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00HARARE4999	NEW TALE OF CORRUPTION IN ZIMBABWE'S ENERGY [...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ATTENDED A DINNER SEPTEMBER 7 WITH A VARIETY OF RESIDENT AMBASSADORS AND A FEW ZIMBABWEANS, DURING WHICH GIDEON GONO (PROTECT),MANAGING DIRECTOR OF COMMERCIAL BANK OF ZIMBABWE (CBZ),REPORTED A CREDIBLE STORY ABOUT NEW GOVERNMENT MALFEASANCE IN THE ENERGY SECTOR. BEF [...]	2000-09-08 11:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON SENV ZI SA

00HARARE5397	ZIMBABWE BANK DIRECTOR PROVIDES SOME HOPE FOR MORE STEADY FUEL SUPPLIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM AND POLOFF CALLED ON GIDEON GONO, DIRECTOR OF THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF ZIMBABWE (CBZ),SEPTEMBER 25 TO GET AN UPDATE ON ZIMBABWE'S FUEL SITUATION. AS REPORTED REF B, THE CBZ, AND GONO PERSONALLY, HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN KEEPING FUEL FLOWING INTO ZIMBABWE UNDER THE MOST ARDUO [...]	2000-09-26 14:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL PINR ECON SENV ZI SA
00HARARE5602	MBEKI TO CONVENE MEETING OF EXTERNAL [...] (C) AMBASSADOR REACHED FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE BY PHONE ON OCTOBER 2 TO FOLLOW UP ON REF A DEMARCHE. MUDENGE HAD BEEN UNAVAILABLE WHEN DEMARCHE WAS DELIVERED TO MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE SEPTEMBER 29 (REF B). AMBASSADOR URGED MUDENGE TO USE ZIMBABWE'S INFLU [...]	2000-10-03 12:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG SA
00HARARE6032	ZIMBABWE VIEWS ON DRC PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) POLOFF SPOKE TO CONGO DESK OFFICER MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO IN ZIMBABWE'S MFA ON OCTOBER 18 ABOUT ZIMBABWE'S VIEWS ON RECENT EVENTS REGARDING THE DRC. HE STATED THAT THE OCTOBER 14-15 MAPUTO SUMMIT GAVE NEW MOMENTUM TO THE LUSAKA PEACE PROCESS. REAFFIRMING THE KAMPALA DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMEN [...]	2000-10-25 16:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG SA
00HARARE6677	ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETS WITH ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASSISTANT SECRETARY SUSAN E. RICE MET MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI ON NOVEMBER 16. TSVANGIRAI OFFERED FOUR SIPDIS SCENARIOS UNDER WHICH THE CURRENT POLITICAL CRISIS COULD UNFOLD. HE BELIEVES A TRANSITIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT IS THE BEST WAY OUT OF THE [...]	2000-11-29 13:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR ZI SA
00RIYADH3360	SAUDI ARABIA: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE FOLLOWING RESTATES AND RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL: A) DESCRIBE THE RESPONSE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF EACH COUNTRY TO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING 2000, INCLUDING ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS RELATING TO TERRORISM. PART [...]	2000-12-03 08:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SA
01HARARE969	MEETING WITH LEADERS OF THE MOVEMENT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 9, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MARK BELLAMY HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI ON THE STATE OF ZIMBABWE'S POLITICAL CRISIS SIPDIS AND WHAT CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE THE U.S. COULD PLAY, IF ANY, TO HELP RESOLV [...]	2001-03-09 15:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ZI SA MDC
01RIYADH1771	THE AL SAUD AND CHALLENGES TO STABILITY [...] (C) AT PRESENT, SAUDI ARABIA ENJOYS AT LEAST SUPERFICIAL STABILITY. THERE IS NO DEBILITATING DISUNITY AMONG SENIOR AL SAUD PRINCES, REGIME CRITICS HAVE BEEN EXILED OR MARGINALIZED ABROAD AND CO-OPTED OR MUZZLED AT HOME, AND A LARGELY APOLITICAL CITIZENRY SHOWS NO INCLINATION TO DEMAND GREATER [...]	2001-06-27 12:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI SA
01RIYADH2627	TFUS01: SAUDI REACTION TO SEPTEMBER 11 [...] ON THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 11, THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT (UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION): THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA EXPRESSES ITS CONDEMNATION OF THE REGRETTABLE AND INHUMAN EXPLOSIONS AND ATTACKS WHICH OCCURRED AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN NEW YORK AND THE PENTAGON I [...]	2001-09-12 11:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER SA
01RIYADH3968	SAUDI ARABIA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM [...] FOLLOWING RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL: A) POST SHOULD HIGHLIGHT SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION, PARTICULARLY ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAIDA AND THE TALIBAN. RESPONSE: THE SAUDI ARABIAN GOVERNMENT (SAG) HAS SUPPORTED THE GLOBAL COALITIO [...]	2001-12-12 13:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL SA
02AMMAN2907	DEMARCHE: IRANIAN AIRCRAFT [...] (S) THE DCM MADE THE POINTS IN REF A ON JUNE 2 TO ALI AL-AYED, THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO FOREIGN MINISTER MUASHER. AFTER REVIEWING THE SUBSTANCE OF THE AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE TO THE MINISTER ON MAY 27 (REF B),THE DCM EXPRESSED OUR DEEP CONCERN THAT THE IRANIAN PLANE HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO OVERFLY [...]	2002-06-03 15:52:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER IR IS LE SA SY
02AMMAN6024	S/CT COORDINATOR TAYLOR'S OCTOBER 10 MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) In a cordial meeting October 10 with FonMin Muasher, visiting S/CT Coordinator Francis X. Taylor conveyed the U.S.'s appreciation for Jordan's superb cooperation on the war on terrorism, reiterated strong U.S. interest in stopping Iranian resupply flights to Hizbullah, and said that as [...]	2002-10-17 04:59:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL SY SA JO MEPP
02KUWAIT5296	QATAR GAS TO KUWAIT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-10 06:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON KU SA
02KUWAIT5415	KUWAIT ACTING OIL MINISTER ON PROJECT KUWAIT, [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-17 07:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD PREL KU SA QA IR ENRG EINV
02ROME1511	ITALY ON ZIMBABWE: PEER PRESSURE BEST HOPE FOR [...] (C) MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN AFRICAN AFFAIRS REPLIED TO OUR RECENT DEMARCHE AND LETTER ON ZIMBABWE. THE GOI SHARES THE EU POINT OF VIEW THAT CONDEMNATIONS AND SANCTIONS ARE NECESSARY. HOWEVER, MARINI BELIEVES THAT THEY WILL PROBABLY PROVE INSUFFICIENT TO FORCE CHANGE. THE ROLE [...]	2002-03-25 15:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETTC OPDC SA ZI IT SADC
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
03ABUDHABI1384	(S) JORDANIAN OIL NEEDS: UAE READY TO [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (S) IN THE COURSE OF A MEETING ON THE AFTERNOON OF 3/23, MFA MINSTATE SHAYKH HAMDAN BIN ZAYID STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN CALLED BY JORDANIAN FM MUASHER THE PREVIOUS EVENING, WHO HAD TOLD HIM THAT IRAQ HAD CUT ITS OIL P [...]	2003-03-23 13:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL EPET EAID PGOV JO SA KU TC
03ABUDHABI2013	IRAQI SUNNI IMAM AL-KUBAYSI STIRS [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) Ahmed Al-Kubaysi the Iraqi Sunni Imam who delivered a fiery sermon in Baghdad on April 18, continues to be a source of controversy even in the UAE, his adopted land. We received two very different takes on [...]	2003-04-28 12:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL MOPS EAID SA IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2234	AS REGIONAL POWER CENTER SHIFTS, UAE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) During a May 7 meeting with the Ambassador, MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan shared the substance of a spat he had with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah. Apparently, Abdullah had told an Arab expat (well [...]	2003-05-07 13:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GCC SA TC
03ABUDHABI2641	UAE TO SUPPORT JORDAN OIL NEEDS FOR [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid contacted the Ambassador on June 2 to convey information about the UAEG's ongoing assistance to Jordan and Morocco. With regard to Jordan, Hamdan reported that the UAE has agreed to co [...]	2003-06-03 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET EAID PGOV JO MO SA KU TC
03ABUDHABI2942	UAE NO LONGER REPRESENTS LIBYAN INTERESTS [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-18 11:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT OFDP LY SA TC
03ABUDHABI4764	UAE, OMAN FORMALIZE BORDER PACT [...] (U) Summary: The historical dispute between the UAE and Oman over their common international border appears to be over. On October 11, the two neighbors exchanged authenticated documents on the agreement reached on the common border from east of Al Aqeedat to Al Daar in the north on the Arabi [...]	2003-10-27 11:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR QA SA IR MU TC
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
03AMMAN3512	JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER CONFIRMS CONTINUATION OF [...] (sbu) Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Mohammed Batayneh confirmed on June 12 press reports that the GOJ had reached agreement with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE on a 3-month extension to the deal reached prior to the war to supply Jordan with concessional oil. Batayneh said the [...]	2003-06-15 06:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD PREL KU SA JO TC
03AMMAN7115	MUASHER SAYS PRINCE SAUD'S ATTENDANCE IN DAMASCUS [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 5 below. 2. (C) Ambassador covered ref points on the November 1-2 meeting of foreign ministers in Damascus October 31 with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Ambassador stressed the need to ensure that the SARG invites an Iraqi Governing Council ( [...]	2003-10-31 13:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY SA KU JO IQ
03AMMAN861	SAUDIS TELL KING ABDULLAH THEY WILL JOIN OIL DEAL; [...] (S) King Abdullah told the Ambassador and PolCouns February 5 that Saudi CP Abdullah confirmed to him during his February 4 visit to Saudi Arabia that the Saudis are prepared to provide Jordan with oil in the event of a cutoff in supplies from Iraq. The King said the oil would come through [...]	2003-02-06 16:42:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL EPET MARR IZ EAID SA KU JO UA
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
03BEIRUT5454	LEBANON: ISLAMIC REFORM: THE BEGINNING OF A [...] (C) Summary. Meeting in Beirut to address the misuse of Islamic endowments by extremist groups, the Executive Council of the Ministers of Islamic Endowments rejected any link between Islam and terrorism, denouncing terrorists as "infidels." Prime Minister Hariri called for reforming Islamic [...]	2003-12-23 10:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL KIRF SOCI EFIN LE SA
03HARARE1712	ZIMBABWE WAFFLING ON EFFORT TO CONTROL FOOD RELIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings with House International Relations Committee Africa Subcommittee staffer Malik Chaka August 20-21, Minister for Special Affairs (and ZANU-PF Party Chairman) John Nkomo and Minister of Public Service, Labor and Social Services July Moyo emphasized the government's pr [...]	2003-08-28 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI SA ZI
03HARARE2443	MBEKI VISIT REKINDLES TALKS ON TALKS [...] (C) MDC Secretary for Presidential Affairs Gandi Mudzingwa on December 19 briefed poloff on South African President Mbeki's 20-minute December 18 meeting with MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and Secretary General Welshman Ncube. According to Mudzingwa, Mbeki told the party leaders at the end [...]	2003-12-19 09:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA ZI
03JEDDAH828	TWO SAUDI PROFESSIONALS: BET ON THE PEOPLE, NOT [...] (C) ON APRIL 2, POLOFF MET WITH A LOCAL SAUDI LAWYER, DR. BASIM ALIM (STRICTLY PROTECT),TO DISCUSS HIS OPEN LETTER TO CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH CALLING FOR REFORM. A "SELF-MADE" LAWYER, ALIM WAS CHOSEN IN DECEMBER 2002 TO REPRESENT SEVERAL SAUDI CHARITIES IN THE SEPTEMBER 11 LAWSUIT AND ADMITS T [...]	2003-04-14 13:18:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KISL SA
03KUWAIT1063	KUWAIT REQUESTS IMMEDIATE U.S. ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (C) Summary: On March 24, the GOK requested immediate USG assistance in facilitating an oil swap with Saudi Arabia, thereby providing Jordan with badly needed crude oil. End Summary. 3. (C) During their March 24 meeting, Kuwaiti MinS [...]	2003-03-24 18:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EPET KU SA JO
03KUWAIT1153	TFIZ01 - KUWAITI OIL FOR JORDAN [...] (S) Ambassador spoke with Kuwaiti Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah afternoon of Thursday, March 27 on the status of Kuwait's agreement to provide Jordan with 25,000 barrels of oil per day (BPD) in light of the loss of Iraqi oil supplies. Ambassador [...]	2003-03-30 07:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EPET EAID PREL KU SA JO
03KUWAIT1250	(U) GOK TO TAKE ITS CASE ON THE ROAD [...] (C) Summary: During their April 2 meeting, the Ambassador and MinState for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah discussed the progress of the war and Dr. Mohammed,s upcoming trip to key UNSC member states. The Minister said the focus of his visits would be to discuss an array of issues surr [...]	2003-04-05 11:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ SY SA
03KUWAIT3409	KUWAIT ON SUPPORT FOR POLISH STABILIZATION FORCES [...] (S) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah during their July 28 meeting (other topics septel). The FM said Kuwait had already agreed in principle to supporting Polish forces, as long as the burden was also shared by other nations. He added that Pri [...]	2003-07-29 06:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL KU QA BA SA MU TC
03KUWAIT3410	DEMARCHE ON BORDER CONTROL DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-29 06:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL KU SA JO
03KUWAIT4680	(C) GOK SEES STRONG SAUDI COMMITMENT AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK assesses that key Saudi leaders Prince Sultan and Prince Nayif have become strongly committed against terrorism since the May 12 Riyadh attacks. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) NEA PDAS Larocco called on Shaykh Sabah al-Khalid al-Hamad al-Sabah, Chairman of Kuwait's National Security Bur [...]	2003-10-14 12:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA KU
03KUWAIT4682	(C) IRAQ: GOK SAYS SAUDIS RELUCTANT TO COMMIT [...] (S) SUMMARY: GOK insider confides that Saudi Arabia is reluctant to commit specific funding for Iraq at the Madrid conference. Kuwaiti PM and FM intend to revisit the issue with Saudi counterparts on the margins of the OIC Summit. GOK urges USG to push the Saudis hard in the next few days, preferab [...]	2003-10-14 12:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL EAID IZ SA KU
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
03KUWAIT5129	(C) SAYED BAHR AL-OLOUM TELLS AMBASSADOR IRAQIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IGC member Sayed Mohammed Bahr al-Oloum told the Ambassador November 5 that our success in Iraq is very important to him, but that it requires changing policy so as to give the impression that Iraqis are ruling themselves, with the Coalition providing strong but discreet support from " [...]	2003-11-10 05:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ IR SA SY KU
03KUWAIT5209	GCC CONFORMITY CERTIFICATION SCHEME FOR COUNTRIES [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-17 05:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD MU QA BA SA KU WTRO GCC USTR TC
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
03KUWAIT5756	(C) GOK STILL AWAITING QATARI GAS; UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) Summary: Despite increased publicity surrounding a possible Kuwaiti-Iranian natural gas deal, the GOK is unlikely to conclude an agreement with Iran, according to a well-placed Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) official. Rather, Kuwait is betting that Qatar will eventually serve as its prima [...]	2003-12-20 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ETRD PREL KU SA QA IR
03KUWAIT85	(S/NF) KUWAIT OKAYS U-2 OVERFLIGHT OF IRAQ IN [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-12 15:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PBTS PREL CY IZ KU SA TU UK TC
03RIYADH5821	RIYADH GOVERNOR ON ISLAMIC EXTREMISM AND REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: An exceptionally cordial and frank Riyadh Governor Prince Salman told the Ambassador on September 16 that Muslim fanatics were damaging the image of Islam and Saudi Arabia and engendering hatred amongst peoples. He acknowledged that preachers who taught hatred of others bore so [...]	2003-09-16 13:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL MEPP KPAL SA IZ
03ROME1499	THE DEPARTURE OF THE ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO RIYADH [...] (C) POL OFF INQUIRED OF LUIGI MACCOTTA, THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR THE GULF STATES, ABOUT THE "PREMATURE" DEPARTURE (REF A) OF THE ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO SAUDI ARABIA, TORQUATO CARDILLI, AND HIS REPLACEMENT BY ARMANDO SANGUINI (BIO TO FOLLOW SEPTEL.) MACCOTTA, VERY CANDID IN HIS RESPONSE [...]	2003-04-08 15:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SA IT ITALIAN POLITICS
03ROME5694	ITALY: 2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) The following is Rome's contribution to the 2004 burdensharing report to Congress. For the purpose of this cable, US. dollar amounts are calculated at the exchange rate of USD 1 = Euro .90 except when noted. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol-Mil Officer Susanne Rose, tel: [...]	2003-12-23 11:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JA KS KU MCAP PREL SA US MARR IT QU TC NATO
03SANAA1256	FBI DIRECTOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT SALEH, MINISTER [...] (S/NF) Begin summary: FBI Director Mueller met with President Saleh on Monday, June 2 during a brief visit to Aden. Mueller and his delegation also met with Minister of Interior Rashad Alimi and head of the Political Security Organization (PSO) General Ghaleb Gamish. Issues discussed in t [...]	2003-06-04 20:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PGOV KJUS IZ SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1451	MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON YEMEN-SAUDI SECURITY [...] (C) Begin summary: On June 21, Charge met with Minister of Interior Alimi to discuss recent developments in Yemen-Saudi border security, Red Sea counter-terrorism cooperation, press reports of Yemeni terrorist arrested in Saudi Arabia, and other issues. The Charge was accompanied by RSO an [...]	2003-06-23 15:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PTER PGOV SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2463	NEA A/S BURNS OCTOBER 4 MEETING WITH SALEH: CT [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a 10/4 meeting with President Saleh, NEA A/S Burns welcomed U.S.-Yemeni CT cooperation and supported U.S. assistance for Yemen's security and development. Saleh briefed on expanding Saudi-Yemeni CT cooperation, which he characterized as better than ever before, despite (acc [...]	2003-10-08 06:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER AMGT EAID PARM MCAP KPAL SA IZ YM ICC DPRK COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM
03SANAA2476	NEA A/S BURNS' 10/4/03 MEETING WITH FM QIRBI: CT [...] (C) Summary: During a 10/4/03 call on FM Qirbi, NEA A/S Burns reviewed U.S.-Yemeni CT cooperation and focused on U.S. development assistance. Burns stressed the need for Yemen to pursue domestic reforms as the U.S. works to increase assistance, e.g. via MEPI and, if Yemen qualifies, the MCA. [...]	2003-10-10 08:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AMGT EAID PARM MCAP SA YM IZ ICC COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM ECON COM
03STATE23994	TERRORIST FINANCING - UPDATED NONPAPER ON AL [...] (S) THIS CABLE REPLACES THE EARLIER VERSION OF THE NON- PAPER SENT OUT IN REFTEL. PLEASE DISCARD EARLIER VERSION. CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST CONVEYED BY NSC STAFF, ARE THE FOLLOWING: REFERENCE TO U.S. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF U.S. BRANCH HAS BEEN DELETED AND DELETIO [...]	2003-01-28 02:43:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER EFIN ECON PREL SA IS JO
04ABUDHABI1989	UAE HAS UNFINISHED BUSINESS OVER ITS BORDER [...] (S) Summary: Thirty years after signing an agreement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over their common border, the UAE Government still views three issues as unsettled and needing discussion: exploitation of the Zarrarah/Shaybah oil field; the maritime border between Saudi Arabia and the UAE [...]	2004-06-16 11:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL SA TC
04ABUDHABI2006	UAE CONDEMNS MURDER OF PAUL JOHNSON, PRAISES [...] (C) UAE President Shaykh Zayed and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa have sent messages of condolence to President Bush and to the family of Paul Johnson in the wake of Johnson's murder by terrorists. The UAE leadership also sent cables to the Saudi leadership praising the Saudi security [...]	2004-06-19 11:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SA TC
04ABUDHABI2194	DEPUTY CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES REGIONAL SITUATION WITH UAE ARMED FORCES DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-04 10:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	IZ MARR MASS MOPS PK PREL SA TC YM
04ABUDHABI2272	A trickle, but no rush of people and capital [...] (C) Summary: Terror attacks and insecurity have prompted a small number of expatriates to leave Saudi Arabia and relocate to the United Arab Emirates, according to business, government, and diplomatic contacts, as well as press reports. The limited exodus concerns individuals, not entire firm [...]	2004-07-07 13:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV SA TC
04ABUDHABI3210	LOCAL VIEWS ON PROSPECTS FOR UAE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Michele J. Sison for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This message was jointly drafted by Embassy Abu Dhabi and ConGen Dubai. 3. (C) SUMMARY: The slow but steady regional trend toward democratization has triggered some, albeit limited, discussion in Emirati c [...]	2004-09-16 06:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KDEM KMPI TC SA
04ABUDHABI4332	ABU DHABI POLICE COLLEGE HOSTS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary: The Abu Dhabi Police Officers, Training Institute, in coordination with the Police Research and Studies Center and the Ministry of Interior (MOI),held a training symposium entitled &Police and Human Rights8 November 27-28. Seven speakers from different branches of the MOI, Interpol, [...]	2004-11-30 12:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR PREL SA TC
04ABUDHABI4411	CENTCOM CDR VISITS UAE [...] (C) Summary: During his November 28-30 visit to UAE, Commander USCENTCOM General Abizaid met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince/UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) and Dubai Crown Prince/UAE MinDef Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MbR); toured Jebel Ali port and Al Dhafra and Minhad Air Ba [...]	2004-12-06 10:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR AF IR IZ SA SY TC
04AMMAN3488	FREE SAUDI OIL FOR ANOTHER YEAR! OR MAYBE NOT... [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ announced yesterday that Saudi Arabia will provide Jordan with free oil for another year. Unfortunately, this public announcement may well endanger Jordan's informal accord with the publicity-shy Saudis. If the oil deal falls through, Jordan still faces a bleak budgetary [...]	2004-05-06 19:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EFIN JO SA
04AMMAN3956	U/S LARSON MEETING WITH AFGHAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN [...] (SBU) U/S Larson met with Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Saturday, May 15. Larson asked Abdullah to review the latest draft of the G-8 plan of support for reform. After handing over a copy, Larson outlined the scope of the initiati [...]	2004-05-19 13:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EINV AF SA
04AMMAN401	KING ABDULLAH ON IRAQ, MEPP, SAUDI ARABIA WITH [...] (C) King Abdullah addressed his concerns on Iraq, the Palestinian-Israeli peace process and Saudi Arabia in a meeting with Staffdel Nordquist on January 13. The King voiced concerns over the U.S. timetable in Iraq, in-fighting in the Palestinian Prime Ministry, and extremists in Saudi Arabia. [...]	2004-01-19 17:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS SA IZ JO
04AMMAN407	FM MUASHER SAYS ISRAELI WALL IS KILLING PROSPECTS [...] (C) FM Muasher told a Senate staff delegation on January 15 that the Israeli separation barrier - "the wall" - is killing prospects for a two-state solution, and that he expects negative movement in the peace process this year. He fears a future partitioning of Iraq if any arrangement is made [...]	2004-01-19 17:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS IZ SY IR SA JO MEPP
04AMMAN459	PM FAYEZ ON RELATIONS WITH GULF, ISRAEL, IRAQ [...] (C) PM Fayez told the Ambassador January 19 that he did not receive a promise from Kuwait to continue its supply of free oil to Jordan on his recent trip there, but that he would keep "chipping away." It was more important to continue the larger Saudi supply, and he hoped his family connect [...]	2004-01-20 16:00:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ECON EAID KU IS SA JO
04AMMAN469	KING COVERS SYRIA, BORDER ISSUES, SECURITY [...] (S) King Abdullah told visiting Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) January 11 that increasingly sophisticated weapons continue to be smuggled across the Syrian border. He expressed concern over the security of his border with Saudi Arabia as well as Saudi stability, hoping that Saudi internal efforts [...]	2004-01-21 07:10:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PTER IZ SA SY 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
04AMMAN5989	JORDAN'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON ARAB BANK, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Jordan's Central Bank Governor Touqan asserted that the legal suit filed against Jordan's Arab Bank in New York hinges on payment orders issued by Saudi authorities through Arab Bank to beneficiaries in the West Bank. Although some of these beneficiaries may inadvertently b [...]	2004-07-18 04:38:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER JO IZ SA IS
04AMMAN665	MUASHER ASKS FOR HELP WITH THE SAUDIS ON OIL [...] (C) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told the Ambassador and PolCouns January 21 that neither Kuwait nor the UAE had yet provided all the free oil they had promised to Jordan in the aftermath of the Iraq war. Kuwait, he asserted, had committed to providing 25,000 bpd for six months, and Jorda [...]	2004-01-27 13:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL KU SA JO TC
04AMMAN7179	IRAQ, PEACE PROCESS, SYRIA DOMINATE LANTOS VISIT [...] (C) During separate meetings with King Abdullah, GID Director General Sa'ad Kheir, and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, in Amman on August 19, Congressman Tom Lantos focused on the positive in Jordan and criticized leaders from neighboring Arab countries. The Jordanians reiterated their suppor [...]	2004-08-26 05:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ SA SY JO
04ANKARA3576	TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (S) On 23 June, Pol Counselor delivered Ref demarche to MFA DDG Safak Gokturk. Gokturk described the inquiry as "serious" and said that he would pursue it. On 24 June, Econoff delivered same demarche to Ahmet Arda, MFA Department Head, Offi [...]	2004-06-24 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER SA TU
04ANKARA3577	GOT CONDEMNATION OF MURDER OF PAUL JOHNSON [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-24 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ASEC CASC SA TU
04DJIBOUTI1572	DISCUSSING SECURITY IN DJIBOUTI: OUR RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-09 08:32:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC CMGT CASC AMGT APER SA ZP ZR DJ
04DJIBOUTI1617	GUELLEH UNLIKELY TO TRAVEL TO SUDAN; DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ragsdale delivered reftel (B) demarche on December 22 to Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf. Youssouf told the Ambassador that the meeting in Khartoum on December 28 is a regularly scheduled one among the self-proclaimed "a [...]	2004-12-22 12:17:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	DJ ODIP PREL SA SO SU YM
04DJIBOUTI1618	GUELLEH WILL NOT TRAVEL TO SUDAN DESPITE SALEH'S [...] (C) Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, confirmed today that Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh will not/not travel to Sudan at the end of the month to attend the axis meeting of Ethiopia, Sudan and Yemen (see reftel A). Youssouf told Ambass [...]	2004-12-23 10:25:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	DJ ODIP PREL SA SO SU YM
04DJIBOUTI340	INVESTMENT IN DJIBOUTI DOMINATED BY ARAB WORLD [...] (U) SUMMARY: President's Advisor on Investment, Fahmi Ahmed Al-Hag, says Djiboutians favor Arab development funds over western funds because of the simplicity of their financing procedures. Al-Hag detailed the current investments to Djibouti from the Arab world. He twice commented that both [...]	2004-03-09 14:12:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV PREL EAID ENRG EWWT SENV SOCI ABLD SA KU DJ TC
04DJIBOUTI383	CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT SEES U.S. BUSINESS [...] (U) Summary: Said Omar, President of Djibouti's Chamber of Commerce, advises U.S. business to consider investment in Djibouti by a change in mindset. He implored U.S. companies to think "can-do," to think about "regional" possibilities, to consider "Doraleh's potential," and to see the potenti [...]	2004-03-14 14:15:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BEXP DJ EAGR ECON EIND SA
04DJIBOUTI492	SAUDI INVESTOR DEVELOPING HARAMOUS REGION [...] (U) PolOff, Econ/Comm Assistant and OBO representative met April 4 with Mohammed M. Ali Yamani, Managing Director of Maya Trading Company in Jeddah and Fahmi Ahmed Al-Hag, President Guelleh's Advisor on Investment. Yamani recently signed a contract with the Government of Djibouti, including f [...]	2004-04-05 13:10:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AMGT ABLD ECON ETRD EINV DJ SA
04DJIBOUTI578	MINISTER OF AWQAF AND ISLAMIC AFFAIRS: RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Mogueh Samatar Dirir described to Ambassador, during her courtesy call April 7, the role of his ministry as one of having authority over all Islamic issues affecting Djibouti. These issues include the manner in which mosques and religious schools shou [...]	2004-04-18 14:20:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI SA DJ
04HARARE128	DAILY NEWS BACK ON STREETS [...] (U) High Court Judge Tendai Uchena on January 21 again ordered the police to vacate the premises of The Daily News (TDN) following an admission in court by the Attorney General's office that there was no legal basis for police occupation of the premises. After receiving a call on January 21 [...]	2004-01-22 14:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PREL SA ZI
04HARARE188	MDC UPDATE ON PROGRESS IN TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary-General Welshman Ncube on January 30 told the Ambassador that he expected to engage his ruling party interlocutor, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa, soon on key issues relating to prospective talks. A new electoral law would address many issues, while the fate of [...]	2004-02-03 04:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SA ZI MDC
04KATHMANDU1201	STATE DEPT. 2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 07:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB EAID SMIG ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD CASC NP SA PPD
04KUWAIT1500	(S) DNSA TOWNSEND PRESSES GOK TO DO MORE AGAINST [...] (S) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: DNSA Townsend met with the Prime Minister May 4, delivered the President's letter to the Amir, and pressed for more aggressive action against extremists. The PM instructed his security services to cooperate strongly with the U.S., but was clearly focused on ma [...]	2004-05-12 10:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL MARR ASEC IZ SY SA IR KU
04KUWAIT1933	KUWAIT CONDEMNS MURDER OF AMCIT PAUL JOHNSON [...] The GOK, National Assembly, and Muslim religious leaders have condemned the Johnson murder and expressed support for Saudi actions against terrorists in the Kingdom. On June 19, Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed publicly condemned the murder as a terrorist act and stressed that those who "k [...]	2004-06-21 12:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ASEC CASC SA KU
04KUWAIT4411	KUWAITI FM ON BAHRAIN FTA AND THE GCC SUMMIT [...] (C) During a December 18 meeting on another topic, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah updated Ambassador LeBaron and British Ambassador Christopher Wilton on the GCC ministerial gathering earlier this month. As reported by others, Saudi FM Saud Al-Faisal's obje [...]	2004-12-19 13:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KU SA BA
04KUWAIT786	(SBU) KUWAIT AND IRAQ BEGIN ADDRESSING BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Energy Ministry Undersecretary Al-Own told USG officials that Kuwait and Iraq have begun direct discussion of bilateral energy issues through the creation of a technical committee, but he remains concerned that Iraq is lacking well-organized plans for the sector. (See septel o [...]	2004-03-09 04:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EINV KU IZ SA QA IR
04KUWAIT928	(C) KUWAIT PETROLEUM COMPANY: UNCOMPROMISING ON [...] (SBU) Summary. On 9 March Embassy and US Military officials from OMC-K and the 143rd Transportation Unit met with Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) Deputy Chairman Nader Sultan to discuss the current status of the Iraq humanitarian fuel contract and the US military's future land needs at the po [...]	2004-03-22 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EINV EWWT PREL MARR KU IZ SA QA IR
04MANAMA1553	SECRETARY OF DEFENSE OCTOBER 9, 2004 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: SecDef met with Bahrain King Hamad Bin Issa Al Khalifa on October 09, 2004, in Bahrain. The King made the following points: (1) The ultimate responsibility for the security of Iraq rests with the Iraqis, not the U.S. (2) Reaffirmed Bahrain's commitment to support the U.S. both [...]	2004-10-12 12:53:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV BA SA IZ
04MANAMA1882	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. DNSA Hadley encouraged Saud to reach out to Iraqi Sunnis to participate in the January 30 elections. The Foreign Mini [...]	2004-12-15 12:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM PGOV SA IR SY IZ
04MANAMA1889	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Yemeni Interior Minister Rashed Mohammed Al Alimi December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Al Alimi thanked the U.S. for its counter terrorism assistance and expressed his desire to increase cooper [...]	2004-12-15 12:39:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR ASEC YM SA BA
04MAPUTO1658	NEW MOZAMBICAN AIRLINE RAISES SAFETY AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In August 2004, Air Corridor became Mozambique's first private commercial airline to operate nationwide, breaking the monopoly that the government-owned Linhas Aereas de Mocambique (LAM) had maintained since independence. Air Corridor has injected much-needed competition in Moza [...]	2004-12-29 15:06:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR SNAR KCRM MZ SA
04MUSCAT2146	OMAN DENOUNCES ATTACK ON U.S. CONSULATE IN JEDDAH [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement December 7 to the Oman News Agency (ONA) in reaction to the December 6 terror attack on the U.S. Consulate General in Jeddah. Per Omani standard practice, the only available version of the MFA statement is that carried by ONA. Begin text: [...]	2004-12-08 14:07:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPRC PTER SA MU
04RIYADH5103	TERRORIST FINANCING: AL-RAJHI BANK [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the end of the meeting between Treasury A/S Zarate and Ali Al-Gaith, Director of Banking Inspection, Insurance and Financial Leasing at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) on September 15, Al-Gaith discussed Al-Rajhi Bank and the recent information forwarded to the SAG via [...]	2004-09-27 08:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL SA
04RIYADH6449	SAUDI ARABIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Per reftel, post submits the following language for use in the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. Embassy POC for this report is Julie Eadeh (eadehja@state.gov). 2. (U) During the year, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia continued to support the global war on terror. Al Qai'da, in the [...]	2004-12-19 10:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL SA
04SANAA414	BEHIND THE SCENES ON YEMEN-SAUDI BORDER COOPERATION [...] (s) Summary: President Saleh told CDA on February 19 that DCI George Tenent played a major role in facilitating the new border agreement between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Both countries agreed to halt new construction and begin joint Ministry of Interior patrols. A resolution was a political n [...]	2004-02-24 09:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER ASEC PBTS SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM
04SANAA724	IMPROVED YEMEN-SAUDI COOPERATION, BUT STILL NO [...] (c) Summary: Saudi Poloff al-Mqhm told Pol/Econ Chief on 3/27 that there is strong interest in Saudi-Yemen cooperation, including projected committee meetings to develop a joint strategy for border security. He confirmed that because of concerns over smuggling, the SAG opted to construct a " [...]	2004-03-31 13:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PBTS SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04STATE251768	JOINT EXAMINATION OF AL RAJHI BANK THROUGH THE [...] (S) Summary and action request. This is an urgent action cable. Please pass the proposed terms of reference for the joint examination of the Al Rajhi Bank through the Joint Terrorist Financing Task Force to appropriate Saudi officials at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, the Ministry of Finan [...]	2004-11-25 02:21:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EFIN PTER PREL KTFN SA
04THEHAGUE100	DUTCH: NO EU DISCUSSION YET ON CSW AFGHAN [...] Kabul minimize considered. 2. According to Dutch MFA contacts, the EU has not/not made a decision yet to propose and/or support a UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) resolution on the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan, nor has it begun fruitful discussions on the issue. P [...]	2004-01-16 09:21:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM KWMN SA NL UN CSW

04THEHAGUE771	TERRORIST FINANCE: AL-HARAMAIN ACTIVITIES IN THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Al Haramain does operate in the Netherlands under the name "Stichting Al Haramain Humanitarian Aid," located at Jan Hanzenstraat 114, 1053SV Amsterdam, telephone number 020-618-2645. Embassy/ROAL have no substantive information indicating that the Dutch Al-Haramain chapter sup [...]	2004-03-24 12:31:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PTER SA NL
05ABIDJAN487	COTE D'IVOIRE -- OUTSIDE LEGAL EXPERTS REVIEW [...] (C) Summary. A panel of legal experts from Burundi and Rwanda, led by the Advisor to South African President Thabo Mbeki, has issued an analysis of the Linas-Marcoussis legislation, and determined that many of the bills are not in compliance with either the letter or spirit of the Linas-Marc [...]	2005-03-25 08:53:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO IV SA
05ABUDHABI1712	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON U.S. - UAE BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 16, Ambassador called on long-time presidential advisor Mohammed Habroush Al-Suwaidi to review our bilateral agenda (FTA, MLAT, and Camel Jockey Trafficking). On FTA, Al-Suwaidi opined that there was no reason the process would not move ahead. The concerns of some busin [...]	2005-04-17 11:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET PHUM ELAB ETRD SA TC
05ABUDHABI2178	MBZ ON IRAQ, IRAN, PAKISTAN [...] (U) Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed,s weekly Sunday "VIP Majlis" provided an excellent opportunity for a visiting National Defense University delegation to observe first-hand the UAEG,s informal consultative process. MbZ, brothers MinState Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan and Interior [...]	2005-05-16 09:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL MASS PHUM ELAB IR IZ XF SA PK FR TC
05ABUDHABI2180	MFA UNDER SECRETARY MEETS NDU DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi met May 14 with Ambassador and a visiting delegation from the National Defense University's (NDU) National War College and reviewed the UAE's security concerns, and the political reform trends that are under way in the region. Al Noaim [...]	2005-05-16 09:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KDEM PGOV IZ IR SA TC
05ABUDHABI2816	UAE REQUESTS PARTICIPATION IN NATO'S ICI [...] (C) The UAEG on June 14 formally notified the NATO SecGen of its interest in participating in NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI). NATO's approval of the request would mean the UAE would join Gulf neighbors Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar as ICI partners. Assuming NATO brings the UAE into [...]	2005-06-21 15:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PTER SA IR AF IZ NATO TC
05ABUDHABI2946	PDAS CHENEY CONSULTS WITH SHEIKH HAMDAN ON KSA, [...] (S) Summary: NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney consulted with Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) on June 26 on debt relief for Iraq, Saudi Arabia, political reform, assistance for the Palestinians, and free trade. With respe [...]	2005-07-01 09:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD KMPI KPAL SA WE GZ TC
05ABUDHABI2975	CENTCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER GENERAL SMITH VISITS UAE [...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Smith met July 2 with UAE Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Mohammed Al Kaabi and UAE Air Force and Air Defense Commander Staff Pilot Major General Khaled Al Buainnan. Smith briefed Al Kaabi on international troop deploym [...]	2005-07-05 03:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MASS AF IZ IR PK SA TC
05ABUDHABI3244	GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE [...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met July 20 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ). Abizaid praised the UAEG for its steadfast determination to wage a public campaign against extremist i [...]	2005-07-25 07:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MASS PREL IZ AF PK IR SY SA TC
05ABUDHABI3272	SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON SYRIA, GAZA, SAUDI BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 24, UAE Minister of Information Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan and Ambassador discussed UAE attention to halting the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq; Abdullah's planned travel to Damascus to meet with Syrian President Bashar Al Asad; Gaza disengagement and the UAE [...]	2005-07-26 09:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER UNSC PHUM PINR EAID SY IZ GZ SA
05ABUDHABI3851	WHAT'S BEHIND THE UAE-SAUDI BORDER DISPUTE [...] This is an Action Request. Please see para. 15 2. (C) Summary: In response to the rising volume of private and public sniping between the UAE and Saudi Arabian governments over the status and meaning of their 1974 Agreement on the Delimitation of Boundaries (refs),Embassies Abu Dhabi and [...]	2005-09-10 15:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PBTS EPET PGOV ETRD SA TC
05ABUDHABI4025	MINSTATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAMDAN ON IRAQ, SAUDI [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador called on Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed al Nahyan (HbZ) September 19 to thank the UAE for its $100 million in Hurricane Katrina assistance and to discuss Iraq, the UAE-Saudi border, UAE assistance to the Palestinians, and possible addi [...]	2005-09-22 15:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SA JO TC
05ABUDHABI4045	MBZ ON IRAQ, EXTREMISM, PALESTINIANS, SAUDIS [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) told Ambassador and a visiting delegation led by retired U.S. four-star generals over dinner September 20 that he expected the Iraqi people would approve a new Constitution on October 15. MbZ reiterated his support for former [...]	2005-09-25 10:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ IR SA SY PK TC
05ABUDHABI4074	MFA U/S ON IRAQ; WELCOMES IRAQ COORDINATOR'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi September 24 to preview Iraq Coordinator Ambassador Jeffrey's October 8 visit to the UAE. She had earlier previewed the goals of the Jeffrey visit with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed and MinState for Foreign Affair [...]	2005-09-26 12:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SA IR SY TC
05ABUDHABI4308	MBZ MEETING WITH SENIOR ADVISOR ON IRAQ JEFFREY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) October 8, Senior Adviser on Iraq Ambassador Jeffrey and an interagency team received a pledge of further UAEG assistance in reaching out to Sunni Arab Iraqis and other moderates to encourage them to play a p [...]	2005-10-15 07:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN IZ IR SY SA TC
05ABUDHABI4696	UAEG RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Summary: On November 9, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ronald Neumann, visited Abu Dhabi and met with Minister of Information Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (AbZ) and MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi. He inquired about GCC states, views and UAEG's recommendations on Afghanistan. [...]	2005-11-19 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF KU QA SA TC
05ABUDHABI470	UAE ATTENDANCE AT SAUDI COUNTERTERRORISM CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-01 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER SA TC
05ABUDHABI4741	ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: UAEG and Abu Dhabi government interlocutors told Secretary Bodman during his November 11-13 visit that the UAE is committed to expanding crude oil production (including condensates) to 4 mb/d over the next seven to ten years, with 200,000 b/d coming on line in early 2006. The UAE [...]	2005-11-21 14:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ETRD PK AF SA IR IZ
05ABUDHABI4815	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD VISITS ABU DHABI [...] (C) Summary: On November 23, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Deputy Prime Minister/MinState for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ). They discussed the role Dubai-based Iraqi cleric Ahmed Al Kubaysi might play in encouraging greater Sunni Arab participation in Iraq's political process [...]	2005-11-27 09:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PINR PTER IR IZ SA AE
05ABUDHABI713	WHITE HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR FRAN [...] (S) Summary. In a February 7 meeting with HSC Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend, the Director of UAE State Security Department (SSD),Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, expressed support for U.S. efforts regarding the Israeli/Palestinian situation. Sheikh Hazza also said that the UAE [...]	2005-02-15 12:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	IR IZ PREL PTER SA TC
05ABUDHABI718	HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR TOWNSEND MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 7 meeting with Dubai Crown Prince (and UAE Defense Minister) Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MBR),White House Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend expressed appreciation for the UAE's contributions to our counterterrorism efforts. Noting that it was a hopeful time [...]	2005-02-15 12:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ PREL PTER SA TC
05ABUDHABI721	WHITE HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR FRAN [...] (C) Summary: White House Homeland Security Advisor Fran Townsend met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) February 7 to discuss counter terrorism trends in the Gulf region, U.S.-UAE CT cooperation, and the th [...]	2005-02-15 12:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	IR IZ PTER SA TC
05ABUDHABI767	GENERAL ABIZAID VISITS ABU DHABI [...] (S) Summary: CENTCOM Commander Gen. Abizaid met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) February 14 to discuss Iraq,s security situation in the wake of the January 30 elections. They also discussed othe [...]	2005-02-20 02:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER MCAP IZ IR SA SY LE AF TC
05AMMAN2753	FINANCE MINISTER REVIEWS STATUS OF OIL GRANTS [...] (C) In a March 30 meeting with Charge, Finance Minister Mohammed Abu Hammour reviewed the likelihood of Jordan's receipt of oil grants in 2005. Abu Hammour noted that during the most recent visit by King Abdullah to Saudi Arabia in early March, the Saudis had promised to grant Jordan 25,000 ba [...]	2005-04-03 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL EFIN SA KU JO TC
05AMMAN9319	JORDAN SEEKS US SUPPORT IN ADVANCE OF OIC SUMMIT [...] (C) King Abdullah II and Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdulillah Al Khatib separately briefed Ambassador December 1 on GOJ efforts to prepare for the December 7-8 summit in Mecca of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Khatib explained that the GOJ is working for a final communiq [...]	2005-12-01 13:04:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PTER SA QA JO
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
05BAGHDAD2954	ACTION REQUEST--CONTINUED DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND [...] (C/REL TO UK AND AUS) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (C/ REL TO UK AND AUS) Action Request: Post asks that the Department of State request the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (Customs and Border Protection) to continue its support of the Border Support Team missi [...]	2005-04-13 19:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PTER PINS PREL PGOV IZ IR JO KU SY SA TU
05BAGHDAD4118	IRAQI SHIA DON'T THINK MUCH OF SAUDI FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent comments by the Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs, combined with the Arab League Secretary General's decision to travel to Iraq, have raised SIPDIS the ire of many Iraqi Shia. They expressed anger at assertions that Iran has undue influence in Iraq, and they a [...]	2005-10-05 14:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ SA
05BAGHDAD4777	PRIME MINISTER JAFARI TO VISIT SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) Prime Minister Jafari told the Ambassador that he has been invited to visit Saudi Arabia. He departs November 29. He plans to meet the Saudi king during his visit. 2. (C) The PM may raise the following issues: -- Increasing the number of hajj slots for Iraqis; -- Sending a Saudi Am [...]	2005-11-29 16:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ SA
05BAGHDAD4806	NATIONAL DIALOGUE COUNCIL MEMBER ON ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. National Dialogue Council member Mahmoud Mashadani told the Ambassador November 29 that Iraqi Security Forces are preventing campaigning and that terrorists are targeting Tawafoq (consensus) leaders. He called for a national unity government after the election. He also said his [...]	2005-12-01 17:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ SA
05BAGHDAD4842	CHALABI ALLY: THERE IS NO RESISTANCE, ONLY [...] (C) In a December 3 meeting with Poloffs, INC candidate Mariam al-Rais argued in favor of her party's platform and party leader Ahmed Chalabi's qualifications to lead the next government. Al-Rais faulted Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia for contributing to Iraq's instability. In a clear allusio [...]	2005-12-04 21:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ SA
05BAGHDAD4940	ACTION REQUEST REGARDING KUWAITI AND SAUDI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post asks that the Department request that Embassy Kuwait and Embassy Riyadh consult with GOK and and KSA as a matter of priority as to whether either government is interested in providing assistance to the Kuwaiti and Saudi nationals listed below upon their release from the Ba [...]	2005-12-12 06:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PHUM PGOV KJUS IZ KU SA
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
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
