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04BOGOTA5276 | THE AUC PEACE PROCESS: AVOIDING ANOTHER CAGUAN [...] (C) In its negotiations with the paramilitaries the Uribe administration has avoided several mistakes the Pastrana administration committed during its fruitless peace process with the FARC. In contrast to talks with the FARC, the Uribe government has used public commentary sparingly and effec [...] | 2004-05-24 22:18:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PTER SNAR KJUS PINS CO OAS AUC |
04BOGOTA5305 | BOGOTA'S HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FUND PROPOSAL [...] Background: Colombia remains embroiled in a prolonged internal armed conflict now involving three major narcotics-funded terrorist organizations. The conflict has fueled thousands of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by the illegal armed groups and has led to a ser [...] | 2004-05-25 21:14:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PGOV PINR PREL CO |
04BOGOTA5327 | GOC ORDERED TO COMPENSATE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF [...] On May 25, the Administrative Tribunal of Arauca department ordered the Government of Colombia to pay 2 billion pesos (approximately USD 770,000) to the families of 17 persons killed in an Air Force bombing of the village of Santo Domingo, Arauca department, in December 1998. The Tribunal rul [...] | 2004-05-26 20:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM MARR MASS PTER PINR PREL CO |
04BOGOTA85 | SENIOR FARC LEADER SIMON TRINIDAD IN CUSTODY: GOC [...] (C) On January 2, Ecuadorian authorities arrested Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) commander Ricardo Ovidio Palmera Pineda alias "Simon Trinidad." He is now in Colombia, where he faces over 50 counts of terrorism and other serious crimes. Palmera, who played a ke role in managing [...] | 2004-01-06 18:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS MOPS CO FARC |
04BOGOTA8900 | US HOSTAGE STATUS: 18 MONTHS IN FARC CAPTIVITY [...] (S//NF) August 13, 2004 marked the 18-month anniversary of the FARC's kidnapping of three American crewmembers after a SOUTHCOM single-engine Cessna crashed. The most significant change since the one-year update in reftel (NOTAL) has been the initiation and impressive progress of the COLMIL's Pla [...] | 2004-09-02 11:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | CASC MOPS PGOV PINR PTER FARC |
04BOGOTA9200 | COLOMBIA'S "HOMETOWN SOLDIERS" PROGRAM [...] (C) The GOC's "Hometown Soldiers" Program has become a hallmark of President Uribe's Democratic Security Policy. The program is designed to supplement regular military units with platoons of local soldiers that perform basic security functions. A valuable outcome of the program has been great [...] | 2004-09-13 15:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID MOPS PINR SNAR CO |
04BOGOTA9437 | ELN WILLING TO TALK BUT NOT MUCH [...] (U) On September 6, the Central Command (COCE) of the National Liberation Army (ELN) formally responded to the GOC's August 3 communiqu reported reftel. The ELN's written response criticized the GOC for its delay in responding to the ELN's June 4 negotiating proposal and for failing to addres [...] | 2004-09-16 21:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM EAID KJUS PINR CO ELN |
04BOGOTA9519 | POWERFUL PARAMILITARY COMMANDER KILLED [...] (U) On September 20, the Prosecutor General's Office ("Fiscalia") publicly confirmed that United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) commander Miguel Arroyave Ruiz was killed. Arroyave commanded the AUC's Centauros Bloc and was participating in peace talks with the government. The reasons [...] | 2004-09-20 21:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PHUM PINR CO |
04BOGOTA9676 | VIOLENCE IN CALI ON THE RISE [...] (C) In mid September, Emboffs discussed security issues with local officials in Cali, capital of Valle del Cauca Department. Despite an overall improvement in most security indicators, the murder rate in the department has increased substantially this year. A combination of several factors h [...] | 2004-09-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID MOPS PINR SNAR CO PHUM PREL |
04BOGOTA9699 | COLOMBIA MILITARY PROGRESS: SLOW BUT STEADY [...] (S) The Colombian Military (COLMIL) continues to make progress combating illegal armed groups. The number of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),National Liberation Army (ELN),United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC),and smaller illegal armed group members killed, captured, o [...] | 2004-09-23 21:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | EAID MOPS PINR SNAR CO |
04BOGOTA97 | RELEASED ELN HOSTAGE DISCUSSES KIDNAPPING [...] (C) On December 24, poloff met with Israeli citizen Ido Guy, who had been released by the National Liberation Army (ELN) two days earlier af over three months in captivity. Guy was accompanied by Israeli securit liaison Guy Ner, who had been posted at the headquarters of the Colombi military's [...] | 2004-01-07 12:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS CO ELN |
04BOGOTA9702 | WHO ARE THE PARAMILITARY COMMANDERS? [...] (C) Paramilitary groups participating in peace talks in Santa Fe de Ralito submitted a list to the OAS of their 14-member negotiating team and 19 commanders who are present in the concentration zone. The largest paramilitary group represented in the zone is the AUC, which is commanded by thre [...] | 2004-09-23 21:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SNAR KJUS PINR PHUM CO AUC |
04BRASILIA1076 | BRAZIL TO GET A NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mauricio Correa, Chief Justice of Brazil's Supreme Federal Tribunal, will step down May 9 when he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70. This will be a great relief to the Lula administration because Correa has been a frequent and personal critic of President Lula and Chief [...] | 2004-05-04 18:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PINR SOCI BR |
04BRASILIA1332 | BRAZIL: VENEZUELA DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) The chief of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's OAS Division (MRE/DEA),Nelson Tabajara, told Poloff on 28 May Brazil was "surprised" by recent negative developments in Venezuela and has not formulated an official response. Tabajara said the "inflamed" environment has raised the GOV's "leve [...] | 2004-05-28 19:18:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL VE BR |
04BRASILIA2684 | HERZOG CASE REOPENS WOUNDS FROM BRAZIL'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In 1975, during Brazil's military dictatorship, leftist journalist Vladimir Herzog died under suspicious circumstances in a government facility in Sao Paulo. The regime classified his death as a suicide, but most believed he had been murdered, and Herzog became a case study fo [...] | 2004-10-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PINR BR |
04BRASILIA2787 | BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH COSTA RICAN [...] (SBU) Ambassador Danilovich met over dinner in Rio de Janeiro on 5 November 2004 with Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco and vice foreign minister Vargas, who were in the city for the Rio Group meeting. Pacheco provided some candid and provocative observations on the following issues: 2. R [...] | 2004-11-09 16:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PREL BR PINR |
04BRASILIA623 | BRAZIL: CJCS MEETING WITH INSTITUTIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazil's senior security and intelligence official, Institutional Security Minister Jorge Felix, told visiting CJCS Myers on 10 March in Brasilia that narcotrafficking poses a grave threat to Brazilian national security. The threat is manifest in international arms-for-drugs traf [...] | 2004-03-16 12:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | BR MARR MCAP MOPS PINR PREL PTER SNAR POL MIL |
04BRASILIA727 | BRAZIL: EXPANDING TIES WITH CENTRAL AMERICA [...] (SBU) Summary. The directors of Brazil's foreign policy have traditionally placed Central America on their periphery. Brazil has a history of peacekeeping in that region and runs a trade surplus, but the GoB has generally not expended a great deal of resources to expand its influence there. [...] | 2004-03-25 19:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PINR PREL BR UNSC |
04BRASILIA784 | BRAZIL: FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF MILITARY COUP [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary. Unlike the civil-military contretemps surrounding the 28th anniversary of Argentina's military coup (reftel),Brazil has marked the 40th anniversary (March 31) of its coup in a more circumspect fashion. The monumental transition to full democracy during the l [...] | 2004-04-01 13:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI BR |
04BRATISLAVA101 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT SCHUSTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR WEISER MET WITH SLOVAK PRESIDENT RUDOLF SCHUSTER ON JANUARY 28. THEY DISCUSSED HIS CONVERSATION THAT MORNING WITH UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT LEONID KUCHMA, WHO IS SEEKING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR HIS REELECTION. SCHUSTER ALSO DESCRIBED HIS SUCCESSFUL TALKS WI [...] | 2004-01-29 14:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR LO EG UP |
04BRATISLAVA102 | NEW NBU DIRECTOR FINALLY APPOINTED [...] (C) AFTER MONTHS OF COALITION WRANGLING, THE SLOVAK CABINET APPOINTED AUREL UGOR AS DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICE (NBU) ON JANUARY 28. PRIOR TO THIS APPOINTMENT, UGOR WORKED IN THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (VSS),SERVING AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE FIRST DEPARTMENT SINCE OCTOBER 2 [...] | 2004-01-29 15:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR LO NBU |
04BRATISLAVA1041 | GUIDANCE REQUEST: POSSIBLE SLOVAK TANK SALE TO [...] (S) Summary: This is an action request--see para 3. A Slovak firm proposes selling excess T-72 tanks to Azerbaijan. End Summary. 2. (S) Peter Peniaska, head of the Slovak arms firm Petina International, met with emboffs to seek USG opinion on the potential sale of 145 T-72 tanks to Azerba [...] | 2004-11-16 17:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | MARR MASS PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA110 | Slovakia Political Roundup January 23-31, 2004 [...] By the January 30 deadline, there were 12 presidential candidates, listed here in order of preference among potential voters in the most recent poll: Eduard Kukan, Vladimir Meciar, Rudolf Schuster, Ivan Gasparovic, Lubo Roman, Martin Butora, Frantisek Miklosko, Jan Kralik, Jozef Kalman, Stanis [...] | 2004-02-03 10:59:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA1115 | ETHNIC HUNGARIAN AND SLOVAK PARTIES SQUARE OFF [...] (SBU) Relations between the Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK) and the other three parties of the governing coalition have suffered due to what many ethnic Slovak politicians see as growing radicalism within the SMK. During the summer, the SMK demanded that parliament adopt Hungarian as an offici [...] | 2004-12-15 13:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA1158 | NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR LEADING [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-27 15:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL |
04BRATISLAVA127 | MFA VIEW ON UKRAINE'S PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) POLOFF CALLED ON MFA UKRAINE DESK OFFICER PETER VIZDAL FOR A GENERAL DISCUSSION ON SLOVAK-UKRAINE RELATIONS. VIZDAL POINTED OUT THAT SLOVAKIA SIGNED THE EU DECLARATION CRITICIZING A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ALLOW KUCHMA TO RUN FOR A THIRD TERM (REF B),AS A MATTER OF COMMON [...] | 2004-02-06 16:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV LO UP SLOVAK UKRAINE |
04BRATISLAVA133 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 1-6, 2004 [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. OUTCRY OVER LINKING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUM --------------------------------------------- ------------- 2. (U) PRESIDENT SCHUSTER'S DECISION TO SCHEDULE THE REFERENDUM ON EARLY PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS THE SAME DAY AS [...] | 2004-02-09 11:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA135 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GEN JAMES L. JONES, [...] (SBU) During your visit as SACEUR to Slovakia on February 12-13, you may wish to emphasize the following priorities that the U.S. and NATO share: -- encourage the GOS to maintain their commitment to spend two percent of GDP on defense; -- thank the GOS for their contributions to Operatio [...] | 2004-02-10 06:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV PINR LO NATO |
04BRATISLAVA161 | THE SDKU DIVORCE [...] (C) Summary: Former Defense Minister Ivan Simko's new "Free Forum" party is the product of both a personality conflict and a struggle for power with PM Dzurinda. However, Simko's indecision about making a complete break from the SDKU and its government program lost him momentum. Coalition pa [...] | 2004-02-17 13:33:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA205 | Slovakia Political Roundup February 7-27, 2004 [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. Same Date, Separate Elections ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) The referendum on early parliamentary elections, though scheduled for the same day as the presidential election, will not be on the same ballot because the refere [...] | 2004-03-02 17:06:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO POLITICAL REFORM |
04BRATISLAVA206 | ARCHITECT OF ECONOMIC REFORMS TO BE SACKED? [...] (U) SLOVAK MINISTER OF FINANCE AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IVAN MIKLOS, THE ARCHITECT OF THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC REBIRTH OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, FACES A NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHICH HE MAY NOT SURVIVE. ALL OPPOSITION GROUPS HAVE REPORTEDLY CLOSED RANKS ON THIS ISSUE AND ARE [...] | 2004-03-03 05:52:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON LO |
04BRATISLAVA215 | A TRIP TO THE EAST: THE ROMA PERSPECTIVE [...] Summary. On February 26 and 27 embassy staff traveled to the Presov and Spisska Nova Ves regions to meet with activists, city councilmen, and experts about the causes of the recent unrest in the Roma community (reftel). After the arrival of additional police and military in Eastern Slovakia, R [...] | 2004-03-04 08:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA222 | Next President: Kukan, Schuster, or Meciar? [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. As the April 3 first round of presidential elections draw near, three candidates have emerged as the strongest: Foreign Minister and SDKU candidate Eduard Kukan; President Rudolf Schuster; and HZDS Chairman and former [...] | 2004-03-05 07:59:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA257 | REFORMER MIKLOS SURVIVES NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE [...] (U) ON MARCH 17, SLOVAK FINANCE MINISTER AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IVAN MIKLOS SURVIVED HIS SECOND NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE SINCE THE GOS' RE-ELECTION IN 2002. THE VOTE WAS 62-43, WITH 23 MPS ABSTAINING AMONG THOSE PRESENT IN THE 150-MEMBER HOUSE. MIKLOS' VICTORY WAS MORE A RESULT OF THE OPPOS [...] | 2004-03-18 05:59:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON LO |
04BRATISLAVA258 | NEW LAW ON PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON MARCH 11, THE SLOVAK PARLIAMENT APPROVED A NEW 48-PAGE LAW ON PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. 132 OUT OF 136 PRESENT DEPUTIES VOTED FOR THE BILL. WHILE THE NEW LAW REDUCES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXEMPTED FROM SECURITY CLEARANCES, THE EXEMPTION OF ALL 150 MEMBERS OF PARLI [...] | 2004-03-19 05:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA284 | AN UPDATED SNAPSHOT OF PM DZURINDA [...] (C) Summary/Introduction. With increased opportunities to engage Prime Minister Dzurinda and the GOS during the NATO accession event at the White House on March 29, the FM informal in Brussels on April 2, and the Instanbul Summit, post offers an updated snapshot of the Prime Minister and his [...] | 2004-03-24 09:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA299 | GASPAROVIC'S CHANCES [...] (SBU) Summary. Presidential candidate Ivan Gasparovic may get a slight boost from the recent endorsement by top-polling political party Smer. On the other hand, Slovaks are likely to vote for the person they like best, and party endorsement will most probably not mean much. The 25-30 percent [...] | 2004-03-26 16:21:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA300 | ARCHIVES CHIEF ASSAULTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 23, THREE UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILANTS ATTACKED AND SERIOUSLY INJURED JAN LANGOS, THE HEAD OF THE INSTITUTE OF THE MEMORY OF THE NATION (IMN),WHILE HE WAS WALKING HOME AT MIDNIGHT. THE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE CRIME AS A ROBBERY. NONETHELESS, THE INCIDENT CLOSELY [...] | 2004-03-26 16:38:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA311 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP MARCH 20, 2004 [...] (SBU) THERE HAS BEEN SLIGHT PROGRESS IN THE CASE OF FORMER SLOVAK NATIONALIST PARTY DEPUTY VITAZOSLAV MORIC AND A COLLEAGUE, WHO ATTEMPTED TO SELL A SOPHISTICATED RADAR SYSTEM TO NORTH KOREA IN 1998. INTERIOR MINISTRY SPOKESMAN BORIS AZALTOVIC TOLD MEDIA THE INVESTIGATION IS FINISHED AND THE [...] | 2004-03-30 15:37:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA312 | NEWS AND VIEWS ON RECENT GOVERNANCE REFORMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. BESIDES THE ECONOMIC REFORMS THAT SLOVAKIA HAS INSTITUTED, THERE ARE MANY OTHER REFORMS STILL TAKING PLACE. WE OFFER THESE VIEWS FROM GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, WHO COMMENT ON DECENTRALIZATION AND JUSTICE REFORM, AS WELL AS DETAILS OF A NEW ELECTION LAW THAT WAS PASSED BY PARLI [...] | 2004-03-31 06:21:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA317 | SIMKO LOSES LEADERSHIP OF FREE FORUM [...] (SBU) ON MARCH 26, THE FOUNDING CONGRESS OF FREE FORUM (FF, A BREAK-AWAY PARTY FROM PM DZURINDA'S SDKU) TURNED INTO DRAMA WHEN IVAN SIMKO FAILED TO WIN THE CHAIRMANSHIP IN HIS NEW PARTY. INSTEAD, ZUZANA MARTINAKOVA WON BY A SINGLE VOTE (131 VS. SIMKO'S 130). THE VISIBLY SHAKEN SIMKO RELUCTANT [...] | 2004-04-01 09:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA330 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GEN ROBERT H. FOGLESONG, [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Welcome to Slovakia! I regret that I will not be able to join you in Sliac. I expect that you will have a productive visit on April 5 and learn first-hand how Slovakia will contribute to the Alliamce. I hope you will have the opportunity to return to Slovakia s [...] | 2004-04-02 14:17:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV PINR LO NATO |
04BRATISLAVA338 | ELECTION SHOCKER: MECIAR AND GASPAROVIC TO SECOND [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE RESULTS OF THE APRIL 3 FIRST ROUND OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS SHOCKED MOST OF SLOVAKIA. HIGH POLL NUMBERS, COMPLACENCY, AND PROTEST VOTES AGAINST RECENT ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REFORMS HURT FOREIGN MINISTER EDUARD KUKAN AS ALMOST EVERYONE THOUGHT HE WOULD MAKE IT INTO THE SECOND [...] | 2004-04-05 15:39:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON LO |
04BRATISLAVA34 | Presidential Election Preview [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Presidential elections will be held April 3, with a runoff on April 17 between the two leading candidates if needed. Although the official campaign is the two-week period before elections, several candidates are al [...] | 2004-01-13 09:01:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA340 | MECIAR OR GASPAROVIC: WHAT IT MEANS FOR US [...] (C) Summary: The April 17 run-off election for president does not present much of a choice: neither Meciar nor Gasparovic would be an ideal Slovak president in the view of the U.S. or Slovakia's new EU and NATO partners. Although the president does not directly influence foreign policy, thi [...] | 2004-04-05 16:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA353 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH NBU CHIEF UGOR [...] (C) ON MARCH 23 THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH RECENTLY APPOINTED NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICE (NBU) DIRECTOR AUREL UGOR. THE AMBASSADOR NOTED THE USG'S PLEASURE THAT SOMEONE WHO WAS INDEPENDENT AND APOLITICAL HEADING THE NBU. UGOR THANKED THE AMBASSADOR FOR USG AND NATO SUPPORT. NEW LAW ON CLA [...] | 2004-04-07 13:36:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL LO NATO |
04BRATISLAVA360 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP APRIL 8, 2004 [...] THE POLICE CLOSED ITS INVESTIGATION BY DISMISSING AS NONEXISTENT THE "LITTLE GROUP" (SKUPINKA) THAT PM MIKULAS DZURINDA CLAIMED WAS HARMING STATE INTERESTS LAST FALL. THE INVESTIGATION'S CONCLUSION INVITED FURTHER CRITICISM FROM HUNGARIAN COALITION PARTY CHAIR BELA BUGAR, SMER DEPUTY ROBE [...] | 2004-04-08 15:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA37 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JANUARY 1-10, 2004 [...] (U) JANUARY 1 MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE REORGANIZATION OF THE SLOVAK POLICE PRESIDIUM. THE OFFICE FOR THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST CORRUPTION UNDER JOZEF SATEK, FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF PARTICULARLY SERIOUS CRIME, WILL INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION AND [...] | 2004-01-14 09:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR SMIG KJUS LO |
04BRATISLAVA414 | ROBERT FICO TO VISIT DC IN MAY [...] (SBU) ROBERT FICO, LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY SMER, THE MOST POPULAR PARTY IN SLOVAKIA, WOULD LIKE TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON DC FOR ONE OR TWO DAYS IN THE PERIOD OF MAY 15- 24. POST STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THAT FICO MEET WITH STATE DAS HEATHER CONLEY AND NSC DIRECTOR DAN FRIED. AS THE MOST P [...] | 2004-04-23 07:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA436 | GUIDANCE REQUESTED ON POSSIBLE SLOVAK ARMS SALES [...] (U) THIS IS A GUIDANCE REQUEST, PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (S) ON 26 APRIL, EMBOFF MET WITH PETER PENIASKA, GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE SLOVAK ARMS FIRM PETINA INTERNATIONAL, AT HIS REQUEST. PENIASKA ASKED EMBOFF ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF DIRECTING SOME SLOVAK ARMS SALES IN A DIRECTION THAT W [...] | 2004-04-29 15:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | MARR MASS ECON PGOV PINR PREL LO |
04BRATISLAVA437 | PRESIDENT-ELECT GASPAROVIC SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS [...] (U) Introduction/Summary. On April 17, Ivan Gasparovic beat former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar in the presidential elections runoff. In the final round, Gasparovic picked up more than 637,000 votes over his showing in the first round, receiving support of most of those who voted for the [...] | 2004-04-29 15:44:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA490 | FICO PREPARED FOR CRITICISM DURING WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Robert Fico, the most popular politicaian in Slovakia, will visit Washington May 17-19. Fico has a major influence on public opinion and has told the Ambassador on several occasions that he wants good relations with the U.S., but his public statements are often unhelpful. Fico h [...] | 2004-05-17 14:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA504 | FOREIGN MINISTER'S SECURITY CLEARANCE [...] THE NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICE (NBU) HAS REVIEWED AND CONFIRMED FOREIGN MINISTER EDUARD KUKAN'S SECURITY CERTIFICATE. DURING KUKAN'S UNSUCCESSFUL PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN EARLIER THIS YEAR, AN ANONYMOUS LETTER WAS SENT TO THE SLOVAK PRESS, CLAIMING THAT KUKAN HAD WORKED FOR THE COMMUNIST-ERA [...] | 2004-05-21 05:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA525 | POSSIBLE SLOVAK ARMS SALES TO LIBYA, CAMEROON, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: PETER PENIASKA, HEAD OF THE SLOVAK ARMS FIRM PETINA INTERNATIONAL, IS SEEKING THE USG POSITION ON POTENTIAL SALES OF SLOVAK MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO LIBYA AND OTHER COUNTRIES. PETINA IS ACTING AS A MIDDLEMAN TO ASSIST THE GOS IN DISPOSING OF STOCKPILED OR SU [...] | 2004-05-28 06:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS ECON PGOV PINR PREL LO |
04BRATISLAVA580 | FICO CALLS SLOVAKIA "ISLAND OF AMERICAN INFLUENCE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROBERT FICO, LEADER OF OPPOSITION PARTY SMER, RESPONDED TO THE JUNE 8 DEATHS OF THREE SLOVAK SOLDIERS IN IRAQ AND THE PASSAGE OF THE UNSC RESOLUTION ON IRAQ BY LAMBASTING THE DZURINDA GOVERNMENT'S FOREIGN POLICY, PARTICULARLY ITS CLOSE TIES TO THE U.S. FELLOW SMER MP ROBERT KALIN [...] | 2004-06-14 13:40:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IZ LO |
04BRATISLAVA583 | DZURINDA: FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE USA [...] (SBU) PRIME MINISTER MIKULAS DZURINDA CAME TO THE EMBASSY THE EVENING OF JUNE 10 TO SIGN THE CONDOLENCE BOOK FOR RONALD REAGAN. DZURINDA AND THE AMBASSADOR USED THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE STRONG TIES AND POSITIVE FEELINGS BETWEEN SLOVAKIA AND THE UNITED STATES. DZURINDA TOLD THE AM [...] | 2004-06-15 08:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA636 | AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON PRESIDENT GASPAROVIC [...] (C) AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY DCM, CALLED ON RECENTLY INAUGURATED PRESIDENT IVAN GASPAROVIC AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE JUNE 30. GASPAROVIC GREETED THE AMBASSADOR WARMLY, THANKED HIM FOR HIS HARD WORK ON IMPROVING U.S.-SLOVAK RELATIONS, AND EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THEY WOULD BE IN FREQUENT C [...] | 2004-07-01 15:28:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR LO US |
04BRATISLAVA675 | FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW GENERAL PROSECUTOR [...] (U) Summary. In January Parliament approved General Prosecutor Dobroslav Trnka's appointment to a five-year term. The Office of the General Prosecutor (GP),an entity completely independent from the Ministry of Justice (MOJ),is leading several investigations with high political interest and f [...] | 2004-07-15 13:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA684 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JULY 19, 2004 [...] (SBU) The Slovak military police have prepared a two to three month training plan for about twenty Iraqi policemen at the military academy in Liptovsky Mikulas. MOD Desk Officer for the United States, Jan Hradisky, said the military academy is ready now; they are just awaiting a request from th [...] | 2004-07-20 05:47:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MARR LO SW IZ |
04BRATISLAVA716 | KDH MUSINGS DURING THE SUMMER LULL [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: Slovakia's traditional summer vacation "cucumber season" allows time for liesurely meetings and deep thoughts. Poloffs recently met with Michal Dyttert, spokesperson for Pavol Hrusovsky, who is Chairman of Parliament and of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH). He [...] | 2004-07-29 08:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON PHUM LO |
04BRATISLAVA761 | HZDS AND MECIAR: CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT HIM? [...] (C) Summary. When former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar lost the presidential election in April, internal criticism by other members of his Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS--see footnote) came out into the open. Analysts and journalists began to speculate about whether party leaders w [...] | 2004-08-13 14:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR LO |
04BRATISLAVA857 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF MAJOR GENERAL EDWARD LA [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Welcome to Slovakia! I expect that you will have a productive visit on September 21 and learn first-hand how US security assistance programs have enabled Slovakia to significantly contribute to greater regional security and enhanced NATO interoperability. I look [...] | 2004-09-17 14:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV PINR LO NATO |
04BRATISLAVA86 | Slovakia Political Roundup January 11-22, 2004 [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. Anti-corruption Laws Watered Down, Then Withdrawn --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) Parliament returned January 20 to an ambitious agenda. The Conflict-of-Interest law, an important part of the Ministry of J [...] | 2004-01-26 14:28:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO TERRORISM PARLIAMENT |
