attacks, one a bombing that killed the perpetrator and wounded several foreigners and Egyptians, and the other a bungled shoot-up of a tourist bus, are directly linked: the bus shooters, two women [...]	2005-05-05 16:28:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EG
05CAIRO3424	A SEASON OF UNCERTAINTY IN EGYPTIAN POLITICS [...] (C) As Cairo's weather warms up this spring, Egyptian intellectuals and observers are preoccupied by a growing sense of anticipation and uncertainty about Egypt's political future. Contacts are focused on a series of "unprecedented" recent developments which, in combination, are charging the [...]	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 Bottling Company of Egypt, to confirm implementation of the recently lowered tax rate on locally produced soft drinks (reftel). Kabil said that Pepsi had been pleas [...]	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 policies and plans, particularly regarding tariff and income tax cuts. Nazif also described his efforts to use information technology (IT) to boost Egypt's economy, [...]	2005-05-09 16:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL ECON EFIN EG
05CAIRO3495	CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND THE OUTLOOK FOR [...] (C) Egypt's People's Assembly (PA) is expected to approve on May 10 legislation that would amend Article 76 of the constitution to allow, for the first time, the direct and competitive election of the President. The bill was approved by the PA's legislative affairs committee and endorsed on Ma [...]	2005-05-09 18:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO3589	POLICE ROUND UP MUSLIM BROTHERS: EGYPTIAN MEDIA [...] Headlines: Egyptian media devoted much of their May 6 - 7 weekend coverage to talks between President Mubarak, Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, and Oman's Sultan Qabous at Sharm El Sheikh. The media also reported on a proposed amendment to constitutional article 76. On the latter, on May 8 opp [...]	2005-05-11 09:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO3617	EGYPT: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CHANGED, PASSED [...] (C) Egypt's parliament passed on May 10 an amendment to Article 76 of the constitution, allowing for the country's first direct, competitive presidential elections in its history. Before the amendment takes effect, it must be put to a national referendum, expected in late May. As reported re [...]	2005-05-11 16:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO3624	EGYPT ISSUES IPR COPYRIGHT REGULATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 29, 2005, the Prime Minister issued decree 497/2005 which promulgated the final chapter of executive regulations of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Law 82 of 2002. Analysis of this chapter, which cover copyrights and neighboring rights, indicates potential defi [...]	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 aspects than for substantive agreements or strategic re-alignments. Putin and Egyptian President Mubarak released a joint statement after their summit meetin [...]	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 explaining it. He hoped a scheduled May 12 news conference by Gamal Mubarak would clear the air. He was impatient with opposition complaints about the amendment [...]	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 allegations of desecration of the Koran at U.S. detention facilities in Guantanamo that sparked violent protests May 11 in Afghanistan. Nazif was unaware of the [...]	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 to the African Union (AU)'s Mission in Sudan (AMIS),drawing from reftel talking points to express appreciation for Egypt's continued and expanding involvemen [...]	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) Chairman Konare's recent appeal to NATO for provision of technical and logistical assistance for the AU Mission in Darfur, Sudan. Omar said that Egypt supported [...]	2005-05-12 15:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM EG SU
05CAIRO3687	RELEASE OF EGYPTIAN NATIONALS FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (C) As instructed ref A, Embassy has gone back through liaison channels to reiterate to the GOE the Department's points on the cases of Sami Abd El Aziz Salem Allaithy and Allah Muhammad Saleem, Egyptian detainees at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. We have asked that the GOE expedite their response. [...]	2005-05-15 14:52:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KAWC EG
05CAIRO3688	EGYPTIAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS STRIKE [...] (U) Summary: On May 9, Egyptian air traffic controllers began an air traffic slow down in response to what they considered low wages and unfair punishments meted out by the Minister of Civil Aviation, Major General Ahmed Shafik. The delays reportedly cost upwards of USD 600,000 per day. Such [...]	2005-05-15 15:07:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR CASC OTRA EG
05CAIRO3729	MARITIME PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Egyptian officials responded positively to presentations by U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Liaison Officer John Bowers in Cairo and Alexandria March 6 to 8, as he described the USCG plans to monitor foreign compliance with International Maritime Organization [...]	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 16 to MFA Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs Hani Khallaf, stressing that senior U.S. officials may raise the Third Protocol/Magen David Adom (MDA) issue this [...]	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 rhetoric (as opposed to its traditional Islamist slogans). As of mid-May, the MB's more aggressive approach, and the GOE's response, has built into what is be [...]	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 facilities in Guantanamo and Newsweek's subsequent retraction. During a May 12 meeting with Prime Minister Nazif, the Charge drew from ref C talking points to empha [...]	2005-05-17 10:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO KISL EG
05CAIRO3767	MUBARAK BLAMES DEMONSTRATIONS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT; [...] Constitutional reform: The People's Assembly debate and approval of a constitutional amendment to article 76 dominated media coverage May 10 - 15. Viewers of Egyptian TV and pan-Arab satellite channels Al-Jazeera and Al- Arabiya on May 10 - 11 saw scenes of heated debate, with Ayman Nour an [...]	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 visits by the Bulgarian and German Presidents due to occur in the coming weeks. Likewise, as the Egyptian leadership begins to turn its full attention to upcomi [...]	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 Krchak, and Emboffs met with Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali (YBG) and GOE tax administration officials to discuss the possibility of Treasury prov [...]	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 [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 12 on the candidacy of Judge Thomas Buergenthal to MFA Second Secretary in the Office of Specialized Agencies Ms. Sohad Sabry. Sabry welcomed the diplomatic note and accompanying documentation relating to Mr. Buergenthal's candidacy for re-election as jud [...]	2005-05-17 14:37:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EG UNSC UNGA
05CAIRO3785	EGYPT POLITICS: OPPOSITION CALLS FOR BOYCOTT OF [...] (C) Leading opposition parties and other critics of the Egyptian parliament's proposal to amend Article 76 of the constitution (to allow for direct, competitive election of the president) are now calling for a boycott of the referendum the GOE will stage on May 25 to ratify the amendment. Tho [...]	2005-05-17 16:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO3792	Egypt PD Results (04/21/05-05/11/05) [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-18 07:51:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO3793	UNESCO: EGYPT REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ITS [...] While delivering a demarche May 12 seeking Egyptian support for a U.S. candidacy to the International Court of Justice (reftel),MFA Office of Specialized Agencies Second Secretary Sohad Sabry requested from poloff an official reply SIPDIS to Egypt's request for U.S. support of its candidac [...]	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 ECPO attended. 2. (SBU) ECPO briefed the group on post preparations for the projected May 30-31 visit of Fran Townsend, President Bush's Homeland Security [...]	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 emphasize for the Egyptian public and its leadership our concern over the essential societal issues of education and literacy. Egypt's first lady, Suzanne Mubarak, [...]	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 Syria's inclusion in the Iraq Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting planned for June 1-2 in Cairo. Shukry replied that excluding Syria would be diplomatical [...]	2005-05-19 15:16:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC EG IZ SY EUN NATO
05CAIRO3840	EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR, SUPPORTERS FACING HARASSMENT [...] (C) Sustained threats, intimidation, and harassment are making it "impossible" for Ayman Nour, the embattled leader of the opposition Ghad Party, to conduct his presidential campaign, according to his wife (and closest confidante and advisor) Gamila Ismail. Ismail accuses the ruling NDP, with [...]	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 Counselor and PA staff; and ECPO staff. MEPI Tunis Regional Director Peter Mulrean also attended. The meeting opened with Mulrean's review of MEPI activities [...]	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 a constructive role on the issue of the Third Protocol and Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Noting earlier demarches [...]	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 insurer enters Egypt's market. Telecom and IT: The Government of Egypt (GOE) announces plans for a public offering of shares in Telecom Egypt, while the Minister o [...]	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: [...] Headlines: President Mubarak's visit with Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi and other African leaders to discuss Darfur May 17 - 18 was widely covered, as was Mubarak's May 17 statement encouraging Egyptians to get out and vote on the constitutional amendment referendum on May 25. Mubarak met May [...]	2005-05-23 08:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO3911	EGYPT: ARTICLE 76 REFERENDUM SPEEDING TOWARD [...] (C) The May 25 referendum on parliament's proposed amendment of Article 76 of the constitution, to allow for Egypt's first competitive presidential elections, is virtually certain to pass, although a low voter turnout is widely anticipated. A broad array of opponents have nonetheless called f [...]	2005-05-23 15:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO3941	ARREST OF SENIOR MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD OFFICIAL [...] (C) The GOE arrested on May 22 Mahmoud Ezzat, Secretary-General of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Ezzat SIPDIS is the most senior MB official to be arrested in at least a decade. His arrest comes in the context of an increasingly sharp and sustained confrontation between the government a [...]	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 visits of Prime Minister Nazif and First Lady Laura Bush. The visits had, in his view, improved the atmosphere in the relationship. Aboul Gheit warned against [...]	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 [...] First Lady Laura Bush's May 23-24 visit to Egypt was a public diplomacy triumph and contributed significantly to USG efforts to promote education, reform, and the role of women. In Cairo, her visit included meetings with Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak and prominent female representatives [...]	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 turnout. Although the process was generally peaceful, there were sporadic incidents in Cairo of government-directed beatings of opposition protestors and journ [...]	2005-05-26 13:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM EG
05CAIRO4023	EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON HIS PERSONAL SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	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 amendment referendum (reftel) with Karim Haggag, a close aide to Gamal Mubarak, presidential son and chair of the ruling National Democratic Party's (NDP) Polici [...]	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 First Lady Laura Bush to the Middle East. Sharing transcripts of public statements and media interviews related to the two recent visits, the Charge offered hi [...]	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; and ECPO staff. IDWG participation was limited to cleared Americans only to permit discussion of the status of post's submission to the Department for use in de [...]	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 pressed the Arab League to demonstrate its commitment to real political reform among its member states, and to support Gaza disengagement. Moussa insisted that the Arab Leagu [...]	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's participation in the GSM-102 Program. The Vice-Chairman of General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) also attended the meeting. The meeting was a f [...]	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, Poloff reiterated USG redlines regarding the marking and tracing of ammunition and our inability to agree to a legally binding document at the Open Ended Working G [...]	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 that Egypt would not send a governmental representative to the OPCW regional workshop in Cyprus June 13-15. Although the GOE would not participate officially, h [...]	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 elections. Voting day was marred by a disputed turnout and violence against opposition demonstrators in some locations. The violence, apparently perpetrated by [...]	2005-06-01 14:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL EG
05CAIRO4122	THE TERROR SUSPECT WHO BEAT HIMSELF TO DEATH: A [...] (SBU) On May 22, the Egyptian Public Prosecutor announced that 27-year-old Ashraf Said Youssef, the alleged mastermind behind the April 7 and April 30 terror attacks on tourist sites in Cairo (reftels),died in custody on May 19. According to the GOE announcement, Youssef, who had been captur [...]	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 discuss the bilateral relationship during an informal session on May 31. The event provided an opportunity to stress the importance to the bilateral relationsh [...]	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 particular focus on international monitors. Activities in May included the visit of the First Lady to Egypt; a grants-signing ceremony for the latest civil socie [...]	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 is overseas). Shukry said he was "disturbed" to have just heard from the Russian ambassador that the U.S. had invited the Russian Federation to participate [...]	2005-06-01 15:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC IZ RS EG EUN
05CAIRO4126	REFERENDUM CALLED "HISTORIC" BY GOVERNMENT MEDIA; [...] May 25 referendum on constitutional amendment to change presidential election process - TV: Egyptian TV coverage showed enthusiastic voters casting their ballots and praising President Mubarak and the referendum throughout May 25. "We now have true democracy in Egypt and thanks to our Pres [...]	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 National Democratic Party (NDP) Secretary General Safwat El Sherif and pro-government Al SIPDIS Ahram Editor-in-chief Ibrahim Nafei. The correction to a rep [...]	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 [...] Embassy Cairo requests a Single Country Program be organized for five to seven Egyptian participants on the topic of "Arts Management in the United States." This program is intended for young Egyptian artists who lack practical experience in the management of the arts, but who are currently 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 from the National Democratic Institute (NDI),completed a modest but significant monitoring effort of the May 25 referendum. NDI's Senior Regional Represent [...]	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 ECPO attended. 2. (SBU) HSWG members welcomed visiting Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend and accompanying staff to the meeting and outlined the s [...]	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 view that the RevCon's inability to agree on a final document was a satisfactory outcome for Egypt. "We did your work for you" in preventing discussion of intrac [...]	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 meeting with Tunis MEPI Regional Office Specialist Labidi, Egyptian participants in last December's Civil Society Dialogue at the Forum for the Future discussed their p [...]	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 Embassy visitors and contacts information related to New York City's bid and has distributed promotional materials received from the NYC2012 bid committee. [...]	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 [...] No summary [...]	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 Ministry of Information (MOI) withheld permission to distribute the June 2 edition of the magazine for four days. The magazine's staff was never informed by t [...]	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 member Alaa Hadidi, drawing on ref A talking points to encourage Egypt to show its support to the Iraqi Transitional Government during a June 22 Iraq ministerial [...]	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 [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-06 16:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS
05CAIRO4264	EGYPT: ANOTHER BLOW TO THE GHAD PARTY [...] (C) The Ghad Party, the beleaguered liberal/secular political party founded by Ayman Nour, has suffered another severe setback with the late May resignation of Secretary-General Mona Makram Ebeid. Ebeid, a SIPDIS widely-respected figure, had lent both stature and substance to the fledgling [...]	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 what they considered poor media coverage and accused ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) members of acting like "thugs" and "mercenaries." One commentator [...]	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 Ministerial meeting on Iraq to be held in Brussels (ref A). The USG delegation, led by Iraq Policy Coordinator Ambassador Richard Jones, held bilateral meetings [...]	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 Arab League and its members to do as much as possible to support the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) in the run-up to, and beyond, the June 22 ministerial conference in [...]	2005-06-08 14:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID EG IZ
05CAIRO4318	EGYPTIAN MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION REQUESTS [...] No summary [...]	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 newspaper's founder and editor, Adel Hamouda, stated on Egyptian TV that Al Fagr "aims to improve the state of Egyptian journalism," while privately telling a P [...]	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 security services of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Soliman said Israel's total disengagement from Gaza would enhance trust between Israeli and Palestinian security [...]	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. Political reform, Egypt's desire for a free trade agreement (FTA),Gaza disengagement, Iraq, and Sudan are likely to be the issues on the top of the agenda [...]	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 leadership and senior Government of Sudan (GOS) officials. The negotiations will cover political and security issues and are scheduled to be completed by June 18 [...]	2005-06-10 15:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PHUM EG SU ER
05CAIRO4361	EGYPT CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR INDEPENDENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 15:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL CASC PTER EG UZ
05CAIRO4362	GOE FORMALLY COMPLAINS ABOUT KORAN MISHANDLING [...] (C) Summary: Following media reports of Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit's condemnation of the alleged desecration of the Koran at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, the MFA called the Charge to complain about the reported mistreatment, explaining that it had delayed comment until the USG [...]	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 Government Finance Statistics format, which allows for better use of fiscal tools and better assessment of the impact of fiscal policies on Egypt's economy. Total e [...]	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, including that of Depty Assistant Minister for Eastern Arab Affairs, Dr. Ihab Sherif. At the time, the MFA did not reveal that Sherif was slotted to go to Baghda [...]	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 Third Protocol/Magen David Adom (MDA) issue during his June 7 meeting in Cairo with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit. The Egyptian minister repor [...]	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 understood it was being characterized in a draft of a final statement for the June 20 U.S.-European Union summit in Washington. Assistant Minister Shadia Farag told [...]	2005-06-13 09:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS EAID EU EG
05CAIRO4430	FAMILY-FRIENDLY TAXES AND DOCTORS WITHOUT [...] Summary: The pro-government media highlighted a new tax law, signed by President Mubarak on June 8. TV talk shows hosted a parade of government spokesmen and financial experts who commented positively on the law over the weekend. Meanwhile, the opposition and independent press continued to [...]	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 targeted Lebanese public figures opposed to continued Syrian influence in Lebanon. To the extent the issue has been covered locally, two pro- government newspap [...]	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 the Minister's June 18-28 visit to the U.S. Minister Kamel reviewed for the Charge the trip schedule, highlighting technology agreements to be discussed and/ [...]	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 [...] (SBU) In a discussion with Hisham Maher, a member of the Foreign Minister's cabinet, and a more detailed exchange with First Secretary Nameera Negm, acting Chief of the the MFA's Legal Affairs directorate, the Embassy underscored the USG's determination to conclude a Comprehensive Convention on [...]	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 [...] (C) The amendment of Article 76 of Egypt's constitution, ratified by public referendum on May 25 (refs A and B),was the centerpiece of the GOE's 2005 political reform package, but not the only item on the agenda. Parliament has been debating this week a new law that will govern Egypt's first [...]	2005-06-14 16:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO4532	EGYPT: 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] a) Claimant A b) 2001 c) In June 2001, the Alexandria Governorate took approximately 6,000 square meters of claimant's land (on which a factory had been built) to widen the adjoining highway. The Governorate's ensuing construction work also damaged a wall and some property. As a re [...]	2005-06-15 15:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EFIN EINV KIDE PGOV EG OPIC
05CAIRO4534	REPORT: MUBARAK TO NAME VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) 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 throughout his 24 year tenure as President - after the September Presidential elections. We reached out to the reporter who filed the story, who confir [...]	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 BRIGHT STAR planning was progressing well and that MoD saw no outstanding problems (such as invitations to the three observer countries which were of concern t [...]	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 [...] (C) In a June 16 meeting, Ayman Nour, the embattled leader of the opposition Ghad Party and presidential candidate, alleged to poloff that aides to President Mubarak have "persuaded" Khalid Mohieldin, the 84 year old honorary chairman of the leftist Tagammu' Party, to run for president. Moh [...]	2005-06-16 17:16:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EG
05CAIRO4577	UPDATE ON THE GOE-MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD STAND OFF [...] (U) Government sources quoted in media reports claim that approximately 300 members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),detained during a large GOE arrest campaign in May (reftels),were released in the week of June 13. The GOE maintains that 349 of the MB members arrested in May remain in custody [...]	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 of the Magen David Adom (MDA) society into the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Moussa replied it was difficult to consider such a topic "while [...]	2005-06-19 15:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG
05CAIRO4598	OPPOSITION PRESS AGREES WITH CHANGES TO [...] Summary: Opposition press eagerly engaged in the debate over changes made by Parliament to the constitutional amendment on Egypt's presidential elections law changes that they perceived would exclude Gamal Mubarak from running for the presidency. However, one commentator in leading pro-gov [...]	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 on June 18 in Cairo potentially paving the way for the NDA to participate in the Sudanese Unity Government, scheduled to be formed by July 9, 2005. The "Cai [...]	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 [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Rice's visit to Egypt on June 20 and her speech at the American University in Cairo (AUC) led all Egyptian reporting, both in print and on television. Coverage was generally positive, with most commentators applauding what they perceived as a less-aggressive tone bot [...]	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, [...] Summary: Two Egyptian websites - Masrawy.com and ArabAmbassador.org are striving to establish themselves as credible Egyptian Internet news sources. Masrawy styles itself as a reliable source for general news, while Arab Ambassador aims to serve as a "bridge" between the Arab and western w [...]	2005-06-23 09:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR OPRC SCUL KPAO EG
05CAIRO4757	GOE SEEKING INFORMATION ON EGYPTIANS REPORTEDLY [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) During a June 22 meeting, Ambassador Ahmed Tayyeb, Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs, raised with A/DCM the cases of six Egyptian citizens the GOE believes may in the custody of U.S. Multi-National Force [...]	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 of the Foreign Minister, on June 23. Assistant Minister Fathalla and his staff were familiar with many of the points raised, yet pressed to know what mechani [...]	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 formally present the Council,s first annual report, which had been publicly released in mid-April (ref B). Following the meeting, Boutros Ghali announced tha [...]	2005-06-23 16:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO4805	OMS OF THE FUTURE: NEA REGIONAL OMS CONFERENCE - [...] Twenty-eight participants from 21 NEA posts joined the eight Cairo OMSes for the first NEA Regional OMS conference hosted in Egypt February 21-23. Conference topics centered on the OMS of the future. Gary Pergl, Director of the Office of Career Development and Assignments (CDA),opened the [...]	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 Sanaa for the June 27 OIC ministerial and coordinates the Magen David Adom (MDA) issue as part of his portfolio. Familiar with the U.S. position on MDA incl [...]	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 Council on April 10 (reftel). According to Banking Law 88 of 2003, the CBE must implement a monetary policy that targets price stability as its main objective, im [...]	2005-06-27 06:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG
05CAIRO4873	VISIT TO PRISONER NABIL SOLIMAN [...] (C) Emboffs visited Nabil Soliman on June 23, an Egyptian citizen returned by the U.S. to Egypt in June 2002 and subsequently convicted of membership in Egyptian Islamic Jihad and sentenced to five years imprisonment. Soliman affirmed that he was being humanely treated and appeared generally [...]	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 their perspectives on the June 18 Cairo agreement. The tone of the briefing was hopeful, as the NDA highlighted increased NDA participation in Sudan's democratic [...]	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 [...] On June 21, President Mubarak reviewed Egyptian troops preparing for peacekeeping missions in south Sudan. The President reminded the troops, and the public, that Sudan would constitute Egypt's sixth active peacekeeping mission under the UN umbrella. Minister of Defense Tantawi highlighted [...]	2005-06-27 14:37:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO MOPS MASS SU EG
05CAIRO4877	SENIOR EGYPTIAN CLERICS' REPORTED UNHELPFUL [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian media reports this week quote Egypt's two most prominent Islamic figures, the Mufti and the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, each appointed by the GOE, as making unhelpful public remarks that imply religious justification for the terrorist insurgency in Iraq. Embassy requests for cl [...]	2005-06-27 15:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER PGOV EG IZ
05CAIRO4882	CRITICAL COVERAGE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT IN [...] Summary: Secretary Rice's visit to Egypt continued to receive positive coverage in the pro-government press; however, commentary in the opposition and independent press took a more critical stance. One independent commentator dismissed the Secretary's calls for democratic reform in Egypt as [...]	2005-06-28 06:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO IZ SU EG
05CAIRO4917	EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR TRIAL OFF TO CHAOTIC START [...] (C) 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 "rent-a-crowd") swarmed the courthouse shouting anti-GOE slogans and jostled with police as they attempted to access the courtroom. Police prevented most from [...]	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 "the human rights machinery" at the UN within the context of broader UN reforms. The GOE did not necessarily see a need "to tear apart" current organizations [...]	2005-06-29 15:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KUNR EG
05CAIRO4961	EGYPT: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court issued an advisory opinion June 29 stating that five articles of the new Presidential Elections Law, passed by parliament on June 16 but not yet ratified by the President or published, are unconstitutional. The Speaker of the People's Assembl [...]	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, was released after having spent 15 months in administrative detention. Derini's release comes just a week after the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention [...]	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, [...] (C) Summary: In a second chaotic session of the Ayman Nour trial, a codefendant and witness for the prosecution recanted his guilty plea and claimed he had been pressured by the government to testify against Nour. The development emboldened Nour and his supporters but surprised the judges, wh [...]	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, and the new president is to be sworn in on October 1. The People's Assembly (PA) approved changes in five articles of the presidential elections law after i [...]	2005-06-30 17:47:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM EG
05CAIRO5000	EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-03 10:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL OEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO5009	SUPPORT FOR IRAQI RESISTANCE; PRAISE FOR IRANIAN [...] Summary: Reacting to the President's speech at Fort Bragg, Egyptian newspapers criticized U.S. policy in Iraq and accused the U.S. of falsely portraying the situation there. One editorial said resistance was the only reaction to the U.S. imperialist march. The Iranian elections provided muc [...]	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. Although the FM agreed in principle on the need to "modernize," he asked the U.S. to be patient and emphasized the GOE's need to preserve stability. On the Israe [...]	2005-07-05 06:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG
05CAIRO5051	EGYPTIAN JUDGES ALLEGE FRAUD, MISMANAGEMENT OF MAY [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian Judges' Club has issued a report detailing irregularities and fraud in the administration of the May 25 referendum on the amendment to Article 76 of the constitution. The report, issued on June 28 and subsequently printed in the independent daily Al-Masry Al-Youm, co [...]	2005-07-05 13:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO5052	EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND [...] Hesham Afifi of the Foreign Ministry's cabinet staff told poloff July 3 that Prime Minister Nazif would represent the GOE at the July 9 installation of the Government of National Unity. According to Afifi, PM Nazif is scheduled to be in Khartoum from 7-10 July. 2. Arab League Secretary Ge [...]	2005-07-05 13:50:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EG SU IGAD
05CAIRO5054	QURANIC TEACHINGS, BLACK MAGIC, AND SCHOOL [...] Summary: While Egypt plays host to several religious media outlets, only Holy Quran Radio has any real influence on the Egyptian population and that remains a religious influence. Tightly controlled by the Egyptian government, Holy Quran Radio avoids hard news of any kind, while the three [...]	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 ECPO attended. 2. (SBU) ECPO and HSWG members discussed security developments in the Sinai in reference to regional terrorist threats and in light of rep [...]	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 [...] Summary: Egypt's Shura Council confirmed long-rumored changes to the pro-government press by appointing new editors and board chairmen on July 4. The changes see younger faces rising from the ranks to replace an old guard of editors - some appointed by Anwar Sadat himself - who doubled as b [...]	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 of kidnapped Ambassador Ihab Sherif, who was heading Egypt's mission in Baghdad. Al-Hadidi further confirmed that no group has claimed responsibility. He did [...]	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. envisioned contributing $50 million to the Fund, Cheney explained, and would like Egypt to participate along with Morocco, which had already agreed in principle to [...]	2005-07-06 16:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV EG
05CAIRO5084	EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR'S TRIAL POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER, [...] (C) Summary: At the third session of opposition leader Ayman Nour's forgery trial, the lawyer for defendant number three, Ayman Ismail Hassan, reiterated his client's retraction of his confession, the prosecution claimed to have a videotape of Nour advising a legal client to fake a torture inj [...]	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 significant is the replacement of media giant Ibrahim Nafei, former Editor-in-chief and Board Chairman of Al-Ahram. Nafei, who was appointed Editor-in- chief by [...]	2005-07-07 16:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO5194	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Zoellick, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes you to Egypt and believes your visit comes at a particularly significant moment for reform in Egypt. You will be able to review a number of important internal and regional developments, discussed below, since the S visit, in your me [...]	2005-07-07 17:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO5210	EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: INTERNAL COUP REPORTS, [...] (C) There have been numerous reports in early July that Mahdy Akef, the Supreme Guide of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB),has been sidelined by an internal coup. Akef, and his alleged successor, Deputy Supreme Guide Mohammed Habib, have denied the reports, but their denials have yet to douse t [...]	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 Egyptian TV and print journalists to cover Lebanon's June parliamentary elections. The traveling journalists focused their reporting on Lebanon's religious di [...]	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, [...] Summary: The Egyptian media roundly condemned the murder of Egyptian envoy to Iraq Ehab Al-Sharif and the London bombings. "Black Day of Terrorism" was one leading newspaper's headline. All media outlets covered remarks by the Mufti of the Republic labeling Al-Sharif's killers as "thugs" w [...]	2005-07-11 12:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO5272	EGYPT: AN ASSESSMENT OF KIFAYA - THE POPULAR [...] (C) The Kifaya (Enough) protest movement has made a significant impact on Egypt's internal political scene in the first half of 2005. Kifaya is an umbrella movement encompassing groups and individuals spanning a broad range of tendencies and ideologies, united by opposition to the Mubarak reg [...]	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 the G-4 framework resolution on UN reform. The Charge stressed that the USG is open to UNSC enlargement but believes the G-4 resolution, if adopted, would be d [...]	2005-07-12 12:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EG UNSC
05CAIRO5344	EGYPT MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT: MAY-JUNE 2005 [...] In this edition: More Egyptian companies make it into international emerging market stock indices and the GOE signs an S&T agreement with the EU. The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology announces a third mobile phone license will be issued and minister Tarek Kamel visits th [...]	2005-07-13 13:11:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