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
05DARESSALAAM150	Tanzanian Participation at the Saudi Counter- [...] As of January 24, Ms. Agnes Kayola, an officer in the Foreign Ministry's Multilateral Affairs Department, was planning to attend the Saudi Counter-terrorism Conference. She noted that one, unnamed official at the Justice Ministry also planned to attend, but that the Ministry of Home Affairs ha [...]	2005-01-25 13:53:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL SA TZ
05DJIBOUTI1266	DJIBOUTI ENGAGES SAUDI INVESTOR FOR USAID [...] (C) Summary: With a claim of dissatisfaction with technical aspects of construction and progress of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Livestock Export Facility in Djibouti, the Government of Djibouti has advised Embassy and Regional Economic Development Services Offi [...]	2005-12-28 09:41:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR PREL PGOV ECON ETRD DJ SA
05DJIBOUTI246	DJIBOUTI SEEKS ASSISTANCE IN MONITORING ISLAMIC [...] (C) During Ambassador and USAID Director's February 23 call on Minister of Education Abdi Ibrahim Absieh (see septel),the Minister informed us of his concern that his Ministry lacked knowledge of and control over the country's growing network of Islamic schools. These schools, he said, which [...]	2005-03-07 13:11:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SCUL SOCI DJ SA
05DJIBOUTI338	CORNERSTONE LAID FOR SAUDI-FUNDED DIALYSIS CENTER [...] (U) Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita, Saudi Ambassador to Djibouti Abdulaziz bin Mohamed Al-Eifan, and Army Major Khatab Bin Eid Al-Otaibi of the Saudi Army's Medical Corps, led ceremonies April 6 in Djibouti laying the cornerstone for a future dialysis center donated by Prince Sultan Bi [...]	2005-04-07 14:28:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI SA DJ
05DJIBOUTI391	DJIBOUTI AT LOGGERHEADS WITH SAUDI ARABIA OVER [...] (C) The 4/19-20 visit of the president of Al-Imam Mohamed Ibn Saud Islamic University, Dr. Mohamed Al-Salem, gave Arab League member state Djibouti the opportunity to reiterate to Saudi Arabia its concerns about instruction offered Djibouti's youth under Saudi auspices. Acting Minister of For [...]	2005-04-20 13:44:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SCUL SOCI PINR EAID SA DJ
05HARARE1009	SAG-GOZ NEGOTIATIONS AND THE USG [...] (C) The Mugabe regime is confronting a "perfect storm" of converging challenges - international opprobrium over Operation Restore Order, the economy's accelerating implosion, and a looming IMF vote on Zimbabwe's expulsion. As a result, the GOZ is showing growing desperation and signaling unch [...]	2005-07-25 13:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN SA ZI
05JEDDAH3366	SAUDI KING PLEASED WITH PROGRESS AGAINST [...] (S) SUMMARY. On September 5, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security Fran Townsend met with King Abdullah at his invitation at the King's home in Jeddah. The meeting, notable for its warm and friendly tone, focused on the Saudi progress in subduing Saudi terrorists and the need to c [...]	2005-09-13 11:44:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL SA
05KINSHASA1647	CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES [...] The following demarches were delivered on September 16, 2005 to Mr. Felix Ngoma, the Americas Desk Officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Note: REF G had also been earlier delivered, on September 9, 2005, by Charge' d'Affaires Rutherford to the Minister of Finance (see paragraph 6). [...]	2005-10-04 07:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETTC KTFN EFIN PGOV PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR KISL KPAO OIIP TBIO EAGR ECON ECIN EAIR EAID KSCA SOCI UK SA CF UNGA WTO AID
05KUWAIT2228	KUWAIT'S INTERIOR MINISTER APPLAUDS WOMEN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 24, Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, said that the Prime Minister is seeking to place a woman in the Cabinet. (Note: The Prime Minister confirmed this in a meeting later in the day.) On C/T training, the Ambassado [...]	2005-05-24 16:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ASEC KISL KU PGOV PREL PTER SA TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4322	UPDATE ON PENINSULA LIONS: PROSECUTION CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Peninsula Lions terrorist cell case completed its procedural phase and began actual deliberations on the charges facing the thirty-seven defendants on Saturday, September 24. The accused are all implicated in the January 10, 15, 30, and 31 police actions that left four Kuwai [...]	2005-10-05 07:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4451	SHI'A MOSQUE ATTACKED BY YOUTH IN JAHRA; SHI'A [...] (C) Summary: A group of youth between the ages of 14 and 18 attacked a Shi'a mosque in Jahra on October 7, burning a stolen car, breaking the mosque's spotlights, pelting worshippers with stones, and chanting anti-Shi'a slogans, including: "Death to infidel Shi'a, agents of America." No one was rep [...]	2005-10-17 10:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL KDEM SA KU SHI
05KUWAIT4794	PENINSULA LIONS UPDATE: DEFENSE CHALLENGES CHARGES [...] (SBU) The trial of the Peninsula Lions resumed on November 12 amid tightening security with over a dozen defense lawyers presenting their arguments one-by-one as the trial judges sat and listened. The hearing, which began at 2 pm, has continued in extraordinary sessions finishing after 8 pm [...]	2005-11-16 14:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4813	28TH MEETING OF THE TRIPARTITE COMMISSION: 28 [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait hosted on November 15, the 28th meeting of the Tripartite Commission (TPC) on Gulf War Missing. The session closed 28 cases (26 Kuwaitis, two Saudis, and one Iraqi),continued the mandate of the Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) for one year, and selected November 15, 2006 [...]	2005-11-19 14:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR AORC ICRC KU IZ SA
05KUWAIT5002	PENINSULA LIONS VERDICT TO BE ANNOUNCED DECEMBER 27 [...] (C) After six weeks of deliberations, the all-Kuwaiti judicial panel of three judges presiding over the case of the Peninsula Lions, with 37 defendants, eleven of whom are fugitives, is expected to announce its verdict on December 27. The 37 defendants face charges including murder of Kuwai [...]	2005-12-05 11:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT512	RAID NETS SAUDI, JORDANIAN MILITANTS; KUWAIT [...] Summary: In the latest round of raids on suspected militants since security crackdowns began January 10, police on February 5 reportedly captured five suspected militants, including two Saudi Arabian and three Jordanian citizens. Kuwaiti security forces have been authorized and are using all n [...]	2005-02-06 13:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL KPAO ASEC KU SA JO TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5270	PENINSULA LIONS VERDICT IN: 30 CONVICTIONS [...] (U) In a verdict announced December 27, 30 of the 37 Peninsula Lions defendants were convicted of murder, attempted assassinations and other terror related crimes. The decision was first read to the defense lawyers in a closed court session, followed by an announcement to court observers out [...]	2005-12-27 12:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM
05MANAMA1182	BAHRAIN EXPECTS CONTINUED STRONG RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) In the widespread public and private expressions of condolences for the death of Saudi King Fahd, Bahrainis of all backgrounds have registered their appreciation for Fahd's support for Bahrain's development. Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed said that Bahrain strives always to have strong [...]	2005-08-16 12:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET BA SA
05MANAMA14	BAHRAIN'S RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL LEADERS CONDEMN [...] (C) Bahrainis disregarded London-based Saudi dissident Dr. Saad Al Faqih's call for protests against the Saudi Arabian government following Friday prayers December 31. While police stood by, worshippers departed the Al Fateh Grand Mosque compound in a normal fashion. Al Faqih's appeal provok [...]	2005-01-03 10:56:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC BA SA
05MANAMA176	CONTINUING SAUDI CONCERNS ABOUT BAHRAIN FTA [...] (C) Bahrain officials have indicated both publicly and privately to us that the crisis with Saudi Arabia over the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade agreement has ebbed, and that it is full speed ahead on ratification and implementation. Saudi Ambassador to Bahrain Abdulla Al-Kuwaiz, in a February 6 dis [...]	2005-02-07 08:15:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON BA SA
05MANAMA88	SAUDI COUNTERTERRORISM CONFERENCE -- BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-18 13:04:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL BA SA
05MANILA1098	MARAWI CITY: ISLAMIC PRIDE IN THE TROUBLED SOUTH [...] (U) Summary. Marawi, the capital of Lanao del Sur Province in Central Mindanao, is officially an "Islamic city" under municipal law, the only such city in the Philippines. The city of 125,000 is 96-percent Muslim. The main campus of Mindanao State University, located in Marawi, is a nonethe [...]	2005-03-09 09:23:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL PINS KCRM SNAR SA RP
05MANILA2016	ENGAGING THE SAUDIS ON GWOT EFFORTS IN THE [...] (S/NF) In a meeting on May 2, Ambassador told Foreign Secretary Romulo of our concern about the role Saudi-based SIPDIS financiers appear to be playing in Mindanao by channeling money to terrorists linked to the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). He noted that there has [...]	2005-05-03 06:58:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EFIN PREL SA RP XC XF
05MANILA2042	DEPORTATION OF SAUDI TERROR SUSPECT AT BEHEST OF [...] (S/NF) Summary. A new case of Saudi diplomatic interference, protection, and deportation of a suspected terrorist financier underscores the ambiguous role of official and unofficial Saudi nationals here in the Philippines. While the most recent case could serve as an opportunity for coopera [...]	2005-05-04 08:54:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EFIN PREL SA RP XC XF
05MANILA2356	ISLAMIC NGOS IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (C) Summary. A variety of local and international charities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with Islamic connections operate in the Philippines but under increasing scrutiny. Police and immigration authorities have lamented the lack of resources and enforcement mechanisms to keep [...]	2005-05-23 07:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL EAID PINS PREL EFIN KTFN LY SA PK TH RP
05MANILA2749	SAUDI FINANCE MINISTER TO VISIT MANILA; [...] (S/NF) Saudi Ambassador Wali has returned to Manila from what he characterized a "family" visit back to Riyadh (he said he escorted his mother and daughter here to Manila) and feigned surprise that our Embassy in Riyadh was engaged in a direct dialogue with his government about terrorist finan [...]	2005-06-15 23:43:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EFIN PREL KTFN RP SA
05MUMBAI1682	TERRORIST DAWOOD IBRAHIM HAUNTS INDIA FROM AFAR AS DAUGHTER WEDS IN AN AMERICAN-BRANDED HOTEL [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 13. 2. (C) Like a bad dream, terrorist and underworld figure Dawood Ibrahim returned to the headlines of India's media in July when his daughter married the son of a famous Pakistani cricket player. An upscale wedding reception brazenly took place a [...]	2005-08-08 09:38:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN PGOV PREL KCRM SA PK AE IN
05NEWDELHI2633	TERRORIST FINANCE: HIYARI AND BUISIR [...] (C) On April 7, Poloff delivered talking points and supporting non-papers from Reftels to MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall, who thanked us for sharing the information. Understanding that the prenotification of the Hiyari and Buisir designations should be held tightly until after the public a [...]	2005-04-07 13:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN IN JO EI SA
05NEWDELHI6414	MEA UNSURPRISED BUT ANXIOUS IN REACTION TO BANGLA [...] (C) Summary: The MEA told us that the few indicators so far available point to the Jamaat ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh as author of the August 17 bombing wave. The MEA further theorized that the terrorists' goal was to demonstrate organization and sophistication. Delhi views Bangladesh's terrori [...]	2005-08-18 16:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA
05NEWDELHI6694	MEA EAGER TO WORK WITH US ON BANGLADESH AND SRI [...] (C) Summary: In an August 31 meeting, new MEA Joint Secretary for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar Mohan Kumar SIPDIS agreed to the need for greater information sharing and policy coordination between GOI and USG on Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Stressing that Bangladesh is "India's most impo [...]	2005-08-31 14:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA
05NEWDELHI9080	GOI "CONSTRUCTIVELY ENGAGED" IN BURMA, UPBEAT ON [...] (C) Summary: MEA J/S (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar) Mohan Kumar was candid about India's need to continue engaging in Burma and optimistic that PM Singh had begun to "clear the air" during his bilateral meeting with President Zia in Bangladesh. Acknowledging Indian competition with the [...]	2005-12-01 12:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER BG BM IN SA
05OTTAWA2148	TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA: GOC ON HIG [...] (S) Foreign Affairs Canada has received the information that was provided to the Canadian Embassy regarding the US position on designation of HIG (ref A). Our FAC counterpart tells us that they do not, at this point, have individual names that could be designated but welcome collaboration in [...]	2005-07-15 14:24:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN CA SA AF
05OTTAWA2642	CANADA - TERRORISM FINANCE: YASIN AL-QADI - STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-02 19:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER PGOV PREL SA CA UN
05PARIS2660	SAUDI CROWN PRINCE VISIT FOCUSES ON LEBANON, CLOSE [...] (C) Summary and comment: GoF contacts report that Lebanon and Syria were the main topics of Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah's recent meetings with President Chirac, with both sides agreeing on the need for full Syrian withdrawal, rapid formation of a Lebanese government and holding of free and fai [...]	2005-04-19 17:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA SY LE ECON PARM FR
05PARIS478	FRENCH PARTICIPATION AT THE SAUDI COUNTERTERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-26 17:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL SA FR
05PRETORIA4817	DEMARCHE REQUEST - METHYL BROMIDE EXEMPTION [...] Post has delivered the subject demarche to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),Department of Agriculture (DAg),and Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT). DAg has not responded. The DFA advises that the knowledgeable people in DFA are currently in Montreal at the Meeti [...]	2005-12-08 14:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AORC EAGR ETRD PREL SA
05RIYADH3517	KING FAHD HEALTH CRISIS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: As of Saturday, May 28, King Fahd remains in King Faisal Specialist Hospital, undergoing unspecified "medical tests," according to statements released by the Saudi press agency and sourced to the Royal Court and "official sources." The mood in Riyadh is quiet and normal, although [...]	2005-05-28 10:56:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
05RIYADH4932	SAUDI ARABIA: WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN KING FAHD DIES [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-14 10:08:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL SA
05RIYADH5352	SAUDI KING FAHD DIES, ABDULLAH ASCENDS THE THRONE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador James Oberwetter. Reason 1.4 (B and D). 2. (C) The Royal Diwan announced on August 1 that Saudi King Fahd bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud has died. The announcement was read on Saudi state television at 10:00 AM Riyadh time. According to our sources in the Royal Diwan [...]	2005-08-01 08:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
05RIYADH5371	THE LATE SAUDI KING FAHD: A MIXED LEGACY [...] (C) Summary: A chief architect of Saudi Arabia's transformation from feudal monarchy to modernizing nation state, the late King Fahd will be remembered above all as a modernizer -- a ruler who pushed his subjects to abandon their feudal insularity and join the modern world-- and an institution [...]	2005-08-01 13:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
05RIYADH9116	A PUBLIC DIPLOMACY STRATEGY FOR SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The events of 9/11 profoundly affected the U.S.-Saudi relationship, forcing a rethinking of diplomacy as well as public diplomacy on both sides. This rethinking found positive expression in the joint statements issued in Crawford following the April 2005 visit o [...]	2005-12-12 14:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL PINR ECON SA
05RIYADH9142	SHI'ITE COUNCIL MEMBER PREDICTS SACKING OF SAUDI [...] (C) Shi'a activist Jafar Al-Shayeb described efforts to oust Abdullah Al-Khunaizi, Qatif's Shi'a judge, saying that he was not effective as a representative of the community given "new social forces" gaining strength in Qatif. He said that the Shi'a were pleased with the signals from King Ab [...]	2005-12-13 06:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KIRF SA
05RIYADH9145	SAUDI ROYAL ADVISOR'S IMPRESSIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (S) Royal Advisor Adel al-Jubeir contacted the Ambassador by telephone December 12 and relayed his impressions of Iranian President Ahmadinajad, whom he had briefly met at the recently concluded OIC Extraordinary Summit in Jeddah. Al-Jubeir said that Ahmadinajad had struck him "as a very, ver [...]	2005-12-13 10:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL PINR SA
05RIYADH9146	SAUDI ROYAL ADVISOR'S IMPRESSIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (S) Royal Advisor Adel al-Jubeir contacted the Ambassador by telephone December 12 and relayed his impressions of Iranian President Ahmadinajad, whom he had briefly met at the recently concluded OIC Extraordinary Summit in Jeddah. Al-Jubeir said that Ahmadinajad had struck him "as a very, [...]	2005-12-13 10:32:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL PINR SA
05RIYADH9147	DEPARTURE OF AMBASSADOR [...] Ambassador James Oberwetter departed post on Tuesday, December 13 at 01:15 local time. 2. A/DCM Michael Gfoeller will be CDA during the Ambassador's absence. [...]	2005-12-13 11:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT SA
05RIYADH9219	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JANUARY 20-23, 2006 [...] The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes the visit of Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) Director Ambassador John R. Miller, G/TIP's Senior Coordinator for Reports Mark Taylor, and G/TIP's Reports Officer for NEA Gayatri Patel, and grants to them country clearance fo [...]	2005-12-14 07:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN OTRA PGOV PHUM PREL SA
05RIYADH9246	STREAMLINING PROCEDURES FOR THE STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-14 13:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PGOV SA
05RIYADH9248	TIP UPDATE: AMBASSADOR AND FM SAUD AL-FAISAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-14 13:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN OTRA PGOV PHUM PREL SA
05RIYADH9250	IRF UPDATE: AMBASSADOR AND FM SAUD AL-FAISAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-14 13:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SA
05RIYADH9252	KSA SUPPORT FOR IRAQI VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-14 13:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA IZ
05RIYADH9300	SAUDI BUDGET: HIGHEST RECORDED BUDGET SURPLUS IN [...] (U) Summary: The strength of the oil market, and growing Saudi economy, drove Saudi Arabia's 2005 budget surplus to its highest recorded level - 57 billion USD, and provides the basis for an expansive new national budget. The largest portion of the budget surplus, 60 percent, is allocated to [...]	2005-12-14 15:11:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV SA OIL
05RIYADH9303	MUNICIPAL COUNCILS UPDATE: REMAINING HALF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 15, the Saudi press announced that King Abdullah had completed the long delayed process of forming the country's 178 municipal councils. Half of the councils' members, totaling 592 officials in all, were chosen last spring in the Kingdom's first democratic, albeit [...]	2005-12-15 14:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SA
05RIYADH9341	DELIVERY OF SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO GCC [...] (C) A/DCM conveyed ref message to the Director of the Office of the Foreign Minister. The Director provided no substantive response, but said the message would be forwarded to the Foreign Minister in advance of the GCC Summit. GFOELLER [...]	2005-12-18 06:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL SA
05RIYADH9342	CODEL HAGEL MEETINGS IN KSA FOCUS ON IRAQ, IRAN [...] (C) On November 30 and December 1, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) led a delegation including Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) and Representative Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) to the first Senate-level visit to Saudi Arabia in over two years. The delegation received a warm welcome in meetings with King Abdullah [...]	2005-12-18 09:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PINR PREL PTER SA IZ IR
05RIYADH9366	EP BUSINESSWOMEN TAKE FIRST LOOK AT NEW [...] (U) Summary: Following the trend in Jeddah and Riyadh, the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce elections in early February will be open to women, both as voters and as candidates. As of December 17, out of a total of 44 candidates five are women. December 18th is the last day to register. T [...]	2005-12-18 14:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SCUL KMPI SA
05RIYADH9368	TWO ARAMCONS SKEPTICAL ARAMCO CAN MEET 2009 [...] (S/NF) Two Aramco analysts told PolOff and PAO on December 14 that they doubted Aramco would meet its target of increasing sustainable production capacity to 12.5 million barrels per day by the end of 2009. "The projections show pretty much a flat level of output - 9.6, 9.6, 9.6, ..." said o [...]	2005-12-19 09:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET EIND PREL PGOV SA OIL
05RIYADH9396	SAG REPLACES SHI'ITE JUDGE IN QATIF [...] (U) EP daily Al-Youm reported on December 18 that a new Shi'ite judge, Sheikh Ghalib Al-Hamad, has succeeded Sheikh Abdullah Al-Khunaizi as Shi'ite judge in Qatif. According to the report, Al-Hamad had been appointed by royal decree two weeks earlier to fill the position that Al-Khunaizi had [...]	2005-12-20 07:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF SA
05RIYADH9401	MAYOR PREVIEWS (LIMITED) SCOPE OF QATIF'S [...] (C) In a meeting with the CG, Khalid Al-Dossari, Mayor of Qatif, said that the primary problem facing his municipality was haphazard development. Qatif, an oasis once composed of close-knit villages and date palm groves, is changing rapidly as the population grows and date farmers sell their [...]	2005-12-20 13:49:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SA
05RIYADH9402	SAG OFFSETS SHI'A STRENGTH IN ITS APPOINTMENTS TO [...] (C) Summary: The SAG announced its appointments to municipal councils nationwide, including those of the Eastern Province (EP),on December 14. As expected by many observers, the government used the appointments to balance the Shi'a presence on the councils in Qatif and Al-Hasa: elected mem [...]	2005-12-20 14:21:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SA
05RIYADH9433	HASSAN AL-SAFFAR CONTINUES TO DECLINE TO MEET USG [...] (C) Post has requested a meeting with Shi'ite cleric and leader Hassan Al-Saffar through several intermediaries, principally Salman and Nathir Al-Jishi. Al-Saffar is generally agreed by most of post's interlocutors to be the preeminent leader in the Saudi Shi'a community and the primarily, b [...]	2005-12-21 08:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV SA
05RIYADH9434	EP TRIBAL FAMILY FLEXES ITS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) Four brothers from the Al-Dossari family outlined to the CG and Consulate staff their family's business and political enterprises. Yousef, Khalifa, Khalid, and Mohammed Al-Dossari, together with two other brothers, run a company that has expanded from supplying auto parts to managing int [...]	2005-12-21 09:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM SA
05RIYADH9435	SAUDI DISSIDENT TURKI AL-HAMAD SHARES PRIORITIES [...] (C) In a meeting with CG and PolOff December 19 over coffee at the Gulf Meridian Hotel in Khobar, Saudi dissident and writer Turki Al-Hamad discussed his three priorities for reform: "We need reform of the judicial system, public freedoms, and public rights." He argued that political reform [...]	2005-12-21 12:13:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SA
05RIYADH9441	Saudi Women Push for Economic Opportunities at [...] (U) Summary: The Second Riyadh Economic Forum (REF),held earlier this month, included a lively discussion of a study critical of the job and investment opportunities available to Saudi women. The study acknowledges Saudi laws are on the books that are intended to create job opportunities for [...]	2005-12-21 13:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EFIN PHUM SA
05RIYADH9469	HEAD OF TOP SAUDI UNIVERSITY LEADS THE DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: CG John Kincannon and consulate staff met with Dr. Khaled S. Al Sultan, Rector and CEO of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) on December 17th 2005. Al Sultan discussed current challenges facing the university, the importance of educational exchange, and KFUPM' [...]	2005-12-21 16:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI KMPI PINR SA

05RIYADH9474	THE SAUDI STOCK MARKET: VIGNETTES FROM THE EP [...] (SBU) Mohammed Al-Jassim, a prosperous Dammam businessman whose main commercial interest is as a wholesale trader in air-conditioning products, chooses stocks in the same way that many Saudis do: by buzz. "If someone calls me up and says, 'Hey, have you heard about this stock, it's definitel [...]	2005-12-24 09:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV SA
05RIYADH9488	FORMER ARAMCO EXECUTIVE OFFERS HIS VIEWS ON OIL [...] (C) Over lunch at the CG's residence on December 21, 2005, Sadad Al-Husseini, who retired from Aramco in 2004 after serving twelve years as Executive President for Exploration & Producing, shared his views on global oil supply and demand with CG, EconOff, and PAO. Al-Husseini, who is now a c [...]	2005-12-26 06:07:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON PREL SA OIL
05RIYADH9490	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD [...] (S) Your visit to Saudi Arabia comes during an upswing in the U.S.-Saudi Arabia relationship that was highlighted on November 13, when Secretary Rice and Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal inaugurated the U.S.-Saudi Strategic Dialogue, a new diplomatic process designed to reinvigorate our bilater [...]	2005-12-26 11:11:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV OVIP PTER IZ SA
05RIYADH9531	NEW PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE, [...] (U) Summary: A new private university in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province is scheduled to open to 600 men and women in the fall of 2006. Funded by donations from private investors, Prince Mohammed University's curriculum, faculty recruitment, and administrative system have been designed and will [...]	2005-12-27 09:58:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI KMPI SA
05RIYADH9535	SAUDI BUSINESSWOMEN ENERGIZED BY LEADERSHIP [...] (U) Summary: Business and communication professors Kathy Long Holland and Kay Westerfield led four engaging workshops on leadership and entrepreneurship on December 19th and 20th. In cooperation with the Businesswomen's Center at the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce in Dammam, Holland and [...]	2005-12-28 18:11:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KMPI SA
05RIYADH9568	US EDUCATION SPECIALIST REACHES SAUDI TEACHERS AND [...] (U) Summary: A Specialist Program focused on 'best practices' training for special education teachers in the Eastern Province from Nov. 26th to Dec. 7th 2005. This program influenced the teaching of over 300 students. In cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Special Education Specialist [...]	2005-12-28 14:01:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KMPI SA
05ROME2570	RSVP: EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NATIONAL [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT ATTACHE, ROME, INDICES CHECKS REVEALED SUBJECT, NATIONAL AIR SERVICE, AS AN ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE IN AN EXPORT VIOLATION OF AIRCRAFT AVIONIC COMPUTERS. THE S [...]	2005-08-02 15:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ETTC SA KHLS HLSX
05ROME4155	WITH A WARY EYE ON RUSSIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST, [...] (SBU) Summary. Italy's Productive Activities Minister says Italy and the EU are too dependent on Russian energy, and that truly developed countries should be self-sufficient in energy. Italy is actively pursuing alternative energy sources, such as biomass fuel, hydrogen energy, and solar p [...]	2005-12-27 15:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL KDEM SA IR IS IT IQ RU
05SANAA2051	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TERRORISM FINANCE: MOVEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-27 13:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR UK SA YM DEMARCHE TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2997	PROGRESS REPORT ON YEMEN'S COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (S) Summary. In July, Ambassador presented President Saleh with a white paper assessing the Republic of Yemen Government's (ROYG) level of counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation. The Ambassador shared USG concerns that Yemen's efforts to combat terrorism have been neither consistent nor aggressi [...]	2005-10-17 12:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER PARM SA IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA564	SALEH SAYS FROM NOW ON NO MORE WEAPONS DEALS USING [...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/ARPI. See para. 12. 2. (S) Summary. Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to President Saleh on March 10. In a classic Saleh move to put his interlocutors on the defensive, the Yemeni President opened with a theatrical tirade on the latest Human Rights [...]	2005-03-12 07:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL ETTC PARM PHUM IZ SA SR YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA651	MOI ALIMI: WE GOT THE SA/LW MESSAGE [...] (S) On March 16, Ambassador and DCM briefed Minister of Interior Rashad al-Alimi on the March 10 conversation with President Saleh concerning SA/LW (reftel A). Alimi replied that the ROYG shares U.S. concerns over this issue and confirmed that his Ministry received a copy of the President's l [...]	2005-03-19 13:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL ETTC PARM PHUM IZ SA YM
05SANTIAGO1645	MEDIA REACTION - MIDEAST - SAUDI ARABIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-03 17:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC CI IS SA
05TEGUCIGALPA2572	HONDURAS CURRENTLY NOT AN AUDIENCE FOR AL-MANAR [...] (S) According to contacts of the Public Affairs Section, five cable companies in Honduras carry Arabic language stations, the two main carriers in Tegucigalpa, one in San Pedro Sula, one in Tela, and one in Danli. None appear to carry with the Hezbollah station Al-Manar. The Arabic speaking [...]	2005-12-22 20:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV ANET ASEC XF KU SA JO LE HO
05TRIPOLI209	LIBYANS PLEASED WITH SAUDI DECISION [...] (C) August 10 COM spoke at some length with Ambassador to the UK Mohammad al-Zway and his colleagues about the Saudi decision to pardon and expel three Libyans accused of an assassination plot again then-Crown Prince Abdullah (reftel). Zway had just returned from Sirte; he flew there August 8 [...]	2005-08-15 07:30:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LY SA
05WARSAW3300	POLAND: PROBLEMS WITH SAUDI WTO ACCESSION [...] (SBU) Econoff spoke with Sara Riley from the U.K. Embassy regarding the WTO accession of Saudi Arabia. Riley noted concerns with regard to certain EU member states, including Poland, stemming from dual fuel pricing regimes (one for domestic, one for export). According to Riley, the Poles are [...]	2005-09-07 13:59:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PL SA WTO
06ABUDHABI191	UAEG RE-DRAWS ITS BORDER WITH SAUDI ARABIA [...] (U) Ratcheting up its public stance on the border issue, the UAEG,s 2006 Yearbook includes a map of the UAE with re-drawn borders with Saudi Arabia. In a departure from earlier yearbooks, the map (both hard copy and internet version) shows the UAE's territory extending to Qatar. The book dev [...]	2006-01-23 13:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EPET PGOV ETRD ECON SA AE
06ABUDHABI2875	UAE-QATAR DOLPHIN PROJECT UNDER FIRE FROM SAUDI [...] (C) Summary. The UAE-Saudi border dispute continues, albeit largely out of the public eye. Saudi Arabia claims that the Dolphin pipeline that will bring natural gas from Qatar to UAE crosses Saudi territory. As such, the SAG recently sent letters of complaint to the relevant governments, Do [...]	2006-07-12 12:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET SA QA AE
06ADDISABABA2352	ETHIOPIA: TRADITIONAL ISLAM UNDER THREAT ACCORDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Charge Huddleston, prominent Ethiopian Muslim leader Sheikh Elias Redman expressed grave concern about the growing Wahhabist influence in Ethiopia, which he said threatens to undermine the moderate Muslim stance of peaceful coexistence with Christians. The Shei [...]	2006-08-25 12:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL ET SA
06AMMAN3565	A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH JAF CHAIRMAN GENERAL [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs John Hillen, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 2 with the General Khalid Sarayreh, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). General Sarayreh discussed border security and expressed his appreciation fo [...]	2006-05-21 08:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IR IS IZ SY SA JO
06AMMAN5492	INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR COMMENTS ON IRAN-SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 11:33:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM ETTC IR SY SA IS LE JO
06ANKARA4316	TURKEY RECEIVES THREE SYRIAN AND IRANIAN IL-76 [...] (S/NF) We delivered ref a points to MFA Aviation Department Head Hamit Olcay on July 25. According to Olcay, Turkey does not have any pending cargo overflight requests. However, the GOT did receive three separate IL-76 overflight requests from Syria and Iran following our initial July 19 appr [...]	2006-07-26 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR ETTC TU IR SY SA JO IS LE
06ANKARA4405	TURKEY SYMPATHETIC BUT NEEDS EVIDENCE TO REQUIRE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: MFA Aviation Department Head Olcay welcomed information on possible Syrian and Iranian use of passenger flights to transfer weapons. He raised the possible abuse of VIP flights from Syria and Iran, noting that one such flig [...]	2006-08-01 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR ETTC SA SY IR TU
06ANKARA4407	TURKEY SYMPATHETIC BUT NEEDS EVIDENCE TO REQUIRE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: MFA Aviation Department Head Olcay welcomed information on possible Syrian and Iranian use of passenger flights to transfer weapons. He raised the possible abuse of VIP flights from Syria and Iran, noting that one such flig [...]	2006-08-01 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR ETTC SA SY IR TU
06ANKARA4833	SAUDI KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO TURKEY INCREASES [...] (C) Summary: Saudi King Abdullah visited Ankara and Istanbul from August 8-11 in the first visit of a Saudi King since 1966. Turkish MFA Middle East desk officer Barbaros Dicle characterized the visit August 18 as a "turning point" in bilateral relations. The two countries signed six agreeme [...]	2006-08-18 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SA TU
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
06ANKARA6764	IRAQ/TURKEY: TURKEY MULLING IRAN DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. Turkey is considering options for regional dialogue with the Iranians about Iraq, with the goal of establishing stability and reconciliation, GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Celikkol told the DCM on Dec. 27. Such a dialogue can take place without U.S. participation, he said, but the [...]	2006-12-28 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ IR SA
06BAGHDAD2401	PRIME MINISTER MALIKI PLEASED WITH VISITS TO SAUDI [...] (S) During a July 8 meeting, Prime Minister Maliki told the Charge that he had been extremely well-received in his stops in Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Kuwait and that overall he was very pleased with the results of these visits. He said that Kuwait had promised to establish relations at the amba [...]	2006-07-09 17:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL IZ KU AE SA
06BAGHDAD4054	AMBASSADOR AND DCM MEET WITH IRAQI NATIONAL [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador and DCM held a wide-ranging discussion with Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwafaq al-Rubaie immediately following the Ambassador's October 27 meeting with PM Maliki: - Rubaie portrayed the PM as under pressure, worried about failure, and without adequate staff to ad [...]	2006-10-29 18:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS JO SA AEMR IZ
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
06BAGHDAD4361	TALABANI, BARZANI, HASHIMI MEET TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi, and Kurdistan Regional Government President Masud Barzani gave the Ambassador a readout of the November 24 PCNS meeting during a meeting on November 25 to develop plans for a broad moderate coalition. Hashimi said in [...]	2006-11-26 17:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA IQ
06BEIJING9501	CHINA'S AMBITIOUS FREE TRADE AGREEMENT AGENDA FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Minister Bo Xilai announced in early 2006 an ambitious plan for nine free trade agreements (FTAs) covering twenty-seven countries, according to MOFCOM officials. These twenty- seven countries represent 18 percent of China's imports and 11 [...]	2006-05-18 06:20:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON CH AS NZ SA
06BEIRUT1072	MGLE01: SAUDI AMBASSADOR SEES NASRALLAH (WHO [...] (S) In a 4/5 meeting with the Ambassador, Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja reported on his two-hour meeting the previous evening with Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah. Nasrallah, Khoja said, reported that Hizballah would back Michel Aoun for Lebanon's presidency and would oppose [...]	2006-04-06 12:38:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY SA
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
06BEIRUT1678	MGLE01: CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON AND ISF DIRECTOR [...] (S) In a May 23 meeting, Internal Security Forces (ISF) Director General Ashraf Rifi told Counterterrorism Coordinator Crumpton, the Ambassador, and emboffs that the ISF was rapidly expanding both its size and mission. From a personnel level of 13,000 last year, Rifi plans to increase the I [...]	2006-05-30 11:54:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	ASEC JO LE MAS PTER SA SY
06BEIRUT1771	MGLE01: SAUDI AMBASSADOR WORRIED ABOUT SINIORA'S [...] (S) In a 5/5 meeting with the Ambassador, Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja insisted that there is no current "Saudi initiative" to reduce Syrian-Lebanese tension. He expressed deep worry about Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's safety. He cited a recent article in al-Hayet by Syria's Ambassado [...]	2006-06-05 14:01:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY SA
06BEIRUT1915	MGLE01: INFORMATION ON SA'AD HARIRI [...] (C/NF) Reftel requested information on Member of Parliament Sa'ad Hariri. Embassy Beirut's answers are keyed to the questions as set forth in reftel. HARIRI'S PERSONALITY -------------------- 2. (C/NF) Hariri is open, engaged, generally warm and friendly, and easily accessible (when [...]	2006-06-13 14:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PGOV FR LE SA
06BEIRUT2323	MGLE01: JUMBLATT RECOUNTS SAUDI TRIP, MONEY [...] (S/NF) In a 7/7 meeting, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said he had recently asked Saudi King Abdullah for funding to help him and his "March 14" allies counter Iranian/Syrian influence in Lebanon. King Abdullah had been noncommittal, and Jumblatt was left waiting for his partner Sa'ad al-Harir [...]	2006-07-11 05:48:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER KISL KDEM EAID LE SA SY
06BEIRUT281	MGLE01: WASHINGTON-BOUND JUMBLATT REACHING OUT TO [...] (S) In a 1/28 meeting, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt described his efforts to find a candidate for an upcoming parliamentary by-election on which both his "March 14" allies and Michel Aoun can agree. He reiterated his belief that Sa'ad Hariri needs to return to Lebanon, but not before soothing [...]	2006-01-31 09:03:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PTER KISL LE SY SA
06BEIRUT2912	LEBANON: REQUEST FOR AMMUNITION FROM GCC COUNTRIES [...] (U) This cable includes an action request in Paragraph 7. 2. (S/NF) Through our discussions with contacts in the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and political leadership, it is clear there remains a critical need -- as expressed in reftel A -- to immediately equip the LAF to empower it to dep [...]	2006-09-08 14:49:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS EAID PREL QA SA AE KU LE PARM
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
06BEIRUT563	MGLE01: HARIRI AND JUMBLATT DISCUSS STRATEGY [...] (S) On February 23, while waiting for Secretary Rice to arrive for a meeting with MP Saad Hariri and MP Walid Jumblatt at his house in Beirut, econoff and FSN senior political specialist were invited to sit with these two leaders. The small talk with FSN senior political specialist eventual [...]	2006-02-24 15:01:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	LE PGOV PREL SA SY
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
06BERLIN2733	GERMAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING MTCR PLENARY AND INDIA [...] (U) Please see the action request in paragraph five. 2. (C) Global Affairs officer discussed the October 2-6 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary scheduled for Copenhagen in a meeting September 14 with German MFA MTCR Desk Officer Ina Schuett. Schuett inquired whether the U.S. [...]	2006-09-15 13:51:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM ETTC GM SA
06BUCHAREST618	TURKISH AND SAUDI PRESSURE ON ROMANIAN MUFTI [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 11, Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Okcun met with the Ambassador to discuss "increased U.S. activity in the Dobrogea region directed at the Turkish minority," who he referred to as "his people." Okcun asserted that the activities centered at the American Corner in Constanta were u [...]	2006-04-14 15:26:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER SOCI TU SA RO
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
06CAIRO6677	EGYPT TO REVIEW DECISION ON UN COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 2 to MFA Cabinet Staff Member responsible for counter-terrorism issues, Mohamed al Shinnawy, requesting Egypt to consider a visit in the coming year by UN Counterterrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) staff. Shinnawy was unaware of the [...]	2006-11-02 15:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV UNGA PTER UNSC EG SA QA
06DAKAR2255	PUSHING BUSH-DEBY MEETING, GOUDIABY SAYS THAT CHAD [...] (C) On September 15, Pierre Goudiaby Atepa, Counselor to Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and prominent architect, came to see the Ambassador and DCM. Goudiaby, who used to work for Mobutu Sese Seko, now has several construction projects in Chad and says that he has become a friend and un [...]	2006-09-18 16:11:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS EPET ENRG PINR CD CH SA SG
06DAMASCUS1361	SYRIAN VP VISITS EGYPT, SAUDI, AND IRAN [...] (U) Syrian VP Farouk al-Shara'a met with Egypt's President Mubarak March 23 in Sharm El Sheikh, Saudi King Abdullah March 24 in Jeddah, and Iranian President Ahmadinejad March 25 in Tehran. In his first regional trip since becoming VP, Shara'a delivered to each leader a letter from Syrian Pr [...]	2006-03-27 16:56:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY LE EG IR SA
06HOCHIMINHCITY82	VIETNAM'S ISLAMIC COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Southern and central Vietnam's 30,000- to 50,000-member Sunni Muslim community does not appear to face significant restrictions in its ability to worship. Unlike Vietnam's five other recognized religious organizations, the Muslim community does not have a national leadership to [...]	2006-01-24 03:24:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KISL KIRF PGOV SOCI PREL SA CB LY EG VM ETMIN RELFREE
06ISLAMABAD7770	PRINCE SULTAN'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN: MOSTLY OPTICS; [...] (C) Summary. In the week following Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud's April visit to Pakistan, PolCouns sought assessments in separate meetings with the MFA Director General for the Gulf region Sajjad Haider, Saudi Embassy DCM Abdullah Al-Omari and a respected local journalist, Far [...]	2006-05-02 11:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PK SA
06JAKARTA10880	ACEH'S SHARIA POLICE TARGETING AID WORKERS, WOMEN, [...] (SBU) Summary. After a year of peace in Aceh, negative fall-out from the imposition of Islamic law (sharia) under Aceh's special autonomy arrangement is apparent. While the Acehnese themselves have borne the brunt of the consequences, on August 17 sharia police raided the World Food Program' [...]	2006-09-01 01:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC PREL KISL SA ID
06JAKARTA11475	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): INDONESIA [...] (U) The Fourth Regional Meeting of CWC States Parties in Asia met in Jakarta, Indonesia from September 5-7, 2006. The meeting was attended by 24 States Parties from the Asian Group: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, N [...]	2006-09-15 10:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PTER PHUM AMGT ASEC CWC SA AF MV
06JEDDAH101	MOSQUE SERMONS FROM SAUDI ARABIA: DENMARK BASHING [...] (U) For the second straight week, cartoons run in Danish and Norwegian newspapers allegedly "vilifying" the Prophet Muhammad took center stage at Friday sermons in Saudi Arabia. On January 28, the Jeddah-based "Arab News" reported that "imams of mosques across the Kingdom yesterday denounced [...]	2006-02-01 14:48:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER PREL SA
06JEDDAH102	JEDDAH JOURNAL 4: PRESERVING THE ARAB FAMILY [...] (U) On January 23 at the French Consulate General, local consultant and business adviser to the elite, Mr. Zaher S. Al Munajjed, gave a lecture titled "Saudi Family Companies, challenges of the future," describing a theoretical model for the long term stability of a family business. Al Munajj [...]	2006-02-04 08:55:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL SA
06JEDDAH103	WTO WILL BRING CHANGES. IS SAUDI ARABIA READY? [...] SUMMARY. Lead Saudi WTO negotiator Fawaz Al-Alamy's warmly received speech to a group of American and Saudi businessmen exemplified the burgeoning interest in WTO in Saudi Arabia. Contacts with foreign concerns have also exhibited rising interest in the effects WTO will have on business in [...]	2006-02-04 09:00:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH128	SAUDI YOUTH: LESSONS FROM JEDDAH'S "SHABBAB" [...] (C) SUMMARY. After more than one year of spending time with Jeddah's "shabbab" (roughly, guys or young men),Poloff has noted some consistent themes common to many of the city's youth. Over the course of numerous road trips to places like Mecca, Medina, Taif, and al-Hada, visits to college cl [...]	2006-02-08 14:52:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL CVIS PTER SCUL PREL SA
06JEDDAH134	KUWAITI CONSUL GENERAL SAYS KUWAIT HAS BEEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 18, Consul General Gfoeller and Jeddah Pol/Econ Chief paid a condolence call on Kuwaiti Consul General Ali I. Al-Nikhailan to express condolences at the recent death of the Emir Sheikh Jaber. In an accompanying conversation, Al-Nikhailan commented positively on the i [...]	2006-02-11 11:16:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KU PREL SA
06JEDDAH136	JEDDAH JOURNAL 5: INDIAN INTEREST IN ARABIA, [...] (U) Local media have reported extensively on the Saudi interest in strengthening ties with India. The recent India National Day celebration in Jeddah provided evidence that the Indian Mission reciprocates that interest. At the entrance to the celebration, guests were offered samples of India [...]	2006-02-11 12:41:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IN KISL KWMN PREL SA
06JEDDAH149	ACHIEVING DIALOGUE WITH ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 7, Consul General Gfoeller and Jeddah Pol/Econ Chief met with President of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Al-Madani and senior staff members. CG delivered points in ref B. Al-Madani and his associates were cordial and forthcoming. In a wide ranging conversation Al- [...]	2006-02-15 10:04:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ KISL KPAL PK PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH171	JEDDAH JOURNAL 6. SAUDI INVESTORS MOB BANKS, 11% [...] (C) On the evening of February 19, several late-arriving members of the Executive Committee of the American Businessmen of Jeddah (ABJ) blamed their tardiness on unexpected traffic jams in central Jeddah. Executive Council member and banker Anees Moumina announced that crowds were surroundin [...]	2006-02-26 05:04:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KISL KWMN PGOV PREL SA SCUL EINV
06JEDDAH172	MOSQUE SERMONS FROM SAUDI ARABIA: FEBRUARY 17 - [...] (U) On Friday February 17, the sermon from the Holy Mosques in Mecca and Media dealt with Islamic identity and the importance of ethics in Islam. From Mecca, Shaykh Sa'd Bin-Ibrahim al-Shuraym delivered a sermon regretting the current state of affairs in the Islamic world saying "Those obser [...]	2006-02-26 05:10:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PTER SA
06JEDDAH180	MOSQUE SERMONS FORM SAUDI ARABIA: FEBRUARY 24 - [...] (U) On Friday February 24, in a sermon from the Holy Mosque in Mecca, Imam Shaykh Salih Bin-Muhammad al Talib delivered a sermon calling for Muslims to listen to their hearts. "The heart is the spring of feelings, source of emotions, motivator of manners, and guardian of actions. When the he [...]	2006-03-01 14:04:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PTER SA
06JEDDAH195	JEDDAH JOURNAL 7: NEW SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO CANADA, [...] (C) Rumors have been swirling around the Jeddah Consular Community for some weeks that Dr. Abdulaziz Al Suwaigh, presently Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),will be appointed the new Saudi Ambassador to Canada. A contact at MFA repeated the rumor to a Consulate employe [...]	2006-03-07 12:32:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON KISL KPRV PREL SA
06JEDDAH197	JEDDAH ECONOMIC FORUM CONCLUDES WITH OPTIMISM [...] SUMMARY: On February 13, the Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) concluded its three-day run after a variety of speeches promoting the Saudi economy as an economy no longer based solely on oil. A recurrent subtext of the talks was the fact that Saudi Arabia was becoming integrated into a global eco [...]	2006-03-08 09:44:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH198	"LA DOLCE VITA:" JEDDAWI ELITE NOSTALGIC FOR LOST [...] (C) SUMMARY In conversations with the Consul General over the last eight months, Saudi Consulate contacts of the "baby-boomer" generation frequently reminisce about a lost heyday of openness and frivolity in Jeddah during the 1970s. These elites attribute the change to a conservative backlash [...]	2006-03-08 10:08:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SA SCUL SOCI
06JEDDAH199	SAUDI FOOD GIANT PIONEERS ISLAMIC BUSINESS ETHICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Savola Group, Saudi Arabia's leading foods supplier and the country's second largest industrial enterprise, has developed a code of professional ethics and values that blend Western business standards with indigenous Islamic traditions. In a time when the country's work force i [...]	2006-03-08 11:02:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB SA SCUL SOCI