04BRUSSELS1094 | EUROPEAN ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN: WHAT TO EXPECT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-15 13:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1134 | EU COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICY AFTER MADRID [...] (SBU) The EU is re-examining its role in the war against terrorism following the March 11 attack in Madrid. Many EU efforts to improve its counter-terrorism (CT) effectiveness -- for instance by revising the EU CT Action Plan and creating and streamlining the Clearinghouse -- were in the work [...] | 2004-03-17 17:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PINR PREL PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1338 | EU LEADERS PLEDGE ACTION ON TERRORISM, NAME NEW CT [...] (U) In the wake of the Madrid bombings, EU leaders on March 25 issued a Declaration on Combating Terrorism (available at http://ue.eu.int/). They pledged to improve cooperation, to speed up implementation of agreed EU measures, and announced new initiatives to counter the terrorist threat. A [...] | 2004-03-26 18:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINR EFIN KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1510 | CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: APRIL 2 PSC DEBATE AND NEXT [...] (S/NF) The EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) discussed the EU arms embargo on China during a heated 90 minute exchange on April 2. PSC Ambassadors generally agreed that the issue -- of whether, when and how to lift the embargo -- should be sent back down to working groups for further [...] | 2004-04-07 12:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PHUM PREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1868 | DINING WITH CHRIS: RANDOM THOUGHTS FROM RELEX [...] (C) Summary: Over rubbery fish at an Adenauer Stiftung affair on April 27, External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten touched briefly on why the EU will never be a "real power," the dubious backgrounds of some of the leaders of the EU's new members, next steps on Cyprus/Turkey, the differences be [...] | 2004-04-28 14:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PBTS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1997 | EU/COUNTERTERRORISM: VITORINO AND DE VRIES: TIME [...] (SBU) For the past two years, we have struggled with the EU bureaucracy on a range of counter-terrorism measures aimed at tightening border security, enhancing control of container traffic, improving travel document security, and strengthening law enforcement cooperation. After the Madrid bom [...] | 2004-05-07 12:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PINR ECON ETRD EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2196 | EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: KEY RETURNING MEPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the campaign now in full swing, almost all of the party lists for the June 10-13 European elections have been released in the 25 EU member states. This message describes some of the influential members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who, based on their party-list rankin [...] | 2004-05-24 13:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2262 | USEU SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT JUNE [...] Sensitive but unclassified -- entire text. 2. Summary: You are coming to Brussels during a time of transition in the EU as it absorbs its new members and moves towards a new Parliament, new Commissioners and a new Constitutional Treaty. At the same time, the EU under the Irish Presidency i [...] | 2004-05-27 10:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2360 | EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: RESHUFFLING OF PARTY GROUPS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the European Parliament (EP) "party groups" are coalitions of member-state parties, their membership is somewhat fluid; some realignment is likely to result from the June 10-13 European elections. Despite persistent rumors, the probable departure of some national parties f [...] | 2004-06-02 16:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2368 | KEY TOPICS FOR EU FMS' MEETING AND SUMMIT, JUNE 14 [...] The headline issues for the June 14 EU FMs' meeting and the June 17-18 EU Summit will be the final round of Constitutional Treaty negotiations and the nomination of the next generation of key EU leaders (Commission President, CFSP High Rep). But a substantial list of other topics will also [...] | 2004-06-03 10:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2498 | EU HI-REP SOLANA PROPOSES EU INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS [...] (C/NF) Summary: At the EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) June 8 meeting, Council Hi-Rep Javier Solana said he would call on leaders at next week's European Council to extend the scope of the EU Situation Center (SitCen) from external threats to internal threats within the EU. Sola [...] | 2004-06-10 13:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2518 | EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: NEGATIVE ON EUROPE, NOT ON U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: The provisional results of the June 10-13 European elections largely confirm the status quo: in a European Parliament (EP) that remains a complex amalgam of parties, nationalities and personalities, the Christian Democrats and Conservatives group (EPP-ED) keeps its plurality. Th [...] | 2004-06-14 13:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2838 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT'S CALL ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 30 call on Ambassador Schnabel, outgoing European Parliament (EP) President Pat Cox defended his decision to ask the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to annul the U.S.-EU agreement on PNR data sharing, and denied that his press statement on that decision, released in Ire [...] | 2004-07-01 13:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3126 | THE BARROSO COMMISSION: MORE OLD FACES [...] The next EU Commission to take office on November 1, 2004, will have 25 members, including its President. A majority of them are already in place: they are from the ten new Member States, having joined on May 1 and looking for a full five- year mandate, or from the former EU-15 and also exp [...] | 2004-07-23 10:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3230 | JOSEP BORRELL ELECTED EP PRESIDENT [...] (U) Summary: The European Parliament (EP) on July 20 elected as its new president Spanish Socialist Josep Borrell. Although a former Fullbright scholar and active supporter of the Fullbright program, Borrell has been one of the Spanish Socialist party's most outspoken critics of U.S. policy [...] | 2004-07-30 09:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3320 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: THE NEW FOREIGN [...] (U) Summary: The new European Parliament (EP) Foreign Affairs Committee will be the largest EP committee, with 78 members. The Committee is responsible for drafting reports and making recommendations on Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) topics, European Security and Defense Policy ( [...] | 2004-08-05 08:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3843 | ANNALISA GIANNELLA, LEADING THE EU AGAINST WMD [...] (C) Summary: Annalisa Giannella, EU High Representative Solana's Personal Representative for WMD Non-Proliferation, is the key official shaping the EU approach to nonproliferation and disarmament. Her results-oriented approach, record of close cooperation with the US, and European contacts m [...] | 2004-09-10 11:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PINR IT FR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4055 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: THE DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Development Committee in the European Parliament (EP) is responsible for EU development assistance policy (over which the EP and the Council share legislative power). Its new chairperson is Italian Communist EP Deputy (MEP) Luisa Morgantini. We do not expect its customary [...] | 2004-09-23 12:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI EAID SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4639 | EU: BARROSO WITHDRAWS COMMISSION JUST BEFORE VOTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Realizing after last-minute consultations that he would not obtain European Parliament (EP) approval, European Commission President-designate Jose Manuel Barroso on October 27 withdrew his Commission one hour before the scheduled vote. He said he would present a new list of Comm [...] | 2004-10-27 16:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IT EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4881 | EU/DPRK: SE DETRANI DISCUSSES 6PT, KEDO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During consultations November 9 with Special Envoy Joseph DeTrani and EAP/K Director Jim Foster, EU officials underscored the EU's firm support for the Six-Party Process and willingness to play a constructive role when the time comes. They urged the US to consult early if the EU i [...] | 2004-11-16 12:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL KNNP PHUM EAID PINR IR KN EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5137 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON EP U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 30, Ambassador Schnabel paid an introductory call on Jonathan Evans, the Chairman of the European Parliament (EP) Subcommittee on Relations with the U.S. Evans suggested that an approach concentrating on the EU institutions in Brussels would be the most effective way [...] | 2004-12-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5396 | EU/IRAN: WMD REP GIANNELLA READOUT ON TALKS, PATH [...] (S) Summary: In a meeting to review the EU3,s efforts with Iran December 21, EU WMD Rep Annalisa Giannella said she was generally pleased with the process but questioned whether the EU-3 could achieve its goals without eventual US involvement. She said that neither the December 13 ministerial [...] | 2004-12-23 14:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL PINR IR IAEA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BUCHAREST3479 | ROMANIA: BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON KEY FIGURES IN THE NATIONAL LIBERAL-DEMOCRATIC PARTY ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. In the wake of President-elect Traian Basescu,s upset victory over PM Adrian Nastase December 12,key members of the center-right National Liberal Party-Democratic Party (PNL-PD) Alliance, which Basescu heads, have moved to the center of Romania,s political stage. While it is too earl [...] | 2004-12-20 05:36:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI ECON PHUM RO |
04BUCHAREST3524 | ROMANIAN PM DESIGNATE PROPOSES NEW CABINET, [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister designate Calin Popescu Tariceanu announced his proposed cabinet December 26, with parliament's vote of confidence on the list likely to take place as early as December 28. Many of the proposed ministers are relatively young, with limited experience. The Humanist [...] | 2004-12-27 15:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO |
04BUENOSAIRES2540 | AMIA BOMBING DEFENDENTS ACQUITTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A three judge panel last night, citing the prosecution's failure to prove their guilt, acquitted all 22 Argentine defendants charged in the 1994 AMIA Jewish Community Center terrorist bombing. The panel faulted the original Judge Juan Jose Galeano and prosecutors and blamed the [...] | 2004-09-03 21:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA |
04BUENOSAIRES2712 | AMIA TRIAL UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recused trial judge Juan Jose Galeano tendered his resignation September 13 to the President in the face of the ongoing investigation into the alleged irregularities committed in his investigation of the 1994 terrorist bombing of the Jewish Community Center (AMIA). President Ki [...] | 2004-09-23 20:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA |
04BUENOSAIRES3081 | COURT RELEASES DOCUMENTS SUPPORTING SEPTEMBER 2 [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. On October 29, the Third Federal Oral Court finally released the documentation supporting the three-judge panel's September 2 acquittal of all 22 Argentine defendants (including the 5 principle defendants - 4 Buenos Aires policemen and the chop-shop owner who [...] | 2004-11-01 21:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA |
04CARACAS1331 | MEDIA AND GOV MAKE HAY OUT OF GENERAL HILL [...] (C) Leading Venezuelan national dailies, "El Universal" and "El Nacional," printed articles April 3 and 4 that distort parts of General James Hill's March 24 and April 1 statements on Venezuela to the U.S. House and Senate Armed Forces Committees. Both newspapers' articles were based on an [...] | 2004-04-20 19:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PINR PM PTER VE |
04CARACAS1540 | THE ABCS OF THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT'S POLITICAL [...] (U) The Venezuelan government (GOV) has crafted a targeted and generously funded political propaganda strategy to convince Venezuelans and the international community that Chavez's Bolivarian Revolution is the true democratic road to prosperity and to divide, discredit, and demoralize opposi [...] | 2004-05-11 14:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL PINR VE |
04CARACAS2902 | VENEZUELA ASKS FOR U.S. SUPPORT TO WIN ECOSOC SEAT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-17 13:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PREL VZ |
04CARACAS3220 | COPEI PRESIDENT FAVORS US/GOV RAPPROCHEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Christian Democratic Party (COPEI) president Eduardo Fernandez offered the Ambassador on October 14 his views on US policy in Venezuela and on best strategies to implement it. Fernandez supported current efforts to improve the bilateral relationship and urged respect for Venez [...] | 2004-10-20 11:27:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR VE |
04CARACAS3711 | VENEZUELA'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: ALI RODRIGUEZ [...] (U) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez swore in Ali Rodriguez Araque as Foreign Minister on November 21, replacing outgoing Minister Jesus Perez. Rodriguez was most recently president of the state-run oil company PDVSA. Rodriguez, who served one year as the Secretary General of OPEC, was a cong [...] | 2004-12-01 16:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR VE |
04CARACAS920 | BIOGRAPHY OF VENEZUELA'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C/NF) Jesus Arnaldo Perez became Venezuela's Minister of Foreign Relations on February 13, 2004. Having served as Ambassador to France (2002-2004) and to Algeria (2001-2002),Perez replaced outgoing Minister Roy Chaderton, who will replace Perez as Ambassador to France once the GOV receives [...] | 2004-03-17 20:27:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR VE |
04CHENNAI1392 | BLASTS ROCK HYDERABAD; EXTORTION NOT NAXALITE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-09 08:34:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PTER IN |
04CHENNAI1394 | VEERAPPAN'S DEATH PUTS DHARMAPURI'S FUTURE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A seventeen-year manhunt ended with the shooting death of K.M. Veerappan, the famed forest brigand of Dharmapuri. The shootout was the culmination of months of planning by the Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN) and the police Special Task Force (STF). The operation showcased the [...] | 2004-11-09 08:50:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PINR PHUM IN |
04CHENNAI1395 | NAXALITE CONSOLIDATION A CAUSE FOR WORRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The merger of India's two largest and best organized Maoist groups, the Peoples' War (PW) and Maoist Communist Center (MCC),into the Communist Party of India (Maoist) is likely to expand the horizon of their ambitions. It will help these "Naxalites" knit together their areas [...] | 2004-11-09 10:04:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PTER IN |
04CHENNAI1490 | KARNATAKA GOVERNMENT IN LIMBO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bangalore, India's leading technopolis and the capital of Karnataka, is burdened with a tardy and incomplete state government led by contending coalition partners. Local business leaders complain that the new Singh government has overshot the mark in shifting focus from urban t [...] | 2004-11-26 09:03:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR IN |
04COLOMBO109 | President's party signs pact with radical JVP; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amid fanfare, President Kumaratunga's SLFP party and the radical JVP formally entered into a political alliance on January 20. The alliance is basically an electoral pact, but an MOU attacking the GSL's handling of the peace track was also agreed to. In a related development, S [...] | 2004-01-21 11:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PHUM CE NO |
04COLOMBO1196 | RETURN OF MALDIVIAN DETAINEE AT GUANTANAMO [...] (C/NF) On July 1 Secretary Powell met with Maldives Foreign Minister Jameel and discussed the issue of Maldivian detainee at Guantanamo Ibrahim Fouzy (Ref A). The Secretary noted that "the Department of Defense is reviewing the case carefully and would be in touch soon to discuss terms of retu [...] | 2004-07-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS MOPS PHUM PINR MV CE |
04COLOMBO12 | Sri Lanka: U.S. efforts to help end [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka has been abuzz the last several days with reaction to the Secretary's letters to the President and the PM, and the Department's statement issued after the Deputy Secretary met with Minister Moragoda last week. Press reaction has been mixed, with some commentary suppor [...] | 2004-01-05 11:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO PINR CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO1275 | MALDIVES DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER PROMISES TO KEEP [...] (S/NF) During visit to Maldives for National Day events July 25-26, Ambassador was able to briefly discuss issue of Maldivian detainee at Guantanamo with Deputy Foreign Minister Hussain Shihab. (Foreign Minister was not in Maldives at the time.) Ambassador told Shihab that we were looking int [...] | 2004-08-02 05:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS MOPS PHUM PINR MV CE |
04COLOMBO147 | President-PM joint committee meets after [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a month's hiatus, the joint committee formed by the President and the Prime Minister recommenced meetings on January 23. Contacts report that the meeting did not result in a breakthrough on control of the Defense Ministry, the key issue dividing the two sides. Contacts ag [...] | 2004-01-26 11:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR CE |
04COLOMBO1527 | MALDIVES: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON FOREIGN [...] As reported reftel, the Government of the Republic of Maldives announced the appointment of Abdul Hameed Zakariyya as Foreign Secretary on September 1. Biographic information on Zakariyya follows below. 2. Like many of his colleagues in the small Foreign Affairs Ministry with few oversea [...] | 2004-09-15 14:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL PGOV MV |
04COLOMBO1572 | STATUS OF MALDIVIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEE IBRAHIM [...] (S/NF) I hope to travel to Maldives in early October to meet with President Gayoom. My two main points will be to urge continued democratic reform and to express our hope that political detainees arrested since the August 12-13 disturbances are being well treated. In order to enhance my cre [...] | 2004-09-21 11:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS PTER MOPS PHUM PINR MV |
04COLOMBO164 | Maldivian Democratic Party organizers harshly [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conoffs and Poloff recently held separate meetings with organizers for the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP). Both men harshly criticized President Gayoom's government and advocated the creation of a multi-party system in the Maldives (political parties are currently not allowed [...] | 2004-01-28 10:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM SOCI PINR MV |
04COLOMBO1696 | STATUS OF MALDIVIAN DETAINEE AT GUANTANAMO [...] (S/NF) I would greatly appreciate a response to reftel requests for information on the status of Maldivian Guantanamo detainee Ibrahim Fowzy (we had heard informally that his case might be headed towards imminent resolution). During my trip to Maldives last week, President Gayoom, Deputy For [...] | 2004-10-12 10:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS PTER MOPS PHUM PINR MV |
04COLOMBO17 | Ambassador underscores importance of respect [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador underscored the importance of respect for religious freedom in separate January 5 meetings with Sri Lanka's Buddhist and Hindu Affairs Ministers (see bio-data in Para 8). Both ministers asserted that the GSL was trying to tamp down religious tensions, noting that [...] | 2004-01-06 11:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR CE |
04COLOMBO181 | New Maldivian Human Rights Commission: [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent trip to Male', PAO met with Ahmed Mujuthaba, the Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives. Mujuthaba said he wanted the newly formed Commission to help the democratization process in the Maldives, and later provided PAO a copy of the Commission's [...] | 2004-01-30 06:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM SOCI PINR MV |
04COLOMBO185 | Cohabitation channels remain open, but dispute [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cohabitation channels between the President and the PM remain open, but the two sides have still not come to agreement on how to divide Defense Ministry functions. As the impasse continues, there is renewed talk that parliamentary elections may be in the offing, perhaps in conj [...] | 2004-02-02 11:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CE |
04COLOMBO1853 | STATUS OF MALDIVIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEE IBRAHIM [...] (S/NF) In the past year and a half, we have sent in a number of messages asking for updates on the status of Maldivian Guantanamo detainee Ibrahim Fowzy and urging that consideration be given to a prompt return of Mr. Fowzy to Maldives. In a nutshell, our position has been that the Maldivian [...] | 2004-11-16 02:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS MOPS PHUM PINR MV |
04COLOMBO198 | Tentative indications that cohabitation deal [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bradman Weerakoon, the PM's Secretary, told Ambassador Lunstead February 4 that a cohabitation deal was in the works. The deal, which would provide for sharing Defense Ministry powers, is under review by the President and the PM. In another potentially positive signal, the Pre [...] | 2004-02-05 11:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CE |
04COLOMBO2023 | MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT'S QUESTIONS ON TRANSFER OF [...] (C) The Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) has responded by diplomatic note, dated December 20, to the Embassy's diplomatic note advising that the U.S. is prepared to transfer Maldivian detainee Ibrahim Fouzee to GORM control upon agreement to the transfer terms conveyed reftel. T [...] | 2004-12-21 08:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR MV |
04COLOMBO210 | Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission hosted a local-level CTAG meeting on February 5. Mission representatives briefed the group on USG efforts, and representatives of the other G-8 embassies and Australia and Switzerland [...] | 2004-02-06 06:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PINR ASEC CE MV |
04COLOMBO217 | President sets parliamentary elections for [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late February 7, President Kumaratunga dissolved Parliament and called early general elections for April 2. The GSL remains in place, but is now a "caretaker" government and there may be some large-scale ministerial changes at the President's request. Sri Lanka's political par [...] | 2004-02-09 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ASEC CE |
04COLOMBO241 | Sri Lanka's election process [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of President Kumaratunga's calling of early parliamentary elections to take place on April 2, Mission has put together the following primer on Sri Lanka's election process. Flagging the many idiosyncrasies of the process, the primer focuses on four key areas: the nomi [...] | 2004-02-12 09:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR CE |
04COLOMBO242 | Campaign Snapshot: President sacks all non- [...] (C) In this message, Mission reviews the following items revolving around Sri Lanka's parliamentary election campaign: -- In transparent bid to circumscribe GSL's powers before election, President Kumaratunga fires junior ministers; -- Protesting that move, key Minister Milinda Moragoda [...] | 2004-02-11 10:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR PHUM CE |
04COLOMBO248 | Maldives: Increasing signs of opposition to [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition to President Gayoom's long rule of the Maldives appears to be growing stronger. Mission has heard that anti-Gayoom elements may be planning to rally in Male' and that police have been out in force to counter any such effort. There are also indications that an anti-Ga [...] | 2004-02-13 06:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PHUM MV |
04COLOMBO257 | Maldivian government cracks down on opposition; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Maldivian government has confirmed that it arrested eight people on February 13 and has indicated that it will charge them with planning an illegal demonstration, among other items. There are reports that an additional 10-25 people may also have been detained on trumped up [...] | 2004-02-17 10:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM PINR CASC MV |
04COLOMBO266 | Campaign Snapshot: PM lashes out at President [...] (C) In this message, Mission reviews the following items revolving around Sri Lanka's April 2 parliamentary election campaign: -- PM Wickremesinghe blames President Kumaratunga for cohabitation tensions in nationally televised address; -- Actively engaging in the campaign, Tamil Tigers p [...] | 2004-02-18 03:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR PHUM CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO280 | In meeting, key JVP leader tries to take [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polchief met February 19 with Somawansa Amarasinghe, a key leader of the JVP party. Amarasinghe tried to assume a moderate tack on most issues. Glints of a hard-line showed through, however, in his harsh views toward the ceasefire accord with the Tigers and also toward the gove [...] | 2004-02-20 05:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PINS CE NO |
04COLOMBO309 | Campaign Snapshot: election-related violence [...] (C) In this message, Mission reviews the following items related to Sri Lanka's upcoming April 2 parliamentary election campaign: -- Incidents of election-related violence already being reported; -- Buddhist leadership oppose monks standing for election; -- Elections Commissioner set [...] | 2004-02-25 09:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR PHUM CE |
04COLOMBO321 | Campaigning begins in earnest as nomination [...] (C) SUMMARY: The proverbial dust has settled on the nomination process for Sri Lanka's upcoming April 2 parliamentary elections, with nominations closing February 24. Campaigns by the two major parties have kicked off as of February 26, and the stage is set for the fourth national election i [...] | 2004-02-26 11:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR PHUM CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO406 | Sri Lanka: Ignoring orders of LTTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The main Tamil Tiger organization in the north announced March 6 that it was replacing a dissident commander. The commander, Karuna, has refused to step down, however, and remains ensconced in his eastern jungle base. No violence has been reported, but the situation is becomin [...] | 2004-03-06 08:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR MOPS CE NO LTTE |
04COLOMBO422 | Campaign Snapshot: Despite LTTE rift, Tamil [...] (C) In this message, Mission reviews the following items related to Sri Lanka's April 2 parliamentary election campaign: -- Despite LTTE split, pro-Tiger party carries on campaign; -- Extremist Buddhist monks launch effort; -- Incidents of campaign-related violence on low side, so far [...] | 2004-03-09 11:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PTER PHUM CE |
04COLOMBO435 | Sri Lanka: Rebel eastern commander torques up [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rebel LTTE commander Karuna continues to lash out at the main Tamil Tiger organization in the north. In a March 9 interview with BBC TV, Karuna -- speaking at a base in Batticaloa -- asserted that he had left the LTTE because he thought the group was preparing for war pending t [...] | 2004-03-10 05:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR MOPS KPAO CE NO IN LTTE |
04COLOMBO440 | Sri Lanka: Can rebel Tamil Tiger commander in [...] (C) A week after he split from the main LTTE organization in the north, rebel commander Karuna appears to be gradually consolidating his position in the east. With many loyal troops in strong defensive redoubts, his military position seems relatively strong. There are also signs that he is p [...] | 2004-03-11 11:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR MOPS CE NO LTTE |
04COLOMBO446 | In meeting, senior MP from President's party [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polchief met March 10 with Dinesh Gunawardena, a senior MP in President Kumaratunga's People's Alliance (PA) party. Queried about the April 2 parliamentary election, he stated that he thought the alliance between the SLFP and radical JVP was having "a very good" campaign and wo [...] | 2004-03-12 05:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER CE |
04COLOMBO456 | Norwegian Special Envoy Solheim reviews latest [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 13 meeting with the four local co-chairs (Japan, Norway, U.S. and the EU) and again to a wider donor group on March 15, Norwegian Special Envoy Erik Solheim discussed his latest visit to Sri Lanka. Ambassador Lunstead participated in the meetings. Most of Solheim's [...] | 2004-03-15 11:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER CE NO LTTE |
04COLOMBO465 | Campaign Snapshot: Major parties issue dueling [...] (C) In this message, Mission reviews the following items related to Sri Lanka's April 2 parliamentary election campaign: -- President Kumaratunga defends record in nationally televised address; -- United National Party (UNP) releases strongly pro- peace process manifesto; -- President [...] | 2004-03-15 03:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PTER PHUM CE KWMM |
04COLOMBO470 | Sri Lanka: Background on long-standing [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since his split with the LTTE, rebel commander Karuna has made a big pitch that eastern Tamils have been mistreated by the main LTTE organization in the north. In wider societal terms, it is true that there have been long-standing tensions between eastern and northern Tamils. [...] | 2004-03-17 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER SOCI CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO489 | Sri Lanka: Competing Muslim groups engage in [...] (C) SUMMARY: Muslim parties are engaged in fierce infighting ahead of the April 2 parliamentary election. Tensions are particularly high in the east, where there have been many incidents of violence between the pro-UNP Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) and Muslims who are loyal to President K [...] | 2004-03-19 05:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PTER CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO503 | Sri Lanka: Radical JVP party ramps up [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahead of Sri Lanka's April 2 parliamentary election, the radical JVP party is running hard in Sri Lanka's south. The party appears to be garnering strength, though some of its support may be siphoned away by a small party running an all-Buddhist monk slate of candidates. In a [...] | 2004-03-22 11:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM PINR SOCI CE |