05CAIRO5350	UPDATE ON EGYPT'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Since taking office in July 2004, Prime Minister Nazif's administration has reinvigorated the GOE's program to privatize state-owned industries. Under the leadership of the new Ministry of Investment, the revitalized program aims to speed up privatizations by making public enterprises m [...]	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, which were attended by USAID Deputy Director, USAID D&G staff, A/PAO and PA staff, ECPO Counselor and ECPO staff. The meetings included discussion of the June 2 [...]	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 d'Affaires Michael Corbin PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman J. Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson D Special Assistant Eugenia Sidereas Ian McCary (Embassy Cairo Notetaker) [...]	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 political situation with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on July 16. A/S Welch also asked the GOE to support the U.S. position on both the Magen David Adom (MDA) [...]	2005-07-18 09:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EG IS MASS OVIP MFO UNGA
05CAIRO5472	EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] Assistant Secretary David Welch's statements following a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit received straightforward, lengthy inside-page coverage in almost all Egyptian dailies on July 17, 2005. The coverage stressed Egyptian-U.S. cooperation on the Israeli withdrawal from G [...]	2005-07-18 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG OVIP
05CAIRO5473	TERRORISM: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Summary: The Egyptian media continued to comment on the murder of Egyptian envoy to Iraq Ehab Al-Sharif and the London bombings. Some commentators blamed "western double standards" for terrorism. Others pointed towards corruption and "a lack of democracy" as the cause. Some commentators q [...]	2005-07-18 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG
05CAIRO5477	EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] Deputy Secretary Zoellick's visit to Egypt (July 13-14) was the occasion for extensive, and mostly positive, coverage in pro-government, opposition, and independent papers, July 13-16. His meeting with President Mubarak and an Embassy-arranged press round table prompted many positive article [...]	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 levels increasing and progressive policy makers thinking decades ahead, Egypt is on track to become a global gas producer, provided it sustains its explorati [...]	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 Minister Aboul Gheit had sent Chief of Staff Ambassador Sameh Shukry and Cabinet Member for UN affairs Amr Rushdy to New York for consultations on UNSC reform. T [...]	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 a FM transmitter in Egypt to facilitate Radio Sawa broadcasts. Until this is done, A/S Welch underscored, $227 million in ESF money will not be released. He f [...]	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.: ----- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt: ------ Presiden [...]	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 almost an hour at Nazif,s office in the "Smart Village" outside Cairo. Cheney urged a more proactive GOE role on direct USG assistance to NGOs in Egypt in the [...]	2005-07-19 15:00:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG OVIP
05CAIRO5542	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14 MEETING WITH [...] (U) July 13, 2005; 4:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge d'Affaires Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman J. Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Kamal Shazly, Minister for Peop [...]	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 Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson ORA Chief Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Egyptian General Intelligenc [...]	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 Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Egypt ----- Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif Minister of Foreign Trade and Ind [...]	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 of a peaceful disengagement from Gaza and the Hamas-Palestinian Authority (PA) dispute. She said that she had not yet seen an official report in her channel [...]	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 Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit Chief [...]	2005-07-20 13:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP KPAL IS IZ EG
05CAIRO5553	FY06 "RP: Foreign Policy Decision Making [...] In addition to already nominated Mr. Gamal Ismail Abd El Aziz Hassan SHAHIN, Journalist, at Al Sharq Al Awsat Newspaper, post also nominates Mr Alaa El Din Kamal Mohamed SABET, journalist, Al Ahram Al Messaie Newspaper, for participation in subject RP. 2. FOLLOWING IS FULL EVDB AND SEVIS [...]	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 failure to support the USG position on food aid during July 6 WTO discussions in Geneva (reftel). Nozahy expressed surprise, claiming to have directed his rep [...]	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 [...] (C) The Embassy has received a memorandum from the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) amending the memorandum described reftel concerning the proposed return to Egypt of three Egyptians detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The memorandum is identical in text to the one 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 attended by the USAID Director, USAID Democracy and Governance (D & G) staff, PAO, ECPO Counselor, and ECPO staff. The meeting included discussion on facilitati [...]	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 [...] (C) Egypt's leftist Tagammu' Party, which holds six seats in the People's Assembly, announced on July 19 that it would not field Khalid Mohieldin, or any other candidate, in Egypt's first competitive presidential election, anticipated, though not yet formally announced, for September 7. A spo [...]	2005-07-21 17:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO5622	EMBASSY CAIRO'S EAC MEETS IN RESPONSE TO SHARM [...] (C) At an EAC meeting on the morning of July 23, Charge and Embassy officers reviewed the latest information on the terrorist attacks on Sharm el-Sheikh which occurred at 1:15 AM. Varying reports put the number of dead at 75-85, with at least 100 wounded. There are so far no reports of Americ [...]	2005-07-23 14:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CASC PGOV PREL EG
05CAIRO5650	EGYPT REACTING TO SHARM BOMBINGS [...] (C) Egypt remains shocked and is struggling to digest the terrorist attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh in the early hours of July 23, the country's official national holiday. The attacks, three separate bombings targeting one of the country's premier tourist destinations, appear to be the deadliest [...]	2005-07-24 17:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CASC ASEC ECON EG
05CAIRO5652	"THIS MEANS WAR": EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] Summary: Egyptian TV covered the July 23 Sharm El Sheikh bombings extensively throughout the day. TV images immediately after the attacks showed emergency workers removing bodies from the bomb sites and assisting the injured, while government officials and intellectuals gave phone interview [...]	2005-07-25 09:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO5695	EGYPT: EXPLOSION IN GIZA [...] (C) Summary: An Egyptian hospital clerk, Sami Gamal Ahmed Hegazy, was wounded on July 24 in an explosion in his Giza apartment. The Cairo rumor mill immediately suggested the incident was a botched terror attack, but an Egyptian security official suggested it was simply an industrial mishap [...]	2005-07-25 16:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CASC ASEC EG
05CAIRO5743	CHARGE DISCUSSES RADIO SAWA AND FOREIGN [...] (C) 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 to relay the complaint from foreign correspondents stationed here that they lack on-the-record access to GOE officials. The Minister agreed to meet [...]	2005-07-26 16:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO OPRC EG
05CAIRO5744	SHARM TERRORISM CONDEMNED: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Summary: The Sharm El Sheikh terrorist attacks on July 23 dominated Egyptian media coverage the following two days (reftel). All commentators condemned the attacks. On July 25, some TV and print press commentators began to question why the attacks occurred and who was behind them; then eng [...]	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) July 26 with Presidential Spokesman and Senior Advisor Soliman Awad. Awad said that the GOE took the respective issues seriously and said that President Mubarak [...]	2005-07-26 17:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EG SY LE
05CAIRO5753	PRESIDENT'S CONDOLENCE VISIT TO EGYPTIAN EMBASSY [...] Summary: Egyptian state-run TV ran President Bush's July 25 signing of the condolence book at the Egyptian Embassy as the top news item, while local press made it the main front-page story with a photo on July 26. Egyptian press and TV also prominently carried Secretary Rice's July 26 signi [...]	2005-07-27 12:04:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO5757	SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACTS [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes the Department's initiative outlined in ref A. The Embassy has a strong record of engagement and contacts with influential Islamic leaders in Egypt but agrees more can and should be done. Key leaders like Sheikh Tantawi are generally allies in the struggle a [...]	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 for President Bush's signing the condolence book for victims of the Sharm bombings, at the Egyptian Embassy. (A color photograph of the same appeared on the [...]	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 [...] Summary: A surprisingly large amount of Egyptian media commentary critical of Egyptian society and the government has appeared since the July 23 Sharm El Sheikh bombings. While some commentators continue to blame Israel for terrorism in the region, many commentators have pointed fingers squa [...]	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, plans to replace the Emergency Law with new anti-terror legislation, and a call for an emergency Arab summit to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh on August 3. Mubara [...]	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 Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs). Rachid noted that he had sent Deputy Secretary Zoellick a letter detailing the need for expansion (text of letter below),[...]	2005-07-31 16:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PREL ECON EG USTR QIZ
05CAIRO5924	EGYPTIAN GTMO DETAINEES - STATUS OF DISCUSSIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the context of the close and sustained cooperation between the USG and GOE on counterterrorism, Post believes that the written GOE assurances regarding the return of three Egyptians detained at Guantanamo (reftel) represent the firm commitment of the GOE to adhere to the request [...]	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.S. call for a simple and clear definition of terrorism and would factor this view into preparations for the planned August 3 extraordinary Arab Summit expect [...]	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 Mahmoud Mohieldin. Mohieldin was accompanied by Mohamed Atallah, Vice Chairman of the General Authority for Free Zones and Investment (GAFI),and the Hani Sar [...]	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 Bank of Alexandria (BOA),the first of Egypt's "big four" public banks scheduled for privatization. Bids will be considered in September, with the goal of c [...]	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 presidential election (ref A) was marked by a range of reactions, from full support to outright disappointment, and an anti-Mubarak rally in downtown Cairo on July 30 [...]	2005-08-02 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO5945	SHARM AFTERMATH UPDATE [...] (C) Resilience among tourists and shock-absorbers in the economic system may be calming initial fears regarding the economic fallout of the July 23 Sharm El Sheikh attacks, but near-term pain is still expected. Security forces reported on August 2 that they had killed a prime suspect in the Ta [...]	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 including undercover security personnel. The tactics were reminiscent of events during the May 25 constitutional referendum (reftels),but on a much smaller [...]	2005-08-02 17:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM EG
05CAIRO6010	CODEL KING'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN INTERIOR [...] (C) In their August 4 meeting with Interior Minister El Adly, CODEL King discussed the desire for deeper cooperation with Egypt on counterterrorism, Egypt's upcoming elections and associated political demonstrations, the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, Egypt's proposed anti-terrorism legislation [...]	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 a total of 57 applicants seeking to compete for the presidency met basic eligibility criteria under the Presidential Elections Law. While all 27 non-party af [...]	2005-08-08 16:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC EG
05CAIRO6133	HERE COME THE CANDIDATES: EGYPTIAN MEDIA [...] Summary: The media reported at length on the candidates who had registered for Egypt's presidential elections. Although the pro-government media continued to devote the majority of their coverage to Mubarak's candidacy, they also gave prominent coverage to the candidacies of two other polit [...]	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 appointed as the Secretary General's Personal Envoy on Mauritania and that he would visit Nouakchott August 11 to meet with coup leaders and others. Kamal, who reques [...]	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 enthusiasm for the idea, but has also avoided rejecting it. The GOE continues to argue that international monitoring is opposed by many in the Egyptian public a [...]	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 the fixed-line market and the possible awarding of a third mobile phone operator license. Minister of Communications and Information Technology Tarek Kamel is [...]	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. As a result, banks now have more leeway in pursuing legal remedies and setting compensation for public bank staff. Requirements on foreign exchange bureau [...]	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. USG funding is playing a key role in this process. Many challenges remain, but available information suggests that the upcoming elections will receive more sc [...]	2005-08-11 13:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
05CAIRO6210	BBG REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS RADIO SAWA WITH [...] (C) During their meeting with Information Minister El Fekki and other broadcast officials, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) team headed by Executive Director Brian Conniff found no Egyptian willingness to find a quick solution that will enable Radio SAWA to build a broadcast tower in Egypt [...]	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 grantees. In Cairo, two of the five Civil Society (CS) grantees described difficulty in obtaining approval from Egypt's Ministry of Insurance and Social Affairs ( [...]	2005-08-11 16:07:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV EG MEPI
05CAIRO6270	PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COVERAGE LURCHES ALONG: [...] Summary: The media devoted most of its leading coverage to the presidential nomination process. One independent newspaper continued to offer readers in-depth coverage of the candidates, publishing an informal poll on August 9 in which many of those interviewed claimed not to know the candid [...]	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 leader Qadhafi had "rescinded his support" for hostile elements in the Saudi Kingdom, and that the Saudis had forgiven Qadhafi for the assassination attempt on [...]	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's keen desire to see a successful Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and stated that the GOE had communicated with all Palestinian factions to encourage cooperation [...]	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 points with limited substantive reply, but promised to study the U.S. message. He indicated that the GOE had not yet focused on the High Level Event (HLE). On [...]	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 [...] No summary [...]	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 the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) appears to be considering overtures from the NDP, the Ghad, and the Wafd parties. The MB leadership has not yet said if it will sup [...]	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 confirmed that he planned to accept an invitation from the U.S. Secretary of Defense to visit Washington. Tantawi said that he intended to travel after the Islamic [...]	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 pressed for GOE cooperation on moving SIPDIS forward with the Magen David Adom (MDA)/Third Protocol issue, particularly assisting Swiss efforts to convene a D [...]	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 includes provisions to settle outstanding tax debts and to encourage the informal sector of the economy to begin paying taxes. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) c [...]	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 with its battle to confront the insurgency movement. Addressing the need to prevent Egyptian nationals from travelling to Iraq for the purpose of conducting jiha [...]	2005-08-21 15:15:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ
05CAIRO6435	PRESSURING SYRIA TO NORMALIZE THE SYRIAN-LEBANESE [...] No summary [...]	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 [...] No summary [...]	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, Congressman Shadegg, and Charge discussed Gaza withdrawal, terrorism in the Sinai, Iraq, and Iran. On Gaza, Soliman stressed the need to prevent Gaza from becoming a [...]	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-September 4). ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The presidential campaign kicked off August 17. Not surprisingly, Mubarak has the most visible campaign. In [...]	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 Soliman assured Congressman Hoekstra, Congresswoman Wilson, Congressman Shadegg, and Charge Jones that Guantanamo detainees would be treated humanely and that [...]	2005-08-23 12:08:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PTER PREL PHUM EG
05CAIRO6488	ECONOMIC STUDY SEES BENEFITS TO FTA [...] (SBU) A U.S.-Egypt Free Trade Agreement (FTA) would be politically and economically beneficial for both Egypt and United States, according to a new study by the Washington- based Institute for International Economics (IIE). The authors assert that the timing is right for Egypt to conclude an [...]	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 inquired into GOE policy toward the recent coup d'etat in Mauritania. Hadidi acknowledged Egypt's relatively quiet public posture on the coup and stated that Egypt [...]	2005-08-23 15:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KDEM EG MR
05CAIRO6508	ELECTIONS IN EGYPT: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Commentaries this past week indicate that many educated Egyptians think that the presidential elections next month, even if the results are a foregone conclusion, will be a rehearsal for the parliamentary ones next November and a healthy experience for the body politic. The Ghad Party's sup [...]	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 Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). While representatives of these Darfur rebel groups may occasionally transit Cairo and engage locally-based Sudanese oppositio [...]	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 the work of Special Envoy James Wolfenson. MFA officials responded to post's request with the following information, noting that the financial data had just been [...]	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 transparency. A local domestic monitoring coalition has publicly accused the PEC of obstructing Egypt's effort to conduct a free, fair, and transparent presidential ele [...]	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 [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary Welch met with Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif on August 18 to discuss bilateral and regional issues. Welch pointed out that the U.S. had delivered on its promise of greater engagement on the peace process and would engage further as both sides made progress. The internati [...]	2005-08-25 14:24:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD EG
05CAIRO6582	ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON GOE GTMO DETAINEE ASSURANCES [...] (S) This message adds additional detail to the GOE response regarding GTMO detainees as outlined in Ref A. Post received this information through established liaison channels and through face-to-face meetings with Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) Director Soliman. Soliman's thorou [...]	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 discussed Gaza withdrawal, a post-withdrawal plan to preserve peace, and Iraq with EGIS Director Soliman. Soliman stressed that the GOE would treat withdrawal f [...]	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 both symbolism and substance. Having Abbas enter Egypt via the Rafah crossing signaled Egyptian determination to keep the crossing open and to maintain close w [...]	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 largely unchanged. There are no indications that the NDP's lock on political power is easing. Neither of President Mubarak's two leading challengers is making m [...]	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 constitution, despite USG and British requests for his assistance in reaching out to key Iraq Sunni figures. In public, so far, Moussa has focused his attention on dra [...]	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, President Mubarak (and in the background, his son Gamal) have gained strength from the concrete results of the economic reform agenda. Overcoming skepticism fro [...]	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 campaign is wearing off. Kifaya has launched a legal challenge to halt the elections, but is unlikely to succeed. The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has [...]	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 Iraqi constitution to Presidential Spokesman and Advisor Soliman Awad. Awad welcomed the USG points and promised to share them with Egyptian Intelligence Chi [...]	2005-08-31 15:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KPAO EG IZ
05CAIRO6755	SAMEH KHOUZAM: ASSURANCES LETTER FROM EGYPTIAN [...] (C) 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 Public Prosecutor Maher Abdel Wahed regarding Egyptian assurances on the return of fugitive murder suspect Sameh Khouzam. The Public Prosecutor is Egypt's r [...]	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 equivalent),to receive a verbal message to the Secretary (text at paragraph three) regarding steps Egypt believes Washington should take with respect to the Middle Ea [...]	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 Egypt's democratic development. He said that the GOE could not overrule the independent electoral commission's decision to bar outside observers from the pol [...]	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 few days witnessed a flurry of last minute campaigning by the leading candidates, as well as a growing storm of legal controversy. President Mubarak, Ayman N [...]	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 had no reaction to the lists of environmental goods put forward by other member states. As for Egypt, he said that the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industry w [...]	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 [...] (SBU) Summary: The September 7 presidential election will be the Egyptian people's first opportunity to select a president in a competitive process. Although the GOE claims 31 million citizens are eligible to vote, participation will be much lower, and actual turnout rates could become a sour [...]	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 sought Egyptian support to press Damascus and Lebanon to follow through with UNSCR 1559 implementation, removing all Syrian operatives from Lebanon, ending Syria [...]	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 [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs two and four. 2. The Government of Egypt (GOE) has dispatched to Little Rock two Egyptian C-130 aircraft containing Katrina relief, including 3,000 blankets, 1.1 tons of jam, and 1.3 tons of powdered milk. Post requests that Task Force ens [...]	2005-09-06 17:37:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EFIN AEMR KPAO AMGT US EG
05CAIRO6915	PROPOSED STATEMENT ON EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-06 18:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EG
05CAIRO6939	EGYPT'S SEPTEMBER 7 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: FIRST [...] (SBU) Egypt held the first competitive presidential election in its history on September 7. Key themes from today's voting, as observed by contacts and emboffs in the field, have been an apparently low turnout, a predominantly calm atmosphere, with scattered exceptions, and often disorganized [...]	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 ahead of an Arab League foreign ministers meeting scheduled for September 8 in Cairo. The Ambassador sought Moussa's and the League's support on Iraq's politic [...]	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 drew from reftel demarches to urge improved Egyptian cooperation on UN reform and the UN High Level Event Outcome Document. Aboul Gheit stated that overall [...]	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 [...] (C) In an ebullient mood on the eve of the Egyptian presidential election, President Mubarak told visiting Codel Davis that the main reason he was running for president was because the process would fail without him, given the candidates that had chosen to run. While affirming the importance [...]	2005-09-08 11:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV EG OREP
05CAIRO6986	UPDATE ON SECURITY CONDITIONS IN NORTH SINAI [...] (S/NF) Following the killing of two high-ranking police officials by what authorities call "Bedouin outcasts" in the Jabal Halal area, the Police-led terror sweep of the Sinai appears to have stalled amidst mined approaches and fierce resistance. Top Egyptian officials have begun to publicly [...]	2005-09-08 13:42:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KISL ASEC CASC EG
05CAIRO6989	AS PROMISED, EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN MEDIA [...] Summary: Media coverage for Egypt's September 7 presidential election campaign largely lived up to Minister of Information Anas El Fekki's promise to be more open and balanced. While print and television the latter, without a doubt, the most influential medium in Egypt covered all candida [...]	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 election results have not yet been announced--and will likely remain unknown until Saturday at the earliest--the domestic monitors are wasting no time in criticizi [...]	2005-09-08 15:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
05CAIRO6992	AMBASSADOR AND U.S. PARTY INSTITUTES ASSESS [...] (C) In a September 8 lunch hosted by the Ambassador, leaders of the assessment teams deployed by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) gave a soberly optimistic assessment of the September 7 presidential election and discussed next steps. Toge [...]	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). YBG asked how the GOE could "package" the elections for U.S. audiences. YBG explained that he had not yet signed the Loan Guarantee Commitment Agreement (LGCA) [...]	2005-09-11 15:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL EG
05CAIRO7045	NEXT STEPS ON DEMOCRACY IN EGYPT [...] (S) Summary: After absorbing Washington's clear message on reform, Gamal Mubarak's NDP clique, allied with ministers and advisors, was given unprecedented power over the conduct of the election. The positives of September 7 -- sidelining of the NDP "old guard" and the security forces -- were [...]	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 Assembly and a possible Arab emergency summit. Responding to forceful Iraqi criticism, ministers agreed to a Saudi proposal to create a task force to energi [...]	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 [...] Summary: The Government of Egypt (GOE) continues to make progress on restricting and regulating child labor. The GOE and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are working together to increase awareness of child labor-related issues and enforcement. Per ref B request, the following informat [...]	2005-09-12 13:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND EG PHUM SOCI ETRB USAID
05CAIRO7087	INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF DEVELOPMENT FINANCE [...] No summary [...]	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, [...] The following are unofficial embassy translations of Arab League resolutions on Terrorism, Palestine, Iraq, and the Third Protocol/Magen David Adom issue, approved by Arab Foreign Ministers during their meeting in Cairo on September 8. The documents were obtained in draft format but have re [...]	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, [...] Summary: Since Egypt's September 7 presidential election the media has focused on Mubarak's victory, widely announced on September 10. Coverage also featured a debate among commentators about the election's importance, with many in the pro-government newspapers focusing on it as the first s [...]	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 the strength of the U.S.-GOE bilateral relationship and our common commitment to regional stability. I look forward to discussing with you recent internal po [...]	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 employment. --------------------------- Total Industrial production --------------------------- Figures are for Egyptian fiscal year (July-June); conversion base [...]	2005-09-14 07:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ECON ETRD EINV EG USTR
05CAIRO7149	AMBASSADOR STRESSES COOPERATION IN GLOBAL WAR ON [...] Summary: To commemorate the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the Ambassador conducted an exclusive one-on- one interview with leading Egyptian satellite network, Dream TV, on September 11. He also attended the opening of a September 11 phot [...]	2005-09-14 08:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO7155	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON EGYPTIAN INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (C) In his September 12 introductory call on Egyptian Interior Minister General Habib el-Adly, the Ambassador expressed enthusiasm for the strong working-level cooperation between various USG agencies and the MOI. The Ambassador congratulated the Minister on the success of GOE security forces [...]	2005-09-14 11:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC EG
05CAIRO7158	STATUS OF GAZA-EGYPT BORDER SECURITY: SEPTEMBER 14. [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officers on the scene report that the Egyptian Rafah border terminal is technically closed to pedestrian traffic going either way but that efforts to secure the border are moving slowly. In the 5km stretch to the north of the terminal, hundreds of Palestinians are transf [...]	2005-09-14 12:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PINS IS EG
05CAIRO7185	WTO GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS ISSUE: EGYPT [...] No summary [...]	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 international observers in the run up to the parliamentary elections. We have spoken with a visiting UK Cabinet Secretariat team; a joint meeting of poloffs from ten [...]	2005-09-15 12:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EG EU
05CAIRO7210	STATUS OF GAZA EGYPT BORDER SEPTEMBER 15 [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian forces effectively controlled the Egyptian side of the Gaza border September 15, dividing responsibilities between 350 police to the north of the Rafah terminal and 400 Border Guards to the south. Palestinians were on their way out of Egypt and only Egyptians with ID ca [...]	2005-09-15 14:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PINS IS EG
05CAIRO7238	AMBASSADOR STRESSES COOPERATION IN GLOBAL WAR ON [...] Summary: To commemorate the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the Ambassador conducted an exclusive one-on- one interview with leading Egyptian satellite network, Dream TV, on September 11. He also attended the opening of a September 11 phot [...]	2005-09-19 05:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO7286	EGYPT: REALIZING PRACTICAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE [...] (C) Building on specific ideas outlined in ref D, and in keeping with the overall approach presented in ref C, Embassy Cairo is working on a series of practical measures that can be taken to improve the transparency of Egypt's upcoming parliamentary elections, expected in three stages in Novem [...]	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 traffic to and from Egypt continues at modest levels through monitored gaps in security fences on the Egyptian side of the border north of the Rafah Terminal. [...]	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. Although the GOE allowed cross border traffic to continue through the day on September 19, they sealed the border wtih new barbed wife overnight. As of 1200 [...]	2005-09-20 14:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PINS IS EG
05CAIRO7324	ARAB LEAGUE OFFICIAL SAYS NEW IRAQI CONSTITUTION [...] (C) In a meeting on other subjects (septel) with Arab League Chef de Cabinet Hishem Youssef September 19, the Charge raised Arab League resistance to the draft Iraqi constitution. The Charge noted that discussions in Iraq had resulted in changes to the wording of Article 3 dealing with Iraq' [...]	2005-09-20 16:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG IZ
05CAIRO7325	EGYPT: OPPOSITION LEADER NOUR WARDS OFF INTERNAL [...] (C) Barely a week after Ayman Nour placed second in the presidential race, with a surprising and impressive 500,000 votes, an internal crisis in his Ghad (Tomorrow) Party raised the prospect that his party might not survive to compete in the November parliamentary elections. An attempted putsc [...]	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 noted the positive progress on reform signaled by the recent presidential election, but noted concerns about heavy-handedness by the NDP. He suggested ways t [...]	2005-09-22 10:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EG
05CAIRO7393	G-8 BMENA: EGYPT TO BE REPRESENTED AT RABAT [...] No summary [...]	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 elections are too high to overcome. He does not believe that any party other than the ruling NDP will win the number of seats required to field a candidate in the 201 [...]	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 Liaison Agency with International Organizations (LAWIO) discussed the situation at the Egypt-Gaza border, the reason for the confusion following IDF withdrawa [...]	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 statehood with its efforts to prevent extremism in Egypt. Clearly caught unprepared by the influx of people into Egypt from Gaza, Cairo's "humanitarian" response to [...]	2005-09-26 08:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL EG IS
05CAIRO7450	AL-GHAD PARTY PUBLIC MELTDOWN CONTINUES: EGYPTIAN [...] Summary: Public infighting among members of opposition Al-Ghad Party continued, with two members engaged in a shouting match on a popular satellite TV program on September 20. The same day, Al-Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour appeared on another TV program to accuse the government of trying to [...]	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 [...] (U) Summary: NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble separately briefed Foreign Ministry and Liaison Agency with International Organizations (LAWIO) officials on the MFO's upcoming transition to the UH-60 helicopters during meetings in Cairo September 22-24. The Assistant Minister fo [...]	2005-09-27 08:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG IS MFO
05CAIRO7452	EGYPT SUPPORTS AVERTING A MIDDLE EAST SHOWDOWN AT [...] No summary [...]	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 covered by the law. The GOE has also used restrictions on NGO financing to combat terrorist financing. These restriction, however, have also impeded legitimate N [...]	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 [...] (C) During a September 22 meeting, Ahmed Ezz, a senior member of the ruling NDP, told visiting DAS Dibble that Egypt aspired to the highest standards for the coming parliamentary elections. However, Ezz asserted that a GOE invitation to international monitors was highly unlikely, not because t [...]	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 Mubarak reportedly pressed Asad hard to cooperate with the UN investigation into the killing of Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri and to stop interfering negativel [...]	2005-09-28 14:51:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG SY IS IZ MEPN