06JEDDAH219	JEDDAH JOURNAL 8: SAUDI SOCIETY MAGAZINE, NEW [...] Recently launched society magazine "Layalina" has been causing quite a stir in Jeddah over the last few weeks. Owned by a Kuwaiti publisher, managed by a French editor, and printed in Riyadh, the magazine's glossy photos of women without abayas and head scarves is groundbreaking for the Kingd [...]	2006-03-15 11:46:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB KISL KWMN PREL SA SCUL SOCI
06JEDDAH220	MOSQUE SERMONS FROM SAUDI ARABIA - MARCH 10 AND 3: [...] (C) On March 10 from the Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque in Khobar, Imam Shaikh al-Qahtani spoke to an audience of approximately 500. During the first part of his sermon, the imam talked at length about tolerance and why and how Muslims must practice it. He illustrated his homily with examples [...]	2006-03-15 13:20:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KISL KWMN PGOV PREL PTER SA
06JEDDAH221	PREPARATIONS FOR TOURISM IN WESTERN SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 26, Consulate staff met with the new General Manager of the Supreme Commission for Tourism (SCT) in Jeddah. The General Manager offered an ambitious vision for developing tourism in Jeddah and attracting business, religious, and recreational visitors. The SCT plan [...]	2006-03-15 13:29:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	BTIO ECON KICR KISL KWMN PREL SA SENV
06JEDDAH224	SAUDI ARABIA: CORPORATE DONOR TAKES PROGRESSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the second in a series of cables profiling community service activities funded within the Kingdom by Saudi corporations. These programs are both indicative of the country's emerging civil society and illustrative of the challenges facing Saudi Arabia, including unemploym [...]	2006-03-18 11:44:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV SA SOCI KMPI
06JEDDAH227	CG'S DISCUSSION WITH ALIREZA BUSINESSMEN [...] (C) On March 13, Consul General and Pol/Econ Chief met at Xenel Industries with Executive Director Sheikh Khaled Alireza, his son and Managing Director, Aamer and General Manager and American citizen David Joury. Khaled Alireza told CG that Xenel is producing a television public service ann [...]	2006-03-21 08:20:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KWMN PREL SA
06JEDDAH232	MOSQUE SERMONS FROM SAUDI ARABIA - MARCH 17: AN [...] (C) At the Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque in Khobar on March 17, Shaikh al-Qahtani delivered an aggressively anti-American sermon to an audience of approximately 500 worshipers. The sermon was the strongest condemnation of the Untied States yet delivered by this imam. He began by recounting h [...]	2006-03-22 06:43:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KISL KWMN PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH234	JEDDAH BOASTS FIRST MUSEUM SPECIFICALLY BUILT TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. CG and ConOff visited the Jeddah Darah museum, home to the permanent exhibition of local artist Safeya Binzagr's artwork and her collection of Saudi cultural antiquities. From oil paintings that depict early twentieth century Saudi marriage ceremonies to lithographs that depict B [...]	2006-03-22 13:35:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	OEXC SA SCUL
06JEDDAH236	OIC DISMISSES RECENT BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL MEETING AS [...] (C) SUMMARY; The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) insisted in a March 25 meeting with Consulate staff that the recent session of the Israel Boycott Office was a routine annual event, sponsored solely by the OIC and that no significant recommendations resulted. No list of repres [...]	2006-03-26 11:26:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC IS KBCT KISL KPAL PREL SA
06JEDDAH237	SAUDI ARABIA: GULF BUSINESSMAN SECRETLY MINISTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A prominent businessman working for a major Gulf corporation recently confided to the Consul General that he is an ordained minister, who secretly counsels fellow Christians within Saudi Arabia. During a dinner at another Western Consul General's residence, the gentleman detailed [...]	2006-03-26 12:41:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI SA
06JEDDAH244	SAUDIA TECHNICAL INSPECTION AND PROSPECTS FOR [...] SUMMARY. This is one in a series of cables reporting on the civil aviation sector in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) technical repair facility in Jeddah was subject to an FAA re-certification inspection in mid-March. The inspectors found no serious deficiencies. Corrective ac [...]	2006-03-29 06:57:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH250	SAUDI NON-PROFIT BRIDGES PUBLIC/PRIVATE SECTOR TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third in a series of cables profiling community service activities funded within the Kingdom by Saudi corporations. These programs are both indicative of the country's emerging civil society and illustrative of the challenges facing Saudi Arabia, including unemployme [...]	2006-03-29 14:31:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV SA SOCI KMPI
06JEDDAH257	WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION LACKLUSTER IN JEDDAH CHAMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the wake of the historic November 2005 election for the board of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI),in which two female candidates were victorious, participation by women in JCCI affairs has been limited, and, in an April 1, 2006 election, only one woman ran [...]	2006-04-02 14:22:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KDEM KWMN PGOV SA
06JEDDAH263	JEDDAH JOURNAL 9: MEDINA IMAM SUSPENDED, FASHION [...] (C) Over the weekend rumors were circulating in Jeddah that the Imam of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, the second largest in Saudi Arabia after the Haram in Mecca, was suspended on Friday by an official decree. The rumored reason for this suspension is that in his Friday sermon, he spoke d [...]	2006-04-05 09:04:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KISL KWMN PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH264	MOSQUE SERMON FROM SAUDI ARABIA - MARCH 31: IMAMS [...] (C) In his March 31 sermon to an audience of more than 500 at Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque in Khobar, Imam Shaikh al-Qahtani returned to a subject on which he frequently speaks: the historical confrontation between Muslims and the West. He criticized Western nations for their poor treatment [...]	2006-04-05 11:06:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH265	CONVERSATION WITH FINNISH AMBASSADOR TO SAUDI [...] (C) On March 29, CG received a courtesy visit from Finnish Ambassador Martti Isoaro. Also present was Jeddah Pol/Econ Chief. The Ambassador expressed the hope that the U.S. and Finnish missions could cooperate in the Western Province and described the two major objectives of his embassy in [...]	2006-04-05 11:14:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON FI KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH267	Avian Flu: Jeddah Slow on Outreach, Otherwise [...] Summary: Jeddah Municipality has an interagency committee on avian flu, a hotline, an emergency plan, and has taken action to control backyard poultry and shop front slaughtering of live birds. They admit that their public outreach strategy is late but otherwise Jeddah appears to be taking t [...]	2006-04-05 13:21:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU SA
06JEDDAH268	PERSGA Coordinating Protection of Red Sea [...] Summary: PERSGA is a Jeddah-based intergovernmental organization that builds capacity and organizes research for the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden ecosystem. They are assessing land-based activities that affect the Red Sea and working with member governments on coastal zone management plans. End [...]	2006-04-05 13:37:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV XF SA
06JEDDAH269	Jeddah's "Perfume" Lake of Sewage [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 13:37:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SA
06JEDDAH270	PERSGA Coordinating Protection of Red Sea [...] Summary: PERSGA is a Jeddah-based intergovernmental organization that builds capacity and organizes research for the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden ecosystem. They are assessing land-based activities that affect the Red Sea and working with member governments on coastal zone management plans. End [...]	2006-04-05 13:39:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV XF SA
06JEDDAH271	IRANIAN DIPLOMAT CONFRONTS CONOFF AT JEDDAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent gathering at the home of a prominent Saudi businessman, the Iranian ambassador to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Mohammed Kazem Khawansari, confronted Conoff after he was seated near him by the host. Khawansari discussed the recent publication of an [...]	2006-04-07 14:52:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA IR IS KPAL KWBG
06JEDDAH274	JEDDAH JOURNAL 10 - FEMALE MORAL POLICE, OIC-OSCE [...] (C) The Saudi Arabian Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Note: The employees of this department are the mutawaa'in, the moral police who patrol the Kingdom's cities and towns enforcing their idea of proper Islamic behavior on the population. End Note.) has announc [...]	2006-04-09 07:17:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KISL KWMN PHUM PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH277	REEF CHIEF ENVIRONMENTAL NGO ANNOUNCES FARASAN [...] SUMMARY: On April 4, Pol/Econ Chief attended a meeting of the environmental NGO "Reef Chief" sponsored by a local business leader, Tarek Taher. Taher described his organization's structure and links to organizations and individuals and announced an expedition, conducted in cooperation with [...]	2006-04-10 06:31:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KICR KISL PREL SA SENV
06JEDDAH284	BUSINESS COMMUNITY TABLE-TALK [...] C) SUMMARY At a reception hosted by the American Businessmen of Jeddah (ABJ) held at the CGR on March 29, guests commented on a variety of topics relating to local business and economic conditions. In the wake of the recent public announcement that Saudi Arabian Airline's (Saudia) privatiza [...]	2006-04-10 14:24:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON KISL SA
06JEDDAH285	THE CG IN SOUTHERN SAUDI ARABIA, PART 1 - THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On a visit to the Nejran region, Consul General, Congenoff and A/RSO met with the provincial Governor, Prince Mishael bin Saud bin Abdulaziz, for a private formal meeting in his office on March 27. Interestingly, no other representatives from the Governor,s office, including secur [...]	2006-04-11 09:24:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	BTIO ECON KISL PGOV PHUM PREL SA SOCI YM
06JEDDAH289	CORRECTION - BUSINESS COMMUNITY TABLE-TALK [...] This is a corrected copy of reftel A. 2. C) SUMMARY At a reception hosted by the American Businessmen of Jeddah (ABJ) held at the Consul General's Residence (CGR) on March 29, guests commented on a variety of topics relating to local business and economic conditions. In the wake of the r [...]	2006-04-11 11:07:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON KISL SA
06JEDDAH293	MOSQUE SERMONS FROM SAUDI ARABIA - APRIL 7: [...] (C) On April 7, Imam Shaikh al-Qahtani devoted most of his sermon at the Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque to the usual religious matters. As an adherent to the rigid Hanbali School of Islam, the imam criticized the practice of celebrating the birthday of the Prophet. However, after the normal r [...]	2006-04-12 13:17:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH300	JEDDAH: BRINGING HOPE TO EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS CHILDREN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Consul General and Pol/Econ Chief visited the Hope Center for Exceptional Needs in Jeddah on April 12. The Center is Saudi Arabia's first multilingual school for rehabilitating disabled children whose plight is often ignored by the larger society. After a tour of the faciliti [...]	2006-04-17 13:16:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SCUL SOCI SA
06JEDDAH302	FAREWELL KSA: WEALTHY WESTERN WIVES' UNREALIZED [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Over the course of her tenure here in Jeddah, the Consul General has had the opportunity to speak with a number of Western expatriate women who are married to wealthy Saudi businessmen. Their story is always the same: they dream of leaving Saudi Arabia behind to settl [...]	2006-04-17 14:04:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI SA
06JEDDAH303	OVERVIEW OF CG'S MARCH VISIT TO NEJRAN PROVINCE [...] (C) The Consul General, ConGenOff, and A/RSO visited Nejran Province from March 26-28. Situated in the southwest of Saudi Arabia along the Yemeni border, the province is one of the least developed in the Kingdom. Yemen's cultural influence is stronger in Nejran than anywhere else in the coun [...]	2006-04-17 14:04:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BEXP CVIS SCUL KISL SA
06JEDDAH304	MOSQUE SERMONS FROM SAUDI ARABIA - APRIL 14: [...] (C) On April 14, Imam Shaykh al-Qahtani devoted most of his sermon at the Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque in Khobar to addressing the problem of Muslims working against their own faith. He began the sermon with a condemnation of some of the comments made by the Libyan leader, Muammar al-Qadhafi, [...]	2006-04-18 08:28:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH305	SAUDI ARABIA: SOP FOR QUESTIONING FEMALE CRIMINALS [...] (C) A contact of AmConGen Jeddah reported that Saudi authorities utilize a unique and explicit set of procedures when questioning women who are suspected or accused of a crime in the Kingdom. According to the source, a woman must be accompanied by a "Mahram", or male guardian, throughout the [...]	2006-04-18 11:45:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL SOCI CASC SA
06JEDDAH308	CHRISTIAN WORSHIP IN JEDDAH: FROM CONGREGATION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Consul General and ConGenOffs are conducting a long-term inquiry into Christian worship in Jeddah. So far, the investigation has revealed that the Christian population in the city is large and engages in regular, private, group worship. Despite the Kingdom's strict laws pro [...]	2006-04-19 13:00:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF SA

06JEDDAH320	MOSQUE SERMONS FROM SAUDI ARABIA - APRIL 21, 2006 [...] (C) On Friday, April 21, at the Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque in Khobar, Imam Shaykh al-Qahtani reprised one of his greatest hits, a brazen political sermon delivered a few years ago which, while conceding that the United States and the West are enemies of Islam, stressed the greater danger [...]	2006-04-26 13:46:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH328	RECENT POLICE ROUND-UPS HEIGHTEN ANXIETY AMONG [...] (U) SUMMARY. Anxiety is growing in Jeddah's large Filipino population following the round-up, arrest, and interrogation this month of hundreds of Filipinos in Jeddah in connection with a serious of high-profile crimes, including the discovery of human remains in a dumpster in Jeddah and th [...]	2006-04-30 11:27:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM PHUM SA SOCI
06JEDDAH329	JEDDAH JOURNAL 11: JEDDAH BUSINESSMAN HONORS [...] (U) Saudi Islamist Salman al-Ouda was the guest of honor at the April 24 "Ithnayniyya" (Monday lecture series) of Jeddah construction magnate Abdelmaksoud Khoja. The Ithnayniyya was attended by a number of mutawwa'in (members of the religious police, conspicuous with their long beards, short t [...]	2006-04-30 14:37:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KISL KWMN PREL PTER SA SCUL
06JEDDAH333	FACING DECLINE, ONCE LARGE GREEK ORTHODOX [...] (C) As part of the Consulate's ongoing efforts to conduct a long-term inquiry into Christian worship in Jeddah, the Consul General attended a Greek Orthodox Easter liturgy (the Orthodox mass) on April 23 held at the Greek Community Compound in Jeddah (see reftels). Hosted by the Greek Consul [...]	2006-05-01 10:53:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM SA SOCI
06JEDDAH336	GENETIC ILLNESSES ON THE RISE IN SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Anecdotal evidence from Consulate General Jeddah's contacts indicates that the rate of genetic illness among Saudi children is on the rise, primarily due to the persistence of consanguineous marriages in the country. This persistence may be attributed to Saudi parents' efforts to [...]	2006-05-01 14:12:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL SOCI SA
06JEDDAH339	MOSQUE SERMONS FROM SAUDI ARABIA - APRIL 28: [...] (C) Imam Sheikh Al-Qahtani was absent from this weeks' prayers, reportedly because of his father's death. Prior to the commencement of the sermon, however, many in the congregation attributed Sheikh Al Qahtani's absence not to the death of his father but to his possible arrest by the Mabahit [...]	2006-05-03 12:48:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH341	SETBACKS FOR SAUDI WOMEN CALL PERCEIVED REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two recent setbacks to the empowerment of women demonstrate that while this policy has received official support from the highest levels of the Saudi government, such changes face significant opposition within society at large. Last week, the Pan-Arab daily "Asharq Al Awsat" repo [...]	2006-05-08 05:02:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KWMN PGOV SA SCUL SOCI KMPI
06JEDDAH346	PAKISTANI CHRISTIAN WORSHIP IN JEDDAH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 6, as part of the Consulate's ongoing efforts to conduct a long-term inquiry into Christian worship in Jeddah, ConGenOff met with a Pakistani preacher who heads an all-Pakistani Evangelical church based in Jeddah. Their group has the support of the Consul General of Pakista [...]	2006-05-10 06:53:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM SA SOCI
06JEDDAH352	PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT ARROYO'S VISIT TO KINGDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi government marked the state visit of Philippine President Arroyo by pardoning more than 500 Filipinos; many more than had been specifically requested by Arroyo. ConGen contacted a source in the Jeddawi Filipino community to determine if religious detainees had been i [...]	2006-05-14 07:53:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM RP SA SOCI
06JEDDAH356	ARABIC LANGUAGE WEB-SITE AL SAHAT PRESENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Within hours of the May 12 drive-by shooting at ConGen Jeddah, the Arabic language web-site Al Sahat carried a brief biography of the suspect and described him as a psychopath. By May 14, this web-page had been amended with additional information on the suspect, including a ref [...]	2006-05-15 05:48:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PTER SA SOCI
06JEDDAH357	MOSQUE SERMONS FORM SAUDI ARABIA - MAY 5: [...] (C) On May 5, after a week's absence due to the death of his father, Imam Mohammad al-Qahtani returned to Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque in al-Khobar with a fiery sermon against immorality and in support of Palestinians. His sermon began with a condemnation of the decadence evident in the Musli [...]	2006-05-15 11:21:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH368	MOSQUE SERMONS FROM SAUDI ARABIA MAY 12: [...] (C) For the second consecutive week, Shaikh Mohammad al-Qahtani lectured the congregation at the Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque in al-Khobar about the dangers associated with technology and the unpardonable suffering of the Palestinians. His sermon began by denouncing rumors, but then disting [...]	2006-05-20 07:35:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KISL KPAL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH372	INTERNAL SAG RIVALRIES ON CLOSING PALESTINE STREET [...] (S) SUMMARY: As part of his research for a SAG-commissioned report on improving the issuance of US visas to Saudi nationals, Nawaf Al Obeid, an advisor to Saudi Ambassador to the US Turki bin Feisal Al Saud, met with the Consul General and Conoff on May 17. The CG emphasized that though mino [...]	2006-05-20 13:51:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL SA PTER ASEC ABLD AMGT
06JEDDAH374	AL-SAHAT: AFTER BRIEF SHUTDOWN, ACCUSATIONS THAT [...] SUMMARY. Al-Sahat, a popular Arabic-language website frequently denounced as extremist, mysteriously went offline from April 18 to 22, sparking rumors the Saudi government had caused the site to be shut down. ConGen Jeddah and its officers are regular subjects of commentary, criticism, and [...]	2006-05-21 08:28:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL KWMN PGOV PREL PTER SA SCUL SOCI
06JEDDAH378	JEDDAH JOURNAL 12: BINLADEN GROUP ARRANGES HASTY [...] (C) The Saudi construction giant the Binladen Group recently dispatched three Dutch engineers, two Christians and an atheist, to Cairo for expeditious conversion to Islam. According to a Consulate contact who works for the Group, the engineers were urgently needed to work on the Jabal Omar [...]	2006-05-22 13:16:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KISL KJUS KWMN PGOV PHUM SA SMIG SOCI
06JEDDAH379	CONVERSATION WITH TABUK GOVERNOR: "ROAD MAP," [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16, the Consul General and Pol/Econ Chief met Prince Fahad, Governor of Tabuk. In a wide-ranging discussion of Middle Eastern and domestic conditions, Prince Fahad singled out the Palestinian problem as the most critical issue and a fundamental cause of extremism in the [...]	2006-05-22 13:51:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KISL KPAL KWMN PREL PTER SA SCUL
06JEDDAH380	COLLEGE CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS RIFTS ON WOMEN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Consul General's May 6 speech and participation in an Arabic-language roundtable at one of Jeddah's most prominent women's colleges highlighted both the increased public attention paid to promoting women's employment and the lingering controversy over such moves. Though gene [...]	2006-05-22 14:09:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KWMN PGOV PHUM SA SOCI
06JEDDAH381	JEDDAH BUSINESSMAN: IRAN ESTABLISHING GRASSROOTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a recent meeting with ConGenoff, a Jeddah businessman and former International Visitors Program participant claimed that he had been approached by representatives of the Iranian government to participate in a new strategic media initiative to foment anti-US sentiment in th [...]	2006-05-23 01:37:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PROP PTER SA SCUL
06JEDDAH382	RESOLUTION OF JEDDAH REFUGE CASE HIGHLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: Following the visit of A/S Harty to Saudi Arabia on May 13 and 14, high-level SAG attention to the refuge case of Rema Al Said, which had been languishing for over three months, resulted in a sudden flurry of negotiations between the Mission and representatives from the Interministeri [...]	2006-05-23 10:06:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PHUM SA
06JEDDAH384	TABUK SAUDI ARABIA: NORTHERN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE [...] SUMMARY: On May 16, the CG and Pol/Econ Chief met with the Board of Directors of the Tabuk Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Manager of the Supreme Commission for Tourism (SCT). The Board enthusiastically promoted the agricultural and industrial developments in the region and express [...]	2006-05-23 12:55:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO EAGR ECON EIND KISL PREL SA SCUL SENV
06JEDDAH385	OBSERVATIONS ON THE NORTHERN ARABIAN CITY OF TABUK [...] SUMMARY: During a visit to Tabuk on May 16, the CG and Pol/Econ Chief were able to meet with the Governor and leading members of the Tabuk Chamber of Commerce and Industry (reftels). The trip included a tour of the city of Tabuk which provided a chance to form some general impressions. Tabu [...]	2006-05-23 14:43:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH387	OIC OFFICIAL: LIBYANS AND SYRIANS BEHIND FEEBLE [...] (C) In a May 23 discussion with ConGenOff at a reception sponsored by Post, Bilal K. Sasso, head of protocol and public relations at the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),attributed the recent but feeble attempt to rejuvenate the Israel Boycott Office to pressure from the Libyan a [...]	2006-05-24 13:01:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS KISL KPAL PGOV PREL SA
06JEDDAH389	MOSQUE SERMONS FROM SAUDI ARABIA, MAY 19: EASTERN [...] (C) On May 19, Sahikh Mohammad al-Qahtani spoke at the Imam Ahmad bin Habal Mosque in al-Khobar to a congregation of more than 500 worshippers. NOTE: In the opinion of our source, this was one of the strongest sermons the imam has delivered. It was Saudi-specific, and the imam explicitly [...]	2006-05-24 13:38:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH396	SAUDIA PRIVATIZATION ACCELERATED TO QUIET JUMPY [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is one of a series of cables addressing developments in the civil aviation sector in Saudi Arabia. In private conversations, the director of the medical staff of Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) announced that the company had just received an order from the King to prepare [...]	2006-05-30 14:29:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON KISL KPRV SA
06JEDDAH399	MOSQUE SERMONS FROM SAUDI ARABIA, MAY 26: EASTERN [...] (C) Speaking at the Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque in Al-Khobar on May 26, Shaikh Mohammad al-Qahtani devoted both his sermons solely to an indictment of Shi'a for what he perceives is their unmitigated hostility toward all things Sunni and making common cause with the West in its war against S [...]	2006-05-31 13:17:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH401	SAG PUNISHES POPULAR CONSERVATIVE CLERIC FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Jeddah sheikh Abdullah Fadaaq continues to hold a weekly Sufi majlis, despite SAG efforts last year to shut it down. In late April, the popular conservative Saudi cleric Salman al-Odah attended the majlis, after which the Ministry of Islamic Affairs barred him from participatin [...]	2006-06-03 08:10:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM SA
06JEDDAH407	JEDDAH JOURNAL 13: NEW DIRECTOR FOR SAUDIA; [...] (U) On the morning of June 7, Saudi media carried a report that by Royal Decree Khaled Abdullah Al-Mulhim, who was Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Telecom Company until February, has been named the new Director General of Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia). Mulhim has an engineering degree fro [...]	2006-06-07 12:54:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON KISL KWMN PREL SA SENV SOCI TBIO
06JEDDAH408	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA JUNE 2: EASTERN [...] (C) At the Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque in al-Khobar, Shaikh Mohammad al-Qahtani kept his promise of last week (reftel) and gave a second sermon condemning Shi'as as unworthy to be called Muslims and prejudiced against Sunnis. However, in the opinion of the source, the mood of this speech was [...]	2006-06-07 12:55:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH412	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA JUNE 9: AL-KHOBAR [...] (C) This week, Shaikh Mohammad al-Qahtani devoted his sermon at the Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque in al-Khobar to a wide-ranging attack on the United States and its Western cohorts for their efforts to destroy Islam. The sermon began with a resum of the Danish Cartoon controversy and his char [...]	2006-06-12 10:19:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH425	ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMENTS AT MAY BUSINESS [...] SUMMARY. Business leaders attending a monthly speech sponsored by the American Businessmen of Jeddah (ABJ) maintain their optimism for the Saudi economy. They are, however, cautious when commenting on the local stock exchange. Their concern is that the market is still grossly overvalued. [...]	2006-06-17 14:08:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH427	JEDDAH JOURNAL 14: COMMOTION IN JCCI BOARDROOM; [...] (C) Contacts have informed the Consulate and recent news reports have confirmed that a substantial majority of the Board of Directors of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry have expressed opposition to Chairman, Engineer Abdullah Yehya Al Moallemi. Over the past few weeks, press repo [...]	2006-06-20 06:01:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KWMN PREL PTER SA SOCI
06JEDDAH430	CHRISTIAN WORSHIP IN SAUDI ARABIA: ETHIOPIAN & [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Consul General and ConGenOffs are conducting a long-term inquiry into Christian worship in Jeddah (reftel). Recently, AmConGen Jeddah learned that four Ethiopian and Eritrean Christians were arrested and detained on June 9 when they were worshipping at "Faith Rhema Church", a [...]	2006-06-20 13:18:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF SA
06JEDDAH432	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA JUNE 16: [...] (C) In contrast to the past few sermons in which he has delivered strident lectures tinged with political and sectarian meaning, on June 16, Shaikh Mohammad al-Qahtani delivered a sermon from his pulpit at the Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque in al-Khobar, applauded by our source, censuring Musli [...]	2006-06-21 10:44:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KWMN PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH436	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA JUNE 23: EASTERN [...] (C) On June 23, speaking at the Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal mosque in al-Khobar, Imam Mohammad al-Qahtani fulminated against a "Fifth Column within Islam." This is a subject he has preached on before. In his sermon, al-Qahtani attacked "secularists and hypocrites" who either wittingly or unwittin [...]	2006-07-01 07:30:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH437	JEDDAH MAYOR PRESENTS DEVELOPMENT PLANS; CONSUL [...] SUMMARY: On June 19, the Consul General, Pol/Econ Chief, Commercial Officer , PolOff and EconOff attended the June General Meeting of the American Businessmen of Jeddah (ABJ). The keynote speaker was Mayor of Jeddah, Adel Fakeih who described the city's ambitious new redevelopment plan to tr [...]	2006-07-01 07:30:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH446	A GRAND VISION FOR JCCI WOMEN'S CENTER [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with Mrs. Oberwetter and Consulate General officers, the new director of the JCCI's women's center outlined her plan to expand the center's services and role in the development of Saudi women. Moving training and placement to other facilities, the women's center [...]	2006-07-03 11:06:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB KWMN PINR SA
06JEDDAH449	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSSES IRAN, DETAINEES AND [...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- Ambassador Khalilzad Ambassador Oberwetter Consul General Gfoeller Special Assistant Hutchings PolOff Dale (notetaker) Saudi Arabia ------------ Prince Saud Al Faisal, Foreign Minister 2. (S) Summary: During their June 27 meeting, Ambassador to Iraq Z [...]	2006-07-05 04:04:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06JEDDAH450	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH SAUDI CROWN PRINCE [...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: Meeting with King Abdullah U.S. ---- Ambassador Khalilzad Ambassador Oberwetter Consul General Gfoeller Special Assistant Hutchings PolOff Dale (notetaker) Saudi Arabia ------------ King Abdullah Prince Saud Al Faisal, Foreign Miister Prince Bandar bin Sultan, Sec [...]	2006-07-05 04:04:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06JEDDAH451	MORSELS FROM THE BUSINESS BREAKFAST TABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In conversations at the June meeting of the American Businessmen of Jeddah (ABJ),one American businessman admitted that he had lost confidence in the bearish Saudi stock market. An American financial consultant noted that improved adherence to principles of corporate governanc [...]	2006-07-05 07:35:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KISL PGOV PREL SA
06JEDDAH452	NEW SAUDIA DIRECTOR GENERAL EXPOUNDS ON FUTURE OF [...] This is one of a series of cables relating to the civil aviation sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 2. SUMMARY: On June 25, Pol/Econ Chief and Jeddah Commercial Officer met the newly appointed Director General of Saudi Arabia Airlines (Saudia),Khalid Almolhem. He had earlier presid [...]	2006-07-05 07:43:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON KISL PGOV PREL SA
06JEDDAH453	JEDDAH JOURNAL 15: JCCI TURMOIL ENDS; CONVICTION [...] (U) Ending several months of controversy (reftel),the Consulate learned from a contact on July 1, that embattled Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) Chairman, Engineer Abdullah Yehia Al-Moallemi, had resigned, formally citing a disagreement over management style with the Board as [...]	2006-07-05 07:48:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON KISL KWMN PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH454	A WOMAN'S VIEW ON BEING A LAWYER IN SAUDI ARABIA [...] SUMMARY: Recent press reports that the Saudi Ministry of Justice is considering allowing women to become fully licensed lawyers and judges have raised the hopes of women who are already working as legal consultants in the Kingdom. One female legal consultant in Jeddah told PolOff that she [...]	2006-07-05 09:07:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KWMN PGOV PINR PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH455	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA JUNE 30: EASTERN [...] (C) In a remarkable change from his critical sermons of preceding weeks, Imam Mohammad al-Qahtani used his sermon t the Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque at al-Khobar o praise the Saudi government for providing securty, political stbility and promoting the welfar of the people. The lesson began w [...]	2006-07-08 11:50:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PTER SA SCUL
06JEDDAH458	SCT SETTING THE STAGE FOR SAUDI'S TOURISM FUTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Jeddah's new Director General of the SCT outlined his plan for tourism development in Jeddah and Kingdom-wide with Consulate General officers. The Director General is setting up the tourism sector's infrastructure by centering on critical topics such as IT development and adaptin [...]	2006-07-08 12:24:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	BTIO ECON PINR SA
06JEDDAH459	WAMY OFFICIAL UPSET ABOUT FUNDING AND CRITICAL OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-08 14:19:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINR PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH460	SAUDI LAWYER CASTS DIM HOPE FOR REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: ConGenOffs met with a prominent Saudi lawyer who cast a very dim light on social reforms underway in the Kingdom. He explained that multi-level resistance to reform, including opposition from within the King's inner circle, insufficient public infrastructure, and general attitude [...]	2006-07-08 14:26:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINR PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH466	GUARDED OPINION OF CAPABILITIES OF OIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: An AmCit employee of the Islamic Development Bank dismissed the Organization of the Islamic Conference as an organization that has no credibility with its members or the rest of the international community. He described the OIC as little more than a forum for Arab outrage. He [...]	2006-07-10 13:11:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH467	WESTERN DIPLOMAT IN ULTRA-CONSERVATIVE ISLAMIC [...] SUMMARY: During a visit to a small town in the Jeddah Consular District, a female ConGenOff decided to experience first hand what it was like to wear the most conservative type of Muslim women's clothing. The five-piece ensemble proved difficult to put on and extremely uncomfortable to wear. [...]	2006-07-10 13:25:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KWMN PGOV PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH469	CG MEETS NEW JAPANESE CONSUL GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 8, the Consul General and Pol/Econ Chief met the new Japanese Consul General in Jeddah. His primary objective is to promote Japanese business activities in western Saudi Arabia. As part of his duties, he will monitor and facilitate a major Saudi-Japanese petrochemical [...]	2006-07-11 10:31:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON JA KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH470	JEDDAH'S FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS [...] (U) Summary. Jeddah's AIDS program coordinator described the HIV/AIDS problem and her efforts to improve the situation with awareness campaigns and treatment facilities for the infected. While Saudi Arabia's confirmed infection rate is relatively low, she is focused on getting more people tes [...]	2006-07-11 10:31:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KHIV KWMN PINR SA SOCI
06JEDDAH471	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA JULY 7: EASTERN [...] (C) Imam Shaikh Mohammad al-Qahtani returned to provocative matters for his sermons at the Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque in al-Khobar on July 7. In the first part of his lesson, al-Qahtani talked about jihad, explaining that the "Grand Jihad" is the highest form of struggle "and it's not nece [...]	2006-07-12 07:22:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH472	LAYALINA: SHOWING THE SOCIAL SIDE OF SAUDI ARABIA [...] (U) Since the December 2005 debut of Layalina magazine in Saudi Arabia, the publication has stretched the limits of Saudi culture (reftel). The magazine regularly features Saudis and foreigners in the social scene at restaurants and events and a large section on the men's side of weddings. Ov [...]	2006-07-12 07:30:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR SA SCUL SOCI
06JEDDAH474	POSITIVE FIRST MEETING WITH NEW OIC DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Director General of Political Affairs held a positive introductory meeting with ConGenOffs. He outlined the OIC's 10-year action plan that emerged from the organization's extraordinary summit held in Mecca in December 2005, and no [...]	2006-07-12 12:11:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINR PREL SA SOCI TSPL
06JEDDAH475	FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES TEHRAN MEETING OF IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JULY 11, THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD A-FAISAL AND DISCUSSED THE RECENT TEHRAN MEETING OF THE IRAQ NEIGHBORS GROUP AND THE IMPENDING INTERNATIONAL COMPACT FOR IRAQ CONFERENCE. IN TEHRAN, THE "FRANK" MULTILATERAL DISCUSSIONS ADDRESSED A VARIETY OF PRACT [...]	2006-07-12 13:14:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL PTER SA
06JEDDAH476	JEDDAH JOURNAL 16: INTERNET POSTINGS; MUTAWAA; [...] (U) On July 12, an anonymous source posted a message on the fundamentalist Al Saha website that called for a "Holocaust" type event that would "burn" Minister of Culture and Information Iyad Madani, Minister of Labor Ghazi al-Qusaybi, and prominent writer Turki Al Hamad. Using easily recogni [...]	2006-07-12 14:25:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH477	CORRECTED COPY--FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES TEHRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 11, the Ambassador met with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud a-Faisal and discussed the recent Tehran meeting of the Iraq Neighbor's Group and the impending International Compact for Iraq Conference. In Tehran, the "frank" multilateral discussions addressed a variety of prac [...]	2006-07-13 02:27:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAL PREL PTER SA
06JEDDAH478	INTERNET SHOWING GRASSROOTS DISSENTION ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Public opinion is divided regarding the July 14 Saudi Press Agency statement on the situation in Lebanon. While local newspapers have reported the government line, websites show a wide variety of opinions that both support and attack the position. Those who support the statement genera [...]	2006-07-15 14:35:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINR PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH484	UMM AL-QURA DEAN PUSHING FOR EDUCATIONAL REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting in Jeddah with the dean of the College of Education at Umm Al-Qura University (UAQU) located in Mecca, ConGenOffs discussed factors affecting the higher education of young men and women, including the increased demand for university spots, accreditation, and studen [...]	2006-07-18 14:36:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINR PREL SA
06JEDDAH486	MINISTER OF LABOR TELLS RELIGIOUS POLICE ONLY MOL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The religious police, or Mutawwa denied that it was responsible for the recent firing of 69 saleswomen at cosmetic and lingerie department stores in Jeddah. The Mutawwa ordered the stores closed after accusing the saleswomen of mingling with men, and criticized them for not coveri [...]	2006-07-19 14:35:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA KISL
06JEDDAH487	JULY 14 FRIDAY SERMONS AVERT STRONG WORDS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mecca sermons focused on the need for brotherhood amongst all Muslims and its importance in combating the enemies of religion. The Medina sermons addressed the importance of optimism in times of crisis and made mention of the tyranny of the Jews over Palestine, but made no mentio [...]	2006-07-20 09:38:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL SA PREL PGOV
06JEDDAH493	ISLAMIC SCHOLAR CALLS FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff held a productive discussion about Islam and the need for greater dialogue with Dr. Hamid Al-Rifaie, an internationally recognized religious scholar who lives in Jeddah. He said that he is focused on opening stable channels of communication that allow Muslims to talk am [...]	2006-07-24 11:29:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINR PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH494	A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF BUSINESS REGISTRATION IN JEDDAH [...] (U) On July 10 Pol/EconOffs and FCSOffs met Mr. Muhammad Atiq Al Harby, Director General of the Ministry of Commerce in Jeddah. During the brief meeting Al Harby gave an outline of the procedures for women to register their businesses in Jeddah. The Ministry's female section is only one year [...]	2006-07-25 05:22:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWMN PINR SA PGOV
06JEDDAH495	YOUNG SAUDI WOMEN SPEAK: THEIR VIEW OF THE FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. In a discussion with Saudi college-aged women, EconOff learned about some of the issues confronting young females in Jeddah, what concerns they have for the future, and their thoughts about their portrayal in the West. As Saudi society undergoes numerous changes, young Saudi wome [...]	2006-07-25 05:22:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KISL KWMN PINR SA SCUL SOCI
06JEDDAH496	A GLIMPSE INTO JEDDAH'S FOREIGN WORKER POPULATIONS [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with the labor offices of Saudi Arabia's major labor source Consulates, EconOff discussed the issues facing foreign worker populations and what the representative Consulates General do to help their citizens. The labor officers all say salary payment and [...]	2006-07-25 05:23:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PHUM PINR SA
06JEDDAH498	ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK ON AID TO IRAQ AND GAZA [...] On July 22, Econ Counselor met with two senior Islamic Development Bank officials in Jeddah. They are Amadou Boubacar Cisse (VP for Operations) and Rami Ahmad (Deputy Director of Operations in charge of Middle East projects). Cisse briefed on Iraq, Gaza and more generally on how the IDB make [...]	2006-07-25 10:57:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IZ KPAL PREL SA
06JEDDAH499	NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON LEADERSHIP CHANGE AT JEDDAH [...] (U) Summary: During a meeting with the Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) Project Manager, CG and Commercial Attach learned of new developments at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI),most importantly, additional factors contributing to the removal of the Chairman. The recent moves [...]	2006-07-25 10:58:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SA
06JEDDAH505	HEJAZI SCHOLARS SHARE VIEWS ON RELIGION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Consul General and ConGenOffs reached out to religious scholars, including the liberal religious scholar Dr. Sami M. Angawi, in Jeddah to hear their views on the status of Islam in the Kingdom and how it is practiced in the nation's traditionally diverse Hejaz region. The scholars focu [...]	2006-07-29 04:05:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH511	SAUD AL-FAISAL ASKS THE US TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE [...] (C) FM Saud al-Faisal summoned the Ambassador from Riyadh to Jeddah for a one-on-one late in the evening of July 30 to urge the Secretary to call for a ceasefire in Lebanon. In a soft-mannered but insistent and blunt approach, Prince Saud made the following points: -- "We understand the concern wi [...]	2006-07-30 21:46:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	IS IZ LE PINS PREL SA
06JEDDAH513	CHANGES AFOOT AT THE JEDDAH ECONOMIC FORUM [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 23 Consul General (CG) and Commercial Attache (CA) met the new Chairman and the Project Manager of the Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF). The CG learned of the ongoing changes at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI),the Kingdom's plans to increase tourism and th [...]	2006-07-31 04:38:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL SA
06JEDDAH514	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA JULY 28: EASTERN [...] (C) At the Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque in al-Khobar on July 28, Imam Shaikh Mohammed al-Qahtani offered a sermon that left our source confused and uncertain as to the imam's intent. The imam, who is notorious for attacking followers of all but the Hanbali school of Islamic thought as counte [...]	2006-08-02 08:37:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH520	JEDDAH JOURNAL 17: ISLAMIC FORUM MEETING CANCELED [...] (C) On August 1, the Consulate General received a fax from the International Islamic Forum for Dialogue informing us that our request for a meeting could not be honored at this time, because all of their staff and resources were needed to cope with the crisis in Lebanon. INVESTORS LOBBY GOV [...]	2006-08-07 07:21:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KISL PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH531	LABOR MINISTER DISCUSSES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, [...] (C) Summary: On August 7, Labor Minister Dr. Ghazi al-Qusaibi described the SAG's efforts against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) to the Ambassador. Minister al-Qusaibi agreed that this was a serious issue for the SAG, and he outlined the steps that it is taking, adding that Saudi Arabia must m [...]	2006-08-09 11:14:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM SMIG ELAB ECON PGOV SA
06JEDDAH532	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA AUGUST 4: OUTRAGE [...] Lebanon and the "West's war against Muslims" dominated the angry sermon of Imam Sheikh Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Sudays at the Grand Mosque in Mecca. The imam called for a cease-fire in Lebanon and pleaded for support for the women, children and old people who have been harmed by the war. In a lit [...]	2006-08-09 12:18:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH535	CONSUL GENERAL AND NEW FOREIGN MINISTRY DIRECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 9, the CG and Pol/Econ Chief made a courtesy call on Ambassador Mohammed Tayyeb, the newly appointed Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) for the Mecca Region. The Director General offered the Ministry's support in developing a New Consulate Comp [...]	2006-08-12 09:50:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD AMGT KISL OFDP PREL SA
06JEDDAH540	AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH NEW CHAIRMAN OF [...] SUMMARY: On August 8, the Ambassador and staff met the new Chairman and Board members of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI). The Chairman gave an optimistic assessment of the Saudi economy. He enumerated a number of development projects in Jeddah and around the Kingdom, inc [...]	2006-08-14 12:58:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	BTIO ECON EPET KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH541	AMBASSADOR SPEAKS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF AMERICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 9, the Ambassador breakfasted with three members of the American business community. All three reported that Lebanon was creating wide-spread hostility towards the United States among the Saudi population, both Sunnis and Shi'as. A Raytheon official reported a promis [...]	2006-08-14 14:03:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH545	AMBASSADOR URGES SAG TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA'S UNSC [...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter renewed USG concerns with Venezuela's candidacy for Latin America's open UNSC seat during an August 15 meeting with FM Saud al-Faisal. The Ambassador raised Ref A points, adding that President Chavez had vowed to support Iran "at any time and under any conditions" d [...]	2006-08-16 06:56:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PREL UNSC GT VE SA
06JEDDAH547	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA AUGUST 11: [...] (C) The war between Islam and the West once again inspired the sermon from the Grand Mosque in Mecca. However, this week, Imam Sheikh Dr. Saleh bin Mohammed al Talib's complaints extended far beyond Lebanon and suggest a growing hostility to Muslim involvement in the "Western-dominated" inte [...]	2006-08-19 04:55:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH548	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 8, Ambassador Oberwetter led a group to met Islamic Development Bank (IDB) President Al-Madani. The Ambassador apprised Al-Madani of the forthcoming visit of Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmit to discuss U.S. and potential IDB involvement in the reconstruction of Lebano [...]	2006-08-19 06:24:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN IZ KISL LE PREL SA
06JEDDAH557	NEW "KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY" ON THE RED SEA: [...] (C) Summary: Among the Saudi Government's many new megaprojects, the planned $26.7 billion "King Abdullah Economic City" has attracted the most media and investor attention. Its organizer, Saudi General Investment Chairman Amr Dabbagh, is pushing ahead. In a recent meeting, CG and EconCoun [...]	2006-08-23 13:09:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL SA
06JEDDAH558	STUDENT VISAS: AMB ASKS FOR LIST OF SCHOLARSHIP [...] (C) Ambassador Oberwetter informed Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal on August 22 that the Ministry of Higher Education (MHE) had not yet provided the Embassy with lists of all Saudi students who receive scholarships to study in the U.S. The Ambassador raised our concerns with counterfeit schola [...]	2006-08-23 14:00:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PINS KCSY SA
06JEDDAH559	FM'S VIEWS ON THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter delivered Reftel points on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal on August 21. The Ambassador emphasized tha the HRC has not taken a balanced approach to theIsrael-Hizballah conflict and he questioned why he Council spoke out so strongly agai [...]	2006-08-23 14:29:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PHUM PREL SA XF