04COLOMBO51 | In meeting with Ambassador, Prime Minister [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister told the Ambassador January 10 that it was up to the President to make a new offer on how to deal with the Defense portfolio. In the meantime, he is offering power-sharing at the Provincial level. It appears both sides are waiting to gauge their strength in the [...] | 2004-01-12 10:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR CE |
04COLOMBO520 | Sri Lanka: Level of violence falls markedly [...] (C) SUMMARY: The level of campaign-related violence in Sri Lanka has fallen markedly compared to that recorded in the past. It is not clear why violence is down, but the Elections Commission, the police, and local and foreign monitors have worked hard to tamp down the violence. That said, [...] | 2004-03-23 11:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM PINR PTER CE |
04COLOMBO526 | CHR: Mission provides GSL with draft Cuba [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 25 meeting at the Sri Lankan MFA, Polchief reviewed talking points and provided a copy of the draft CHR resolution on Cuba. MFA contact was non-committal, noting that the GSL was in a state of flux due to the April 2 elections. Overall, we think moving the GSL to a "y [...] | 2004-03-25 09:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR CE CU CH CHR UN |
04COLOMBO54 | Japanese proposal for donor meeting in Colombo [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan has proposed that Special Envoy Akashi convene a formal "Tokyo Follow-up Meeting" during his late-January visit to Sri Lanka. Both the GSL and most, if not all, other donors think a formal meeting is not a good idea. They prefer to see Akashi's visit as a prelude to a Fe [...] | 2004-01-12 10:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS EAID PINR CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO557 | Campaign Snapshot: Campaigning set to end [...] (C) In this message, Mission reviews the following items involving Sri Lanka's April 2 parliamentary election campaign: -- Per the rules, campaigning set to end March 30, 48 hours before election day. -- Conflicting poll results. -- In visit to southern districts, Mission team finds s [...] | 2004-03-29 02:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PINR CE |
04COLOMBO564 | New party with all-monk candidate slate [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an unprecedented move, the JHU, a new political party, is fielding an all-Buddhist monk slate of candidates. While its platform is vague, the party is basically anti-peace process. It has also taken a tough stance against corruption. The JHU effort has drawn flak from the [...] | 2004-03-28 03:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI PHUM CE |
04COLOMBO567 | Sri Lanka: Implications for U.S. policy of [...] (C) SUMMARY: This message reviews the implications for U.S. policy of possible scenarios resulting from Sri Lanka's April 2 parliamentary election. The two most likely post-election scenarios are: -- (A) The President's UPFA grouping wins outright or is able to cobble together a majority [...] | 2004-03-31 11:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR PHUM ECON CE |
04COLOMBO572 | Sri Lanka braces for tight, tense election [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lankans are getting ready to go to the polls on April 2 to vote for a new Parliament. At this point, it still seems to be anyone's race to win: the Prime Minister's UNP appears to be making a late charge against the President's UPFA, but it is not clear which side has the o [...] | 2004-04-01 10:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PHUM ASEC CE |
04COLOMBO587 | Sri Lanka: Results of Sri Lanka's April 2 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Final results from Sri Lanka's April 2 parliamentary election came out late April 4 and President Kumaratunga's political grouping, the "UPFA," emerged with the largest number of seats in Parliament. The UPFA did not attain a majority, however. The President may swear in an "in [...] | 2004-04-05 12:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON CE |
04COLOMBO601 | Sri Lanka: President swears in new PM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 6, President Kumaratunga swore in Mahinda Rajapakse, a senior leader in her SLFP party, as Sri Lanka's next prime minister. A new cabinet may be sworn in the next day or so. In the meantime, the President's UPFA grouping (SLFP plus JVP) continues to look for partners [...] | 2004-04-06 12:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR CE |
04COLOMBO607 | Tensions continue to percolate between LTTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tensions continue to percolate between the main LTTE organization and rebel eastern commander Karuna. The Tigers recently warned Karuna that they plan to "get rid" of him. In the meantime, there are continuing reports of LTTE hit squads roaming the east and of LTTE and Karuna [...] | 2004-04-07 12:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PINR PHUM MOPS CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO611 | In meeting with Ambassador, new PM expresses [...] (C) Ambassador Lunstead made a congratulatory call on new Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse on April 8. During their 45-minute long discussion, Rajapakse underscored his support for the peace process. In a theme he kept returning to, he also expressed deep concerns about the high d [...] | 2004-04-08 12:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON MASS CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO618 | Sri Lanka: Foreign Minister-designate [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: New Foreign Minister Kadirgamar would like to visit Washington in May. He appreciated the US's neutrality during the election. On the Peace Process, the new government "has no grip yet." India has been standing [...] | 2004-04-08 12:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CE IN CHR |
04COLOMBO62 | The ties that don't bind: Cohabitation [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since Sri Lanka's cohabitation experiment began in December 2001, President Kumaratunga and PM Wickremesinghe have been at daggers drawn, with relations plunging to new depths of late. Both sides have their complaints against the other and neither wears a white hat: From the P [...] | 2004-01-13 07:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PINR CE |
04COLOMBO637 | Sri Lanka: President swears in new Cabinet [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga swore in Sri Lanka's new Cabinet on April 10. As expected, the President kept control of the defense and internal security portfolios, while key SLFP advisers received most of the other top portfolios. The radical JVP, a key SLFP ally in the recent campai [...] | 2004-04-14 12:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR CE |
04COLOMBO644 | In meeting, Norwegian Ambassador reviews [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norway expects a formal request from the GSL to continue its role as peace facilitator. Norwegians think the new Sri Lankan Government needs to realize it cannot make unilateral decisions on the course of the peace process. No "Peace Team" in place yet. END SUMMARY. 2. (C [...] | 2004-04-15 10:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CE NO LTTE |
04COLOMBO647 | Sri Lanka: Biographic data on new Cabinet [...] (C) As reported Reftel, Sri Lanka's new cabinet was sworn in on April 10. (FYI. President Kumaratunga retained control of the defense and internal security portfolios -- see Reftels. Due to a dispute with President Kumaratunga, the radical Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, "JVP," has not yet assu [...] | 2004-04-15 12:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON CE |
04COLOMBO685 | Sri Lanka: New foreign secretary named; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka has a new foreign secretary. H.M.G.S. Palihakkara, a career foreign service officer, was named to the position on April 20. Former Fonsec Goonetilleke is slated to fill in as acting UN Permrep in New York and then go to Ottawa to be high commissioner. While other per [...] | 2004-04-21 11:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CE |
04COLOMBO69 | Tigers say they still support ceasefire accord, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the recent controversy over the PM's remarks about the ceasefire accord, Tiger officials have publicly reaffirmed their support for the ceasefire and the peace process. The Tigers and pro- Tiger elements have expressed a significant degree of impatience with the [...] | 2004-01-13 11:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR PINS KPAO CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO694 | In big defeat for new government, Sri Lankan [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Parliament has elected W.J.M. Lokubandara, an MP for the Opposition UNP, as its next Speaker. The vote, which took place late April 22, was a close one, 110-109, with six abstentions. Parliament reconvenes on May 18. While the Speaker job is largely symbolic, th [...] | 2004-04-23 06:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR CE |
04COLOMBO702 | UPFA government wins Provincial Council [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UPFA government easily won the April 24 Provincial Council election in Wayamba, an area north of Colombo. In other political news, the JVP's ministerial nominees are scheduled to take their oath of office on April 28 after a compromise was reached in the JVP's dispute with [...] | 2004-04-26 23:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CE |
04COLOMBO73 | In further roiling of cohabitation waters, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late January 13, Sri Lanka's state-run ITN television network broadcast a taped interview with President Kumaratunga. In the interview, Kumaratunga claimed the constitutional right to serve until late 2006. The President also defended her takeover of three ministries in Novem [...] | 2004-01-14 04:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PHUM KPAO CE |
04COLOMBO770 | After recent election defeat, UNP leader [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNP leader and former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is under fire from members of his own party who are seeking to clip his wings and/or remove him as party leader. The discontent stems from the view of many party members that Wickremesinghe led the party poorly in the Ap [...] | 2004-05-12 11:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CE |
04COLOMBO776 | Counternarcotics Update: Recent large heroin [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent counternarcotics developments in Sri Lanka include police seizures of several large shipments of heroin in early May. In other news, the GSL is set to review the possible legalization of marijuana for certain medicinal purposes. Finally, a USG-funded training program [...] | 2004-05-13 11:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PINR PREL EAID CE |
04COLOMBO795 | Bio-data on Jayantha Dhanapala, new chief of [...] (SBU) On May 14, President Kumaratunga's office issued a press release naming Jayantha Dhanapala as the new Secretary General of the Sri Lankan government's Peace Secretariat (see bio-data below). (The Peace Secretariat, technically known as the "Secretariat for SIPDIS Coordinating the Pe [...] | 2004-05-17 11:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO827 | In May 18 meeting, Ambassador and [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador clarified for Foreign Minister that selection as an MCA candidate country is no guarantee of funding, and that much hard work remained before an MCA compact could be signed. On peace process, Foreign Minister admitted that interim arrangements will be the only agenda [...] | 2004-05-19 11:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PINR CE ECONOMICS LTTE |
04COLOMBO897 | Political update: Norwegian Envoy's visit; [...] (C) This update on Sri Lanka's political situation reviews the following recent developments: -- In latest visit, Norwegian Envoy characterizes meetings with GSL and Tigers as "fruitful." -- Several new ministerial appointments announced. -- Provincial Council elections look set to take [...] | 2004-05-28 05:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON CE NO |
04COLOMBO966 | "Double 00" Hit on Well-Known Tamil Politician [...] (C) By Septel, our consular chief is submitting a Visas Donkey cable regarding the June 9 visa application of Rajavarothiam Sampanthan, a veteran Tamil politician and respected member of Parliament representing the Tamil National Alliance (TNA). Mr. Sampanthan applied for a visa to attend th [...] | 2004-06-10 08:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PINR PTER CE LTTE |
04DHAKA3164 | USG REJECTS REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR POSSIBLE COUP [...] (S) Summary: Retired Bangladesh Army Chief Khan asked for USG support in ending Bangladesh,s current administration and in bringing a government of national unity consisting of senior leaders of both major parties. Khan said Bangladesh,s only way out of dynastic government and the rise of Isl [...] | 2004-09-16 04:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | BG PGOV PINR PREL |
04DHAKA4266 | EXCHANGE WITH CHAIRMAN OF EXTREMIST ISLAMIST GROUP [...] (C) Summary. At a chance encounter with polcouns, IOJ Chairman Fazlul Haq Amini denounced Jamaat Islami as power hungry, criticized the BDG on several fronts, opposed the proposed USD 2 billion Tata investment in Bangladesh, indicated the Awami League has offered him money to quit the ruling [...] | 2004-12-15 06:04:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM PINR BG |
04DJIBOUTI1180 | NOMINATION OF DJIBOUTIAN AMBASSADOR TO SOMALIA [...] (U) In the 20th meeting of the Council of Ministers on 7 September, where President Ismail Omar Guelleh presided, the counsel approved the proclamation for nomination of Mohamed-Siad Doualeh Warsama to the position of Ambassador to Somalia. Warsama will receive the title of Ambassador of the [...] | 2004-09-08 12:00:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SO DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1196 | DJIBOUTIAN OPPOSITION LEADER DIES [...] (U) President of the Djiboutian opposition party Republican Alliance for Democracy (ARD),Ahmed Dini Ahmed, died during the morning of 12 September 2004 at Peltier Hospital. Dini had been suffering from lung cancer, which progressed into metastasis. President Ismail Omar Guelleh reportedly v [...] | 2004-09-13 13:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1212 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON NEW COMMANDER OF [...] (U) Ambassador, accompanied by USLO Chief, had her first meeting September 16 with General Michel Arrault, the new Commander of French Forces in Djibouti. Arrault replaced General Gerard Pons, whose tour of duty ended August 1. 2. (C) Ambassador noted the close cooperation and collaboratio [...] | 2004-09-16 14:48:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PINR FR DJ |
04DJIBOUTI123 | DJIBOUTI: GOVERNMENT ANXIOUS OVER ELEVATED PROFILE [...] (S/NF) Amidst growing Djiboutian Government stir related to recent explosions (Ref. A) and claims by Puntland strongman Abdullahi Yusuf of Djibouti arming Somaliland against him in the Sool region, Post SAO Major Patrick Anderson received a browbeating on January 27 from Abdourahman Boreh, pe [...] | 2004-01-28 14:49:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1382 | REPORT OF TERRORIST CAPTURED AND HANDED OVER TO [...] (U) Summary: The international Saudi newspaper Al Sharq Al Awsat reported on October 25th that the brainchild of the latest series of European aid workers killings in Somaliland has been caught. The Somali terrorist, who is said to be an activist of Al Ittihad Al Islamiya, a terror group linked [...] | 2004-10-28 08:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PINR DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1589 | DJIBOUTI: RESPONSE TO TRIPWIRES SUBMISSIONS IN [...] (U) Per REFTEL (a),Post submitted its TRIP WIRES via the new TRIPS system on 20 July, 2004. The primary POC for the TRIPS system, DCM Timothy F. Smith, is no longer at Post. The alternate POC, RSO Marc Ramos, will assume the primary duties with the Ambassador acting as alternate until a new [...] | 2004-12-14 08:50:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED AFSI KFLO AEMR PTER PINR KSEP DJ |
04DJIBOUTI282 | OLHAYE MEETING WITH GENERAL ROBESON [...] (S/NF) Djiboutian Ambassador to the United States Roble Olhaye met at Camp Lemonier in Djibouti on February 25 with Brigadier General Mastin Robeson. Ambassador Olhaye is nearing the end of a two week stay in Djibouti and was present for Ambassador Ragsdale's credentialing ceremony on the 23 [...] | 2004-03-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | CT PINR PM PREL DJ |
04DJIBOUTI298 | MINISTER OF PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS AND DJIBOUTI'S [...] (C) Summary: The close relationship of Minister of Presidential Affairs, Osman Ahmed Moussa, with President Ismail Omar Guelleh afforded Ambassador the opportunity to reaffirm her mandate in Djibouti as U.S. Ambassador and to solicit the Minister's views on ways to enhance the U.S.- Djibouti [...] | 2004-03-03 13:47:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID PHUM PGOV PINR DJ FR |
04DJIBOUTI335 | DJIBOUTI SPECTACLE AT PELTIER HOSPITAL [...] (U) Djibouti's Minister of Health, Mohamed Ali Kamil, along with French Ambassador Phillipe Selz, inaugurated on March 7 a new wing at Djibouti's public hospital, Peltier. The French financed surgical wing also has UN HIV/AIDS blood testing equipment and an imaging scanner donated by Djibouti' [...] | 2004-03-09 14:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PM EAID PINR KHIV AFIN DJ |
04DJIBOUTI364 | DJIBOUTI'S FM ON CAMP LEMONIER LEASE RENEWAL [...] (C) In a meeting with Djibouti's Foreign Minister Ali Abdi Farah on March 10, Farah contradicted information we reported (reftel A) that placed authority for negotiations on the Camp Lemonier base lease renewal within the Ministry of Presidential Affairs. Farah also denied that Ambassador Olh [...] | 2004-03-11 13:44:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS MARR DJ |
04DJIBOUTI381 | DJIBOUTI, JUST ANOTHER SATURDAY [...] (C) Emboff met Djiboutian Army Captain Abdullahi Youssouf for coffee on March 13. The primary focus of the meeting was to gain insight into the status of recent Djiboutian military discontent (see reftel). Conversation also touched on the railroad explosion in the late evening of March 12. T [...] | 2004-03-14 13:43:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PM PINR DJ |
04DJIBOUTI398 | CHINA'S NEW AMBASSADOR TO DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Shen Jiangkuan, China's new envoy in Djibouti, presented his credentials March 15 to President Ismail Omar Guelleh. In his credentialling remarks, Shen described Djibouti as a country which has contributed to the promotion of peace and development in the region. He said Djibouti has achie [...] | 2004-03-18 05:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR EAID CH DJ |
04DJIBOUTI451 | JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION IS [...] (C) Minister of Justice, Ismail Ibrahim Houmed, told Ambassador that he intends to take a more active role in human rights promotion in Djibouti than the Ministry had previously. The occasion for Houmed's declaration was the Ambassador's courtesy call on him March 4 at Ministry of Justice off [...] | 2004-03-28 12:33:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PHUM SCUL PINR DJ |
04DJIBOUTI460 | KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY; GUELLEH'S LABOR POLITICS [...] (C) Recent worker discontent in Djibouti brings the spotlight back to the subject of workers' rights in this commercial city-state. The International Labor Organization has long maligned the Government of Djibouti for its labor policies but clever manipulation of key players, strong arm tacti [...] | 2004-03-29 06:04:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PREL PINR DJ |
04DJIBOUTI523 | ENHANCING WORLDWIDE COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION [...] (C) Ambassador met April 7 at the Russian Embassy with Russia's Ambassador to Djibouti Alexandre Bregadze to note Deputy Minister Trubnikov's meeting with Deputy Secretary Armitage and to discuss the advancement of U.S.-Russian common interests in prosecuting the global war on terrorism. (see [...] | 2004-04-11 07:23:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | PREL PTER ASEC PINR DJ RU |
04DJIBOUTI563 | MINISTER OF WOMEN'S AFFAIRS EFFORTS TO RAISE [...] (C) Minister of Women's Affairs Hawa Ahmed Youssef credits her awareness programs, first and foremost, with enlarging the voting lists of women in Djibouti. She told Ambassador that women are, unfortunately, still reluctant to become candidates for Parliament or for regional positions, despit [...] | 2004-04-16 09:19:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI PINR DJ |
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 |
04DUBLIN1101 | NORTHERN IRELAND - IRISH PM TELLS SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Mitchell Reiss met on June 30 in Dublin with Irish Prime Minister Ahern and Foreign Minister Brian Cowen to review Irish/British efforts to lay the ground work for another effort at restoring devolved government in NI. Ahern confirmed that he and [...] | 2004-07-26 07:22:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EI PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK EUN NIPP |
04DUBLIN1331 | EU/IRELAND: FORMER IRISH PM BRUTON APPOINTED NEXT [...] On September 9, Former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) and current member of the Irish Parliament John Bruton was appointed EU Ambassador to the US. He is the first EU ambassador to the US to be chosen since the European Commission's decision to give the appointment to a political heavyweight in [...] | 2004-09-09 16:26:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EU PINR |
04DUBLIN1470 | IRISH PRIME MINISTER PICKS HIS NEW CABINET [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On September 29, the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern announced a cabinet shuffle, anticipated since early summer. The shuffle saw eight ministers switch portfolios, three members retain their positions, and four lower ranking officials join the Cabinet. Ahe [...] | 2004-10-01 12:35:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EFIN PINR PREL SENV |
04DUBLIN1477 | IRISH PRESIDENT MCALEESE DECLARED ELECTED FOR 2ND [...] (SBU) Summary. On Friday, October 1, incumbent Irish President Mary McAleese was constitutionally elected to office unopposed for a second term of seven years. Her inauguration is scheduled to take place on November 11, 2004. President McAleese told Ambassador Kenny that her primary motivat [...] | 2004-10-05 07:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL SENV |
04DUBLIN1566 | (C) NORTHERN IRELAND: UK AND IRISH TO HOLD TALKS [...] (C) The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs confirms that proximity talks with the DUP and Sinn Fein will begin Friday October 15 in London. Senior officials from the two governments will shuttle between Sinn Fein and DUP representatives. The Irish government wants to keep this out of the [...] | 2004-10-14 16:20:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PTER PGOV PREL EI UK NIPP |
04DUBLIN1633 | IRISH/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: NOT RIPE TO LIFT YET [...] (C) Summary. On October 19, a delegation comprised of State DRL and PM and DoD J-5 visited members of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),Parliament, and Amnesty International-Irish Section, to argue against the EU lifting its arms embargo against China. Until recently, Irish offi [...] | 2004-10-29 16:40:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PINR PREL |
04DUBLIN1739 | SHANNON: GOI UNDER PRESSURE BUT NO CHANGE IN [...] (S) DCM met with Keith McBean, DFA's Chief of International Security Policy. McBean's office has the lead in the Irish government for issues surrounding U.S. use of Shannon airport. McBean noted that while there always has been an element of Irish society that objects to the U.S. military's [...] | 2004-12-02 12:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | MOPS PINR PREL |
04DUBLIN1841 | THE AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 22 DISCUSSION WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a free-flowing December 22 meeting, the Ambassador and Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern agreed that President Bush's planned February visit to Europe presented an opportunity to reenergize trans-Atlantic ties. Ahern noted a "huge willingness" among his counterparts within t [...] | 2004-12-23 10:55:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR CPAS CVIS MASS PINR PINS EAID PGOV |
04DUSHANBE170 | TAJIKISTAN: ISLAMIC PARTY'S KABIRI UNPLUGGED [...] (C) Summary: At a small dinner party on January 29, First Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Revival Party Muhiddin Kabiri freely discussed the upcoming elections and his party's chances of success. Drawing on his experiences in the last parliamentary elections, he opined that President Rahmonov [...] | 2004-02-01 05:20:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KISL KDEM KPAO TI |
04FRANKFURT10621 | Show of Unity in Baden-Wuerttemberg CDU as [...] (SBU) At a special party convention on December 11 in Schwaebisch-Gmuend, Baden-Wuerttemberg CDU delegates elected Guenther Oettinger as standard-bearer for the 2006 state elections (following Oettinger's victory in a referendum among the 80,000 state party members). Oettinger's referendum wi [...] | 2004-12-20 15:56:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GM |
04FRANKFURT1938 | German High Court Restricts Police Surveillance [...] SUMMARY: On March 3, the First Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe sharply restricted application of a 1998 law authorizing the electronic surveillance of private homes for law enforcement purposes. The Court ruled that police eavesdropping in private residences is a violat [...] | 2004-03-09 10:49:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PGOV AG GM |
04FRANKFURT2367 | Pro-U.S. Rheinland-Pfalz Leader Kurt Beck Remains [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rheinland-Pfalz Minister-President since 1994, Kurt Beck (SPD/Social Democratic) is one of the most popular leaders in the traditionally conservative state's 60-year history. Economic indices in R-P remain relatively strong at a time of national stagnation, and Beck's coalition [...] | 2004-03-23 09:17:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GM |
04FRANKFURT2778 | Hesse Leader Koch Will not Actively Seek [...] (SBU) At the Hesse CDU (Christian Democratic) convention March 20, Hesse Minister-President Roland Koch announced that he would not actively seek nomination as the party's candidate for chancellor in the 2006 national elections. Koch acknowledged Angela Merkel's "undisputed" leadership of the [...] | 2004-04-05 07:04:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR PREL GM |
04FRANKFURT2923 | Leading Frankfurt Prosecutor says Germany has a [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Frankfurt prosecutor Wolfgang Schaupensteiner -- Germany's leading expert on corruption -- says Germany needs stricter anti-corruption laws and a public awareness campaign to help overcome complacency. Authorities in Germany have fewer and less effective tools to fight corruptio [...] | 2004-04-07 05:21:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV PINR GM |
04FRANKFURT39 | Protests Target Koch, Poor University Conditions [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: University strikes and protests in Hesse during recent weeks continue to target Minister-President Roland Koch (CDU). University leaders and students say funding cuts and fee hikes violate prior agreements and will endanger Hesse's leading position in science and research. Pr [...] | 2004-01-05 13:23:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR PREL GM |
04FRANKFURT462 | GERMANY'S LIBERAL PARTY HITS THE MARK IN NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: In strong recent performances at the FDP (Free Democrat) national convention in Stuttgart January 6-7 and European election kick-off in Saarbruecken Jan. 17, party head Guido Westerwelle called for less government and more private initiative, starting with radical tax reform. Party [...] | 2004-01-20 16:03:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL GM |
04FRANKFURT4964 | Local Election Preview / SW Germany [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 13, three states in SW Germany -- Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W),Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) and Saarland -- will hold local elections concurrently with EU-wide European Parliament elections in an effort to increase voter participation. Local elections will serve as a bellwether [...] | 2004-06-09 14:59:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR TBIO GM |
04FRANKFURT5178 | Euro-Elections/Regional: CDU Stays Strong, Greens [...] SUMMARY: In European elections in the four states of SW Germany, the CDU remained the leading party but failed (as expected) to reach its 1999 high-water mark, with a particularly disappointing performance in Hesse. The SPD suffered dramatic losses throughout the region, including its worst [...] | 2004-06-18 09:27:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PINR TBIO GM |
04FRANKFURT5543 | Local Elections: SPD Struggles, CDU Stays Strong [...] SUMMARY: Voters in June 13 communal elections in SW Germany followed the nation-wide pattern of punishing SPD candidates in a protest vote against the SPD national government. The SPD fared poorly in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rheinland-Pfalz, and turned in a weak performance that nonetheless ex [...] | 2004-06-28 07:20:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL GM |
04FRANKFURT5551 | Baden-Wuerttemberg FDP Head / Minister Doering [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 18, Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) Economics Minister and Deputy Minister President Walter Doering (FDP - Free Democrats) resigned from his positions as economic minister, FDP state chairman and deputy chairman of the national FDP, keeping only his elected mandate in the B-W S [...] | 2004-06-28 09:29:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR TBIO GM |
04FRANKFURT5692 | Saarland SPD Leaders Air Dirty Laundry, Embrace [...] SUMMARY: In a nationally-publicized showdown, former finance minister/Social Democratic (SPD) chairman Oskar Lafontaine used the Saarland SPD's June 20 convention to issue a blistering critique of Chancellor Schroeder's national government and its Agenda 2010 reform program. With national SP [...] | 2004-07-01 12:56:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PINR PREL GM |