05CAIRO7547	U/S HUGHESÂ´ MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER NAZIF [...] (C) Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes met with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on September 26. Hughes asked Nazif what could be done to improve understanding of America in the Middle East. Nazif said that Gaza presented an opportuntity to changes per [...]	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 Banque Misr. The GOE also announced that the banks' management would be changed in anticipation of the merger. The banking sector reacted positively to the news; [...]	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 outreach strategy on Iraq. Your visit provides an opportunity to consult with the GOE on Iraq at a critical time. We believe you should use your visit to en [...]	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 [...] (C) The Embassy has raised strong USG concerns about the arrest and detention of opposition party leader Ayman Nour (reftels) with a variety of GOE contacts at both senior and working levels. Reactions have ranged from mute to mildly defensive. The Embassy has also been working with Chiefs of [...]	2005-02-01 15:19:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EG
05CAIRO7626	EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, SEPTEMBER 26 TO OCTOBER 2: [...] Summary: President Mubarak's September 27 inauguration was carried on live TV and followed over the course of the week by coverage and paeans of praise. At the same time, several leading columnists advocated that President Mubarak and the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) stick to thei [...]	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 was pessimistic about international observers. He agreed that other improvements to the election process, like transparent ballot boxes and greater voter edu [...]	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 [...] No summary [...]	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 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 15:19:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS UNGA
05CAIRO7766	SUDANESE DEMONSTRATIONS FORCE UNHCR CLOSURE [...] (SBU) A PEACEFUL BUT GROWING DEMONSTRATION BY SUDANESE REFUGEES HAS FORCED UNHCR TO CLOSE ITS OFFICE IN CAIRO. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, SAAD AL ATTAR, AND SEVERAL CRITICAL SECURITY PERSONNEL, STAFF-MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SENT HOME AND UNHCR HAS SENT OUT EMAILS ADVISING THA [...]	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 [...] (C) In a September 28 meeting with PDAS Elizabeth Cheney, Gamal Mubarak, head of the NDP Policies Committee, reviewed his father's presidential election campaign, which he argued had been a major success. He also reviewed the ruling party's preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections [...]	2005-10-11 10:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
05CAIRO7783	PDAS ELIZABETH CHENEY'S MEETINGS WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (C) During their September 27-30 visit to Cairo, NEA PDAS Cheney and DAS Scott Carpenter met with the leadership of Egypt's two strongest opposition political parties, the Wafd and the Ghad. From both, they heard strong complaints about the way the GOE and the ruling National Democratic Party [...]	2005-10-11 10:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG OVIP
05CAIRO7793	EGYPT'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS TAKE SHAPE AS [...] (C) A presidential decree issued on October 10 specifies the dates for Egypt's forthcoming parliamentary elections, which will be held in three rounds in November and early December, following a rough geographical pattern. Meanwhile, a new "National Front" announced on October 8 brings togethe [...]	2005-10-11 14:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO7794	PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (C) During a September 29 meeting, NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney and DAS Scott Carpenter discussed with Interior Minister General Habib El-Adly preparations for Egypt's parliamentary elections. Adly insisted that police and other security personnel would adhere to strict neutrality through the el [...]	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 Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman, Defense Minister Tantawi, and Trade Minister Rachid. He briefed the Ambassador on the way out of town. Key points as follows: -- [...]	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 independence by publishing several reports critical of the GOE, is pushing the GOE to procure transparent ballot boxes for the parliamentary elections and to gu [...]	2005-10-13 09:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
05CAIRO7877	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT ON THE POLITICAL RELEASE [...] (SBU) Reason and justification for Egypt's request for political release of MK48 MOD 4M and 6AT Torpedoes: a. As part of its ongoing effort to prioritize future military modernization programs, the Government of Egypt (GOE) has requested Pricing and Availability (P&A) for future purchases of [...]	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 [...] (SBU) The Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator (for resettlement) joined with the Islamabad Refugee Coordinator and the Regional Director of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) from October 3-8 to review the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program (USRP) in Pakistan. They vis [...]	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 [...] (C) During an October 9 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit expressed pessimism about the near-term outlook in Iraq, but affirmed support for a comprehensive Arab diplomatic approach aimed at preserving national unity and promoting reconciliation. The Foreign Min [...]	2005-10-13 12:28:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EG
05CAIRO7889	SAHRAWI: FOOD CRUNCH IN TINDOUF [...] (SBU) The Algerian Red Crescent has apparently refused to accept the joint World Food Program/UNHCR decision to cut back from 158,000 to 90,000 WFP's assessment of refugees requiring food aid in the Tindouf camps. Despite WFP's announcement that the cutback would take effect from October 1, t [...]	2005-10-13 13:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM AL EG
05CAIRO7890	WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND GEOGRAPHICAL [...] No summary [...]	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 that the constitution as drafted will inevitably lead to divisions among Iraq's Sunni, Shi'a, and Kurds. He expressed hope that there will be more work done to [...]	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 and productively with their Iraqi counterparts in a number of specific areas. Post strongly endorses taking prompt advantage of this opening to help repair frac [...]	2005-10-16 12:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ECON PTER EG IZ
05CAIRO7946	PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION COVERAGE REVS UP: EGYPTIAN [...] Summary: The Egyptian media intensified parliamentary election coverage with several announcements about the NDP and opposition parties' candidate lists, along with the announcement, on October 15, that President Mubarak would be personally leading the NDP's parliamentary campaign. An unsig [...]	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 ------- 2. (C) During an October 15 meeting with the Ambassador to discuss Iraq's constitution referendum, Arab League Secretary General Moussa outlined plans for a visit to Iraq, October 20-21 (protect [...]	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 distribution -- of a controversial play by Copts, which the protestors deemed offensive to Islam. Large, angry crowds surrounded the St. George Coptic Orthodox churc [...]	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 support for Iraq's constitution referendum and political process. Aboul Gheit said he had given several press interviews earlier in the day, during which he had [...]	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 meeting with President Mubarak earlier the same day had provided a confident and upbeat assessment of events in the Palestinian territories as well as prospect [...]	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 [...] (C) Three armed militants were killed and a fourth captured alive in late September, following several weeks of standoff in Jebel Halal, a remote region south of Al Arish, on Sinai's Mediterranean coast. The incident seemed to be a significant breakthrough for the GOE, but does not necessaril [...]	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 process (reftel). Moussa requested any technical assistance that Embassy Baghdad or Embassy Cairo was able to offer on travel and other logistics regarding the v [...]	2005-10-18 11:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG IZ
05CAIRO8032	EGYPT "FAVORABLE" ON BUERGENTHAL ICJ CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 14:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EG UNSC UNGA
05CAIRO8033	U.S. WTO AG PROPOSALS: EGYPTIAN RESPONSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on October 17 to Dr. Samiha Fawzy, First Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry. Dr. Fawzy was well aware of the U.S. reform proposals and said she would review the demarche po [...]	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 [...] (C) Opposition leader Ayman Nour recently gave poloff a dramatic account of his current political travails, claiming the GOE has responded "with ferocious vengeance" to his strong showing in the September 7 presidential election. While this is Nour's version of events, and needs to be put in t [...]	2005-10-18 14:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO8036	CARGO SHIP COLLIDES WITH FERRY NEAR SUEZ; 2 [...] (U) Two passengers were killed and another 40 injured when a Cypriot cargo vessel struck an Egyptian passenger ship, the Pride of Al Salam 95, near Port Tawfik at the southern entrance of the Suez Canal. The Pride of Al Salam 95 was carrying over 1,300 Egyptian Muslim pilgrims returning from [...]	2005-10-18 14:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MARR EG
05CAIRO8077	GAMAL MUBARAK ON CORRUPTION IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) During their October 18 meeting, the Ambassador flagged for Gamal Mubarak President Bush's personal interest in the subject of corruption and international efforts to combat it. Corruption poses a serious threat to the processes of economic and political reform, the Ambassador continued [...]	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, Ambassador Sallama Shaker, requesting GOE support for our position on the UNESCO Cultural Diversity vote expected to occur October 20 in Paris. Shaker's Chief of [...]	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 [...] (SBU) In an October 17 meeting, Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rashid Rashid pressed for a specific date for the start of FTA negotiations, and said that Egypt supports the U.S. on WTO Ag reform. Rashid took on board the Ambassador's call to make anti-corruption a plank of the NDP par [...]	2005-10-20 07:34:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EAGR EG WTRO
05CAIRO8110	FRUSTRATION MOUNTS AS SUDANESE DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) The continuing demonstration by southern Sudanese migrants camped out in a central city park is not a refugee problem but rather a broader humanitarian issue, according to UNHCR Cairo. The demonstration has forced the closure of UNHCR's Cairo office, which adjoins the makeshift camp set- [...]	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 Amre Moussa - the eve of his departure to SIPDIS Iraq. Moussa received the message positively while focusing attention on the issues of a conference venue a [...]	2005-10-20 13:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ
05CAIRO8112	EGYPT: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PREVIEW # 1 [...] (C) Four weeks before the first round of parliamentary elections, we have achieved several modest successes and a setback in the effort to help Egypt realize a more transparent electoral process. Meanwhile, the ruling NDP has released its slate of parliamentary candidates: The list drops 35 p [...]	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) to evaluate Mission preparedness in the event of an outbreak, and to discuss Mission's collaboration with the GOE on avian influenza (AI) issues. NAMRU-3 has [...]	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 the Egyptian Ministries of Social Affairs (MSA),Finance (MOF),Justice and the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE). At MSA, officials reviewed the Egyptian law regul [...]	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 Investigation Commission Established Pursuant to UNSCR 1595, otherwise known as the "Mehlis Report." Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad told the DCM during [...]	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: [...] Summary: While the Egyptian media covered the opening of Saddam Husseins trial extensively, there was little commentary. One opposition commentator decried the trial as "illegitimate, partial, and subordinate to the American occupiers." Violence between Muslims and Christians in Alexandria [...]	2005-10-23 14:33:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ SY EG
05CAIRO8143	STATUS OF REPATRIATED NLEC SAMI EL-LAITHY [...] (C) Guantanamo detainee Sami El-Laithy, returned by the U.S. to Egypt on October 1 after being designated "No Longer an Enemy Combatant," was met by Egyptian authorities at the airport and taken to hospital. Within 24 hours, following a set of medical tests, El-Laithy was released and returned [...]	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, which were previously considered untouchable "strategic" companies, theoretically important to Egypt's overall economic security. Nevertheless, there remain [...]	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 [...] Egypt responded immediately to Pakistan's humanitarian crisis following the earthquake and has already donated 45 tons of relief supplies, including tents, blankets, food and medicine. The Ministry of Defense used three of its own C-130s and two U.S. Navy C-130s to transport the supplies. [...]	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 October 13-14 visit to Cairo. The delegation, consisting of Matthew Zweig and David Adams of the House International Relations Committee, also received a briefin [...]	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 Center (IKC) was disrupted by several audience members protesting the presence of foreigners, including U.S. and European NGO representatives. The disruption [...]	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 the International Maritime Organization (IMO),"Category C," as well as our support for re-election of Egypt's representative on the Anti-Torture Commission. [...]	2005-10-25 15:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ODIP EG UNSC UNGA
05CAIRO8191	TRANSPARENCY WITH A SMILE: GOE MEDIA AND ELECTIONS [...] (C) 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 Parliamentary elections look transparent and fair. The approach may in fact lead to gains for transparency and freedom, in both politics and the GOE-dominat [...]	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 allegations (reftel) that the GOE may have had a hand in the disruption of the civil society conference at Alexandria's Metropole Hotel on October 22-23. Rashid exp [...]	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 planning for a preparatory meeting in Cairo in mid-to-late November. Moussa intends to invite (plus or minus) 50 Iraqis from all politically significant groups to th [...]	2005-10-27 07:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ SY LE
05CAIRO8269	EGYPT STILL STUDYING PROPOSED UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) In advance of the Ambassador's meeting with FM Aboul Gheit (scheduled for October 27 but postponed by the FM until October 29) ECPO MinCouns delivered Ref A demarche to the MFA's Assistant Minister for American Affairs Aly Houssam Al Hefny on October 27. Drawing on Refs A and B, MinCouns [...]	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, the FM reported on President Mubarak,s trip to Syria. He repeated that the Asad regime had indicated a readiness to change its behavior, including on Iraq, but wo [...]	2005-10-30 04:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EG PREL SY
05CAIRO8288	STRIFE IN ALEXANDRIA BLAME GAME; PARLIAMENT [...] Summary: Commentary on sectarian violence in Alexandria on October 21 continued, with many commentators condemning the violence and a few blaming religious leaders for failing to control their followers. The editor-in- chief of Egypt's leading newspaper, Al-Ahram, was critical of the Muslim [...]	2005-10-30 12:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC SY EG
05CAIRO8321	TAKING AL-MANAR OFF ARAB SATELLITES [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Embassy Cairo has been engaging the GOE, the Arab League, and Cairo-based foreign diplomats, to take action to remove HizballahÂ´s Al-Manar TV from the GOE-owned Nilesat. Building on efforts already made by [...]	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 (MFTI). FAS delivered key points to the DG at the Ministry of Agriculture. Egypt will continue to press for an improved European WTO Agriculture proposal. [...]	2005-10-31 13:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR EG
05CAIRO8365	EGYPTIAN, ARAB LEAGUE REACTIONS TO IRANIAN [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The GOE position on Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's recent comments calling for Israel's destruction (reftels) was expressed by Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to reporters October 30. Aboul Gheit told journalists that [...]	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 Calmy-Rey for consultations on the Third Protocol/Emblem issue. During her short stay, Calmy-Rey met with First Lady Suzanne Mubarak and Foreign Minister Ahmed [...]	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 [...] (C) A key member of the ruling NDP's leadership recently defended the party's slate of candidates for the People's Assembly elections, which will be held in three stages, starting November 9 and concluding December 7. Many have assailed the NDP for favoring "old school" party veterans over yo [...]	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 intensifying. He linked the persecution to the strident opposition to the group's beliefs by Coptic Pope Shenouda III. End summary. 2. (C) Raymond Girgu [...]	2005-11-02 08:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM KIRF EG
05CAIRO8398	EGYPT TO BACK USG ON SINGLE MEMBER STATE VETO [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-02 09:32:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EG ITU
05CAIRO8402	GOE ON WSIS AND INTERNET FREEDOM [...] (SBU) During a meeting with GOE Minister of Communication and Information Technology Dr. Tarek Kamel October 31, the Ambassador asked Kamel for the GOE's position on the recent European Commission proposal on Internet management (reftel) in the lead up to the Tunis World Summit on the Informati [...]	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 [...] (SBU) Assistant Public Prosecutor Ahmed Zohny told poloff on November 1 that it would be "impossible" for the Egyptian Public Prosecution to provide to the U.S. assurances that explicitly promised that fugitive Sameh Khouzam would not be subject to torture in the event of his return to Egypt. [...]	2005-11-02 11:50:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM EG
05CAIRO8421	TALKING REFORM: EMBASSY CAIRO ORGANIZES IFTAR [...] Summary: As part of ongoing efforts to support and encourage reform in Egypt, post funded and organized a series of iftar seminars during Ramadan. PA worked with members of the Al-Ahram Regional Press Institute to arrange three iftars from October 19 to October 30. The iftar seminars took [...]	2005-11-02 14:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KPAO OPRC EG
05CAIRO8424	APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] No summary [...]	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 November 4 with Al Ahram newspaper, President Mubarak stressed the importance of maintaining Syrian stability. He also noted that he had discussed with Syria [...]	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 [...] Summary: With Egypt's parliamentary elections scheduled for November 9, the pro-government media reported on several government initiatives such as a 20 percent bonus for government employees and a program to provide low-cost housing. Al-Ahram's editor-in-chief criticized the Muslim Brothe [...]	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 supporting Pakistan's earthquake relief effort, the Ministry of Defense advised Post on November 6 that it will provide some or all of 15 of the 23 items reque [...]	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 in Alexandria has arrested and detained a young blogger, Abdul Karim Nabil Soliman, apparently because his recent blog entries have carried strongly-worded at [...]	2005-11-07 14:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KMDR EG
05CAIRO8499	EXPIRATION OF AUGUST 18 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DUE TO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE OVERALL SECURITY SITUATION IN EGYPT, POST RECOMMENDS THAT THE AUGUST 18, 2005 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT (PA) BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON NOVEMBER 15, AND THAT NO NEW PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT BE ISSUED. THE RECENTLY UPDATED LANGUAGE OF THE EGYPT CONSULAR INFORMATION S [...]	2005-11-07 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC AMGT PTER EG
05CAIRO8501	PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PREVIEW # 4 [...] (SBU) On the final day of campaigning before Egypt's three-stage parliamentary elections kick off on November 9, the stage is set for numerous bitterly contested races. A number of members of the cabinet and other key GOE and opposition figures have their seats on the line in this first roun [...]	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 collaborative efforts with the GOE, and to discuss recent meetings with the Ministry of Health (MOH),the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA),the Ministrsy of Foreign Affair [...]	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 November 9 and will continue through December 7. This message provides an update on unprecedented USG initiatives, which are proceeding without GOE interferen [...]	2005-11-08 16:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV KDEM KMPI EG
05CAIRO8543	EGYPT WELCOMES PROPOSAL TO INITIATE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-09 09:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL PGOV EG
05CAIRO8546	EGYPT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS - NOV 9 ROUND - [...] (SBU) Appearing on State TV on the evening of November 8, President Mubarak urged citizens to excersise their right to vote, characterizing it as a "national duty." On the morning of November 9, polls opened at 8 AM in eight of Egypt's 26 governorates. According to Embassy teams deployed in f [...]	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 stations are the scene of active campaigning by the National Democratic Party (NDP),Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and other independent candidates. Reports from Embas [...]	2005-11-09 16:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO8555	EGYPT'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: ASSESSING DAY ONE [...] (C) Egypt's People's Assembly elections kicked off on November 9. For the first time in Egypt's long history of legislative elections, domestic civil society monitors played a prominent role in the proceedings. The unprecedented numbers of civil society monitors have also begun to yield a ve [...]	2005-11-09 18:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO8556	EGYPT'S PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: INITIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: As of midday on November 10, the Parliamentary Elections Commission issued results for 43 of 88 districts competed in the first round of People's Assembly elections. As anticipated, many races have gone to a runoff stage, which will take place on November 15. There have been d [...]	2005-11-10 09:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO8587	ROUND ONE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: EGYPTIAN [...] Summary: The Egyptian media gave extensive coverage to the first round of parliamentary elections on November 9, with Egyptian TV devoting live coverage throughout the day of voting. Pro-government media coverage emphasized what it termed the election's "transparency" and high voter turn-ou [...]	2005-11-14 10:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC JO EG
05CAIRO8595	EGYPT DONATES MI-171 PARTS TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-14 13:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PK EG
05CAIRO8602	EGYPT: PATTERNS EMERGING AS PA ELECTIONS MOVE TO [...] (C) Runoffs for the first stage of Egypt's parliamentary elections will be held on November 15. Almost 80 percent of the constituencies will have runoffs. Emerging patterns include a predictably strong performance by the ruling NDP, a noteworthy show of strength by the Muslim Brotherhood, and [...]	2005-11-14 16:28:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO8603	MDA DEMARCHE TO EGYPT ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...]	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 [...] (C) 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 elections, which launched on November 9. Runoffs are being held in 62 constituencies in five provinces including metropolitan Cairo, representing about 80 percent o [...]	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 President Asad. Moussa said that when he saw Asad before his recent speech, Asad pledged: full cooperation with Mehlis; that he would tell any high official [...]	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 delivered the points in reftel and received a brief on the status of preparations for the proposed November 19 Iraq conference. Moussa said: 50-60 Iraqis r [...]	2005-11-15 19:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ AL EG
05CAIRO8661	EGYPT: WSIS INTERNET GOVERNANCE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Visiting EB/CBA Frank Mermoud and Econoff conveyed reftel demarche on November 14 to Dr. Khaled Ismail, Senior Adviser to the Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology. Dr. Ismail, who departed on November 15 to join the Egyptian delegation in Tunis, indicated that [...]	2005-11-16 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV ETRD EG
05CAIRO8663	EGYPT: PRELIMINARY RESULTS INDICATE FLAT NDP [...] (C) Summary: Though official results are not yet out, much "unofficial" data on results of the first round of People's Assembly elections is in circulation as of late afternoon, November 16. The unofficial results show a flat performance by the ruling NDP, complemented by a relatively strong [...]	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 Security Investigative Service. Abdul Karim announced his November 13 release with a post on his blog (www.karam903.blogspot.com). Aside from his post, Karim ha [...]	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 [...] (C) The Chairman of the Parliamentary Elections Commission has formally announced the results of the first of three stages of Egypt's People's Assembly elections. The numbers track with "unofficial" results in circulation yesterday (reftel),including an acknowledged win of 34 seats for the M [...]	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 polls November 20. Significant portions of the coastal city are considered strongholds of the Muslim Brotherhood. The ruling National Democratic Party did [...]	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 Amre Moussa expressed his congratulations to the USG on brokering the Agreement on Movement and Access (the "Agreement"). Moussa also provided an update on pl [...]	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 [...] 4(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 [...] Summary: Ambassador Ricciardone met with Egyptian Minister of Agriculture, Ahmed El Leithy, to discuss the Egyptian ban on imports of poultry products from all sources, and to discuss the upcoming USDA mission to assess status of implementation of the Bio-safety Protocol. The Ambassador als [...]	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 are competing for 144 seats--were conducted on November 20 amidst GOE arrests of Muslim Brotherhood activists and multiple reports of attacks by NDP "bullies" [...]	2005-11-20 17:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG
05CAIRO8785	IRAQ: FIRST TWO DAYS OF AL MEETING MOSTLY [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The first two days of the Arab League (AL) Iraq National Accord Preparatory Meeting has gone as expected and mostly well. Speakers at the opening plenary were generally supportive of a democratic, pluralist, federal, united Iraq, with the exception of Muslim Ul [...]	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 [...] (SBU) On November 20, the second stage of People's Assembly elections was held in the provinces of Alexandria, Gharbiya, Beheira, Qalyoubia, Suez, Fayyoum, and Qena. Violent incidents marred polling in a number of districts, particularly in the provinces of Alexandria and Beheira. While the mo [...]	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 National Accord, held in Cairo November 19-21. BEGIN TEXT: "The Preparatory Meeting of the Conference for Iraqi National Accord convened at the Headquar [...]	2005-11-22 13:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ EG
05CAIRO8822	AN EPIC PARLIAMENTARY BATTLE IN THE NILE DELTA [...] (C) One of the most closely watched races of the second round of People's Assembly elections pitted Gamal Heshmat, a popular local Muslim Brotherhood candidate, against Mostafa Fiqqi, a prominent member of Gamal Mubarak's circle of "reformists" in the ruling NDP, in the gritty Nile Delta city [...]	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 Multilateral Affairs Naella Gabr on November 16. Gabr noted that Egypt differs from the U.S. on many reform initiatives, the use of country specific resolutions on hum [...]	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 benefit from the relationship, we occasionally differ in the strategies we adopt to achieve our shared goals. Egypt is committed to strengthening our ties, and [...]	2005-11-23 14:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS KDEM KPAL IS IZ EG
05CAIRO8875	AMBASSADOR CAUTIONS INTERIOR MINISTER ON ELECTION [...] (C) During a telephone conversation on November 22, the Ambassador cautioned Egyptian Interior Minister Habib el-Adly about the violence which accompanied the start of the second stage of Egyptian elections on November 20 (reftels). 2. (C) After an initial discussion of the upcoming visit of [...]	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, Badrawi alleged he lost as a result of NDP corruption. He said that the parliamentary elections are a major setback to the reform wing of the ruling party. Badr [...]	2005-11-23 16:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO8877	IAEA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO EGYPT [...] (S/NF) Following coordination through liaison channels and in the absence of the Deputy Foreign Minister and the Assistant Minister for Multilateral affairs, ECPO Minister Counselor and RMAS Deputy and briefer presented reftel demarche and associated briefing to Deputy assistant minister for D [...]	2005-11-23 16:25:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP PARM PREL IR EG AORC
05CAIRO8911	EGYPT: SECOND STAGE RUNOFFS: MORE VIOLENCE, [...] (C) Summary: Runoffs for People's Assembly seats took place on November 26 in seven provinces. The November 26 polls were marred by street fighting, charges that security forces blocked access to some polling places, and charges that domestic monitors were threatened "systematically" and deni [...]	2005-11-27 15:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
05CAIRO8916	EGYPT: FOLLOW-UP ON GEOGRAPHI INDICATIONS [...] No summary [...]	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 week's TIFA Council meeting in Washington. Citing President Bush's promise to take "positive steps" by the end of the year, Nazif stressed that the GOE has demo [...]	2005-11-28 14:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EG
05CAIRO8929	NEW ORLEANS ALL STARS BRASS BAND LIGHTS UP [...] SUMMARY: The New Orleans All Stars Brass Band played for about 900 people including senior representatives of the GOE, business leaders, military officers, and jazz fans in lively concerts in Alexandria on Nov. 18 and Cairo on Nov. 19. The concerts, held to thank the Egyptian government for [...]	2005-11-29 11:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL EG
05CAIRO8933	EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, NOVEMBER 13-20: IRAQI [...] In contrast to the Egyptian media's previous distancing itself from coverage of Iraqi developments, this week's Arab League-organized Iraqi reconciliation conference received remarkably thorough coverage. Pro-government papers endorsed the conference warmly, while independent papers treated i [...]	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 [...] This report outlines the major reforms undertaken by the GOE in the customs and trade areas since the appointment of the new Cabinet in July 2004, highlighting USAID's support for the process. It updates and expands on Cairo 00367 dated January 15, 2004 on customs reform. 2. Under the le [...]	2005-11-29 14:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EG EWWT ECON EAID ETRD
05CAIRO8938	SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] No summary [...]	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 Brotherhood (MB) supporters. Polling stations in the areas visited by emboffs tended either to be calm amid very light turnout, or cordoned off by security p [...]	2005-12-01 16:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC EG
05CAIRO9053	EGYPT: OPPOSITION LEADER NOUR REMANDED TO CUSTODY [...] (C) Judge Adel Abdel Salam Gom'a ordered opposition leader Ayman Nour remanded to custody on December 5 until a December 10 hearing. Amir Salim, Nour's lead defense attorney, told the media he presumed the detention order was a prequel to a conviction and prison sentence. In late November mee [...]	2005-12-06 06:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
05CAIRO9054	EGYPT: DEMARCHE ON UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-06 06:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC EG UNGA
05CAIRO9055	SENATOR HAGEL'S DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) In a December 4 meeting, President Mubarak discussed with visiting Senator Hagel Egypt's efforts to promote peace and reconciliation in Iraq and outlined some of the obstacles that stood in the way. Mubarak stressed his dim view of the Shi'a and opined that its ties to Tehran and their "d [...]	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 December 2. After consulting with FM Aboul Gheit, Ambassador Bassam told the Ambassador in a follow up conversation on December 3 that Aboul Gheit had instr [...]	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: [...] Summary: As Egypt entered the turbulent third round of its parliamentary elections, commentators discussed the violence that marred them, as well as the significance of the continued gains of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Some "lack of civic awareness" was seen as a contributing to success of [...]	2005-12-06 12:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC AL EG
05CAIRO9072	INVESTOR INEXPERIENCE FUELS TELECOMS IPO BOOM [...] (U) On November 29, the GOE began its long-awaited divestiture of 20% of Telecom Egypt (TE),with an initial public offering of 10%, or 170 million shares, on the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange (CASE) sold to individuals, and the additional 10% being sold to institutions. After several [...]	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 [...] (C) After the relatively positive presidential elections, Egypt's parliamentary elections were marred by a low turnout, vote-rigging, and violence -- but nonetheless signify a new stage in the country's political transition. Gains by Islamists and the role played by civil society testify to 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 gave the DCM a readout of the meeting on December 7. Awad said that Al Shara'a asked Mubarak to mediate for Syria with Chirac and the President and to recruit [...]	2005-12-07 17:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY LE EG
05CAIRO9135	EGYPT: WIDESPREAD OBSTRUCTION AND VIOLENCE AT [...] (SBU) December 7 saw runoff races for seats in most parliamentary constituencies in nine provinces of Egypt. Although many polling places appeared to be quiet and functioning normally, there were serious disruptions at many others. Emboffs witnessed security force obstruction of 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 STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR),PART I [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 12:50:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EG
05CAIRO9168	EGYPT FPCON MODIFICATION [...] (U) THE USDR, IN COORDINATION WITH THE CHIEF OF MISSION, DIRECTS A CHANGE OF FORCE PROTECTION CONDITION. THE FPCON FOR THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT IS CHANGED FROM FPCON CHARLIE TO FPCON BRAVO. ADDITIONALLY, THE FOLLOWING CHARLIE MEASURES ARE IMPLEMENTED: CHARLIE 4, CHARLIE 5, CHARLIE 7, CHARL [...]	2005-12-08 13:55:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	ASEC EG
05CAIRO9177	AYMAN NOUR CASE DISCUSSED WITH GAMAL MUBARAK AIDE [...] No summary [...]	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 repair and rebuilding of existing churches. Church repair and rebuilding has been a perennial problem for Egypt's Christians, as documented in the Department' [...]	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 Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry, and separately to Walid El Nozahy, Head of the Ministry's WTO Office (who had no formal response). During the meeting, Faw [...]	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 MFA multilateral affairs staff, Senior Advisor to the Secretary for UN Reform Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli drew out Egyptian concerns on UN reform efforts and [...]	2005-12-10 16:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EG UNGA UNSC