06JEDDAH567	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA AUGUST 18: MECCA [...] (U) Once again the sermon from the Grand Mosque in Mecca advocated that the Ummah unite to confront a nebulous enemy, which inevitably comes to mean the non-Muslim world. In a strident sermon, Imam Sheikh Dr. Saud Bin Ibrahim al-Sheraim, warned his listeners, "this age of materialistic civil [...]	2006-08-26 07:44:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH576	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA AUGUST 25: MECCA [...] (U) At the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Imam Sheikh Salah bin Mohammed Aal Talib lectured the worshipers on preparations for Doomsday. Fortunately, in contrast to recent sermons, today's sermon related to the theological Day of Judgment rather than to Islam's conflicts with the "other." The imam [...]	2006-08-30 11:50:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH578	LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF THE [...] The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) conveyed the following letter via fax to Consulate General Jeddah for transmission to Secretary Rice: 2. Begin text: [Page 1] Organization of the Islamic Conference The Secretary General OIC/SG-1/2006 Jeddah 15, August 2006 Exce [...]	2006-09-03 13:12:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH582	LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC [...] The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) conveyed the following letter and declarations via fax to Consulate General Jeddah for transmission To Secretary Rice. 2. The letter to Secretary Rice presents the Declaration on the Situation in Lebanon and the Declaration on the Situation [...]	2006-09-04 04:40:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH583	LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF THE [...] The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) conveyed the following letter via fax to Consulate General Jeddah for transmission to Secretary Rice: 2. Begin text: [Page 1] Organization of the Islamic Conference The Secretary General OIC/SG-1/2006 04045 Jeddah 03, September 200 [...]	2006-09-04 13:42:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH586	CG GFOELLER RECEIVES PETITION FROM SAUDI WOMEN TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 18th, CG Gfoeller received an e-mailed draft petition from prominent Saudi women calling for a cessation of Israeli attacks in both Lebanon and Palestine. The petition stated that Israeli interference in Lebanon and Palestine has created regional instability and has dep [...]	2006-09-05 08:20:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KISL KPAO KWMN LE OPRC PHUM PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH596	JEDDAH JOURNAL 18: OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN; [...] The English-language Saudi Gazette reported today on another clash between historic Saudi custom and the demands of a modern economy. Saudi women are complaining that a law in force since 1965 prohibits them from obtaining licenses to operate beauty shops, but recent efforts to promote busine [...]	2006-09-09 09:18:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KISL KWMN PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH597	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA SEPTEMBER 1: [...] The sermon at the Grand Mosque in Mecca on September 1 was delivered by Dr. Salih bin-Abdallah bin-Humayd, the Chairman of the Shura Council, which advises the King. The main idea in the sermon was that of a "new dawn" for the Arab and Islamic nation. He remarked that the results of the recen [...]	2006-09-09 10:29:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH598	SAUDI ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION: ENVIRONMENTAL [...] SUMMARY: Pol/Econ Chief met with the director of the newly registered Saudi Environmental Association. The organization will promote environmental issues in planing and decision-making at all levels of Saudi government. Within its mandate, the organization will accept and investigate envir [...]	2006-09-09 14:49:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KISL PGOV PREL SA SENV SOCI
06JEDDAH606	SEX IN SAUDI ARABIA - CLOAK AND DAGGER DATING [...] (U) Recently, Pol-Econoff spoke with a number of young men and women in Saudi Arabia. In one encounter, with a 29 year old man named Abdul, Pol-Econoff learned about the Saudi social scene. As both are roughly the same age, they began to speak about what guys that age tend to speak about, nam [...]	2006-09-11 16:37:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KWMN PREL SA SCUL SOCI
06JEDDAH614	AMBASSADOR BRIEFED ON SAUDIA FUTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, the Ambassador and Consulate General Jeddah, and FCS staff met the New Director General of Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) and his senior staff. The Director General offered an optimistic assessment of the airline's future. Privatization is planned over the nex [...]	2006-09-18 04:30:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BTIO EAIR ECON KISL KPRV SA
06JEDDAH623	SEX IN SAUDI ARABIA - CLOAK AND DAGGER DATING [...] (S) Recently, Pol-Econoff spoke with a number of young men and women in Saudi Arabia. In one encounter, with a 29 year old man named Abdul, Pol-Econoff learned about the Saudi social scene. As both are roughly the same age, they began to speak about what guys that age tend to speak about, nam [...]	2006-09-24 15:07:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	KISL KWMN PREL SA SCUL SOCI
06JEDDAH625	YOUNG PRESIDENTS SPEAK THEIR MINDS TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with several members of the Saudi chapter of the Young President's Organization (YPO) on August 20. The group said Israel,s actions in Lebanon were disproportionate, and claimed there is growing anti-US sentiment in the Kingdom and increasing fears of Iran. [...]	2006-09-25 12:40:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SA ECON KISL
06JEDDAH636	AMBASSADOR MET WITH GENERAL AUTHORITY OF CIVIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Oberwetter met with the President Eng. Abdullah M. Nour Rehaimi and several Vice Presidents of the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) in Jeddah on August 18 to discuss GACA's plans for deregulation and expansion in Saudi Arabia. Both sides expressed an interest [...]	2006-10-04 12:09:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BTIO EAIR ECON KISL KPRV SA
06JEDDAH643	IIRO SECRETARY-GENERAL TALKS OF SAUDI PROGRAMS AND [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a meeting at the headquarters of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) on September 18, Secretary-General Dr. Adnan Khalil Basha told PolOffs that IIRO headquarters in Jeddah has administrative and budgetary control of all 28 country branches and receives no [...]	2006-10-09 07:52:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
06JEDDAH645	LETTER FROM OIC SECGEN REGARDING "DESECRATION OF [...] (U) The following letter, dated October 5, 2006, was delivered to AMCON Jeddah. It is from the Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to the Secretary of State, and condemns the alleged destruction of SIPDIS the cemetery of Mamella, an ancient Muslim cemetery, [...]	2006-10-10 12:12:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL OPDC PREL SA
06JEDDAH646	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA SEPTEMBER 15: [...] (C) Shaykh Saud Ibn-Ibrahim al-Shuraym delivered the sermon at the Grand Mosque in Mecca on September 15. The sermon focused on the idea that Muslims should give sincere advice. The imam said, "One meets three types of people; a type that praises him, a type that criticizes him, and a type t [...]	2006-10-10 13:01:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KISL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH658	VISITING DESK OFFICER MET WITH OIC DG OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Poloff and visiting NEA/ARP Desk Officer met with Director General of Political Affairs for the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Mahdy Fathallah, on October 10. Fathallah laid out the reasons why the U.S. would benefit from closer relations with the OIC. He pointed to the pot [...]	2006-10-16 11:58:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PINR PREL SA

06JEDDAH659	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA, SEPTEMBER 22: [...] (C) Shaykh Usamah bin-Abdallah Khayyat delivered the sermon at the Grand Mosque in Mecca on September 22. The imam condemned statements made against Islam without mentioning Pope Benedict XVI by name. The sermon opposed the view that Islam has been spread through violence. The imam said, " [...]	2006-10-16 12:03:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KISL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH664	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA, SEPTEMBER 29: [...] (C) Shaykh Abd-al-Rahman al-Sudays delivered the sermon at the Grand Mosque in Mecca on September 29. The sermon largely dealt with the significance of Ramadan for piety and purification of the soul. The imam added that Ramadan has come "while our nation is unaware of the plotting and challe [...]	2006-10-18 04:07:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KISL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH665	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA, OCTOBER 6: MECCA, [...] (C) Shaykh Saud Ibn-Ibrahim al-Shuraym delivered the sermon in the at the Grand Mosque in Mecca on October 6. The sermon focused on the stories in the Koran, especially the Surah of Hud, which speaks of ancient communities. The imam said, "The Islamic nation is in dire need to ponder the Ko [...]	2006-10-18 04:07:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KISL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH673	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA, OCTOBER 13: [...] (C) Sheikh Salih bin-Abdallah bin-Humayd delivered the sermon in Mecca on October 13. He emphasized the holiness of the last ten nights of Ramadan, especially the Night of Power. The imam urged Muslims to make the best of Ramadan by praying, reading the Koran, and giving charity. In the sec [...]	2006-10-28 07:03:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KISL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH694	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA, OCTOBER 27: [...] (C) Sheikh Dr. Usamah Abdallah al-Khayyat delivered the sermon at the Grand Mosque in Mecca on October 27. He said that all people seek a happy life, and that "everyone knows that a heart free of grudges is the means to achieve happiness and success. If hostility, which stems from grudges, [...]	2006-11-06 12:34:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KISL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH765	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA, DECEMBER 15: [...] (C) Sheikh Salih bin-Abdallah bin-Humayd delivered the sermon in Mecca on December 15. He began by encouraging Muslims to follow Allah and participate in the Hajj. The imam continued, "Muslims are feeling that their religion is being exposed to fierce onslaught. They talk about this onslau [...]	2006-12-19 14:05:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KISL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH769	IRF OFFICER MEETS WITH CHRISTIAN LEADERS [...] (S) Summary. In a visit to Jeddah and Dhahran, DRL/IRF officer Kate Lurie met with various leaders of the Christian communities. In Jeddah, Lurie and Poloff held several meetings with leaders of Christian congregations. In Dhahran, Lurie met with three Americans, two Protestants and one Ca [...]	2006-12-19 15:56:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	KIRF SOCI SA
06JEDDAH770	GACA'S NEED FOR FAA ASSISTANCE IN ITS NEW AGE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (U) Summary. EconOff from Riyadh and Jeddah Pol-Econ Chief met with the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) to follow up on a June 2006 meeting with the Ambassador regarding GACA's need for regulatory training, update [...]	2006-12-20 06:11:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV SA
06JEDDAH86	NEW SOUTH AFRICAN CONSUL GENERAL SPEAKS OF TRADE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an introductory meeting on January 29, new South African Consul General Mahdi Basadien described his mission to promote South African trade, particularly in mining and defense. His post also supports some 27,000 South Africans who travel to Saudi Arabia each year on pilgrimag [...]	2006-01-30 09:11:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IR KISL KNNP PARM PREL SA SF
06JEDDAH98	YOUNGEST MEMBER OF CHINA DELEGATION PROVIDES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff met on January 29 the youngest member of the delegation of Saudi private citizens that accompanied King Abdullah on his much-heralded recent visit to China. Sultan al-Attar, who turned 25 on the trip, was effusive in his praise for King Abdullah, highlighting the King's abi [...]	2006-02-01 14:26:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER PREL SA
06JEDDAH99	"REAL PEOPLE TOUR": STUDENTS PROVIDE TOUR OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. As Post previously reported, Poloff visited on January 22 the central campus of Um al-Qura University, known as a center of Islamic learning in the Kingdom, in the heart of the Islamic holy city of Mecca and met with University Rector Dr. Nasir A. al-Saleh and several administrat [...]	2006-02-01 14:34:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL CVIS PTER SCUL PREL SA
06KHARTOUM1589	Sudan: 2005 Import-Export Trade Report [...] SUMMARY: 2005 trade statistics from the Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) shows a trade balance roughly six times higher than the 2004 level, growing from a negative USD 297 million in 2004 to negative USD 1,932 million. Crude oil exports make up 82 percent of the total during 2005, up from 78 pe [...]	2006-07-08 11:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EPET PGOV CH SA US SU
06KHARTOUM2411	SAUDI ARABIA EXTRADITES PROMINENT SLM LEADER TO [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) leader and ethnic Fur Abu Alghasim Ahmed was arrested in Saudi Arabia and returned to Sudan this past week. This comes shortly after his brother, Zakaria Ahmed Abu Alghasim, was arrested in connection with the recent beheading of Suda [...]	2006-10-01 15:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KCRM SA SU
06KHARTOUM248	SOUTH AFRICAN ASSISTANCE TO SUDAN [...] (U) In a meeting January 30, Counselor of South African Embassy Ebrahim Edries provided Pol/Econ officer with an overview of South African assistance programs in Sudan. The main focus of the programs is on capacity building, especially on Southern Sudan. Edries said within the next few weeks [...]	2006-02-01 13:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL AU SU SA
06KHARTOUM257	JUBA OPENS ITS FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a three-hour ceremony on February 1, a large gathering of influential southern Sudanese, supported by a large crowd, celebrated the official opening of the Nile Commercial Bank (NCB),the first institution of its kind in Juba. NCB was reportedly the brainchild of John Garang, [...]	2006-02-02 12:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV SU SA UG KE
06KINSHASA1439	THREE DAYS IN KINSHASA: HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS AND A [...] (C) Summary. Two days of high-level visitors to Kinshasa September 11 and 12 were followed September 13 by the long-awaited face-to-face meeting between President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, the two protagonists in the Congolese presidential elections and August 20-22 [...]	2006-09-14 14:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG EUN UK SA
06KINSHASA1686	SOUTH AFRICAN OBSERVER MISSIONS CALLS DRC [...] (U) The South African Observer Mission (SAOM) characterized the DRC's October 29 presidential and provincial elections as "democratic, peaceful, credible, and transparent." The 108-member observer mission was deployed in all eleven provinces, with an average of three teams in each. It was le [...]	2006-11-01 09:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SA CG ELECTIONS
06KIRKUK18	(SBU) SALAH AD DIN GOVERNOR WINS KRG LARGESSE [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Governor of Salah Ad Din, a predominantly Sunni Arab province, is making inroads with Kurdish Regional Government President Barzani. Governor Hamad met with Barzani in January; he came away with a commitment for the KRG to fund medical s [...]	2006-01-29 19:15:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IZ TU JO SA
06KUWAIT1594	APPEAL OF PENINSULA LIONS VERDICT: JUDGE REFERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of the remaining 36 Peninsula Lions defendants took a new turn on May 3 when the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals referred the original 37 cases to the Constitutional Court for a decision on the constitutionality of the charges relating to collaboration to commit [...]	2006-05-06 11:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT1675	REGIONAL CT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ AND ITS NEIGHBORS: [...] (S REL AUS UK) Summary: Chiefs of Mission from Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria conferred via video conference on April 26 to follow up on Regional Strategy Initiative (RSI) proposals first formulated at a March 7-8 counterterrorism (CT) strategy session in Kuwait (Ref A) to counter foreign [...]	2006-05-11 03:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV IZ KU SY JO TU SA
06KUWAIT3640	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE 51ST [...] Summary: Kuwait hosted the 51st session of the Tripartitite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on September 5, 2006 with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, Britain, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC),and Embassy Kuwait in attendance. The session [...]	2006-09-10 14:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3877	MINISTER OF ISLAMIC AFFAIRS ON FOSTERING MODERATION [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Ambassador called on Dr. Abdullah Al-Maatouq, who serves as both Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (MAIA),on September 27. They discussed the MAIA's upcoming Moderation conference in Washington, which the Minister said had been in some jeopardy of c [...]	2006-09-28 06:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KIRF SA KU
06KUWAIT4147	REFINERY DISPUTE WITH SAUDI ARABIAN TEXACO [...] (C/NF) Post concurs with Embassy Riyadh's points in ref. A, but would add that further delay of Kuwaiti plans to build a new 615,000 bpd refinery could adversely affect U.S. companies considering participation in the project including Fluor, Parsons, GE, and Bechtel. In addition, the start o [...]	2006-10-17 12:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV PREL KU SA OIL SECTOR
06KUWAIT4153	IRAQ AND NEIGHBORS CONFERENCE REGIONAL CT [...] (U) This message, cleared by embassies Kuwait, Riyadh, Amman, Damascus, Baghdad, and Ankara, provides recommendations for regional activities to advance the counterterrorism strategy developed in March in Kuwait. While not exhaustive, the initiatives described below are in posts' opinion relatively [...]	2006-10-17 21:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL KISL OEXC KU IZ SY JO TU SA
06KUWAIT4377	SECTARIAN TENSION IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OVER BOOK [...] (U) Abdul Hadi Al-Salih, the Minister for National Assembly Affairs and one of two Shi'a ministers in the Kuwaiti government, sparked a rare public Sunni-Shi'a row when he distributed to MPs over Ramadan a book of prayers, called Al-Sahifa Al-Sajjadiyya (available in English at http://www.sh [...]	2006-11-05 10:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KIRF SA BA IR KU
06KUWAIT4536	29TH MEETING OF THE TRIPARTITE COMMISSION AND THE [...] Summary. The 29th Meeting of the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War Missing met in Geneva on November 15, 2006. The Commission announced the closure of 12 cases. The Commission agreed on a plan of action to address the inability of the Commission's Technical Subcommittee to conduct any field [...]	2006-11-29 13:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM AORC MARR IZ SA KU
06KUWAIT881	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION'S TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE'S [...] Summary: Kuwait hosted the 50th session of the Tripartitite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on March 14, 2006 with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, Britain, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC),and Embassies Kuwait and Baghdad in attendance. [...]	2006-03-15 10:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT913	REGIONAL CT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ AND ITS NEIGHBORS: [...] (S REL AUS UK) Summary: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and Embassy representatives from Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey met in Kuwait, March 7-8, as a first step to develop a regional counterterrorism strategy. Ambassador for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton and U.S. interagency repres [...]	2006-03-18 04:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PREL IZ KU SY JO TU SA
06MANILA1982	AMBASSADOR'S MAY 5 MEETING WITH FOREIGN SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary. In a May 5 meeting, the Ambassador thanked Secretary of Foreign Affairs Romulo for the Philippine SIPDIS government's support for efforts to keep Iran off the UNHRC. She urged the GRP to pursue concerns about terrorist financing when President Arroyo visits Saudi Arabia on May [...]	2006-05-09 07:56:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM PTER RP BM IR SA
06MANILA2136	AMBASSADOR'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (S) The Ambassador, accompanied by the DCM and Regional Affairs Chief, visited National Security Advisor Norberto "Bert" Gonzales on May 18. Gonzales said he had useful side meetings with his Saudi counterpart during President Arroyo's May 7-10 visit to Saudi Arabia. He asked Saudi National [...]	2006-05-19 08:56:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL SA RP
06MUSCAT148	OMAN CALLS FOR IMPROVED INTERNATIONAL POLIO [...] According to local media, four cases of polio were reported in Oman in 2004 and 2005. Two Yemeni brothers, aged 9 and 10, were treated for symptoms of poliomyelitis, while visiting the Sultanate during the summer of 2005. The Omani Ministry Of Health also reported two cases of polio were "i [...]	2006-02-06 11:57:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL SA MU ESTH
06MUSCAT1728	SAUDI KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO MUSCAT [...] (C) During a December 24 meeting with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi to discuss a range of regional issues (septels),Ambassador inquired about the visit of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud to Oman. Bin Alawi stated that King Abdullah, who arrived to a red [...]	2006-12-26 12:12:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA MU
06NDJAMENA1368	CHADIAN FM ACCUSES SAUDIS OF AIDING REBELS [...] (U) Chadian Foreign Minister Allam-Mi called in the Ambassador this morning, 11/27, to discuss the current rebel attacks in Chad and the GOC's public allegation that Saudi Arabia is supporting the rebellion. The FM was meeting with each Chief of Mission individually. 2. (C) The FM stat [...]	2006-11-27 16:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PREF CD SU SA LY
06NEWDELHI802	SEEKING GUIDANCE ON ENGAGING INDIA ON CCIT [...] (U) This is an Action Request for IO and S/CT -- see Para 3. 2. (C) Background: MEA Joint Secretary (UN/Political) Sanjiv Arora told us on February 2 that, following MEA's discussion with Ambassador Tahir-Kheli (Ref A),New Delhi approached the Saudi delegation on the Convention on Terro [...]	2006-02-03 12:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KTIA IN SA
06NEWDELHI803	UNPRECEDENTED INDIA VISIT BY SAUDI KING BOOSTS [...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary Sanjay Singh told PolCouns and Poloff on February 2 that Saudi King Abdullah's January 25-28 New Delhi visit - the first in 50 years by a Saudi monarch - was a great success, and far broader in scope than was reported in the media. The visit highlighted energy [...]	2006-02-03 14:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ETTC PTER UNGA IN SA PK IR IS
06OSLO1141	NORWAY: SAUDI-TRAINED IMAM CLAIMS 9/11 A US ACTION [...] (U) Imam Zulqarnain Sakandar Madni, leader of a group called 'Norway's United Ulamas,' commented during a net chat on the newspaper Aftenposten's website 12 September that he doubts that Al Qaeda exists, and that 'a good deal of evidence' points to the attacks of 9/11 as being planned by Presi [...]	2006-09-13 10:27:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL ASEC KPAO SA NO
06PARIS128	PRESIDENCY MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON SYRIA/LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Middle East/Americas advisor Dominique Boche previewed the upcoming visit of Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Gourdault-Montagne to Washington, stressing the need to reassess U.S.-GoF efforts to pressure Damascus, without suggesting that such pressure be eased. Boche d [...]	2006-01-09 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS1428	PARIS-BASED HARIRI ADVISOR ON LEBANON INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: During a recent discussion, Basile Yared, a leading Paris-based advisor to Sa'ad Hariri, praised the Secretary for delivering the right message in Beirut on the SIPDIS need for a peaceful, constitutional presidential transition in Lebanon. Yared speculated that it would take t [...]	2006-03-07 10:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS1588	MARCH 4-6 CHIRAC VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA: FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Syria/Lebanon were the primary topics of President Chirac's March 4 and 5 meetings with Saudi King Abdullah, with Iran, Hamas/PA, and Iraq discussed to a lesser degree. Elysee contacts described the Saudi monarch as bitter over rejection of the Saudi initiative on Syria-Lebanon [...]	2006-03-13 14:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA LE SY IR IZ ECON FR
06PARIS40	MFA ON JANUARY 4 CHIRAC-MUBARAK DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot previewed the January 4 Mubarak-Chirac working lunch, expected to focus on Syria/Lebanon. Mubarak will brief Chirac on his January 3 discussions in Riyadh, during which the Egyptian president was expected to press King Abdallah [...]	2006-01-04 16:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE EG SA FR
06RIYADH1	PARDONED SAUDI DISSIDENT OUTLINES GRADUALIST [...] (C) Ali Al-Dumaini, one of the three reformers pardoned by King Abdullah in August, described himself and his colleagues as "reformers, not revolutionaries." Although in Al-Dumaini's view the Al Saud do not have a vision for reform, reformers are not seeking a new form of government but rath [...]	2006-01-02 05:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SA
06RIYADH123	DHAHRAN DIGEST 4 [...] (C) One of post's Shi'a contacts, Mohammad Alltaleb, who doesn't mince words and, if his stories are true, is equally brazen in his actions, says he recently applied to the local branch of the Ministry of Social Affairs to start a self-help organization, with the goal of seeking MEPI funding. [...]	2006-01-08 13:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENRG SCUL KWMN SA
06RIYADH1375	NO WOMEN AMONG SAG APPOINTEES TO EP CHAMBER OF [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced on March 1 its six appointees to the board of the Eastern Province (EP) Chamber of Commerce & Industry (EPCCI): Nasr Al-Hajry; Ghasan Al-Nimr (a Shi'a; also a member of the Ta'awun slate); Halal Al-Twerki (a cousin of Minister Naimi's chi [...]	2006-03-06 05:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN KMPI SA
06RIYADH1377	SHI'A "INDEPENDENTS" DISCUSS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR [...] (C) A group of Shi'a independents again stressed to ConOffs their community's national identity, desire for reform in the Kingdom, and lack of political ties to Iran. They noted that the SAG is allowing the Shi'a community to build an active but small-scale and unofficial civil society, cente [...]	2006-03-06 06:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH1380	FEMALE SHI'A ACTIVIST: PRESSURE FOR REFORM MUST [...] (C) Summary: Aliya Al-Fareed (protect),longtime Shi'a political activist, discussed the state of reform in Saudi Arabia with PAO and PolOff in her home in Al-Safwa near Qatif. Al-Fareed was recently appointed to the National Society for Human Rights; she is the only woman among the five memb [...]	2006-03-06 11:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KIRF KWMN SA
06RIYADH1461	SHI'A ACTIVIST SAYS SHIRAZIS ARE MODERATING [...] (C) Shi'ite political activist Mohammed Al-Shoyoukh told PolOff that Saudi Hezbollah countenances only "peaceful" means to achieve its social and political goals. He said that the "Shirazis," who include the most politically active Shi'a such as Hassan Al-Saffar and Jafar Al-Shayeb, have been [...]	2006-03-08 08:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR SA
06RIYADH1542	POST-ABQAIQ MINISTER OF INTERIOR FORMALLY REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (S) Summary and Action Request: Post requests Department's prompt review and guidance in responding to the Saudi government's formal request for helicopter support and security consultations, for the security of oil facilities in the Kingdom. Foreign Mini [...]	2006-03-12 15:23:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PTER MASS MARR ASEC PREL EPET ETRD SA
06RIYADH1706	SHI'A CIVIL SOCIETY, LOOKING TO THE STARS [...] (C) Summary: A meeting with the Qatif Astronomy Society on March 13th 2006 provided a snapshot of how civil society can operate in the Shi'a areas of Saudi Arabia. The Qatif Astronomy Society was begun locally with 12 founding members in February 2003, and has no license or official authoriza [...]	2006-03-15 13:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KMPI KPAO KIRF SA
06RIYADH1741	SHI'A LEADER TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ALL OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) Jafar Al-Shayeb, President and elected member of Qatif's municipal council and one of five people appointed to the Dammam branch of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR),shared with CG and PolOff on March 15 his philosophy that "every positive initiative should be utilized." He d [...]	2006-03-18 11:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SA
06RIYADH175	CULTURAL AND SPORTS PROGRAMMING IN SAUDI ARABIA [...] (U) Summary: Cultural and sports programming in Saudi Arabia can effectively support MPP objectives and USG interests. Cultural programming has been especially useful in providing access to the 'hard to reach' groups of women and youth, and in challenging negative stereotypes of the United Sta [...]	2006-01-16 10:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL SA
06RIYADH186	FEMALE CONSULATE STAFF PARTICIPATE IN EID CALLS [...] (C) For the first time in Consulate history, two female Mission staff members participated in most of the Consulate's calls over the recent Eid Al-Adha. Consulate staff traditionally call on the Emir of the Eastern Province (EP),the EP head of the Saudi Arabia National Guard (SANG),and a n [...]	2006-01-18 10:04:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL KWMN SA
06RIYADH1920	'CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY' IS OFF-LIMITS FOR A [...] (C) Nawal Al Yousif (protect),a Shi'a journalist and founder of www.saudiyat.net, noted in a meeting with the PAO on March 17, 2006 that mentioning a constitutional democracy in her writing crossed a red line with the Saudi Ministry of Interior. "The Mubahith (Investigative Police) came to s [...]	2006-03-21 09:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KMPI KIRF KPAO SA
06RIYADH1982	DHAHRAN DIGEST 5 [...] (SBU) During a recent lunch with PolOff, an appointed member of the Al-Ahsa municipal council who is also an American-educated professor of plant physiology fielded two phone calls from students. The first was from a female graduate student who needed help on some laboratory research she was [...]	2006-03-22 10:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PREL SA
06RIYADH2146	SAUDI LEADERS UPBEAT ON U.S.-SAUDI MILITARY [...] (S) Summary and Comment: During separate meetings on March 22 with visiting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace, Saudi leaders spoke favorably of the U.S.-Saudi military relationship. King Abdullah, although deeply unhappy about Iraq and the issue of helicopter support fo [...]	2006-03-29 14:32:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH2542	Avian Flu: Saudi Arabia Closing Small Poultry [...] (U) Summary: Meetings with the WHO representative, Ministry of Agriculture (MOA),and Ministry of Health (MOH) revealed that the SAG has established necessary preparations for avian flu, including action plans, an emergency "hotline" number, monitoring and testing sites for migratory birds, a [...]	2006-04-09 13:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR SA
06RIYADH2544	Cultural Norms and Non-Transparency Hamstring [...] (SBU) Summary: Meetings with public health officials during the visit of regional ESTH officer to Saudi Arabia provided a snapshot of Saudi health issues: a population increasingly afflicted with costly illnesses of the wealthy - obesity, diabetes, and heart disease - and a health system tha [...]	2006-04-10 04:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KHIV SA
06RIYADH2560	Saudi Science Research - Gathering Strength [...] Summary: Academic and scientific researchers in Saudi Arabia are hungry for more contact with American counterparts and believe that the Saudi research system is increasingly operating up to international standards. Improved education and upcoming research opportunities fQ women, including the [...]	2006-04-10 12:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL TBIO SENV KHIV CVIS SA
06RIYADH2563	Environmentalism Slowly Comes to Saudi Arabia [...] Summary: Saudi environmental and natural resource institutions were late in getting established and remain small in size and influence. Meetings with the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) and the National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development highlighted that pub [...]	2006-04-10 13:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KFLU SA
06RIYADH2682	EP CORPORATE BANKER UPBEAT ABOUT IMPACT OF WTO [...] (SBU) Zaki Al-Yahya, Eastern Province-based Assistant General Manager in Samba's Corporate & Investment Banking Group, painted an upbeat picture about recent developments in the banking sector in a conversation with EconOff April 10. As a lender to many of the major EP businesses who serve as [...]	2006-04-12 08:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SA
06RIYADH2683	VISITING PRIEST DETAINED BY SAG IN DAMMAM, [...] (C) According to two sources in the Eastern Province's (EP's) expatriate Indian Roman Catholic community, a Catholic priest was detained by the SAG on April 5 while presiding over an evening service at a large compound or farm in Dammam. The priest, an Indian national from Kerala who was vis [...]	2006-04-12 12:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH275	ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON THE SHI'A "SHIRAZIS" [...] (C) Kamal Al-Khattee, son of a former Shi'a judge in Qaif, discussed with PolOff the evolution of the Shi'a faction known as the "Shirazis," who include Hassan Al-Saffar, Jafar Al-Shayeb, Tawfiq Al-Sayf, and others. According to Al-Khattee, they moved from Iran to Syria and elsewhere in the 1 [...]	2006-01-23 07:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KIRF SA
06RIYADH2793	POTENTIAL NEW REVENUE-SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN [...] (C) In a conversation on April 13, two expatriate analysts at Saudi Aramco told PAO and EconOff that Aramco and the SAG were in the process of making a significant change to their revenue-sharing practices. In the past, they explained, Aramco had reserved from its revenue stream the amount n [...]	2006-04-17 13:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EFIN PGOV SA
06RIYADH2840	SAUDI SHI'A EXPRESS ANGER AT PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S [...] (U) In the week since President Mubarak remarked in an interview with Al-Arabiyya that Shi'a were "mostly loyal to Iran and not the countries they are living in," PolOff and PAO have asked many of post's Saudi Shi'a contacts about the Shi'a community's reaction. To a person, our contacts said [...]	2006-04-18 12:13:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH2893	GULF WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION: CIVIL SOCIETY, SAUDI [...] (SBU) Summary: Jameyat Fatat al Khaleej is one of the oldest women's charitable societies in Saudi Arabia, and provides an example of a civil society organization welcomed by the government. Founded and run by women from the Eastern Province's most prominent business families, and with close [...]	2006-04-19 14:23:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KPAO KMPI SA
06RIYADH3147	ARAMCO VP THINKS KARAN GAS DISCOVERY WILL PROVE "A [...] (C) Summary: Yousef Rafie, Saudi Aramco's Senior VP for Gas Operations, expanded on press reports of Aramco's recent discovery of gas in the Karan field, saying that the exploratory well was drilled into the first layer of the deep Khuff formation and was producing dry gas. He estimated res [...]	2006-04-27 10:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL SA
06RIYADH3301	CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE EP: THE ICE IS SLOWLY [...] (C) Government influence and oversight pervade the Eastern Province's (EP's) older civil society organizations. The SAG provides part of their funding, appoints or approves board members, and regulates their by-laws. Yet the ice is slowly breaking. The government is beginning to relinquish [...]	2006-05-02 08:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KMPI KDEM SA
06RIYADH3306	HASAWI SHI'A DETAIL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM VIOLATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In separate conversations with PolOff in Al-Ahsa on April 25, two groups of Shi'a leaders and activists discussed discrimination and restrictions on their religious freedom, as well as steps they had taken to address some of these problems. Abdulaziz Al-Bahrany, the patient and [...]	2006-05-02 13:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH3312	THE SAUDI SHI'A: WHERE DO THEIR LOYALTIES LIE? [...] (S) Some Sunni Arab leaders, including Egypt's President Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah, have recently publicly questioned the loyalties of Arab Shi'a populations in the Middle East. Privately, senior Saudi officials raise similar concerns. Given the ongoing sectarian conflict in Iraq, [...]	2006-05-02 14:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS SA
06RIYADH3315	HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE: LIMITED [...] (C) Summary: Higher education in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia offers limited opportunities for students, particularly women and Shi'a. What is available is of questionable quality, suffering from centralized and religious control, poor student preparation, and difficulty in recruitin [...]	2006-05-02 15:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV KMPI KPAO KIRF KWMN SA
06RIYADH3346	BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY, ONE DISCUSSION AT A TIME [...] (C) Summary: In the past year, Consulate officers have observed increasing numbers of small civil society groups forming in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Also notable is that many of the groups have started to cooperate and interact with each other in pursuit of larger goals. As an [...]	2006-05-02 16:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV KPAO KMPI SA
06RIYADH3491	SAUDI-U.K. RELATIONS IMPROVING [...] (C) Summary. During a May 1 dinner, a British Polof who coordinated U.K. Embassy Riyadh,s recent high-level visits commented on the significant improvement in Saudi-U.K. relations over the past two years. He said that Saudi Arabia,s imprisonment and torture of five Britons from December 2 [...]	2006-05-07 15:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SA
06RIYADH3589	SHI'A CLERIC DISCUSSES SLOW BUT SIGNIFICANT [...] (C) In a meeting with PolOff on April 28, Shi'a cleric Faisal Al-Awami gave a broadly positive account of changes in Saudi Arabia over the past 10 to 15 years. Al-Awami, who, like many of his politically and religiously active Shi'a colleagues, studied in Iran and Syria starting in the early [...]	2006-05-10 08:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL KIRF SA
06RIYADH3673	QATIF MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEMBER CONTINUES TO [...] (C) In a conversation with the CG on April 29, Isa Al-Muzel, an elected member of Qatif's municipal council, described his work at the council as "going well, but frustrating." He said that the biggest problem council members faced at the moment was rooting out institutionalized corruption i [...]	2006-05-14 12:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF SA
06RIYADH3720	SAG DETAINS HARD-LINE SHI'A CLERIC RETURNING FROM [...] (C) Post contacts and the Saudi Shi'a-run Rasid News Network (www.rasid.org) report that the Saudi Mubahith detained Shi'a cleric Nimr Baqir Al-Nimr on the evening of May 11 as he was entering Saudi Arabia from Bahrain over the King Fahd Causeway. Al-Nimr is from Awamiya, a small oasis town [...]	2006-05-15 12:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH3766	ARAMCO CONSULTANT DOUBTS ARAMCO CAN MOVE PAST 12.5 [...] (C) An American expatriate who is a senior consultant to Saudi Aramco on oil drilling operations told the CG recently that he doubted Aramco would be able to develop a maximum sustainable oil production capacity (MSC) "much beyond" 12.5 million barrels per day after 2009. (Note: Aramco's cur [...]	2006-05-16 06:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON SA
06RIYADH3852	ARAMCO CEO: THE OIL ERA IS NOT OVER [...] (C) At a dinner on May 14 hosted by businessman Badr Al-Suwaidan, President and CEO of Al-Bilad, and attended by the CG and FCS Off, Abdullah Jumah, CEO of Saudi Aramco, commented in response to a query that U.S. energy policy is "confusing" and "has no logic." He claimed that the U.S. was s [...]	2006-05-20 08:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH3889	DETAINED SHI'A CLERIC RELEASED; A SECOND [...] (C) The SAG released detained Shi'a cleric Nimr Al-Nimr in the evening of May 15, according to his brother Mohammed Al-Nimr. Al-Nimr had been in SAG custody since May 11 (ref A). A small delegation of family and others had met with the Eastern Province's vice governor, Prince Jiluwi, earlier [...]	2006-05-20 14:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SA
06RIYADH390	REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY [...] (C) Ambassador met with SAG U/S for Political Affairs Prince Turki Saud al-Kabir on January 28 to deliver reftel points and paper. (Note: FM Prince Saud al-Faisal was accompanying King Abdullah on four-country Asian travel and is not expected back in the Kingdom until 2/5.) Ambassador stress [...]	2006-01-29 10:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL AORC SA IR
06RIYADH3974	BETWEEN OIL WELLS AND THE SEA: A POLITICIAN SHOWS [...] (SBU) "Over there you can see one of Aramco's wells," Nabih Al-Ibrahim, a Saudi Aramco engineer and an elected member of Qatif's municipal council, told PolOff and PAO, gesturing to his left as the group drove down the main access road into his home town of Awamiya off the Dhahran-Jubail high [...]	2006-05-22 10:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINR SA
06RIYADH3977	CHRISTIAN EXPATRIATE DOCTOR TOLD TO LEAVE KINGDOM [...] (C) Mission and DRL contact Roy Markara told PolOff on May 18 that Dr. Florence Isaac, a Christian doctor of Indian origin who has been working in the Kingdom for a number of years, had her medical license suspended and was told by the SAG that she had to leave the Kingdom before June 16. Acc [...]	2006-05-22 12:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH3978	SAUDI REFORMER DISCUSSES THE CREDIBILITY OF [...] (C) Summary: Long-time reformer Ahmed Al Mulla discussed the current state of Saudi reform with the Consul General on March 28th 2006. Linking the loss of credibility of Saudi sheikhs with their cooperation with the government, he noted a new sheikh whose message is clear-- the Middle East suf [...]	2006-05-22 12:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KIRF SA
06RIYADH4180	DHAHRAN DIGEST 6 [...] (C/NF) In the course of a day trip to Jubail on May 28, the CG learned that Bechtel, which has the management contract for Jubail, has decided to allow families of its expatriate workers to return. As a result, there will be forty new American children joining school in Jubail in the fall. [...]	2006-05-29 13:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON EINV PHUM SA
06RIYADH42	AL-HASA SHI'A WELCOME U.S. INTERVENTION IN IRAQ, [...] (C) Members of the Shi'a community in Al-Hasa welcomed U.S. intervention in Iraq, saying an almost unqualified "thank you" during lunch with Acting CG and PolOff. Although noting some progress in the SAG's campaign against home-grown terrorism, they said that the government's campaign for to [...]	2006-01-03 11:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL SA KIFR
06RIYADH4224	SAG RELEASES ARRESTED FILIPINO CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Mrs. Minerva Cabel (strictly protect),wife of arrested Filipino Christian pastor Francisco Cabel (strictly protect),informed Poloff May 29 that her husband was released May 25 (reftels). She stated that the SAG had given her husband one month before they will deport the entire family. [...]	2006-05-30 13:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH4231	SAG DECREE ON RELIGIOUS POLICE GAUGES PUBLIC [...] (U) Recent media and Web site reports carried news of a decree issued by the Ministry of Interior May 24, which some interpret as an effort to curtail the seemingly unlimited and undefined authority of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, also known as the religi [...]	2006-05-30 15:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM SA
06RIYADH4539	EP SANG COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ [...] (C) Prince Mishari bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, commander of the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) in the Eastern Province (EP),told the CG on June 5 that he did not think the "problem between the world and Iran," as he described it, would come to war. The Iranians are "merchants," he [...]	2006-06-07 12:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS SA
06RIYADH4543	A POSSIBLE RETREAT ON SAUDIZATION? [...] (C) At a lunch hosted by senior EP businessman Yusuf Al-Dossary and his brothers, Al-Dossary told the CG that he expected an imminent but quietly implemented retreat on Saudization employment policies. Al-Dossary, a member of the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce & Industry (EPCCI) board, [...]	2006-06-07 13:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON EINV SA
06RIYADH4627	COORDINATED MOVES: FOUR BROTHERS PLAY LOCAL EP [...] (C) Summary: At a lunch with Consulate staff on June 6, Yousef, Khalifa, Khalid, and Mohammed Al-Dossary, brothers with a variety of business interests and political activities (ref A),described several aspects of the Eastern Province (EP) political situation. Yousef said that EP Emir Princ [...]	2006-06-11 06:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SA
06RIYADH4638	DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DELIVERED TO SAG [...] (C) ADCM raised reftel points during 6/12 meeting with MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Prince Turki al-Kabir Al Saud. APolCouns attended as notetaker. U/S Turki expressed concern over reftel point referring to deferring Israel/Palestine discussion at inaugural HRC meeting, particula [...]	2006-06-12 12:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH4719	LEAHY VETTING FOR LIEUTENANT COLONEL MOHAMED MUTLK [...] Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed Mutlk G. Al Dhafari, who has been identified to participate in DOD training. The course in which Lt Col Al Dhafari will participate is the National [...]	2006-06-13 05:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PHUM PINR PREL SA
06RIYADH4723	SHI'A CLERIC ASKS U.S. TO EXERT MORE INFLUENCE [...] (C) Sheikh Mohammed Hassan, introduced by a post contact as a leading Saudi follower of Karbala-based Ayatollah Mohammed Taqi Al-Mudarassi, told PolOff in a June 11 meeting that the U.S. should play a more active role in calling for reform in Saudi Arabia. "All reform in the Kingdom is taking [...]	2006-06-13 08:37:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SA
06RIYADH4724	A LOVE FEST: THE "KING OF HEARTS" VISITS THE EP [...] (U) King Abdullah visited the Eastern Province (EP) June 10-12, provoking great public displays of adoration and allegiance and some private questioning about his commitment to reform. The King's agenda included a ceremonial opening of planned industrial city Jubail-II, launching of numerous [...]	2006-06-13 09:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SA
06RIYADH4775	SAG RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: JUNE OIC BAKU [...] (C) A/PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Abdulrahman Al-Rassi, MFA Office Director for International Organizations. Al-Rassi will be the SAG representative at the OIC conference and was keenly interested in the US position reflected in the reftel demarche. In particular, he appreciated t [...]	2006-06-14 14:58:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA
06RIYADH4776	SAG RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON YEMENI GCC ASSISTANCE [...] (C) A/PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Abdulrahman Al-Rassi, MFA Office Director for International Orgnizations. Al-Rassi confirmed that SAG agreed that providing financial assistance to Yemen through the GCC is important in ensuring regional stability. When asked whether they plan on pr [...]	2006-06-14 14:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER SA
06RIYADH4818	SAG DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA IN [...] (C) A/PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Abdulrahman Al-Rassi, Office Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 14. Al-Rassi noted the US position, and was interested to know the number of times that each country had served on the UN Security Counc [...]	2006-06-17 14:08:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV SA
06RIYADH4854	TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE -- SAUDI ARABIA [...] (U) PolOff, in coordination with the New Zealand and Australian Embassies, delivered reftel demarche May 31 to Abdulrahman Al-Rassj, First Secretary, International Organizations Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al-Rassj responded that the SAG had not yet formed a position on the [...]	2006-06-18 13:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH4914	SAUDI HEZBOLLAH FIGURE OFFERS A SLIGHTLY TOUGHER [...] (C) In a May 28 meeting with PolOff and PolFSN, Ahmed Al-Nimr (Ahmed),brother and office manager of Shi'a cleric Sheikh Hassan Al-Nimr (Hassan),explained that Hassan would not meet with American diplomats because "he would lose the respect of people on the street, who would ask why he met w [...]	2006-06-19 12:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SA
06RIYADH4919	REMAINS RETURNED, FAMILIES OF GTMO DETAINEES CALL [...] (U) Following the deaths of the three GTMO detainees, Abdulaziz Suleiman al-Rubaish, whose brother is currently detained at GTMO, contacted the Embassy and asked to meet with the Ambassador. PolMilOff met al-Rubaish at the Embassy front gate and accepted a letter addressed to President Bush f [...]	2006-06-19 14:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL MOPS PTER KAWC SA XF
06RIYADH4960	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL--ANTICIPATED OIC ASSAULT [...] (SBU) Post attempted to contact FM Saud Al-Faisal on June 19 to deliver ref a demarche. He is currently on vacation in an intentionally remote location. We delivered demarche by diplomatic note directly to the FM's Chief of Staff, who agreed to forward to the FM. Please note that Post del [...]	2006-06-20 10:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SA
06RIYADH4966	NOTICE OF SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Post notified the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note on April 23 of the upcoming Administrative Review Board on the status of the Saudi detainees named in Reftel. We will notify the Department of any response from the SAG. OBERWETTER [...]	2006-06-20 12:42:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PREL SA

06RIYADH4967	SAG NOTIFIED OF SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Post notified the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note on April 23 of the upcoming Administrative Review Board on the status of the Saudi detainees named in Reftel. We will notify the Department of any response from the SAG. OBERWETTER [...]	2006-06-20 12:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PREL SA
06RIYADH4997	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ACCEPTS FORMAL ROLE ON HUMAN [...] (C) Ibrahim Al-Mugaiteeb, President of the unregistered Human Rights First Society, told the CG on June 17 that he had accepted a formal role with the government-affiliated Human Rights Commission (HRC) run by Dr. Turki Al-Sudairy. Al-Mugaiteeb said that Al-Sudairy had offered him a position [...]	2006-06-21 04:41:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR PREL SA
06RIYADH5036	QATIF MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEMBER ADVOCATES PATIENTLY [...] (C) In a June 29 meeting with PolOff, Dr. Riyadh Al-Mustafa, an elected member of Qatif's municipal council, detailed his and the council's efforts to improve Qatif's services and infrastructure. Al-Mustafa, whose constituency is the town of Qatif itself, said that the council's first priori [...]	2006-06-23 08:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH5042	USD EDELMAN'S MEETINGS WITH THE KING AND CROWN [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman discussed the U.S.-Saudi defense relationship, regional security, helicopters, Iran, Iraq, and visas during separate meetings with King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan on June 6. Both the King and Crown Prince were supportive of [...]	2006-06-24 14:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP SA PTER PREL PARM PINR