04FRANKFURT5927 | Saarland Leader Mueller Lauds Own State as [...] SUMMARY: Saarland Minister-President Peter Mueller (Christian Democrat-CDU) used the state's June 30 "Empower Germany" conference to call for greater innovation and cited his own state's comprehensive economic development strategy as a model for Germany. Mueller's American-style manifesto in [...] | 2004-07-12 05:51:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PINR PREL GM |
04FRANKFURT6002 | Baden-Wuerttemberg Cabinet Shuffle Raises Eyebrows [...] (U) SUMMARY: Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) Minister President Erwin Teufel (Christian Democrat/CDU) has restructured the state cabinet following the retirement of Interior Minister Thomas Schaeuble (CDU) and State Minister of Economics Walter Doering's (FDP) resignation amid scandal. Teufel took a [...] | 2004-07-13 15:03:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR TBIO GM |
04FRANKFURT6769 | Resignation of Liberal Justice Minister Almost [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The July 22 resignation of Baden- Wuerttemberg (B-W) Minister of Justice Corinna Werwigk- Hertneck (Free Democrat Party - FDP),amid allegations that she leaked confidential information to former Economics Minister and B-W FDP chairman Walter Doering, triggered a call for new e [...] | 2004-08-09 09:08:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PINR GM |
04FRANKFURT7197 | Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister-President Teufel Forced to Decla [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent events have led to calls for Baden-Wuerttem Minister-President Erwin Teufel (Christian Democrat -- CDU) to step d Teufel's role in securing lucrative private sector jobs for retiring face on calling new elections after the resignation of his FDP Justic have angered the B- [...] | 2004-08-19 11:40:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PINR GM |
04FRANKFURT7332 | Hesse Social Democrats Weakened by Infighting as [...] (SBU) Torn by increasing internal opposition to Agenda 2010 reforms and plagued by declining membership, Hesse Social Democrats have been unable to serve as an effective foil to the Christian Democrat (CDU) government of Minister- President Roland Koch. Smaller parties like the Free Democrat [...] | 2004-08-24 13:01:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PINR GM |
04FRANKFURT7642 | Christian Democrats Likely to Win Absolute Majority [...] (SBU) Bolstered by the popularity of Minister-President Peter Mueller, the Saarland CDU (Christian Democrats) likely will retain its majority in September 5 state elections and improve on the party's 1999 result, when they won 45 percent of the vote. Opposition Social Democrats (SPD) could se [...] | 2004-09-02 13:39:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL GM |
04FRANKFURT772 | Uproar Follows Plan to Relocate German Crime Bureau [...] SUMMARY. Protests against the German government's surprise proposal to relocate to Berlin much of the BKA (Bundeskriminalamt - German equivalent of the FBI) have prompted the Interior Ministry to back down for the moment. Interior Minister Otto Schily (SPD/Social Democrat) announced in early J [...] | 2004-01-30 14:54:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PINR GM |
04FRANKFURT7903 | CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS RETAIN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY IN [...] (U) Led by popular Minister-President Peter Mueller, Saarland Christian Democrats (CDU) netted an impressive 47.5% of the vote in September 5 elections and defended their absolute majority in the state assembly. Damaged by public disenchantment with Hartz IV reforms (Ref A),Social Democrats [...] | 2004-09-10 14:52:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL GM |
04FRANKFURT8020 | German Real Estate Corruption Scandal Implicates [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Frankfurt prosecutors will soon issue corruption indictments against fund managers, architects, and builders in a series of large real estate deals across Germany. The alleged corruption includes bribes and a number of transactions in which participants pocketed bogus commissi [...] | 2004-09-15 13:07:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR ECON EINV PGOV PINR GM |
04FRANKFURT8667 | Schroeder Calls for More Arab Support for Iraq [...] SUMMARY: In widely-publicized remarks at the Frankfurt Book Fair -- dedicated this year to the Arab world -- German Chancellor Schroeder reiterated German support for the war on terror and for stability in Iraq, calling on Arab states (specifically the Arab League) to take a more active role in [...] | 2004-10-06 16:23:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR PTER GM IZ |
04FRANKFURT9139 | Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister-President Teufel [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent speculation by Baden- Wuerttemberg Christian Democrat (CDU) Minister-President Erwin Teufel on a possible bid for re-election has added fuel to the state's smoldering leadership debate. Several party organizations, including the Junge Union (the CDU's youth organizatio [...] | 2004-10-22 15:24:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR GM |
04FRANKFURT9252 | Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister-President To Step Down [...] (U) SUMMARY: Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) Minister President Erwin Teufel announced October 25 that he will relinquish the offices of Minister-President and CDU state chairman as of April 2005. Strife over designating a successor will complicate local politics and life for the national CDU. Bade [...] | 2004-10-28 13:30:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GM |
04GUATEMALA1081 | BERGER'S FIRST 100 DAYS: HONEYMOON ENDING? [...] (SBU) Summary: President Oscar Berger,s government is off to a strong start and retains strong public approval. Berger and his team have effectively conveyed new energy and direction, launching significant initiatives to reduce and modernize the military and to open borders to freer intra-reg [...] | 2004-05-04 14:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MOPS GT |
04GUATEMALA1278 | BERGER RECOVERS AFTER STUMBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Criticism lingers of Berger's handling of his private talks with the FRG, but the political storm has apparently passed and media criticism has decreased considerably. Berger shored up the GANA coalition after the departure of Security Commissioner Otto Perez Molina and his [...] | 2004-05-21 17:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS GT |
04GUATEMALA206 | BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS ROLANDO [...] (U) Dr. Rolando Morales Chavez (47) of the Union Nacional para la Esperanza (UNE) party was elected President of Congress on January 14, 2004, as part of a governability pact negotiated between the ruling GANA party and the center-left UNE and center-right PAN blocks in Congress. Morales is a [...] | 2004-01-28 15:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM GT |
04GUATEMALA244 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (C) Ambassador called on new Minister of Finance Maria Anonieta de Bonilla on January 22. Bonilla is a former banker and executive director at the IMF and IDB and is close to economic cabinet coordinator Richard Aitkenhead and new tax and customs chief Willy Zapata (septel). Her immediate [...] | 2004-02-02 19:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ECON PINR GT |
04GUATEMALA247 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF ENERGY AND [...] (C) Ambassador called on new Minister of Energy and Mines Roberto Gonzalez on January 28. Gonzalez has strong free-market credentials and beliefs, has a background in the electric power sector, and shares our views on respecting contracts, attracting investment, reducing subsidies, and pres [...] | 2004-02-02 22:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EMIN PGOV PINR GT |
04GUATEMALA26 | NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE CESAR MENDEZ: BIOGRAPHICAL [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General Cesar Augusto MENDEZ Pinelo (53) was named to be the next Minister of Defense by President-elect Berger on January 7. Mendez is a protege of former General Otto Perez Molina, a ranking member of Berger's GANA coalition. Embassy databases contain no derogatory i [...] | 2004-01-08 22:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MOPS MARR GT |
04GUATEMALA272 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF ENERGY AND [...] (C) Ambassador called on new Minister of Energy and Mines Roberto Gonzalez on January 28. Gonzalez has strong free-market credentials and beliefs, has a background in the electric power sector, and shares our views on respecting contracts, attracting investment, reducing subsidies, and pres [...] | 2004-02-04 18:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EMIN PGOV PINR GT |
04GUATEMALA30 | BERGER NAMES PROFESSIONAL, EXPERIENCED CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: On January 7, President-elect Oscar Berger announced the members of his cabinet. He also named eight "policy coordinators" (super-ministers) to head functional areas. It is not clear what their relationship will be to the ministers, but Berger has described th [...] | 2004-01-09 17:03:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID SNAR GT |
04GUATEMALA317 | WHA A/S ROGER NORIEGA'S FEBRUARY 3-5 VISIT TO [...] (C) During a February 3-5 visit to Guatemala, WHA Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega met with President Oscar Berger and senior members of his government to discuss the full range of bilateral issues. A/S Noriega highlighted the importance the Bush Administration places on CAFTA as a means of [...] | 2004-02-10 17:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID MOPS KTIA ETRD KCOR PHUM ELAB GT |
04GUATEMALA3262 | SEMI-ANNUAL REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-23 18:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL GT |
04GUATEMALA531 | THE BERGER GOVERNMENT'S FIRST FIFTY DAYS [...] (C) Summary: In his first fifty days in office, President Oscar Berger increased his influence in Congress, removed the controversial Attorney General and the corrupt head of the Tax Authority, relaunched the fiscal pact, dealt effectively with his government's first protest demonstrations and [...] | 2004-03-03 20:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SNAR ECON ETRD EAID MOPS GT |
04GUATEMALA58 | NEW GOVERNMENT AND MAJOR OPPOSITION PARTY AGREE ON [...] (C) Summary: The incoming GANA government reached agreement on January 12 with the UNE and PAN delegations in Congress to elect the congressional leadership board and to support a progressive legislative agenda. The agreement gives the center-left UNE party of Alvaro Colom the Presidency of C [...] | 2004-01-13 15:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID GT |
04GUATEMALA89 | VISIT OF GOV. BUSH FOR BERGER INAUGURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Governor Jeb Bush headed the White House Delegation to the inauguration of Guatemalan President Oscar Berger, January 13-14, 2004, and met privately with both outgoing President Portillo and incoming President Berger. In the meeting with Berger, Governor Bush pledged continued U [...] | 2004-01-15 22:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EAID GT |
04GUAYAQUIL1231 | PSC SUPPORTS PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, the Social Christian Party (PSC) leadership decided to follow through on party leader Leon Febres-Cordero's post-electoral threat to pursue impeachment proceedings for misuse of funds against President Lucio Gutierrez. PSC leaders tell us there are divisions wi [...] | 2004-10-26 20:42:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR EC |
04GUAYAQUIL1323 | BUCARAM BROTHER DENIES ANY DEAL ON RETURN [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 16, former Presidential candidate Jacobo Bucaram shared his views with Guayaquil CG on the situation within the Roldosista Party (PRE) headed by his brother, ex-President Abdala Bucaram. Jacobo offered no predictions about the return of his exiled brother from Pan [...] | 2004-11-19 17:23:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ETRD EC |
04HANOI2406 | Ambassador's August 26 Farewell Call on President [...] (SBU) Summary: During a farewell call on President Tran Duc Luong, Ambassador Burghardt noted the great progress in bilateral relations in the past 10 years, in particular the expansion of normal relations in a number of new areas during the past three years. Nevertheless, many tasks remaine [...] | 2004-08-31 08:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PREL PGOV PHUM PINR VM WTO APEC ASEAN BTA HUMANR |
04HANOI2435 | Ambassador's August 31 Farewell Call on DPM Vu [...] (SBU) Summary: During his August 31 farewell call on Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, the Ambassador underlined the importance of bilateral strategic dialogue and urged Vietnam to strengthen law enforcement and related cooperation, take positive steps in the areas of human rights and religious [...] | 2004-09-03 08:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD VM HUMANR RELFREE WTO CNARC |
04HANOI2440 | Ambassador's September 1 Farewell Call on [...] (SBU) Summary: During his September 1 farewell call on Politburo member Phan Dien, the Ambassador underlined the importance of 2005 in U.S.-Vietnam relations and, although there had been good progress over the past three years, stressed that much work remained in bilateral relations, such as [...] | 2004-09-06 23:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR VM DPOL |
04HANOI2449 | Ambassador's September 3 Farewell Call on General [...] (SBU) Summary: During his September 3 farewell call on General Vo Nguyen Giap, the Ambassador said that, although much progress had been made over the past three years, much still remained to be done to normalize fully bilateral ties. General Giap urged the United States and Vietnam to avoid [...] | 2004-09-07 08:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR VM |
04HANOI2595 | Ambassador's September 16 Meeting with Assistant [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met for the first time September 16 with Assistant Foreign Minister (and Americas Department Director General) Nguyen Duc Hung. Following a brief discussion of VFM Phung's upcoming U.S. visit and Vietnam's efforts to reach out to members of Congress, the issue o [...] | 2004-09-16 09:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR |
04HANOI2609 | Ambassador's September 17 Meeting with Vice [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-17 09:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ABLD AMGT VM |
04HANOI2660 | GVN DECLARES LISTS OF STATE SECRETS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN has for the first time publicly issued a list of Office of the Government documents requiring classification. Included in this list are documents related to security issues, national reserves, budget figures and "important internal and external policies." Official sour [...] | 2004-09-24 09:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR VM |
04HANOI3352 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES SECURITY LAW, BLASTS PM ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Assembly (NA) ended its autumn session on December 4 after passing six new laws, including two on publishing and national security. The contents of the National Security law have not been released, but they reportedly seek to rein in the military's intelligence se [...] | 2004-12-20 08:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MARR VM DPOL |
04HANOI517 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON CPV ECONOMIC CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador, CPV economic czar Truong Tan Sang underscored the importance of the private sector and SOE reform in maintaining high growth rates and employment generation. He promised to privatize parts of Vietnam Airlines and to strengthen IPR enforcement. T [...] | 2004-02-23 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR EFIN PREL PINR VM IPROP FINREF SOE WTO BTA |
04HARARE1112 | ATTACK ON MDC PROVINCIAL MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. ZANU-PF youths on July 2 attacked an MDC provincial assembly attended by several MDC leaders, including Morgan Tsvangirai, in Mashonaland Central. The youths destroyed property and injured MDC supporters. Police blamed the incident on MDC members, while MDC leaders believe the CI [...] | 2004-07-06 14:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC ZANU PF |
04HARARE122 | LESS VIOLENCE - BUT ZANU-PF STILL AHEAD IN RUN-UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MDC candidate in an upcoming by-election reported that the pre-election environment was less threatening than press reports describe. A Minister reiterated ZANU-PF's age-old theme that the West was responsible for Zimbabwe's problems at a rally for the ruling party candidat [...] | 2004-01-22 11:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
04HARARE302 | INDEPENDENT MEDIA UNDER THREAT - ANZ HEARING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court has postponed a hearing on The Daily News's (TDN) consolidated appeal, and the paper remains unpublished. Tension between management and journalists resulting from GOZ pressure on ANZ also may be hindering the paper's ability to publish. The GOZ has expanded [...] | 2004-02-20 10:39:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPAO PINR ZI |
04HARARE334 | TSVANGIRAI TREASON TRIAL NEARS COMPLETION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 24, the State concluded its case in the treason trial of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. The Defense was expected to complete its concluding arguments on February 26, but we would not expect a decision from the judge for some time. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On Febru [...] | 2004-02-25 13:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI MDC |
04HARARE356 | ZIMBABWE - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2003 - [...] Overview of Zimbabwe's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons: --------------------------------------- A. There continued to be infrequent anecdotal reports that Zimbabwe was a country of origin and transit for internationally trafficked persons, particularly women and children. [...] | 2004-02-27 08:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PINR ZI TIP |
04HARARE401 | MDC PRESIDENT APPEALS TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 3, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai briefed some 30 Harare-based diplomats on the MDC's perception of the crisis in Zimbabwe, the status of interparty talks, and the party's strategy for upcoming elections. He appealed to the international community to continue pressure [...] | 2004-03-04 15:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC EAID ZI MDC |
04HARARE409 | SUPREME COURT RESERVES JUDGMENT ON ANZ [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 3, the Supreme Court reserved judgment on the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) consolidated appeal (Ref C). The court gave no indication of when it would give its ruling. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The hearing consisted of a constitutional challenge by the ANZ of nin [...] | 2004-03-05 10:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
04HARARE530 | HOTLY CONTESTED URBAN CONSTITUENCY UP FOR GRABS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sporadic violence and intimidation has characterized the campaign period in an important parliamentary by-election to be held in Zengeza (a high-density suburb of Harare) March 27-28. The opposition MDC selected a candidate rumored not to be the choice of the MDC membership in Ze [...] | 2004-03-26 12:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC |
04HARARE54 | MDC PLANNING TO SUPPORT NON-MDC MASS ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: An MDC official described plans for a prayer vigil on January 11 as the first in what the MDC hopes will be a series of similar (mass) actions in the coming weeks or months. The events would be held under the auspices of the church rather than the MDC. The official recounted MDC [...] | 2004-01-09 10:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC |
04HARARE540 | MINISTER REPORTEDLY SHOOTS OPPOSITION MEMBER AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two eyewitnesses identified Minister without portfolio Elliott Manyika as a shooter in an incident on the second day of voting in Zengeza that left one dead and 11 injured. Emboffs observed several instances of voting irregularities during the voting days: double voting lines, as [...] | 2004-03-29 13:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI ZANU PF MDC |
04HARARE553 | VIOLENT RULING PARTY VICTORY SETS TONE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a demoralizing blow to the opposition, ZANU-PF took an MDC stronghold in the March 27 - 28 by-election in the urban high-density constituency of Zengeza. The government press reported that Minister Elliott Manyika, rumored to be involved in the shooting of an MDC youth (Ref),[...] | 2004-03-30 15:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF |
04HARARE633 | ALLEGED SHOOTER CHARGED IN ZENGEZA BY-ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 8, an alleged shooter in the Zengeza by-election shooting case was charged and taken into police custody. Under intense pressure by police, witnesses have fled to safe houses, and the father of the victim publicly named Minister Manyika as the shooter. It appears very [...] | 2004-04-13 14:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
04HARARE649 | MDC RESTRUCTURING ITSELF FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 15, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai reported to the Ambassador that the party was radically restructuring itself with a focus on contesting elections, despite the fact that the party had not made a final decision to contest the March 2005 polls. Tsvangirai asserted that [...] | 2004-04-16 10:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI MDC |
04HARARE680 | HARARE MAYOR FIRED IN LATEST GOZ ATTACK ON MDC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16 Minister of Local Government Ignatius Chombo fired the suspended MDC Mayor of Harare Elias Mudzuri without apparent legal justification. The Mayor said he intended to appeal to the High Court to overturn the dismissal, but we hold little hope for his success. END SU [...] | 2004-04-21 14:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC |
04HARARE716 | CONTROVERSIAL MDC MP JOB SIKHALA ARRESTED AFTER [...] (U) On April 25, police arrested Job Sikhala, MDC MP for St. Mary's (a high-density suburb of Harare) and five of his supporters. Three were released without charge on April 27, but Sikhala and two others were still in custody on April 28. Sikhala was arrested at his house in St. Mary's after [...] | 2004-04-28 12:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC |
04HARARE752 | WHITHER THE MDC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fledgling opposition MDC is suffering from some basic but critical problems: infighting within the higher ranks, insufficient communication and consultation with the broader membership, despondency, and increasing criticism from within the party. These factors coupled with ZA [...] | 2004-05-05 11:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID ASEC ZI MDC |
04HARARE765 | MDC MP JOB SIKHALA DENIES SPLINTER PARTY PLOT -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 4, maverick MDC MP Job Sikhala denied rumors that he planned to create a splinter party with other high-level MDC officials. Whether or not that rumor is true, Sikhala and MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai currently appear to be at odds -- yet another example of internal conf [...] | 2004-05-07 09:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SF ZI MDC |
04HARARE766 | (U) SNAPSHOT OF ZIMBABWE GRAIN STOCKS (C-AL4-00228) [...] (c) Following is a snapshot of the current grain stock situation in Zimbabwe. We caution that grain stocks are a moving target and unimpeachable data is difficult to come by, since the GOZ has taken to treating Grain Marketing Board (GMB) information as a de facto state secret. Nonetheless, [...] | 2004-05-07 09:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EAID EAGR |
04HARARE778 | NCA PLANNING DEMONSTRATION FOR MAY 12 IN DOWNTOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) is planning a street demonstration in downtown Harare for May 12, but absent participation from other groups its prospects for success are limited. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On May 5, NCA Director Dr. Lovemore Madhuku said the NCA called of [...] | 2004-05-10 14:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
04HARARE790 | VIOLENCE LOWER IN RUN-UP TO RURAL BY-ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 10 the Ambassador met with MDC Secretary General Welshman Ncube and MDC Spokesperson Paul SIPDIS Themba-Nyathi. Ncube commented on lower levels of violence in the pre-election period in Lupane, sympathetic meetings with South African officials, and an internal MDC confli [...] | 2004-05-11 15:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ASEC ZI |
04HARARE843 | ZANU-PF WRESTS MP SEAT FROM MDC IN RURAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Along with Harare based diplomats from ten other countries, Poloff observed a May 15 - 16 parliamentary by-election in the rural Matabeleland North district of Lupane -- a traditional MDC stronghold. ZANU-PF narrowly won the seat by a margin of over 800 votes in an election chara [...] | 2004-05-18 15:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF |
04HARARE858 | ZANU-PF STAGES DEMONSTRATION AGAINST MDC MP ROY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 20, ZANU-PF staged a demonstration in downtown Harare against MDC MP Roy Bennett. The demonstration came two days after Bennett assaulted Minister of Justice Patrick Chinamasa in Parliament when the latter commented on the government seizure of Bennett's farm. END SUMMARY [...] | 2004-05-21 08:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI ZANU PF MDC |
04HARARE882 | MUGABE VISIBLY AGITATED DURING SKY NEWS INTERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Controversy has swirled around President Mugabe's May 22 interview with Sky News. The fallout might result in some turmoil within the higher echelons of ZANU-PF, and some discomfort for Mbeki, but it is unlikely to affect Mugabe's domestic political fortune. END SUMMARY. 2. ( [...] | 2004-05-27 16:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ECON KPAO ZI |
04HARARE987 | HIGH COURT DISMISSES PHASE ONE OF MDC PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 10, the High Court dismissed the first phase of the MDC's election petition covering challenges against the 2002 presidential election. No date has yet been set for a second phase, which is expected to disclose factual evidence potentially embarrassing to the GOZ. END S [...] | 2004-06-14 14:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1321 | (SBU) PESONNEL CHANGES IN VIETNAM'S COMMUNIST PARTY [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Personnel shifts within the Communist Party in Southern Vietnam indicate that jockeying for position ahead of the party's 10th Congress in 2006 is underway. A contact close to the Party told us that the Party's Central Committee had begun to consider who might succeed Prime M [...] | 2004-10-21 11:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI VM DPOL |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1383 | FORMER PM VO VAN KIET ON U.S. TIES, WTO, ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, one of the fathers of Vietnam's economic reform policy and an informal advisor to the GVN and the Party, stressed to the Consul General October 30 that Vietnam is on the verge of eliminating the last vestiges of its central planning system, div [...] | 2004-11-04 07:33:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EAID EFIN ETRD VM WTO SOE |
04HOCHIMINHCITY1582 | HCMC ECONOMIC LEADERS REPORT 2004 PROGRESS, LISTEN TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) government leaders for the third straight year reported to the foreign business community on the city's annual progress in achieving economic and development goals. The leaders then listened as their audience articulated difficulties foreign businesses e [...] | 2004-12-22 11:11:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV EIND ELTN PINR VM |
04KABUL1381 | NORTHERN VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN,S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. VII Corps General Wasiq met with the Ambassador on May 10 to discuss major initiatives to bring stability and promote economic and political progress in northern Afghanistan. Key topics included: northern disappointment with the perceived slow pace of reconstruction efforts in t [...] | 2004-05-15 04:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PGOV PINR PINS PREL AF |
04KATHMANDU105 | NEPAL'S NEWLY APPOINTED AMBASSADOR TO INDIA [...] His Majesty's Government of Nepal (GON) announced the appointment of Karna Dhoj Adhikari as its Ambassador to India on December 12, 2003. Ambassador-designate Adhikari will replace acting Nepali CDA Pradeep Khatiwata, who has been GON's representative since Ambassador Bekh Bahadur Thapa retur [...] | 2004-01-14 09:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU1319 | NEPAL: DEPARTING INDIAN AMBASSADOR OFFERS HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Moriarty on July 13, outgoing Indian Ambassador to Nepal (and future Indian Foreign Secretary) Shyam Satan stressed that a negotiated settlement with the Maoists resulting in multiparty democracy could only be achieved if there were political unity bet [...] | 2004-07-14 09:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS PINR PREF BH PK NP |
04KATHMANDU1443 | NEPAL: ADHIKARI PLANS NEGOTIATIONS BEFORE ALL ELSE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Adhikari told the Ambassador on July 26 that negotiations with the Maoists must be the government's priority. Believing the Maoists ready to meet, Adhikari defended his budget by stating that a strong military and administration were req [...] | 2004-07-27 08:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR BT NP GON |
04KATHMANDU1444 | NEPAL: STATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER ON BHUTANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's State Foreign Affairs Minister Mahat told the Ambassador on July 26 that negotiations with the Maoists before the Maoists were serious would be fruitless. Mahat indicated that a critical RGOB had accepted the results of Nepal's criminal investigation of the 22 December Bh [...] | 2004-07-27 08:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR BT NP |