05CAIRO9209	EGYPT: OPPOSITION LEADER AYMAN NOUR'S TRIAL HEADS [...] (C) Summary: The trial of political opposition leader Ayman Nour, supervised by Judge Adel Abdel-Salam Gom'a, has been characterized by all of the irregularities and inconsistencies of the first two trials of Saad Eddin Ibrahim in 2001-2002, also tried by Judge Gom'a. The prosecution has gene [...]	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 Military Financing (FMF),regional affairs, and internal politics during their December 1 meeting, held while Mr. Rodman was in Cairo for the annual Military [...]	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., regional affairs, foreign military financing, direct commercial contracts, and political release of new systems during their November 30 meeting during the [...]	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 of the December 12 murder of Lebanese politician Gibran Tueni and strong support to the Government of Lebanon. MFA Cabinet staff member Amr Sherbiny welcomed [...]	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 [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt, which comes at a critical time not only in our relations, but also in Egyptian history: the slow sunset of a quarter century of benevolent but authoritarian rule. At 77, beginning his fifth Presidential term, Hosni Mubarak is the indispe [...]	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 [...] Summary: The third and final round of voting for the Parliamentary elections occurred on Dec. 7, amidst violence and closure of numerous polling stations. According to election monitors and news reports, journalists and television crews in some flashpoint locations were turned away from pol [...]	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" [...] (SBU) During his meetings with a large sampling of Egypt's political and business leaders, EB/CBA Frank Mermoud heard that while Egypt is "open for business" due to positive policy reforms, significant challenges to business development remain. Expanding outreach to Egypt's ICT sector and enc [...]	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 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 13, 2005, DCM convened a meeting of the full EAC to discuss the worldwide public announcement issued by the Department of State (Ref A),the current threat situation in Egypt (Ref B),Post tripwires regarding Avian Influenza (AI),the ongoing Emergency Action Plan (E [...]	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 [...] From January to August 2005, the U.S. trade surplus with Egypt reached $900 million. Exports to Egypt totaled $2.0 billion for this period, representing a 1.7 percent decrease over the same period of 2004. U.S. imports from Egypt for the same period totaled $1.1 billion, a 48 percent increas [...]	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 resolution on the Hariri murder investigation and calling for a strong Egyptian role in supporting Lebanon's request for an expanded/extended mandate for the UN I [...]	2005-12-15 15:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EG LE SY UNSC
05CAIRO9314	2005 IN EGYPT: SERIOUS CHANGE RAISES SERIOUS [...] (C) Serious political and economic change in Egypt this year generated serious resistance to change. Mubarak has tolerated the former but yielded to the latter. Following the country's first ever Presidential election and nearly a month of parliamentary elections, Egypt's political landscape [...]	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 the importance of supporting the Iraqi government and people regarding their December 15 elections, post called for strong Egyptian statements of encouragement [...]	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 unofficial proposal for the agenda for the non-proliferation bilateral talks. The unofficial proposals for the agenda include the following, and clearly reflect MFA [...]	2005-12-15 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL EG IS
05CAIRO9335	EGYPT: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Egypt is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism. The Egyptian and U.S. Governments maintained close cooperation on a broad range of counterterrorism and law enforcement issues in 2005 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the course [...]	2005-12-18 16:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EG
05CAIRO9349	EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR IN PRISON HOSPITAL, HUNGER [...] (SBU) Multiple Ghad Party contacts confirm press reports that opposition leader Ayman Nour was tranferred on December 17 to the hospital in Mazra' Torah prison, just south of Cairo. Contacts advised that Nour, who is diabetic and also suffers from heart disease, was deteriorating. Nour annou [...]	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 parliamentary elections, encouraging the GOE to publicly support and congratulate the Iraqi people for their democratic achievement, once election results had bee [...]	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 from bringing influenza tissue samples into Egypt for testing at NAMRU's labs. Interventions at various levels have failed to move the GOE, significantly hamp [...]	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 [...] (SBU) During an address on December 19, President Mubarak opened parliament with a 40-minute address that emphasized political and economic reform but did not contain any major new proposals or signal any changes of course. This is not unusual, as Mubarak rarely uses the annual parliamentary [...]	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 sell-off. Sherif Karara, Managing Director of EFG Holdings, and TE Chairman Akil Beshir recently told Econoff that TE has taken measures to combat losses from t [...]	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, [...] SUMMARY: American Imam Mohammed Bashar Arafat engaged religious scholars, students, journalists, and media audiences across the Arab world with his message of tolerance and hope during a visit to Egypt Dec. 1-13. In purposeful, persuasive Arabic cadences, Bashar preached respect for Christi [...]	2005-12-20 14:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC OIIP KIRF EG
05CAIRO9384	EGYPT: EXPANSION OF AL-MANAR TO NEW MARKETS [...] (S/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 be insulting to President Mubarak. Al ManarÂ´s hostility to the United States and endorsement of conspiracy theories make the station a perfect [...]	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. Planners from the World Economic Forum (WEF) meet with GOE officials to discuss the WEF meeting on the Middle East, to be held in Sharm el Sheikh in May 2006. [...]	2005-12-20 14:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
05CAIRO9386	2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR ARAB [...] The impact of the Arab League boycott of Israel on U.S. trade and investment the Middle East and North Africa varies from country to country. While it remains a serious barrier for U.S. firms attempting to export to some countries in the region from Israel, the boycott has virtually no effect [...]	2005-12-20 15:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EG USTR
05CAIRO9387	EGYPT: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Egypt is not a significant destination for money laundering or terrorist financing, due to its antiquated and cumbersome financial system. The Government of Egypt (GOE) has implemented reforms in the financial sector in 2005, but this modernization has not made Egypt more attractive to money [...]	2005-12-21 05:04:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR EG
05CAIRO9388	American Author Promotes Dynamic View of US [...] SUMMARY: American foreign policy expert Walter Russell Mead engaged Egyptian audiences with his dynamic vision of U.S. foreign policy during three days of lectures, roundtable discussions, and media interviews November 27-29. Meads visit coincided with the Embassys release of the Arabic tra [...]	2005-12-21 06:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC OIIP EG
05CAIRO9467	VERDICT ANTICIPATED IN OPPOSITION LEADER AYMAN [...] (C) We expect that the December 24 session of opposition leader Ayman Nour's forgery trial will result in a conviction and harsh prison sentence, as Ayman Nour's family and defense team anticipate. Nour, a diabetic, is reportedly maintaining his hunger strike and remains in Torah Prison's infi [...]	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 interactions with Syrian and Lebanese leaders. Clearly working hand-in-hand with the GOE, Moussa said that AL and GOE aim to calm tensions between Damascus and Beiru [...]	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 Parliamentary election results, noting that his information on electoral returns and efforts to form a new government was limited. After the election results are [...]	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 recent public flap between Moussa and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members over a supposed letter Moussa sent on regional nuclear disarmament issues. Moussa admitted to [...]	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 aware of USG discomfort at the prospect of Sudanese President Bashir being offered the Presidency of the African Union at the January summit in Khartoum. Higa [...]	2005-12-22 16:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EG SU
05CAIRO9486	BROTHERHOOD RISING IN ALEXANDRIA [...] (U) This cable was prepared by the American Presence Post Alexandria. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The strong showing of Muslim Brotherhood candidates from Alexandria has provoked speculation that the group may see Egypt's second city as a launching point for broader political gains, [...]	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 could to support and advance the idea of a national compact to bring Iraqis from all political groups together. Responding to ref A demarche request to reach o [...]	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 charges have been low key, with a few exceptions. The broader public reaction is more difficult to gauge. Many appear to believe that the case against Nour was [...]	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/export regulations to facilitate trade and further integrate Egypt into the global economy. These regulations were developed with the private sector to give indus [...]	2005-12-28 16:17:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EG WTRO
05CAIRO9547	EGYPT: CABINET SHUFFLE DUMPS KEY OLD GUARD [...] (C) News of a cabinet shuffle, anticipated in Cairo for several weeks, broke overnight December 27-28. The leaders of the "sovereign" Ministries - Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Interior, remain in place. Also staying are key members of Egypt's economic reform team: Finance Minister Boutros Gh [...]	2005-12-28 16:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD EG
05CAIRO9581	CAIRO REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON JUDICIAL/CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo has been working with the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Egyptian Ministry of Justice, and the Regional Representative of the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime to support a Regional Conference on International Cooperation in Judicial and Criminal Matt [...]	2005-12-29 16:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN KCRM KJUS EG
05CAIRO9582	EGYPTIANS CONCERNED BY ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	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 Financial Sector MOU, specifically benchmarks for item three of the MOU, i.e., divestment of GOE shares in the four largest joint venture (JV) banks by 6/30/05 and [...]	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 League Secretary General Amre Moussa that the SARG needed to take immediate steps to ease the worsening relationship with Lebanon, according to an Egyptian di [...]	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 consultations on an additional emblem. Godet touched on his outreach plans prior to the consultations, Swiss thinking on the structure of the consultations, and possib [...]	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 [...] No summary [...]	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: U.S. A/S Fried Leslie Tsou (TDY Notetaker) Denmark State Secretary Carsten Staur Tomas Christensen, Middle East Department Director 3. (C) Summary. Following t [...]	2005-11-14 11:03:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI BA EG DE
05MUSCAT1169	OMAN DENOUNCES EGYPT TERROR ATTACK [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-24 08:55:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER OPRC EG MU
05MUSCAT364	OMAN PRESSURES SARG ON LEBANON WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi convoked the Ambassador on February 28, just prior to departing for the March 1 London Conference on Palestine, to recount the steps he had taken to encourage Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon. He said that Egypt had sought his help to [...]	2005-03-02 09:54:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE EG MU
05OTTAWA1550	DEMARCHING INVITEES TO THE US-EU INTERNATIONAL [...] This is an action request, see para. 6. 2. Poloff delivered reftel points to Ann Flanagan-Whalen, Deputy Director for the Middle East Division of Foreign Affairs Canada. Ms. Flanagan-Whalen said FAC has not yet received the EU invite and was pleased to get the detail which we provided. Sh [...]	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 [...] (C) Summary and comment: During March 9 discussions with visiting NEA DAS Scott Carpenter, senior French officials expressed full GoF support for U.S. objectives on reform in the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA),but stressed their continued desire to keep our messages separate and [...]	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 pressure on Syria until it withdraws its armed forces and intelligence services fully from Lebanon, before elections this spring. Mubarak, who had met Syrian Presiden [...]	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 firm pressure on Syria until it withdraws its armed forces and intelligence services fully from Lebanon, before elections this spring. Mubarak, who had met Syr [...]	2005-03-29 10:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV AORC KWBG EG FR
05PARIS6534	UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD PX (PROGRAM AND EXTERNAL [...] Summary. The final vote was 54-1 in the UNESCO Executive Board PX Committee for the Canadian-sponsored resolution that paves the way for adoption of the current preliminary draft Cultural Diversity Convention at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In discussions leading up to the [...]	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 [...] (C) Summary. MFA officials agree that Syria's continuing blockage of its borders with Lebanon constitutes economic harassment, but they prefer to abide by a recent EU statement condemning such actions rather than make a separate public declaration. The officials also expressed Italy's disapp [...]	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 [...] (C) 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 the need for security service reform, while focusing in his GOI meetings on Israeli-Palestinian economic cooperation. He reported that World Bank President W [...]	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 sentencing of traffickers and implementing other improvements, still falls short in some areas in its efforts to combat TIP. NGO representatives charge that: -- [...]	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 Advisor Elliott Abrams and the Ambassador that arms smuggling continues into both Gaza and the West Bank. Despite success by Palestinian Authority (PA) secur [...]	2005-03-25 08:27:00	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-Israeli border since its establishment in March 2003. Its commander told Poloff that the unit has intercepted 36 women being trafficked into Israel in each of t [...]	2005-04-08 06:02:00	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 says that the governments are ready to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) by early May. In addition, the two companies involved, Israel Electric Corporat [...]	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 [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar discussed the disengagement process with high-ranking Israeli military and foreign affairs officials, minister without portfolio Matan Vilnai, senior members of Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres' staff, and an opposition leader during a visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusal [...]	2005-05-31 06:53:00	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 Political-Military Director Amos Gilad both blamed PA failure to act against rocket and mortar attacks on Israel and Israeli settlements on the PA's overall weakne [...]	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 17 that Egypt is doing "less than the minimum necessary" to stop smuggling along the Egyptian-Gaza border. Prosor floated the idea of allowing the Badr Brigade [...]	2005-06-29 13:36:00	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 the Gaza-Egyptian border as a security measure associated with implementing the disengagement plan is a material change to the 1973 Israeli-Egyptian Peace Trea [...]	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 was waiting in the adjoining office that he is about to announce his decision that an agreement between Israel and Egypt allowing Egypt to place some 750 bor [...]	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 [...] (C) Summary: During a July 10 trip to Cairo, two senior MFA officials were unable to reach agreement with the Egyptians on an MOU to establish a bilateral committee. The GOI is waiting for an Egyptian reply to an Israeli letter proposing biannual meetings of the foreign ministers and ad-hoc s [...]	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 has not yet been finalized -- allowing some 750 Egyptian border guard soldiers to secure the Egyptian-Gaza border as part of implementing the disengagement plan [...]	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 the evacuation of settlers, must take place before disengagement implementation begins on August 17. Still to be determined is whether the Cabinet will stick [...]	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 consolidation of security services and improvements on the street have Gazans feeling better about security and diminishing their view of Hamas, even though Fa [...]	2005-08-11 14:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5019	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: GEN. DANGOTT UPDATES [...] (C) DEFMIN Mofaz's Military Adviser, General Eitan Dangott, updated Ambassador August 12 on status of ongoing GOI-Palestinian negotiations on post-disengagement issues, including the disposition of settler housing, the degree of authority for Gaza, improvement in passages, the Gaza disputed bo [...]	2005-08-12 16:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID KWBG KPAL PREL MARR PTER IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5021	ISRAEL AND EGYPT REPORTEDLY REACH FINAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) Ministry of Defense Deputy Director General Amos Gilad called the Ambassador August 15 to report that Israel and Egypt had reached agreement overnight on the principles and details for the deployment of Egyptian border guards on the Gaza-Egypt border. Gilad said the final touches on the a [...]	2005-08-15 06:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5082	NSA EILAND SAYS DISENGAGEMENT GOING WELL, BUT [...] (C) Summary: In an August 15 meeting with NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador, Israeli NSC Director Giora Eiland and Deputy Director Eran Etzion assessed that it seems disengagement "is going to be easier than expected." The majority of the discussion centered on what would happen after diseng [...]	2005-08-17 04:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5103	(S) ISRAELI MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: GOI [...] (S) Summary: Chief of Israeli Military Intelligence Aharon Ze'evi Farkash told A/S Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer August 16 that he was surprised by U.S. media reports on a U.S. National Intelligence Estimate that Iran could build its first nuclear weapon only by 2015. He noted that recent U.S. [...]	2005-08-18 07:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	KPAL KWBG PREF PTER EG IR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV5105	EIVAL GILADY ON GAZA DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (res) Eival Gilady, a special advisor to PM Sharon on disengagement, met August 16 with Assistant Secretary (A/S) Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer to discuss progress in Gaza disengagement. Gilady said that the Prime Minister's disengagement plan was proceeding more [...]	2005-08-18 07:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL ETRD EG IS KBTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5133	SHINUI LIKELY TO SUPPORT EGYPTIAN BORDER [...] (C) A recently-finalized agreement between Israel and Egypt allowing some 750 Egyptian border guards to secure the Egyptian-Gaza border after disengagement is likely to receive Knesset approval with the support of Shinui. Shinui MKs Ilan Leibovitch, Eti Livni, and Ilan Shalgi, told Poloff Aug [...]	2005-08-18 16:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5137	A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S GILAD [...] (S) Israeli Defense Ministry Political Security Director Amos Gilad confirmed to visiting NEA A/S Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer August 16 that Egypt and Israel had reached a general agreement on the deployment of 750 Egyptian Border Guards along the Egypt-Gaza border. Israeli DefMin Mofaz is e [...]	2005-08-19 11:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS PARM KPAL KWBG PGOV PINR EG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5138	NEA A/S WELCH'S AUGUST 16, 2005 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Israeli MOD Director General Amos Yaron updated NEA A/S Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer and General Ward August 16 on the status of post-Gaza disengagement issues. On the disposition of settler housing, Yaron asked the USG to continue its efforts to identify a program manager to oversee removal [...]	2005-08-19 11:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV535	OLMERT TELLS A/S BURNS TO TIE PALESTINIANS TO [...] (C) Summary: Deputy PM Ehud Olmert urged NEA A/S Burns and the USG to use creative means of engagement such as developing QIZs when assisting the Palestinians so as to tie Palestinian economic fortunes to continued good relations with Israel. Despite advocating such ties, Olmert rejected any [...]	2005-01-31 08:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5779	FM SHALOM MEETING WITH CODEL DAVIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom briefed CODEL Davis August 31 on the Government of Israel's Disengagement Plan, and anticipated costs associated with moving military forces and with developing the Negev and the Galilee. Asked about post-Disengagement scenarios and PM Sharon's d [...]	2005-09-22 09:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAL EAID KWBG PREF IS IR LE EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5794	NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/20 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S [...] (S) Israeli MOD Political-Military Affairs Bureau Chief Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble September 19 that the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) is a pillar of the recently-concluded Egypt-Israel agreement on the Egypt-Gaza border and performs a vital role monitoring changes alon [...]	2005-09-21 03:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR MARR MASS PARM KPAL PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5864	AMB. JONES' 9/26 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S GILAD [...] (S/NF) In a September 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad indicated that his September 25 meetings in Egypt to discuss the Rafah passage on the Egypt-Gaza border yielded no breakthroughs. Gilad said the Israelis prefer to open Rafah passage a [...]	2005-09-27 16:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MASS KPAL KWBG EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6160	ISRAEL SEEKING REGIONAL COORDINATION ON AVIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI is hoping to use an existing health grouping to pull together a meeting of health ministers to coordinate regional preparations on avian influenza. The Turkish Health Minister reportedly has agreed to host such a gathering. GOI officials hope that there can be some US [...]	2005-10-20 13:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR PREL IS CY EG JO KPAL KWBG TU ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV6246	STAFFDEL ZWEIG/ADAMS-GOI DISCUSSIONS ON HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: HIRC professional staff members Matthew Zweig and David Adams discussed Hamas and PLC elections, progress on the Wolfensohn agenda, Israeli relations with Muslim states, and UN issues with Israelis, the Wolfensohn team, and USG officials during a visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on [...]	2005-10-31 16:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP IS EG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6262	UNTSO HEAD MGEN LILLEY SAYS PKO CAN LEAVE WHEN [...] (C) United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) Chief of Staff Major General (MGEN) Clive Lilley briefed Ambassador Jones October 27 on UNTSO's mission in Israel and the region, noting how it supports UN peacekeeping operations in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and Syria (UNDOF),and that its missi [...]	2005-11-01 14:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR PGOV PTER LE SY EG IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6264	EC DEL HEAD IN ISRAEL SAYS EU IS AIMING FOR 11/15 [...] (C) In an October 26 meeting at the European Commission Delegation's office in Tel Aviv, EC Delegation Head Ambassador Ramiro Cibrian-Uzal told Ambassador Jones that the EU's objective is to have the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border opened by November 15. Cibrian-Uzal said his EC Dele [...]	2005-11-01 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG EG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6397	MOD'S AMOS GILAD SAYS HE WILL PUSH TO GET GAZAN [...] (C) Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Director Amos Gilad told the Ambassador November 8 that (a) he will work vigorously to ensure that this year's harvest from Gaza is allowed to pass through the Qarni crossing between Gaza and Israel so that it can be distributed to markets beyond; and (b) he will [...]	2005-11-08 16:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV KPAL KWBG MARR MASS EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6617	BUSINESSMAN DISCUSSES EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI GAS DEAL [...] (C) Summary: According to Nimrod Novik, the senior vice president of the Merhav Group, "all systems are go" for the export of USD 2.5 billion worth of Egyptian natural gas to Israel over the next two decades. Novik, whose company is the Israeli partner in the deal, noted that the Egyptians had [...]	2005-11-23 08:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL IS EG GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV6874	(C) FM SHALOM DISCUSSES SECURITY CONCERNS, [...] (C) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch on December 8 met with FM Silvan Shalom to discuss regional and Israeli-Palestinian issues. Shalom expressed concern about the security situation, claiming that there had been an increase in infiltrations by terrorists and weapons smuggling sin [...]	2005-12-10 15:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KWBG IS TS EG LE AG JO IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6875	MOFAZ TELLS A/S WELCH HE WILL SHUT KARNI, EREZ IF [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador December 9 that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has done nothing to implement the Agreement on Movement and Access since both sides met with the Secretary November 15. He underscored repeatedly that security conce [...]	2005-12-10 15:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EG IS SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6923	UNDOF COMMANDER REPORTS LIMITED RESOURCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Major-General Bala Nanda Sharma of Nepal, United Nations Disengagement Observor Force (UNDOF) Commander, told the Ambassador December 12 that UNDOF has "no money, no manpower, and no resources" with which to employ new technologies or to expand its mission. Sharma reported th [...]	2005-12-14 15:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS SY LE EG JO PGOV GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV7002	ISRAELI PM'S MILITARY ADVISER REVIEWS REGION, [...] (S) Major General Gadi Shamni -- Israeli PM Sharon's military adviser -- told the Ambassador that the U.S. should continue to lead the international community to diplomatically pressure Iran to abandon its program. If a military solution were required, Shamni said he believes the U.S. could d [...]	2005-12-19 12:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR PARM MARR MASS MNUC KPAL SY EG LE IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05THEHAGUE2041	SYRIA/LEBANON/NETHERLANDS: SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER [...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with Angelique Eijpe (MFA, Senior Policy Officer, Middle East Department) on July 22. Eijpe appreciated the points, noting that the Netherlands is actively following the border blockage and had already raised similar points bilaterally with the Syrian go [...]	2005-07-22 13:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EG ETRD JO NL PGOV PREL SY
05TRIPOLI290	THE NORTH AFRICAN BRIGADE OF THE AFRICAN UNION PEACE AND [...] (S) According to press reports, army chiefs of staff from Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and "the Western Sahara Republic," announced November 17 the creation of a joint military force. We obtained additional information about the agreement in November 29 meetings with the Egyptian Embassy an [...]	2005-12-01 11:12:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	MARR PREL EG AG MO TS WI CA LY
06ABUDHABI1718	UAE CONDEMNS DAHAB BOMBING [...] (U) UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan has sent a cable of condolence to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak condemning the bomb attack in Dahab on April 24. The state news agency, WAM, reported that in his cable President Khalifa reiterated the UAE's solidarity with Egypt in confr [...]	2006-04-26 11:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER EG AE
06ABUDHABI3137	REPLACING FOREIGN JUDGES OVER TIME [...] (C) Summary: An IV-grantee with extensive experience in the UAE judicial system offered insights into the foreign lawyers, prosecutors and judges who now staff much of the court system in the Emirates and efforts to train UAE nationals to take over. He noted that two of the seven Emirates m [...]	2006-08-02 12:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS EG SU AE
06ADDISABABA2910	ETHIOPIA: MFA EXPERT OFFERS THOUGHTS ON SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The MFA's Somalia expert sees a "dangerous situation" arising in the next two to three weeks if the international community takes no concrete action to assist Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in its struggle against the extremist Council of Islamic Courts (CIC). H [...]	2006-11-01 16:09:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER SO ET ER EG AU
06ADDISABABA3317	DARFUR: NOV. 16 SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 16 bilateral meeting prior to UN-AU-GOS consultations on Darfur, Egyptian FM Gheit asserted that Sudanese FM Lam Akol was "very forthcoming," and highlighted Sudan's acceptance of UN assistance to the African Union's peacekeeping operation in Darfur. While the GOS [...]	2006-12-18 16:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU EG
06ALMATY1636	KAZAKHSTAN: EXTENSION OF THE PHASE OUT PLAN FOR [...] The social transition and security/law enforcement sectors of assistance to Kazakhstan are slated for phase-out in 2011, per the country's phase out assessment. As such, post understands that phase out plans must be prepared in 2006, five years before the expected phase out date, to ensure t [...]	2006-05-05 14:26:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ASEC EG KZ
06AMMAN4297	"Get the Lead Out! Sulfur, Too" - Middle East Clean Fuels [...] Summary: Fifty participants in the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles met in Cairo May 24-25. Stakeholders discussed plans to eliminate the use of leaded gasoline, and to promote low sulfur gasoline and diesel in the Middle East and North Africa. Studies from the United States show tha [...]	2006-06-14 05:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO ENRG XF EG
06AMMAN7484	GCC+2 FOLLOW-UP MEETING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-28 13:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG JO
06ANKARA5674	IRAQ: MFA REPORTS ON NEIGHBORS INTERIOR MINISTERS [...] (C/REL USA, CAN, AUS, GBR) MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven told us Sept. 22 that Turkey was disappointed with the final protocol on security cooperation the interior ministers of Iraq's neighbors adopted at their Sept. 18 meeting in Jeddah. Turkey had h [...]	2006-09-29 05:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KCRM KNNP TU IZ IR EG SA KU JO
06BAGHDAD1945	ARAB LEAGUE ENVOY MOVES TO IZ FOR SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Arab League (AL) Ambassador Mokhtar Lamani moved out of his house in the MFA compound on June 6 for the International Zone after reported security incidents. Lamani said he continued to plan for the June 20-22 reconciliation conference but conceded that no Arab Foreign Ministers h [...]	2006-06-08 13:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG IZ
06BAGHDAD2314	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAQ NEIGHBORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. On June 30, Pol/C delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, who acknowledged the USG perspective, but said that after discussing the matter with the Prime Minister, they have decided that he would attend the Iraq Neighbors Conference in Tehran July 8-9. FM sai [...]	2006-07-02 17:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ AL EG
06BAGHDAD4239	CHARGE MEETS WITH PM'S CHIEF OF STAFF NOVEMBER 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 14 meeting with Charge, PM Chief of Staff Dr. Tariq Abdullah said the PM would review the draft U.S. letter to the UNSC on UNSCR renewal later in the day. According to Dr. Tariq, the PM's cabinet reshuffle may not happen for a month; the PM is still in the process [...]	2006-11-14 21:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EG IZ PGOV PREL SA UN
06BAGHDAD581	ARAB LEAGUE VISIT TO BAGHDAD: WAIT UNTIL MARCH FOR [...] (C) Following three days of meetings with senior Iraqi officials, the Arab League (AL) delegation left with no set details for the AL-sponsored conference on Iraq. During a February 22 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed al-Abbawi told PolOff that AL meet [...]	2006-02-23 16:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG IZ
06BAGHDAD953	IECI COMMISIONER DEFENDS IRAQI ELECTION IN CAIRO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent Electoral Commission (IECI) Chief Electoral Officer Adil Mohammed Alwan Al-Lami described to PolOff on March 19 his defense of the Iraqi elections as valid, fair and representative at a regional election workshop in Cairo on March 12-13. Speaking to skeptical workshop [...]	2006-03-23 11:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ EG
06BAKU1715	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER SADIKOV SAYS "THE TIME IS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Vagif Sadikov November 20 to discuss Azerbaijan's priorities as the chair of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)'s Foreign Ministers' Conference. According to Sadikov, the GOAJ seeks to "breathe new life" into the or [...]	2006-11-27 05:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL AJ PK EG MY
06BANJUL441	VCI BUREAU PDAS FORD COMPLIANCE DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: VCI Bureau PDAS Christopher Ford accompanied by Maher Tadros, Office of Nuclear Affairs, and Eric Wong, U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, met June 30, 2006 with Egypt's Deputy Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Taher Farahat in Banjul on the margins of the Summit of the [...]	2006-07-12 16:35:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP PREL TRGY XA EG
06BEIJING24004	PRC/AFRICA: MUBARAK IN CHINA [...] (C) President Mubarak's November 6-7 State Visit immediately following the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A) included separate meetings with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo as well as with ex [...]	2006-11-22 09:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID EG CH
06BEIRUT1277	MGLE01: HARIRI SAYS HE IS READY TO CONFRONT [...] (C) During an April 25 meeting with MP Saad Hariri, the Ambassador and econoff briefed him on Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's visit to Washington last week. Hariri agreed the visit was a success, and was also heartened by what he described as revitalized Saudi and Egyptian support for Lebano [...]	2006-04-25 15:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EG IR KISL LE PGOV PREL PTER SA SY
06BEIRUT1496	MGLE01: BAABDA PALACE WHISPERS [...] (S) Seeing Egypt as a natural ally in its resistance to U.S. promotion of democracy in the region, President Lahoud plans to travel to Sharm El-Sheikh this month to "sit in the lap" of President Mubarak, as one of Lahoud's aides candidly put it. In the meantime, various allies of the Syrian r [...]	2006-05-11 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PINR PTER KISL KPAL LE SY EG