06RIYADH5079	USD EDELMAN'S MEETING WITH ASSISTANT MOI PRINCE [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman discussed detainees, helicopters, infrastructure security, Iraq, and border security during a June 6 meeting with Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs Prince Muhammad bin Naif. Prince Muhammad confirmed that the SA [...]	2006-06-25 04:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	SA MARR PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PTER ENRG
06RIYADH5083	INTERNET JOURNALISM CHANGING PERSPECTIVES AMONG EP [...] (C) Hussein Al-Alak, a Qatif-based journalist for online Rasid News Network (www.rasid.org; the premier Internet forum for Saudi Shi'a),discussed with PolOff and PAO on June 20 the growing influence of Internet journalism among the Shi'a. Because the government has permitted much greater fre [...]	2006-06-25 08:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL SA
06RIYADH5105	SAUDIS NAME NEW IRAQ BORDER LIAISON OFFICER [...] (S) General Saleh bin Ali al-Muhayya, Chief of General Staff of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense and Aviation (MODA) sent a letter (classified "secret/urgent") to CHUSMTM May 30 on the appointment of a new Saudi-Iraq border liaison officer. The new officer is LTC Khalid bin Mohamed al-S [...]	2006-06-25 15:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PBTS PGOV PREL PINR SA IZ MARR MOPS
06RIYADH5106	SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 27 VISIT OF AMBASSADOR [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Jeddah June 27. Ambassador Oberwetter and Consul General Tatiana Gfoeller look forward to meeting you and will accompany you on a number of your calls on Saudi leaders. Per your request, appointments are being requested in Jedd [...]	2006-06-25 16:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV OVIP PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH5111	TRIBAL LEADER PLAYS POLITICS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE [...] (C) In a June 21 meeting with Consulate Dhahran and Embassy Manama PolOffs, Essa Al-Dossary, self-styled deputy sheikh of the Al-Dossary tribe in the Eastern Province (EP) and the Kingdom of Bahrain, described to PolOffs the nature of his influence on both sides of the causeway. Al-Dossary e [...]	2006-06-26 12:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA BA
06RIYADH5114	KING LAUNCHES ECONOMIC AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah recently completed his first national tour since becoming King. Traveling with his Cabinet, the King visited the Ha'il, Al Qassim, Medina and Eastern provinces promoting government support for economic, industrial, health and educational development of the regions [...]	2006-06-26 14:21:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH5135	THE TRANSLATED TEXT OF THE WARNING AND STATEMENT [...] (U) What follows is post's Arabic translation of the "Warning and Statement" published by 61 Saudi conservative religious scholars as discussed in septel. 2. (U) BEGIN TRANSLATED TEXT: Statement addressed to the Rulers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia The statement was posted on: http://ww [...]	2006-06-27 14:20:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SA PINR
06RIYADH5136	SAUDI CONSERVATIVES LAUNCH COUNTER-REFORMATION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Following a series of reforms seen as challenging the prominence of the religious establishment in Saudi Arabia, 61 religious scholars published an open letter, called "A Warning and a Statement," to the Kingdom's rulers. This manifesto warned the SAG against a 'gang' of people [...]	2006-06-27 14:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV SA KISL PINR PREL
06RIYADH5167	MAJLIS AL SHOURA REJECTS FUNDING FOR THE RELIGIOUS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-28 10:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH5173	A TALE OF TWO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS: THE DIVERGING [...] (C) Summary: Six months after the SAG announced its appointees to the municipal councils (reftel),the experiences of the Greater Dammam Municipal Council (GDMC) and the Qatif Municipal Council (QMC) illustrate two diverging paths in this experiment in partially elected local government. Th [...]	2006-06-30 07:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SA
06RIYADH5220	14 GUANTANAMO DETAINEES TRANSFERED TO SAUDI [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 25, 14 Guantanamo detainees were transferred to Saudi authority, including a non-Saudi citizen, Ahmad Sadik Turkestani. The Ministry of Interior (MOI) has told EmbOffs that all of the detainees will be further incarcerated in the Kingdom until the SAG rules [...]	2006-07-02 13:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL KAWC MOPS PTER SA XF
06RIYADH5264	SAG REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR FOREIGN MINISTER'S [...] (C) On July 2, Post received via diplomatic note a request from the Saudi Foreign Ministry seeking USG assistance to secure a temporary license from the Treasury Dept's Office of Financial Assets Control (OFAC) to allow Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal to fly aboard a private, corporate [...]	2006-07-02 15:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA
06RIYADH5266	POST SEEKING CLARITY ON GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (S/NF) Post is seeking the Department's clarification of the relationship between the proposed Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) (Ref A) and other bilateral and regional security initiatives that have been previously proposed to the SAG. We have identified no less than 13 security-related initiativ [...]	2006-07-02 16:01:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS SA
06RIYADH5274	MOI REQUESTS GTMO SUICIDE NOTES TO QUELL MURDER [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (S) The Saudi Ministry of Interior (MOI) has asked the USG for the suicide notes written by the two deceased Saudi Guantanamo detainees, Yasser al-Zahrani and Manie al-Otaibi. The MOI wishes to provide copies of these letters to the family members of the [...]	2006-07-03 11:42:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PTER PREL KAWC SA
06RIYADH5277	MIXED SAUDI REACTION TO KUWAITI ELECTIONS [...] (U) On June 29, the Kuwaiti Parliament held elections, in which women were allowed to run as candidates and vote for the first time. There were twenty-seven women candidates, but none were elected. Saudi media reported mixed reactions to the results. Most Saudi media reported that the electi [...]	2006-07-03 13:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH5278	RIYADH RECORD: JUNE 21-30 2006 [...] (U) This cable serves as the inaugural edition of the Riyadh Record, which will provide weekly summaries of key political events in the Kingdom. 2. (S) SUMMARY: During the course of the past few weeks, there has been an increase in the dialogue between supporters of King Abdullah,s reforms [...]	2006-07-03 13:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL SA PINR
06RIYADH5314	DHAHRAN DIGEST 7 [...] (SBU) Dr. Abdullah Al-Kadi, director of Al Bir, the largest charitable organization in the Eastern Province (EP),estimated to the CG that there were 3.7 million residents in the EP, of whom 20 percent (740,000) were expatriates. Al-Kadi, a U.S.-trained architect and urban planner, has constr [...]	2006-07-05 05:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET SOCI PINR PGOV SA
06RIYADH5315	DISCUSSION GROUPS GROW, CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPS [...] (C) Summary: Shi'a journalist Merza Al Khuwaildi discussed the range of new discussion groups in Saudi Arabia, in a June 28 meeting with the Consul General. Considered the vanguard of civil society in Saudi Arabia, these home-based, informal, grass-roots groups have enjoyed more freedom over [...]	2006-07-05 06:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KIRF SA
06RIYADH5316	SETBACKS FOR SAUDI BUSINESSWOMEN IN THE EP [...] (C) Summary: Director of the Businesswomen's Committee at the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hana Al-Zuhair recounted recent setbacks for businesswomen. In a meeting on June 27 2006, Al-Zuhair told the PAO about a mixed-gender meeting held at the Chamber in April, to discuss [...]	2006-07-05 06:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KPAO SA
06RIYADH5317	SHIELD S10-06: SAG DENIES CHEM-BIO GEAR IMPORTED [...] (S) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed the Embassy via diplomatic note dated June 6, 2006 that the Ministry of Interior did not import chemical and biological items from Iran, per Reftel. However, the note did acknowledge that the SAG imported one sample protective vest and one [...]	2006-07-05 06:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC CBW IR SA
06RIYADH5322	IRAQI PRIME MINISTER VISITS KINGDOM ON FIRST TRIP [...] (C) Traveling on his first trip abroad as Prime Minister, Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki visited Saudi Arabia July 1-2 seeking Saudi support for economic development, reconciliation, and improving security to stabilize Iraq. Saudi news sources reported that PM Maliki was received by the Crown Prin [...]	2006-07-05 12:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH5451	HASAWI SHI'A CONTINUE ADVOCACY EFFORTS IN RIYADH [...] (C) In separate meetings with PolOff and PAO on July 8, Hasawi Shi'a activists Sadeq Al-Ramadan and Mohammed Al-Jubran discussed Shi'a advocacy efforts with the SAG. Al-Ramadan mentioned that he was part of a small delegation that visited the Vice Minister of Information and several other min [...]	2006-07-10 08:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF SA
06RIYADH5456	MAJLIS AL SHOURA REJECTS FUNDING FOR THE RELIGIOUS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 14:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH5513	SHI'A TRADITIONALIST LAMENTS SHIRAZI ASCENDANCY IN [...] (C) Kamal Al-Khatti, a Riyadh-based social researcher formerly employed by Prince Abdulaziz bin Fahd and son of Qatif's late and revered Judge Abdulhamid Al-Khatti, told the CG and ConOffs that the Shirazis (ref A) now dominated Qatif and the Saudi Shi'a community politically, but that a laten [...]	2006-07-11 11:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SA
06RIYADH5516	RIYADH RECORD: JUNE 30-JULY 7 2006 [...] (S) SUMMARY: Majlis al-Shoura rejects an appeal to revote on the religious police funding proposal, while at the same time rejecting a proposal for them to wear publicly-identifiable uniforms. Six women were added as part-time consultants on women's issues to the Shoura Council, bringing the [...]	2006-07-11 12:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH5546	KING EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN [...] (S) During Ambassador Khalilzad's recent visit to the Kingdom (reftels),King Abdullah talked at length about SAG concerns about the influence exerted by Iran and its surrogates in Iraq and the region. King Abdullah told his guests that "justice is missing" in Iraq, and that there is "no eq [...]	2006-07-12 06:42:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV IZ SA
06RIYADH5547	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for the visit of Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt and his delegation to Saudi Arabia on July 23. Due to recent severe budget cuts, the Mission must direct charge all visit support costs. Country cl [...]	2006-07-12 08:23:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ SA
06RIYADH5548	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY TREASURY [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Jeddah July 23. Ambassador Oberwetter and Consul General Tatiana Gfoeller look forward to meeting you and will accompany you on a number of your calls on Saudi leaders. Per your request, appointments are being requested in Jedd [...]	2006-07-12 09:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ SA
06RIYADH5601	SAUDI ARABIA ISSUES STATEMENT ON SECURITY [...] (U) NIACT precedence justified due to urgency of the message conveyed by the Government of Saudi Arabia. 2. (SBU) On July 14, the Saudi Foreign Ministry urgently contacted and delivered to the Ambassador the following official Saudi statement expressing its views on the situation in Palestine and [...]	2006-07-14 00:19:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL KWBG SA
06RIYADH5707	SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS SOCIETY CALLS FOR CLOSURE OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. (U) On July 15 and 16, several Saudi newspapers published a letter to President Bush from the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) calling for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. A member of the NSHR gave the Ambassador a [...]	2006-07-18 07:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PHUM SA
06RIYADH5709	SAUDI SHI'A REACT TO CRISIS IN LEBANON [...] (SBU) Based on Internet postings and conversations with contacts since the confrontation between Hezbollah and Israel erupted last Wednesday, Saudi Shi'a are unanimous in condemning Israel's response to Hezbollah's kidnapping of the two Israeli soldiers, and most Saudi Shi'a seem supportive of Hezb [...]	2006-07-18 11:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH5780	US LOBBYING FIRM SEEKS GREATER VOICE FOR TAWAFUQ, [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph five. 2. (C) Summary: Mark Alsalih, an Iraqi American from the Washington lobbying firm MITA, requested Embassy's assistance on July 17 to make an introduction to Director of the Saudi General Intelligence Presidency Prince [...]	2006-07-19 15:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH5839	FM CRITICAL OF US INACTION, CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE [...] (S) In a July 19 press conference Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal emphasized the need for an immediate cease-fire and criticized Israeli aggression in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. He described the situation as "a real catastrophe that is taking place before the people's eyes and n [...]	2006-07-23 12:13:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV SA
06RIYADH5904	TRANSFORMATIONAL DIPLOMACY IN THE EP: [...] (C) Opportunities abound in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province (EP) for ConGen Dhahran to expand its work with EP residents to help them transform Saudi Arabia's future. Since September 11, EP residents have claimed, and the SAG has tolerated, much greater latitude to discuss the country's and p [...]	2006-07-25 08:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM SA
06RIYADH5907	CROWN PRINCE SIGNS TWO DEFENSE AGREEMENTS IN [...] (C) Crown Prince Sultan, who is also the Saudi Minister of Defense and Aviation, reportedly signed two defense agreements with France during his July 20 visit to Paris. Media reports have suggested that these agreements could lead to Saudi purchase of French tanker aircraft, helicopters, and [...]	2006-07-25 12:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	MARR MASS BEXP SA
06RIYADH5947	SAG REMOVES SHI'A JUDGE IN QATIF [...] (SBU) The SAG removed Ghalib Al-Hammad as judge of the Shi'a court in Qatif, replacing him with associate judge Sulaiman Abu Al-Makarem effective July 19. Al-Hammad had only held the post for 7 months (ref B),and his abrupt sacking engendered speculation and criticism within the Shi'a commu [...]	2006-07-26 11:23:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF SA PGOV PHUM
06RIYADH5949	SAG REMOVES SHI'A JUDGE IN QATIF [...] (SBU) The SAG removed Ghalib Al-Hammad as judge of the Shi'a court in Qatif, replacing him with associate judge Sulaiman Abu Al-Makarem effective July 19. Al-Hammad had only held the post for 7 months (ref B),and his abrupt sacking engendered speculation and criticism within the Shi'a commu [...]	2006-07-26 11:23:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF SA PGOV PHUM
06RIYADH5952	KING ABDULLAH AND PRESIDENT MUBARAK DISCUSS [...] (C) King Abdullah and Egyptian President Mubarak met July 25 to consult on the Lebanon crisis. Stating that Saudi Arabia and Egypt hold identical views on the situation in Lebanon, both leaders called for an immediate cease-fire, warning that continued Israeli aggression could engulf the entire reg [...]	2006-07-26 14:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SENV LE SA
06RIYADH6	SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FREE TO TRAVEL, [...] (C) Summary: Ibrahim Mugaiteeb, President of the Saudi NGO, "Human Rights First" (HRF),informed poloff that the SAG had returned his Saudi passport, and will allow him to travel to Germany to receive medical attention. Mugaiteeb also stated that he had met with the chairman of the National [...]	2006-01-02 11:42:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH6003	SAUDI RED CRESCENT TO SEND HUMANITARIAN CONVOY TO [...] (U) NIACT precedence justified by urgent operational information and alternate work week. This message responds to Lebanon Task Force and Embassy Tel Aviv requests for assurances and information, to be shared with the IDF, concerning the planned travel of a Saudi relief convoy to Lebanon. [...]	2006-07-29 13:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE EAID SA
06RIYADH6005	SAG RESPONSE: NEW YORK FORCE GENERATION MEETING [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal July 29 by telephone to discuss reftel demarche, which Post had earlier transmitted via diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Foreign Minister responded that the Saudis would not provide troops for peacekeeping effor [...]	2006-07-29 15:20:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SA LE
06RIYADH6037	TFLE01: SAUDI HUMANITARIAN CONVOY STILL PLANNING [...] (C) NIACT precedence justified by urgent operational information and alternate work week. This message responds to Lebanon Task Force and Embassy Tel Aviv requests for assurances and information, to be shared with the IDF, concerning the planned travel of a Saudi relief convoy to Lebanon. [...]	2006-07-29 20:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID LE SA
06RIYADH6038	CONSERVATIVE SAUDI CLERICS DEBATE SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Last week, three revered Wahhabi sheikhs issued advisory opinions in their own capacity on the question of support for Hizballah. On July 17, prominent Wahhabi Sheikh Abdullah bin Jabreen issued an advisory opinion, reported as a fatwa declaring it impermissible for Muslims to s [...]	2006-07-30 07:15:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH6040	TFLE01: SAUDI HUMANITARIAN CONVOY TO BEIRUT [...] (C) NIACT precedence justified by urgent operational information and alternate work week. This message concerns the travel of a Saudi relief convoy to Lebanon. 2. (C) Poloff conveyed reftel E information to Emboff at the Saudi Embassy in Lebanon (Saudi POC) early on the morning of July 30 [...]	2006-07-30 09:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID LE SA
06RIYADH6058	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LEBANON CRISIS AND VISA [...] (C) Ambassador Oberwetter discussed three issues with Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal via telephone on July 29. First, they discussed the issue of the Saudi humanitarian aid convoy to Lebanon (Ref A). The Ambassador assured the Foreign Minister that Post staff was working in coordination with Saudi [...]	2006-07-30 16:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR CMGT SA LE
06RIYADH6103	RIYADH RECORD: JULY 21-29 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi mood, as reflected in critical statements issued by clerics and appearing on internet chat sites, is becoming increasingly anti-U.S. Debate abounds among religious scholars who continue to raise the issue of Shi'a versus Sunni and the question of whether Saudis should support [...]	2006-08-01 15:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH6153	SAG STATEMENT TALKS OF UNIFYING ARAB POSITION [...] (S) SUMMARY: The SAG cabinet issued a statement on the Lebanese and Palestinian crisis July 31 following a meeting chaired by King Abdullah. The statement called for a joint Arab and Islamic stand against Israel and reiterated the need for an immediate cease fire. It also urged collaboration [...]	2006-08-02 11:15:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL LE SA
06RIYADH6335	TRIBAL LEADERS MAKE AMENDS THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi press this week covered what is likely a regular, but nonetheless rarely reported event, the traditional process of reconciliation between two tribes engaged in a potentially violent dispute. Though such events are usually far from the local headlines and almost never the [...]	2006-08-08 07:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH6338	EGYPTIAN DCM GIVES READOUT ON ARAB LEAGUE MEETING [...] (C) Egyptian DCM Hossam Kassem told the DCM on the evening of August 7 that the Arab League Foreign Ministers' meeting in Beirut had gone well from its members' point of view, and that there were three criticisms leveled against the draft UNSC resolution on Lebanon. The foreign ministers re [...]	2006-08-08 13:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV LE SA
06RIYADH6339	SAUDI CONSERVATIVES CALL FOR BOYCOTT ON US [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beginning July 31, two prominent conservative websites posted articles calling for a boycott on U.S. consumer goods and services, ranging from fast-food franchises to shampoo brands, to begin on August 4. There was already an ongoing cellular telephone text messaging campaign. [...]	2006-08-08 13:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD SA LE
06RIYADH6343	SAUDI ACADEMIC WARNS THAT LEBANON FOMENTS EXTREMISM [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On August 6 a politically mainstream Saudi academic and journalist, Dr. Ali Sa'ad al-Musa, published an open letter to President Bush in the widely-read al-Watan newspaper, warning that he and millions of other moderates in the Middle East are becoming extremists as [...]	2006-08-08 14:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH6372	SAUDI OPPOSITION GROUP CALLS FOR FRIDAY PROTESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The London-based, Saudi opposition group accused of having links to al-Qaeda, the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia ('MIRA'),called for political gatherings to be held Kingdom-wide at 44 specified mosques beginning this Friday, August 11. MIRA, composed of religious conserva [...]	2006-08-09 14:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH6440	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for a delegation led by Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Principal Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Ambassador James SIPDIS Jeffrey to visit the Kingdom August 14-15 to dis [...]	2006-08-13 11:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ SA
06RIYADH6467	TERRORISM FINANCE: SAUDI RESPONSE OF IIRO'S [...] (C) Summary: As a result of the August 3 UN 1267 designation of Abd Al-Hamid Sulaiman Al-Mua'jjil (AKA Abdul Hamid Sulaiman Al-Mujil),the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) has confirmed its prior actions to freeze his assets and restrict his travel. End Summary. 2. (S/NF) The Ministry of [...]	2006-08-14 07:41:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC SA
06RIYADH6472	RENEWED STIRRINGS OF POLITICAL OPPOSITION ACTIVITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 9, Dr. Saad al-Faqih, leader of the London-based, Saudi opposition group, Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (MIRA),called for Kingdom-wide political demonstrations to be held on Friday August 11 immediately prior to Friday prayers (Ref A). Al-Faqih, a Saudi dissid [...]	2006-08-14 13:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL KISL SA
06RIYADH6473	RIYADH RECORD: JULY 30-AUGUST 4 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The SAG provided humanitarian assistance to victims of the crisis in Lebanon through air and land convoys as well as increased financial assistance. The Saudi public's discontent increased with the SAG's perceived support for U.S. policy in Lebanon, and protesters of U.S. suppor [...]	2006-08-14 13:41:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH6477	WEBSITE REPORTS LEBANON CRISIS CAUSING SPLIT IN [...] (S) The Saudi website "Al-Haramayn," citing various media sources, has claimed that the SAG's reaction to the Lebanon crisis has sparked tension among senior members of the royal family. Specifically, it alleges the existence of a split between King Abdullah on the one hand, and Crown Prince [...]	2006-08-14 14:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH6520	ANTI-BUSH POEM EPITOMIZES CURRENT SAUDI PUBLIC MOOD [...] (C) BACKGROUND: Poetry runs in the blood of the Saudi people. They have historically utilized poetry to express public opinion over social, political, and cultural issues. They also use poetry to curry favor with their rulers, local and regional, as well as share their criticisms in an open forum. [...]	2006-08-16 12:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SCUL SA
06RIYADH6571	SAUDI COUNCIL OF MINISTERS WARNS TERRORISM HAS NO [...] (C) Summary: A headline on the front page of the August 15 edition of the English language Arab News read, "Kingdom Warns Against Linking Islam With Fascism," referring directly to President Bush's August 11 statement on the foiled terrorist plot in the U.K. President Bush's comment, that th [...]	2006-08-19 13:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH6574	SAUDI COUNCIL OF MINISTERS WARNS TERRORISM HAS NO [...] (C) Summary: A headline on the front page of the August 15 edition of the English language Arab News read, "Kingdom Warns Against Linking Islam With Fascism," referring directly to President Bush's August 11 statement on the foiled terrorist plot in the U.K. The Arab News article reported th [...]	2006-08-19 16:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH6581	TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF SAJID MOHAMED [...] (SBU) On May 30, 2006, Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the addition of Sajid Mohamed Badat to the UN 1267 Sanctions list of individuals/entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or Al Qaida. Complimentary opening -- T [...]	2006-08-20 14:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER CVIS KVPR SA
06RIYADH6668	170 SAUDI AND MUSLIM SCHOLARS WORLDWIDE CALL FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: 170 Muslim scholars from more than seventeen countries, including twenty-nine Saudi citizens, issued an open statement on August 4 entitled "Statement and Appeal from Scholars of the Islamic Nation." The statement condemned Israeli "aggression" in Lebanon and Palestine, and crit [...]	2006-08-22 06:58:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA LE
06RIYADH6730	COURTS IGNORE SHARIA RULING, ANNUL MARRIAGE BASED [...] (U) Three years and two children into a happy marriage, a Saudi couple in Al-Jouf, a city in the northern part of the Kingdom, have seen their marriage annulled on the grounds that it violated social custom. According to several media reports, the woman's half-brother filed the lawsuit in Aug [...]	2006-08-24 18:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL PCUL SA
06RIYADH6737	RIYADH RECORD: AUGUST 5-11, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: One hundred seventy Muslim scholars, including 29 Saudis, called for unity in the Islamic Nation and condemned the Israeli 'aggression' in Lebanon and Palestine. Saudi opposition activity continues to stir in the Diaspora with a revitalization of the London-based Movement for Is [...]	2006-08-26 08:07:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH6813	US/SAUDI REGULATORY TRAINING: SAUDI'S CAPITAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Saudi equivalent of our U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),the Capital Market Authority (CMA),is in its third year of existence, and focused on educating its young, technocratic Saudi workforce. The CMA's main goal for 2007 is to utilize U.S. schools and inst [...]	2006-08-27 12:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ECIN PREL CVIS SA
06RIYADH6814	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR SEC OFFICIALS TO [...] The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for Mr. Ethiopis Tafara, Dr. Robert M. Fisher, Mr. Timothy Warren and Mr. Ester Saverson Jr. for a training seminar for Saudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority from September 9-15, 2006. 2. Due to recent se [...]	2006-08-27 12:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA SA SEC
06RIYADH6818	WEBSITE REPORTS MEETING OF THIRD GENERATION ROYALS [...] (C) A moderate Saudi-based and owned website reported on August 15 that Prince Talal bin Abdul Aziz held a meeting with key princes of the royal family's third generation in his Riyadh palace earlier this month. Notable attendees were his son Prince al-Waleed, one of the wealthiest businessm [...]	2006-08-27 15:19:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH6925	RADIO SILENCE FROM NEW SAUDI OPPOSITION GROUP IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Several media outlets reported a statement on August 7 issued by Prince Talal Muhammad Al-Rasheed, a deposed royal and Saudi dissident residing in Paris, which announced the formation of the Saudi Democratic Opposition Front. The group, which is reportedly both secular and triba [...]	2006-08-30 10:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH6926	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- SAG SAYS SAME OLD, SAME [...] (C) Summary. Government of Saudi Arabia (SAG) MFA Human Rights POC Torki Al-Madi told Acting Political Counselor and PolOff during an August 16 courtesy call that the UN Human Rights Council is not an improvement on its predecessor, the UN Human Rights Commission, especially since the U.S. i [...]	2006-08-30 11:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH6927	AL-MUA'JJIL'S TRAVEL BAN IN FULL EFFECT & IIRO [...] (U) This is joint Riyadh and Consulate Dhahran cable. 2. (C) Summary: A press report and a Consulate visit to the closed offices of IIRO's Eastern Province Branch indicated that the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) has kept its word on actions against recent designee, Abd Al-Hamid Sulaiman [...]	2006-08-30 12:01:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KFTN PREL PTER ETTC SA
06RIYADH6933	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR U.S. TREASURY [...] The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for Mr. Ahmed Elbashari for an on-site review of Saudi Arabia's Financial Intelligence Unit from September 15-20, 2006. 2. Due to recent severe budget cuts, the Mission must direct charge all visit support [...]	2006-08-31 11:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EFIN PREL PTER KCRM ETTC KTFN SA
06RIYADH6940	KING ABDULLAH AND FOREIGN MINISTER PRESS COMMENTS [...] (S) SUMMARY. Recent statements to the press by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal appear to be a concerted effort by the SAG to address strong public criticism of its position on the Lebanon crisis and ties to the U.S., as well as accusat [...]	2006-09-03 11:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH6976	POLITICAL POETRY PRAISES HEZBOLLAH [...] (C) Al Hayat newspaper published on August 26 a political poem entitled "Lebanon," which was written by Dr. Ghazi Al-Qusaibee, Minister of Labor and key advisor to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. Al-Qusaibee, a famous poet and writer in the Arab world, is commonly known as a [...]	2006-09-04 06:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL SA PHUM
06RIYADH6980	CONVERSATION WITH NEO-TRIBALIST WOMEN'S ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent media reporting about the rise in the number of official and unofficial female proselytizers in the Kingdom has generated much debate. The number of "unsanctioned" female preachers is increasing, and their lack of supervision by authorities breeds uncertainty about the me [...]	2006-09-04 13:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PCUL PHUM KISL KWMN SA
06RIYADH7	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD SEEKS POST-IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad met with King Abdullah, Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, and General Intelligence Presidency director Prince Muqrin bin Abd al-Aziz on December 27, to seek Saudi support in Iraq for building an Arab Sunni-Kurdish-Alawi coalition to engage the [...]	2006-01-02 12:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH7058	TERRORIST FINANCE: SAG ON ABOUSOFIAN, YASSIN [...] (U) This contains an action request at paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: MFA's counselor for counterterrorism, Abdulrahman Al-Ahmed, told us August 29 that it will take appropriate action on the 1267 Designation of Abousofian Abdelrazik. He asked for updates on the closing of the IIRO branch [...]	2006-09-06 07:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KFTN PREL PTER ETTC SA ID RP
06RIYADH7097	SAUDI REACTION TO SENTENCING OF HOMAIDAN AL-TURKI [...] (S/NF) The August 31, 2006, sentencing by a Colorado court of Homaidan Al-Turki to 28 years to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his Indonesian maid has provoked calls for a boycott of U.S. products and the return of Saudis studying in the U.S. Some Saudi contacts even fear that this [...]	2006-09-10 11:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	AORC ELAB FBI KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH7190	MUST LOVE DOGS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Saudi attitudes toward animals exemplifies the way in which conservatism and tradition have collided with progressive thinking and western ideas to create a paradox within Saudi culture. Muslims are guided by the Qura'an and teachings of the Prophet Mohammad to be kind to animal [...]	2006-09-12 12:56:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PCUL PHUM PGOV PREL KISL SA
06RIYADH7191	RIYADH RECORD: AUGUST 19-31 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Youth summer camps in the Kingdom elicited controversy from one of their lectures on the negative aspects of the West and how Saudi journalists act as the West's "agents." The Ministry of Commerce licensed the first female engineer in Saudi Arabia; the hope is that many more wi [...]	2006-09-12 13:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KWMN SA
06RIYADH7211	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD - SUCCESSFUL 9/12 MEETING [...] (S/NF) BEGIN SUMMARY. Ambassador Oberwetter and Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad called on the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud on September 12 to seek support on a range of issues relating to Iraq. The King expressed his concern about Iranian influen [...]	2006-09-16 09:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KISL PINR SA
06RIYADH7447	RIYADH RECORD: SEPTEMBER 1-15 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Court of Grievances postponed a hearing on the novel "Girls of Riyadh" after the news of the proposed hearing sparked robust debate in the media. The proposal to shift the women's prayer area in Mecca has been rejected. The SAG demands clarification from the Vatican follo [...]	2006-09-24 14:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KWMN KISL SA
06RIYADH7498	POST'S BLUE LANTERN POINTS OF CONTACT [...] (U) As of October 15, Embassy Riyadh's Blue Lantern primary point of contact will be: Mr. Joel Wiegert Political-Military Officer Tel: 966-1-488-3800 ext. 4327 Fax: 966-1-483-0042 Alternative point of contact is Mr. Irfan Qaiyumi, who will remain at post until April, 2007: Mr. Irfan [...]	2006-09-26 11:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC KSEP US SA
06RIYADH7501	SAUDIS SHOW HIGH LEVEL OF INTEREST IN MEGAPORTS [...] (S) Summary and Comment: The SAG appears to be seriously considering implementing the Megaports Initiative (MI) to provide radiological/nuclear materials detection equipment in the Kingdom's two largest ports of Jeddah and Dammam. During their September 8-13 Megaports outreach visit to the Ki [...]	2006-09-26 14:07:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	KNNP ENRG PARM OTRA PREL PGOV SA
06RIYADH7628	SAUDI ATTENDANCE AT GCC+2 FOLLOW-UP MEETING IN [...] (C) On September 28, 2006, CDA Rundell delivered the reftel demarche to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizur Obaid Mandani. Dr. Mandani confirmed that Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal will attend both the Secretary's October 2 meeting with King Abdullah in Jeddah and the GCC 2 Oct [...]	2006-09-28 15:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA
06RIYADH7629	DRL DAS ERICA BARKS-RUGGLES DISCUSSES POLITICS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles met with dozens of Saudi women representing a broad spectrum of opinions and backgrounds during her September 12-14 visit to Saudi Arabia. The Saudi women unanimously agreed that Saudi [...]	2006-09-28 15:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN SA
06RIYADH7834	TERRORISM FINANCE: TALIBAN [...] (S/NF) Post has reviewed the draft strategy to counter both Taliban and funding sources outside of Afghanistan and the mechanisms used to transfer the funds into Afghanistan. Post is aware of donors located in the Kingdom who contribute to the Taliban, however Post has no evidence of deep-pock [...]	2006-10-04 11:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC SA AF XF
06RIYADH7837	SAUDI ARABIA OFFERS POSITION PAPER ON THE PEACE [...] (C) During Secretary Rice's October 2 visit to Jeddah, Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal provided the following position paper on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process to NEA Assistant Secretary Welch. 2. (C) Begin Text: Position Paper On the Peace Process October 2006 The danger [...]	2006-10-04 16:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS SA
06RIYADH7838	USG ASSESSMENTS OF TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This cable provides the assessment of Embassy Riyadh's country team of the terrorist/insurgent financing environment in Saudi Arabia. As instructed in reftel, post's response is divided into separate sections providing background information on the terrorist/insurgent operat [...]	2006-10-05 14:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PREL PTER KTFN ETTC SA IZ
06RIYADH7987	RIYADH RECORD: SEPTEMBER 16-30 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The case against the controversial novel "Girls of Riyadh" has been dismissed. The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice met for three-days, rejecting alleged calls from the West to dismantle the organization. The Ministries of Interior and Foreign Affai [...]	2006-10-10 14:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL KWMN KISL SA
06RIYADH7990	IRAQI DELEGATION VISITS KSA TO DISCUSS IRAQ [...] The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance confirmed to us on October 9 that an Iraqi technical delegation came to Saudi Arabia on October 7 to discuss Iraqi debt to Saudi Arabia. 2. According to Deputy Minister of Finance Al-Bazi'y, three Iraqi delegates from the Ministry of Finance v [...]	2006-10-11 10:47:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECIN ECON IZ SA
06RIYADH8	SHI'A JUDGE IN AL-HASA SEEKS GREATER RESOURCES [...] (SBU) Acting CG and PolOff paid an introductory call on Sheikh Mohammad Al-Luwaimi, President of the Shi'ite Endowments and Inheritance Court in Al-Hasa, on December 28. Al-Luwaimi is the only judge in the only Shi'ite court serving the Shi'a population of Al-Hasa, a governorate in the Easter [...]	2006-01-02 13:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL SA
06RIYADH8003	WAMY SECRETARY-GENERAL PREACHES NEED FOR INCREASED [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) Secretary-General Dr. Saleh al-Wohaibi told PolOffs in an SIPDIS August 27 meeting that, despite negative publicity surrounding Islamic charities, WAMY has nothing to hide. Al-Wohaibi talked about WAMY's international programs, but focu [...]	2006-10-11 16:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER EFIN KTFN ETTC KISL SA
06RIYADH8173	A/DCM DISCUSSES USG REVIEW OF SAUDI TEXTBOOKS WITH [...] (C) A/DCM solicited continued SAG cooperation in support of a USG review of Saudi textbooks during an October 9 meeting with Minister Plenipotentiary Hazem Karakotly, assistant to Director General for International Organization Affairs Ambassador Dr. Turki bin Mohammed Saud al-Kabir al Saud. [...]	2006-10-15 15:49:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR KISL KIRF SA
06RIYADH82	AL-HASA BUSINESSMEN SEEKING GREATER INVESTMENT, [...] (SBU) Businessmen in Al-Hasa, a governorate in the Eastern Province (EP) that comprises a large oasis and extensive, oil-rich desert areas, told Acting CG and PolOff repeatedly over the course of a day-long visit on December 27 that Al-Hasa needs new investment, especially in infrastructure. [...]	2006-01-04 15:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EINV SA
06RIYADH8233	USG DISCUSSION WITH MINISTER OF COMMERCE [...] (C) Summary: On 20 September 2006, Ambassador James Oberwetter, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Trade and Director General of the U.S. Commercial Service (DG),Israel Hernandez, and Commercial Counselor, Nasir Abbasi met with Saudi Minister of Commerce and Industry, Hashim [...]	2006-10-16 07:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KIPR SA
06RIYADH8234	PRESIDENTIAL ADVOCACY LETTER DELIVERED TO KING [...] (C) Summary: On September 19, Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary for Trade Promotion, Israel Hernandez, delivered the President's letter advocating for two U.S. companies, Boeing and General Electric (GE),bid for the upgrade of Saudi Arabian Airline (Saudia) and the Royal fleet, to [...]	2006-10-16 07:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD BEXP PREL PTER MOPS SA

06RIYADH8252	SAUDI ARAMCO TRIMS CRUDE ALLOCATIONS AS IT CUTS PRODUCTION [...] (S) Saudi Aramco has cut some allocations to major oil company customers, per a contact in a position to know who has reported consistently and reliably in the past. For November, Aramco has provided crude allocations to customers consistent with an approximate five percent reduction in pro [...]	2006-10-16 15:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	NOTAG SA
06RIYADH8253	ARABIAN CHEVRON,S VIEWS ON THE REFINERY DISPUTE [...] (C) This is a response to an action request, Ref B, for additional background for a 17 October meeting between P and Chevron CEO Reilly regarding a SAG disagreement with Kuwaiti plans to construct a refinery in the Partitioned Neutral Zone (PNZ) shared by the two countries. Executives from A [...]	2006-10-16 16:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL KU SA
06RIYADH8314	TERRORISM FINANCE: UNSC 1267 DESIGNEE, SULIMAN [...] (U) United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1267 Designee, Suliman H. Al-Buthe (aka Solaiman Al-Buthi) was featured in an article published in the Saudi Gazette, a mainstream Saudi publication censored by the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG). Al-Buthe, the Assistant General Manager [...]	2006-10-17 15:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL SA
06RIYADH8384	TERRORISM FINANCE: POST REPONSE ON SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (S/NF) Mission Saudi Arabia has information linking the proposed South African designees to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. However, there are no special sensitivities regarding these proposed designees. We believe Saudi Arabia will take the necessary actions, once the UN 1267 Committee adopts [...]	2006-10-18 13:56:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SF PK SA
06RIYADH8395	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FRANCES FRAGOS [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT),Homeland Security Council, Ms. Frances Fragos Townsend; Senior Director for Combating Terrorism Strategy, National Security [...]	2006-10-21 10:37:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL PGOV ECON SA
06RIYADH8399	DEMARCHE ON UN COUNTERTERRORISM DIRECTORATE [...] (U) Reftel demarche was delivered by hand to MFA duty officer on October 21. Post will follow up as appropriate after Eid al-Fitr. OBERWETTER [...]	2006-10-21 15:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER USUN SA
06RIYADH8401	THE SAUDI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT I: STAB AT [...] (U) Summary: From September 16-19, Ahmed Elbashari, representative of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),and EconOff, met with senior management of the Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SA FIU) to conduct a final on-site assessment [...]	2006-10-22 09:56:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC SA
06RIYADH8402	REFTEL DEMARCHES OF EID GREETINGS DELIVERED [...] (U) Reftel demarches of Eid al-Fitr greetings were delivered to the MFA by hand on Saturday, October 21. The Eid greetings were delivered to King Abdullah, Crown Prince Sultan, Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal, and Organization of Islamic Conference Secretary-Gerenal Ihsanoglu. OBER [...]	2006-10-22 09:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH8404	THE SAUDI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT II: POWER [...] (U) Summary: From September 16-19, Ahmed Elbashari, representative of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),and EconOff, met with senior management of the Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SA FIU) to assess the SA FIU for membership in [...]	2006-10-22 11:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8406	THE SAUDI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT III: [...] (U) Summary: From September 16-19, Ahmed Elbashari, representative of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),and EconOff, met with senior management of the Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SA FIU) to assess the SA FIU for membership in [...]	2006-10-22 11:32:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8407	THE SAUDI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT IV: [...] (U) Summary: From September 16-19, Ahmed Elbashari, representative of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),and EconOff, met with senior management of the Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SA FIU) to assess the SA FIU for membership in [...]	2006-10-22 11:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8414	MAKKAH DECLARATION - WHERE HAVE ALL THE SHI'A [...] (U) Iraqi Sunni and Shi'a religious leaders signed on October 20 the "Makkah Declaration," which forbids Sunnis and Shi'a to kill each other (reftel). Many are likening the ten-point declaration to a "fatwa," or religious ruling, although the signatories have not described the document as suc [...]	2006-10-24 13:41:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH8415	SCENESETTER: APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI [...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Riyadh. Your visit to the Kingdom comes in the general context of improving U.S.- SAG relations. Saudi leaders have warmly welcomed a large number of senior USG visitors recently, and have confi [...]	2006-10-24 20:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC CVIS PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH8416	SCENESETTER: APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI [...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Riyadh. Your visit to the Kingdom comes in the general context of improving U.S.- SAG relations. Saudi leaders have warmly welcomed a large number of senior USG visitors recently, and have confi [...]	2006-10-24 20:15:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC CVIS PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH8432	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SECRET SERVICE [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for U.S. Secret Service Special Agents: Advance Team Christopher Caruso, Faisal Alshami and Ross Yerger; midnight shift team Gillian Penswick and Scott Keenan; and working shift James Brian Dunlop, Andrew Ad [...]	2006-10-28 13:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL SA
06RIYADH8492	REVISED COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FRANCES [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT),Homeland Security Council, Ms. Frances Fragos Townsend; Director for Combating Terrorism Strategy, National Security Counci [...]	2006-10-29 12:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC ECON SA
06RIYADH8671	KING'S "LANDMARK" TOUR OF SOUTHERN REGION YIELDS [...] (U) Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Azziz arrived in Najran on October 31 for his first visit to the region since ascending the throne. Najranis, who closed their shops and held a festival in honor of the King, prepared for months for the visit. In conjunction with [...]	2006-11-04 15:32:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PINR SA
06RIYADH8718	TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATOR OFFICER [...] (C) Embassy Riyadh's Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer (TFCO) is Robert Silverman, Economic Counselor, phone number (01) 488-3800, extension 4237 and email address RJSilverman@state.sgov.gov. The current Deputy TFCO is Lubaina Qaiyumi, Economic Officer, phone number (01) 488-3800, exte [...]	2006-11-06 09:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8723	RIYADH RECORD: OCTOBER 16-31 (C-NE6-01865) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi religious leaders signed the Makkah Declaration on October 20, which forbids Sunnis and Shi'a from killing each other. King Abdullah issued a new succession law on October 20, which formalizes the succession process through the establishment of the Allegiance Committee. P [...]	2006-11-06 13:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KISL KWMN SA
06RIYADH8787	SAUDI ARABIA RESPONSE TO WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT [...] (U) Post delivered reftel Fact Sheet on Summary Recommendations of the Women's Empowerment Working Session to Talal Barri at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 6. He indicated interest in the follow up activities to the Working Session. Post also delivered reftel Fact Sheet via dip [...]	2006-11-07 12:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN UNGA SA
06RIYADH8799	SAUDI PUBLIC REACTION TO SADDAM HUSSEIN'S [...] (C) Saudi public reaction to the November 5 sentencing to death of Saddam Hussein has been mixed. While there are those who question the legality of Hussein's trial and the credibility of the proceedings, others agree with the verdict and sentencing. At the same time, some Saudis have expres [...]	2006-11-08 10:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH8808	UPDATE ON HADI AL-MUTIF [...] (S) PolOffs met on November 6 with Human Rights First Society (HRFS) President Ibrahim Al-Mugaiteeb to discuss the October 31 and November 1 visit of King Abdullah to Najran and his pardon of Ismaili prisoners, ostensibly including Hadi Al-Mutif. Al-Mugaiteeb said that Al-Mutif has not been [...]	2006-11-08 14:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL KISL KIRF SA
06RIYADH8811	UNPRECEDENTED MEETING BETWEEN USG AND SAG ON [...] (S/NF) In light of recent threats to petroleum infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, on 31 October Vice Admiral Walsh, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, and Dhahran Consul General Kincannon met Saudi Arabian representatives from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces [...]	2006-11-12 04:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC EPET PTER ENERG SA
06RIYADH8813	UNPRECEDENTED MEETING BETWEEN USG AND SAG ON [...] (S/NF) In light of recent threats to petroleum infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, on 31 October Vice Admiral Walsh, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, and Dhahran Consul General Kincannon met Saudi Arabian representatives from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces [...]	2006-11-12 04:41:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENERG PTER SA
06RIYADH8815	PETITION SUPPORTS MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Culture and Information received a petition signed by 160 reform-minded scholars supporting Minister of Information Iyad bin Amin Madany. The signatories constituted a broad cross-section of Saudi society, including men and women, Sunni and Shi'a. The statement [...]	2006-11-12 10:56:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PKISL SA
06RIYADH8825	TERRORISM FINANCE: POST'S RESPONSE ON THE RADICAL [...] (S/NF) Mission Saudi Arabia supports the aim of the Radical Ideologue Initiative to sanction individuals and entities that provide both monetary/material support and ideological support to terror organizations (ref a). This initiative underlines the international community's need to counter t [...]	2006-11-13 06:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC SA
06RIYADH8826	TERRORISM FINANCE: POST'S RESPONSE ON THE RADICAL [...] (S/NF) Mission Saudi Arabia supports the aim of the Radical Ideologue Initiative to sanction individuals and entities that provide both monetary/material support and ideological support to terror organizations (ref a). This initiative underlines the international community's need to counter t [...]	2006-11-13 06:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC SA