04KATHMANDU1697 | NEPAL: THE CPN-UML PARTY (C-NE4-00843) [...] (U) Post greatly appreciates the opportunity to help inform the Department's analytic process. Post's responses are keyed to Ref A questions by letter. ================= HISTORY, PLATFORM ================= 2. (C) The modern CPN-UML party is a centrist European social-democratic style p [...] | 2004-08-25 06:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR NP |
04KATHMANDU408 | NEPAL: KING APPOINTS BHEKH THAPA AS FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON MARCH 3, NEPAL'S KING, ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF PRIME MINISTER SURYA BAHADUR THAPA, APPOINTED DR. BHEKH BAHADUR THAPA AS FOREIGN MINISTER AND HEALTH MINISTER. RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HOME MINISTRY WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE PRIME MINISTER TO MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INF [...] | 2004-03-04 08:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR NP GON |
04KATHMANDU693 | NEPAL: FACEOFF BETWEEN PARTIES AND PALACE [...] (C) April traditionally is a month of political ferment in Nepal. This year, with all three of the country's politcal actors--the parties, the King, and the Maoists--in apparent overdrive, promises to be particularly interesting. Some commentators have expressed concern that the anti-governm [...] | 2004-04-12 09:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER PREL NP |
04KIGALI1162 | SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT INFILTRATES RWANDA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Chief Editor of Rwanda's most independent newspaper, "Umuseso", Charles Kabonero, was detained for six weeks in December 2003, not recently as reported by international media. He reports that a special intelligence unit within the National Police's Criminal Investigation [...] | 2004-08-13 05:35:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS RW |
04KINSHASA1139 | VICE MINISTER OF PLAN BIOGRAPHIC SHEET [...] The following is biographic data for DRC Vice Minister of Plan Raymond N'T. Tshibanda. 2. Names (Last, First M.I.): Tshibanda, Raymond N'T. 3. Date and Place of Birth: Nov 20, 1950 in Lomela, Kasai Oriental 4. Civil Status: Married, Five (5) children. All reside in the USA in Los Ang [...] | 2004-06-21 14:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PINR CG |
04KINSHASA1284 | NEW ITURI DISTRICT COMMISSIONER TRAVELS TO BUNIA [...] (C) Summary. New Ituri District Commissioner Petronille Vaweka traveled to Bunia on July 12 with a goal of improving security, resolving the IDP situation and rebuilding Ituri. Although she is a competent and determined individual, her effectiveness will be contingent on receiving support from [...] | 2004-07-12 15:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1291 | MINOR CABINET RESHUFFLE OF CONGOLESE GOVT. [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Kabila announced a minor cabinet reshuffle on July 11, filling a number of posts that had been vacant. The ministers of defense (from the RCD-Goma),foreign affairs (MLC),and mines (political opposition) all retained their jobs, contrary to persistent rumors that circ [...] | 2004-07-13 10:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CG |
04KINSHASA1293 | UPDATED LIST OF TOP CONGOLESE OFFICIALS [...] Following is a list of top Congolese government officials, following the reshuffle of July 11, 2004: PRESIDENT --------- - Joseph Kabila (PPRD) VICE-PRESIDENTS --------------- - Azarias RUBERWA (RCD-G) - Jean-Pierre BEMBA (MLC) - Arthur Z'AHIDI NGOMA (pol) - YERODIA Abdoulaye [...] | 2004-07-14 08:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR CG |
04KINSHASA1299 | DEPARTING BELGIAN AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH [...] (C) During TDY Charge Gerald Scott's July 9 courtesy call on outgoing Belgian Ambassador Renier Nyskens, Nyskens stressed the need to maintain cohesion within the International Committee to Assist the Transition (CIAT) as many senior members will be rotating this summer and some elements with [...] | 2004-07-14 15:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PGOV PINR CG BE VT |
04KINSHASA1323 | FAPC AND FNI MILITIAS FIGHTING IN ITURI [...] (C) Summary. Fighting between FAPC and FNI militias in Ituri has continued into a second week resulting in hundreds of IDPs and an undetermined number of refugees. The conflict has been fueled by apparent efforts to control a gold mine and the perception that MONUC's and the GDRC's attention an [...] | 2004-07-15 16:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PINR CG |
04KINSHASA1368 | KABILA REPLACES FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kabila fired foreign minister Antoine Ghonda on July 22, at the insistence of GDRC vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba. This did not come as a surprise, since Bemba told us seven days ago he was determined to replace Ghonda and his aides had hinted for weeks that Bemba had [...] | 2004-07-23 15:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CG |
04KINSHASA1492 | MONUC FEARS URANIUM SMUGGLING IN CONGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A MONUC official based in Katanga province recently visited Shinkolobwe, a local mining area and source of uranium, and expressed concern to Kinshasa-based diplomats about possible illegal uranium-related mining activity. Although Post sees no cause for immediate alarm, Shinkolobw [...] | 2004-08-09 12:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS EMIN PINR KNNP CG |
04KINSHASA1500 | FORMER FM GHONDA DISCUSSES HIS DISMISSAL [...] (C) Summary: In an informal August 1 meeting with the Ambassador, former Foreign Minister Antoine Ghonda (protect) observed that he had had growing problems over time with the leader of his ostensible party, VP Jean-Pierre Bemba. In addition, Ghonda reported that Ugandan President Museveni [...] | 2004-08-09 15:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CG |
04KINSHASA1958 | CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT PLANNING VISIT TO CHINA, [...] (C) Presidential Advisor and Special Ambassador Andre Kapanga told PolCouns October 18 that he and Foreign Minister Ramazani (possibly with other government officials) will be visiting China the first week of November, followed by a 4-day visit to North Korea. Kapanga said the delegation will [...] | 2004-10-21 13:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC PINR PREL CG CH KN |
04KINSHASA2122 | DRC VISIT TO CHINA, N. KOREA - HYDROELECTRICITY [...] (C) Summary: Presidential advisor Andre Kapanga, the second-ranking official on the DRC delegation to China and North Korea, told PolCouns November 17 that meetings focused on investment opportunities in the DRC, particularly hydroelectrical generation and production of roof tiles. China off [...] | 2004-11-19 07:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON ENRG EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV CG CH KN |
04KINSHASA2183 | KABILA NOV 29: OTHER TRANSITION SUJBECTS [...] (C) President Kabila met November 29 with the Ambassadors from UNSC Perm 5 countries, Belgium, South Africa, Angola, and Nigeria, plus UN SRSG Bill Swing primarily to discuss the situation in eastern DRC, as reported ref A. After the discussion, Kabila also noted current debates regarding de [...] | 2004-11-30 13:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL KCOR CG |
04KUWAIT1041 | (S/NF) SHAYKH NAWAF AL-AHMED: A NON-ENTITY TO [...] (S/NF) Ref A relayed a report from a well-connected Kuwaiti source that Shaykh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, has the inside track to be a future Amir. The Bosnian ambassador (protect),a Muslim who speaks fluent Arabic and enjoys warm [...] | 2004-03-30 13:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PREL PGOV KU |
04KUWAIT1334 | (C) GUANTANAMO: PROPOSED KUWAITI DELEGATION TO [...] (U) Action request - please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Post has received diplomatic note number 20040895 dated April 21, 2004 from MFA, formally proposing May 3 (vice April 26 in reftel) as the date for a GOK delegation to visit Washington, DC/Ft. Belvoir to discuss the Kuwaiti nationals det [...] | 2004-04-22 06:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU |
04KUWAIT1661 | (S) ISLAMIST EXTREMIST WANTS TO TALK TO U.S., SAYS [...] (S) MFA Acting Undersecretary Amb. Khaled al-Babtain convoked CDA May 25 to tell him that Jaber al-Jalahma "has information" for the US Embassy. As reported reftel, DNSA Fran Townsend singled out Jalahma by name during her May 4 meeting with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed, as an extrem [...] | 2004-05-25 14:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KISL PREL KJUS PINR KU |
04KUWAIT1731 | (S) JALAHMA TRIES TO SHOW HE'S NOT SUCH AN [...] (S) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In a two-and-a-half-hour conversation with PolChief June 01, Kuwaiti Islamist extremist Jaber Al-Jalahma (ref A) denied ever having been a member of Al-Qaeda and ever having funded men of violence. He expressed ambivalence about 9/11 and similar attacks: good in [...] | 2004-06-02 13:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KISL PGOV PREL KJUS PINR KU |
04KUWAIT1904 | (S) PROPOSED RELEASE OF KUWAITI GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-19 13:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU |
04KUWAIT2152 | (C) GUANTANAMO: GOK SEEKS CLEARANCE FOR LAWYER, [...] (U) THIS IS REVISED VERSION OF REFTEL, WHICH WAS INADVERTENTLY SENT INCOMPLETE. Action Request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Embassy has received two diplomatic notes in Arabic from MFA Coordination and Follow-Up Department, both marked "secret." According to the first (number 2004145 [...] | 2004-07-12 14:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU |
04KUWAIT276 | (U) DRUGGED OUT: NON-CITIZENS LACK ACCESS TO BEST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-26 04:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL PINR KU |
04KUWAIT2771 | KUWAITI RESPONSE TO PROPOSED TRANSFER OF [...] (S) The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry responded to reftel requests regarding the transfer of one Kuwaiti national from Guantanamo to Kuwait and has agreed to all prisoner transfer conditions. The following is an unofficial Embassy translation of the text of the MFA diplomatic note received on Augu [...] | 2004-08-24 14:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR KU |
04KUWAIT2900 | (SBU) AMB PROSPER DISCUSSES GTMO, SADDAM'S TRIAL [...] SUMMARY. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre-Richard Prosper met with a Government of Kuwait (GOK) delegation on August 26 to discuss Kuwaiti detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) and the trial of Saddam Hussein. The delegation acknowledged receipt of post's notificatio [...] | 2004-09-01 09:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PHUM PINR KAWC KJUS KU |
04KUWAIT3511 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-10 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC PINR KU |
04KUWAIT3525 | SHAYKH JABER RECEIVES AMBASSADOR,S CREDENTIALS [...] (C) In a quick, well-choreographed October 12 ceremony, the Ambassador presented his credentials to Shaykh Jaber at the Amiri Diwan. The Ambassadors from Japan, Azerbaijan, and Canada presented credentials in succession before the Amir received the Ambassador and the six senior members of the [...] | 2004-10-12 11:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR KU |
04KUWAIT3633 | JUSTICE MINISTER: U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FLAWED, [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador on October 23, Justice Minister Ahmed Baqer disputed U.S. claims of a corruptible judiciary, increased censorship, and preferential treatment of Kuwaiti nationals and discussed what he sees as numerous mistakes in the 2003 Department Report on [...] | 2004-10-25 13:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KWMN PHUM PINR KU |
04KUWAIT3635 | AMBASSADOR MEETS AL-SABAH GOVERNOR: FRANK TALK ON [...] (C) Summary: During an October 23 meeting, Mubarak al-Kabir Governor Shaykh Mubarak al-Humoud al-Sabah shared with Ambassador his view that a possible Amiri leadership succession in Kuwait would not include Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed. In addition, the Governor relayed concerns that [...] | 2004-10-25 13:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR KU |
04KUWAIT3751 | WEAK AMIR PRESIDES OVER OPENING OF PARLIAMENT; [...] (C) A frail Amir Shaykh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah opened the National Assembly session on October 26, marking the start of the second year of Kuwait's tenth National Assembly legislative term. The Amiri address, traditionally delivered by the Amir at the beginning of each session, was instead r [...] | 2004-11-02 12:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN PINR KU |
04KUWAIT3771 | AMIR'S SON ALLEGES CONSPIRACY TO OUST HIS FATHER [...] (S) Summary and Comment: An Al-Sabah ruling family member and son of the Amir recently asked PolChief to join him on a walk through his garden during which he railed against the Prime Minister, accusing him of manipulating his power and position to force the Amir and Crown Prince out of off [...] | 2004-11-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV KU PINR |
04KUWAIT4106 | KUWAITI SECURITY ADVISOR TO SEE DEPUTY NSA HADLEY; [...] Biographical information included; please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Kuwaiti National Security Advisor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah confirmed with DCM on September 29 that he will meet with Deputy NSA and NSA designate Stephen Hadley on Saturday, December 4, at 1500, on the sid [...] | 2004-12-01 04:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KU IZ BA NATO |
04KUWAIT4540 | SURVIVING GRANDSON OF LATE AMIR MUBARAK THE GREAT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a December 26 call on the Ambassador, Shaykh Mohammed Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, the eldest surviving grandson of Mubarak the Great, complained about a lack of American respect for Kuwait. Shaykh Mohammed, a young but influential Shaykh, admitted to an inability [...] | 2004-12-28 13:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KU |
04KUWAIT4557 | KUWAIT ENERGY UPDATE: PROJECTS, EXPANSION, [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met December 2004 separately with KPC board members, executives and chairmen of the various KPC divisions, and also met with American oil company executives. Most of the discussions concerned the Kuwait Project (septel),but other topics discussed include: Kuwait-Ira [...] | 2004-12-29 11:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EPET ENRG BEXP KU IZ |
04LAGOS1068 | NIGERIA: NOBEL LAUREATE WOLE SOYINKA ARRESTED, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) arrested and later released Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka and six other human rights activists on May 15 during a rally held in Lagos opposing President Olusegun Obasanjo's administration and its policies. Soyinka later met with the CG and POLOFF o [...] | 2004-05-20 16:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM SOCI PGOV PINR NI |
04LAGOS11 | CAPTAIN CRUSADER VS THE BUNKERING BANDITS: NAVAL [...] (S N/F) SUMMARY: Captain O.B. Ogunjimi, commander of the Naval base in the heart of Nigeria's oil-rich but troubled Delta region, recently described to ConGen Officers his experiences fighting oil thieves in the Delta. According to Ogunjimi, corruption within his command is not as rampant as [...] | 2004-01-05 08:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PINR PINS MOPS PGOV EINV ASEC NI |
04LAGOS1131 | GANG WARFARE IN PORT HARCOURT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gang-style fighting near the city Port Harcourt in Rivers State over the last several days has resulted in numerous deaths. Two rival gangs associated with politically-connected "godfathers" are fighting over control of villages approximately 10-20 kilometers west of Port Harcourt [...] | 2004-05-28 05:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC EPET EWWT PINR PINS EINV ETRD NI CACS |
04LAGOS1163 | NIGERIA - GANGS OF PORT HARCOURT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent gang fighting in the Port Harcourt area of the Niger Delta highlights yet another brand of violence in Nigeria (ref A). Reports from oil services and construction company security managers in the field estimate that up to 100 people may have died over three to four days of [...] | 2004-06-03 09:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR EPET EINV PHUM NI |
04LAGOS1203 | AH, THE "O'S!" - A VISIT TO OGUN, OYO, OSUN, AND [...] Summary. This is the first of a four-part report on ConOffs visit to four of the five former Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) States, that were taken by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2003 and 2004 federal, state and local elections. After one year under new administrations, all f [...] | 2004-06-10 07:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KDEM PINR NI |
04LAGOS1205 | AH, THE "O'S" - A VISIT TO OGUN, OYO, OSUN, AND [...] Summary. This is the second of a four-part report on PolOffs' visit to four of the five former Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) States, that were taken by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2003 and 2004 federal, state and local elections. (Part 1 at reftel) After one year under new a [...] | 2004-06-10 14:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
04LAGOS1206 | AH, THE "O'S!" - A VISIT TO OGUN, OYO, OSUN, AND [...] Summary. This is the third of a four-part report on ConOffs visit to four of the five former Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) States, that were taken by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2003 and 2004 federal, state and local elections. (Parts 1 and 2 at reftels B and A) After one ye [...] | 2004-06-10 14:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
04LAGOS1210 | NIGER DELTA: CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT IN WARRI [...] (C) Introduction and summary. This is the second in a series of four cables addressing the security, political, and humanitarian situations in the Niger Delta, based on a field visit by Poloff and Econoff to Warri June 7 and 8. This cable addresses the recent cease-fire agreement and the Ijaw [...] | 2004-06-13 07:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINS PINR EPET KDEM PHUM EINV ASEC CASC NI |
04LAGOS124 | NIGERIAN STYLE DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW IN [...] (U) Anarchy reigns in the government of Anambra State. Since the challenged gubernatorial election in April 2003, the state has countenanced the July abduction of Governor Chris Ngige (reftel B),a state coup attempt, and the Governor's questioned resignation. Everyone has accused everyone e [...] | 2004-01-21 10:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
04LAGOS1462 | NIGERIA'S SPECIAL BRAND OF ISLAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with the Secretary General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs Lateef Adegbite in early July to discuss the nature of Islam in Nigeria, includingthe dividends of democracy, procedural safeguards inherent in Sharia law, the urgent need to restar [...] | 2004-07-19 09:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PINR PREL SOCI KISL NI |
04LAGOS1477 | NIGERIA'S SPECIAL BRAND OF ISLAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with the Secretary General of the Nigeria Supreme Council SIPDIS for Islamic Affairs Lateef Adegbite in early July to discuss the nature of Islam in Nigeria, including procedural safeguards inherent in Sharia law, the urgent need to restart of the polio va [...] | 2004-07-20 14:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PINR PREL SOCI KISL NI |
04LAGOS1494 | C-CN4-00499 AND C-CN4-00503: NIGER DELTA [...] (S/NF) The Mission thanks its colleagues in INR for their kind encouragement of continued reporting efforts on the Niger Delta. Per your request, we have an update on reftels. 2. (S/NF) Captain Ogunjumi, former Commanding Officer (CO) of the Nigerian Naval Station (NNS) in Warri, left his po [...] | 2004-07-21 14:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR NI |
04LAGOS155 | NIGERIA'S FUEL CRUNCH WORSENS AMIDST STRIKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Nigerians try to determine if a national strike is on or off and whether or not there is a tax on gasoline (refs A, B),the country's fuel supply problems are not only clear, they are, in fact, worsening. Private marketers have scaled-back fuel imports in the face of busines [...] | 2004-01-23 08:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV PINR ENRG NI |
04LAGOS192 | NEW YEAR OFFERS NO REPRIEVE FROM DELTA VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The New Year has so far offered Nigeria's Delta region little reprieve from the violence that marked 2003. Recent incidents reflect heightened tensions in the Warri area, and ethnic clashes remain a constant possibility. While it was hoped that attempts at dialogue between the [...] | 2004-01-26 13:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EPET MOPS PGOV PINS NI |
04LAGOS2069 | NIGERIAN OPPOSITION PARTY TRIES TO REGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The crisis-ridden, Yoruba dominated Alliance for Democracy (AD) party selected former Osun State governor Bisi Akande as its new national chairman in a September 29 Lagos convention. Party faithful hoped the convention would reconcile rival factions, putting an end to an embarrass [...] | 2004-10-08 16:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NI PGOV PINR |
04LAGOS2134 | WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE DELTA - A LAGOS [...] (C) Summary: Supplementing the views expressed reftel, this message provides Lagos' perspective of the Delta crisis. This latest gush of violence is a moment of acceleration in a negative spiral that began years ago. The eruption is a byproduct of not only the 2003 elections but also of econ [...] | 2004-10-20 16:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET PINR NI |
04LAGOS2227 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO KEEPS FIRM GRIP ON PDP IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The ruling PDP controls the governments in all the southern states except Lagos. As so often happens when a party obtains such dominance, most political friction in the south is no longer the child of inter-party competition. It is a product of the leviathan party's own internal [...] | 2004-11-02 15:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NI PGOV PREL PINR |
04LAGOS2383 | LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS TO GO AHEAD DESPITE [...] SUMMARY: The government of Delta State plans to hold local council elections in Warri November 27 in three areas where elections were suspended March 2004. The majority ethnic group in the area, the Ijaws, have threatened to boycott the elections because they believe the configuration of the [...] | 2004-11-27 15:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI CASC NI |
04LAGOS2396 | WARRI ELECTIONS POSTPONED AGAIN, RESCHEDULED FOR [...] Late November 26, the Delta State government again postponed the Warri local council elections. Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) representatives reportedly announced the elections were being postponed for "logistical reasons." The elections are rescheduled for December 2. [...] | 2004-11-30 06:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI CASC NI |
04LAGOS296 | EKITI UPDATE: HIS AND HER EXCELLENCIES [...] (U) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose and his wife Feyisetan of tiny, impoverished Ekiti State have had their Public Relations Director working overtime recently to "spin" them a high-profile, positive public image. The couple has been appearing almost weekly in news [...] | 2004-02-06 15:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
04LAGOS300 | NIGERIA: CHILD TRAFFICKING IN OGUN STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 3 POLOFF visited quarry sites in Ogun State where trafficked Beninese children had been rescued in September and October 2003 (reftel). POLOFF was accompanied by Bose Akinola of the NGO Voice of Women in Africa and members of the Women's Consortium of Nigeria (WOCO [...] | 2004-02-06 16:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR SOCI SMIG KOCI NI BN |
04LAGOS321 | NIGERIA: PDP OFFICIAL MURDERED [...] (U) On February 6, unknown assailants killed Chief Amino-Sari Dikibo, National Vice Chairman of the South-South Zone of the People's Democratic Party (PDP),as he was traveling to attend a Conference of South-South Governors in Asaba, Delta State. Dikibo, who had a police escort and driver, [...] | 2004-02-11 12:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINS PINR NI |
04LAGOS469 | CROSS RIVER AND AKWA IBOM: WAITING PEACEFULLY FOR [...] (U) Summary. On a recent familiarization visit to the southeastern States of Cross River and Akwa Ibom, PolOffs found officials with many plans for economic development in the region. All are targeting agriculture and tourism as a way to diversify and lessen dependence on income from oil. Pr [...] | 2004-03-03 13:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN EINV ECON PINR NI |
04LAGOS523 | NIGER DELTA: FIGHTING IN THE STREETS OF WARRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fighting has broken out in the streets of Warri involving members of the Joint Task Force (JTF) "Operation Restore Hope" and civilians, likely militant Ijaw youths. We have conflicting unconfirmed reports regarding the cause of the clashes, but it seems the fighting began with a [...] | 2004-03-10 14:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PINR ASEC EPET MCAP NI |
04LAGOS540 | DELTA VIOLENCE ON RISE, ELECTIONS SUSPENDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The rate and level of violence in the Niger Delta has been increasing in recent weeks (ref A). Plans for March 27 elections in several key Local Government Areas (LGA) have been suspended, fueling tension between ethnic groups in the region. Meanwhile, thousands of internally [...] | 2004-03-12 06:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PGOV PINS PINR ASEC EPET NI |
04LAGOS547 | NIGERIA: WAR ON NAFDAC: THE BATTLE AGAINST [...] (U) Summary: Just three months after an attempted assassination of Director General Dr. Dorothy Akunyili, Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) seems to be under attack. Fires gutted the agency's Lagos office on March 7, and less than 72 hours later, [...] | 2004-03-12 15:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD SOCI TBIO PINR NI |
04LAGOS637 | NIGERIA: SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - MARCH 2004 [...] (U) Continuing its losing ways, the Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) lost another challenge to the April 2003 elections that gave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) five of the six southwestern gubernatorial offices AD had held since 1999. 2. (U) Immediately after the elections, the AD had [...] | 2004-03-24 14:56:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
04LAGOS75 | EXXON AND CHROME FIRST TO BID ON JDZ BLOCKS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The development of natural resources in the Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) took another step forward after a joint regulatory body gave ExxonMobil the go-ahead to exercise preferential rights in the Zone. An American-Nigerian company will have a simi [...] | 2004-01-14 16:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV PGOV PINR PREL NI |
04LAGOS752 | INDUSTRIALIST CORROBORATES COUP PLOT RUMORS [...] (S N/F) SUMMARY. The head of Nigeria's leading indigenous petroleum marketing firm and son of a former Lagos State governor told ECONOFF that in a private conversation with President Obasanjo and NNPC chief Funsho Kupolokun last weekend, Obasanjo confirmed rumors that the GON uncovered a coup [...] | 2004-04-06 17:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR MOPS PREL NI |
04LAGOS82 | EXXON AND CHROME FIRST TO BID ON JDZ BLOCKS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The development of natural resources in the Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) took another step forward after a joint regulatory body gave ExxonMobil the go-ahead to exercise preferential rights in the Zone. An American- Nigerian company will have a sim [...] | 2004-01-15 09:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV PGOV PINR PREL NI |
04LAGOS941 | NIGER DELTA WAITS FOR MILITARY ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: We have no reports of military action over the weekend in the Niger Delta swamps as residents and oil companies anticipate a GON response to an attack on Friday, April 23 that left seven dead, including two AmCits and three Nigerian Navy security personnel (reftels). Press reports [...] | 2004-05-03 17:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PINS ASEC MOPS PINR PGOV CASC PHUM NI |
04LILONGWE1 | VP RESIGNS FOUR MONTHS BEFORE ELECTIONS [...] (U) On January 1, First Vice President Justin Malewezi announced that December 31, 2003 was his last day in office and that he has resigned as First Deputy National Chairman of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF). In his press release, Malewezi said he made the decision for personal reas [...] | 2004-01-02 11:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE1016 | MALAWI'S FORMER FINANCE MINISTER ARRESTED FOR [...] (U) Former Minister of Finance Friday Jumbe was arrested on October 27 as he attempted to leave Malawi for South Africa. Though the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Anti-Corruption Bureau, and Jumbe's lawyer have not publicly said what charges Jumbe faces, his arrest is widely thought to [...] | 2004-10-28 09:13:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV ECON EFIN PINR MI |
04LILONGWE1086 | RULING PARTY REBELS RATCHET UP RHETORIC, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) have become more outspoken in their criticism of President Bingu wa Mutharika, widening the split in the party. The UDF executive committee has punished ministers close to Mutharika, taking away party positions and perks. Despite this [...] | 2004-11-26 08:40:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE1114 | MUTHARIKA TOUTS RURAL GROWTH, ESTABLISHES DONOR [...] Summary: President Mutharika summoned heads of mission to thank them for their support and to air his views on key policies. He discussed his plans for rural poverty alleviation, the GOM's move to Lilongwe, and promised to have regular meetings with donors to establish a policy dialogue. End [...] | 2004-12-07 14:04:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PINR MI |