06BEIRUT350	LEBANON'S RESPONSE TO ICAO DEMARCHE FOR U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-07 15:18:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAIR ICAO AORC EG ET FR LE PK SA TS
06BEIRUT895	MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI ASKS FOR US, SAUDI, AND [...] (C) In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri was upbeat about the success of the national dialogue he has brokered. He was confident of a solution to Hizballah's arms when the national dialogue resumes on March 22. The difficult issue, accordi [...]	2006-03-21 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS EG KISL LE PGOV SA SY
06BEIRUT898	MGLE01: SINIORA VIEWS SITUATION PRIOR TO [...] (C) In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora denied reports that he had asked Terje Roed-Larsen to help him, along with Saudia Arabia and Egypt, negotiate with Syria on Lebanon's behalf. Regarding the national dialogue, Siniora said that Egyptian an [...]	2006-03-21 16:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EG KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SA
06CAIRO1006	EGYPT: H5N1 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) CONFIRMED IN [...] (U) NIACT precedence due to urgency of information regarding outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in Egyptian poultry. 2. (SBU) Summary: H5N1 avian influenza has been detected in samples from birds from multiple locations in three governorates in Egypt. No human cases have been reported. Th [...]	2006-02-17 13:45:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC SENV EAGR EG KFLU
06CAIRO1007	EGYPT: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE, AMBASSADOR CONFERS [...] (C) Summary. The GOE publicly announced at approximately 1800 local time discovery of H5N1 avian influenza in birds in Egypt. After an emergency meeting with key officials, Prime Minister Nazif confirmed to the Ambassador that seven samples from three different governorates had tested positi [...]	2006-02-17 17:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO AMED CASC SENV EAGR EAID EG KFLU
06CAIRO1009	GOE OFFICIALS OFFER REBUTTAL TO JUDGES' CLUB ON [...] (C) In a February 19 meeting, senior Egyptian Justice Ministry officials strongly defended the recent move by the Public Prosecution to question four leaders of the Judges' Club, the group which functions as a professional association and lobbying group on behalf of Egypt's judges. 2. (C) A [...]	2006-02-19 16:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS EG
06CAIRO1100	EGYPT: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. H5N1 avian influenza has spread to twelve governorates in Egypt. Poultry sales have virtually ceased since the February 17 GOE announcement (ref A) that H5N1 had been detected. The GOE has instituted a number of measures to combat the outbreak, but it is unclear how effective [...]	2006-02-21 16:42:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC SENV EAGR EAID EG KFLU
06CAIRO1144	EGYPT AND AFRICA: BACKGROUND NOTES FOR U.S.-EGYPT [...] (U) Assistant Secretary Frazer, your bilateral discussions February 24 with Egyptian MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mohamed Higazy in Washington will offer an excellent chance to determine how Egypt and the U.S. may be able to cooperate to address regional conflicts like Darfur an [...]	2006-02-23 12:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EG SU
06CAIRO1149	EGYPT: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS, [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 14:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD EG UNESCO UNGA
06CAIRO1178	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GUTIERREZ VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (SBU) Mr. Secretary, you will be the first Secretary of Commerce to visit Egypt since 1999. The business climate has changed significantly since then, especially with the installation in July 2004 of Ahmed Nazif as Prime Minister and a coterie of reform-minded ministers in economic ministrie [...]	2006-02-26 13:46:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV PREL EG
06CAIRO1185	IRAQ: SHEIKH OF AL AZHAR AND OTHER EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) On February 25, during an unprecedented visit to the Iraqi Embassy in Cairo, Al Azhar's Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Egyptian Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa, and Minister of Religious Endowments Hamdy Zaqzouq conducted a lengthy, televised press conference with Iraqi Charge Saad Ridha aimed at [...]	2006-02-26 14:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ
06CAIRO1226	GOE OPENS A NEW INVESTIGATION AGAINST AYMAN NOUR [...] (C) Gameela Ismail, Ayman Nour's wife, and Hisham Kassem, the Ghad Party vice president, have confirmed wire service reports that the GOE has launched a new investigation against the imprisoned opposition leader. The new case stems from hitherto unreported allegations by an NDP member that [...]	2006-02-27 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EG
06CAIRO1227	ASSURANCES FOR FUGITIVE MURDER SUSPECT SAMEH [...] (SBU) Taking advantage of a February 27 call on Minister of Justice Aboul Leil, Ambassador drew from reftel to urge the GOE to provide assurances, following of the precedent of the Nabil Soliman case, that would allow the U.S. to return to Egypt fugitive murder suspect Sameh Khouzam. The Amba [...]	2006-02-27 16:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PREL EG
06CAIRO1232	A/S RADEMAKER'S BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Stephen Rademaker discussed Iran's nuclear weapons program with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and held bilateral nonproliferation discussions with the Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Na [...]	2006-02-28 07:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV IS IR EG KNNP IAEA UNSC
06CAIRO1233	ISN A/S RADEMAKER DISCUSSES IRAN WITH ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Summary: International Security and Nonproliferation Assistant Secretary Stephen Rademaker, joined by DCM Stuart Jones, discussed Iran and a proposed Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone (MEWMDFZ) with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa on February 16. Moussa ackno [...]	2006-02-28 07:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IAEA EG IR IS KNNP
06CAIRO125	TACKLING CORRUPTION IN EGYPT [...] (C) The issue of corruption took on a higher profile in Egypt in late 2005, after a dearth of high profile cases in recent years. In December, a significant case with political implications emerged at the Egyptian TV and Radio Union, a cabinet shuffle resulted in the unexpected dismissal of s [...]	2006-01-08 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM EG
06CAIRO1251	NEW AYMAN NOUR/GAMEELA ISMAIL INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Gameela Ismail (wife of imprisoned Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour) informed Embassy early February 27 that because of a new criminal investigation of her and her husband (reftel),she might not be able to pass through exit control at Cairo International Airport in order to travel to an IRI [...]	2006-02-28 12:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EG
06CAIRO1262	EGYPT: 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Over the past year, the Government of Egypt has made progress in strengthening its intellectual property rights (IPR) regime. It issued the final set of implementing regulations for its 2002 IPR law, established new offices to license copyrighted materials, and cleared up a backlog of [...]	2006-02-28 13:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR EG USTR
06CAIRO1272	EGYPT: CODEL BERMAN MEETINGS WITH EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. In a lengthy meeting with visiting Rep. Berman on February 20, Mubarak emphasized that Egypt does not trust Hamas but will work with the organizationÂ´s leadership in order to moderate its positions. Mubarak counseled strongly against a rapid withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq and d [...]	2006-02-28 14:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV EG KDEM
06CAIRO1288	GOE OFFERS TENDER DOCUMENT FOR THIRD MOBILE [...] (SBU) The GOE's National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) on February 19 made available instructions for bidders on the proposed third mobile telephone licence (reftel). According to press reports, as of February 27, 17 companies had purchased the tender document, or the "Networ [...]	2006-03-01 10:44:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KGIT
06CAIRO1295	DISCUSSION OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WITH [...] (C) The Ambassador met on February 26 with Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi in advance of Tantawi's March 5-10 trip to the U.S. and raised Egypt's potential violation of the Arms Export Control Act of 1976 through the treatment of third country patients at the International Medical C [...]	2006-03-01 14:19:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS EG
06CAIRO1297	SCENESETTER FOR DEFENSE MINISTER TANTAWI'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During his March 5-10 visit to Washington, Defense Minister Tantawi will seek Administration support for the current level of FMF funding. Tantawi feels that any USG concerns about the pace of democratic reform should be kept distinct from the mil-mil relationship, which he con [...]	2006-03-01 14:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS IS EG
06CAIRO1299	DARFUR: EGYPTIANS NOT OPPOSED TO UN FORCE; [...] (C) Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad told the Ambassador late March 1 that press reports claiming President Mubarak and Libyan leader Qadhafi agreed February 28 in Miserata to oppose UN troops in Darfur were "wrong." While Qadhafi opposed UN forces in Darfur, Awad said, President Mubarak [...]	2006-03-01 18:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO EG LY SU UNSC
06CAIRO1307	EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, FEBRUARY 12-25. [...] Summary: Due to the visit of Secretary Rice to Egypt last week, this weeks media summary covers the period of February 12-25. During the first week of the reporting period (February 12-18),while 50 percent of commentaries focused on domestic issues, 18 percent contemplated tolerance of Isl [...]	2006-03-02 09:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG DA XZ IS XF
06CAIRO1309	Egyptian Media Coverage of Secretary Rices [...] Summary. Secretary Rices visit to Egypt and the region garnered widespread media attention, from straightforward news reporting to significant television and print commentary. Between February 22 and 25, of the pro-government, opposition and independent papers monitored by Embassy Cairo, co [...]	2006-03-02 09:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG DA XZ IS XFNEA PPD
06CAIRO1318	IRAQ: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE UNLIKELY TO RECEIVE [...] (C) MFA Spokesman and Deputy Assistant Minister Alaa Hadidi told Poloff March 1 that Egypt had no plans to welcome Muqtada Sadr to Egypt, nor had Sadr sought an invitation to visit the country (reftel). Hadidi shared that the GOE had been troubled by Sadr's recent visit to Jordan where he was [...]	2006-03-02 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KPAO EG IZ
06CAIRO1319	IRAN/IAEA: EGYPT AND U.S. "SEE EYE TO EYE," [...] (C) MFA Office Director for Disarmament Affairs Dr. Hossam Eldeen Aly conveyed to Emboff that Egypt saw "eye to eye" with the USG on dealing with Iran at the IAEA. After reviewing USG analysis (reftel) of the latest IAEA Director General's report and recommended elements to include in nation [...]	2006-03-02 15:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP EG IR IAEA
06CAIRO132	UNHCR ASKS EGYPT TO DELAY DEPORTING SUDANESE [...] (SBU) The GOE has not yet begun deportation of Sudanese detainees. Interior Ministry contacts advised on January 8 that the 72 hour grace period given to UNHCR to interview Sudanese detainees (see Refs A and B) had expired, and the GOE had not yet determined whether to give UNHCR additional [...]	2006-01-08 15:34:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SU EG KREF UNHCR
06CAIRO1351	NEXT STEPS FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRACY IN EGYPT [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Sometime in the next six years, Egypt will undergo a leadership succession. The United States' goals for this succession should be to promote an opening to establish a representative government that will secure Egyptian stability, prosperity, and friendship for a gener [...]	2006-03-06 12:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO1367	ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS PREP FOR KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo March 4-5 to prepare for a March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Sudan. Among the topics discussed were Iraq, Palestine, Sudan/Darfur, and Arab reform. We understand the meetings were generally uncontentious, with ministers agreeing to support the polit [...]	2006-03-06 16:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL PTER EG IS IZ UNSC
06CAIRO1398	EGYPT: DEMOCRACY ADVOCATE HALA MUSTAFA COMPLAINS [...] (C) At a March 3 reception at Air Attache,s residence, Hala Mustafa, a participant in the Secretary,s February 22 meeting with Civil Society leaders in Cairo, criticized the Embassy,s failure to respond to press reporting on the civil society meeting. She said that she had been singled out for [...]	2006-03-07 13:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO1409	EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, FEBRUARY 26-MARCH 4: IRAQ; [...] Summary. The past week saw strong reactions to the news of the violence in Iraq and to the one-year prison term meted out to a journalist from independent daily, Al-Masry Al-Yom, for publishing a story criticizing a former government minister (although the article was later subsequently retrac [...]	2006-03-07 14:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG DA XZ IS XF IZ
06CAIRO1413	SUDAN: EGYPT PRESSING HARD TO RECONCILE POSITIONS [...] (C) Following up on the Ambassador's discussions with senior Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad (ref B),post delivered reftel demarche March 7 to MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mohamed Higazy, stressing the importance of an African Union endorsement of a transition from the AU's M [...]	2006-03-07 16:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC EG SU
06CAIRO1450	SUDAN/DARFUR: EGYPT-LIBYA-SUDAN SUMMIT POSTPONED [...] (C) The DCM delivered ref A demarche late March 7 to Presidential Advisor and Spokesman Soliman Awad, emphasizing the importance of GOE support for the transition of the African Union's peacekeeping operation in Darfur to a UN PKO. Awad said that a planned three-way summit between President [...]	2006-03-08 15:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO EG SU LY
06CAIRO1451	SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT ROH AND DELEGATION PRESS [...] (C) On March 7, Presidential Spokesman and Senior Advisor to the President Soliman Awad briefed the DCM on Mubarak's March 6 meeting with South Korean President Roh. The two presidents, Awad said, discussed their respective peace processes. The Korean leader asked Mubarak to use his influen [...]	2006-03-08 15:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNUC PARM EG KO
06CAIRO1474	EGYPTIAN RETAIL CHAIN PRIVATIZATION GENERATES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nazif administration,s proposed sale of the Omar Effendi Company - a major retail chain founded in 1856 - to a private investor is generating intense debate over the company,s proper valuation. Conditions the administration has set, especially for the purpose of avoiding [...]	2006-03-09 13:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EIND EG
06CAIRO1489	EGYPT REACTS NEGATIVELY TO PROPOSED U.S.-INDIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-09 15:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM EG KNNP
06CAIRO1492	EGYPT: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) H5N1 avian influenza (AI) has spread to 17 Egyptian governorates, and new cases are being reported daily. The GOE enforced drastic measures to contain the avian influenza (AI) outbreak, and has decided to vaccinate poultry, but the poultry industry has collapsed, and promised compensati [...]	2006-03-09 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC SENV EAGR EAID EG KFLU
06CAIRO1493	PRIVATIZING SUGAR MAY BE BITTER IN THE SHORT TERM [...] (SBU) The Egyptian Ministry of Investment (MOI) recently announced plans to sell 36% of Delta Sugar, a joint venture company, in an initial public offering (IPO). Announcement of the sale follows an earlier announcement that another public sector sugar producer, El Nobareyah, would be put up [...]	2006-03-11 12:32:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EIND EG
06CAIRO1555	JUDGES' CLUB LEADER DISCUSSES CONFRONTATION WITH [...] (C) Summary: Judge Mahmoud Khodeiry, Head of the Alexandria Judges Club and one of four senior Egyptian judges at the center of a dispute with the GOE over conduct of the 2005 parliamentary elections reports that Egyptian judges are under tremendous pressure from the GOE to participate in th [...]	2006-03-13 17:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EG KDEM PGOV PHUM
06CAIRO1558	EGYPT: KEY RULING PARTY FIGURE HEADING TO [...] (C) Summary: During a March 9 meeting, ruling party operative and Gamal Mubarak confidante Mohammed Kamal told the DCM he hoped to convince his American interlocutors during his upcoming trip to Washington that political reform in Egypt is not on the backburner. He claimed that preparations [...]	2006-03-14 06:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO1623	GOE ASSURANCES FOR EXPORT OF NUCLEAR FUEL FOR [...] In response to reftel request for GOE assurances for the export of nuclear fuel for the ETTR-2 research reactor at Abu Zabal Nuclear Research Center, Post received the following letter on March 12 from Professor Aly Islam M. Aly, Chairman of the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (AEA). (Note: L [...]	2006-03-15 09:48:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP KSCA EG RGY
06CAIRO1634	EMBASSY CAIRO SUBMISSION FOR SIXTH ANNUAL [...] (SBU) This message responds to reftel. Embassy POC is poloff Roger Kenna, phone 20-2-797-2749, fax 20-2-797-2181, kennart2@state.gov. Poloff spent approximately 16 hours in the preparation of the TIP report. Conoff spent approximately 24 hours; ECPO Minister Counselor spent two hours; D [...]	2006-03-15 14:07:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ELAB PREF EG IS KWN
06CAIRO1636	JERICHO PRISON CRISIS PROMPTS CANCELLATION OF [...] (C) Summary. Local sources confirm that the Jericho prison crisis in the West Bank has prompted the postponement of an expected visit to Israel by Egyptian Intelligence Minister Omar Soliman scheduled to begin March 15, as well as the postponement of travel to Egypt by Palestinian President [...]	2006-03-15 14:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO1653	EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, MARCH 6-12, 2006: [...] Summary: Throughout the week, all papers highlighted President Mu and European trip, and commentators analyzed his role and message to importance as a counter-balance to the U.S. While simultaneously arg Egypt as a regional power-broker, columnists turned inward to demand momentum on domestic [...]	2006-03-16 11:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG DA XZ IS XF IZ
06CAIRO1676	JERICHO PRISON INCIDENT PROMPTS HARSH REACTION [...] (C) Presidential Spokesman and Senior Advisor Soliman Awad called the Ambassador late March 15 to share that a parliamentary committee had severely grilled a senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs official March 14 during an emergency session to address the Jericho prison incident. Awad explained [...]	2006-03-16 15:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL PTER ASEC UNSC EG IS
06CAIRO1678	EGYPT POSSIBLE UNAUTHORIZED END-USE: METROLOGY [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7 below. 2. (C) Summary: The Office of Military Cooperation, Egypt (OMC-E) has discovered that the GOE is possibly engaging in an unauthorized end-use of FMF-purchased equipment at the Metrology Engineering Calibration Center (MECC) [...]	2006-03-16 15:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS EG
06CAIRO1680	JUDGES' CLUB - GOE DISPUTE LIKELY TO HEAT UP ON [...] (C) Summary: The March 17 national meeting of the Egyptian Judges' Club will likely attract significant national and international media attention, and will probably result in a defiant stance - prompted by the increasingly tense confrontation between the government and the judges' profession [...]	2006-03-16 17:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO1694	EGYPT: UPDATE ON POLITICAL PARTY DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) The resignation of prominent reform advocate Osama el-Ghazali Harb from the ruling NDP attracted considerable attention in the Egyptian media. In drawing up plans for a new liberal political party, Harb is pursuing what many frustrated Egyptian intellectuals have called for, though there [...]	2006-03-19 14:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO1696	THE SECOND U.S. - EGYPT CT JOINT WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Egypt hosted the second U.S.-Egypt Counterterrorism Joint Working Group on February 26, 2006. In a full day of talks, S/CT Amb. Crumpton and a six-member U.S. delegation discussed with the GOE's Inter-Ministerial Counterterrorism Committee the importance of a coordinated, interdisciplinary appr [...]	2006-03-19 15:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KISL ASEC EG
06CAIRO1697	EGYPT REPORTS FIRST HUMAN CASE OF AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) The U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-3) in Cairo confirmed the first reported human case of H5 Influenza infection in Egypt in a 35-year-old woman from a village in the governorate of Qalyoubiya, Egypt's major center of poultry production. The woman, Amal Mohamed Ismael, died Ma [...]	2006-03-19 17:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA EAGR EG KFLU
06CAIRO170	SUDANESE REFUGEES IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) THE VIOLENT CONFRONTATION ON DECEMBER 30 BETWEEN EGYPTIAN POLICE AND SUDANESE REFUGEES WHEN AT LEAST 27 LOST THEIR LIVES AND HUNDREDS MORE WERE DETAINED, HAS FOCUSED WORLD-WIDE ATTENTION ON THE LIVES OF THE MANY ASYLUM- SEEKERS WHO HAVE SOUGHT REFUGE IN CAIRO. MANY OF THESE FLED TURMOI [...]	2006-01-12 20:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR
06CAIRO172	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SILVERBERG'S [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit. It has been difficult to gain Egyptian cooperation on UN reform. During his meeting with Ambassador Tahir-Kheli in December Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit signaled a willingness to compromise, but this has not yet materialized. The FM w [...]	2006-01-13 17:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KUNR PHUM IS IZ LE SY SU EG UN
06CAIRO1737	AMBASSADOR AND DEFMIN TANTAWI DISCUSS [...] (C) The Ambassador and Defense Minister Tantawi discussed the International Medical Center's treatment of third country nationals during their March 19 meeting (septel). Tantawi's senior advisor, MG Fouad Abdel Halim, told the Ambassador and Field Marshal that the MoD understands that State [...]	2006-03-20 15:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS EG
06CAIRO1745	EGYPT'S SMUGGLING INTERDICTION ON GAZA BORDER [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-21 12:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IS EG KPAL
06CAIRO175	ARAB LEAGUE'S MOUSSA ON SYRIA/LEBANON DIPLOMATIC [...] (S) On January 14, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa provided the Ambassador a readout on recent Arab mediation efforts with Syria and Lebanon, and reaffirmed that the Arab League and others remained committed to full implementation of UN Security Council resolutions. He said he had [...]	2006-01-15 11:52:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE

06CAIRO1782	DEFMIN TANTAWI ON MFO, PSI, DEMOCRATIC REFORM AND FMF [...] (C) Summary: On March 19, the Ambassador and Defense Minister Tantawi discussed Iraq, Sudan, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),and Tantawi's impressions of his recent visit to Washington. Tantawi reaffirmed the GOE view that for now, U.S. troops must remain in Iraq. On his meetings in Washington, Tantaw [...]	2006-03-23 07:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IS EG KNNP
06CAIRO1809	EFFORTS TO VISIT AYMAN NOUR CONTINUE; APPEAL DATE [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy's attempts to visit imprisoned opposition leader Ayman Nour have been unsuccessful so far, but will continue. The Canadians are leading a new multilateral effort to see Nour, in which the U.S., Australia, and a number of EU countries are participating. Meanwhile, the [...]	2006-03-23 15:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO1811	SCENESETTER FOR GEN ABIZAID'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) GEN Abizaid, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to review our agenda on regional security and the future of our FMF assistance to Egypt. President Mubarak believes, and the MoD's senior leadership will reiterate, that our mil-mil relationship is the cornerstone of [...]	2006-03-23 17:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS IS IZ IR EG SU KPAL KNNP
06CAIRO1838	GOE MAKES SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] (SBU) The GOE made substantial progress in financial sector reform in 2005 and is nearing completion of many of the benchmarks in the DSP-II Financial Sector MOU, signed in March 2005. Post and the USAID Mission estimate the GOE will have met all of the benchmarks for the first three policy [...]	2006-03-26 14:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG
06CAIRO1883	EGYPT: FLASH AIRLINES CRASH REPORT RELEASE: NO [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 14:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR ECON EG
06CAIRO1885	RESTRUCTURING ESF ASSISTANCE TO EGYPT: U.S. [...] (C) Discussions between a joint USAID/State delegation with GOE ministers on March 20-21 moved forward considerably our efforts to restructure ESF. Specifically, the GOE: - appeared effectively, if not explicitly, to accept conditionality (via benchmarks) on future U.S. economic assistanc [...]	2006-03-27 15:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO1911	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON SINIORA, AL SHARA'A, ARAB [...] (C) Mubarak with Lebanese PM: Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad told DCM on March 28 that during a March 23 meeting with President Mubarak, Lebanese PM Siniora complained about the lack of progress with Syria on the supply of weapons to Palestinians in Lebanon, on the establishment of diplo [...]	2006-03-28 16:28:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS LE EG SY KPAL
06CAIRO1925	WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN SHARM EL SHEIKH [...] (U) This cable is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Embassy Cairo is preparing for the upcoming World Economic Forum on the Middle East, to be held in Sharm El Sheikh May 20-22, 2006. Given the heavy demand for suitable hotel space in Sharm during the summit as well as ot [...]	2006-03-29 09:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD OVIP EG WEF
06CAIRO2010	EGYPT: ACTIONS LOUDER THAN WORDS - GAMAL MUBARAK [...] (C) The public profile of Gamal Mubarak, presidential son and rising star in the ruling party, has increased in recent months. His appearance in late March on an evening talk show and a highly publicized visit to a Cairo slum have fueled speculation that an effort to succeed his father is movin [...]	2006-04-03 10:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO2013	EGYPT: VIOLENT CLIMAX TO WAFD LEADERSHIP DISPUTE, [...] (C) Summary: The dispute over the leadership of the Wafd, Egypt's "premier" opposition party, reached a bizzare and dramatic climax on April 1, when deposed leader Nomaan Gomaa, accompanied by armed supporters, stormed party headquarters and clashed violently with supporters of Mahmoud Abaza, w [...]	2006-04-03 12:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO2021	ARAB LEAGUE'S KHARTOUM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Sudan played host March 28-29 to the 18th regular summit of Arab League (AL) leaders, a meeting notable for poor attendance by heads of state and deep divisions over Iraq, Lebanon, and Hamas. AL leaders approved dozens of resolutions, covering the range of priorities for all 2 [...]	2006-04-03 14:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KPAL MEPN EG SU
06CAIRO2064	EGYPT FERRY DISASTER: ABSENT OWNER'S IMMUNITY [...] (C) The investigation into the early February sinking of the "Al Salam 98" passenger ferry in the Red Sea is ongoing, although preliminary GOE statements are assigning culpability to the still-missing captain. Egypt's upper chamber of parliament lifted ferry owner Mamdouh Ismail's parliamentar [...]	2006-04-04 13:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EWWT MARR EG
06CAIRO2100	DEFMIN TANTAWI WITH GEN ABIZAID ON IRAQ, HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: In a March 29 meeting CENTCOM Commander GEN Abizaid and Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi, joined by DCM Jones, discussed regional affairs, terrorism, military cooperation, and the International Medical Center (IMC). Tantawi (1) stressed the importance of a strong Sunni [...]	2006-04-05 14:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS IS IZ LE EG SY KPAL
06CAIRO2133	ARAB LEAGUE'S AMRE MOUSSA ON DARFUR AND HAMAS [...] (C) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa discussed regional affairs, including Syria, Iraq, Darfur, and Hamas, during a chance meeting in the airport VIP lounge on April 4. On Israel/Palestine, Moussa said the League is urging Hamas to [...]	2006-04-06 16:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM IS SU EG KPAL
06CAIRO2134	EGYPT: A YEAR ON, GOE-JUDGES CLUB DISPUTE [...] (C) The confrontation between the GOE and Egypt's Judges Club continues to boil as it moves into its second year. The Judges Club has been militating for a new judiciary law that would guarantee independence it asserts is now lacking and has attacked the GOE's record on human rights and democr [...]	2006-04-06 16:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM EG
06CAIRO2137	DARFUR: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S MESSAGE TO [...] (C) Summary. According to a senior MFA contact, Egyptian President Mubarak's message to Sudanese President Bashir in Khartoum April 4 was that Sudan was not given a "blank check" at the Arab League summit for its Darfur policies. Mubarak reportedly pressed Bashir to quickly conclude a peace [...]	2006-04-09 05:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PTER EG SU
06CAIRO2162	CAIRO: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit and the opportunity to continue our dialogue with the GOE on counterproliferation, Iran, and security assistance. Egypt values its role as a regional leader on nonproliferation and its influence in multilateral fora. Your visit will reassure Egy [...]	2006-04-09 14:27:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS UNSC EG IR KNNP
06CAIRO2165	SENIOR ADVISOR FOR AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) State Department Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology Madelyn Spirnak visited Egypt the week of February 12-18 to speak at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA),to advocate in favor of a supportive regulatory framework for agricultural bi [...]	2006-04-10 11:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON EFIN EINV TBIO EG
06CAIRO2183	DEFENSE MINISTER TANTAWI ON IRAN, IRAQ, HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed Iran, Iraq, Hamas, Sudan and the International Medical Center with Defense Minister Field Marshal Tantawi during an April 4 meeting. Responding to A/S Welch's caution on Iran's growing influence in the regi [...]	2006-04-11 11:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM SY IS IZ SU EG KPAL
06CAIRO2186	EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, April 2-9. [...] Summary: The fallout from the bloody clashes between Wafd party factions at the party headquarters on April 1 took center stage in Egyptian media coverage over the last week. While some commentators sought merely to assign blame for the violence, others took a more profound look at the Wafd [...]	2006-04-11 12:17:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
06CAIRO2201	COURT VICTORY FOR EGYPTIAN BAHAIIS [...] (C) Summary: An April 4 court ruling appears to set an important legal precedent for the civil and legal rights of Egypt's tiny Bahai community. The court ordered the Ministry of Interior to issue identity cards and birth certificates to a Bahai family and to note their religion as Bahai on th [...]	2006-04-11 15:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM EG
06CAIRO2202	IRAQ: MUBARAK'S TELEVISED REMARKS CREATE [...] (C) Summary. Only three days ahead of an Arab League foreign ministerial meeting on Iraq, Egyptian President Mubarak created waves during an Al Arabiya television interview (Ref) aired April 8, in which he questioned the national loyalties of Iraq's and the region's Shiites. While President [...]	2006-04-11 16:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ
06CAIRO2203	EGYPT: ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH'S APRIL 4 MEETING [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Welch and the Ambassador met with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on April 4. Welch briefed Nazif on U.S. regional priorities and encouraged Nazif to make a visit to the U.S. Nazif discussed Egypt's reform successes, noting that results in the economic sphere were [...]	2006-04-12 05:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG
06CAIRO2228	IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS APRIL 12 [...] (C) Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amre Moussa provided the Ambassador April 12 with a brief read-out of that day's Iraq "Follow-Up Committee" ministerial meeting in Cairo. Despite Iraq's decision to boycott the meeting, nine Arab foreign ministers agreed on three main points, Moussa sai [...]	2006-04-13 13:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC PTER EG IZ
06CAIRO224	EGYPT ON REFERRING IRAN TO THE UNSC: INCHING [...] (C) Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit told IO Assistant Secretary Silverberg on January 16 that if "compelled" to SIPDIS vote on whether the IAEA should refer Iran to the UNSC, he would do so to prevent another nuclear capable state in the region. Aboul Gheit qualified that he believes referra [...]	2006-01-17 07:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EG IR IAEA UNSC
06CAIRO2267	EGYPT: SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN ALEXANDRIA [...] (C) Summary: Attacks on Friday, April 14 against worshipers in three separate Alexandria churches killed one elderly Christian, wounded more than a dozen others and sparked a weekend of unrest. Clashes continued at a lower tempo on April 16 and the death that day of a Muslim injured April [...]	2006-04-16 15:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC EG
06CAIRO23	CONCLUDING THE ISMAILIA VIRTUAL CONSULATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-02 13:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT KWWW OPRC TINT EG KLIP
06CAIRO2332	EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, April 10-17. [...] Summary: Several stories received extensive coverage and commentary in the Egyptian media this week. President Mubaraks provocative comments in his Al-Arabiya TV interview of April 8 provided a source of debate for pundits to assess the situation in Iraq. Similarly, commentators used the re [...]	2006-04-18 13:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
06CAIRO2335	EGYPT: UPDATE ON THE AYMAN NOUR CASE [...] (C) Summary: Ghad Party sources advise us that, despite some reports to the contrary, imprisoned opposition leader Ayman Nour is not facing an immediate threat to his health or welfare. However, they assert that prison authorities are making life more unpleasant for him, apparently in retali [...]	2006-04-18 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO2336	AFTERMATH OF SECTARIAN STRIFE IN ALEXANDRIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Alexandria has been peaceful since the April 14 attacks and April 15-16 clashes reported reftel. There continues to be considerable speculation about whether the man who was arrested after the fatal church attacks was operating alone. Protesters in Alexandria on April 16 as [...]	2006-04-18 15:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF EG
06CAIRO2337	PALESTINIAN FM ZAHAR'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian FM Mahmoud Al Zahar met with Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) Director Omar Soliman and Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa during his April 15-17 visit to Cairo. Al Zahar did not meet with FM Aboul Gheit, or any other GOE officials. Al Zahar downp [...]	2006-04-18 15:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS EG KPAL
06CAIRO2350	ARAB LEAGUE WITH U/S JOSEPH ON IRAN AND POLICY ON [...] (C) Arms Control and International Security U/S Robert Joseph and Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amre Moussa discussed Iran's nuclear program and the idea of a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone (MEWMDFZ) in their April 13 meeting. U/S Joseph told Moussa that the Iran nucl [...]	2006-04-19 11:24:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IS IR EG KNNP KPAL
06CAIRO2364	DEFMIN TANTAWI AND U/S JOSEPH DISCUSS IRAN, MIDDLE [...] (C) Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi told Arms Control and International Security Under Secretary Robert Joseph April 13 that Egypt: shares U.S. concerns over Iran's effort to acquire nuclear weapons, will discuss possible measures to combat Iran's aims, resents threats of a possibl [...]	2006-04-19 14:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER EG IR KNNP