06RIYADH8835	FACILITATING GREATER SAG ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ - A [...] (S) This constitutes Post's response to Ref A. The situation in Iraq remains of great concern to Saudis across the political, economic, and social spectrum. The press reported on November 13 that Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Naif called Iraq a "major base for terrorism," adding that the [...]	2006-11-13 13:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON IZ SA
06RIYADH8836	SAUDIS BOLSTER TROOP NUMBERS FOR ENERGY SECURITY, [...] (S/NF) In a series of meetings with the Saudi Ministry of Interior (MOI) from November 10-11, a joint State/Energy visiting delegation learned that the Saudis have made progress in improving security at critical energy facilities. A force of more than 35,000 soldiers, temporarily drawn from [...]	2006-11-13 13:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH8839	SAUDI ARAMCO CRUDE ALLOCATIONS FOR NOVEMBER DECLINE [...] (S) In line with recent announcements by Saudi Aramco regarding cuts in crude oil allocations to major oil company customers (reftel),a contact from another major energy firm who has reported consistently and reliably in the past, informed us Saudi Aramco had cut crude allocations to his fi [...]	2006-11-13 14:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EPET ENERG SA
06RIYADH8840	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES MEETING WITH SAUDI MFA, MOJ, [...] (C) Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles met on September 12-13 with the Majlis Al-Shoura (MAS) and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Justice (MoJ). These meetings were follow-up to the July 25 - 27, 2006, meeting of [...]	2006-11-14 05:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM OTRA PINR SA
06RIYADH8841	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES MEETING WITH SAUDI HUMAN [...] (SBU) DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles met the National Society for Human Rights, the Human Rights Commission, and the Human Rights First Society during her September 12-14 visit to Riyadh. Participants in all three meetings raised U.S. treatment of Homaidan Al-Turki (reftel)and Guantanamo Bay deta [...]	2006-11-14 05:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM OTRA PGOV PHUM SA
06RIYADH8858	SCENESETTER: APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI [...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Riyadh. Your visit to the Kingdom comes in the general context of improving U.S.- SAG relations. Saudi leaders have warmly welcomed a large number of senior USG visitors recently, and have confi [...]	2006-11-15 11:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC CVIS PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH8860	SAUDI MFA DEMARCHED ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS, CPC [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns demarched Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of International Organizations, human rights lead, Abdulrahman Al-Rassj, on November 15 regarding Afghan Hajj flights (Ref A),Saudi Arabia's November 13 redesignation as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) (Ref B),and UN [...]	2006-11-15 16:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EAIR ECON KIRF UNHRC AF SA
06RIYADH8861	SAUDI ARABIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE MATHESON [...] MFA human rights point of contact Talal Berri told PolOff on November 15 that the SAG will support U.S. candidate Matheson for re-election to the UN International Law Commission (reftel). OBERWETTER [...]	2006-11-15 16:19:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ILC UNGA PGOV PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH8863	DELIVERY OF CASH COURIER TRAINING PROPOSAL [...] (C) On November 5, non-paper from reftel was delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Abdulrahman Al-Ahmed, Counselor for Counterterrorism matters. Simultaneously, non-paper was delivered through U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation's liaison channels to [...]	2006-11-18 05:23:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8900	A SAUDI'S VIEWS ON THE U.S. AND RULE OF LAW IN KSA [...] (S) Echoing several other commentators and analyses, Saudi commercial lawyer and diplomat Dr. Waleed Nasser Al-Nuwaiser (strictly protect) told PolOff on November 8 that the heart of most problems in Saudi Arabia is the absence of rule of law. He stressed that the USG should emphasize the n [...]	2006-11-21 07:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PHUM PGOV KISL EPET SA IZ
06RIYADH8921	THE NEW SUCCESSION LAW PRESERVES THE MONARCHY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A SUCCESSION STRUGGLE AMONG THE AL SAUD FAMILY HAS LONG BEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST THREATS TO SAUDI ARABIA'S STABILITY. THE FIRST TWO SAUDI STATES COLLAPSED PARTIALLY AS A RESULT OF SUCCESSION PROBLEMS. FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF KING ABDULAZIZ IN 1953, A FIERCE POWER STRUGGLE AMON [...]	2006-11-22 04:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH8926	TRANSLATED TEXT OF NEW SAUDI SUCCESSION LAW [...] (U) KING ABDULLAH ISSUED A NEW SUCCESSION LAW ON OCTOBER 20 TO FORMALIZE THE PROCESS OF SELECTING A CROWN PRINCE THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ALLEGIANCE COMMISSION (REFTEL). THE BASIC LAW OF 1992 -- ESSENTIALLY THE CONSTITUTION -- WAS AMENDED TO REFLECT THE ESTABLISHMENT AND AUTHORITY OF [...]	2006-11-22 15:04:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH8987	THE SAUDI ARABIAN FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6 and 9. 2. (U) Summary. EconOff met with the Saudi Arabian Financial Intelligence Unit (SA FIU) on November 5 and December 4, 2006 to discuss the status of their Egmont application and technical assistance. In attendance at the m [...]	2006-12-04 12:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER EFIN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8989	MOI UNDERSCORES NEED FOR BROAD AND FLEXIBLE ENERGY [...] (S) Economic Counselor Silverman and Energy Attache Ross met with Dr. Saad al-Jabri, Advisor to the Assistant Minister of Interior, on November 26 to discuss the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation to improve security at critical infrastructure facilities. Dr. al-Jabri und [...]	2006-12-04 13:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EPET PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH8990	MOI UNDERSCORES NEED FOR BROAD AND FLEXIBLE ENERGY [...] (S) Economic Counselor Silverman and Energy Attache Ross met with Dr. Saad al-Jabri, Advisor to the Assistant Minister of Interior, on November 26 to discuss the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation to improve security at critical infrastructure facilities. Dr. al-Jabri und [...]	2006-12-04 14:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EPET PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH9	SAUDI VIEWS ON IRANIAN AND SYRIAN ACTIVITIES IN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal and General Intelligence Presidency (GIP) director Prince Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz sought and shared views on Iran and Syria during a December 27 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad. They told the Ambassador that while it was possible t [...]	2006-01-02 14:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IR SA SY IZ
06RIYADH9031	COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL MEETS WITH SAG REGARDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: At Post's invitation, Colorado Attorney General (AG) John Suthers visited the Kingdom from November 14-17 to explain the Homaidan Al-Turki case to King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Saudi government officials, and the Al-Turki family. The very successful visit highlighted the [...]	2006-12-09 14:47:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH9051	TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] (U) On December 9, we delivered the following demarches to Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Counselor for Counterterrorism matters, Abdulrahman Al-Ahmed: --STATE 142684: Domestic USG Designation of Islamic Resistance Support Organization (IRSO); --STATE 148861: Terrorist Finance: Domestic US [...]	2006-12-11 12:13:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KFTN PREL PTER ETTC SA
06RIYADH9056	THE CAPITAL MARKET AUTHORITY'S NEED FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Summary. From September 11-14, experts from the U.S. Securities and Exchange (SEC) provided a three-day technical assistance seminar on market oversight and enforcement strategies to Saudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority (CMA). The CMA freely shared information and actively engaged wit [...]	2006-12-12 10:01:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON SA
06RIYADH9065	TERRORIST LISTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 05:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER ETTC EFIN SA
06RIYADH9066	TERRORISM FINANCE: SAG'S RESPONSE TO ABOUSOFIAN [...] (SBU) On December 4, Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the addition of Abousofian Abdelrazik (AKA Abu Sufian Abdulraziq) to the UN 1267 Sanctions list of individuals/entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or Al Qaida. [...]	2006-12-13 07:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER SA
06RIYADH9067	SAUDI ARABIA'S WAR ON TERROR -- NOT OVER YET [...] (C) While the SAG continues to make progress on its counterterrorism efforts (Ref A),recent events in the Kingdom clearly illustrate that the war on terror is far from over. On December 7, armed men opened fire on a guard post at Jeddah's maximum-security Al-Ruwais prison, killing two secur [...]	2006-12-13 11:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH9068	THE REHABILITATION OF KING SAUD AND HIS TRIBAL [...] (C) Saud bin Abudulaziz was the eldest surviving son of the Kingdom's founder Abudulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud. He became Crown Prince and Viceroy of the Nejd in 1933. Upon his father's death in 1953, he became King. He was deposed by his brothers in 1964 and died in exile a few years lat [...]	2006-12-13 13:01:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA IZ
06RIYADH9078	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH SAUDI [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a meeting with Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend at his farm outside Riyadh November 15, the King focused on the multiple threats from Iran. He said he had sent strong messages to President Putin and Presi [...]	2006-12-13 15:21:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER ECON IR SA
06RIYADH9079	APHSCT TOWNSEND NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH SAUDI [...] (C) Summary: On November 15, 2006, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met with SAG Islamic Affairs Minister Sheikh Saleh bin Abdul Aziz bin Mohammed Al al-Sheikh to discuss SAG re-education of imams and mosque speakers bot [...]	2006-12-13 15:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KISL KIRF PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH9083	APHSCT TOWNSEND NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH CROWN [...] (S) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Fran Townsend met on November 15 with Crown Prince Sultan, who immediately steered the conversation to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. He noted the ongoing violence and raised the Arab Peace Plan proposed by [...]	2006-12-14 13:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN KTFN SA
06RIYADH9085	DHAHRAN DIGEST 8 [...] (U) This cable is a continuation of a regular series of updates from the Eastern Province (EP) designed to capture some of the EP's local color and items of USG interest that are not necessarily appropriate for a topical cable. ---------------------------------------- PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN FA [...]	2006-12-15 09:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET KIRF PA PGOV PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH9088	APHSCT TOWNSEND NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH SAUDI [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-16 07:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KISL KIRF PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH9089	APHSCT TOWNSEND NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH CROWN [...] (S) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Fran Townsend met on November 15 with Crown Prince Sultan, who immediately steered the conversation to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. He noted the ongoing violence and raised the Arab Peace Plan proposed by [...]	2006-12-16 07:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN KTFN SA
06RIYADH9093	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH SAUDI [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-16 13:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER ECON IR SA
06RIYADH9095	xxxxxxxxxxxx ON IRANIAN THREATS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-16 14:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EFIN PTER IZ IR SA
06RIYADH9106	PLANS FOR THE FEBRUARY JOINT WORKING GROUP ON [...] (S) On 16 December, Economic Counselor Silverman and Energy Attache Ross met with Dr. Saud al-Semari, Director of the Ministry of Interior's (MOI) modernization program, and Khaled al-Ageel, Manager of the MOI's Industrial Security Directorate, to discuss plans for a February 2007 meeting of [...]	2006-12-18 13:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EPET PGOV PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH9107	DIPLOMATIC NOTE DELIVERED ON DELAY OF RSS WORKSHOP [...] (U) As per reftel request, on 16 December Mission delivered a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the delay of the regional workshop on safe management of radioactive sealed sources (RSS) until April, 2007. Mission also requested the MFA pass this information to th [...]	2006-12-18 13:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ENERG TRGY SA
06RIYADH9134	SAG ON UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] On December 20, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Talal Berri of the SAG MFA International Organizations Directorate. On December 18, PolOff hand-delivered and faxed reftel non-paper to the MFA. Mr. Berri could not state whether the SAG would support maintaining the UN Scale of Assess [...]	2006-12-20 13:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC PREL UNGA SA
06RIYADH9155	KATRINA ASSISTANCE, COMING TO CLOSURE [...] (U) As per reftel request, on 17 December, Mission delivered a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) formally requesting information on the status of disbursements of the outstanding $48 million of $100 million the SAG pledged for Hurricane Katrina assistance. We request [...]	2006-12-24 10:15:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EPET SA
06RIYADH9173	ENTHUSIASTIC SHOURA COUNCIL ASKS SENATOR NELSON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Enthusiastic Majlis Al Shoura members acknowledged the positive U.S. - Saudi bilateral relationship but asked Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) during a meeting on December 17 for increased engagement by members of Congress with the Council. Meeting participants agreed that any enhance [...]	2006-12-26 11:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH9174	CROWN PRINCE REITERATES SAUDI NONINTERFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 11:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH9175	SAUDI MOI HEAD SAYS IF U.S. LEAVES IRAQ, SAUDI [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 11:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PTER KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH9179	DEPUTY MOI TO SENATOR NELSON:THE KEY TO WINNING [...] (S) SUMMARY. Deputy Minister of Interior Mohamed bin Naif told Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) that the key to winning the war on terror is defeating the terrorists' ideology. He echoed the senator's other interlocutors in supporting Iraqi unity and the SAG's noninterference policy. The Deputy M [...]	2006-12-26 12:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH9182	DIPLOMATIC NOTE DELIVERED FOR DELTA CODE SHARING [...] (U) On December 23, Mission delivered a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) regarding the Delta Code sharing with KLM. Captain Mohammed Berenji, Vice President of GACA, responded verbally and reiterated his approval of the Del [...]	2006-12-26 13:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SA
06RIYADH9183	TERRORISM FINANCE: SAG'S RESPONSE TO UN 1267 [...] (SBU) On December 4, Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the addition of twenty names to the UN 1267 Sanctions list of individuals/entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or Al Qaeda. Complimentary opening -- The Minist [...]	2006-12-26 13:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER SA
06RIYADH9184	TERRORIST FINANCE: UN 1267 DOCKRAT DESIGNATION [...] (U) On December 27, non-paper from reftel was delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to the Ministry of Interior. Post will report any substantive Saudi response. GFOELLER [...]	2006-12-26 13:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH9204	AVIAN FLU CONFERENCE INVITATION RESPONSE [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided a response to the reftel on 11 December 2006 thanking us for notifying them of the Avian Flu conference in Bamako, but regretting the SAG could not participate. The MFA also informed us the SAG has donated $1 million USD to the U.N. Food and Agricultur [...]	2006-12-27 09:47:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID SA
06RIYADH9205	TERRORISM FINANCE: POST VIEWS ON NGO KOMPAK [...] The Mission Counterterrorism Committee discussed reftel during its monthly December meeting and determined we have no relevant input. The charity in question does not operate in the KSA, nor are we aware of any other nexus with the KSA. GFOELLER [...]	2006-12-27 09:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06ROME1308	ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] This unclassified cable is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Pos [...]	2006-05-03 08:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	JA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06ROME556	ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] The following is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Post will prov [...]	2006-02-23 09:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06SANAA91	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ZINDANI DEMARCHE TO FONMIN [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 12:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC SA YM DEMARCHE TERFIN
06SINGAPORE1467	C-NE6-00584 SINGAPORE HOSTS SAUDI CROWN PRINCE [...] (U) Summary: As part of its effort to promote business ties with the Middle East, Singapore hosted Saudi Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud and a high-level Saudi delegation April 10-15, 2006. During the six-day visit, the two nations signed an investment guarantee agreement and a mem [...]	2006-05-05 09:37:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KISL PREL SA SN
06STATE93016	(U) ISLAMIC FINANCE (C-TN6-00207) [...] (C) AS POSTS ARE AWARE, POLICY MAKERS ARE INTERESTED IN THE GROWTH AND IMPLICATIONS OF ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, WHICH OFFER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DESIGNED TO COMPLY WITH ISLAMIC LAW, WHICH FORBIDS PAYING OR RECEIVING INTEREST, MANDATES THAT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS BE BASED ON REAL ECON [...]	2006-06-07 23:17:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECIN EFIN AL BA BK EG ID KU MU MY PK QA SA
06STATE99426	TERRORISM FINANCE: INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs six and seven. 2. (S) During Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend, s June 20 visit to Saudi Arabia, Townsend will reinforce the need for SAG actions to properly oversee the activities of charitable and non-profit organizations b [...]	2006-06-16 22:25:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EFIN ETTC ID KTFN PREL PTER RP SA
06TOKYO2040	JAPAN: SAUDI CROWN PRINCE SULTAN'S APRIL VISIT [...] (S) Saudi Crown Prince Sultan's April 5-6 visit to Tokyo was considered a "success" by both sides, according to MOFA Second Middle East Saudi Desk Officer Asako and Iran Desk Officer Nakao. Asako suggested the most thorough briefing material available was the joint statement from the visit, a [...]	2006-04-14 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ECIN MARR PREL SA JA
06ULAANBAATAR683	SAUDI ARABIA MAY SOON ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 01:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID MG SA ZR
06USUNNEWYORK573	SAUDI ARABIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the Uni [...]	2006-03-23 15:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM UN SA
06USUNNEWYORK610	USUN/IRAQ: AL-KHOEI BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION [...] (SBU) USUN Deputy PolCouns and PolOff met March 23 with Syed Meesam Razvi, the UN representative of the AlKhoei Benevolent Foundation, and three of his colleagues. AlKhoei Foundation is the only Shia NGO to have consultative status at the UN. The meeting -- the first initiated by the founda [...]	2006-03-27 17:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UN AORC KISL KDEM IZ SA
06VATICAN53	MOROCCO INCREASING ENGAGEMENT WITH VATICAN [...] (SBU) Ali Achour, Morocco's new ambassador to the Holy See, told Ambassador Rooney March 27 that his country was planning to intensify its work with the Holy See on interreligious dialogue and understanding. He recalled the visit of Pope John Paul II to Morocco in 1985, after which the kingdo [...]	2006-03-29 09:01:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF SOCI PHUM MO SA VT
06WARSAW1167	POLAND: UPDATE ON ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) The Government of Poland continues to pursue its goal of diversifying energy resources. On May 31, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a resolution prioritizing construction of a gas pipeline from Norway, liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal, and extension of the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline [...]	2006-06-13 14:39:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET GG PO PREL RS SA SL UR AJ EZ
06WARSAW207	POLAND: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the last two years, Poland has been a staunch ally of the United States. According to the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland spent about 1,213,151,800 Zloty ($370,994,434) and committed 4,122 troops to Iraq-coalition and NATO operations in 2005. In 2004, Polan [...]	2006-02-09 12:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MCAP PM KS KU QA SA US PL TC NATO
07ABIDJAN1111	TERRORISM FINANCE: GOVERNMENT OF COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (SBU) On October 25, Embassy Abidjan notified the government of Cote d'Ivoire that three Saudi individuals have been added to the UNSC 1267 Santions List (reftel) by diplomatic note. NESBITT [...]	2007-11-02 07:07:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL SA IV
07ABIDJAN959	(U) ACTION COMPLETED: IDENTIFYING "CREDIBLE [...] (SBU) Embassy Abidjan completed action requested in reftel. Here is the biographic information on three influential Ivoirian Muslim leaders who have favorable views of the United States and offer an alternative view to Islamic extremism. 2. (SBU) El Hadj Aboubacar FOFANA Gender: Male DOB [...]	2007-09-12 18:50:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PK PO QA RP RS RW SA SF SG SL SN SO SP
07ABUDHABI1206	SATELLITE COOPERATION AGREEMENT - INFORMAL UAE [...] (S/NF) DATT met with UAE Air Force Intelligence Chief Colonel Mahash Al-Hameli on July 16 to follow-up on our previous approaches on the draft U.S. - KSA, UAE, and Qatar Satellite Cooperation Agreement (SCA). Col Mahash said he preferred a bilateral agreement with the USG on this subject. T [...]	2007-07-19 08:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL SA QA AE
07ABUDHABI910	ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE MEETS WITH SENATOR LIEBERMAN [...] (S) Summary. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) received U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman at his Palace in Abu Dhabi on May 29. MbZ encouraged increased communication and planning in face of a "resurgent" Persian Empire [...]	2007-06-03 10:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER IR IZ SA AE
07ADDISABABA327	AU SUMMIT: ETHIOPIA FOREIGN MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum advised Assistant Secretary Frazer on the imperative nature of the international community to commit resources to help Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) stabilize Somalia. He stressed the urgency and the importance of ensuring a suc [...]	2007-02-03 09:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL EAID MOPS SO ET ER IT SA AU
07AMMAN3004	JORDANIAN FM LIKELY TO ATTEND GCC+2 [...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche on 7/14 to Thamer Adwan, Director of the Foreign Minister,s private office. (Note: FM Al-Khatib was in transit in Europe on his way back from King Abdullah,s visit to Canada. End note.) 2. (C) Adwan expressed satisfaction at the senior level of USG r [...]	2007-07-15 09:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BA EG JO KU MU QA SA AE
07ANKARA1620	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, May 2007 [...] The 8th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF - the biennial Turkish defense fair) was held on May 22-25 in Ankara. 494 companies (333 foreign and 161 Turkish firms) from 48 countries participated in the fair, including 42 American companies. Many high level officials from different count [...]	2007-06-25 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL GG MK BK AF GR EG AJ QA BA SA LE
07ANKARA2587	TURKEY: INTENSIVE MIDDLE EAST OUTREACH [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY. Turkish FM Babacan embarked on the second leg of an intensive period of Middle East and regional outreach this week. His October 17-19 visit to Egypt and Lebanon follows closely on the heels of his recent tour of Syria, Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories. As a [...]	2007-10-19 08:02:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IS IZ SA SY TU XF
07ANKARA372	IRAQ: TURKEY EAGER TO MOVE ON NEIGHBORS CONFERENCES [...] (S) Following up on ref email conveying the Secretary's interest in pursuing FonMin Gul's proposal to host a senior "Iraq neighbors" plus P5/G8 meeting in the near future, Ambassador met Feb. 16 with Gul and Feb. 19 with GOT Special Coordinator for Iraq Celikkol. They confirmed that Turkey en [...]	2007-02-21 09:25:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU IZ IR SY EG SA
07ATHENS1740	TRAVEL BAN ON SYRIAN ACTIVIST RIAD SEIF [...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Vassilis Papaioannou, Director of the MFA's Middle East Department. Papaioannou was aware of the difficulties faced by Riad Seif, whom he had met during an earlier posting. Papaioannou believed that Greece's voice carried more weight as p [...]	2007-08-31 12:49:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN JA KDEM PHUM SA SY GR
07BAGHDAD1118	SUNNI VP HASHIMI DISCUSSES RECENT TRAVEL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the DCM on March 30, Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi discussed his recent travel to Japan, Jordan, and Turkey. He cited Japan's extension of its law authorizing its air force mission in Iraq as a major success of the trip. Hashimi said that he gave Presid [...]	2007-03-31 17:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ JO TU JA SA IR
07BAGHDAD1157	TALABANI WELCOMES AMBASSADOR, DISCUSSES ARAB [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari March 31 to present his credentials. They discussed Talabani's trip to Riyadh for the Arab Summit and the side meetings he held with other Arab leaders, including a discussion on Kirkuk and the P [...]	2007-04-04 09:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA IR SY IZ
07BAGHDAD2451	PREPARATIONS FOR REFUGEES & BORDER SECURITY [...] (C/REL ACGU) Summary: The Government of Iraq (GOI) is engaged in preparations for two of the three Neighbors' Working Group meetings which had been agreed upon at the Sharm al Sheikh conference in May. Deputy Foreign Minister Hamoud will lead the Iraqi delegation to the July 26th Refugees Wo [...]	2007-07-25 02:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ JO KU PREF PREL SA
07BAGHDAD2530	CHARGE'S JULY 29 MEETING WITH NSA RUBAIE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a July 29 introductory call, National Security Advisor Rubaie told Charge Butenis that he expected MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus would have an easier time in September identifying progress on the security-related benchmarks than Ambassador Crocker would have with regard to [...]	2007-07-30 17:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IR IZ JO MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SA SY TU
07BAGHDAD2553	GOI REACHES OUT TO NEIGHBORS ON BORDER SECURITY [...] (S/REL ACGU) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Abbawi, head of the Iraqi delegation to the upcoming Border Security Working Group, met with Pol-Mil Counselor July 30 to provide an update on GOI preparations, to preview their strategy, and to solicit assistance. Abbawi provided the text of a le [...]	2007-08-01 09:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IR IZ JO KU PGOV PREL PTER SA
07BAGHDAD2582	BORDER SECURITY: U.S. OBSERVER STATUS, GOI [...] (S/REL ACGU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Pol-Mil Counselor August 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Abbawi related that Syria was resisting granting observer status to the U.S. at the upcoming Border Security Working Group in Damascus August 8-9. He agreed to continue advocating the matter with his S [...]	2007-08-03 14:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IR IZ JO PGOV PREL PTER SA SY

07BAGHDAD267	PM MALIKI DISCUSSES THE COR, IRAN AND SYRIA, AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 23, Prime Minister Maliki said he would deliver a speech to the Council of Representatives (CoR) on January 25 encouraging the members to reduce or delay their recess. (Note: The CoR voted on January 23 to extend their sessions until Feb [...]	2007-01-25 20:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ IR SA
07BAGHDAD2873	GOI HEARS NEW TONE IN DAMASCUS, AWAITS ANSWER ON [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: PolMil Counselor met with DFM Abbawi August 26 to discuss PM Maliki,s recent visit to Damascus (reftels),outcomes from the visit, and the prospects for cooperation between Syria, Iraq, and the U.S. in addressing terrorism in Iraq and the region. Abbawi described the positive [...]	2007-08-27 10:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREF PREL PTER EG IZ JO KU SA SY
07BAGHDAD362	IRAQI PRESIDENT AGREES TO FACILITATE HYDROCARBON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 29, President Jalal Talabani agreed to go to Kurdistan with the Ambassador on February 3 to discuss the final details of the hydrocarbon law with KRG President Masud Barzani. The Ambassador said he would send Talabani a reasonable draft [...]	2007-02-03 13:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ IR SY EG SA
07BAGHDAD3697	DFM ABBAWI DISCUSSES ISTANBUL, PKK, AND IRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Pol-Mil M/C called on Deputy Foreign Minister Abbawi November 6 to discuss his impressions of the Istanbul Neighbors Ministerial, progress on dealing with the PKK, and setting up trilateral talks with Iran. Abbawi was pleased with Istanbul and praised Turkish cooperation at the m [...]	2007-11-08 11:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER IR IZ SA
07BAGHDAD3878	ISCI COR LEADER HAMOUDI ON REGIONAL TRAVEL [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion 11/25, influential Council of Representatives (CoR) Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Humam Hamoudi (ISCI bloc leader, Shia) expressed optimism about bilateral relations with Kuwait and Egypt, while noting several obstacles to further improving ties [...]	2007-11-28 17:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU SA IZ
07BAGHDAD4125	MOI ON FOREIGN TERRORISTS AND BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a December 12 meeting, Pol-Mil M/C discussed foreign terrorists, border security, and the PKK with Interior Minister Jawad al-Bulani. While Syria had taken some actions and there had been a reduction in the number of foreign terrorists entering Iraq, Syria was hampered in its [...]	2007-12-19 10:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PINS PREL PTER IZ SA SY
07BAGHDAD420	UNAMI SRSG QAZI REPORTS SYRIAN AND SAUDI VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: On February 5, UN Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi told DCM and the Ambassadors of France, UK, Russia and the Chinese Charge that, during his recent trip to Damascus, Syrian interlocutors had expressed support for the Baker report and characterize [...]	2007-02-08 09:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PINR UN SY SA IZ
07BAGHDAD430	AL-HAKIM AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS BADR DETAINEES, [...] (S) Summary: Abdulaziz al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI),questioned the Ambassador on February 1 about several Badr members detained by the coalition. Badr leader Hadi al-Amri, also present, repeated his usual call for "evidence." The Ambassa [...]	2007-02-08 14:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IR SA IZ
07BAGHDAD436	AL-HAKIM AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS BADR DETAINEES, [...] (S) Summary: Abdulaziz al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI),questioned the Ambassador on February 1 about several Badr members detained by the coalition. Badr leader Hadi al-Amri, also present, repeated his usual call for "evidence." The Ambassa [...]	2007-02-08 15:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IR SA IZ
07BAGHDAD492	IRAQ PARLIAMENT SPEAKER DISCUSSES "HISTORIC" [...] (S) Summary: During their February 9 meeting, Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mashhadani called the final CoR session of this legislative term historic. After intense negotiations, the CoR passed the 2007 budget. The CoR debate over Sunni MoD Abdul Qader's testimony at this session ( [...]	2007-02-13 08:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IR SA IZ
07BAGHDAD493	VP HASHEMI ON MOD, SUNNI ROLE IN BSP, MODERATE [...] (S) Summary: VP Hashemi told the Ambassador February 8 that the Sunni Tawafuq bloc's nomination of Sunni MoD Abdul Qader during government formation was a "grave mistake." Hashemi reviewed examples of Abdul Qader's "weak" performance as Minister. The VP reported on progress with moderate fron [...]	2007-02-13 08:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IR SA IZ
07BAGHDAD498	IRAQI SUNNI ENDOWMENT HEAD PLANS NEW RELIGIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Ghafour al-Samarraie, head of the Sunni Endowment, told Poloffs on February 12 that he plans to start a new Sunni religious organization that will be a moderate alternative to the Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS). He predicts that approximately ninety perce [...]	2007-02-13 14:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IZ JO QA SA
07BAGHDAD565	TALABANI DISCUSSES LATEST ON MODERATE FRONT, PM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani discussed the latest efforts on a moderate front in a February 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih and Minister of Water Latif Rashid. He gave the Ambassador a readout of his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-M [...]	2007-02-18 11:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL SA IZ
07BAGHDAD567	FM STILL HOPING TO BRING MINISTERS TO BAGHDAD; HAD [...] (C) Summary. CDA Speckhard and PolCouns met with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari February 15 to discuss the FM's trip to Saudi Arabia and the upcoming neighbors' conference the Iraqis hope to host in Baghdad in mid-March. Zebari described his trip to Saudi Arabia to reopen the Iraqi Embassy a [...]	2007-02-18 16:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SA IZ
07BAGHDAD612	ALLAWI BACK IN IRAQ; SEEKS TO BUILD CENTRIST [...] (C) Summary: Back in Baghdad after a prolonged absence, Former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi told the Ambassador February 16 he intended to re-enter Iraqi politics and build a centrist, issues-based coalition. Allawi said that regional leaders are increasingly frustrated with the GOI and the fut [...]	2007-02-20 13:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR IR SA IZ
07BASRAH103	PROMINENT SUNNI DEVELOPS NEW BLOC, WARNS OF VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: Sheikh Abdul Karim al-Dosari, a leading member of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP),told Regional Embassy Officers on October 31 that tribal sheikhs and nationalists were forming a new political bloc to be called the National Tribal Confederation. The Confederation seeks to unite nat [...]	2007-11-04 16:49:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PINS PHUM IR KU SA TC BA IZ
07BEIJING2058	CHINA URGED TO IMPLEMENT SWIFTLY UNSCR 1747 [...] (S) China will fulfill its international obligation to implement fully UN Security Council Resolution 1747, MFA International Organizations Department Acting Director Sun Xiaobo told Poloff on March 27 in response to reftel points, urging China to implement swiftly the sanctions mandated by UN [...]	2007-03-27 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	KNNP IR PARM EFIN KTFN ETTC SA AE CH
07BEIJING2250	APRIL 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the April 5 MFA Press Conference were: -- The Spokesman avoided placing blame for difficulties in the Six-Party Talks process, in response to questions by reporters about the Talks "falling apart." -- Vice Admiral Wu Shengli is visiting the United States from April 1-8 and [...]	2007-04-05 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC KPAL KN KS JA CH AO TC IS SA
07BEIJING4325	CHINA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO ROME RULE OF LAW [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-27 09:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS SA AF IBRD CH
07BEIJING4871	XINJIANG: AMCIT REPORTS HAJJ RESTRICTIONS, [...] (C) Chinese authorities have increased restrictions on Xinjiang's Uighur population by collecting Uighurs' passports to prevent unauthorized Hajj travel, according to an American citizen businessman in Xinjiang and other Embassy contacts. A low-ranking PLA officer reportedly told the businessma [...]	2007-07-25 23:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIF KISL SOCI CASC CH PK SA
07BEIJING7329	QINGHAI MUSLIMS, PART 1: GOVERNMENT CONTROLS, [...] (C) Government controls on Islam such as Hajj restrictions, training of imams and guidelines on mosque operations, persist in northwest China's Qinghai Province. During a September 14-19 visit, PolOff read a sign in one mosque in rural Haidong Prefecture that warns worshippers that religion m [...]	2007-12-04 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER CH PK SA
07BEIJING7330	QINGHAI MUSLIMS, PART 2: FOREIGN LINKS GROW [...] (C) Ties between Muslims in northwest China's Qinghai Province and those in the Middle East are on the rise because of widespread satellite TV use and an increasingly mobile populace. Qinghai contacts told PolOff September 14-19 (ref A) that many Muslim communities are trying to embrace more [...]	2007-12-04 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER PK CH SA
07BEIJING7473	DECEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the regular December 13 MFA press briefing: -- VFM Wu Dawei and ROK Ambassador Chun Yung-woo met this morning to discuss the Six-Party Talks and the "next stage of work." -- China hopes the Sudan Government can take measures to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens in Sudan. [...]	2007-12-13 09:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV JA KN KS SA IT FM SG FR LE IS
07BEIJING7591	SURPRISINGLY SMALL INCREASE IN CHINESE HAJJ [...] (C) Summary: Saudi Arabian Consul Majed Alshammary (protect) told Poloff December 13 that Saudi Arabia would admit 20,000 Chinese Hajj pilgrims annually if China permitted it, although China has stated it will allow 10,700 Hajj pilgrims in 2007. Alshammary said he is surprised that China did [...]	2007-12-21 06:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK MY SA CH
07BEIRUT1	SAUDI AMBASSADOR ON HIZBALLAH VISIT, BERRI [...] (S) Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja, meeting with Ambassador Feltman on 12/30, said that Hizballah members Na'im Qassim and Mohammed Fneish would not have been reassured by their 12/27 audience with King Abdullah. Abdullah rebuffed their attempts to encourage a Saudi-Syrian dialogue, insist [...]	2007-01-03 06:57:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER LE SY SA
07BEIRUT133	SAUDI AMBASSADOR DOWNBEAT ON IRAN-SAUDI TALKS ON [...] (S) While acknowledging that he did not yet have a full read-out of Saudi-Iranian contacts, Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Abdulaziz Khoja told Ambassador Feltman in a 1/25 meeting that he was "very pessimistic" about developments in Lebanon. He noted that he was leaving an hour later to fly t [...]	2007-01-25 15:19:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY IR SA
07BEIRUT1407	JUMBLATT WORRIED SAAD HARIRI IS DRIFTING TO [...] (C) Asking to see the Ambassador urgently on 9/13, Druse leader and MP Walid Jumblatt expressed concern about Saad Hariri's thinking. The March 14 meeting the previous evening was difficult, Jumblatt said, because Hariri, Boutros Harb, and Mohammed Safadi were too ready to give in to Parliam [...]	2007-09-13 16:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY SA
07BEIRUT144	LEBANON: INFORMATION MINISTER ON SYRIAN, IRANIAN, [...] (C) In a 1/26 meeting, Minister of Information Ghazi Aridi (Druse, allied with Walid Jumblatt) provided details on Syrian, Iranian, and Saudi diplomacy in recent days. Based on what he claims to know, Aridi was pessimistic that the 1/25 riots marked the end to the violence. Syria, he insis [...]	2007-01-26 18:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY IR SA
07BEIRUT1712	ON LEBANON'S PRESIDENCY, NAJIB MIKATI SAYS SAUDIS [...] (S) In a 10/31 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister Najib Mikati (once and perhaps still close to the Syrian regime) mused that Damascus has two preferred options for Lebanon's presidential elections: first, extending the status quo (with Emile Lahoud remaining in Baabda Palace [...]	2007-11-01 13:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY SA
07BEIRUT1724	LEBANON: SAUDI AMBASSADOR OPPOSED TO "HALF PLUS [...] (C) Describing Hizballah as "evil," Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja said that Syria and Hizballah want to postpone presidential elections indefinitely. But a March 14-provoked absolute majority ("half plus one") election would also be destructive for Lebanon, he argued, and Saudi Arabia op [...]	2007-11-05 04:52:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY SA
07BEIRUT1942	LEBANON: HARIRI DETERMINED TO BE PM [...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting at the end of a larger session (reftel),MP Saad Hariri told the Ambassador that he was determined to be Prime Minister in the cabinet to be formed after presidential elections. He said that, while in Saudi Arabia a few days earlier, he had a "heart-to-heart" tal [...]	2007-12-11 14:37:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY SA JO
07BEIRUT197	IS SAAD HARIRI SURRENDERING TO HIZBALLAH'S DEMANDS? [...] (S) In 2/6 meetings with the Ambassador, March 14 and GOL figures expressed deep foreboding about a rumored offer that Saudi Arabia and Saad Hariri were on the verge of accepting from Iran, Syria, and Hizballah to solve Lebanon's political crisis. According to rumors, March 14 -- by accepti [...]	2007-02-06 15:35:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV PTER LE SY SA IR
07BEIRUT204	SAUDI AMBASSADOR CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC REGARDING [...] (S) In a 2/7 meeting with the Ambassador, Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja expressed cautious optimism that a solution to Lebanon's political crisis was starting to come together and could even be achieved quickly. While the proposed deal is similar to what we discussed yesterday in reftel [...]	2007-02-07 16:13:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SA IR
07BEIRUT213	HARIRI CALLS BERRI; EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE TO BE [...] (C) As a follow up to what Saudi Ambassador Khoja described as a "Berri initiative" earlier in the day (reftel),MP Saad Hariri, still in Riyadh, called Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday evening (2/7),in the first direct communication between Hariri and Berri since November. The [...]	2007-02-08 16:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY SA
07BEIRUT221	HARIRI'S ADVISOR CLAIMS BERRI NOT YET SERIOUS [...] (C) In a 2/10 meeting and lunch with the Ambassador, ex-MP Ghattas Khoury (accompanied by Nadar Hariri, cousin of Saad) expressed pessimism about the committee on which he serves that was set up as a result of a phone call between Saad Hariri and Nabih Berri (reftel). The March 8 representa [...]	2007-02-12 06:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY IR SA
07BEIRUT348	LEBANON: MINISTER HAMADEH DISCUSSES HIS UN [...] (C) In a 3/5 meeting with the Ambassador, March 14 leaders Marwan Hamadeh and Ghattas Khoury described their recent meeting with UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon in New York during which they argued that Chapter VII action may be the only realistic way to establish the Special Tribunal. They promised the [...]	2007-03-06 16:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY SA
07BEIRUT349	LEBANON: BERRI DESCRIBES NEW PLAN TO RESOLVE [...] (C) Nabih Berri described a "new" plan as the last opportunity for Lebanon to avoid serious civil disobedience. He said that all sides (except possibly Michel Aoun) would emerge with their non-negotiable objectives intact. Under the Berri plan, the pro-government March 14 and opposition Mar [...]	2007-03-06 17:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY SA
07BEIRUT423	SAUDI AMBASSADOR BLAMES JUMBLATT FOR IMPASSE, AS [...] (C) Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja used a 3/21 meeting with Ambassador Feltman to blast Walid Jumblatt. Had it not been for Jumblatt's objections, Khoja said, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and MP Saad Hariri would be able to conclude a "declaration of intent" of how to end Lebanon's poli [...]	2007-03-22 13:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY SA
07BEIRUT426	FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) In a 3/22 meeting with the Ambassador, French Ambassador Bernard Emie expressed concern that, with the departure of French President Jacques Chirac, France will lose its only strong advocate for Chapter VII approval of the Special Tribunal. The "entire French bureaucracy" is against pro [...]	2007-03-22 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY SA FR
07BEIRUT707	THE SEDUCTION OF THE WIDOW HARIRI: HOPES FOR [...] (C) Further to something we first mentioned in the 4/23/07 daily sitrep, beach resort owner and political gadfly Roger Edde has pursued a far-fetched plan to achieve his long-shot goal of becoming Lebanon's next president: he has dangled before the eyes of Rafiq Hariri's Paris-based widow N [...]	2007-05-21 07:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY SA
07BEIRUT859	LEBANON: FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF LBCI TELEVISION [...] (C) Twice in recent weeks, most recently during a meeting with the Ambassador and Pol/Econ chief on political matters (reftel),Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has sounded alarm bells about control of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International television network (LBCI) passing i [...]	2007-06-14 13:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL PGOV LE SA
07BRATISLAVA491	SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF EU DEMARCHE ON SEIF [...] (c) DCM, accompanied by PolEcon Chief, delivered reftel demarche to Head of the Asia and Oceania division at the MFA, Drahomir Stos, on August 27. (Both the Director and Deputy of the Middle East Division and the head of the Human Rights office were on leave.) Stos was not familiar with the cas [...]	2007-08-31 14:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN JA KDEM PHUM PREL SA LO
07BRIDGETOWN1330	Terrorism Finance: Designation of Three Saudi Nationals [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1017, Barbados #1018, Dominica #1019, St. Kitts #1020, St. Lucia #1021, St. Vincent #1022) on October 16, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report [...]	2007-10-16 20:10:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SA XL
07BRUSSELS3171	TERROR FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE SAUDI [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 08:45:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL SA EUN
07BUJUMBURA38	BURUNDI: IS RADJABU'S POLITICAL FATE HANGING IN [...] (C) Summary: The power struggle between Burundian strongman Hussein Radjabu and the country's President continues to dominate headlines, as government journalists report that the President's office has barred one of his key allies, Communications Minister Ramadhan Karenga, from entering gover [...]	2007-02-03 11:41:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINR BY SA
07DAMASCUS439	SYRIAN PRESIDENT DENIES PASSING ON SYRIA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MAY 10 SPEECH BEFORE PARLIAMENT, SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASAD MADE A TORTURED DENIAL THAT SYRIA HAD PROVIDE COMMENTARY TO ARABS (CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD TO BE SAUDI ARABIA) ON SYRIA'S RESERVATIONS TO THE PROPOSED HARIRI TRIBUNAL. BASHAR'S COMMENTS COME IN THE CONTEXT OF RUMO [...]	2007-05-10 15:01:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY SA
07DOHA1134	BAN ON SAUDI POULTRY DUE TO AVIAN INFLUENZA MAKES [...] The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) announced November 13 the reoccurence of Avian Influenza in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Based on the OIE finding of H5N1 in the KSA, Qatar's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture, Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Khalifa Al-Thani, issued a M [...]	2007-12-04 13:30:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PREL TBIO SENV KFLU QA SA
07DUBLIN261	IRISH BANKS ALERTED ON UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 14:57:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR KNNP PARM EFIN KTFN ETTC SA AE EI
07HILLAH109	KARBALA AND ANBAR SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala and PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The governors of Anbar and Karbala provinces met at the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in al-Hillah on July 17 to talk about security concerns along their provinces' shared border. By the conclusion both governorates s [...]	2007-07-19 07:56:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV IZ SA
07ISLAMABAD1583	MUSHARRAF TELLS MCCAIN: DONâ€™T PULL OUT OF IRAQ [...] (U) On April 3, President Musharraf met with Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Representative Richard Renzi (R-AZ),Musharraf's third U.S. Congressional delegation of the day (reftel). The group,s discussion focused on Iraq, the broader Middle East, and the Pak-Afghan border region. ----------------- [...]	2007-04-10 12:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS PK AF IZ IR ID MY SA LE
07JAKARTA2820	TERRORIST FINANCING -- INDONESIA WILL REVIEW [...] (C) In Mission's latest step to curb terrorist financing in coordination with the GOI, poloff delivered reftel demarche October 4 to Aris Munandar, Deputy Director for Terrorism at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Poloff informed him that three Saudi individuals will be recommended f [...]	2007-10-04 10:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER SA KTFN ID
07JAKARTA380	DEMARCHE REGARDING MINUSTAH RENEWAL DELIVERED [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Ramadansyah Hasan in the Directorate for International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs. We did so in the absence of our usual contact for UN Haiti issues. Ramadansyah, whom we were meeting concerning UN Iran issues, soug [...]	2007-02-12 08:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO HA CH FR SA RU PE ID
07JEDDAH315	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JULY 31 GCC+2 MEETING [...] ABOVE-REFERENCED DEMARCHE (REFTL B) WAS DELIVERED ORALLY BY CONSULATE OFFICIALS TO MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL JULY 23, 2007. TONEY [...]	2007-07-23 13:01:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SA
07JEDDAH316	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JULY 31 GCC+2 MEETING [...] Above-referenced demarche (Reftel B) was delivered orally by Consulate Officials to MFA Director General July 23, 2007. TONEY [...]	2007-07-23 13:51:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SA