04LILONGWE147 | POLICE OPEN FIRE AT OPPOSITION POLITICAL RALLY; [...] (SBU) At a February 22 political rally of the opposition Mgwirizano Coalition, police fired on the crowd, injuring two people. The rally, which the police claimed could not take place because the President was holding his own rally in the vicinity, resumed later after Coalition leaders obtaine [...] | 2004-02-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CASC PINR MI |
04LILONGWE155 | MULUZI TWEAKS CABINET BEFORE ELECTIONS [...] (U) After dissolving his 45-member Cabinet two days earlier, President Muluzi appointed a largely unchanged Cabinet on February 24. Amid the re-shuffle, what changes were made reflect the ruling United Democratic Front's (UDF) tweakings to position the party for May's elections. COMMENT -- [...] | 2004-02-25 10:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE166 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DECLARED; OPPOSITION BADLY [...] (U) Six presidential contenders declared their candidacy to the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on February 25 and 26. Among them were the United Democratic Front (UDF)/Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) coalition's Bingu wa Mutharika, four from opposition parties, and one independent. COMME [...] | 2004-02-27 07:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE187 | "FARMER" MULUZI CULTIVATES HIS POST-PRESIDENTIAL IMAGE [...] (C) I met with President Muluzi at his request on February 18 at his private residence in Blantyre. We discussed his three-point agenda: a) USG assistance in training Malawi Defense Force (MDF) officers as helicopter pilots; b) USG support of an HIV/AIDS Center he wishes to lead after he le [...] | 2004-03-04 13:52:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MI |
04LILONGWE214 | FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED IN DEATH OF PRESIDENT'S [...] (SBU) A March 2 autopsy report revealed that Kalonga Stambuli, Chief Executive Officer of President Muluzi's Trade and Investment Company, was poisoned and strangled on December 29, 2003. In the weeks following Stambuli's death, "The Dispatch" weekly newspaper printed a series of excerpts fro [...] | 2004-03-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PINR KDEM MI |
04LILONGWE244 | INDEPENDENTS STAND OUT AS PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES [...] (U) On the official roster of candidates contesting in the May 18 parliamentary elections, each parliamentary district generally has between 4 and 13 candidates, with a notable number of contestants registered as independents. The ruling United Democratic Front (UDF)/Alliance for Democracy (AF [...] | 2004-03-25 09:04:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE270 | CABINET GROWS YET AGAIN IN PATRONAGE PAY-OFF [...] (U) New Congress for Democracy (NCD) president Hetherwick Ntaba has been appointed Minister of the new Ministry of Energy and Mining, the Office of President and Cabinet announced on March 29. Ntaba, who formed NCD after being dismissed from the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) National Executive [...] | 2004-03-30 13:57:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EFIN PINR MI |
04LILONGWE326 | ELECTORAL COMMISSION REMAINS INEFFECTIVE, [...] (SBU) Ineffectiveness and inefficiency have marked the Malawi Electoral Commission's (MEC) preparations for the May 18 elections. One million "extra" names on the official voting roster, overexpenditures resulting in a 26% increase in the elections budget, and failure to assure equitable cove [...] | 2004-04-22 15:26:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE333 | MULUZI WARNS INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVERS [...] (U) President Muluzi warned international election observers not to interfere in the electoral process at a political rally on April 25. Muluzi said the observers' duty "is not to interfere with the election process and consequently decampaign (his) government." Claiming to have names of ind [...] | 2004-04-26 13:05:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE375 | MALAWI TO MUDDLE THROUGH ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) confirmed on May 5 that presidential and parliamentary elections will take place on May 18 in spite of continuing difficulties with the voters' roll, a flawed verification process, and a significant funding gap. On the political scene, a last-ditch cl [...] | 2004-05-07 09:47:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EFIN PINR MI |
04LILONGWE381 | OPPOSITION UNHAPPY DESPITE MODEST MEC IMPROVEMENTS [...] (SBU) The Malawian Electoral Commission (MEC) announced the newly "cleaned-up" voters' roll has been reduced by nearly one million names, and publicly acknowledged the state-owned media houses' clear bias for the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF). Unsatisfied with the progress on the voter [...] | 2004-05-10 09:19:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE392 | ELECTIONS: CLERGY COME OUT AGAINST FRONTRUNNER [...] (SBU) Presbyterian Church Synod Moderator Reverend Felix Chingota, speaking on behalf of the Presbyterian clergy in Malawi, told poloff that the Presbyterian Church has begun telling its approximately 3.5 million members that "it has difficulties with the United Democratic Front (UDF),and it [...] | 2004-05-11 15:19:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE398 | COMPLAINTS ABOUT VOTERS' ROLL AND EXTRA BALLOTS [...] (U) As the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) began distributing ballots on May 12, opposition parties expressed grave concerns about the MEC's distribution of all 7.3 million ballots, rather than a reduced number based on the updated voters' roll of 5.7 million (reftel C). According to MEC Ch [...] | 2004-05-13 09:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE400 | ELECTORAL COMMISSION ADMITS BIAS BY STATE MEDIA [...] (SBU) Summary. At a bruising meeting convened by donor chiefs of mission on May 11 with representatives of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and the directors-general of state-controlled radio and television, the Commission itself acknowledged that election coverage has been heavily biase [...] | 2004-05-13 13:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR KPAO MI |
04LILONGWE404 | FREER, BUT POORER: MALAWI AFTER TEN YEARS OF [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: This month's presidential and parliamentary elections will mark ten years since Malawi's first democratic elections and the transition away from Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda's thirty-year dictatorship. Much has changed, for better and for worse, since the advent o [...] | 2004-05-14 11:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON PINR MI |
04LILONGWE405 | COURTS POSTPONE ELECTIONS [...] (U) The High Court ruled on May 14 in favor of the Mgwirizano Coalition's request to postpone May 18 presidential and parliamentary elections. It decided on the grounds that the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) had not fulfilled the legal requirement to open the voters' roll for public scrut [...] | 2004-05-14 15:30:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE407 | ELECTIONS RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 20 [...] (SBU) The Malawi Electoral Commission announced on May 16 that the presidential and parliamentary elections will be held May 20, the earliest date in accordance with the High Court's postponement of the polls (reftel C). COMMENT ------- 2. (SBU) A fresh round of criticism of the ruling Uni [...] | 2004-05-17 07:23:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE411 | MORE ATTACKS ON MUTHARIKA'S CREDIBILITY [...] (U) "The Nation" daily newspaper published a front-page story on May 17 questioning the authenticity of United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Bingu wa Mutharika's doctoral degree. In a carefully constructed article, the newspaper points out that Mutharika's CV does not list the [...] | 2004-05-17 13:21:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR KPAO MI |
04LILONGWE413 | UPDATE ON THE COURTS' POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) In a three-fold ruling on May 16, the High Court ordered that the presidential and parliamentary elections be postponed, that the 1.6 million ballots in excess of the new voters' roll total be given to the High Court, and that President Muluzi stop using state resources to campaign. Sinc [...] | 2004-05-17 14:00:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE415 | TAIWAN FRETS OVER POST-ELECTION TIES TO MALAWI [...] (C/NF) Taiwanese diplomats are worried that an opposition win in Malawi's upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections could result in Malawi breaking diplomatic relations, Second Secretary C.W. "Albert" Chang told Pol/Econoff. Local Taiwanese officials avoid the opposition and channel [...] | 2004-05-18 12:15:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KHIV PINR TW CM MI |
04LILONGWE434 | POLLING DAY PROGRESSES PEACEFULLY [...] (SBU) In a calm and orderly fashion, Malawians turned out to vote in Malawi's third democratic presidential and parliamentary elections on May 20. A morning rush to the polls led to an afternoon lull, with only a few reports of minor violence. Persistent problems with the voters' roll and vo [...] | 2004-05-20 14:52:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR PHUM MI |
04LILONGWE438 | MUTHARIKA WINS ELECTIONS; OPPOSITION CONTESTS [...] (U) After 69 hours of counting, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) announced on May 23 the results of the presidential and parliamentary elections. Of the 5.7 million registered voters, MEC reports that 3.1 million voted (54.3%). The inauguration is scheduled for the morning of May 24. P [...] | 2004-05-24 06:29:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR PHUM MI |
04LILONGWE445 | OBSERVERS NOTE ELECTION SHORTCOMINGS [...] (SBU) Commending the general peaceful conduct of the polls, international election observers nevertheless have noted substantial shortcomings in Malawi's presidential and parliamentary elections. Among them, inequitable access to the state-owned media, the ruling party's use of state resource [...] | 2004-05-24 15:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR PHUM MI |
04LILONGWE449 | OPPOSITION CHALLENGES TO ELECTION HAVE LITTLE [...] (SBU) On the second day of the three-day gap between the close of polls and the announcement of election results, Mgwirizano Coalition leader Gwanda Chakuamba, acting without the Coalition's backing, announced on May 22 that he had won the presidential elections. While claiming victory, Chaku [...] | 2004-05-25 13:15:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE450 | ELECTIONS SPLINTER PARLIAMENT, EXPOSE UDF [...] (SBU) Low voter turnout, a splintering of parties in Parliament, an unprecedented number of independent parliamentary victors, and the failure of eleven former cabinet members to win in the elections on May 20 showed an electorate deeply dissatisfied with the status quo. While the majority [...] | 2004-05-25 13:26:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON PINR MI |
04LILONGWE451 | MUTHARIKA CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION AND REFORM AT [...] (U) Summary: Bingu wa Mutharika was inaugurated as Malawi's third president on May 24 at a sparsely-attended ceremony in Blantyre. Calling for reconciliation, reform, and peace in his inaugural address, he outlined a program to move Malawi "from poverty to prosperity"; announced his intention [...] | 2004-05-25 14:40:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON KCOR PINR LY TW RW KE MI |
04LILONGWE457 | MUTHARIKA MEETS DONORS, SENDS MIXED MESSAGES [...] (U) Summary. President Bingu wa Mutharika convened heads of mission from donor countries and agencies in Lilongwe for a two-hour meeting on May 27 during which he outlined his plans to move Malawi from "poverty to prosperity." While the bulk of the meeting was spent paraphrasing the inaugur [...] | 2004-05-27 15:16:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EFIN PINR MI |
04LILONGWE473 | CABINET DELAY SIGNALS PRESIDENT'S PARTY WOES [...] (C) Ten days after the elections, President Bingu wa Mutharika has not yet appointed a cabinet. With speculation and rumors abounding, it is clear that Mutharika is having a difficult time both in balancing internal UDF politics and in building a working majority in Parliament. The cabinet's [...] | 2004-06-03 09:34:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE488 | OPPOSITION LEADER JUMPS SHIP; JOINS WITH RULING [...] (SBU) Summary: In an act of breathtaking (though not surprising) opportunism, opposition leader Gwanda Chakuamba has allied himself with newly-elected president Bingu wa Mutharika and the United Democratic Front (UDF) party. The UDF believes the addition of the 19 parliamentary seats Chaku [...] | 2004-06-04 11:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE520 | PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES NEW CABINET [...] SUMMARY. More than three weeks after elections, President Bingu wa Mutharika finally announced his cabinet on June 13. With 21 senior ministers (including the President and Vice President) and 8 deputy ministers, Mutharika failed in his attempt to reduce the size of the cabinet to 20. In an e [...] | 2004-06-14 11:43:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PREL PINR KDEM MARR MI |
04LILONGWE559 | UDF OBTAINS MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT; MULUZI [...] (SBU) With the June 18 announcement that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) have formed an alliance, the UDF (owing primarily to Chairman Bakili Muluzi's political maneuvering) has successfully secured a majority in Parliament and overcome the o [...] | 2004-06-23 09:32:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE586 | CORRUPTION FEATHERS EX-PRESIDENT'S NEST [...] (SBU/NF) Taking office in 1994 with a couple of nearly bankrupt businesses, former President Bakili Muluzi finished his ten years in the presidency as one of the richest men in Malawi. That he acquired his fortune while officially earning an annual salary of USD 56,000 (MK 6 million) demonstra [...] | 2004-06-28 15:37:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR ECON PGOV PINR MI |
04LILONGWE596 | MUNYENYEMBE ELECTED SPEAKER, MUTHARIKA OPENS [...] (SBU) With a narrow margin of victory, United Democratic Front (UDF) MP Rodwell Munyenyembe was elected Speaker of the National Assembly on June 28. The House also elected First and Second Deputies, both of whom are pro-UDF. President Bingu wa Mutharika, in his first address to Parliament on [...] | 2004-06-30 11:38:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PINR KCOR ECON EFIN MI |
04LILONGWE612 | MALAWI'S NEW MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SEEKS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Dr. George Chaponda, Malawi's new Minister of Foreign Affairs was sworn in on June 16 (reftel A). Chaponda, after nearly twenty years of UNHCR service, seems eager to raise standards of professionalism and fiscal discipline in his ministry, and would like to explore the possibi [...] | 2004-07-02 09:11:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE614 | FINANCE MINISTER SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR WORLD BANK [...] (C) Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe, in an introductory call with the Charge on July 2, made a direct request for the USG to support disbursement of Malawi's World Bank Structural Adjustment Credit (SAC) and for an expert economist to be imbedded into the Ministry of Finance. Gondwe argued [...] | 2004-07-02 09:39:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PINR MI |
04LILONGWE652 | FORMER DEPUTY COMMANDER BECOMES MILITARY COMMANDER [...] (U) The Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) announced on July 12 that with immediate effect Deputy Commander Lt. General Marko Chiziko will succeed General Joseph Chimbayo as Commander of the Malawi Defense Force (MDF). According to the OPC statement, Chimbayo's contract finished last month, [...] | 2004-07-14 06:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PINR PREL PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE677 | MUTHARIKA MAKES MINOR CHANGES TO CABINET [...] (U) Officials at the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) announced on July 14 that President Bingu wa Mutharika, who already leads the Ministries of Defense and Civil Service, will also be responsible for the Ministry of Statutory Corporations and Privatization. Vice President Cassim Ch [...] | 2004-07-20 14:56:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON PINR PREL MI |
04LILONGWE710 | EMBOFFS PRESENT G/TIP REPORT TO NEW GOM MINISTER [...] (U) SUMMARY. Charge and Poloff paid an introductory call ON Malawi's newly appointed Minister of Gender, Child Welfare, and Community Services, Joyce Banda. The minister was unfamiliar with the issue of human trafficking and Malawi's G/TIP Tier Two - Watch List status, and agreed the issue s [...] | 2004-07-29 07:04:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM PHUM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE719 | SPARKS OF INDEPENDENCE FROM THE COULD-BE REFORM [...] (C) Mere days after former President Muluzi left on his annual (government-funded) ex-presidential vacation, President Bingu wa Mutharika replaced several key government officials. He appointed a new Commander of the Army (reftel),a new Director of Public Prosecutions, and a new Chief of Sta [...] | 2004-07-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EFIN PINR MI |
04LILONGWE728 | RULING PARTY DEVELOPING FISSURE; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) With former President and United Democratic Front (UDF) Chairman Bakili Muluzi's return from his overseas holiday and President Bingu wa Mutharika's continuing display of independence (reftel),a fissure in the ruling UDF is quickly forming between Muluzi's old guard and Mutharika's recent [...] | 2004-08-03 11:40:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE785 | ISLAM IN MALAWI: A POST-MALAWI FIVE PERSPECTIVE [...] (S) The June 2003 expulsion of five non-Malawian Muslims suspected of ties to Al-Qaida (AKA the "Malawi Five"),which the press characterized as and most Malawians believe to have been a USG-initiative, came at time when the Muslim-Christian divide was being exploited by politicians in the run- [...] | 2004-08-12 13:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | SECRET | KISL PINR KPAO PTER ASEC PREL KIRF OIIP MI |
04LILONGWE798 | OPPOSITION NDA MERGES WITH RULING UDF; MPINGANJIRA [...] (SBU) After only one year as a registered political party (and over three years of strong anti-United Democratic Front opposition),Brown Mpinganjira's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has de-registered and merged with the UDF. The party's August 9 decision to join the ruling party, which ac [...] | 2004-08-17 14:01:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LILONGWE844 | A TECHNOCRAT TAKES OFFICE: MUTHARIKA AT 100 DAYS [...] (C) Elected by a small margin and achieved only with former President Bakili Muluzi's support, President Bingu wa Mutharika has made surprisingly independent strides in rooting out corruption, instilling fiscal discipline, and professionalizing government. His operating assumption is that if [...] | 2004-08-31 14:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR ECON EFIN MI |
04LILONGWE850 | AFRICAN PEERS RATE MALAWI [...] (SBU) In line with President Bingu wa Mutharika's commitment at the recent African Union Summit to have Malawi reviewed by the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM),a preliminary report commissioned by the GOM finds "significant gaps" in economic management, a need for executive branch checks, [...] | 2004-09-02 09:40:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN PREL KCOR MI |
04LILONGWE855 | MILITARY SHUFFLES UPPER RANKS [...] (U) President Bingu wa Mutharika appointed Major General Ernest Ntonya as Deputy Commander of the Malawi Defense Force (MDF) and promoted him to the rank of Lieutenant General on August 1. Ntonya, who was serving as the military's Chief of Staff, fills the hole created by General Marko Chiziko [...] | 2004-09-02 13:34:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PINR PGOV MI |
04LILONGWE859 | MALAWI ARMY SET TO GAIN GROUND IN HIV/AIDS FIGHT [...] (SBU/NF//FOUO) In a resource poor environment, the Malawi Defense Force (MDF) highlights prevention as its main campaign against HIV/AIDS, but has recently scaled up its voluntary counseling and testing services as well as care and treatment programs. USG assistance has helped position the MD [...] | 2004-09-03 09:45:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP KHIV PINR MASS TBIO MI HIV AIDS |
04LILONGWE895 | UDF INSIDER VENTS ON THE MUTHARIKA ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) Ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) MP Austin Muluzi, son of former President Bakili Muluzi, spoke freely about the UDF's displeasure with President Bingu wa Mutharika at a September 15 lunch with poloff. According to Austin, UDF MPs plan to feign support for Mutharika's budget at a Septe [...] | 2004-09-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PINR KCOR MI |
04LILONGWE910 | OPPOSITION ROUNDUP: WHO'S WHERE IN OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Since the May 2004 presidential and parliamentary elections, the landscape of opposition politics has changed. Political parties and national politics remain focused on individuals, but many of those individuals now have their own parties. While not necessarily breaking down the strong [...] | 2004-09-22 07:56:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MI |
04LIMA126 | PERUVIAN NARCOTRAFFICKER FERNANDO ZEVALLOS: [...] (SBU) Embassy's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) office plans to deliver two letters on January 13: -- one to suspected narcotrafficker Fernando Zevallos Gonzalez requesting that he present himself at the Embassy to make a sworn statement regarding his eligibility to enter the U.S. a [...] | 2004-01-09 16:32:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | CVIS SNAR PREL KCRM PINR PE |
04LJUBLJANA1053 | SLOVENIA: COM'S COURTESY CALL ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 16, COM, accompanied by the Embassy's PD/Human Rights Officer, paid a call on Slovenia's Ombudsman for Human Rights, Matjaz Hanzek. Hanzek expressed concern with some of the positions and public statements made by members of the rightist and center-right parties af [...] | 2004-11-19 03:39:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA1061 | COM MEETS BANK OF SLOVENIA GOVERNOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Bank of Slovenia's (BOS) Governor Mitja Gaspari on 17 November. Gaspari, BOS Governor since 2001 and a former Minister of Finance, highlighted the stable macroeconomic position of Slovenia and was optimistic about the planned introduction of the [...] | 2004-11-22 02:52:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA1069 | JANSA SENT THE LIST OF CABINET CANDIDATES [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Wednesday afternoon, November 24, after the signing of a coalition agreement by all four presidents of the coalition parties, Prime Minister Janez Jansa sent a list of 16 proposed ministerial candidates to the National Assembly for approval. The National Assembly has seven da [...] | 2004-11-26 10:21:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SI |
04LJUBLJANA1071 | JANSA SELECTS HIS CABINET [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Wednesday afternoon, November 24, after the signing of a coalition agreement by all four presidents of the coalition parties, Prime Minister Janez Jansa sent a list of 16 proposed ministerial candidates to the National Assembly for approval. The National Assembly has seven da [...] | 2004-11-29 02:50:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR ECON SI |
04LJUBLJANA1089 | SLOVENIA: NEW GOS CABINET CONFIRMED BY PARLIAMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a 51:37 public vote on 03 December, the National Assembly confirmed the proposed cabinet of PM Janez Jansa. MPs from Jansa's four-party coalition plus the two national minority representatives supported the slate of 15 candidates. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Exactly two months [...] | 2004-12-06 06:29:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SI OSCE |
04LJUBLJANA1107 | SLOVENIA: FOMIN RUPEL AND USOSCE AMB MINIKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 10 December meeting with COM and USOSCE Ambassador Stephan Minikes, FoMin Rupel set out Slovenian priorities for its OSCE CiO year, indicating a special interest in dealing with issues in Southeastern Europe. Discussion focused on Ukraine and on the need to engage the Russ [...] | 2004-12-14 07:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SI OSCE RU |
04LJUBLJANA1111 | SLOVENIA: COM MEETS NEW JUSTICE MINISTER LOVRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 13 December, COM called on newly confirmed Justice Minister Lovro Sturm and raised denationalization of AmCit-held property, court backlogs, the pending Slovenian request for the return of alleged financial criminal Davorin Sadar, and the need to negotiate a mutual legal as [...] | 2004-12-14 11:15:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA1134 | SLOVENIA: COM MEETS NEW DEFENSE MINISTER ERJAVEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 22 December courtesy call by COM, new DefMin Karl Erjavec called for intensifying cooperation between the U.S. and Slovenia, particularly in the field of training. Erjavec confirmed that the GoS remained focused on its commitment to spend two percent of GDP on defense by [...] | 2004-12-23 06:28:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINR SI NATO |
04LJUBLJANA265 | HEALTH, INTERIOR MINISTERS SURVIVE INTERPELLATION, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Opposition-launched motions for the removal of Health Minister Dusan Keber and Interior Minister Rado Bohinc were debated by the National Assembly on 29 March and 30 March, respectively. Keber retained his position by a 47- 28 vote, along party lines. Bohinc survived by a 46-30 [...] | 2004-03-31 12:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA283 | SLS TO PULL MINISTERS AND LEAVE COALITION [...] (U) IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING AN 05 APRIL MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE PEOPLES PARTY (SLS),SLS PRESIDENT JANEZ PODOBNIK ANNOUNCED THAT THE THREE SLS MINISTERS (JUSTICE MINISTER IVAN BIZJAK, TRANSPORT MINISTER JAKOB PRESECNIK, AND AGRICULTURE MINISTER FRANC BUT) WOULD BE OFFERING THE [...] | 2004-04-06 12:51:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SI EUN |
04LJUBLJANA333 | RUPEL WALKING ON THIN ICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM Rupel sent a public letter to National Assembly members on 13 April openly opposing the nomination of State Prosecutor General Zdenka Cerar to replace Ivan Bizjak as Justice Minister. The letter also pointedly criticizes the governing coalition for abusing its strong parli [...] | 2004-04-16 09:50:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SI |
04LJUBLJANA349 | SLOVENIA: CABINET RESHUFFLE LEADS TO NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 20 April, five new ministers were sworn in as "caretakers" for the remainder of the year. The new ministers include three professors: Matek Lahovnik, Minister of Economy, Marko Pavliha, Minister of Transport, and Milan Pogancnik, Minister of Agriculture, and two technocrat [...] | 2004-04-20 13:16:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA433 | SLOVENIA: COM CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a 04 May meeting, new Minister of Agriculture, Milan Pogacnik, told COM that Slovenia is "prepared" to adopt EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) guidelines, though not without some adjustment pains. Pogacnik also expressed a strong desire to work with the Mission in matters o [...] | 2004-05-10 13:46:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA501 | SLOVENIA: COM CALLS ON NEW ECONMIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a 26 May meeting, new Slovene Minister of Economy, Matej Lahovnik, told COM that the Ministry would like to make Slovenia even more "internationalized." He advocated a gradual approach to investments and to privatization, a process he said should be of equal access to both do [...] | 2004-05-28 11:58:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA511 | SLOVENIA: SECRETARY MINETA'S BILATERAL MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 25 May, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta and his visiting delegation called on his Slovenian counterpart, Marko Pavliha, to discuss the bilateral transportation agenda prior to the start of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) meeting held i [...] | 2004-06-02 11:24:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAIR ELTN ECON PREL PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA576 | SLOVENIAN OPPOSITION FORMS NEW POLITICAL "FORUM", [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hailed as a "brilliant political move" by some pundits, and criticized by ruling LDS party members for putting personal gain ahead of the national interest, FoMin Rupel joined many of his former DEMOS associates in establishing a new forum dubbed the "Assembly for the Republic ( [...] | 2004-06-18 12:35:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA599 | SLOVENIA: CENTER-RIGHT OPPOSTION PARTIES FORM NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Assembly for the Republic (AFTR) held an inaugural public meeting on 23 June reuniting DEMOS members, drawing like-minded academics, and gathering considerable media attention (ref A). The AFTR continued to press its message for inclusion and national renovation in an atte [...] | 2004-06-28 08:32:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA636 | SLOVENIA: RESIGNATIONS AND REALIGNMENTS IN NATIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST WEEK, THE SLOVENIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY HAS SEEN A NUMBER OF CHANGES. THE FORMER FOMIN DIMITRIJ RUPEL, WHO WAS DISMISSED ON 05 JULY (REFS A, B, C AND E),HAS ALIGNED HIMSELF WITH THE OPPOSITION DEPUTY GROUP SLOVENIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY (SDS),WHICH HAS NOM [...] | 2004-07-09 07:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA653 | SLOVENIA: NATIONAL ELECTIONS CALLED FOR 03 OCTOBER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Slovenian President Janez Drnovsek has called for National Assembly elections to be held on 03 October. Although the official electoral campaign starts on 03 September, the deadline for registering official candidate lists is 08 September. END SUMMARY CHOOSING THE DATE FOR TH [...] | 2004-07-13 03:39:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SI |