06CAIRO2417	U/S JOSEPH'S APRIL 13 MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit in Cairo April 13 to discuss regional security issues. The meeting focused on efforts to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions, with U/S Joseph pressing for solid GOE s [...]	2006-04-23 08:28:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KPAL EG IR IS
06CAIRO2432	AMBASSADORÂ´S MEETING WITH MIN INFO AND EGIS CHIEF ON RADIO SAWA AND AL-MANAR [...] (S) Summary: On April 20th, the Ambassador pressed MOI Al-Fiqqi on the GOEÂ´s media portrayal of issues important to the US-Egyptian relationship, including Iran, Hamas, and Iraq. He also again raised the issues of Radio Sawa and Al-Manar. The Ambassador argued that if the GOE values its relation [...]	2006-04-23 13:44:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL KPAL EG
06CAIRO2435	PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ZAHAR TO CAIRO, NO [...] (C) During an April 23 meeting with Senator Dodd (D-CT) and the Ambassador, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit reviewed GOE thinking on regional and bilateral topics (septel),and acknowledged reports that he did not meet with visiting Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud al Zahar dur [...]	2006-04-23 16:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN KPAL EG IS MEPN
06CAIRO2436	EGYPT: OUTLOOK FOR POLITICAL REFORM [...] (C) While it may seem easy to be skeptical about the outlook for political reform in Egypt, the fact is that a process is underway, and it is a process entailing more than currently meets the eye. During his 2005 reelection campaign, Mubarak outlined a modest agenda for political reform. Th [...]	2006-04-23 17:24:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EG
06CAIRO2437	TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN DAHAB, SINAI KILL AT LEAST [...] (SBU) At around 1915 local time April 24, three bombs exploded in the Sinai resort town of Dahab, approximately 80 KM north of Sharm el-Sheikh. An Egyptian Ministry of Interior statement released approximately 2100 local put the total number of dead at 10 and 70 injured. This number is proba [...]	2006-04-24 21:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC CASC EG
06CAIRO2438	APRIL 25 UPDATE ON DAHAB TERROR ATTACKS [...] (U) The official numbers of dead and injured following the April 24 triple bombing at the Dahab seaside resort in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, remain in flux, with State Security sources informally sharing their count of 24 killed and upwards of 100 injured. The Embassy is not aware of any Am [...]	2006-04-25 12:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC EG
06CAIRO2453	NORTH SINAI TERRORIST ATTACKS HIT MFO AND EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) Two suicideattacks occurred at approximately 11:10 and 11:3 (local) April 26 in the vicinity of MFO's North Camp in the North eastern Sinai. In the first attack, a suicide bomber allegedly wearing a belt bomb threw himself on the hood of an unarmored MFO Chevy Blazer, shattering the wi [...]	2006-04-26 15:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EG KMFO
06CAIRO2473	EGYPTIAN SECURITY DETAINS AL-JAZEERAH BUREAU [...] (SBU) The GOE detained Al-Jazeerah's Cairo bureau chief, Hussain Abdel Ghani, in Dahab on April 26, where he was reporting on the recent Sinai terror bombings, on charges of disturbing the peace and spreading false information. (As of 1430 on April 27, Abdul Ghani remained under detention.) [...]	2006-04-27 12:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PHUM KPAO EG
06CAIRO2475	SCENESETTER FOR A/S HILLEN'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit and the opportunity to discuss security assistance, border security, regional cooperation, and the MFO with the GOE. The Defense and Foreign Ministers will likely press you for further assurance of the Administration's support for the current lev [...]	2006-04-27 14:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS MOPS KMFO EG IR IS KNNP KPAL
06CAIRO2477	MUBARAK'S MAY DAY SPEECH STRESSES CONTINUED REFORM [...] (SBU) President Mubarak's annual May Day address to the Egyptian labor movement, on April 27 at the Convention Center in Nasr City, a suburb of Cairo, was notable for his comments on reform and stability. In addition to the obligatory congratulations to Egypt's labor movement, Mubarak recapp [...]	2006-04-27 14:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER KISL KDEM EG
06CAIRO2493	EGYPT: JUDGES CLUB SUPPORTERS AND POLICE CLASH IN [...] (C) Summary: The disciplinary hearing for two leaders of the Judges' Club "revolt" against the GOE (reftels) ended today with a postponement of the verdict to May 11. Outside of the central Cairo court complex where the hearing took place, thousands of demonstrators voiced support for the jud [...]	2006-04-27 16:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO2500	SENATOR DODD'S APRIL 21-23 VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) Summary. During an April 21-23 visit to Egypt, Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) met Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the wife of imprisoned political figure Ayman Nour, a group of Egyptian civil society and business leaders, and attended a Coptic Easter Mass with the Ambassador. The Senator [...]	2006-04-27 16:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EG LE IR
06CAIRO2526	EGYPT: EMERGENCY LAW EXTENDED FOR TWO YEARS [...] (SBU) On the afternoon of April 30, Egypt's People's Assembly voted in favor of the government's proposed two year extension of the state of emergency. In a midday address to the People's Assembly, Prime Minister Nazif alluded to last week's terrorist attacks in Dahab, Sinai, as he asked PA [...]	2006-04-30 14:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO258	PRESIDENTIAL SPOKEMAN'S STATEMENT FOLLOWING [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 11:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SY IZ IS IR EG UN IAEA
06CAIRO2593	UPDATE ON RECENT SINAI TERROR ATTACKS [...] (C) Ten days after the April 24 terrorist attacks in Dahab and April 26 attacks against MFO units (reftels) the security situation in Sinai remains unsettled. Intensive police operations are continuing, particularly concentrated in the Jebel Maghara region, roughly 60 KM southwest of Al-Arish, [...]	2006-05-04 08:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC EG
06CAIRO2648	PM A/S HILLEN DISCUSSES FMF, SINAI SECURITY, IRAN, [...] (C) Visiting PM A/S Hillen, joined by the Ambassador, discussed Darfur, security assistance, Sinai security and regional cooperation with FM Aboul Gheit and Defense Minister Tantawi April 30. On Sudan, Aboul Gheit said that Egypt would only send more forces to Sudan with Khartoum's full suppo [...]	2006-05-07 15:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MASS UN EG IS IR SU KPAL KNNP KMFO
06CAIRO2671	GAMAL MUBARAK: DESPITE HIGH PROFILE, DOUBTS FROM [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of Gamal Mubarak's unpublicized visit to Washington, he remains a decidedly controversial figure inside Egypt. Since reftel's analysis of Gamal's standing, vehement public skepticism continues and we are even hearing murmurs of dissent from within his own circle. Comme [...]	2006-05-08 15:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO268	SUDAN REFUGEES: EGYPT RELEASES ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) MFA Assistant Minister for American Affairs briefed the DCM January 18 on the status of detained Sudanese asylum seekers in Egypt. Hefny clarified that 153 Sudanese had been released January 17, with an unspecified number of others to be released shortly. UNHCR, he said, had been given [...]	2006-01-18 16:34:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR
06CAIRO269	EGYPTIAN POSITION ON POSSIBLE IAEA REFERRAL OF [...] (C) Summary: Following the visits of Vice President Cheney and IO Assistant Secretary Silverberg, the GOE position on IAEA referral of Iran to the UNSC is still evolving. While GOE statements suggest some positive movement, Egypt continues to raise regional concerns and its desire for a Mi [...]	2006-01-18 16:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IS IR EG IAEA UNSC
06CAIRO2698	EGYPT TO ATTEND D-8 SUMMIT IN BALI; EGYPT TO ACT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 14:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER EG IZ IR IS ID
06CAIRO270	CAIRO AIWG REVIEWS MISSION AND GOE PREPAREDNESS [...] (U) Summary: The Cairo Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) met January 12, 2006, to assess mission preparedness, review its tripwires, and evaluate recent interactions with the Government of Egypt (GOE) on avian influenza (AI) preparedness and other related issues. End summary. 2. (SB [...]	2006-01-18 17:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EG WHO KSTH
06CAIRO2702	SUDAN: EGYPT WELCOMES DARFUR PEACE DEAL, LOOKS TO [...] (C) Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad told the Ambassador late May 8 that Egypt had publicly welcomed the peace deal between Darfur rebels and the Government of Sudan (GOS) signed in Abuja May 5. Awad said the Presidency issued a statement to the media welcoming the agreement(faxed to NEA/ [...]	2006-05-09 15:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM EG SU
06CAIRO2723	EGYPT'S NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (C) MFA's Disarmament Director Dr. Hossam Aly told poloff that a recent National Committee meeting to review the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) (Refs A and B) included representatives of all relevant ministries, inc [...]	2006-05-10 10:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EG KNNP
06CAIRO2761	ARRESTS OF PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS SPARK MORE [...] (C) The recent detention of several dozen secular democracy activists, including the influential blogger Alaa Saif Al-Islam, on charges of insulting the president, has fueled concern among our pro-democracy contacts that the GOE is engaged in a comprehensive effort to put a lid on political [...]	2006-05-10 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO2795	EGYPT: POLICE SUPPRESS DEMONSTRATIONS IN SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Over 1000 demonstrators turned out in Central Cairo to express solidarity with Egypt's Judges Club (JC) on May 11 as two members of the JC leadership faced another disciplinary board hearing to answer charges of slander after they exposed fraud in last fall's parliamentary electi [...]	2006-05-11 13:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO2796	CORRECTED COPY: EGYPT: POLICE SUPPRESS [...] (C) Summary: Over 1000 demonstrators turned out in Central Cairo to express solidarity with Egypt's Judges Club (JC) on May 11 as two members of the JC leadership faced another disciplinary board hearing to answer charges of slander after they exposed fraud in last fall's parliamentary electi [...]	2006-05-11 14:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO2933	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) We look forward to welcoming you to Sharm El Sheikh. You come at a tense time for Egypt. The Mubarak regime has come under criticism for its heavy-handed response to protest demonstrations in each of the past two weeks. Also, judicial decisions are expected on May 18 in both Ayman Nour's app [...]	2006-05-16 15:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO2966	IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE INVITES USG PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) Post received a note verbale (text below) from the Arab League May 17, inviting U.S. participation for the opening session of the "Iraqi National Accord Conference" slated to be convened June 21, 2006 in Baghdad. The League asks that the Embassy provide it with the name(s) of those repre [...]	2006-05-17 13:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EG IQ
06CAIRO2968	EGYPT: U.S. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE NATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 14:32:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU KPAO TBIO SENV EG
06CAIRO2971	MAY 18 - CRUNCH TIME ON AYMAN NOUR/JUDGES CASES [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Cairo's Central Court Complex, Dar al-Qada al-Aly, will be the focal point of two dramas currently dominating Egypt's domestic political scene. In one room, the Court of Cassation will hear the appeal of jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour. In another room, a discipli [...]	2006-05-17 15:52:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO2972	MRS. MUBARAK CITES PRESIDENT BUSH IN LAUNCHING [...] (SBU) Summary: Speaking at an IOM conference in Cairo, First Lady Suzanne Mubarak, building on her activism at an Athens Conference in January, spoke out forcefully against TIP and pledged that her "Stop Human Trafficking Now!" campaign would work closely with governments and businesses to era [...]	2006-05-17 16:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM EG
06CAIRO2989	EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CONCERNED OVER SECURITY [...] (C) During a May 15 luncheon, MFA Assistant Minister for American Affairs Ambassador Salama Shaker pressed the DCM on GOE security concerns for its Washington, D.C. mission (ref). Shaker reported continuing GOE anxiety over what it perceives as inadequate notification by D.C. and federal au [...]	2006-05-18 12:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC EG
06CAIRO2991	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SNOW [...] (C) We look forward to welcoming you to Sharm El Sheikh. You come at a tense time for Egypt. The Mubarak regime has come under criticism for its heavy-handed response to demonstrations supporting jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour and judges who criticized corruption in the last election. Th [...]	2006-05-18 12:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EG SU IS KPAL
06CAIRO2993	WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-18 13:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EG PREL AORC TBIO WHO
06CAIRO3006	EGYPT: NOUR APPEAL DENIED, MIXED VERDICT IN JUDGES [...] (C) Summary: May 18 saw major developments in two key domestic political cases in Cairo. The conviction of imprisoned opposition leader Ayman Nour was upheld by Egypt's Court of Cassation, a decision led by a controversial judge in spite of the defense's citation of numerous technical flaws [...]	2006-05-18 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EG
06CAIRO3007	EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON DARFUR, UN REFORM, [...] (C) During a May 18 meeting requested by the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit offered his views on next steps in Darfur, UN reform, and countering the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Aboul Gheit said Egypt was in touch with Khartoum to urge its cooperation to resolve international [...]	2006-05-18 15:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC EG SU LE
06CAIRO3027	MRS. MUBARAK AND ISRAELI FM LIVNI PLEDGE [...] (SBU) Israeli FM Livni delayed her departure from the WEF at Sharm el-Sheikh on May 21 in order to meet with Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak to discuss increasing Egyptian-Israeli cooperation on combating TIP. The meeting came at US suggestion to both sides after Livni had raised the TIP [...]	2006-05-22 08:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM EG
06CAIRO3029	IRAQ: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE WELCOME FORMATION OF [...] (U) The Egyptian Foreign Ministry issued a public statement May 21 that welcomed the formation and approval of Iraq's new cabinet May 20. In the MFA's public statement, issued in the name of the Foreign Minister, Egypt called for the process of government formation to be completed via agreem [...]	2006-05-22 09:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EG IZ
06CAIRO3038	EGYPT: GAMAL MUBARAK'S U.S. VISIT STIRS [...] (C) Summary: Cairo is still buzzing a week after news broke over Gamal Mubarak's visit to the United States. The perception that Gamal attempted to conduct the visit "in secret" - only to be exposed by a chance White House sighting SIPDIS by a Jazeera correspondent, was a major focus of cri [...]	2006-05-22 14:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG
06CAIRO3039	EGYPT: THE DAY AFTER THE AYMAN NOUR VERDICT [...] (C) Summary: To date, there has been more reaction in the Egyptian media to U.S. criticism of the rejection of Ayman Nour's appeal than reaction to the legal development itself. An Egyptian MFA spokesman expressed "amazement" at the U.S. criticism of the court's decision. The acting head of No [...]	2006-05-22 14:24:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO3071	MRS. MUBARAK AND ISRAELI FM LIVNI PLEDGE [...] (SBU) Israeli FM Livni delayed her departure from the WEF at Sharm el-Sheikh on May 21 in order to meet with Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak to discuss increasing Egyptian-Israeli cooperation on combating TIP. The meeting came at US suggestion to both sides after Livni had raised the TIP [...]	2006-05-23 13:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM EG
06CAIRO3106	EGYPT: MORE DEMONSTRATIONS PLANNED FOR MAY 25 [...] (C) Summary: Cairo-based anti-government activists are planning for a third Thursday in a row of demonstrations on May 25. The date is the first anniversary of the referendum amending the Egyptian constitution to permit multi-candidate presidential elections, marred at the time by police attac [...]	2006-05-24 15:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO312	EGYPT: WAFD PARTY LEADER DEPOSED [...] (C) Summary: No'man Gom'a, the septuagenarian leader of the Wafd, Egypt's "preeminent" opposition party, was removed in a January 18 vote of the party's central board. Gom'a's supporters stormed the party headquarters in a failed attempt to disrupt the proceedings. Still, Gom'a and supporters [...]	2006-01-19 15:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO3128	POTENTIAL IMPACT OF A REDUCTION OF EGYPT'S FMF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. (U) During a recent meeting with Office of Military Cooperation-Egypt Chief MG Byron Bagby, Congressman Kolbe requested an outline of the potential impact of a reduction or reprogramming of Egypt's Foreign Military Financing. P [...]	2006-05-25 11:15:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MOPS EG
06CAIRO313	CODEL WOLF DISCUSSES AYMAN NOUR, RELIGIOUS [...] (C) In a January 17 meeting with President Hosni Mubarak, Congressman Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) pressed the GOE on: --finding a solution to the Ayman Nour issue; --supporting and expanding religious freedom; --supporting US positions at the UN, especially with regard to Human Rights Commission [...]	2006-01-19 16:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KISL IR SY EG OVIP
06CAIRO3135	POTENTIAL EGYPTIAN VIOLATION OF ARMS EXPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 11:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KOMC EG
06CAIRO3139	PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ZAHAR MAKES BRIEF [...] (C) En route to East Asia for another regional fund-raising tour and participation in an Arab-China ministerial gathering in Beijing, Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister Mahmud al Zahar visited Cairo May 24 where he met Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa. MFA Palestinian Affai [...]	2006-05-25 13:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN MEPN KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO314	UPDATE ON THE AYMAN NOUR CASE [...] (C) Summary: The case of jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour was a focal point of discussions between visiting USG officials, the GOE, and private Egyptians in mid-January. Visiting Congressman Wolf raised the issue with President Mubarak, Interior Minister Adly, Justice Minister Aboul Leil, [...]	2006-01-19 16:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO3145	EGYPT REVIEWING USG REQUEST ON KYRGYSTAN'S MANAS [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 13:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS EG AF KG
06CAIRO3155	NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT MINISTERIAL FOCUSED MORE ON [...] (C) MFA UN Affairs Officer Karim Sherif told emboff May 25 that Egypt would not support the issuance of any statements at the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) ministerial in Malaysia supportive of Iranian positions vis-a-vis its nuclear program. Egypt's positions toward Iran, he said, sho [...]	2006-05-25 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNGA EFIN EG
06CAIRO3161	EGYPT: MAY 25 DEMONSTRATIONS ANTI-CLIMACTIC, [...] (C) As of 1800 local time, May 25 demonstrations in central Cairo (reftel) had yielded a significantly smaller turn out than expected, contacts in Kefaya and other groups lamented. Approximately 150 activists turned out to participate in a midday anti-regime demonstration at the Bar Syndicate [...]	2006-05-25 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO3235	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY,S MAY 20 MEETING WITH GAMAL [...] (U) Classified by: Ambassador Francis J. Ricciardone, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) MAY 20, 2006; 5:30PM; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 3. (C) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Ricciardone NEA DAS Scott Carpenter D Executive Assistant Mike Matera D Special Assist [...]	2006-05-30 06:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO3236	EGYPTIAN METROLOGY CALIBRATION CENTER NO LONGER [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 06:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KOMC EG
06CAIRO324	GOE RESPONDS TO SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT DEMARCHE [...] Responsible Authority: Which organizations are involved in spectrum management in your country? To whom are they responsible - executive branch, legislative branch, military - or are they autonomous? NTRA, which operates based on the telecommunications law (Law No. 10 of 2003) through a [...]	2006-01-22 08:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EG
06CAIRO3264	CODEL KOLBE MEETINGS WITH EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS AT [...] (C) Summary. A series of senior Egyptian officials told CODEL Kolbe at the World Economic Forum (WEF) that a process of real political reform is underway in Egypt and that opposition political leader Ayman Nour's sentencing was not a political act. President Mubarak told the delegation th [...]	2006-05-30 13:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EG
06CAIRO3268	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 21 MEETING WITH TURKISH [...] (U) Classified by: Economic and Political Counselor John Desrocher, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) May 21, 2006; 9:30AM; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary NEA DAS Scott Carpenter D Executive Assistant Mike Matera D Senior Advisor Rich Mills [...]	2006-05-30 13:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON MOPS TU SU IR IZ EG
06CAIRO3269	IRAQ: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) In addition to a public statement made by Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit (reftel) that welcomed the formation of a new government in Baghdad, President Mubarak sent congratulatory telegrams to both new Iraqi Prime Minister, Nour El Maliki, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. Accordin [...]	2006-05-30 13:52:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EG IZ
06CAIRO3270	(U) PRESSING EGYPT ON TORTURE CASE [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian human rights circles are outraged by reports of the alleged torture by police of Mohammad Al-Sharqawy and Kamal Al-Shaer, activists with "Youth for Change," an offshoot of the Kefaya movement. According to press and blog accounts, police detained Sharqawy and Shaer af [...]	2006-05-30 14:47:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM EG US
06CAIRO3271	EGYPT: WEF IN SHARM EL SHEIKH PUTS EGYPT IN A [...] (C) Summary. Egypt managed to successfully host its first regional World Economic Forum (WEF) from May 20-22 in the shiny new Sharm el Sheikh International Congress Center without significant public glitches. The most newsworthy events were the meeting between Palestinian President Abu Maze [...]	2006-05-30 15:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EG
06CAIRO3282	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL GRIFFIN'S JUNE VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit and the opportunity to discuss with you ways in which we might bolster our military cooperation with Egypt. The U.S.-Egyptian military partnership is the cornerstone of our strategic relationship. While both nations benefit from the relationship [...]	2006-05-31 09:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MASS MOPS EG KPAL IS IZ SU
06CAIRO3293	AMBASSADOR URGES INTERIOR MINISTER ACTION ON [...] (C) In a May 31 meeting, Ambassador urged Interior Minister Habib Adly to respond seriously and quickly to recent allegations of excessive force against demonstrators and charges that detained demonstrators had been tortured: The GOE should investigate, announce the results, and, if there is e [...]	2006-05-31 16:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO330	CODEL WOLF DISCUSSES AYMAN NOUR WITH GAMAL MUBARAK [...] (C) In a January 17 meeting with Gamal Mubarak, Congressman Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) pressed Gamal on Ayman Nour, religious freedom, and Egypt's support for the USG positions in international fora. In response to Rep. Wolf's request that the GOE work quickly to resolve the Ayman Nour matter, Ga [...]	2006-01-22 10:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EG
06CAIRO3334	MEETING OF IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS IN TEHRAN UNLIKELY; [...] (C) MFA Spokeman and Cabinet staffer responsible for Iraq affairs, Alaa Hadidi, told poloff May 30 that Egypt opposed the holding of a meeting of Iraq's neighbors and Egypt in Tehran, as agreed at the last neighbors meeting in Istanbul, Turkey. Hadidi said the Iranians had recently proposed J [...]	2006-06-01 13:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG IZ IR
06CAIRO3348	EGYPTIANS WELCOME U.S. WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE IRAN [...] (U) Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit issued a statement June 1 welcoming reftel announcement and calling for the creation of a Middle East zone free of weapons of mass destruction. The full text of the statement follows. Begin text: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit welcomed the statement by [...]	2006-06-01 14:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM IAEA EG IR IS KNNP
06CAIRO3349	PALESTINIAN FUNDING MECHANISM: EGYPT AND ARAB [...] (C) On May 30, drawing from ref A talking points, post described USG thinking on creation of a temporary funding mechanism for assistance to the Palestinian people to MFA Palestinian Affairs Director Randa Labib and Arab League Cabinet Chief of Staff Hesham Youssef May 31. Both parties were [...]	2006-06-01 14:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON EAID KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO3354	EGYPT: MFA ASKS INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN [...] (SBU) ECPO Counselor and poloff attended a June 1 meeting at the MFA between IRI country director Gina London and Assistant Minister for North American Affairs Salama Shaker, which Shaker had called to address the issue of IRI's pending registration in Egypt. London apologized to Shaker for [...]	2006-06-01 15:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM EG
06CAIRO3358	EGYPTIANS WELCOME U.S. WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE IRAN [...] (U) Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit issued a statement June 1 welcoming reftel announcement and calling for the creation of a Middle East zone free of weapons of mass destruction. The full text of the statement follows. Begin text: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit welcomed the statement by [...]	2006-06-01 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM IAEA EG IR IS KNNP

06CAIRO3363	EGYPT: MFA ASKS INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN [...] (SBU) ECPO Counselor and poloff attended a June 1 meeting at the MFA between IRI country director Gina London and Assistant Minister for North American Affairs Salama Shaker, which Shaker had called to address the issue of IRI's pending registration in Egypt. London apologized to Shaker for [...]	2006-06-01 15:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM EG
06CAIRO3375	AYMAN NOUR'S PRISON LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (C) During a May 28 meeting with DAS Scott Carpenter, Gameela Ismail, wife of imprisoned opposition leader Ayman Nour, passed a letter she had "smuggled" out of Torah Prison during a visit to her husband the day before. The salutation was left blank, according to Gameela, as a precaution in ca [...]	2006-06-01 15:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV EG
06CAIRO3419	EGYPTIAN DISARMAMENT OFFICE COMMENTS ON NAM [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, the MFA's Disarmament Office Director Dr. Hossam Aly told poloff June 4 that Egypt did work to moderate the NAM statement on Iran at the ministerial meeting in Malaysia. Dr. Aly said that the original proposed Ministerial Statement had been much worse and [...]	2006-06-04 14:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA UNSC EG IR KNNP
06CAIRO3422	EGYPT: MFA TERMS IRI COUNTRY DIRECTOR'S PRESS [...] (SBU) In a phone call to the Ambassador (in Washington) on June 3, FM Aboul Gheit expressed his concern with statements attributed to IRI Country Director Gina London in an undated interview, which ran in the June 3 issue of Nahdat Misr, an independent daily newspaper. Following up on the F [...]	2006-06-04 15:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM EG
06CAIRO3435	GOE RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON ICANN MANAGEMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-05 12:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC EG
06CAIRO3441	MFA TELLS NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE TO HALT [...] (SBU) In a June 5 meeting, MFA Assistant Minister for the Americas Ambassador Salama Shaker told National Democratic Institute regional representative Joe Hall, joined by his local attorney Sarwat Shahid and poloff, to halt NDI outreach activities pending GOE approval of NDI's registration a [...]	2006-06-05 13:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO3482	DARFUR: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT APPROVES INCREASE IN [...] (C) During a June 4 meeting, Foreign Ministry Cabinet staff member Ahmed Abul Zeid told poloff that Egyptian President Mubarak had recently approved a recommendation by the Egyptian Cabinet to increase the GOE's contribution of personnel to the African Union's Mission in Sudan (AMIS). Egypt h [...]	2006-06-06 10:39:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS UNSC EG SU
06CAIRO3485	USAID/EGYPT LAUNCHES EXPANDED DEMOCRACY AND [...] SUMMARY: IN MARCH AND APRIL 2006, USAID/EGYPT SIGNED THREE MAJOR INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACTS (IQCs) TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE IN EGYPT. THESE IQCS WILL PROVIDE A TIMELY AND COST-EFFECTIVE MECHANISM TO IMPLEMENT USAID'S DG STRATEGY IN THE AREAS OF MEDIA, DECENTRALIZATION AND CR [...]	2006-06-06 13:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM EAID EG AID
06CAIRO35	THE EGYPTIAN ECONOMY IN 2006 - CAN EGYPT SUSTAIN [...] (C) As noted in reftel, the Mubarak regime has clearly recognized the need for wholesale economic reform to avert a serious deterioration in employment prospects and living standards for Egypt's burgeoning population and to keep Egypt afloat in the global economy. Gamal Mubarak's Policy Secr [...]	2006-01-03 09:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL EG
06CAIRO3508	ARAB LEAGUE CONDEMNS AMERICAN ACTIONS IN HADITHA, [...] (C) Following the June 4 issuance by the Arab League of a condemnatory statement (text below) regarding the actions of American soldiers in Haditha, Iraq, emboff complained to Arab League Spokesman Alaa Rushdy June 6 about the content of the statement, particularly since the incident was still [...]	2006-06-06 16:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS EG IZ
06CAIRO3556	EGYPT: JUDGES CLUB STORM OUT OF "CONSULTATION" AS [...] (C) Summary: The dispute between the Judges Club and the GOE, which prompted major demonstrations and a violent crackdown in May, is heating up again. Leaders of the Judges Club (JC) stormed out of a June 4 meeting with the Ministry of Justice, where they had been invited to consult on the GO [...]	2006-06-07 13:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO3557	GOE "FREEZES" ACTIVITIES OF IFES [...] (SBU) MFA Assistant Minister for American Affairs Salama Shaker convoked IFES Country Director Ben Goldsmith and Deputy Director Noreen Tadros on June 7. USAID/Cairo democracy and governance director and poloff (notetaker) joined the meeting at Shaker's request. Shaker, joined by her deputy [...]	2006-06-07 14:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM EG
06CAIRO358	CODEL WOLF MEETINGS WITH GOE MINISTERS [...] (C) In January 15 meetings with the Ministers of Interior, Justice, and Trade-Industry, as well as with senior MFA officials, Congressman Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) pressed the GOE on the Ayman Nour case, as well as religious freedom, support for the U.S. in international fora, and discussed regio [...]	2006-01-23 11:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP KDEM PHUM KIRF EG IR MFA
06CAIRO3582	EGYPT: POLITICAL PARTY DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Egypt's opposition party scene has witnessed two significant developments recently. Court consideration of a suit filed by the proposed Wasat Party, appealing the GOE's rejection of its license application, was postponed yet again to September. Leaders of the party, which has bee [...]	2006-06-08 18:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO3583	EGYPT: NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On June 5, the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) issued a statement sharply critical of the GOE's treatment of pro-reform activists. According to the statement, GOE security forces should reconsider their use of "highly cruel security measures used lately against protestors who [...]	2006-06-08 18:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EG
06CAIRO3638	EGYPT ON JUNE 12-16 IAEA MEETING; VISIT OF ALI [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit June 11 the U.S. desire that Egypt make a strong statement at the upcoming IAEA Board of Governors meeting calling on Iran to accept the offer made by P5 governments and Germany. Referring to his discussions with the Secretary G [...]	2006-06-12 14:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA MNUC IR EU EG KNNP
06CAIRO3639	EGYPT: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ON JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE, [...] (SBU) Summary: Public Prosecutor Maher Abdel Wahed stressed to the Ambassador in a recent meeting that the independence of the judiciary is substantial in Egypt and refuted claims that the executive influences the decisions of the Supreme Judicial Council - the body which oversees day to day [...]	2006-06-12 15:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID EG
06CAIRO3641	EGYPT ON FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-13 06:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP EG
06CAIRO3672	IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE AND EGYPT PRESSING AHEAD WITH [...] (C) Drawing from reftel talking points, emboff reviewed planning for the Arab League's Iraqi National Accord conference with Arab League Secretariat Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef on June 12. Citing political and security considerations on the part of unnamed Iraqi political figures, as well [...]	2006-06-13 15:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ARABL EG IZ
06CAIRO3704	EGYPT: MAY 2006 MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] In this edition: The People's Assembly passes new economic legislation, and reform of tax administration continues. Public sector wages are increased, as the GOE opens a debate on petroleum subsidies and the future of the petroleum sector. The GOE gets closer to settlement of some non-perfo [...]	2006-06-14 08:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT SENV EG
06CAIRO3706	EGYPT: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] a. Claimant A b. 2001 c. In June 2001, the Alexandria Governorate took approximately 6,000 square meters from Claimant A's land (on which a factory had been built) to widen the adjoining highway. The Governorate's ensuing construction work also damaged a wall and some property [...]	2006-06-14 08:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV EG
06CAIRO3743	EGYPT VIEWS ON OIC MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 12:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR EG KNNP
06CAIRO3746	NAZIF SLOWS DOWN EGYPT'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Stock market volatility, mounting political opposition, and sectoral sensitivities are obliging the Nazif administration to reconsider the rapid pace of privatization that has been its hallmark for almost two years. The GOE is attempting a variety of countermeasures to enable the contin [...]	2006-06-15 13:02:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EG
06CAIRO3755	POSITIVE IPR DEVELOPMENTS IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) Minister of Health and Population Hatem El Gabaly issued an order directing an Egyptian pharmaceutical company to cease production of a generic copy of Lilly's innovator drug Zyprexa. Marketing approval for the generic drug Olapex had been granted to Apex Pharma in December 2005 by El G [...]	2006-06-15 15:02:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EG USTR
06CAIRO3756	EGYPT: UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS [...] (C) Coordinating with Australian Embassy colleagues (New Zealand does not have an Embassy in Egypt) on reftel demarche, emboff met June 15 with MFA Human Rights Affairs Office Director Ihab Gamaleddin to discuss the draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP). Drawing from [...]	2006-06-15 15:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EG