07JEDDAH392	SAUDIS UNSURPRISED BY SHARIF'S RETURN; CONCERNED WITH MAINTAINING STABILITY IN PAKISTAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. In Ambassador Fraker's September 11 meeting with Prince Muqrin, Head of the General Intelligence Presidency, Muqrin reiterated the SAG's commitment to accepting Sharif while in exile but added that Sharif had not heeded Saad Al-Hariri's warning not to return to Pakistan. (NOTE: A [...]	2007-09-12 06:31:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER SA
07JEDDAH396	SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER ON: AMCIT DEPENDENT, FUTURE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. During a September 12 discussion with Ambassador Ford Fraker and Jeddah Consul General Tatiana Gfoeller, Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal summarized the SAG position on a variety of issues. The Prince stated the importance of working in partnership with the U.S. to addr [...]	2007-09-13 12:35:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET//NOFORN	CVIS ETTC EFIN PGOV PREL PTER KIRF KTFN SA
07JEDDAH419	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA SEPTEMBER 14 AND [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: In the Eastern Province on September 14, a substitute Imam at the al-Khobar Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque devoted his sermon to the holy month of Ramadan. He stressed the importance of total abstinence and helping the poor. The following week he continued on the same theme, [...]	2007-09-30 09:01:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL SA
07JEDDAH450	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA SEPTEMBER 28 AND [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: In the Eastern Province on September 28, a substitute Imam at the al-Khobar Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque focused his sermon once again on Ramadan. He repeated his call for the congregation to read the Koran and stressed the importance of purifying oneself to prepare for the [...]	2007-10-17 11:16:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL SA
07JEDDAH469	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA OCTOBER 19 AND [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: In the Eastern Province on October 19, a substitute Imam at the al-Khobar Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque focused his sermon on respect for family values and how it relates to current discontent in the Muslim world. On October 26, Sheikh Mohammad Saleh al-Munajjid at the Omar b [...]	2007-10-31 16:06:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL SA
07JEDDAH481	VISIT OF STAS FEDEROFF TO KAUST GROUNDBREAKING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the King SIPDIS Abdullah University for Science and Technology on October 21. The university is part of a development plan to also include a Petroleum Complex and King Abdullah Economic C [...]	2007-11-24 06:15:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON TNGD TPHY KISL SA
07JEDDAH485	I LEFT MY HEART IN FREEDOM AND CAME HOME [...] (S) SUMMARY: There is no subject dearer to the hearts of even moderately well-off Hejazis (inhabitants of the Western Province) than leaving Saudi Arabia. The most stilted gathering can be brightened up at once by steering the conversation to a fondly anticipated (or remembered) stint outside [...]	2007-11-24 15:26:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	SOCI SCUL KWMN SA
07JEDDAH492	HEJAZIS UPSET BY FATWA ABUSE IN ONGOING ISLAMIC [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Dr. Izzat Atiyya of al-Azhar University's Hadith Department issued a polemical fatwa last May arguing that women and men could work together provided that they become family members through breastfeeding. This is one of several fatwas that the Islamic establishment has issu [...]	2007-11-27 12:03:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KISL KWMN SA
07JEDDAH498	VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THE HEJAZ: [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY AND COMMENT: While the number of reported domestic abuse cases varies depending on the source, Hejazi (inhabitants of the Western Province) experts focused on addressing violence against women agree that the number of cases in the Western Province is rising. The President of [...]	2007-11-30 18:14:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN SA
07JEDDAH506	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA NOVEMBER 16, 23, [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Grand Mufti recommended on November 30 that terrorists be sentenced to "Had al-Haraba," a Quranic punishment that can include execution followed by displaying the body in crucified pose. Sermons in the Eastern Province's al-Khobar al-Rawdha Grand Mosque on November 16 [...]	2007-12-09 08:51:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL SA
07JEDDAH519	INSIDE PRINCE KHALED'S DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a December 16 meeting with the CG, prominent Jeddah businessman Loay Bougary (strictly protect) described Prince Khaled's development plans for Mecca Province, and gave a detailed account of the consultative cabinet of experts which the prince organized to advise on these [...]	2007-12-29 15:15:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	ECON PGOV SA SCUL SOCI
07JEDDAH520	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA: MT. ARAFAT DEC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Grand Mufti gave a special sermon to pilgrims at Mount Arafat on December 18 denouncing terrorism and warning against the economic schemes of Islam's enemies. Sermons in Mecca's al-Haram Mosque on December 7, 14, and 21 elaborated on traditional issues such as piety in relati [...]	2007-12-30 10:51:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KISL SA
07KABUL1093	INTERVIEW WITH BAGRAM DETAINEE AHEAD OF POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (S/NF) Post scheduled our Refugee Coordinator to interview Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) detainee Abdul Aziz Rashid Al Muteri (US9SA-001816DP) on March 24. As requested in reftel, Refugee Coordinator consulted bef [...]	2007-04-03 14:30:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR KAWC PINS PREL PTER AF SA
07KHARTOUM1133	DARFUR: MINAWI DESCRIBES SAUDI TRIP, PREVIEWS TRIP [...] (S) Buoyant after his recent trip to Saudi Arabia, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi described his visit to Jeddah--which had included a rare 40-minute private meeting with King Abdullah and promises of financial support for the SLM--as " [...]	2007-07-22 15:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID PTER PINR SU SA UN AU
07KHARTOUM1303	SLM AWAITS SAUDI RESPONSE TO AID REQUEST [...] (S) Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi is awaiting a response from the Saudi Arabian government to his request for financial assistance to maintain the loyalty of his forces, integrate SLM fighters into the civilian population, and treat t [...]	2007-08-20 10:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID SU SA
07KHARTOUM1386	MINAWI: "WE WILL NOT BE VICTIMIZED" [...] (U) See para. 10 for recommendation. 2. (S/NF) In a recent meeting with CDA Fernandez, SLM leader Minni Minawi lamented the loss of international support for the DPA and warned that "we will not be victimized." While supportive of enhancing the agreement in the context of upcoming negotiat [...]	2007-09-04 09:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER UN AU SU SA
07KHARTOUM2029	AS STALEMATE CONTINUES ON DPA, MINAWI ASKS FOR [...] (C) In a recent meeting with senior representatives of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM),Presidential Assistant Nafie Ali Nafie underscored that any previous timetable for implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) agreed between the SLM and late-Presidential Advisor Maghzoub al Kha [...]	2007-12-19 11:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SU SA LY
07KHARTOUM951	MINAWI PREVIEWS TRIP OF ARAB CAPITALS [...] (C) Senior Assistant to the President and SLM leader Minni Minawi will travel to five Arab capitals next week to seek political and financial support for his movement in an effort to stabilize the situation in Darfur. He has asked for U.S. assistance in previewing his trip with these Arabs go [...]	2007-06-15 10:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU UN SU EG SA KU QA TC
07KOLKATA126	KOLKATA PUBLIC AFFAIRS REACHES OUT TO EASTERN INDIA'S MUSLIM [...] (SBU) Summary. Students and faculty at Muslim schools (madrassas) in West Bengal are enthusiastic to interact with U.S. government officials generally and have been appreciative in particular with the outreach by the Kolkata American Center through participation in MicroAccess English-languag [...]	2007-04-18 06:30:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO KIRF KISL PHUM SOCI SA IN
07KUALALUMPUR1064	TRANS-PENINSULA PIPELINE: JUST A PIPEDREAM? [...] (U) Summary: According to recent press reports, the Malaysian Government has approved plans for a US$ 7 billion oil pipeline across northern peninsular Malaysia near the Thai border, with a large storage facility in the middle and a refinery at each end. The pipeline is portrayed as a shorte [...]	2007-06-21 07:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGR EPET SENV ECON IR MY SA PGOV
07KUWAIT1058	KUWAITIS TRY TO ADDRESS CHEVRON'S CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 25 June, Ahmad Al-Jemaz, Manager for the New Refinery Project at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC),met with Dudley McDaniel, Senior Vice President for Operations at Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC),to discuss Kuwait's plans to build a mega-refinery adjacent to SAC's co [...]	2007-07-03 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1059	KUWAITIS TRY TO ADDRESS CHEVRON'S CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 25 June, Ahmad Al-Jemaz, Manager for the New Refinery Project at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC),met with Dudley McDaniel, Senior Vice President for Operations at Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC),to discuss Kuwait's plans to build a mega-refinery adjacent to SAC's co [...]	2007-07-03 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1097	MINISTER SAYS GCC CRISIS MANAGEMENT CENTER TO BE [...] (C) Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah told the Ambassador on July 9 that agreement had been reached at the recent GCC meeting of defense and foreign ministers and national security chiefs on establishing a GCC crisis management center in Kuwait. He credite [...]	2007-07-10 09:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC LE QA SA IR IZ IS KU
07KUWAIT1122	GOK INTEREST IN REGIONAL RADIOACTIVE SEALED [...] (U) The following Government of Kuwait officials have expressed an interest in participating in reftel workshop: Eng. Samir Al-Asfour Director Radiation Protection Department Ministry of Health Tel. 965-241-5047/ 965-243-9889 Fax 965-241-5049 Mr. Fadhel A. H. Ghuloum Head of Ionizing [...]	2007-07-16 10:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	JO SA QA KU IZ TC ENRG TRGY
07KUWAIT1314	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE A/S KEVIN [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for DOE A/S Kevin Kolevar, and DOE employees Sarah K. Magruder and Patrick A. Willging to travel to Kuwait September 6-9 to meet with Kuwaiti Energy Officials. 2. (U) This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; [...]	2007-08-31 13:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SA KU KCIP OTRA PTER ASEC ENGR PREL
07KUWAIT1337	COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY ON BLOCKING ARABSAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 10:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KU SA IZ
07KUWAIT1396	SAUDIS REJECT KUWAITI PLAN TO BUILD NEUTRAL ZONE [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: In a 12 September meeting with CDA and Econoff, Khaled Al-Fulaij, advisor to the Amir on energy affairs, said that a KSA envoy had recently visited Kuwait to deliver a message to the Amir stating the Saudi position that it would be unacceptable for Kuwait to build a [...]	2007-09-16 04:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1535	CHEVRON AND KNPC SEEKING COMPROMISE ON NEUTRAL [...] (C/NF) In an 8 October meeting with CDA, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) Chairman and Managing Director Sami Al-Rushaid said discussions on the proposed location for a 615,000 bpd KNPC refinery in the Partitioned Neutral Zone next to the Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC) compound were back [...]	2007-10-18 11:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1556	TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE: DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 09:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SA KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL
07KUWAIT163	CHEVRON ADVOCACY LETTER FROM SECRETARY BODMAN; [...] (C/NF) On 24 January, post faxed a scanned copy of Energy Secretary Bodman's advocacy letter on behalf of Chevron (ref A) to Kuwait Energy Minister Shaykh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah. Econcouns spoke with the minister's office director to request that the letter be brought to the attention of the [...]	2007-02-04 11:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET EINV PREL KU SA OIL SECTOR
07KUWAIT1676	NOVEMBER 11-13 TRIPARTITE COMMISSION AND TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11 and 13, respectively, Kuwait hosted the 55th session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) and the 30th Tripartite Commission (TC) Meeting. Representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, the United Kingdom, the U.S., and the Inter [...]	2007-11-29 10:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM PREL IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
07KUWAIT175	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA/ARP [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for NEA/ARP Office Director Alan Misenheimer to post o/a February 9-13, 2007 for regional consultations. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Em [...]	2007-02-06 15:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU BA SA PREL AMGT OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE APER
07KUWAIT320	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE 53RD [...] Summary: Kuwait hosted the 53rd session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on February 20, 2007 with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC),and Embassy Kuwait in attendance. The session closed no c [...]	2007-03-04 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
07KUWAIT446	KUWAIT BRINGS TOGETHER IRANIAN AND ARAB SHI'A, [...] (C/NF) Summary: Kuwait hosted March 26-27 a conference that brought together Shi'a Awqaf officials from around the region. The discussion highlighted what some Shi'a, especially in the Gulf, see as a disconnect between centralized, distant Awqaf authorities and ordinary Shi'a donors. Some [...]	2007-03-28 14:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KISL PTER KTFN IR IZ LE BA SA KU SHI
07KUWAIT535	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/I [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for S/I Coordinator David Satterfield and Treasury Representative Malachy Nugent to travel to post o/a April 22, 2007 for meetings with GOK officials on the upcoming International Compact for Iraq and Iraq Neighbors conferences. [...]	2007-04-14 13:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ EG SA TU OTRA MARR COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT539	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Makovsky to transit Kuwait April 13-15, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Embassy point of contact in case of emergency is: Carri [...]	2007-04-15 08:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN FR GM SA KU COUNTRY
07KUWAIT542	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GULF SECURITY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for PM Acting A/S Stephen Mull, DOD Acting A/S Mary Beth Long, NEA DAS Gordon Gray, NSC Director Nik Ramchand, Lt. Col. Reginald Robinson, Capt. James Pelkofski, and Cmdr. Edward Palmer to travel to post o/a May 21 to May 22, 2007. 2. Th [...]	2007-04-15 11:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SA QA KU PREL AMGT OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT639	KUWAITIS PRAISE SAUDI TERROR ARRESTS; PROMPTS SOUL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Kuwaitis welcomed the recent terrorist arrests in Saudi Arabia and condemned those involved. So far, no Kuwaitis have been implicated in the plots, but Kuwait is working with Saudi officials to investigate any possible connections. One local daily reported that the Saudis ar [...]	2007-04-30 13:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER KCIP ASEC SA KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT775	BANNING OF SAUDI SALAFI BOOKS AT BROTHERHOOD BOOK [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Salafi MPs and their supporters have stepped up their threats to subject Dr. Abdullah Al-Ma'touq, Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs to a parliamentary grilling. The proximate cause was the banning of several books by former Saudi Grand Muftis Abdulaziz Bin Baz and Mu [...]	2007-05-16 09:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KISL SA KU ISLAMISTS
07KUWAIT789	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GULF SECURITY [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph j. 2. Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for PM Acting A/S Stephen Mull, DASD Mark Kimmitt, NEA DAS Gordon Gray, Col Ronald Tuggle, Brigadier General Michael Jones, DIA Senior Defense Intelligence Analyst Bruce Hardc [...]	2007-05-19 12:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU QA SA AMGT OTRA PREL APER COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT853	KUWAIT UNLIKELY SOURCE FOR APCS FOR UN/AU MISSION [...] (SBU) PolOff passed reftel (ref A) request for APCs to Aisha Al-Dakheel of the MFA's International Organizations Department on May 30. Al-Dakheel did not seem to think it likely the GOK would approve such a request. She promised to pass on the request and provide a more detail answer as soo [...]	2007-06-01 06:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPKO MARR SU SA KU
07KUWAIT888	GUANTANAMO ARB III NOTIFICATION [...] (C) Poloff delivered notification of the upcoming ARB hearing to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official Feisal Al-Eneizi on June 6. 2. (C) Poloff inquired about the development status of a Government of Kuwait (GOK) threat mitigation plan for use with detainees transferred from Guantana [...]	2007-06-06 13:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PHUM PINR SA KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT909	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE 54TH [...] Summary: Kuwait hosted the 54th session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on June 5, 2007 with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, the United Kingdom, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) and Poloff in attendance. The session clo [...]	2007-06-13 03:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM PREL IZ SA KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS KU
07KUWAIT930	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JUNE 23-24 [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for NEA/ARP Regional Economic Officer Ashley Bagwell to travel to Kuwait June 23-24 for consultations and regional familiarization. 2. (U) This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clea [...]	2007-06-16 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU SA BA OTRA AMGT ECON PREL APR
07KUWAIT943	KUWAIT PETROLEUM COMPANY TO DISCUSS NEW REFINERY [...] (C/NF) On 17 June, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) announced it is inviting international EPC (Engineering-Procurement-Construction) companies to apply for pre-qualification for contracts related to KNPC's plans to build a new 615,000 bpd mega-refinery in the Kuwaiti portion of the Pa [...]	2007-06-19 08:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT952	UN LABOR CONFERENCE IN KUWAIT IN DOUBT, MAY MOVE [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with UN Resident Representative Valerie Cliff by telephone on June 16. He urged the ILO (International Labor Organization) positions on TIP and the labor situation in the region be made clear, since local officials are claiming that the ILO has not criticized local [...]	2007-06-19 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB AE SA QA KU TIP

07KUWAIT953	FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE REGARDING CONTINUED ARABSAT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Information Assistant Under Secretary for Technical Affairs Nasser Al-Safar on 18 June. Al-Safar said the points would be forwarded to the Information Minister prior to his departure for the meeting of Arab League Ministers of Information in Cairo [...]	2007-06-19 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	SA KU TC KPAL KPAO ETTC PREL PTER
07LJUBLJANA559	SLOVENIA: TRAVEL BAN ON SYRIAN ACTIVIST RIAD SEIF [...] (C) In an August 28 meeting with Director General of the Slovenian Foreign Ministry's Directorate for European Affairs and Bilateral Political Relations Bogdan Benko, Charge d'Affaires requested that Slovenia issue a public statment similar to the Department's August 15 statement calling on th [...]	2007-08-30 11:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EUN JA KDEM PREL SA SY SI
07LJUBLJANA581	SLOVENIA: TERRORIST FINANCE - PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] (S) Pol/Econ Chief shared reftel's points with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Americas Division on a close hold basis. The MFA appreciated our pre-notification; however, they indicated that it was very doubtful that any of these individuals were active in Slovenia. COLEMAN [...]	2007-09-06 05:20:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL SA SI
07LONDON2984	(S) TERRORIST FINANCE:UK SUPPORTS USG SUBMISSION [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper July 31, 2007 to Clive Hughes, Desk Officer Multilateral and Strategic Allies Section Counter Terrorism Policy Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). Hughes said the UK favors co-sponsoring U.S. submissions to the UN 1518 a [...]	2007-08-03 06:30:00	Embassy London	SECRET	EFIN FI IZ JO KTFN PREL PTER SA UK UNSC
07MADRID1644	SPAIN SUPPORTS EU EFFORTS ON RIAD SEIF [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-28 14:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN JA KDEM PHUM PREL SA SY SP
07MADRID1916	TERRORIST FINANCE: SPAIN ON SAUDI FIVE UPDATE [...] (C) On October 1, EconOff delivered reftel points to Ivo Pascual Herrera, desk officer within MFA's Terrorism Sub-Directorate. Pascual expressed appreciation for the update and reported that Spain had no position concerning the designations of the reftel A Saudi nationals under domestic and U [...]	2007-10-03 08:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER SA
07MADRID1996	TERRORISM FINANCE: SPAIN NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION [...] (U) As requested, Post informed the GOS via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Terrorism Sub-directorate of the UN listing of the three Saudi nationals (reftel). EconOff had previously provided identifying information on these individuals but re-supplied that information. EconOff requested tha [...]	2007-10-22 07:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL SA SP
07MASERU214	SADC EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT READOUT BY MFA [...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs Tsekoa invited the diplomatic corps for an April 4 briefing on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit held in Tanzania March 29. The Minister opened the meeting with an overview of political developments in Lesotho and specifical [...]	2007-04-05 13:03:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR SA ZI CG LT
07MASERU215	SADC EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT READOUT BY MFA [...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs Tsekoa invited the diplomatic corps for an April 4 briefing on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit held in Tanzania March 29. The Minister opened the meeting with an overview of political developments in Lesotho and specifical [...]	2007-04-05 15:17:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SA ZI CG LT
07MOSCOW5681	RUSSIA SEEKS IMPROVED TIES WITH GULF STATES [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues to court the Persian Gulf States in its quest to expand economic ties with the region and improve political relations with the Muslim world. Saudi Crown Prince and Defense Minister Sultan bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud's November 21-23 Moscow visit was the latest in a se [...]	2007-12-03 15:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD MASS SA TC RS
07MOSCOW5734	CHECHEN PRESIDENT REACHES OUT TO THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov is looking to the Middle East to finance the reconstruction of Chechnya. Kadyrov met recently in Moscow with the visiting Saudi Crown Prince and traveled to Saudi Arabia and Jordan earlier this year. Kadyrov plans to visit Mecca in December, part [...]	2007-12-06 16:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SOCI JO SA RS
07MOSCOW828	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAMAS VISIT, SYRIA, AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Saltanov told the Ambassador February 27 that the MFA saw Hamas as evolving in its views on Israel following a February 26-27 Moscow visit by Hamas Politburo Chief Mishal. While Mishal was not willing to directly address publicly the question of recogni [...]	2007-02-27 16:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EAID IS LE SY IZ SA RS
07OSLO692	NORWAY SUPPORTS ROME RULE OF LAW CONFERENCE POINTS [...] (C) On June 24 we delivered reftel points to Stig Ingemar Traavik, the MFA's Afghanistan Desk Officer. He noted that Norway agreed in principle to the USG positions raised in the points. Traavik emphasized the GON's commitment to existing bilateral assistance to Afghanistan. With respect to [...]	2007-06-27 09:11:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	SA AF IBRD NO
07PARAMARIBO548	KTFN TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE SAUDI [...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered message October 15 to Terence Craig, Head of the Americas Division of Suriname's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Craig had no immediate reaction but said he will pass the information to the Ministry of Justice and Police. 2. (U) Post will report any substant [...]	2007-10-16 17:04:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL SA NS
07PARIS2802	FRANCE INCREASING JUSTICE AID TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 28, MFA sources confirmed that that the new French administration is showing much more interest in Afghanistan, and that France plans to increase civil assistance to Afghanistan in a number of ways. The GOF has decided to provide an expert and some funding for a regional [...]	2007-06-29 12:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PREL SA AF IBRD FR
07PARIS4742	FRENCH MFA LEVANT DAS ON LEBANON, DECEMBER 18, 2007 [...] (C) French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille on December 18 said France was pleased the overall results of the previous day,s Lebanon ministerial. He particularly praised the Secretary's performance at the meeting in the face of initial Egyptian, Arab League, Saudi, Spanish, [...]	2007-12-19 17:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MARR FR LE SY SA EG SP IT
07RIYADH1006	DOW AND SAUDI ARAMCO SIGN MOU FOR $20 BILLION [...] (C) On May 12, US firm Dow Chemical's CEO Andrew Liveris and Saudi Aramco's President and CEO Abdullah Jum'ah signed a detailed Memorandum of Understanding for a major petrochemical facility, the "Ras Tanura Integrated Project" (RTIP),the cost of which will likely reach more than $20 billio [...]	2007-05-14 18:01:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EIND SA
07RIYADH1018	NO DECISION YET: HRC ELECTIONS REFTEL DEMARCHES [...] (C) Reftel demarches were delivered by Ambassador Fraker to Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on May 12 and on the working level by PolOff to First Secretary Abdulrahman al-Rassi on May 13. Additionally, a non-paper was delivered via dip note on May 7. Prince Saud told the Ambassador th [...]	2007-05-15 14:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UNHRC SA
07RIYADH1028	JOINT WORKING GROUP ON CRITICAL ENERGY [...] (U) This is an action request for S/CT, DS/ATA, and DOE/Office of Energy Reliability. Please see paragraph three. -------- Summary -------- 2. (S) In a May 15 meeting with Ministry of Interior (MOI) Chief of Staff Saad al Jabri, Joint Working Group (JWG) Co-Chair Dr. Saud al-Semar [...]	2007-05-16 15:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EPET ENRG PTER SA
07RIYADH1030	MAY 15 MEETING OF GCC LEADERS YIELDS PREDICTABLE [...] (U) Leaders of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states met in Riyadh on May 15 for the ninth consultative meeting. They agreed on three resolutions: 1) urging the removal of all obstacles to the establishment of a Gulf Customs Union before year's end; 2) recommending that measures be q [...]	2007-05-16 17:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR SA
07RIYADH1036	POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS IRAQI EFFORTS BUT [...] (C) Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga met with the Saud Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar Madani, Shoura Council Chairman Dr. Saleh bin Humaid, Deputy Minister of Oil Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman, and Deputy Minister of Commerce Abdullah al Hammoudi during her May 9 visit to R [...]	2007-05-19 04:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ETRD SA
07RIYADH1047	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON RIYADH PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Riyadh Provincial Governor HRH Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz emphasized the importance of U.S.-Saudi Arabia ties during Ambassador's courtesy call on May 16. The Prince stated that Saudi Arabia has no issues with nor is it a burden to the United States and discussed the important role tha [...]	2007-05-20 05:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CVIS SA
07RIYADH1062	NEW H5N1 DISCOVERED IN PREVIOUSLY UNINFECTED AREA [...] (C) Summary: Two highly pathogenic H5N1 cases were discovered in Hail during a recent joint FAO-USDA rapid deployment mission to Saudi Arabia. While Saudi officials claim to have conducted bird culls within a 5 kilometer radius of the infected farm, the Ministry of Agriculture failed to prov [...]	2007-05-21 04:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED EPET IO PGOV PTER SA
07RIYADH1074	EDUCATION REFORM: WILL KING ABDULLAH'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah announced on February 13 a six-year, SR 9 billion (USD 2.4 billion) project for the Development of Public Education, followed by an April 17 announcement of a general infrastructure project that allocates a total of SR 21.9 billion (USD 5.84 billion) for general and [...]	2007-05-21 15:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH1133	RELIGIOUS POLICE DETAINED FOR ALLEGED MURDER OF [...] (U) The Saudi press reported on May 27 that the religious police allegedly beat to death on May 23 a 28-year old Saudi, Sulaiman or Salman Al-Huraisi, who was detained for the possession/sale of alcohol. After various conflicting and incomplete media reports, the Riyadh Governorate subseque [...]	2007-05-29 14:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL SOCI CASC KJUS SA
07RIYADH1375	KING ABDULLAH'S 2007 EUROPEAN TOUR - PART 1 [...] (U) King Abdullah kicked off a week-long series of state visits to both European and Arab nations on June 18. The King has already visited Spain, France, and Poland, and will next visit the Kingdom of Jordan before concluding his tour at Sharm al-Sheikh in Egypt, where he will meet with Egypti [...]	2007-06-26 12:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL PGOV SA
07RIYADH1388	JOINT WORKING GROUP MARITIME TEAM DEBRIEFS SAUDI [...] (S) On June 23, an assessment team in Saudi Arabia from the Joint Working Group (JWG) on Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) debriefed members of the Saudi Coast Guard on a four-day visit to Coast Guard facilities at and near oil facilities in the Eastern Province. While the maritime [...]	2007-06-28 12:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EPET ENRG ECON PTER DHA SA
07RIYADH1412	GROWING PAINS: IMPROVEMENTS IN SAUDI MEDIA [...] (C) In the past five years, there have been significant and positive changes in the Saudi media thanks to King Abudullah, gains by moderates in the SAG, and subsequent ministry restructuring. There are more moderate commentary in the press, more reporting done on previously taboo subjects, [...]	2007-07-02 13:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM ECPS SOCI SCUL SA
07RIYADH1414	MIRA LEADER CITES RELIGIOUS DUTY AS REASON FOR SAG [...] (S) SUMMARY: London-based Saudi extremist leader and head of the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (MIRA) Sa'ad al-Faqih in continuing his public appeal for Kingdom-wide support against the Saudi government (SAG). In recent months, al-Faqih has attempted to utilize tribal ties to rally [...]	2007-07-02 14:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
07RIYADH1437	SAUDI AND EGYPTIAN LEADERS CALL FOR DIALOGUE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah discussed Lebanon, Palestinian issues, Iran, Iraq, and bilateral relations with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak during their June 26 meeting in Sharm al-Sheikh. The meeting immediately followed the quadripartite meeting on the West Bank and Gaza situation also hel [...]	2007-07-07 14:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH1438	NEW SUMMER CAMP REGS-- NO NEW PROTECTIONS AGAINST [...] (U) The Ministry of Education (MOE) announced new regulations for youth summer camps in late February and, on June 26, the creation of an oversight committee composed of 45 members from the MOE to monitor these new regulations. The new regulations state that the Ministry must approve all requ [...]	2007-07-08 08:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KISL SCUL KOCI SA
07RIYADH1454	GCC MINISTERIALS -- MORE OF THE SAME ON IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ministers of defense, foreign affairs, and national security met on July 3 in Riyadh. This second extraordinary meeting of the GCC ministers focused primarily on Iraq, and was followed on July 4 by a meeting of the GCC foreign ministers. The m [...]	2007-07-08 15:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH1475	NOPEC WORRIES US, ARAMCO LAWSUITS WORRY US MORE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. --------- SUMMARY --------- 2. (C) In a July 8 meeting, HRH Deputy Minister of Petroleum (MinPet) Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud indicated his concern with pending NOPEC legislation, but frankly told Embassy offi [...]	2007-07-10 15:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV IR SA
07RIYADH1481	NO LASHES FOR QATEEF RAPE VICTIM; CASE DROPPED [...] (S) Post reported in reftel the case of Qateef resident Aqilah bint Eisa al-Dhamin, who, along with her ex-boyfriend, was raped by seven men in January 2006. Following the investigation and trial, the perpetrators were sentenced to between eight months and five years in prison and between 80- [...]	2007-07-11 15:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PHUM PGOV KWMN SOCI KIRF SA
07RIYADH1508	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JULY 31 GCC+2 MEETING [...] Above-referenced demarche was hand-delivered via diplomatic note on July 15. FRAKER [...]	2007-07-17 06:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SA
07RIYADH1519	AMBASSADOR FRAKER MEETS PRINCE ABDULAZIZ ON NOPEC, [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. --------- SUMMARY --------- 2. (C) In a July 16 meeting with Ambassador Fraker, HRH Deputy Minister of Petroleum (MinPet) Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud continued to underscore his concern with on-going lawsuits [...]	2007-07-18 09:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG EPET VE SA
07RIYADH1525	MOVING FORWARD ON THE JOINT WORKING GROUP: [...] This is an action request. S/CT, DS/ATA, and DOE/OE please see paragraphs 3 4, and 5. 2. (C) In a July 17 meeting with Ministry of Interior (MOI) Joint Working Group (JWG) Co-Chair Dr. Saud al-Semari and MOI Industrial Security Director Khalid al-Ageel, the U.S. JWG Co-Chair/Economic Co [...]	2007-07-18 12:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PTER ASEC SA
07RIYADH1526	THANK YOU FOR DBT WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-18 12:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PTER ASEC SA
07RIYADH1528	DESPITE PUBLIC OUTCRY, MUTAWWA'IN REMAIN ROOTED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, there has been unprecedented media coverage of three legal cases involving the mutawwa'in or religious police working for the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV). Two cases allege that CPVPV members, including non-field staff, [...]	2007-07-18 13:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
07RIYADH1529	SAUDI ARABIA SUPPORTS PRESIDENT BUSH'S INITIATIVE, CALLING [...] (U) The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) issued an official statement on July 17 welcoming President Bush's initiative, announced on July 16, to resolve the Israeli/Palestinian crisis. The statement specifically supported the President's call to "end occupation, establish an independent and contiguo [...]	2007-07-18 13:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH1624	CHEVRON UPDATE ON CONCESSION EXTENSION, KUWAIT [...] (C) In a July 31 meeting, Arabian Chevron Business Manager Mohammed Ayaz updated Embassy officers regarding on-going negotiations between Chevron and the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MinPet) for the renewal of the firm's concession in the partitioned neutral zone (PNZ) share [...]	2007-08-01 16:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON SA
07RIYADH1628	OFFICIAL SAUDI GOVERNMENT ATTENDANCE AT 62ND UN [...] (U) Post requested from Saudi MFA on July 28 reftel information regarding official Saudi Government attendance at the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. According to Abdulrahman Al-Rassi, First Secretary in the International Organizations Department, the final list of attendees will be com [...]	2007-08-03 16:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP UNGA SA
07RIYADH1632	SAUDIS UNDECIDED ON SUBMITTING IRAQIS TO UN 1518 [...] (S) The Saudis are still considering whether to support the submissions to the UN 1518 and 1267 Sanctions Committees requested in reftel. Abdulrahman Al-Ahmad, a First Secretary in the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs working on terrorism issues, repo [...]	2007-08-05 13:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EFIN PTER ETTC KTFN PREL SA
07RIYADH1641	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAUDI MFA: U.S. CANDIDATE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Saudi MFA on August 5. Mr. Abdulrahman Al-Rassi, First Secretary in the International Organizations Department, SIPDIS noted Ms. Gaer's impressive qualifications and said he would submit the talking points and Ms. Gaer's curriculum [...]	2007-08-06 12:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH1649	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAUDI MFA: U.S. CANDIDATE [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Saudi MFA on August 5. Mr. Abdulrahman Al-Rassi, First Secretary in the International Organizations Department, SIPDIS noted Ms. Gaer's impressive qualifications and said he would submit the talking points and Ms. Gaer's curriculum vita [...]	2007-08-07 10:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH1659	MAJLIS EAGER TO ENGAGE WITH CONGRESS; REQUESTS [...] (C) PolCouns met with Majlis Al-Shura (Consultative Council) member Dr. Bandar bin Mohammed Al-Aiban recently to discuss the possible participation of Majlis members in the new International Visitor Leadership Program for Saudi regulatory body members, including the Capital Market Authority, C [...]	2007-08-08 10:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO SA
07RIYADH1691	SAUDI PRINCE BANDAR TRAVELS TO MOSCOW TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Saudi National Security Advisor Prince Bandar bin Sultan traveled to Moscow on July 31-- the same day that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense SIPDIS Robert Gates were in Jeddah meeting with top SAG officials. According to Saudi and international press repo [...]	2007-08-12 11:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RS SA
07RIYADH1699	SAUDI MISSION TO OPEN EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD, NOT JUST [...] (C) Following Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal's August 7 announcement regarding the SAG's intention to send a delegation to Baghdad this week to look into reopening its Embassy in the Iraqi capital, Norwegian Charge d'Affaires Paal Bjornestad told Poloff that the Saudi Head of th [...]	2007-08-13 08:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ SA
07RIYADH1710	SAUDI DELEGATION TO BAGHDAD REQUESTS LOGISTICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/DCM and EmbOffs met on August 13 with Prince Mohammed bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud, head of the delegation that will travel to Baghdad to set up the Saudi mission there. The Prince, who said the Saudis are sending this delegation to Baghdad to fulfill the King's commitment to [...]	2007-08-14 15:49:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IZ SA
07RIYADH1743	SAG SUPPORT TO SOMALI NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal reportedly pledged approximately USD 30 million towards the Somali National Reconciliation Conference and offered to host a final peace agreement signing ceremony in the Kingdom during his July meeting with Somali Transitional Federal Governm [...]	2007-08-19 14:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI SO SA
07RIYADH1767	U.S. COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members and staff of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with representatives of Saudi Arabia,s Human Rights Commission (HRC) and the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) during their May 27-June 5, 2007 visit to the Kingdom. HRC President Tur [...]	2007-08-25 10:49:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR KIRF KISL SA
07RIYADH1776	AT LAST -- EGYPTIAN COPTIC CHRISTIAN DEPARTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: After repeated attempts to leave Saudi Arabia, Egyptian Coptic Christian Dr. Mamdouh Full Fahmy flew home to Cairo on August 15. Fahmy claims that Egyptian Muslim co-workers harassed him from 2004-2006 and tried unsuccessfully to convert him to Islam. After his co-workers accused [...]	2007-08-25 14:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PHUM KIRF EG SA
07RIYADH1787	MAY 27 - JUNE 5, 2007 VISIT BY U.S. COMMISSION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members and staff of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visited the Kingdom from May 27 to June 5, 2007, traveling to Jeddah (Ref A),Dhahran, and Riyadh. Describing itself as independent -- but part of the USG, the Commission met with SAG ministries [...]	2007-08-26 13:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PTER SA
07RIYADH1821	SAUDI SHI'A CELEBRATIONS A SUCCESS IN THE EP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Consulate staff members traveled to the Saudi Shi'a stronghold of Qateef to observe local celebrations of the birthday of Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi, the twelfth or so-called "hidden Imam." (NOTE: Virtually all Saudi Shi'a in the Eastern Province are so called "Twelvers." END NO [...]	2007-08-29 12:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PA PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH1822	SAUDI EDITION AL-HAYAT CROSSES THE LINE, GETS [...] (C) Summary: According to KSA's most influential newspaper editor, Turki Al-Sudairi, Al-Hayat has been shut down for three days for implying a connection between respected religious scholars and a Saudi university, and Al-Qaeda Iraq in a Monday, August 27 article. While an unusual shut-down [...]	2007-08-29 15:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM SA
07RIYADH1886	SAUDI OFFICIALS DID NOT WANT NAWAZ SHARIF TO [...] (U) The Saudi press has run several front page news items in the past week clarifying its position regarding the return of exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Pakistan -- which took place on September 10, 2007. (NOTE: Developing news reports indicate that Sharif was arrested shortly [...]	2007-09-10 13:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PK SA
07RIYADH1889	GCC "100 PERCENT" BEHIND PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers met on September 1, 2007, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for their 104th session, which was led by Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar Madani. The resulting communiqu renounced terrorism, reiterated the GCC's position t [...]	2007-09-10 14:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECIN PTER IZ IS SA
07RIYADH1890	SAUDI GOVERNMENT SAYS NO OFFICIAL VISITORS TO THE [...] Post received on September 10 a diplomatic note from Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) stating that it is not possible for SAG officials to receive visitors during Ramadan, which is expected to take place approximately September 13 through October 12. Government offices will also be clo [...]	2007-09-10 14:32:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH1891	FOLLOW-UP ON SAUDI "REFORMERS" [...] (S//NF) The international media recently published several articles about a ten-page petition addressed to King Abdullah demanding that the SAG release a group of nine "reformers" arrested on February 2-3, 2007 in Jeddah. The articles focused on the legitimate fundraising efforts of certain [...]	2007-09-10 14:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KTFN KDEM PHUM SA
07RIYADH1894	TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE SAUDIS [...] (S/NF) Summary: On September 5, Post's Terrorism Finance Coordinator delivered reftel A points to the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressing USG's interest in submitting a request to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee on or about September 12. Embassy Riyadh fully supports the objectives o [...]	2007-09-11 08:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER SA
07RIYADH1905	KING ABDULLAH MEETS WITH PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT [...] (U) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with King Abdullah on September 11 to discuss the ongoing Palestinian crisis. According to the Saudi Press Agency, the King and President Abbas also discussed ways to reinvigorate the Middle East Peace Process. Palestinian Ambassador to Saudi Arab [...]	2007-09-13 11:56:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS SA
07RIYADH1906	SAG SUPPORT FOR MINNAWI APPEARS LIMITED TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Saudi Arabian Government has increased its African peace-making profile by calling for a peaceful resolution to the conflicts in western Sudan; however, SAG officials, some foreign diplomats in Riyadh, and members of the Kingdom,s Sudanese diaspora express considerable doubt a [...]	2007-09-15 05:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL SU SA
07RIYADH1909	SPECIAL 301 INITIATIVE ACTION PLAN DELIVERED [...] On September 15, EmbOffs met with Mohamad Al-Aiyash, Chairman of the IPR Committee, to discuss the Special 301 Initiative. The Special 301 Initiative non-paper action plan was delivered to the SAG on August 14th. Al-Aiyash reported that upon receipt it was forwarded to the Ministry of Cultur [...]	2007-09-15 14:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV SA
07RIYADH1920	CONOCO PHILIPS INSIDER DEBUNKS MEED ON [...] (C) A respected ConocoPhillips (COP) insider and consultant has told us that press reports of the cancellation of the planned 400,000 barrel a day joint-venture Saudi Aramco/COP refinery are not true. While the project economics are indeed daunting in this era of stretched petroleum supply [...]	2007-09-16 15:01:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON SA
07RIYADH1923	IRAQI DEBT: MEETING WITH SAUDI MINISTRY OF FINANCE [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting on September 16 with the DCM, Hamad Al-Baz'y, Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Finance, conveyed a lack of urgency in reconciling the debt owed by Iraq to he Kingdom. Al-Baz'y described the three meetings in which the Saudis and the Iraqis h [...]	2007-09-17 10:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL IZ SA
07RIYADH1950	TOO DARN HOT: SAUDI EP BOOM REACHING LIMITS? [...] SUMMARY (C) With temperatures reaching 115 degrees, the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia is both literally and metaphorically "too darn hot." With vast investments being made in oil and petrochemical projects, post hears constant complaints of shortages of materials, qualified workers, and i [...]	2007-09-19 15:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH1981	PROMINENT SAUDI SCHOLAR PUBLICLY CRITICIZES BIN [...] (U) On the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, Saudi Arabian Sheikh Salman bin Fahd al-Awdah posted a letter on his popular internet website, www.islamtoday.com, strongly criticizing Al-Qa'ida for its militant ideology and targeting of innocent civilians. In [...]	2007-09-25 13:58:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KTFN KDEM KPAO PHUM SA
07RIYADH1987	JOINT WORKING GROUP ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE [...] This message has been cleared by DOE A/S Kolevar. ---------- Summary ---------- 2. (S) On September 11, the US-Saudi Joint Working Group (JWG) on Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) met at the Ministry of Interior (MOI) in Riyadh, co-chaired by the MOI Director of Modernization [...]	2007-09-26 09:42:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	KCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA
07RIYADH199	NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN: SAUDI ARABIA [...] (SBU) In response to reftels post submits the names of five influential women in Saudi Arabia: (1) Name: Dr. Fwaziya Abu-Khalid Title: Professor, Sociology Department Institution: King Saud University Field: Politics Contact [...]	2007-01-30 14:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN SA
07RIYADH1999	REGIONAL CONOCOPHILLIPS PRESIDENT CONCURS WITH [...] (C) In a September 25 teleconference, ConocoPhillips (COP) Abu Dhabi-based Regional President Nick Spencer reiterated that press reports regarding the cancellation of the planned 400,000 barrel a day joint-venture Saudi Aramco/COP refinery were not true (ref A). Recent press reports indica [...]	2007-09-30 08:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON SA
07RIYADH2024	SAUDI WOMEN PETITION KING ABDULLAH FOR RIGHT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi press reported that on Saudi National Day, September 23, Saudi women activists submitted a petition to King Abdullah urging him to lift the ban on women driving in the Kingdom. The Committee of Demanders of Women's Right to Drive, a component of the newly formed Socie [...]	2007-10-01 13:49:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KWMN KPAO SA
07RIYADH2034	ANOTHER "HOLY" PEACE AGREEMENT IGNORED: SOMALIS [...] (U) In one of dozens of attempts to end the sixteen-year civil war, Somali leaders signed a peace agreement on September 16 in the presence of King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan during the final session of the Somali reconciliation conference in Jeddah. The reconciliation conference was i [...]	2007-10-02 09:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO XW SO SA
07RIYADH2044	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFF [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants country clearance for Professional Staff Member Bradley Bowman from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to visit Riyadh from October 26-30, 2007 (reftel). 2. (U) The Mission must directly charge all visit support costs. Countr [...]	2007-10-02 13:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AFIN SA
07RIYADH2048	G8-BMENA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAG [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche on October 2, 2007 to the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There is no response from the SAG to date. FRAKER [...]	2007-10-03 09:01:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH2049	SAUDI,S GRAND MUFTI DISCOURAGES SAUDI YOUTH FROM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Saudi press gave extensive coverage to an October 1 sermon given by Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Muhammed al-Asheikh, Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia warning young "zealous" Saudis against traveling abroad under the pretext of jihad. Furthermore, he cautioned Muslims agains [...]	2007-10-03 14:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KISL KPAO SA