04LJUBLJANA726 | SLOVENIA: GoS APPROVES POTOCNIK'S EU COMMISSIONER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On 29 July, the GoS approved Janez Potocnik's nomination to serve as Slovenia's Commissioner in the EU. Potocnik has had great experience within the EU, having served as Slovenia's top accession negotiator and interim Commissioner. He is independent and can be considered a f [...] | 2004-07-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR EU SI |
04LJUBLJANA818 | SLOVENIA COM'S FAREWELL CALL ON MINISTER OF LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador paid a farewell call on Minister of Labor, Family and Social Affairs, Vlado Dimovski on August 30. Dimovski, who will not run for a seat in Parliament and does not plan to remain in government after elections, was openly critical of the last two years of leadership [...] | 2004-09-02 02:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB PINR PGOV SI GTIP |
04LJUBLJANA823 | TV SLOVENIJA AIRS FIRST UNOFFICIAL DEBATE BETWEEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 30 August, TV Slovenija broadcast a long- planned confrontation between PM Anton Rop and opposition leader and Slovene Democratic Party [SDS] President Janez Jansa. The two leaders introduced different "diagnoses" of Slovenia's success in the last four years. Jansa was very [...] | 2004-09-02 08:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA830 | BIAS IN SLOVENE OPINION POLLING: MORE ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As in most countries, the results of public opinion polls in Slovenia are widely discussed among media, politicians, pundits and the public. However, few of these "consumers" are aware of the methodologies that are used or the ease with which polling data can be manipulated. [...] | 2004-09-03 04:00:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PGOV PINR SI |
04LJUBLJANA85 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GEN JAMES L. JONES, SACEUR [...] (SBU) While you will be wearing your NATO hat during your 11-12 February visit to Slovenia, you may wish to emphasize the following shared U.S. and NATO priorities during your discussions with Slovenian officials: -- Slovenia's bilateral and NATO commitment to bring defense spending to 2% o [...] | 2004-01-13 10:00:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV PINR SI NATO |
04LJUBLJANA854 | COM'S FAREWELL CALL ON SLOVENIA'S PRIME MINISTER, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid a final visit to Prime Minister Anton (Tone) Rop on September 9. It was a warm and cordial meeting and PM Rop appeared more relaxed and congenial than in previous meetings. Despite terming the elections too close to call, Rop exuded an air of confidence tha [...] | 2004-09-13 10:22:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SI GTIP |
04MADRID1523 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF APRIL 3, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED FRENCH POLICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL PROCEEDED TO THE ARREST OF THE AL [...] | 2004-05-03 10:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID1569 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES, AND INFORMATION PER REFTEL, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: SINGH, DILBAG - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: AUG. 16, 1978, INDIA - AGE RANGE (26-30) - COMPLEXION: MEDIUM BUILD - EYES: BROWN - HAIR: SHORT BLACK [...] | 2004-05-05 09:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID1619 | SPAIN BIOS ON OFFICIALS IN PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Summary: Over the past week, Spain's Council of Ministers has named new, top-level government officials. We are presenting biographical information on these new officials in three parts to keep you informed of our new political interlocutors in the Spanish government. This cable provid [...] | 2004-05-07 11:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE |
04MADRID1620 | SPAIN BIOS ON NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND [...] (U) Summary: This is the second of a three part series on new top-level officials in the Spanish government. Biographical information on officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Defense is provided. See septels for bios on the Office of the President, and Minis [...] | 2004-05-07 11:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE |
04MADRID1621 | SPAIN BIOS ON NEW JUSTICE AND INTERIOR [...] (U) Summary: This is the final of three cables on new top level official in the Spanish government. Biographical information on top officials in Spain's Ministries of Justice and Interior is provided. See septels for bios on the Office of the President, and Ministries of the Presidency, Fo [...] | 2004-05-07 11:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE |
04MADRID1636 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: AL-FETORY, SHEREF - ALIASES: AL-FAYTURI, SARIF - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: DEC. 10, 1973, BENGHAZI, LIBYA - CLASS: NEGATIVE - AL-FETORY RESI [...] | 2004-05-07 14:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP AL |
04MADRID1656 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN EARLY MAY 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE SEARCHING FOR TWO ASSOCIATES OF MOROCCAN NATIONAL AMER EL-AZIZI, WHO IS BEING SOUGHT AGGRESIVELY BY SPANISH POL [...] | 2004-05-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID1657 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAR 23, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING SUSPECTED TERRORIST FOR THEIR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE 11 OF MARCH 2004 TERRORIST AT [...] | 2004-05-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID1658 | VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - APRIL [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON APRIL 5 AND 19, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED FIVE VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING 45 INDIVIDUALS, TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND 43 SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF [...] | 2004-05-10 14:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID1691 | NEW SPANISH GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE AID [...] This report is sensitive but unclassified and is not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) In an initial courtesy call on new Secretary General for the Spanish International Aid Agency (AECI) Juan Pablo de Laiglesia, de Laiglesia laid out the new Socialist government's vision for Spanish aid po [...] | 2004-05-12 10:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PINR PGOV IZ SP |
04MADRID1708 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAY 6, 2004, SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SAED EL HARRAK FOR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARCH 11, 2004 TERRORIST TRAIN BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. DAILY PRESS [...] | 2004-05-12 15:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL |
04MADRID1713 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE CORRECT DOB FOR THE SUSPECTED TERRORIST REPORTED IN REFTEL. 2. NAME: KHAYATA KATTAN, ABDULLA - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: JAN. 24, 1961, ALEPPO, SYRIA - NATURALIZED SPANISH CITIZEN - CLASS: POSITIVE 3. KHAYATA WAS A KEY CONTACT OF DETAINED SPA [...] | 2004-05-13 07:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID1743 | NEW SPANISH ENVIRONMENT OFFICIAL ON BIOTECH AND [...] We met May 12 with the new Environment Ministry Secretary General for Pollution Prevention and Climate Change, Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri. Our discussions focused on two of Gonzalo's key responsibilities: biotech and climate change. Biotech 2. We emphasized to Gonzalo the USG's interest in t [...] | 2004-05-14 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO PINR SP |
04MADRID1954 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: NASSAR, MUSTAFA SITMIRYAM - AKA: "ABU MUS'AB AL-SURI" - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: 1956, SYRIA - CLASS: POSITIVE (UNDER DIFFERENT POB) - [...] | 2004-05-27 07:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID1955 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: BELHADJ, YOUSEFF - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: MAY 27, 1976, TOUZINE, MOROCCO - CLASS: NEGATIVE - BROTHER OF MOHAMMED BELHADJ WHO WAS ARRESTED BY [...] | 2004-05-27 07:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID1956 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED NOUREDDINE BOUHABILA ASSOCIATE OF ISLAMIC EXTREMIST KHALAD ABIDI, AKA "ABBAS", WHO WAS FORMERLY BASED IN BARCELONA, SPAIN. BOUHABIL [...] | 2004-05-27 07:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID1997 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAHDJOUB-ZERROUG TERRORIST NETWORK IN SPAIN. 3. NAME: ZENIMI, REDOUANE - AKA: " [...] | 2004-05-28 15:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2039 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAY 6, 2004, SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SAED EL HARRAK FOR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARCH 11, 2004 TERRORIST TRAIN BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. DAILY PRESS [...] | 2004-06-02 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL |
04MADRID2040 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON FEBRUARY 22, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN SUSPECTED TERRORIST LARBI BEN AHMED ALLAG. 3. NAME: ALLAG, LARBI BEN AHMED - AKA: BOU [...] | 2004-06-02 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2041 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS MEMBERS OF SPAIN-BASED NETWORK LED BY EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC RADICAL SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH MARCH 11, 2004 ATTACKS IN S [...] | 2004-06-02 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL |
04MADRID2042 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON FEBRUARY 22, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN SUSPECTED TERRORIST LARBI BEN AHMED ALLAG. 3. NAME: ALLAG, LARBI BEN AHMED - AKA: BOU [...] | 2004-06-02 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2043 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS MEMBERS OF SPAIN-BASED NETWORK LED BY EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC RADICAL SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH MARCH 11, 2004 ATTACKS IN S [...] | 2004-06-02 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL |
04MADRID2085 | VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - MAY [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON MAY 3 and 17, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF MAY 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED ELEVEN VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING TWENTY TWO INDIVIDUALS, THREE SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND NINETEEN SUSPE [...] | 2004-06-04 09:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID2236 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF JUNE 9, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED THAT THE ITALIAN POLICE ARRESTED THE ALLEGED RADICAL ISLAMIST RABEI OSMAN SAYED AHMED, ALI [...] | 2004-06-15 10:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2248 | SPANISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ECONOMY: TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary. In a June 14 meeting with Charge, Spanish Secretary of State for Economy David Vegara said the fight SIPDIS against terrorism finance, including close cooperation with the United States, would continue to be a priority for the Ministry of Economy and Finance. On Iraq reconst [...] | 2004-06-15 16:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETTC PTER PINR SP |
04MADRID2277 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: HAMOUYA, MOURAD - AKA: MALKI - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: UNKNOWN, MOROCCO - CLASS: NEGATIVE - INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST RELATES THA [...] | 2004-06-17 06:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2278 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST, ON JUNE 1, 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MADRID, SPAIN, DETAI [...] | 2004-06-17 06:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2279 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ACCORDING TO CBP REPORTING, ON MAY 26, 2004, AT GEORGE BUSH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TEXAS, ALVARO BORRAS COMPDERA ARRIVED FROM MEXICO CITY, PRESENTED A SPANISH [...] | 2004-06-17 06:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2280 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES FOR POSSIBLE LINKS TO TERRORISM DUE TO THEIR SUSPECTED ASSOCIATION WITH "ANSAR AL- [...] | 2004-06-17 06:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL |
04MADRID2281 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AFTER THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN, IN THE SCOPE OF THE UNIT OF ANTITERRORISM COO [...] | 2004-06-17 06:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2341 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN APRIL 2004, A MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT SERVICE PROVIDED BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE 11 MARCH 2004 MADRID BOMBING SUSPECTS AND ASSOCIATES AS FOLLOWS: [...] | 2004-06-21 15:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2342 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. FOLLOWING IS THE STATUS OF SPANISH INVESTIGATION OF SUSPECT BARCELONA-BASED TERRORIST CELL. AS OF EARLY JUNE 2004, POST HAS RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE [...] | 2004-06-21 15:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2343 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECENTLY ARRESTED IN MILAN, ISLAMIC EXTREMIST RABEI OSMAN EL SAYED AHMED, ALIAS: "MOHAMED [...] | 2004-06-21 15:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2443 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON JUNE 11, 2004, PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING MOROCCAN NATIONALS IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, ON SUSPICION OF PLANNING A TERRORIST ATTACK. THE GROUP [...] | 2004-06-29 11:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL |
04MADRID2477 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] THIS IS A REPEAT OF MADRID 002443. MADRID INADVERTENTLY OMITTED CLASS RESULTS FOR SUSPECTS. POST REGRETS INCONVENIENCE. 2. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 3. ON JUNE 11, 2004, PORTUGUES [...] | 2004-07-01 08:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL |
04MADRID2478 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE INVESTIGATING WHAT THEY CONSIDERED ALERTING BEHAVIOR BY MOROCCAN CITIZEN SAMIR EL MOKHTAR. MOKHTAR WAS IMPLI [...] | 2004-07-01 08:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL |
04MADRID2479 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN LATE APRIL 2004 A PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT SERVICE WAS INVESTIGATING INDIVIDUALS SUSPECTED OF POSING A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY. THEY HAD DISCOVERED ME [...] | 2004-07-01 08:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ALI |
04MADRID2480 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 20, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP),ARRESTED ALGERIAN CITIZEN REDA ZERROUGH, DPOB: DEC. 5, 1967, ALGERIA, AT ALICANTE AIRPOR [...] | 2004-07-01 08:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID2481 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. FOLLOWING ARE ADDITIONAL DETAILS OBTAINED BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES ON INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH SUSPECT TERRORIST RABI' OSMAN EL SAYED AHMED, RECENTLY ARRE [...] | 2004-07-01 08:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL |
04MADRID2482 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF JUNE 10, 2004, REPORTED THAT FRENCH AUTHORITIES EXTRADITED THE ETA MEMBER, JUAN LUIS AGUIRRE LETE TO SPAIN, AFTER SERVING A SENTENCE IN F [...] | 2004-07-01 08:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2483 | SPAIN - BIOGRAPHIES ON MFA DIRECTORS GENERAL [...] (U) This cable provides biographies on new directors general in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI, Spain's equivalent of USAID). GOS directors general are roughly equivalent to State Department assistant secretaries; AECI directors gen [...] | 2004-07-01 08:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL EAID SP PSOE |
04MADRID2544 | VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - JUNE [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JUNE 7 AND 28, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED FIFTEEN VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING FIFTY-SEVEN INDIVIDUALS, EIGHT SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND FORTY- NIN [...] | 2004-07-06 11:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID2558 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF EARLY JUNE 2004, RAY MOHAMED, AKA MOURAD, WAS ARRESTED ON JUNE 8, 2004 BY THE BELGIAN FEDERAL POLICE FOR HIS CONTACTS WITH RABI' OSMAN EL-SAYED AHMED, [...] | 2004-07-07 06:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID2560 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, FOUR ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS WERE BELIEVED TO BE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUSLY BARCELONA-BASED SUSPECT AL-QAEDA ASSOCIATE KHALAD [...] | 2004-07-07 06:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL MIAH |
04MADRID2586 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, THE NORTH AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS LISTED BELOW WERE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NETHERLANDS SUSPECTED TERRORIST CELL MEMBER OR DUTCH [...] | 2004-07-08 10:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL |
04MADRID2587 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" REPORTED THAT SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN CITIZEN NASREDDINE BOUSBAA ON JULY 1, 2004. HE IS ACCUSED OF FORGERY OF OFFICIAL DOCUMEN [...] | 2004-07-08 10:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2625 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES BRITISH AUTHORITIES DETAINED ON JUL 6, 2004, THE FORMER BARCELONA-BASED EXTREMIST FILALI OUALI AKA: ABDORRAHMAN [...] | 2004-07-12 11:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL OUALI |
04MADRID2626 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF EARLY JULY 2004, MOROCCAN NATIONAL BOUCHRA BEN ABDELLAH WAS SUSPECTED OF ENGAGING IN ISLAMIC EXTREMIST [...] | 2004-07-12 11:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL BEN |
04MADRID2670 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF MID-APRIL 2004, TWO INDIVIDUALS, REFERRED TO AS AL QAEDA MEMBERS, WERE IN MAICAO, COLOMBIA, TO OBTAIN [...] | 2004-07-14 13:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID2671 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. OVER SEVERAL DAYS IN EARLY-TO-MID JUNE 2004, THE SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL DETAINED NINE SPANISH NATIONALS FOR THEIR ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN THE ACQUISITION, TR [...] | 2004-07-14 13:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2688 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON THE MORNING OF JULY 12, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP) ARRESTED MARCH 11 MADRID BOMBING SUSPECT AND SPANISH CITIZEN, ABDERRAHMAN HAMMADI AFANDI. [...] | 2004-07-15 07:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2689 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. POST RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ASSOCIATES OF FORMER BARCELONA-BASED ALGERIAN NATIONAL AND SUSPECT TERRRORIST KHALAD ABIDI, AKA: ABBAS 3. NAME: [...] | 2004-07-15 07:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID2708 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON JULY 14, 2004, FRENCH POLICE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ETA. THE POLICE GAVE CHASE TO THE SUSPECTS AFTER THEY DROVE TH [...] | 2004-07-15 16:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2712 | SPAIN: GUANTANAMO DETAINEE RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (C) Legat and other agencies have met and consulted at length on the release on bail July 13 of Hamed Abderrahman Ahmed. While there is disappointment within the rank and file of the Spanish National Police, they emphasize that it was a provisional release on bail. Prosecutorial Magistrate [...] | 2004-07-16 07:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KJUS PGOV SP |
04MADRID2877 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-28 11:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID2966 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION OBTAINED AT THIS POST INDICATES JORDANIAN NATIONAL OMAR QASEM RADWAN AL SHABOUL, WAS LIVING IN SPAIN AND WAS IN CONTACT WITH AT LEAST TWO KEY S [...] | 2004-08-04 12:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP AL |
04MADRID2967 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF LATE JULY 2004, THE SEVENTH BODY FOUND IN THE APARTMENT IN LEGANES, A SUBURB IN THE OUSKIRTS OF MADRI [...] | 2004-08-04 12:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID3007 | VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - JULY [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JULY 13 AND 28, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF JULY 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED EIGHTEEN VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING SEVENTY-FOUR INDIVIDUALS, THREE SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND SEVENTY- [...] | 2004-08-06 15:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID3034 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF JUNE 30, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED SEMAAN GABY EID ON JULY 28, 2004, FOR HIS ALLEGED PARTICIPATION IN [...] | 2004-08-10 15:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SEMAAN GABY EID |
04MADRID3052 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF MID-JULY 2004, THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIVED TO BE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUSLY BARCELONA-BASED AL QAEDA SUSPECT KHALED ABIDI, WHO WAS [...] | 2004-08-10 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID3077 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF AUG. 7, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE SPANISH COUNTERTERRORISM POLICE AS THE SUSPECTED ME [...] | 2004-08-12 11:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID3210 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF AUG. 21 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED THAT BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED BY THE SPANISH SCIENTIFIC POLICE, THE SPANISH N [...] | 2004-08-26 13:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID3212 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF AUG. 21, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE DUTCH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AUTHORIZED THE HANDOVER OF THE SUSPECTED TERRORIST, KHALID BOULOUDO, A 29 YEAR [...] | 2004-08-26 13:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID3639 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS. 2. SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF SEP. 20, 2004 REPORTED THAT FRENCH POLICE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTED ETA TERRORISTS IN A POLICE ROAD BLOCK IN MONTAUBAN, FRANCE. THE INDIVIDUALS WERE ARMED AND DRIVING A S [...] | 2004-09-23 09:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID3647 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID W. MCKEE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David W. McKee, Department of State, to travel to Madrid, September 30 - October 2 to assist Embassy with its classified homepage on SIPRNET. 2. Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Suzannah Jones. She can be reached at work (34-91-587-238 [...] | 2004-09-23 15:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AINF PGOV PINR SP |
04MADRID3728 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON SEP. 15, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS IN BARCELONA, SPAIN. THEY ARE ACCUSED OF FORGERY AND DRUG TRAFFICKING. SPANISH POL [...] | 2004-09-28 07:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ALI |
04MADRID3760 | VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - SEPTEMBER [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON SEP. 27, 2004, AS PART OF THE MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE CHARGE, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY ALL AGENCIES [...] | 2004-09-29 08:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID3836 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NORMAN ANTOKOL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Norman Antokol, Analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, DOS to travel to Madrid, October 13-17 for orientation, familiarization and Embassy consultations on the political and economic circumstances in Spain. 2. Control Officer a [...] | 2004-10-04 13:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID3889 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH DAILY NEWSPAPER "EL PAIS" ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2004, REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP) ARRESTED FIVE SUSPECTED ETA MEMBERS IN VIZCAYA AND LEON, SPA [...] | 2004-10-05 14:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID4109 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF OCT. 16, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE GERMAN POLICE ARRESTED ON OCT. 15, 2004 IN HAMBURG, THE ALLEGED AL QAEDA MEMBER IN EUROPE MAMOUN DARKAZANLI, [...] | 2004-10-22 12:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID4110 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING NAMES OF SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WITH POSSIBLE TERRORIST TIES IN SPAIN. 3. NAME: EL BAYADE, ABDESALAM [...] | 2004-10-22 12:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL |
04MADRID4119 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION MEDIA REPORTED ON OCT. 4, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS THAT FRENCH POLICE IN COORDINATION WITH THE SPANISH GUARDIA [...] | 2004-10-22 15:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
04MADRID4197 | SPAIN: BRIEFING ON IRAN PROCUREMENT ATTEMPTS IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Dr. Thomas Zarzecki of INR/SPM, accompanied by poloff, provided an intelligence briefing to an interagency GOS audience on October 25 on arms procurement attempts in European countries by state sponsors of terrorism, especially Iran. The well-received briefing sparked discussion [...] | 2004-11-02 15:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS MOPS PINR IR SP |
04MADRID4322 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF OCTOBER 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AN ASSOCIATE OF ALGERIAN NATIONAL AND ISLAMIC EXTREMIST MOHAMED ACHRAF, AKA MUSTAFA HAW [...] | 2004-11-12 12:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID4324 | VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - OCTOBER [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON OCT. 25, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE DCM, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY ALL AGENCIES AT P [...] | 2004-11-12 12:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID4386 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF OCTOBER 19, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SEVERAL ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WHO WERE BELIEVE TO BE PLANNING SUICIDE ATTACK [...] | 2004-11-16 14:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID4387 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON OCTOBER 28, 2004, THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES ARRESTED 13 INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED TO ISLAMIC EXTREMIST MOHAMED ACHRAF, AKA MUSTAFA HAWARI, AKA MIKAEL ETIENNE [...] | 2004-11-16 14:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID4388 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON NOVEMBER 3, 2004, AS PART OF THE ON-GOING "OPERATION NOVA" SPANISH AUTORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING MOROCCAN AND THREE ALGERIAN NATIONALS, POSSIBLY ASS [...] | 2004-11-16 14:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID4389 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM SPANISH AUTHORITIES HAVE HIGHLIGHTED CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF ALGERIAN NATIONAL SAMIR BENBELLIL. SUBJECT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN VARIOUS [...] | 2004-11-16 14:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID4474 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON NOV. 19, 2004 THE DAILY LOCAL NEWSPAPER "EL PAIS", REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING THE DETENTION OF SOME OF THE ALLEGED ETA LEADERSHIP MEMBERS IN FRANCE ON OCT. 3, [...] | 2004-11-23 16:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL GOMEZ |
04MADRID4523 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF NOV. 17, 2004, REPORTED THAT SPANISH NATIONAL COURT JUDGE BALTASAR GARZON, INDICTED ISLAMIC EXTREMIST ABDELADIM AKOUDAD, ALIAS "NADU [...] | 2004-11-30 08:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID4524 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS PART OF AN ON-GOING COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATION, SPANISH AUTHORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING ALGERIAN NATIONALS: 3. NAME: BOUKHIRI, MOHAMED - G [...] | 2004-11-30 08:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID4543 | TRIPWIRES SUBMISSIONS - MISSION SPAIN [...] Per REFTEL, AmEmbassy Madrid takes this opportunity to certify that according to 12 FAH-1, H-024, the Mission Emergency Action Plan has received it's annual review. In fact, the RSO office maintains an on-going update program review of the EAP and when appropriate, forwards any relevent upda [...] | 2004-11-30 16:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT CASC AMED AFSI KFLO AEMR PTER PINR KSEP |
04MADRID4552 | VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - NOVEMBER [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON NOV. 8 AND ON NOV. 29, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE CHARGE, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY AL [...] | 2004-12-01 12:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
04MADRID4649 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: BEN ABDELLAH, SAMIR - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: NOV. 29, 1967, MOROCCO - CLASS: POSITIVE 3. ON NOVEMBER 22, 2004 THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED [...] | 2004-12-09 16:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL BEN |
04MADRID4708 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS "EL PAIS" OF DEC. 10, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED BY THE SPANISH POLICE ON DEC. 8, 2004, IN THE SPANISH- [...] | 2004-12-14 16:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL WAKI |