06CAIRO3757	EGYPT: NEW JUDICIARY LAW SENT TO PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Following the June 14 weekly Wednesday cabinet meeting, GOE spokesman Magdy Rady announced that the long-anticipated draft judiciary bill had been forwarded from the Council of Ministers to parliament for discussion and approval. Discussion of the draft will begin in the Shura Council o [...]	2006-06-15 16:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO3758	EGYPT: FIRST SESSION OF NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) The Ambassador drew from reftel in separate meetings June 11 with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit and June 13 with EGIS Chief Soliman, to stress the importance of Egyptian cooperation on UN and other multilateral issues. (Both senior officials have been urging us to advance a "strategic dial [...]	2006-06-15 16:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA EG
06CAIRO3759	MUBARAK REACTS TO PRESS SPECULATION ON POLICY [...] (C) Presidential Advisor Soliman Awaad phoned Ambassador June 15 to convey President Mubarak's personal disavowal of an unattributed accusation reported that day in the influential weekly magazine al-Musawwar. The article (text below) reports last month's visit to the U.S. by the Egyptian Co [...]	2006-06-17 09:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	OPRC PREL PGOV KPAO PTER IZ EG
06CAIRO3792	EGYPT CONSIDERING USG NOMINATION OF RUTH [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-18 12:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC EG
06CAIRO3794	EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PROMISES "CONSTRUCTIVE" [...] (C) I conveyed ref A points to Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit on June 19, making clear I was doing so on direct instructions from the Secretary. I reminded him that I had raised the same issue with him last week (ref B). Claiming he was not current on the state of play due to recent t [...]	2006-06-18 15:39:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MEPN KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO3818	(U) MUBARAK AND JORDANIAN KING ABDULLAH DISCUSS [...] (C) Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Soliman Awad shared with the Ambassador June 19 scant detail regarding Mubarak's June 18 meeting with King Abdullah. The two leaders reportedly focused primarily on the Palestinian situation, sharing identical views on Hamas. They compared notes on ma [...]	2006-06-19 13:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL MEPN PTER EG JO IS
06CAIRO3819	SOMALIA: EGYPT LAMENTS U.S. DECISION TO "EXCLUDE [...] (C) During a June 19 meeting, MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mohamed Higazy complained to poloff about what he termed Washington's decision to "exclude Arab participation" in a newly formed "Contact Group" to deal with the ongoing crisis in Somalia. Higazy questioned the selectio [...]	2006-06-19 13:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG SO
06CAIRO382	SECTARIAN VIOLENCE NEAR LUXOR [...] (C) Summary: The village of Udayssat, 23 km south of Luxor, witnessed sectarian strife on January 18-20, resulting in clashes and the murder of a Christian man and the death of a Christian boy in murky circumstances. As of January 23, a heavy police presence remains in the area. A leading [...]	2006-01-23 15:19:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PINS KIRF KISL EG
06CAIRO3822	(C) EGYPT NON-COMMITTAL ON GUATEMALA'S BID FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 15:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNGA EG GT VE
06CAIRO3836	EGYPT: RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON TEMPORARY [...] (C) Drawing from reftel background and talking points, Poloff delivered on June 20 USG views regarding the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) for donor funding to the Palestinians to MFA Palestinian Affairs Office Director Randa Labib. Labib shared that Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed A [...]	2006-06-20 14:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL EAID EG IS
06CAIRO3849	SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE TO HOLD MINISTERIAL MEETING [...] (C) The Arab League will hold a ministerial meeting in Khartoum, Sudan June 21-22, to discuss political and security developments in Somalia, according to senior Arab League contacts. League Secretariat staffer Talal Elameen (protect) told Poloff that the meeting of the League's 11-member So [...]	2006-06-21 09:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER ARABL EG SO
06CAIRO3874	GOE PROSECUTES STATE SECURITY OFFICER ON TORTURE [...] (SBU) In a notable break with past practice, GOE prosecutors have moved to prosecute a State Security officer on torture charges. In recent years, there has been a modest trend of successful prosecutions of regular police officials on torture and abuse charges in Egyptian criminal courts. Pe [...]	2006-06-21 15:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO3875	EGYPT: UPDATE ON ACTIVIST DETENTIONS [...] (C) Bahey Eddin Hassan, Director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, confirmed to poloff June 21 press reports that influential blogger Alaa Saif Al-Islam will be released from GOE custody in the next few days. Al-Islam was detained on May 7 (ref A) with a number of other democra [...]	2006-06-21 15:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO3901	SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES [...] (C) The U.S. Mission in Egypt welcomes you and your delegation to Cairo. Your visit will advance the President's freedom agenda with Egypt by stepping up our engagement on the rule of law. In this context, we ask your help on four specific issues - the return of Egyptians detained by the USG [...]	2006-06-22 16:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CJAN KDEM EG
06CAIRO3923	ATTACK ON KEREM SHALOM CROSSING: EGYPTIAN [...] (C) On June 25, the Ambassador discussed the recent attack on Israeli forces at the Kerem Shalom crossing with Defense Minister Tantawi, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, and EGIS Deputy Gohar (in Minister Soliman's absence). All three agencies were obviously following events closely and they ha [...]	2006-06-25 15:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS MEPN KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO3924	IRAQ: EGYPT LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD ON BILATERAL [...] (C) Egyptian MFA Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs, Hani Khallaf, told poloff that Tehran is pressing to host a meeting of Iraq's neighboring countries (and Egypt) on July 8-9, and thought Saudi Arabia was encouraging Arab participation. Khallaf confirmed reports that the League would host [...]	2006-06-25 15:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN MOPS EG IZ
06CAIRO3966	SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE BRINGS SOMALI TRANSITIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Senior Arab League contacts Samir Hosni and Talal Elamine briefed poloff June 25 on outcomes of the Khartoum meeting of the Arab League's Somalia Committee with key Somali political leaders. In addition to providing Arabic texts of the June 22 Khartoum Communique (translations [...]	2006-06-26 12:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN MOPS EG SM
06CAIRO3975	EGYPT AND EUROPEANS FAIL TO FINALIZE NEW FRAMEWORK [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph seven. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) According to Egyptian and European contacts, significant disagreement on human rights and non-proliferation language derailed efforts to negotiate a new EU-Egypt bilateral Framewo [...]	2006-06-27 10:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN EG
06CAIRO4021	COURT RULING AGAINST NEWSPAPER EDITOR IBRAHIM EISSA [...] (C) Ibrahim Eissa, editor-in-chief of the independent weekly Al Dostour, and Sahar Zaki, a journalist for the same paper, were each sentenced on June 27 to one year in prison on charges of "publishing false news, insulting the President of the state and spreading controversial propaganda offend [...]	2006-06-29 03:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EG
06CAIRO4034	FOLLOW-UP TO EGYPT: ACTION ON DOHA ROUND DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 06:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON EG
06CAIRO4140	MEDIA CONTROVERSY OVER PROPOSED DRAFT OF NEW [...] (C) Summary: The Cabinet has approved a new Press Law and referred it to the Shura Council. The new draft law would substitute fines for imprisonment for journalists convicted of libel, but preserve jail time as an option for those who publish a newspaper illegally or who cast aspersions on t [...]	2006-07-05 11:19:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG AL AG
06CAIRO4142	EGYPT: ETISALAT CONSORTIUM WINS THIRD MOBILE [...] (U) Emirati telecommunications corporation Etisalat, in partnership with the Egyptian Post Office, the Commercial International Bank of Egypt (CIB),and the National Bank of Egypt, on July 4 won the auction for Egypt's third mobile license, pledging to pay a whopping LE 16.7 billion (USD 2.91 [...]	2006-07-05 11:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KCOR KGIT
06CAIRO4168	EGYPT PREPARING TO HOST IRAQI OFFICIALS; FORMAL [...] (C) During the July 4 Embassy reception, poloff discussed Iraqi-Egyptian relations with Iraqi Embassy diplomatic attache, Amir Abbas (protect). Asked about upcoming senior visits between Cairo and Baghdad, Abbas shared that he was working with contacts at the Egyptian General Intelligence Se [...]	2006-07-05 14:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN ECON EG IZ
06CAIRO4169	EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON US-EGYPT STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On July 5, Ambassador, DCM, and EconCouns met with Minister for Foreign Affairs Aboul Gheit to discuss preparations for the US-Egyptian Strategic Dialogue meetings in Washington. Aboul Gheit had met the previous day with the Prime Minister and other cabinet memb [...]	2006-07-05 15:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PHUM EG
06CAIRO4185	EGYPT "CONCERNED" BY NORTH KOREAN MISSILE TESTS; [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche July 6 to MFA Cabinet staff member Moataz Zahran, stressing the importance of concerted international pressure on North Korea to curb its provocative missile tests and proliferation of missile parts and technology. Zahran acknowledged GOE concerns regarding [...]	2006-07-06 12:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PARM KNNP EG KN
06CAIRO4196	AYMAN NOUR UPDATE [...] (C) Poloff met July 5 with Gameela Ismail, wife of imprisoned Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour, and Amir Salem, Nour's long-time lawyer. Ismail stated she had visited Nour on July 1, and that, "his health and spirits are low." Nour, suffering from a toe infection that required surgery, requested [...]	2006-07-06 15:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO4197	EGYPTIAN RAFAH/GAZA BORDER SITREP; UPDATE ON GOE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Local sources report that the Egyptian and Palestinian Rafah terminals may open briefly July 6 or 7 to allow a limited number of Palestinians stranded inside the Egyptian border terminal to enter [...]	2006-07-06 15:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL MEPN PTER PHUM EG IS
06CAIRO4200	AG GONZALES MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK [...] (C) In a July 1 meeting in his office, a cordial and receptive Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak discussed the ongoing Gaza crisis with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Mubarak described Hamas leadership as ""untrustworthy,"" and stressed that if the situation continues to escalate, it will [...]	2006-07-09 04:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS EG
06CAIRO4201	ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES MEETINGS IN CAIRO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In warm June 29 meetings with the Egyptian Ministers of Justice, Interior, and the Public Prosecutor, Attorney General Alberto F. Gonzales and his Egyptian interlocutors praised the close CT coordination between the USG and GOE, as well as overall cooperation on criminal and judic [...]	2006-07-09 04:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS EG
06CAIRO4241	HIGH-LEVEL GOE FOCUS ON TIP [...] (C) During his recent visit to Cairo (meetings reported septel),Attorney General Alberto F. Gonzales received assurances from President Hosni Mubarak and Public Prosecutor Counselor Maher Abdel Wahed that the GOE is actively engaged in combating Trafficking In Persons (TIP). In a July 1 meet [...]	2006-07-10 04:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PJUS EG
06CAIRO4243	EGYPT: POPE SHENOUDA AND PAPAL SUCCESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pope Shenouda III, head of Egypt's sizeable Coptic Orthodox Church for the last three decades, returned to Cairo July 9 after receiving treatment for back and kidney problems in Cleveland. Although it appears the Pope will recover fully, change in the Coptic Orthodox Church has [...]	2006-07-10 07:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF EG
06CAIRO4258	SUDAN: DARFUR'S MINI MENNAWI WARMLY WELCOMED IN [...] (C) Summary: Darfur rebel leader Mini Mennawi is currently in Cairo, Egypt with a large delegation from the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction he represents, preparing to depart for Washington, DC, where he expects to meet with President Bush and other senior USG officials. In Cairo, M [...]	2006-07-10 13:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MOPS PTER KPKO EG SU CD
06CAIRO4259	MUSLIM-BORN CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY ALLEGE GOE [...] (C) Summary: Egypt's small community of Christians who have converted from Islam are subject to periodic harassment and occasional persecution by elements of the Egyptian security service. Recent discussions with members of this community, who identify themselves as "Muslim-born Believers" [...]	2006-07-10 14:19:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF EG
06CAIRO4282	IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE TO HOST PREPARATORY MEETING [...] (C) Arab League staff members shared July 11 that the League would hold a preparatory meeting of Iraqi political figures July 25-28 in Cairo to plan for a National Reconciliation Conference (NRC) in Baghdad later this summer. A maximum of 30 Iraqis from all the major Iraqi political groups a [...]	2006-07-11 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MOPS PTER EG IZ
06CAIRO431	IO A/S SILVERBERG DISCUSSES UN REFORM WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: IO Assistant Secretary Silverberg discussed UN reform with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit and Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Naela Gabr on January 16. A/S Silverberg, accompanied by the Ambassador, urged Aboul Gheit to support management reforms and the creation of [...]	2006-01-25 15:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL EG IS UNGA UNSC
06CAIRO432	ISRAELI FM TO MAKE EGYPT, FIRST VISIT ABROAD [...] (c) Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will come to Egypt -- her first official trip outside of Israel as minister-- for a one-day visit February 1 at the invitation of Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit. Israeli Ambassador to Egypt Shalom Cohen told Ambassador January 25 that the visit [...]	2006-01-25 16:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS EG
06CAIRO4334	EGYPTIAN COMMENTS ON STRATEGIC DIALOGUE PLANNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the meeting between A/S Welch and Elliott Abrams and Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, arrangements for the upcoming July 18 Strategic Dialogue were discussed. Aboul Gheit expressed his preference for a press event at the start of the meeting to a press conference a [...]	2006-07-12 15:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID EG
06CAIRO4335	EGYPT: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROCESS MOVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a late-night July 11 meeting of Parliament, a day before the assembly concludes its current session and recesses until November, MP's completed their review and discussion of a consolidated report regarding a proposed package of new constitutional amendments. The expectation i [...]	2006-07-12 16:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO4337	REFORMING THE USAID PROGRAM IN EGYPT: A DETAILED [...] (C) Summary: We propose an overhaul of our economic assistance programs for Egypt that would transfer funds directly to the Government of Egypt conditioned on successful performance on agreed benchmarks aimed at policy reforms. These reform efforts will focus on democracy and governance, heal [...]	2006-07-12 17:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EG
06CAIRO4338	AMB MEETING WITH TRADE MINISTER RACHID, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 28, Ambassador met with Trade Minister Rachid and the U.S.-Egyptian Business Council. Topics included the future of FTA, QIZs, U.S. policy toward Egypt and the bilateral economic relationship. Ambassador called for an active business council while Minister Rachid praise [...]	2006-07-12 17:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EG EAGR FCSC
06CAIRO4355	MUBARAK INTERVENES: NO JAIL FOR JOURNALISTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Journalists expressed relief after President Mubarak,s last-minute intercession with the People,s Assembly on June 11 to strike prison sentences for reporters who expose corruption from proposed legislation. But the amendments to the penal code raise fines for defaming public f [...]	2006-07-13 11:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG EG
06CAIRO4356	EGYPT SUPPORTIVE OF MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION AT THE [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy National Security Council Advisor Elliott Abrams discussed the draft UNSC resolution condemning military operations in Gaza with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa during separate July 12 SIPDIS meetin [...]	2006-07-13 11:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL KWBG UNSC EG IS
06CAIRO4377	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF ENERGY BODMAN VISIT [...] (C) The U.S. Mission in Egypt warmly welcomes your visit to Cairo. It provides us the opportunity to enhance the investment climate and opportunities for U.S. corporations operating in Egypt's vital petroleum sector. Your meetings with Minister of Finance Yousef Boutros Ghali and Minister of [...]	2006-07-13 16:16:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EG
06CAIRO4382	NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID WELCH AND DNSA [...] (C) During a July 11-12 visit to Cairo, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch and Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott SIPDIS Abrams along with the Ambassador met separately with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman (sep channel),Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, Arab League Secretary General Amre Mo [...]	2006-07-16 07:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID MOPS KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO441	PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS: FORMAL EGYPTIAN REACTION [...] (C) The Egyptian Government is watching with intense concern as initial reports indicate a Parliamentary majority for the Palestinian Islamic group Hamas along with the possibility that the Islamic militant group could form the next Palestinian government. Embassy sources among Egyptian Gove [...]	2006-01-26 09:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO4414	EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (SBU) The following letter to President Bush from Ayman Nour (imprisoned leader of the Ghad Party) was delivered to poloff on July 15 by the driver of Gameela Ismail, Nour's wife. The letter was translated from Arabic by Embassy staff. Text of the translation follows: Dear President, I [...]	2006-07-16 13:35:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO448	NEW EGYPTIAN MINISTER OF HEALTH BRINGS [...] (SBU) In a January 23 meeting with the Ambassador and key country team members in health and science affairs, newly installed Minister of Health and Population Hatem El Gabaly demonstrated that he will be a valuable addition to Egypt's reformer camp. Displaying a "can do," business-like attit [...]	2006-01-26 11:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV PINR EG KFLU
06CAIRO4482	ARAB LEAGUE BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON JULY 15 FOREIGN [...] (U) Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef briefed diplomats July 18 on the three resolutions approved by the Arab League foreign ministers on July 15. He also gave some of the atmospherics of the meeting. According to Youssef, the foreign ministers agreed that the Israelis appeared to be [...]	2006-07-18 15:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AL EG
06CAIRO4495	EGYPTIAN ELECTRICITY TO GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the June 28 Israeli strike knocking out Gaza's power station and the subsequent cuts in Israeli supply, Egypt has been providing 5 megawatts of emergency supply to Gaza, with plans to increase supply to 12 megawatts. In late June, prior to the strike, Egypt and the PA were [...]	2006-07-19 11:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL KPAL EG
06CAIRO4518	EGYPT: IMMINENT INCREASE IN GASOLINE PRICE? [...] (C) The Egyptian Cabinet has apparently approved an increase in the heavily-subsidized gasoline price, although specifics regarding the extent of the increase were not given. The Minister of Petroleum believes an announcement could come within days, although fears over domestic turbulence ami [...]	2006-07-20 14:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV EG
06CAIRO4559	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COLE, JULY 29-30 [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt on July 29-30. Your visit to the Multinational Force and Observers' South Camp and other facilities will offer an opportunity to talk to U.S. commanders on the ground about MFO's operational mission and organizational structure, force l [...]	2006-07-25 16:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP MARR PGOV PREL EG IZ
06CAIRO4560	TFLE01: FREQUENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN CAIRO AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Demonstrations in support of Lebanon and against Israel have become near daily occurrences in Cairo since the July 13 Israeli bombing of Beirut,s international airport. Protests are expected to continue this week, with the largest anticipated to be a July 26 demonstration in C [...]	2006-07-25 16:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EG
06CAIRO4596	EGYPT INCREASES FUEL PRICES; PUBLIC REACTION MUTED [...] (SBU) Egypt made a small dent in its burdensome fuel subsidies on July 21 with price increases across a range of fuel products. The increases will be welcomed by multinational fuel retailers who have been operating on non-existent margins. Price gouging in the across the economy for derivati [...]	2006-07-27 09:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV EG
06CAIRO4604	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS FOR JULY 25, 2006 [...] Summary. Today,s Egyptian major developing story in Egyptian media was President Mubarak,s statement before departing for Saudi Arabia during which he declared the current situation in Lebanon as "destructive chaos." Headlines continued to be strongly negative toward perceived US involvem [...]	2006-07-27 12:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMDR KPAO OPRC PGOV PTER UK AG EG AL
06CAIRO4605	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS FOR JULY 26, 2006 [...] Summary: As we have witnessed repeatedly since the outbreak of the current Israel-Lebanon crisis the Egyptian opposition and independent press demonstrated once again today, through words and photos, strong bias against Secretary Rice and her efforts thus far to achieve a cease-fire. Com [...]	2006-07-27 12:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMDR KPAO OPRC PGOV PTER AG AL EG IZ
06CAIRO4608	Egypt Media trends for July 27, 2006 [...] Summary. The past week internal disagreement over Hezbollah as right or wrong has been replaced by unified calls for an immediate ceasefire. The US has been characterized as frustrating any opportunity to end the days of bloodshed splashed on front pages and captured on Egyptian and regio [...]	2006-07-27 13:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG IS SA IR EG
06CAIRO4611	TFLE01: EGYPT: JULY 26 DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 26, an estimated 1000 Egyptians gathered in Cairo's central Tahrir Square to protest Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Palestine and to criticize a perceived lack of response on the part of Arab governments. Police cordoned off the protesters and several violent scuffles b [...]	2006-07-27 14:11:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EG
06CAIRO4612	EGYPT: LAUNCH OF NEW LIBERAL POLITICAL PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shura Council member and former NDP Policies Committee member Osama al-Ghazali Harb, one of Egypt's most prominent liberal intellectuals, recently launched the Democratic Front Party (DFP),with the goal of offering, "an alternative to both the corruption and autocracy of the curr [...]	2006-07-27 14:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM EG PGOV
06CAIRO4646	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: JULY 30, 2006-07-30 [...] Summary. Egyptian media continue to focus almost exclusively on the Israel-Lebanon crisis, with an occasional turn to domestic issues, namely, the hike in gas prices. Columnists expressed what we believe to be widespread frustration with the government due to these two issues, and a resultant [...]	2006-07-30 14:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO4647	PERMREP TO REPRESENT EGYPT AT JULY 31 FORCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-30 15:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO LE EG
06CAIRO465	EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, January 17-23. [...] Summary: Media focus this past week was mainly on domestic issues. A visit by Vice President Cheney prompted discussion of issues that have already been controversial in the press, including the U.S.s intentions toward the region and Iranian nuclear proliferation. Reports in the U.S. media [...]	2006-01-26 13:25:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
06CAIRO4675	REVENGE, REVENGE, REVENGE! EXPEL THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR! [...] Summary. Egyptian media was overwhelmingly focused on the July 30 Qana bombing. Most headlines, television talk shows and commentaries expressed rage toward the US for the deaths of women and children, perceiving the US as, having planned the military campaign with Israel in order to pursue i [...]	2006-07-31 14:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO4676	SAHRAWIS: ANOTHER FOOD CRUNCH IN TINDOUF [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Algiers. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator Cheyne met separately with WFP representative Marius de Gaay Fortman, and UNHCR Representative Peter van der Vaart, in Algiers July 27. WFP is concerned that a [...]	2006-07-31 14:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM AL EG
06CAIRO4680	TFLE01: INCREASING EGYPTIAN ANGER ABOUT LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Egyptians are increasingly angry about the violence suffered by Lebanese civilians as a result of Israeli military operations against Hizbullah, and public outrage has surged since the July 30 Israeli bombing of Qana. Calls for the expulsion of the Israeli and U.S. ambassadors are beco [...]	2006-07-31 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG IS LE
06CAIRO4758	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 2, 2006 [...] Summary. The Israeli ground offensive, Syria's readying of forces and reaction to President Bush's statements about the conflict in Lebanon while in Florida were themes in the day's headlines and news stories. Papers called the Qana bombing "terrorism" and accused Bush of insensitivity toward [...]	2006-08-02 13:35:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO4760	TFLE01: PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL COMMITTEE CONDEMNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 31 emergency session, the "General Committee of Egypt's People's Assembly" condemned Israel's "war crimes" and "American complicity with Israel in preventing the UNSC for carrying out its role." The Arab and Foreign Affairs and National Security Committee of the Shura Counc [...]	2006-08-02 15:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IS EG
06CAIRO478	GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT INDICATES INTEREST IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-26 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EG UNGA
06CAIRO4782	TFLE01: ARAB LEAGUE OFFICIAL ALLEGES U.S. LOSING [...] (C) Summary: Arab League Chief of Staff Hesham Youssef told poloff that in a meeting on August 2, the League's permanent delegates had expressed growing frustration with the failure to achieve a cease fire in Lebanon and agreed to seek an emergency meeting of the UN Human Rights Council to investig [...]	2006-08-03 12:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN PTER LE IS EG
06CAIRO4784	TFLE01: ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL AMRE [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amre Moussa issued a statement on August 2 describing the conclusions of the meeting of perm reps held earlier in the day; the first such meetings since the outbreak of hostilities in Lebanon. In his statement, Moussa said that th [...]	2006-08-03 12:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL LE EG IS
06CAIRO4796	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 3, 2006 [...] Summary. Headlines in opposition, pro-government and independent papers today focused on the escalation of the conflict, and Egypt's role in supporting Lebanon. Front-page photos in many papers included injured Lebanese women, parents carrying injured or deceased children, and world leaders, [...]	2006-08-03 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO480	SUDAN REFUGEES: UNHCR MEETS DEADLINE, BUT [...] (SBU) UNHCR has completed its evaluation of the 183 Sudanese asylum seekers still in detention since they were forcibly evicted from a sit-in in a downtown park last December 30 and will present its final report to the GOE tonight. Since it reopened its offices, UNHCR has been overwhelmed wit [...]	2006-01-26 16:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR
06CAIRO481	EGYPT: WAFD PARTY TURMOIL CONTINUES [...] (C) The struggle for the leaderhip of the Wafd, Egypt's premier but faded opposition party, continues. Although, as reported reftel, the Wafd Party's central board voted on January 18 to remove Gomaa as Party President and install party Vice President Mahmoud Abaza as caretaker, Gomaa has man [...]	2006-01-26 16:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO482	PALESTINIAN ELECTION RESULTS A "SURPRISE" TO [...] (C) During a January 26 meeting with poloff, MFA Cabinet staff member responsible for the peace process portfolio, Ezzedine Shukry-Fisher, and Palestinian Affairs Office Director Randa Labaib, expressed surprise that Hamas had done so well in the latest parliamentary elections. Noting that t [...]	2006-01-26 16:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL PTER KDEM EG IS MEPN
06CAIRO4829	EGYPT ON CONTINUING CHALLENGES TO AMIS TRANSITION [...] (C) MFA's Sudan Department Director Ambassador Maasoum Marzouk told poloff August 3 that ongoing references to Chapter VII and the International Criminal Court (ICC) in UN discussions on Darfur complicate efforts to convince Sudan to accept the AMIS transition to a UN mission. Marzouk said [...]	2006-08-06 15:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN SU EG
06CAIRO4840	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 6, 2006 [...] Summary. Continuation of fighting in Lebanon amid reports of a draft resolution sponsored by the US and France were the main stories in all papers on Sunday. Pro-government papers continued what we perceive as efforts to downplay support for Hezbollah in commentaries, while many papers cont [...]	2006-08-07 11:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG

06CAIRO4855	ARAB LEAGUE TO CONTINUE CONFIDENCE BUILDING BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: Arab League Chief of Staff Hesham Youssef said that although participants at the late July Iraq Reconciliation Preparatory Conference made progress on divisive issues, reconciliation will be a long process and circumstances, including security, are not yet conducive to scheduli [...]	2006-08-07 15:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ EG
06CAIRO4856	AYMAN NOUR DELAYS HEART SURGERY; GOE REFUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Imprisoned Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour has returned to Torah Prison from Al Manial Hospital, and has not yet undergone needed heart surgery, as he was not satisfied with the surgical preparations. It is not clear when he will have the surgery. During an August 7 meeting at the P [...]	2006-08-07 16:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO4875	"SINIORA CRIES." EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: [...] Summary. Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora's emotional speech in Beirut yesterday, and the debate over whether Hezbollah or Israel is the victor of the war continued in television and print commentaries. All papers led with similar stories and headlines, including, "Siniora's Tears"; the "pu [...]	2006-08-08 13:25:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO4876	EGYPT: GOE ANNOUNCES SHORT LIST OF BUYERS FOR BANK OF [...] (U) On August 2 the GOE announced a short-list of prospective buyers for the state-owned Bank of Alexandria (BOA). Final bids are due from the six short-listed entities by the end of September. GOE contacts have provided various estimates of when the BOA sale will be completed, but post esti [...]	2006-08-08 13:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG
06CAIRO4899	EGYPTIAN LIBERALS PREDICT MOMENTUM FOR REFORM WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several of Embassy's liberal and activist contacts have expressed distress over American policy regarding Lebanon, as well as concern about the ramifications of the current crisis on Egyptian reform efforts. In a series of meetings with a range of reform-minded contacts, poloff w [...]	2006-08-09 08:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IS LE EG
06CAIRO4907	EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC GROUP DENIES JOINING AL QAEDA [...] (SBU) Egyptian Islamic Group (EIG) ("Al Gamaa Al Islamiyah) officials have issued a denial of recent claims by Al Qaida's Ayman al Zawahiri that the EIG has joined Al Qaida. In a statement posted on the EIG's website (www.egyptianislamicgroup.com),the group "asserts the incorrectness" of Za [...]	2006-08-09 12:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EG
06CAIRO4918	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 7, 2006 [...] Summary. The main headlines in today's papers were the Israeli casualties of the day, Al-Jamaa Al-Islamia's denial of ties to Al-Qaeda, and the Muslim Brotherhood's temporary retraction of its call to send 10,000 "mujahadeen" to Lebanon. Headlines also revealed displeasure with the US- Franc [...]	2006-08-10 08:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO4919	"LEBANON IS IN EGYPT'S HEART." EGYPT [...] Summary. One of the main news stories and subject of much commentary was the 70-member delegation which traveled to Lebanon yesterday "as an assertion of solidarity to the Lebanese people during this hard time." Commentaries were particularly rough in their criticisms of the US and Israel [...]	2006-08-10 09:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO4928	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 10, 2006 [...] Summary. All Egyptian terrestrial and satellite channels aired Hassan Nasrallah's exclusive statement on Al-Manar TV, to include Egyptian Television which did not air items from Al-Manar before the war in Lebanon. Lead stories in morning television and print news included Israel's vote to [...]	2006-08-10 12:47:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO493	SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-29 11:49:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PTER KCRM PREL EG
06CAIRO4939	GAMAL MUBARAK DISCUSSES BEIRUT TRIP, UPCOMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gamal Mubarak briefed Ambassador and visiting Congressman Darrell Issa August 9 on his August 8 visit to Beirut, at the head of a 70-member Egyptian "solidarity" delegation. He predicted that the Egyptian Parliament's new session (beginning in November) will be "the constitutional refo [...]	2006-08-10 17:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE IS EG
06CAIRO4981	KEFAYA'S REPORT ON CORRUPTION IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 4, the Egyptian opposition movement Kefaya published a 274-page report entitled "Corruption in Egypt: The Black Cloud is Not Disappearing." The report concludes that corruption has permeated all levels and aspects of Egyptian society, and stands in the way of further e [...]	2006-08-14 03:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO5001	EGYPT: FINANCIAL SECTOR MOU UPDATE, PART I [...] (SBU) Since the last update on the status of the Financial Sector MOU (Ref A),the GOE has met all of the benchmarks for disbursement of USD 25 million in DSP-II funds tied to Policy Item 1 - Central Bank Management. The GOE has indicated that it expects to complete, by September 2006, all of [...]	2006-08-14 11:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG
06CAIRO5011	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS AUGUST 13, 2006 [...] Summary. The day's headlines largely focused on the UNSC resolution, its potential for implementation on Monday, and Israel's planning of large military campaigns in anticipation. In breaking news, during their afternoon press conference following a meeting with President Mubarak, Iranian Fo [...]	2006-08-14 11:42:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO5019	UPDATING BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO EGYPT: EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Ambassador, USAID Mission Director and Washington visitors met on August 2 with GOE Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboulnaga and other GOE ministers and officials regarding proposals to update the management of U.S. bilateral foreign assistance to Egypt. Aboulnaga labeled as [...]	2006-08-14 12:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID EG
06CAIRO5028	EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT REACTION TO UN SECURITY [...] (C) During an August 14 discussion of regional issues, MFA Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs Hany Khalaf shared with poloff the text (below) of an "oral message" from Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit that he said would be delivered in UN Security Council P-5 member state capitals and Israel. Th [...]	2006-08-14 13:28:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG LE IS
06CAIRO5030	"THE END OF THE MYTH." EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 14, 2006 [...] Summary. For the second consecutive day, headlines in opposition and independent papers, responded to the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah by highlighting Israel's "last minute massacres" and portraying Israel as "failed." Government-controlled dailies focused on President Mub [...]	2006-08-14 14:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO5031	ISRAELI EMBASSY ON STATUS OF RELATIONS WITH EGYPT [...] (C) Israeli Embassy Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Israel Tikochinski called on the DCM August 13 to discuss the status of Israel-Egypt relations. The GOI is pleased overall, he reported, with the GOE's bilateral response to the recent crises in Gaza and Lebanon. Nevertheless, according to Tikochin [...]	2006-08-14 15:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON MEPN KPAL EG IS LE
06CAIRO5123	SUDAN: EGYPT RELUCTANT TO PRESS BASHIR ON UN FORCE [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke August 15 with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and August 16 with Presidential Spokesman and Senior Advisor Soliman Awad to request that Egyptian President Mubarak press Sudanese President Bashir to accept a transition to a UN force in Darfur. Drawing from [...]	2006-08-16 15:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID UNSC PHUM EG SU
06CAIRO5124	SYRIAN PRESIDENT'S SPEECH BRUSHED OFF BY OFFICIAL [...] (C) Summary. The vitriolic August 15 speech by Syrian President Bashar Asad before the Syrian Journalists Union, elicited a predictable mixed reaction from Egyptians, with official sources largely brushing off its significance, pro-government media sources lashing back, and the general publi [...]	2006-08-16 15:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE
06CAIRO5126	SYRIAN PRESIDENT'S SPEECH BRUSHED OFF BY OFFICIAL [...] (C) Summary. The vitriolic August 15 speech by Syrian President Bashar Asad before the Syrian Journalists Union, elicited a predictable mixed reaction from Egyptians, with official sources largely brushing off its significance, pro-government media sources lashing back, and the general publi [...]	2006-08-17 05:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE
06CAIRO5168	AYMAN NOUR POSTPONES HEART SURGERY INDEFINITELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gameela Ismail, wife of imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour, told poloff in an August 14 meeting that Nour has decided to "hold off" on cardiac surgery to replace his heart stents (ref A). According to Ismail, the Al Ghad party is organizing a September conference to mark [...]	2006-08-17 15:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO5169	EGYPT: FINANCIAL SECTOR MOU UPDATE, PART II [...] (SBU) Reftel reported GOE progress in meeting benchmarks for the first three policy items of the Financial Sector MOU. Following is post's assessment of GOE progress on the remaining policy items in the MOU. In a boost to the GOE's overall real estate sector reform program (key benchmarks fo [...]	2006-08-17 15:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG
06CAIRO5207	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERS SET TO MEET ON LEBANON ISSUE [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche August 19 separately to MFA Cabinet staff member Nazih al Negeiry and Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef, ahead of an August 20 ministerial meeting at Arab League headquarters focused on Lebanon. Negeiry committed to delivering the message to Minister Aboul [...]	2006-08-20 14:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MEPN EG LE
06CAIRO5237	EGYPT'S INTERIM RESPONSE ON NUCLEAR FUEL CONCEPT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 14:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IAEA UN EG
06CAIRO5239	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 18-21, 2006 [...] Summary. Reactions to Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad's August 17 speech has figured prominently in Egyptian news and commentaries, with the majority of monitored columns devoted to the subject since August 18. Commentaries and editorials have been largely disapproving of his "insults" towa [...]	2006-08-21 14:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG SY
06CAIRO5240	ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET TO DISCUSS [...] (C) In an effort to be seen as "doing something," Arab League foreign ministers met in Cairo August 20 to address assistance for the reconstruction of Lebanon, to discuss reviving the Arab-Israeli peace process, to debate the utility of an Arab Summit, and to offer political support to Sudan. [...]	2006-08-21 14:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL UNSC ARABL MOPS EG LE SY
06CAIRO5270	AL MANAR NEXT STEPS [...] (S) Ref B and previous messages report our campaign against Al Manar on NileSat over the past year. When circumstances permit, we will resume our advocacy with every influential top official. Further discussion with the GOE at this time regarding removing Al Manar broadcasts from NileSat would not [...]	2006-08-22 16:21:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	ECPS ETTC KPAO PREL PTER XF EG
06CAIRO5287	EGYPT: THIRD MOBILE LICENSE AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (U) Summary: The National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) recently signed a licensing agreement with Egyptian-Emirati consortium Etisalat for operation of Egypt's third mobile phone system. Etisalat paid LE 16.7 billion ($2.9 billion) for the license, a sum that will have a sig [...]	2006-08-23 13:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KCOR KGIT
06CAIRO5298	EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENTARY DYNAMICS: DEBATE SHIFTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The current Egyptian parliament, populated by a majority of National Democratic Party (NDP) members and an energized Islamist minority, contains more opposition parliamentarians than any previous People's Assembly in Egyptian republican history. The presence of an activist and discipli [...]	2006-08-24 08:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO5314	PRIME MINISTER SAYS NO AMNESTY FOR NOUR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-24 12:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO5317	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) Welcome back to Cairo. Your visit allows us to reaffirm our nations' strong mil-mil cooperation at a time when the broader bilateral relationship and the U.S. image on the Arab Street shows signs of strain due to the crisis in Lebanon. In meetings with governmental and non-governmental contacts [...]	2006-08-24 12:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER MOPS EG IS IZ IR SU LE KNNP
06CAIRO5333	GOE SEEKS CLARIFICATION OF FAA PLANS [...] (U) This is an action cable. For action requested, see paragraph four. 2. (SBU) On August 6, econoff learned from Chairman of the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) General Samir Abdel Maboud that a courtesy call by FAA desk officer Leeann Hart on the Egyptian Ambassador in Washin [...]	2006-08-24 15:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL EG
06CAIRO5337	CBE GOVERNOR EL OKDAH PROPOSES "AUDIT" SOLUTION [...] (U) URGENT ACTION REQUEST: See para 5. 2. (SBU) In an animated discussion with Central Bank Governor El Okdah, the Ambassador and USAID Mission Director Ellis repeated the U.S. position, already conveyed in a letter from the Ambassador to the Minister of Finance, regarding use of the term [...]	2006-08-24 15:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG
06CAIRO5362	ANTI-ISRAEL INITIATIVES FROM EGYPTIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the Lebanon crisis, Egyptian oppositionists across the political spectrum are concentrating their attention on anti-Israel initiatives, rather than their usual pro-reform efforts. Most notably, the Egyptian opposition movement Kefaya recently launched a "One Milli [...]	2006-08-27 13:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG
06CAIRO5383	VENEZUELA PRESSING ARABS HARD ON UN SECURITY [...] (C) Venezuela is taking advantage of ongoing conflicts in Lebanon and Palestine, and Arab discontent with Israel and the U.S., to boost its chances of winning a seat on the United Nations Security Council in October. While neither Egypt nor the Arab League to our knowledge has committed to s [...]	2006-08-28 14:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ARABL UNGA EG VE GT
06CAIRO5384	EGYPT: LIMITED CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a minor August 27 cabinet shake-up, a new Minister of Justice (Mamdouh Marei) and Minister of Local Development (Mohamed Abdel Salam Al Mahgoub) were named, and Minister of Planning Mohamed Othman given an additional economic development portfolio. Reformers are disappointed wi [...]	2006-08-28 16:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO5389	EGYPTIAN AND ARAB LEAGUE ASSISTANCE FOR LEBANON [...] (C) According to MFA Cabinet staff member Ezzedine Shukry, Minister for International Cooperation Fayza Aboul Naga will represent Egypt at the August 31 Stockholm donors conference for Lebanon. MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs Amal Mourad will also attend. Minister Aboul Naga [...]	2006-08-29 12:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EG LE
06CAIRO5392	CBE GOVERNOR EL OKDAH UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON GOE FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In addition to the request for a DVC reported in Ref. A, CBE Governor El Okdah provided the Ambassador and USAID Mission Director Ellis an overview of the current status of GOE financial sector reform efforts during their August 23 meeting. EL Okdah noted that privatization of [...]	2006-08-29 13:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN ETRD EINV EG
06CAIRO5430	AMBASSADOR SCHULTE DISCUSSES IRAN WITH FM ABOUL [...] (C) U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Mission in Vienna Ambassador Schulte discussed Iran's nuclear weapons program with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit on August 28. Aboul Gheit warned Ambassador Schulte that the U.S. handling of Lebanon had strengthened Iran, that economic sanctions against Ir [...]	2006-08-31 10:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC EG IR LE IS KNNP
06CAIRO5445	DISCUSSIONS IN EGYPT ON POULTRY IMPORTS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and FAS Minister Counselor met with Minister of Agriculture Amin Abaza August 8 to discuss Egypt?s previously announced plans to temporarily lift poultry tariffs and restrictions in advance of Ramadan (reftel),and to relay USG dissatisfaction regarding the conditions un [...]	2006-08-31 12:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD BEXP USTR EG
06CAIRO5459	GOE'S MIXED SIGNALS ON INTERNATIONAL NGO [...] (SBU) Summary: Internews, the U.S.-based media reform NGO, appears to have secured GOE approval to finalize its registration in Egypt, paving the way to start work with independent Egyptian media, supported by USAID. IRI, which continues to defer appointing a new country director, is taking a [...]	2006-08-31 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO5461	EGYPT: CONGRESSIONAL EARMARK AGAINST PRESIDENT'S 2007 [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) The Senate version of the 2007 Foreign Operations Bill contains language restricting the President's budget request and discretion in using it. If left unchanged, these restrictions will make it difficult to meet the goal of negotiating an [...]	2006-08-31 15:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EG
06CAIRO5496	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE RECEIVED WITH [...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche September 3 to MFA Assistant Minister Hani Khalaf, and separately to Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef. With regards to UNSCR 1701, both Khalaf and Youssef welcomed news of USG humanitarian and military support for Lebanon and registered stron [...]	2006-09-05 11:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPN UNSC UNGA ARABL EG
06CAIRO5526	EGYPT: UPDATE ON USG CANDIDATES FOR UNITED [...] During a September 4 meeting with MFA Office Director for Candidacy Issues, Counselor Hatem Tag-Eldin, poloffs reviewed pending USG requests for Egyptian support for elections to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),the International Law Commission (ILC),and the International Mobile Satellite [...]	2006-09-05 14:07:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA UNSC PHUM UNHCR EWWT INMARSAT EG
06CAIRO5527	EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT [...] (C) During a September 5 meeting with MFA Office Director for Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Affairs, Osama Khalil, poloff delivered reftel demarche on topics expected to be discussed at a September 11-16 NAM Summit in Havana, Cuba. Khalil believed the summit would be uneventful, but noted the " [...]	2006-09-05 14:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UNSC PHUM PTER EG CU VE GT
06CAIRO5528	61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] We obtained the following information on September 5 from officials of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry and the Secretariat of the League of Arab States, respectively. SIPDIS Egypt: A. Attendance of the Head of State. -- President Hosni Mubarak will not attend the UN General Assembly [...]	2006-09-05 14:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA EG
06CAIRO5529	GRAND MUFTI SEEKS INCREASED MEDIA ATTENTION ON [...] (SBU) In a September 4 meeting with Grand Mufti of the Republic Ali Goma'a, Charge registered USG concern regarding the Mufti's August 7 Al Ahram op-ed titled "The Crime of the Qana Massacre." The article centered on criticizing Israeli "crimes" in Lebanon, but also cited the notorious alleged [...]	2006-09-06 03:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KISL PHUM EG
06CAIRO5555	(C) VISIT TO EGYPT BY UN SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI [...] (C) Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad briefed Charge on September 5 on UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's meeting with President Mubarak earlier that day. The meeting covered Annan's recent visit with Syrian President Asad, Lebanon, Sudan, and the Arab League initiative to involve the Securi [...]	2006-09-06 15:39:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNGA MEPN EG
06CAIRO557	SOLIMAN ON ARAB LEAGUE IRAQ CONFERENCE VENUE [...] (S) Ambassador told EGIS chief Omar Soliman that we had heard that the AL was thinking of postponing its planned follow-up conference involving all the Iraqi factions, and of moving it outside Iraq. We could understand the need to postpone such a conference, particularly pending the formati [...]	2006-01-30 15:49:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ
06CAIRO5601	ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN CAIRO TO [...] (C) Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo September 5-6 for a regularly-scheduled session, mainly to discuss joint Arab positions on the topics of Lebanon, the Arab-Israeli peace process, and Sudan. A long list of less pressing items were also considered by ministers, but local contacts describ [...]	2006-09-07 14:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPN UNGA UNSC ARABL EG
06CAIRO561	EGYPT: SHAKE UP ANTICIPATED AT RULING NDP [...] (SBU) Reports that a substantial internal shake up of the ruling National Democratic Party was in the works gained momentum on January 30 when leading pro-government papers Akhbar and Gomhouriya repeated earlier claims by Al-Masry Al-Youm, Egypt's most prestigious independent daily, that an ND [...]	2006-01-30 16:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO5619	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO ARB [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-10 13:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PINR PREL EG
06CAIRO563	EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT PUBLIC LINE ON PALESTINIAN [...] (U) Egyptian state media reported a January 28 phone call between President Mubarak and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in which the Egyptian leader expressed hope that the Palestinians would "close ranks in the coming period" in order to push the peace process forward and achieve the asp [...]	2006-01-30 16:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAL PTER EG IS MEPN
06CAIRO565	PRIME MINISTER NAZIF OUTLINES GOE GOALS BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Presenting the GOE's overall policy and legislative agenda for the current legislative session, Prime Minister Nazif addressed parliament on January 30. The Prime Minister's remarks covered seven pillars, five of which concerned economic and development matters, a sixth covering [...]	2006-01-30 16:44:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EG
06CAIRO5708	READOUT OF BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY BECKETT'S [...] (C) UK Embassy Poloff Martin Hetherington provided emboff with a brief readout of UK Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett's September 7 visit to Egypt, where she met separately with President Mubarak, EGIS Chief Soliman, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, and Arab League Secretary General Amre Mouss [...]	2006-09-12 13:52:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL PTER EG UK
06CAIRO5709	INCREASED DETENTIONS OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Egyptian regime detained 38 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members in late August, including two senior members of the organization. These arrests are the latest in an apparent renewed government campaign against the MB that began last spring. Some analysts assess this as a GOE reac [...]	2006-09-12 14:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL KJUS EG
06CAIRO5748	DEFMIN TANTAWI AND GENERAL ABIZAID: STRENGTHEN [...] (C) In his August 30 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid, Egypt's Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi inquired about the possibility of sending U.S.-origin Egyptian armaments to support the Lebanese Army, which he characterized as very weak. General Abizaid agreed, and promi [...]	2006-09-13 14:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PTER KPAL PHUM KNNP LE EG IR
06CAIRO5779	EGYPT: QUARTERLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] In this edition: The Central Bank intervenes to raise interest rates, parliament decreases stamp taxes and considers a single Treasury account, while the GOE increases cooperation with China. Industry organizations sign a cooperative agreement with major banks to finance new factories. Egypt [...]	2006-09-14 10:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
06CAIRO5796	MFA OFFICIAL URGES HIGH-LEVEL USG CONTACT WITH GOE [...] (C) Summary: The MFA official in charge of registration of foreign NGOs has said the freeze on activities by IRI, NDI, and IFES, as well as the issue of their pending legal registration in Egypt, could best be resolved by a "high level" overture from the USG to the GOE. The official offere [...]	2006-09-14 13:52:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM EG
06CAIRO5799	EGYPTIAN-IRAQI RELATIONS UPDATE; IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Egyptian MFA Spokeman Alaa Hadidi updated poloff on September 14 regarding Egypt's bilateral relations with Iraq, and on upcoming regional events involving Iraq. Hadidi confirmed reftel report that Egypt invited Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki to visit, but said he was unaware of specific pl [...]	2006-09-14 15:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA PTER EG IZ
06CAIRO58	EGYPT: NO UNHCR ACCESS TO SUDANESE DETAINEES [...] (C) UNHCR still has no access to the Sudanese being held by the GOE in temporary camps following a violent confrontation that occurred when GOE security forces ended the Sudanese group's three month protest over refugee policy. While the GOE has not formally declined UNHCR's access request, [...]	2006-01-03 17:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CASC EG SU UNHCR
06CAIRO5831	EGYPT: STILL NO ANSWER ON US CANDIDATE FOR THE [...] On September 17 emboff met with National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) Vice President for Policies and International Cooperation Dr. Offat Abd El Monsef to seek GoE support for the United States candidate to head the International Mobile Satellite Organizaton (IMSO). Dr. Abd [...]	2006-09-18 06:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA UNSC PHUM UNHCR EWWT INMARSAT EG
06CAIRO5860	EGYPTIAN REACTIONS TO PAPAL COMMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A loud chorus of Egyptian political and religious leaders has publicly criticized Pope Benedict XVI's September 12 comments regarding Islam. The Pope's September 17 statement that he is "deeply sorry" about the reaction to his comments has been met with varying reactions in Egyp [...]	2006-09-19 03:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KISL EG
06CAIRO5865	EGYPT'S POLITICAL REFORM PROCESS: SAAD EDDIN [...] (C) Summary: Leading Egyptian democracy activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim confirmed that he is deeply disappointed by what he perceives as diminished USG support for democratic reform in the Middle East. Ibrahim is worried that the USG is pulling back from once clear support for democracy in the [...]	2006-09-19 11:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO5867	DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN EGYPT: SEPTEMBER [...] (C) In meetings with GOE and NGO contacts on September 10-11, DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and NEA DAS J. Scott Carpenter reaffirmed USG support for democracy in Egypt and underscored the importance of GOE respect for human rights. MFA officials asserted that the GOE is committed to real poli [...]	2006-09-19 12:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO5872	REPORT ON BIOSAFETY WORKSHOP IN EGYPT [...] SUMMARY: The Office of Agricultural Affairs hosted a ?Best International Practices for Developing Biosafety Regulatory Systems? workshop in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from September 5-6, 2006. Local and international biosafety experts made presentations on the benefits of agriculture biotechnolo [...]	2006-09-19 14:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD BEXP USTR TBIO TSPL EG
06CAIRO5927	RAFAH BORDER UPDATE [...] (C) An Egyptian military official in the Liaison Agency with International Organizations (LAWIO) told poloff on September 20 that LAWIO is working closely with Israeli liaison counterparts, including General Udi Dekel, to coordinate the opening of the Rafah terminal in the near future. He s [...]	2006-09-21 10:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO5942	EGYPT: EIGHTH ANNUAL EUROMONEY CONFERENCE SEPT. 11-12 [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Nazif kicked off Egypt's eighth Euromoney conference September 11-12, highlighting improvements in Egypt's economy and laying out his government's plans for the coming five years. His upbeat assessment was echoed by the economic ministers in the Cabinet, who each [...]	2006-09-21 11:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG
06CAIRO601	IRAN: CENTRIFUGE BRIEFING TO EGYPTIAN MFA [...] Lawrence Livermore representative Roger Miller and Department of Energy representative Richard Nephew briefed the MFA's Assistant Minister for American Affairs Ali al Hefny and MFA disarmament specialists on Iran's Gas Centrifuge Program on January 29. Al Hefny said Egypt appreciated the opp [...]	2006-02-01 18:02:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IS IR EG KNNP IAEA UNSC
06CAIRO6016	NO SURPRISES AT NDP PARTY CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling National Democratic Party's annual party conference, convened under the banner "New Thinking ... and the Second Leap Towards the Future," closed on September 21, following three days of animated speeches, discussion panels, plenary sessions, and discourse on policy paper [...]	2006-09-25 12:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO6022	BANK OF ALEXANDRIA: BIDS DELAYED UNTIL OCTOBER 7 [...] (SBU) Egyptian press reported on September 24 that the deadline for submission of offers from the six short-listed bidders for Bank of Alexandria had been delayed from September 28 to October 7. During a meeting that same day, Minister of Investment Mohieldin told the Ambassador that the deadl [...]	2006-09-25 16:37:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG
06CAIRO603	SECURITY COORDINATOR LTG DAYTON DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Security Coordinator LTG Keith Dayton and the Ambassador discussed the recent Hamas election victory, Palestinian security, and Egyptian-Israeli border security with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, Defense Minister Tantawi, and Director of Military Intelligence Mowafi Februa [...]	2006-02-01 21:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL MOPS EG IS
06CAIRO6035	GOOGLE'S VIEWS ON EGYPT'S ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 14, Google,s Regional Manager for the Middle East and North Africa Sherif Iskander gave econoff an overview of Google,s business in the region and opined optimistically about the improvement of Egypt,s business environment and economy, though with some reservations [...]	2006-09-26 08:25:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD KCOR KGIT PHUM EG CH
06CAIRO6038	MUBARAK FOCUSES ON NUCLEAR ENERGY IN EGYPT'S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: At last week's National Democratic Party (NDP) conference, both President Mubarak and his son Gamal highlighted nuclear energy as an alternative to continued reliance on fossil fuels. Prime Minister Nazif convened the Supreme Council for Energy for the first time in 18 years to d [...]	2006-09-26 10:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV TSPL KNNP EG
06CAIRO604	EGYPT AND IRAN/IAEA: PRESSING FOR REFERENCE TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-01 21:19:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR EG IAEA UNSC
06CAIRO6043	GOE PULLS FOREIGN PAPERS FOR CRITICIZING ISLAM [...] (U) Liberal independent daily al-Masry al-Yom reported September 25 on its front page that Minister of Information Anas El Fiqqi prevented the local distribution of issue no. 19324 of the French newspaper Le Figaro; issue no. 216 of the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung; and issue [...]	2006-09-27 07:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO6105	AYMAN NOUR SEEKS USG INTERVENTION; GAMEELA ISMAIL [...] (C) Summary: In a letter to A/S Welch, imprisoned Al Ghad party leader Ayman Nour requests USG intervention on his behalf with the GOE (presumably, President Hosni Mubarak),to grant Nour amnesty. In a related development, Nour's wife and lawyer deny that they signed the September 11, 2006 le [...]	2006-09-28 14:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO6106	SCENESETTER: SECRETARY RICE'S OCT 3-4 VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Madame Secretary, warm welcome to Cairo. President Mubarak and Omar Soliman have been trying to ameliorate conditions in Gaza. They will look to you for specific measures to support Abu Mazen, specifically on salaries to workers and release of prisoners. They [...]	2006-09-28 19:25:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV ENRG MNUC KDEM PHUM EG
06CAIRO6132	SSIS MONITORING OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY NGOS [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-02 08:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EG KDEM KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL
06CAIRO6143	EGYPT "DISAPPOINTED" WITH U.S. POSITION AT [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Ihab Fouzy, acting on Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit's instructions, summoned the DCM on October 1 to express Egypt's disappointment at the U.S. decision to oppose Egypt's "Application of Safeguards in the Middle East" resolution and to de [...]	2006-10-02 11:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA IR EG KNNP
06CAIRO6171	AYMAN NOUR REQUESTS THE SECRETARY PUSH GOE FOR AN [...] (C) Summary: In a letter to the Secretary, imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour requests that during her upcoming visit to Cairo, the Secretary advocate for his release as part of the traditional prisoner amnesty granted by President Mubarak on the October 6 national holiday. He notes his h [...]	2006-10-02 15:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO6172	SUDAN: EASTERN PEACE TALKS GOING WELL, DON'T [...] (C) Drawing from reftel background and talking points, poloff shared with MFA Cabinet staff member Ahmed Aboul Zeid on October 2 USG concerns regarding the direction of peace talks between the Government of Sudan and Eastern rebel groups currently taking place in Asmara, Eritrea. Aboul Zeid, [...]	2006-10-02 16:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KDEM EG SU ER
06CAIRO6191	AIRLINE REPS HELD AT JFK SHIRK FUTURE US INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Egyptian representatives from AMC Airlines, one of the country's largest and longest running private airlines, were taken into secondary questioning at JFK International Airport for more than 12 hours while en route to Seattle in late August. Company representatives, including the chairm [...]	2006-10-03 14:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BTIO BEXP BTRA CGEN EG
06CAIRO6196	AVIAN FLU CASES REEMERGE IN EGYPT AFTER SUMMER LULL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several new cases of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) emerged in backyard poultry farms in August and September, following a relative lull in outbreaks in the early summer. Both the Ministers of Health and Agriculture expressed concern about recent outbreaks. The re-emergence of live [...]	2006-10-03 15:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG
06CAIRO6233	SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE MISSION TO SEEK REGIONAL, [...] (C) According to Arab League (AL) officials, an AL delegation is preparing to visit Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Eritrea, Sudan, and Somalia from roughly October 8 - 22. The visit is intended to prepare for the next round of AL-hosted talks in Khartoum on October 30. Salah Halima, Advisor to Sec [...]	2006-10-04 15:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ARABL EG SO
06CAIRO6235	COUTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CAMERON HUME [...] Post welcomes the visit of Charg dAffaires Cameron Hume. Country clearance has ben granted for October 5-8, 2006 visit to Cairo fr the purpose of meetings with Egyptian official. Please note ICASS requirement for fiscal data in paragraph 18 for all visitors requiring Embassy upport. 2. Ho [...]	2006-10-04 17:02:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT OTRA EG
06CAIRO6254	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD HOSTS LARGE RAMADAN IFTAR [...] (C) Summary: The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) hosted a large Ramadan iftar on October 4, with guests including MB luminaries from across Egypt, as well as opposition party leaders, and even a prominent NDP parliamentarian. In remarks to the gathering, MB Supreme Guide Mahdi Akef outlined the MB's [...]	2006-10-09 13:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM EG
06CAIRO6258	COUNTRY CLEARANCE CABLE FOR DRL/IRF WARREN COFSKY [...] Post welcomes the visit of DRL/IRF Warren Cofsky. Country clearance has been granted for October 8-14, 2006 visit to Cairo to hold meeting pursuant to promoting religious freedom with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Religious Affairs, appropriate non-governmental o [...]	2006-10-09 15:35:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRF PHUM OTRA JO EG
06CAIRO6294	SADAT NEPHEW STRIPPED OF PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY, [...] (C) Summary: Controversial independent parliamentarian Talaat Sadat (nephew of the late president) has publicly alleged that high-ranking military personnel, as well as then Vice-President Hosni Mubarak, were behind the 1981 assassination of President Anwar El Sadat. Talaat was subsequently c [...]	2006-10-10 12:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO6308	EGYPT UNDECIDED ON UN DECLARATION ON RIGHTS OF [...] (C) With the Australian Charge in the lead, poloff delivered reftel demarche on October 10 to MFA Human Rights Office Deputy Director Mai Khalil, describing U.S. concerns over the draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP). Khalil shared that internal GOE deliberation on [...]	2006-10-11 09:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA PHUM KTIA EG
06CAIRO6325	GOP SCHIZOPHRENIC ON VENEZUELAN FUEL IMPORTS [...] SUMMARY. (C) GOP Energy policy remains divided as the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MICI) pursues divergent paths to ensure an affordable supply of petroleum for Panama. MICI Vice-Minister Jose Paredes stated publicly that the new Panamanian state run oil company would not distribute fue [...]	2006-10-11 15:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MOPS PHUM ARABL EG SU
06CAIRO6326	FIRST HUMAN CASE OF AI IN FIVE MONTHS REPORTED IN EGYPT [...] (U) On October 10, World Health Organization (WHO) officials in Cairo confirmed the first case of H5N1 Avian influenza in a human since May, bringing the total number of human cases this year to fifteen, six of which were fatal. According to WHO statistics, Egypt has had the second highest num [...]	2006-10-11 15:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG
06CAIRO6327	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: TIMELINE SET, BATTLE [...] (C) Summary: NDP officials expect President Hosni Mubarak to present his eagerly anticipated constitutional amendments package to the opening session of Parliament in mid-November. The People's Assembly will debate the proposed amendments for two months, and then vote; if the package is approv [...]	2006-10-11 15:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO6328	EGYPT: NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR MICHAEL DORAN [...] (C) In an October 3 meeting with pro-reform Egyptians on the margins of the Secretary's visit to Cairo, NSC Senior Director Michael Doran reiterated the USG's commitment to supporting political reform and freedom in Egypt and BMENA. Yomn El-Hamaqi (a member of Egypt's Consultative Council and [...]	2006-10-12 06:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO6365	EGYPTIAN LIAISON CHIEF DISCUSSES BORDER GUARD [...] (C) Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) Liaison Chief MG Nagy reported that Egypt has sought assistance from a petroleum company (NFI) to bolster its tunnel detection tactics on the border with Gaza. Although Egypt and Israel began a tunnel detection discussion between engineers in e [...]	2006-10-15 10:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KTIP IS EG
06CAIRO6371	CAIRO DATE MARKET AS POLITICAL BAROMETER [...] (SBU) In a recent visit to Cairo's bustling date market, poloff chatted with several date vendors about their merchandise and marketing techniques. Egyptians traditionally break the Ramadan fast with a date - a custom that hearkens back to the 7th century, when the Prophet Mohammed broke his [...]	2006-10-15 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KISL EG
06CAIRO6373	APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: DAMIETTA [...] (SBU) Post supports OPIC's plan to provide an investment guaranty of up to $150 million for the Damietta Port Project. OPIC's re-entry into Egypt's economy will be an important signal to the GOE and investors that OPIC is confident of Egypt's commitment to economic reform. Moreover, OPIC pa [...]	2006-10-16 07:04:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EG
06CAIRO6374	WE WILL NOT BE SILENT: CAIRO JUDGES CLUB READIES [...] (C) Summary: A leading member of the influential Cairo Judges Club (JC) detailed for poloff in an October 11 meeting JC plans to prepare recommendations regarding upcoming constitutional amendments. He noted that the Judges Club plans to be "activist" during this "critical period of constitut [...]	2006-10-16 09:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS EG
06CAIRO6377	EGYPT: GOVERNMENT FORMING INTER-MINISTERIAL BODY [...] (SBU) On October 12, MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Naela Gabr told Charge the GOE is creating an inter-ministerial body to coordinate TIP policy. Gabr acknowledged the Prime Minister's office has not yet issued the decree establishing the new coordinating body (it is due out [...]	2006-10-16 14:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM EG

06CAIRO6381	EGYPT HOSTS SENIOR FRENCH, SPANISH, AND ITALIAN [...] (C) Italian and French Embassy officials offered separate readouts on October 16 of a gathering in Cairo of senior diplomats from Rome, Paris, and Madrid the day before to discuss the Middle East peace process and related topics. Italian Embassy First Secretary Lamberto Moruzzi and French Emba [...]	2006-10-16 15:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPN UNSC KPAL EG IS FR SP IT

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