07RIYADH2050	SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS DISCUSS PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During her June 4 - 7, 2007 to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles met with representatives of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) and National Society for Human Rights (NSHR),who conveyed tha [...]	2007-10-03 14:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL SA
07RIYADH2051	DRL DELEGATION DISCUSSES EXPANDING TIES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles visited Riyadh, Saudi Arabia June 4-7, 2007, to discuss with SAG officials opportunities for legal and legislative exchanges, as well as possible programs for technical support [...]	2007-10-03 15:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM ECPS SOCI SCUL SA
07RIYADH2056	NOVEMBER OPEC SUMMIT IN RIYADH [...] This is an action request. DOE/International Policy and EB/ESC please see paragraphs five and nine. -------------- Summary -------------- 2. (C) On September 30, Energy Attache and DOE Officer met with Advisor to the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MinPet) and Director [...]	2007-10-07 13:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON SA
07RIYADH2057	SHELL ON GAS EXPLORATION AND MOTIVA EXPANSION [...] (C) In an October 1 conversation, Chairman of Shell Companies in Saudi Arabia, Robet Weener, provided updates on the status of Shell's gas exploration efforts in the Rhub al Khali (RAK) region, as well as the late September final investment decision (FID) to move ahead on the expansion of the [...]	2007-10-07 13:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON SA
07RIYADH2059	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAUDI MFA: U.S. CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-07 14:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH2080	MORE SUPPORT FOR GRAND MUFTI'S FATWA DISCOURAGING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Commentary from the Saudi press on the October 1 sermon of Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Muhammed Al-Asheikh, the most senior Wahhabi cleric and the Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, continues to be strongly positive. Saudi Islamic scholars and officials are voicing full suppor [...]	2007-10-10 13:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL KPAO SA
07RIYADH2085	UPDATED DEMOCRACY STRATEGY FOR SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) Per Ref A request, this constitutes Post's updated strategy for supporting reform in Saudi Arabia. To bolster and advance reform in Saudi Arabia, we need to assist the Majlis Al-Shoura and municipal councils in efforts to expand their role to include oversight, increase independence, and [...]	2007-10-10 15:08:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI AMGT KDEM ECON KPAO PREL PGOV SA
07RIYADH2096	FUROR OVER THE CASE OF SAUDI NATIONAL HOMAIDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Al-Arabiya aired a two-part investigative program in early September regarding Saudi national Homaidan al-Turki, who was sentenced by a Colorado court in August 2006 to 28 years to life for sexually assaulting his Indonesian maid (ref A). The program featured interviews with offi [...]	2007-10-12 14:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PINR SA
07RIYADH21	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SECURING REGIONAL BORDERS [...] (S) Charge' delivered reftel demarche to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Dr. Nizar Obaid Madani on January 7. Dr. Madani emphasized that it the SAG's policy to refrain from interfering in the internal issues of other states, pointing out that Saudi Arabia does not share a bor [...]	2007-01-08 11:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KISL SA
07RIYADH2100	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED [...] Ambassador Ford M. Fraker and the entire U.S. Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcome the First Lady of the United States Mrs. Laura Bush to Riyadh and Jeddah. The First Lady's visit comes at an opportune moment to underscore the importance and strength of the U.S.- Saudi bilateral relationsh [...]	2007-10-16 13:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN OVIP PHUM PREL SA
07RIYADH212	SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI [...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcome you back to Riyadh. As you have witnessed during the course of your many visits to the Kingdom, our bilateral relationship is developing into robust, multi-faceted cooperation. One indication of this was King [...]	2007-02-01 12:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EFIN CVIS KTFN PTER GCC SA
07RIYADH2131	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAUDI MFA REGARDING LEBANON [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Saudi MFA on October 22. Ambassador Saleh al-Kuhaimi, head of the Arab States Department, said he would follow up with his MFA colleagues to determine SAG support for PM Siniora's initiative. FRAKER [...]	2007-10-23 13:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LE PREL SA
07RIYADH2139	SAUDI ARABIA PHRMA ISSUES: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] This is an action request for EEB/TPP/BTA, USDOC and USTR. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. Multinational pharmaceutical companies are vigorously lobbying Post, the Department, USDOC and USTR for high-level USG involvement in two ongoing issues impacting their interests in Sau [...]	2007-10-24 14:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV KIPR SA
07RIYADH2149	SAUDI PHRMA ISSUES: MEETING WITH DEP. MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) In a meeting on October 27 with the Foreign Commercial Service Counselor and the Economic Counselor, Dr. Mansour N. Al Howasi, Deputy Minister of Health for Executive Affairs, stated that he will meet with local distributors of pharmaceuticals to present and discuss the Ministry of Heal [...]	2007-10-27 14:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV KIPR SA
07RIYADH2159	POST DELIVERS USG GOALS FOR EXPANDED IRAQ [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission Michael Gfoeller delivered reftel demarche to HRH Prince Turki bin Faisal, Head of Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prince Turki asked for further clarification of the support mechanism-- which was provided, then questioned whether Iraqi Prime [...]	2007-10-28 14:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ SA
07RIYADH2174	AMBASSADOR INVITED TO OPEC SUMMIT-RELATED EVENTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 13:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL SA
07RIYADH2176	SAG RESPONSE: ISTANBUL MINISTERIAL SIDE MEETING ON [...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Talal Berri from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 30. Ambassador Berri remarked that although he cannot immediately confirm the Foreign Minister's acceptance of this invitation, he is optimistic that Foreign Minister Princ [...]	2007-10-30 14:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SA
07RIYADH2182	SAUDI LEADERSHIP ON PEACE CONFERENCE -- FAILURE IS [...] (S) The Ambassador met with Saudi Foreign Minister (FM) Prince Saud Al Faisal on the margins of First Lady Laura Bush's October 23 meeting with King Abdullah. The FM told the Ambassador that the key for ensuring the success of the upcoming peace conference is for the U.S. to pressure the Isr [...]	2007-10-31 06:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR IS SA
07RIYADH2192	SAUDIS STILL STUDYING SPECIAL 301 INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-03 11:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV SA
07RIYADH2193	EXCLUSIVE MARKETING RIGHTS: SAUDI COMMITTEE FORMED [...] In a meeting on November 3, Mohamad Al-Aiyash, Chairman of the IPR Committee, informed Emboffs that the SAG has formed a committee to consider the USTR-coordinated Exclusive Marketing Rights proposal to provide patent protection for identified pharmaceutical products that lost protection when [...]	2007-11-03 12:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV KIPR SA
07RIYADH22	FOLLOW UP ON AL MANAR AND AL AKSA TELEVISION; ARMS [...] (C) Charge' met with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Dr. Nizar Obaid Madani on January 7 to follow up on several demarches delivered during the Hajj and 'Eid holiday. Charge' asked for the SAG's support in discontinuing broadcasts of Al Manar television on Arabsat, as well as [...]	2007-01-08 11:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID PARM KPAO ASEC KPAL LE SA
07RIYADH2208	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE CENTRAL BOYCOTT [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) via diplomatic note on October 31. Post will inform the Department of any substantive response. FRAKER [...]	2007-11-05 12:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KBCT PREL SA
07RIYADH2209	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) via diplomatic note on November 5. Post will inform the Department of any substantive response. FRAKER [...]	2007-11-05 12:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA ETRD PHUM UNAUS CU SA
07RIYADH2224	MFA OFFICIAL APOLOGIZES FOR PRINCE BANDAR BIN [...] (S/NF) On November 6, the DCM met with Doctor Prince Turki Saud al-Kabeer, the Deputy Minister for Political Affairs and International Organizations and the highest ranking MFA official in-country, to deliver reftel remarks regarding recent comments by Secretary General of the Saudi National [...]	2007-11-06 15:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV PINR SA
07RIYADH2243	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAUDI MFA: UN GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-12 14:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN PHUM SA

07RIYADH2260	SAG SAYS STOP IRAN FROM GETTING NUCLEAR WEAPONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his late October 2007 visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staffer Bradley Bowman met with MFA,s HRH Prince Turki bin Faisal, Head of the Political Affairs section on October 28. The discussion focused on Iranian nuclear issues. During the mee [...]	2007-11-13 13:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH2264	MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES SUDAN AND NUCLEAR [...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 13 the A/DCM met with Ambassador Khalid Jindan, the Director of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the MFA, to deliver a demarche about Sudan (ref A) and discuss nuclear issues. The Ambassador said that the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) would do everything it can to he [...]	2007-11-13 14:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SA
07RIYADH228	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP VISITS KING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S. delegation to the U.S. - Saudi Arabia Strategic Dialogue's Human Development Working Group (HDWG),led by Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS),Near East Affairs (NEA),Scott Carpenter, met with representatives of the King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue on December 4 [...]	2007-02-04 13:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM SA
07RIYADH2292	SAUDI NUCLEAR POWER PROPOSALS: MORE BARK THAN BITE [...] (C) In a November 13 meeting, the Ministry of Foreign Affair's (MFA) Naif Al-Sudeiry, Deputy Director of International Organizations, told us that Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal's recent proposal to set up a body to provide uranium to Iran through a consortium arrangement was essent [...]	2007-11-18 22:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ENERG PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH23	SAG STATES NO HIGH-LEVEL ENGAGEMENT OF SYRIAN [...] (S) Charge' met with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar Obaid Madani on January 7 to relay the request contained in reftel that the SAG refrain from allowing high-ranking Syrian officials to visit the Kingdom. In response, Dr. Madani told Charge' that he is unaware of any planned [...]	2007-01-08 11:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PINR KPAL KISL SY SA
07RIYADH2304	DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 12:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH2320	SAUDI ARABIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE US ON PAKISTANI [...] (S) On November 20, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the US Adel al-Jubeir invited the Charge d'Affaires and Executive Office Staff Assistant (note taker) to his residence for lunch. During the meal, Ambassador al-Jubeir said that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf arrived in Saudi Arabia, today, Nove [...]	2007-11-20 16:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER SA
07RIYADH2321	PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN NAYIF CALLS PRINCE BANDAR'S [...] (S) On the evening of November 19, Prince Mohammed Bin Nayif (MbN),the Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs, called the Charge d'Affaires to personally apologize for Prince Bandar's comments, in which he said that the USG could have prevented 9/11 if it had consulted with the [...]	2007-11-20 16:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PINR SA
07RIYADH2322	SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO THE US ON IRAN, SANCTIONS [...] (S) Summary: In remarks November 20 to the Charge' d'Affaires, Saudi Ambassador to the US Adel al-Jubeir adopted a very harsh tone on Iran. Al-Jubeir asserted that Iran is behind most of the difficulties facing the US and Saudi Arabia in the region at present. He claimed that recent US-Irania [...]	2007-11-20 16:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR ENRG PTER SA
07RIYADH2323	SAUDI ARABIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE US COMMENTS ON THE [...] (S) On November 20, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the US Adel al-Jubeir invited the Charge d'Affaires and Staff Assistant (note taker) to a lunch at his Riyadh residence. During the lunch, the Ambassador told the Charge that Saudi Arabian King Abdullah was following the case of a young Shi' [...]	2007-11-20 16:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL SA
07RIYADH2331	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REINFORCING AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Acting Deputy Chief of Mission delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Prince Turki Saud al-Kabeer, the Director of International Organizations and Political Affairs at the MFA. The Prince thanked the A/DCM for delivering the information, noted his enthusiasm to receive Ambassador Crocker, and [...]	2007-11-24 13:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH2335	2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT PROVIDED [...] Post provided information on Saudi Arabia's trade barriers for the 2008 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers to USTR on November 7, 2007. GFOELLER [...]	2007-11-25 07:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN SA
07RIYADH2340	SAUDI ARABIA: MICROSOFT GM'S TAKE ON IPR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Khaled al-Dhaher, General Manager of Microsoft in Saudi Arabia, shared his perception of intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement in the Kingdom during a meeting on November 20, 2007. Al-Dhaher identified three major areas of concern: (a) the failure of the SAG to lic [...]	2007-11-25 14:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV SA
07RIYADH2348	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] Post delivered reftel demarche via diplomatic note to the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 26. Post suggests providing an Arabic translation to all Arabic-speaking posts to ensure uniformity of the message and to reduce duplication of effort. GFOELLER [...]	2007-11-26 13:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SA
07RIYADH2352	LESSONS LEARNED - CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE, [...] BACKGROUND: On November 4, the Embassy Riyadh participated in a Crisis Management Exercise (CME) facilitated by Ruth Abramson. The exercise served as a tool by which Post could evaluate security procedures and operations. Post compliments CME staff for the facilitation of a fruitful [...]	2007-11-27 07:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT ASEC SA
07RIYADH2356	THE "SAUDIZATION" OF SERMONS IN THE EP [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to conversations with worshippers at various Eastern Province mosques, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs (MOIA) began a policy of "Saudizing" the delivery of the Friday sermon during the late summer of 2007. The alleged policy allows only Saudi citizens licensed by the [...]	2007-11-27 09:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL PGOV PREL PTER SOCI SA
07RIYADH2362	SAUDI WOMEN QUESTION THE RIGHT TO VOTE OUTSIDE THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to the English language daily "Arab News" Saudi female students in the UK and Ireland were denied entry to the General Body of Saudi Clubs, 27th general committee elections. The elections took place on Saturday, November 17. According to media reports, the women who we [...]	2007-11-27 14:19:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SCUL KWMN SA
07RIYADH2382	SAG DEMARCHED ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS MOU [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Western Department Head Dr. Riyadh Krimley on December 1. Dr. Krimley said that he had heard of this agreement between the Government of Iraq and the USG in the media and was very pleased that the USG was officially sharing th [...]	2007-12-02 08:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV SA
07RIYADH2397	MFA OFFICIAL SHARES SAME USG CONCERNS ABOUT IRAN'S [...] (S) On December 4, the POL-MIL Counselor and the Executive Office Staff Assistant met with Dr. Riyadh Krimley, the Acting Director of International Organizations and the Deputy Director of the Western Department at the MFA, to deliver reftel remarks about the US National Intelligence Estimat [...]	2007-12-04 10:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH2404	SAG MFA ANNAPOLIS OBSERVER REPORTS CONFERENCE A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Western Department Director Dr. Riyadh Krimley, who attended the November Annapolis conference with Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, told PolOffs during a December 1 meeting that the conference was a success in working towards peace on several i [...]	2007-12-05 09:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH2407	PAKSITAN OFFICIALS QUESTION SAG NUCLEAR INTENTIONS [...] (S//NF) Pakistan Embassy political officers told PolOff in a December 2 meeting that they recently read a "report" about SAG development of nuclear weapons systems in conjunction with Pakistan. They asked PolOff if the USG knew anything about SAG weapons development or the SAG's intention to [...]	2007-12-05 14:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH2428	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAG: PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Arab Department Ambassador Dr. Saleh al-Koheimi on December 8. Al-Koheimi did not have any direct comment, but he appeared pleased with the demarche and stated how important this conference will be for this issue. [...]	2007-12-09 08:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG KPAL AMGT PREL PGOV SA
07RIYADH2429	SAG ALSO ENCOURAGING RAPID LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Arab Department Ambassador Dr. Saleh al-Koheimi on December 8. Al-Koheimi stated that the SAG also supports the encouragement of immediate Lebanese presidential elections without condition, and he asserted that the Saudi [...]	2007-12-09 08:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV LE SA
07RIYADH2437	USC A/S HERNANDEZ EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF IPR [...] In a meeting on December 3, 2007, with Fawaz al-Alamy, Advisor to the Minister of Commerce & Industry, U.S. Department of Commerce A/S Israel Hernandez emphasized that enforcing intellectual property rights (IPR) is important because it encourages innovation, raises living standards and ensur [...]	2007-12-09 12:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV SA
07RIYADH2439	KING ABDULLAH WARMLY WELCOMES POTUS AND REQUESTS [...] (S) King Abdullah expressed his gratitude and enthusiasm for the upcoming POTUS visit to the Ambassador on December 7. King Abdullah urged the Ambassador to move the POTUS visit from a Monday, January 14 arrival until a Tuesday, January 15 arrival so as not to conflict with French President S [...]	2007-12-09 13:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH2441	FORMER ARAMCO INSIDER SPECULATES SAUDIS WILL MISS 12.5 MBD IN 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 05:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON SA
07RIYADH2447	DEMARCHE DELIVERED UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 10:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH2453	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF LABOR GHAZI [...] Summary. During the Ambassador's call on Minister of Labor Ghazi al-Gosaibi on December 10, al-Gosaibi discussed the challenge of curbing Saudi unemployment in the midst of demographic expansion. Al-Gosaibi explained that he is trying to make employing Saudis more attractive by making hirin [...]	2007-12-10 15:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM TIP SA
07RIYADH2461	KING ABDULLAH SNUBS AHMEDINEJAD'S INVITATION [...] (S) On December 7, Ambassador Fraker and POL/C met with King Abdullah at his Al-Jandriyya farm to discuss President Bush's planned visit to Saudi Arabia (SA) in January. During the discussion, the King told the Ambassador that on the margins of the GCC summit in Doha, Iranian President Mahmo [...]	2007-12-11 11:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH2462	KING ABDULLAH MAKES THE CASE FOR LONGER US VISA [...] (C) During the Ambassador's December 7 meeting with the King, King Abdullah made a specific point of stating his hope that visa reciprocity between Saudi Arabia and the United States soon be increased from two to five years. He reiterated Saudi Arabia's willingness to move forward on this i [...]	2007-12-11 11:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SA
07RIYADH2467	THE KING ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (S) During lunch at Janadriah on December 7, King Abdullah told the Ambassador he was pleased with the recent arrest of over 200 terror suspects, including terrorist financiers. However, he recognized that it would take twenty years to eliminate the terrorists completely. The key, accordin [...]	2007-12-11 14:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL SA
07RIYADH2471	STILL NO SAUDI RESPONSE ON SPECIAL 301 INITIATIVE [...] Mohamad al-Aiyash, Chairman of the IPR Committee, informed Econoff on December 12 that the IPR Committee is still analyzing the Special 301 Initiative Action Plan (reftels). Al-Aiyash reports that the Committee is working to have a response prepared in time for Assistant Trade Representative [...]	2007-12-12 10:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV SA
07RIYADH2474	INTERAGENCY VISIT TO LAUNCH DEEPER MOI COOPERATION [...] This cable has been cleared by Deputy Assistant Secretary Gray, Assistant Secretary Kolevar, and S/CT Deputy Coordinator Feierstein. -------- Summary -------- 2. (S) An interagency team traveled to Riyadh on December 3-5 to signal the USG's strong support for the Ministry of Interio [...]	2007-12-12 14:37:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	KCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA
07RIYADH2475	MOHAMMED BIN NAYIF UNDERSCORES NEED FOR MOI [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 14:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	KCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA
07RIYADH2476	MOI DISCUSSES DE-RADICALIZATION PROGRAMS DURING [...] This cable has been cleared by S/CT Deputy Coordinator Feierstein. ------- Summary -------- 2. (C) During a December 3-5 Interagency visit (ref A) to discuss greater USG cooperation with the Ministry of Interior (MOI) on its modernization drive, Dr. Hadleg, Director of the MOI's [...]	2007-12-12 14:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	KCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA
07RIYADH2485	SAUDI KING OFFERS UNPRECEDENTED ACCOMMODATIONS TO [...] (S) In an unprecedented show of hospitality and friendship, Saudi King Abdullah graciously offered POTUS the finest, most prestigious, and most luxurious accommodation ever offered to a USG official-- 'the' Royal Palace for POTUS and SecState, should she accompany POTUS, on the Riyadh Confere [...]	2007-12-13 10:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	OVIP ASEC PGOV SA
07RIYADH2486	FOLLOW ON MEETING TO INTERAGENCY VISIT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs two and three. ------ Summary -------- 2. (S) Embassy Riyadh notes the impending January POTUS visit provides a unique opportunity to help us move approval for a high-priority Ministry of Interior(MOI)-inter-agency cooperation a [...]	2007-12-13 10:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	KCIP EPET ENERG PTER SA
07RIYADH2501	SAUDI GRAND MUFTI CALLS FOR TERRORISTS TO BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi Interior Ministry announced on November 28 the arrest of 208 suspected terrorists. The Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Al-Alsheikh declared two days later during his Friday November 30 sermon (translated text attached) that deviant groups are corrupting [...]	2007-12-15 14:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CVIS KISL SA
07RIYADH2505	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Saudi MFA, November 18. Post received the following response from the MFA on December 16. Begin Translated Text: With reference to the Embassy's note number 07-1648 dated November 18, 2007 regarding the request of the United States [...]	2007-12-16 11:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH2515	SAUDIS REHABILITATE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Saudi Ministry of Interior (MOI) presented a two-day orientation of its de-radicalization and rehabilitation program for extremists to an inter-agency delegation (NSC/DOS/DOD/DOJ),Embassy Pol-Mil, LEGAT, BPM and Pol staff. The SAG has invested considerable resources personne [...]	2007-12-17 09:42:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	CIA KCRM PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
07RIYADH2517	QATEEF GIRL RECEIVES FULL ROYAL PARDON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Through media reports and Mission contacts, we are able to confirm the Qateef rape victim (reftels) referred to as "Qateef Girl" in media reports, today was granted a full royal pardon by King Abdullah. Her lawyer, Abdulrahman al-Lahem has also had his law license returned to h [...]	2007-12-17 11:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SA SOCI
07RIYADH2519	RIYADH EAC - 16 DECEMBER 2007 [...] (S) The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on Sunday, December 16, to review the Embassy's security posture, special security considerations of the Hajj season, and the handling of a security threat on Consulate General Jeddah. Also present were DCM, ECON, POL-MIL, BPM, MGT, LEGAT, DAO, and [...]	2007-12-17 12:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	AMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PTER PREL SA
07RIYADH2528	SAUDI'S JUDICIAL REFORM WILL LIKELY HAVE IMPACT ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA),King Abdullah, custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, issued a Royal decree on October 3, which will introduce safeguards and mechanisms to strengthen the independence of the judiciary in the Kingdom. The new regulations will establish two S [...]	2007-12-18 12:21:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SA
07RIYADH2531	ISMAILI SHI'A ACTIVISTS THREATEN TO "UNLEASH HELL" [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with five Ismaili Shi'a activists recently to discuss the latest efforts to free Hadi al-Mutif, an Ismaili Shi'a who has been in prison for the past 15 years for uttering a profanity against the Prophet. (reftel A) Shi'a and human rights activists maintain that al-Mutif' [...]	2007-12-20 12:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM SA
07RIYADH2532	SAUDI REACTIONS TO THE QATEEF GIRL PARDON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) released an official statement on December 17 that King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz had pardoned the "Qateef Girl" and her male companion. (SPA text attached) Justice Minister Abdullah Al-Alsheikh read the statement aloud during his December 17 late night [...]	2007-12-22 08:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI SA
07RIYADH289	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH SAUDI [...] (S) On January 30, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) James C. Oberwetter, and the DCM met with Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs HRH Prince Mohammed bin Naif to discuss recent developments in, and SAG views on, Ir [...]	2007-02-12 09:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS SA IZ IR LE
07RIYADH296	CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BACKS THE KING IN FAMILY [...] (S) Summary: The Al Saud are a political party as well as a family. As with any political party, there are always internal rivalries and policy disputes. Ruling family disputes currently center on the role of seniority in succession, policy towards Israel, and cuts in royal compensation. [...]	2007-02-12 12:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV SA
07RIYADH299	HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL: POST RESPONSE TO [...] (S/NF) Mission Saudi Arabia appreciates the opportunity to comment on the potential UNSCR 1267 designation of the NGO Human Appeal International (HAI). After consulting internally within Embassy Riyadh, we have concerns with the reliance of evidence of this case on Hamas, which is not sanctiona [...]	2007-02-12 16:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER SA
07RIYADH305	TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST FOR POST ASSISTANCE IN [...] (S/NF) Embassy Riyadh appreciates the opportunity to comment on the effectiveness of tranche I designations under the Terrorist Facilitators and Inciters Initiative. While the Mission of Saudi Arabia fully supports the objective of this initiative - to sanction individuals that both financially [...]	2007-02-13 16:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER SA
07RIYADH313	ENERGY WORKING GROUP MEETS IN RIYADH, DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and International Affairs Karen Harbert and Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud, Assistant Minister for Petroleum Affairs, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MOPMR) convened an Energy Working Group (EWG) in Riyadh on February 3. The E [...]	2007-02-14 15:04:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV SA
07RIYADH318	UNOFFICIAL SAUDI REACTION TO PUTIN VISIT: CLEARLY [...] (U) Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded on February 12 a two-day visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- the first ever by a Russian head of state. Described by some analysts as an "historic visit," Putin was accompanied by a delegation that included approximately 60 businessmen. The [...]	2007-02-16 13:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EPET RU SA
07RIYADH32	SAG'S RESPONSE ON DELTA CODE SHARING WITH KLM [...] (SBU) On January 6, Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the Delta/KLM code share. Complimentary opening -- The Ministry wishes to refer to the Embassy's diplomatic note no. 3363, dated 12/21/2006, regarding Delta Airlines' request to [...]	2007-01-09 11:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SA
07RIYADH36	RUMORED SAG CABINET CHANGES [...] (S) Abdul Wahab Al-Faiz, Editor-in-Chief of several Saudi newspapers and magazines, told PolOff on January 6 that within the next month or two (approximately before the end of March),the King will announce major changes in the SAG Cabinet. He said these changes will be in accordance with t [...]	2007-01-09 13:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM SA
07RIYADH364	SAUDI ARABIA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Chapter Headings: -- Openness to Foreign Investment -- Conversion and Transfer Policies -- Expropriation and Compensation -- Dispute Settlement -- Performance Requirements and Incentives -- Right to Private Ownership and Establishment -- Protection of Property Rights -- Transparency of R [...]	2007-02-24 08:49:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN EPET PGOV SA
07RIYADH366	APHSCT TOWNSEND FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH CROWN PRINCE SULTAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Townsend met on February 6 with Crown Prince Sultan at the Crown PrinceÂ´s offices in Jeddah. Both parties reiterated the positive cooperation between the U.S. and Saudi governments, and the Crown Prince expressed [...]	2007-02-24 12:19:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL PINR EFIN KTFN KWMN GCC SA
07RIYADH367	APHSCT TOWNSEND FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Francis Fragos Townsend covered both counterterrorism cooperation and regional political issues in her meeting with Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal at his home in Jeddah on February 6. Saud described the Feb [...]	2007-02-24 12:20:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL PINR EFIN KTFN MEPP KPAL SA
07RIYADH368	FEMALE LAWYERS MAY SOON HAVE RIGHT TO PRACTICE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Justice Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammad bin Al-Sheikh announced at the inauguration of the third Annual Meeting of Arbitrators on January 30 that a new consultancy law allowing female lawyers to open their own legal consulting firms is under consideration. As proposed, the [...]	2007-02-24 12:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL KWMN SA
07RIYADH369	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH SAUDI [...] (C) Summary: On February 6 in Jeddah, Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim Al Assaf told Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Frances Fragos Townsend that the SAG would implement the Royal Decree requiring individuals carrying those funds in excess of $16,000 to decl [...]	2007-02-24 12:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN KTFN CVIS GCC SA
07RIYADH37	TERRORISM FINANCE: SAG RESPONSE TO AL-TAIBA UN [...] (SBU) On January 6, 2007 Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the addition of Lashkar al-Taiba to the UN 1267 Sanctions list of individuals/entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or Al Qaida. Complimentary opening -- Th [...]	2007-01-09 13:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER SA
07RIYADH373	U.S.-SAUDI ARABIA STRATEGIC DIALOGUE HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S. delegation to the U.S. - Saudi Arabia Strategic Dialogue's Human Development Working Group (HDWG),led by Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS),Near East Affairs (NEA),Scott Carpenter, met with representatives of the Majlis Al Shoura on December 4, 2006. Secretary General [...]	2007-02-24 14:49:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KIRF KDEM SA
07RIYADH397	DECEMBER 2006 MEETING OF STRATEGIC DIALOGUE HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-26 10:15:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO PINR KISL KWMN SA
07RIYADH475	CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETS [...] (S) On March 4-5, the US-Saudi Joint Working Group on Critical Infrastructure Protection met in the MOI Officers Club in Riyadh, co-chaired by the Ministry of Interior's Director of Modernization Saud al-Semari, and Embassy Economic Counselor. The two government delegations met March 4, fol [...]	2007-03-07 13:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EPET PTER PGOV SA
07RIYADH495	KING ABDULLAH LAUNCHES ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Council of Ministers approved the National Strategy to Protect Honesty and Combat Corruption during its weekly meeting on February 19. The strategy includes procedures for investigating officials suspected of corruption at most levels of the government and establishes the Na [...]	2007-03-11 15:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH497	ARREST OF SAUDI "REFORMERS" [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: On February 2-3, the SAG internal security service (Mabahith) arrested ten men in Jeddah on the suspicion that they were collecting donations illegally and distributing them to unspecified "suspicious" persons (reftel). The Mabahith initially charged these individuals with [...]	2007-03-12 07:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KTFN KDEM PHUM SA
07RIYADH499	MINIMAL CONTROVERSY REIGNS AT RIYADH BOOK FAIR [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Culture and Information held its third annual book fair in Riyadh March 2 to March 9. Over 400 vendors had their publications available for sale, and topics included children's literature, history, fiction, and religion. The book fair had family hours each morning, aba [...]	2007-03-12 09:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL SA
07RIYADH507	SAUDI MFA INFORMATION DIRECTOR ON ARABSAT [...] (C) Saudi MFA Director of Information Osama Ahmed Nugly told PolOff on March 10 that while the Saudis are concerned about the possible transmission via Arabsat of Al-Zawraa television, the SAG cannot unilaterally take steps to block the transmission of any licensed provider's broadcasts. Nugly [...]	2007-03-13 16:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO PTER ETTC ASEC IZ SA
07RIYADH523	MARCH 12 JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING WITH PRINCE [...] (U) Action Request: This is an action request. Please see paragraph nine. --------- SUMMARY --------- 2. (S) After two weeks of meetings and site visits, USG experts from the Joint Working Group (JWG) on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) capped off their visit with a highly [...]	2007-03-14 15:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EPET PTER PGOV SA
07RIYADH525	SAUDI PLANS FOR UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM EXPANSION [...] (U) This cable reviews Saudi plans for upstream and downstream expansion, discussed during the February US-Saudi Energy Working Group meeting in Riyadh. The Saudi presenters confirmed Saudi Aramco's plans to reach 12 million barrels per day (mbpd) production capacity by 2010-2011, including [...]	2007-03-14 16:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG SENV SA
07RIYADH551	SAUDI MFA OFFICIAL ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, IRAQ [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for Arab Affairs Talal Al Maliki told PolOff on March 13 that he is not convinced that the recent public statements of the Israelis that they are ready to "treat seriously" the 2002 Saudi proposed Arab Peace Initiative carry any weight. He claimed that the Israelis typ [...]	2007-03-19 15:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM IZ SA
07RIYADH556	VIGNETTES FROM AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO CONSERVATIVE [...] (SBU) Ambassador traveled to Qassim Province, often referred to as the heart of conservatism in Saudi Arabia, on March 6 and 7. In addition to his meeting with the Governor of Qassim Province Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz (septel),Ambassador attended a dinner meeting with the Qassim [...]	2007-03-20 09:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PTER SA
07RIYADH558	DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF [...] (U) On March 19, PolOff delivered a copy of a March 18 diplomatic note with reftel non-paper to Talal Berri in the MFA International Organizations Department. Berri said he had not yet received the official diplomatic note with the non-paper. PolOff urged Berri to forward the non-paper to [...]	2007-03-20 11:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER PREL UNGA SA
07RIYADH56	USG'S SUCCESSFUL TRAINING FOR SAUDI ARABIA'S [...] (U) Summary. On December 20, 2006, EconOff and FBI representative to the Terrorist Financing Operations Section (TFOS),offered a one-day seminar to the Saudi Arabian Financial Intelligence Unit (SAFIU) geared towards basic analytical and investigative techniques for terrorism finance and m [...]	2007-01-10 15:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
07RIYADH562	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HRC [...] (U) On March 19, PolOff delivered reftel non-paper to Talal Berri in the MFA International Organizations Department. (NOTE: On March 7, the reftel non-paper was originally sent to the MFA by diplomatic note. MFA had not responded to the original diplomatic note. END NOTE). Berri stated [...]	2007-03-20 15:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNHRC SA
07RIYADH580	FORCED DIVORCE: A NEW PHENOMENON IN SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi press reported on March 11 that the Ministry of Justice has formed a committee to investigate the growing number of "forced" divorces in the Kingdom. Saudi poet and activist Nimah Nawwab is one of several women who have raised the visibility of this issue in the press t [...]	2007-03-24 10:19:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL KWMN KPAO SA
07RIYADH581	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES MEETINGS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On December 5, 2006, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica J. Barks-Ruggles had separate meetings with the Human Rights Commission (HRC) and the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR). These meetings followed up on meetings on Septem [...]	2007-03-24 13:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KWMN KDEM SA
07RIYADH619	MFA INSTRUCTS EMBASSIES TO FUNNEL ALL CHARITY [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs distributed a notice on March 24 to all diplomatic missions in the Kingdom forbidding direct communication with philanthropic organizations. Begin Translated Text: The concerned agency in the Kingdom noticed that some embassies and consulates are directl [...]	2007-03-26 15:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PCUL SA
07RIYADH628	SAUDI TEXTBOOKS DISPLAY REDUCED INTOLERANCE; [...] (C) Post conducted a review of six 2006-2007 textbooks used in Saudi schools for the second, fourth, and eighth grades. The six textbooks do not advocate any particular philosophy toward non-Muslims, and on the whole, appear to be more tolerant than previously reviewed textbooks. Two of the [...]	2007-03-27 16:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM SA
07RIYADH631	KING ABDULLAH ANNOUNCES NO CABINET CHANGES- DOES [...] (U) King Abdullah issued a decree on March 22 extending the term of the entire Council of Ministers for four years and preserving their current portfolios. Media reported positively on this announcement generally commenting that it supports political stability in the Kingdom. The media also [...]	2007-03-28 12:37:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH635	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH SAG JUSTICE [...] (C) Ambassador made a farewell call on Justice Minister Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al-Shaikh on March 25. The Minister reflected on changes during the past three years and announced that in the next two months, the SAG will establish a separate court for terrorism and national sec [...]	2007-03-28 16:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM SA
07RIYADH636	19TH ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: OPENING SESSION [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah used his speech to the opening session of the Arab League Summit in Riyadh on March 28 to criticize publicly U.S. policy in Iraq by referring to the "illegal foreign occupation" of that country, albeit without naming the U.S. or the Coalition Forces. The King issu [...]	2007-03-29 10:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KISL KWMN SA
07RIYADH638	19TH ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: CLOSING SESSION [...] (C) The closing session of the 19th Arab League Summit in Riyadh on March 29 issued the "Riyadh Declaration," which calls for the implementation of the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, demands the removal of weapons of mass destruction from the region, and supports the development of nuclear progra [...]	2007-03-30 11:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KISL KWMN SA
07RIYADH651	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON RIYADH PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Ambassador made a farewell call on Riyadh Provincial Governor HRH Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz on March 25. The Prince emphasized personal ties to the U.S, as well as the strong bilateral relationship in the context of the SAG's reform agenda and efforts to resolve the Palestinian conflic [...]	2007-04-01 08:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL SA
07RIYADH67	PLANNED FEBRUARY VISIT OF PUTIN TO THE KINGDOM [...] (C) The Russian Embassy to the KSA confirmed January 8 media reports that Russian President Putin will visit the KSA in February, fulfilling a promise made over three years ago. Putin will be the first Russian President to visit the KSA. His visit follows up on the September 2003 visit to Rus [...]	2007-01-14 17:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV SA RS
07RIYADH711	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Makovsky (Senior Professional Staff Member Alan Makovsky, Professional Staff Member David Weinberg, and Professional Staff Member Yevgeny Gurevich) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee to visit Riyad [...]	2007-04-09 12:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AFIN SA
07RIYADH797	SAUDI RESPONSE TO THE NATANZ FUEL ENRICHMENT PLANT [...] (SBU) As per request in reftel, Embassy delivered a diplomatic note with a request that Saudi Arabia refrain from sending a representative to the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Natanz Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Plant in Iran. In follow-up conversations with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, In [...]	2007-04-16 15:13:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC SA
07RIYADH812	FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD AL FAISAL TO REPRESENT [...] (SBU) Per ref a, in a 17 April meeting, Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal reported to Iraq Special Coordinator Satterfield, Treasury Deputy Director Nugent, Charge D'Affaires Gfoeller, and ADCM Rundell that he would represent the Saudi government at the May 3 International Compact for I [...]	2007-04-18 15:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN IO IZ PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH873	MINISTRY OF INTERIOR CONTINUES TO UNDERSCORE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph five. --------------------------------------------- Iranian Threat Weighs on MOI; MOI Requests Threat Brief and Addition to Agenda for JWG -------------------------------------------- 2. (S) During an April 21 meeting, Ministry of [...]	2007-04-25 16:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EPET PTER PGOV INR SA
07RIYADH881	CODEL PELOSI APRIL 5 MEETING WITH MAJLIS AL-SHURA [...] (C) U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and delegation met on April 5 with Majlis Al-Shura Chairman Sheikh Dr. Salih bin Humaid, several other Shura Council members, and Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Adel Al-Jubeir. During a lively exchange of information and ideas, Humaid expl [...]	2007-04-28 13:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG PTER CVIS IS IR SA
07RIYADH922	A VICTORY IN THE SAUDI WAR ON TERROR [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Saudi Ministry of Interior (MOI) recently reported to the press that it detained 172 suspected terrorists, dismantled seven terror cells, and seized large amounts of weapons and explosives, along with SR 20 million (USD 5.3 million). The arrests and seizures occurred over [...]	2007-05-02 15:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR PGOV PREL KISL ASEC SA
07RIYADH931	WOMEN VOTE: STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTIONS A SUCCESS IN [...] (U) Prince Sultan University College for Women (PSU) held its first student council elections on April 25. This private university is the first in Riyadh to establish student councils and hold elections. Following a campus-wide awareness training on the purpose of student councils, the impo [...]	2007-05-05 04:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL KWMN SA
07RIYADH932	SAUDI OPPOSITION GROUP REACTIVATED IN PUBLIC SPHERE [...] (S) SUMMARY: The London-based Saudi opposition group Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (MIRA) began another unsuccessful public call on March 22 for protests in local mosques in Riyadh and Jeddah. The last time that MIRA called for protests was in August 2006 during the Lebanon crisis. [...]	2007-05-05 04:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
07RIYADH954	SAUDI ARABIA NOMINATES ITSELF FOR RE-ELECTION TO THE WMO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (U) Post received a diplomatic note from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs informing us the SAG intends to nominate itself for re-election to the Executive Council of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Following is the [...]	2007-05-08 04:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY WMO SA
07RIYADH955	TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Post delivered several terrorism finance demarches to the SAG on the following dates: --ref A, "Designation of Additional Syrian Entities," on 13 February via diplomatic note 07-248; --ref B, "Designation of Five Terrorist Facilitators and Inciters," on 13 February via diplomatic [...]	2007-05-08 04:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KTFN PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
07RIYADH960	SAUDI ARABIA REQUESTS USG VOTE FOR IMO COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (U) Post received a diplomatic note numbered 42867/25/97 on 8 April from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting USG support in 2008 for the SAG to be re-elected as a member of the International Maritime Organization Council [...]	2007-05-08 12:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT IO ECON SA
07RIYADH965	JAPANESE PM SEEKS TO ENHANCE POLITICAL AND [...] (C) Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Shinzo Abe traveled to Riyadh on April 28 to discuss with the SAG economic and political cooperation, the Middle East Peace Initiative, and Japan's permanent membership on the United Nations Security Council. According to a contact at the Japanese Embassy, the [...]	2007-05-08 15:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BTIO ECON KNNP UNSC SA
07RIYADH966	GCC ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL FOR POLITICAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS DR. ABDULKARIM HAMADI SIPDIS TOLD POLOFF ON APRIL 24 THAT HE FEARS A NUCLEAR ARMS RACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND IS CONFIDENT THAT IRAN WILL PROCEED WITH A NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM. HE SAID INTERNATIO [...]	2007-05-08 15:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KISL KNNP SA
07RIYADH976	TREASURY A/S PATRICK O'BRIEN MEETS WITH SAUDI [...] (U) On April 23, the newly-appointed Saudi Customs Director General Saleh bin Manea Al-Khilwey told Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Patrick O'Brien that the implementation of new cash declaration procedures is imminent. The SAG has relayed the same m [...]	2007-05-09 12:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER SA
07ROME2287	IRAQ-ITALY: S/I STEPHENSON IN ROME: GOI PUSHING [...] (C) Summary. S/I Barbara Stephenson visited Rome on October 30 after the IRRFI conference in Bari to discuss Iraqi political and security developments with GOI officials. Stephenson told the Italians that the international community needed to take advantage of a dramatic decrease in violence [...]	2007-11-02 09:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO IZ SA IR IT
07STATE155044	SAUDI INVITATION TO EVENTS ON THE MARGINS OF OPEC [...] (SBU) The Department does not object to the Ambassador accepting the Saudi Deputy Petroleum Minister's invitation to participate in representational events on the margins of the November 17-18 OPEC summit in Riyadh. We understand from ref A that the Ambassador has been invited to two dinners [...]	2007-11-09 23:35:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PREL ENRG ECON SA OPEC
07STATE155067	DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR SAUDI KING ABDULLAH TO PRESSURE [...] (U) PURPOSE. This is an action request. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (C) The Department requests Embassy Riyadh to approach the Saudi government at the highest appropriate level to request that the Saudis intercede with Sudanese President Bashir to urge his c [...]	2007-11-10 05:09:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO SA SU

07TALLINN565	ESTONIA INTERESTED IN UNSCR 1737 TECHNICAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 13:22:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN JA KDEM PHUM PREL SA SY EN

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