04MADRID4748 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. BETWEEN 18 AND 19 NOVEMBER 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE RE-DETAINED AL-JAZIRAH JOURNALIST TAYSIR ALOUNI KATE AND NINE OF HIS ASSOCIATES IN SPAIN AS SUSPECTED I [...] | 2004-12-17 16:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ALOUNI |
04MADRID4749 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON DECEMBER 13, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING FOUR INDIVIDUALS IN THE ON-GOING "OPERACION LAGO". 3. NAME: LEBIK, ABDELKADER [...] | 2004-12-17 16:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LEBIK |
04MADRID4776 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DALY PRESS OF DEC. 18, 2004 REPORTED THAT TWO OF THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT JUDGES ORDERED THE ARREST OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR EXTREMISTS BASED IN LAN [...] | 2004-12-20 16:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL |
04MADRID583 | GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: SPANISH POLICE SEEK ACCESS [...] (C) The Spanish National Police (SNP) have officially requested via the Embassy that the USG authorize Spanish police access to interview two Guantanamo detainees. SNP seeks to develop information regarding the two detainees' training, recruitment and deployment into Afghanistan. The two detainees [...] | 2004-02-20 05:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP |
04MANAMA1216 | (C/NF) BAHRAIN AND TRADE WITH THE UNITED STATES [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-03 05:30:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON ETRD BA |
04MANAMA1476 | BAHRAIN: COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST [...] (C) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (C) Ambassador delivered Ref A combatant status review tribunal request for assistance September 22 to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar. Abdul Ghaffar said that he would initiate action to try to locate the [...] | 2004-09-26 13:56:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA |
04MANAMA1528 | BAHRAIN: COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief October 4 delivered Refs A and B information regarding Guantanamo detainee Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Mohammed Al Khalifa's request for witness testimony to MFA Under Secretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Khalifa. He listened carefully to the points and reconfirmed that the United Sta [...] | 2004-10-05 10:38:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA |
04MANAMA1564 | MINISTER OF INTERIOR: FOUR EXTREMISTS TO BE TRIED [...] (S/NF) Minister of the Interior Shaikh Rashid assured the Ambassador October 11, 2004 that the four extremists currently in detention would appear in court shortly, and that he had anticiapted they would be brought to trial. (On October 13, BNSA advised the Embassy that the four will continue [...] | 2004-10-13 13:44:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC BA PINR PREL PTER |
04MANAMA1571 | BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF [...] (C) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Ambassador October 16 delivered reftel demarche concerning the final determination of the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) for four Bahraini detainees to Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, noting tha [...] | 2004-10-17 14:42:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA |
04MANAMA1611 | BAHRAINI WITNESSES PREPARED TO DELIVER WRITTEN [...] (C) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Per Ref B, Pol/Econ chief discussed with MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow-Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa October 18 possible options for Bahraini witnesses to deliver testimony on behalf o [...] | 2004-10-23 14:45:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PTER PHUM PINR BA |
04MANAMA1612 | BAHRAINI SECURITY TEAM DATA FOR GUANTANAMO VISIT [...] (C) This is an action message; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Per reftels, the GOB requested approval for a security team to visit Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo. State agreed to process the request pending receipt of bio data for the members of the proposed team. Post received an offi [...] | 2004-10-23 14:45:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA |
04MANAMA1619 | SURVEY OF PARLIAMENTARY BLOCS [...] (SBU) The Council of Representatives (COR - lower house of parliament) October 9 opened for its third parliamentary session since the adoption of the 2002 constitution. In the absence of political parties, which are still illegal, the forty members have formed six blocs based upon common int [...] | 2004-10-25 11:09:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR BA |
04MANAMA863 | PART I: PARTING THOUGHTS ON BAHRAIN'S POITCIAL AND [...] (S) Not yet democratic, its stability potentially challenged by a rejectionist Shia opposition, unemployment and cultural backlash, Bahrain has yet managed significant advances in political freedom and economic liberalization in the nearly three years of my tour. Its already complex politica [...] | 2004-06-07 15:16:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KMPI BA KAPO |
04MANAMA864 | PART II: PARTING THOUGHTS ON BAHRAIN'S POLITICAL [...] (S) Bahraini politics remain a complicated balancing act in a small polity. By no means is it a full democracy, but it is going in the right direction with parliament making real trouble and forcing real changes. If not always wise in their actions, the deputies can scarcely be discounted as [...] | 2004-06-07 15:27:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KPAO KMPI BA |
04MAPUTO1000 | THE WEAK STATE OF SMALL PARTIES IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Facing presidential and legislative elections in December of 2004, Mozambique will likely showcase impressive two-party competition between the major political competitors, FRELIMO and RENAMO-UE. Small third party forces are in a weak stage of development and require capacity-buil [...] | 2004-07-27 12:29:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PINR MZ |
04MAPUTO1525 | FIRST EVER IFTAR WITH MOZAMBICAN ISLAMIC [...] SUMMARY: Maputo PAS organized an Iftar at the Ambassador's residence that took place the final Friday of Ramadan, November 12. Nine prominent local Muslim leaders, representative of several different communities of Mozambique's sizeable Muslim minority, were invited and attended, including cle [...] | 2004-11-23 12:12:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC OIIP PINR KISL |
04MAPUTO220 | PRESIDENT CHISSANO APPOINTS NEW MOZAMBICAN PRIME [...] (U) On Tuesday, February 17, President Chissano formally announced the appointment of Luisa Diogo, the current Minister of Planning and Finance, as Prime Minister. The announcement of a new PM was expected, as former PM Pascoal Mocumbi had already announced his intention to leave his GRM post [...] | 2004-02-18 15:48:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR MZ |
04MAPUTO295 | PARLIAMENT OPENS FOR 2004 [...] (U) On March 1, the GRM opened its 10th session of Parliament, during which President Chissano is expected to make his final address to the body before stepping down at the end of the year. At the same time, the 2004 presidential-hopefuls, Afonso Dhlakama (RENAMO) and Armando Guebuza (FRELIMO) [...] | 2004-03-04 09:07:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PINR MZ |
04MONTREAL419 | HEZBOLLAH IN MONTREAL [...] (S/NF) Summary: A Local Canadian Law Enforcement Source has informed Post of Terrorist Organizations using Organized Crime networks in Montreal to funnel drugs and money with the profits going to support terrorism. There are several on-going investigations of these networks and Post asks th [...] | 2004-03-15 14:18:00 | Consulate Montreal | SECRET | PTER KVPR PINR |
04MUMBAI2286 | MAHARASHTRA GETS A CHIEF MINISTER - FINALLY [...] (SBU) In a sudden change of course following a long day of backroom politicking, Congress selected Vilasrao Deshmukh as the new Chief Minister (CM) of Maharashtra late on October 29. The choice was a surprise to most observers in the state who had expected outgoing CM Shinde to retain the job. [...] | 2004-11-01 11:05:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL IN |
04MUMBAI2316 | MAHARASHTRA GETS A CHIEF MINISTER - FINALLY [...] (SBU) In a sudden change of course following a long day of backroom politicking, Congress selected Vilasrao Deshmukh as the new Chief Minister (CM) of Maharashtra late on October 29. The choice was a surprise to most observers in the state who had expected outgoing CM Shinde to retain the job. [...] | 2004-11-03 09:05:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL IN |
04MUSCAT1993 | BIO: DR. SHARIFA AL-YAHYAI, MINISTER OF SOCIAL [...] (SBU) Reftel reported on the Ambassador's November 7 meeting with Dr. Sharifa bint Khalfan bin Nasser al-Yahyai, the newly appointed Minister of Social Development. This cable provides additional biographic information. -------- WHY HER? -------- 2. (U) Dr. Sharifa al-Yahyai, a form [...] | 2004-11-13 13:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MU |
04MUSCAT2030 | NEW SPORTS MINISTER ON THE BALL, BUT OFF ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Oman's energetic new Minister of Sports, Ali al-Sunaidi, shared with the Ambassador his active agenda for developing athletics in Oman. He is eager to build linkages to the U.S. and other countries, both to develop sports programs and training facilities, as well as to market Oman as an [...] | 2004-11-23 12:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PINR SCUL OEXC SNAR TBIO ETRD MU |
04MUSCAT2112 | AMBITION, VISION, AND FRUSTRATION: OMANI COMMERCE [...] INR/B - please see biographic notes, para 9. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) A rising mid-level Omani commerce official recently described the rapid decline of the Omani textile industry, her experiences within the government, the ill-timed departure of the Commerce Under Secretary, and [...] | 2004-12-05 03:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KTEX PINR EIND PREL KWMN SCUL PGOV MU |
04MUSCAT2278 | OMAN: NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-29 05:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MU |
04NASSAU1148 | ATTORNEY GENERAL DEFERS TO THE ALL-POWERFUL FRED [...] (C) Charge, Political Officer, and DEA Country Attache held a private lunch with Bahamian Attorney General and Minister of Education, Alfred Sears, on June 8, 2004 to discuss the long list of issues he faces in his two massive portfolios. Overwhelmed and underpaid, Sears still claimed that h [...] | 2004-06-10 19:00:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM PINR BF |
04NASSAU1542 | SCANDAL IN THE FAMILY? PRIME MINISTER DENIES [...] (C) Iranian businessman Mohammed Harajchi presented documentation of some of his financial contributions to the ruling Progressive Liberal Party during a press event held at his multi-million dollar Paradise Island home on 11 August 2004. Harajchi denied that his contributions were designed [...] | 2004-08-13 21:05:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EFIN BF |
04NEWDELHI6980 | INDO-US CYBERSECURITY FORUM: BIO NOTES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable includes biographic data for Arvind Gupta, Joint Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS),who will lead the GOI delegation to the SIPDIS November 9-10 Cybersecurity Forum in Washington, and his deputy, Commander Mukesh Saini. Unless otherwise speci [...] | 2004-11-02 06:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KCIP TINT PREL PGOV IN US |
04NEWDELHI7088 | THE BJP HAS FEW OPTIONS TO RETURN TO POWER [...] (C) Summary: Since losing the May elections, the BJP leadership has failed to resolve internal disputes between its moderate and Hindutva wings over the reasons for its defeat. The Sangh (family of Hindu groups) is urging the party to return to its Hindutva roots, but the leadership is unwi [...] | 2004-11-05 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IN |
04NEWDELHI7389 | THE BJP CONTINUES ITS DOWNWARD SPIRAL [...] (C) Summary: Former DPM LK Advani has failed to quell the powerful centrifugal forces that threaten to tear apart the BJP and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA),and the party is continuing a downward spiral that threatens to doom its immediate electoral chances. The Sangh Parivar (famil [...] | 2004-11-19 12:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL IN |
04NEWDELHI7532 | THE GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLES THE CABINET TO SHORE UP [...] (SBU) On November 26 PM Singh announced a mini-cabinet shuffle, the first since the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government took office over six months ago. Looking ahead to state elections early next year Shibu Soren, the controversial chief of the regional Jharkhand Mukti Morcha party [...] | 2004-11-29 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ELAB IN |
04NEWDELHI7709 | THE BJP: NO PLANS TO ADDRESS LONG-TERM PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: The BJP is not taking advantage of the Winter session of Parliament (December 1-23) to demonstrate its effectiveness as India's leading opposition party. Our conversations with senior BJP leaders in recent weeks indicate that the party is not addressing its internal problems an [...] | 2004-12-07 06:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR PTER IN |
04OTTAWA3048 | 214TH MEETING OF THE PERMANENT JOINT BOARD ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its October 21-22 meeting in Ottawa, the U.S.-Canada Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) -- recommended expeditious negotiation of an agreement to replace the current NORAD agreement expiring May 2006, with a further recommendation that the new Agreement have no termin [...] | 2004-11-12 17:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MCAP PTER PINR CA NATO |
04OTTAWA3468 | CANADA: NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] POST: Ottawa DATE OF SUBMISSION: 29 December 2004 2. NAME OF HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: Paul Martin TITLE: Prime Minister of Canada OFFICE TELEPHONE NUMBER(S): 613-992-4211 RESIDENCE TELEPHONE AND CELL PHONE NUMBER(S): The number above also serves as an operations center; calls will be fo [...] | 2004-12-29 17:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL CA |
04PANAMA1015 | PANAMA: WHO IS PRESIDENT-ELECT MARTIN TORRIJOS AND [...] (SBU) At 7:35 p.m. local time (8:35 p.m. Washington time),Panama's Electoral Tribunal declared Martin Erasto Torrijos Espino the winner of Panama's May 2, 2004 General Elections. It appeared that voter participation would exceed 75%. Torrijos' five-year term as President will commence Septembe [...] | 2004-05-03 02:48:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
04PANAMA1016 | PANAMA: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON VICE [...] (SBU) Martin Torrijos chose a seasoned businessman with strong political connections as his First Vice President and a soft-spoken, but seasoned politician as his Second Vice President. First Vice President-elect Samuel Lewis Navarro is the son of former Noriega foreign minister (later anti- [...] | 2004-05-03 03:04:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
04PANAMA1046 | EMBOFFS DISCUSS COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION, [...] (C) On April 22, PolOffs met with Russian Embassy Counselor (DCM) Oleg Ostrovskiy and First Secretary Evgeny Lebedev for our first tete-a-tete. Both GOR diplomats are Americas specialists and have already served in Panama for a year or more. Noting the good relationship between our countries [...] | 2004-05-03 22:36:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EWWT PINR PM POL CHIEF |
04PANAMA1047 | PANAMA MAY 2 ELECTION RESULTS: POWERFUL PRD AND [...] (C) President-elect Martin Torrijos and his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) won a commanding popular mandate in Panama's May 2, 2004 elections, sweeping all provinces but one. The results were a stinging rebuke of President Mireya Moscoso, whose five-year term will end on September 1, 20 [...] | 2004-05-03 22:47:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PM POL CHIEF POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
04PANAMA1146 | PANAMA: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON FIRST LADY [...] (SBU) Panamanians widely hold Vivian Fernandez de Torrijos, wife of President-elect Martin Torrijos, in high regard. She is well known for her active role in charitable and social work, as well as being a model mother and wife. Vivian Torrijos is an accomplished publicist and has worked for [...] | 2004-05-11 19:44:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
04PANAMA1224 | PANAMA LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: NEW BALLGAME ON [...] (SBU) Panamanians (current legislators included) are so focused on what will happen after September 1 that they appear to have forgotten entirely that the current Assembly session will continue until the end of May. The Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD),Panama's largest and best organize [...] | 2004-05-17 20:49:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
04PANAMA145 | PANAMA VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SAMUEL LEWIS [...] (C) In recent meeting with Pol Counselor, first vice presidential candidate Samuel Lewis Navarro argued that the Martin Torrijos ticket of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) offers Panama its best chance to improve social and economic conditions in Panama and eliminate the threat to dem [...] | 2004-01-23 15:55:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EINV PM POL CHIEF |
04PANAMA153 | BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (PANAMA): NEW VICE MINISTER [...] Romel Adames (42) was appointed Vice Minister for Trade at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MICI) by President Moscoso on January 1, 2004. Adames, Harvard-educated and until recently Panama's Ambassador to the WTO, will be the lead negotiator for the GOP during the upcoming FTA negotia [...] | 2004-01-23 21:16:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PINR PM ECON |
04PANAMA1849 | FEDERICO ANTONIO HUMBERT ARIAS TO BE NEXT [...] (C) President-elect Martin Torrijos has selected Federico "Freddy" Antonio Humbert Arias to be Panama's Ambasador to the United States as of September 1, 2004, but has not yet announced the appointment. Foreign Minister-designate Samuel Lewis Navarro told DCM that he already approached Foreign [...] | 2004-07-20 14:19:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
04PANAMA200 | PANAMA'S NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE PEREIRA [...] (C) Elected by his colleagues for a two-year term as President (Chief Justice) of Panama's nine-member Supreme Court on October 23, 2003, Cesar Antonio Pereira Burgos (DOB: 29 SEP 1929) has not yet shown strong interest in continuing the drive to reform Panama's judiciary that his predecessor, [...] | 2004-01-30 19:47:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
04PANAMA213 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR NIKOLAY VLADIMIR DEPARTS [...] (SBU) This biographical report details Ambassador and Emboffs' impressions of Nikolay Vladimir during his tenure as Russian Ambassador to Panama as well as the highlights of his Curriculum Vitae. Ambassador Vladimir departed Panama in December 2003, informing Ambassador Watt that he had been [...] | 2004-02-02 22:22:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PM RS POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
04PANAMA2274 | PANAMA: TAIWANâ€PRC RECOGNITION ISSUE SIMMERS AS [...] (C) With a new, more PRC"friendly Panama government in office on September 1, the question of whether newly inaugurated President Martin Torrijos might drop Panama's long"standing diplomatic recognition of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in favor of the People's Republic of China (PRC) continues [...] | 2004-09-08 19:49:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PM CM TW POL CHIEF |
04PANAMA2452 | PANAMA PLANS ASSERTIVE, COHERENT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) The Torrijos administration plans to run a much more ambitious foreign policy than its predecessor, aiming to sell the Panama "brand" to the world. First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel LEWIS Navarro has repeatedly indicated to the Ambassador and EmbOffs that the Torrijos team [...] | 2004-09-29 21:51:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PM POL CHIEF |
04PANAMA2533 | PANAMA'S SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE CESAR [...] (C) Controversy continues to swirl around the issue of whether Panama's Supreme Court Chief Justice Cesar PEREIRA Burgos must step down after turning 75 on September 23, 2004. Comptroller General Alvin Weeden and numerous Pereira opponents have insisted that Pereira should step down from the [...] | 2004-10-13 22:40:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KJUS PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
04PANAMA2641 | PANAMA'S ARNULFISTA PARTY: ELECTORAL SHELLACKING [...] (C) Up-and-coming Arnulfista Party (PA) leaders will not wait for Party President Mireya Moscoso to complete her term in January 2006 before trying to rebuild the party, ideally minus her. After the PA's meager third-place finish (16.4% of popular vote) in Panama's May 2004 presidential elect [...] | 2004-10-27 14:26:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
04PANAMA2694 | PANAMA: NEW GENERATION OF ARNULFISTA VISIONARIES [...] (C) The strong push to reform the Arnulfista Party (PA) after its May 2004 electoral defeat (see reftel) raises questions about why it occurred, who can repair the damage, what are the PA's long-term prospects, and what it all means for the USG. Most observers blame Mireya Moscoso and her cl [...] | 2004-11-02 16:50:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
04PANAMA2841 | PANAMA: TORRIJOS AGENDA CONTINUES AFTER [...] (SBU) President Martin Torrijos and his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) are trying to make the most of their honeymoon period. Less than 100 days into its five-year term, the new administration has accomplished one of its top domestic priorities by pushing through a constitutional reform [...] | 2004-11-24 14:57:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
04PANAMA2986 | PANAMA VIEWS FROM THE FIELD: INDIGENOUS [...] (SBU) PolOff recently traveled to several remote indigenous areas of Panama, which are among the least accessible, least developed, and poorest parts of the country. With little economy to speak of aside from subsistence agriculture, indigenous groups focus on capturing development grants. [...] | 2004-12-14 17:42:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID PGOV PINR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
04PANAMA301 | PANAMA ELECTIONS: FIRST DEBATE TURNS UP THE HEAT [...] THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. SUMMARY: CANDIDATES BARE TEETH ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) During Panama's February 2 nationwide televised presidential debate, the four candidates soon shelved their inhibitions and began attacking one another [...] | 2004-02-09 21:26:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
04PANAMA352 | PANAMA ELECTION COUNTDOWN #2: 11 WEEKS TO GO [...] Sensitive But Unclassified. Protect Accordingly. The Race Is On -------------- 2. (U) Candidates for all 1,754 national and local positions to be contested in Panama's May 2 elections have shifted their efforts into high gear. As political advertising increases in every medium from roll [...] | 2004-02-13 22:18:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
04PANAMA353 | PANAMA POLITICAL ANALYST ON MAY 2 ELECTION: [...] (C) Former Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) political operative turned independent consultant and analyst, Jose Isabel Blandon, told DCM and POL Counselor that the PRD's superior numbers and organization and a divided opposition probably will secure the presidency for Martin Torrijos on M [...] | 2004-02-13 22:21:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PM POL CHIEF |
04PANAMA40 | PANAMA'S MAY 2004 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Panamanians nationwide will go to the polls on May 2, 2004 to choose a president, 78 legislators, 75 mayors, 619 local representatives, and 20 representatives to the Central American Parliament. The presidential campaign currently is a two-man race (in a field of four candidates) with t [...] | 2004-01-08 19:28:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY POL SPECIALIST |
04PANAMA417 | PANAMA ELECTION COUNTDOWN #3: 10 WEEKS TO GO [...] (U) Electoral Magistrates proudly announced that the electoral process is moving forward and is 70 percent complete. Among other things, The Electoral Tribunal must still select and train personnel to staff voting places and set aside space and staff for vote counting committees at the local [...] | 2004-02-20 21:15:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST |
04PANAMA440 | PANAMA ELECTIONS - NOTES FROM THE FIELD - CHIRIQUI [...] (SBU) Residents of Chiriqui, Panama's largest dairy, coffee, and vegetable producer, and its capital David, Panama's third-largest city, want politicians to focus on unemployment and an agricultural sector threatened by a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. Pol Counsel [...] | 2004-02-25 18:17:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PM PINR PREL POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
04PANAMA465 | LA DONA HITS PANAMA'S AIRWAVES. PANAMA ELECTION [...] (U) While a political cartoon in a Panama daily depicted the fifth ballot's funeral, civil society refused to let the issue rest in peace. Criticism abounded in the wake of last week's Electoral Tribunal (ET) and Executive Branch insistence on not issuing a fifth ballot on constitutional ref [...] | 2004-02-27 20:49:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST |
04PANAMA540 | LA PRENSA FOUNDER ROBERTO EISENMANN SLAMS PANAMA'S [...] (C) Roberto Eisenmann, Jr., founder of Panama's anti-dictatorship daily newspaper La Prensa, since 1990 turned political maverick and op-ed gadfly, recently shared with POL Counselor some caustic commentary on what he called the "outrageous" attitude of Panama's political class and its corrup [...] | 2004-03-04 19:40:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PM POL CHIEF |
04PANAMA564 | NEW PANAMA POLLS SHOW TORRIJOS WITH LARGE LEAD. [...] (SBU) New polls from two different not necessarily reliable sources are ranking presidential candidates in the usual order. In the Assembly, legislators seeking to rejuvenate their rotten image have proposed forward-leaning reductions in their own privileges, but may lack the political will t [...] | 2004-03-08 22:32:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PM POL SPECIALIST |
04PANAMA613 | OBSERVERS, OPACITY, AND A PLEDGE. PANAMA ELECTION [...] (SBU) With less than two months to go, electoral issues are finally gaining prominence in Panama's media. Panamanian and foreign observers organize for the May 2 elections. Embassy plans to coordinate with OAS and Ombudsman's Office observers to ensure broad coverage of key polling areas on [...] | 2004-03-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST |
04PANAMA615 | TORRIJOS TEAM BEGINNING TO LOOK AHEAD TO NEW [...] (C) Still leading in the polls, Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential candidate Martin Torrijos is starting to consider what his administration might look like, well aware of our interest in key PRD appointments. Meeting with PolOff, senior advisor and "friend of Martin" Ubaldino [...] | 2004-03-16 21:00:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ETRD MASS PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
04PANAMA651 | MORE SECRETS, A DEBATE, AND ANOTHER POLL SHOWS [...] (SBU) Local press meticulously covered former President Ernesto Perez Balladares' unexpected disclosure of discretionary expenditures during his presidency (1994-99),tied to the ongoing battle between Electoral Prosecutor Gerardo Solis and President Moscoso. (Reftels A & B). A March 16 presi [...] | 2004-03-19 19:39:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
04PANAMA705 | PANAMA'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN: VERAGUAS PROVINCE IS [...] (SBU) On March 14, seven weeks before Panama's May 2 general elections, PolOffs toured rural Veraguas province with members of three of the four party coalitions vying for the presidency and 78 legislative seats. Though Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential candidate Martin Torrij [...] | 2004-03-26 18:42:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
04PANAMA715 | NAMES FLOATED, A BLAST FROM THE PAST, AND A [...] (SBU) Panama's electoral campaign suddenly became more interesting with a bristling 3/23 confrontation between Arnulfista youth and Endara supporters and a 3/24 shooting incident in a depressed area. From here forward, campaign tensions will mount, primarily in the form of mudslinging and edi [...] | 2004-03-29 12:38:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST |
04PANAMA730 | ARTICLE 98 SUPPORTER IN CLOSE RACE WITH U.S. [...] (U) This cable is SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. Please protect accordingly. ----------------- A Fighting Chance ----------------- 2. (SBU) On March 14, PolOffs accompanied Arnulfista Party legislative challenger Jose "Pepe" Gomez on a tour of Veraguas province's 9-3 electoral circuit [...] | 2004-03-30 14:17:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
04PANAMA791 | Rumors, Observers, and Negative Advertising. [...] (SBU) With the May 2 elections just one month away, the campaigns and the candidates are entering the home stretch. The Electoral Tribunal and the Ombudsman's office are focused on Election Day logistics and observers. Panama's media and civil society are investigating candidates' backgrounds [...] | 2004-04-02 21:42:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST |
04PANAMA810 | PANAMA'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN: ALEMAN MAY BE COUNTING [...] (U) PolOffs recently toured Panama's Herrera and Los Santos provinces, meeting with Herrera's Electoral Tribunal Regional Director Hector Paulette, Arnulfista Party legislative challenger Pacifico Escalona and Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) Herrera elections coordinator Reynaldo Salerno. [...] | 2004-04-06 21:08:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
04PANAMA863 | FRAUD PREVENTION, OBSTRUCTIONISM, AND BICKERING. [...] (SBU) Panama's May 2 election - only three weeks away - is starting to concentrate minds. The Electoral Tribunal is implementing fraud prevention procedures, informing voters, and fending off critics. Electoral Prosecutor Gerardo Solis depoliticized his investigation of the Presidency's lega [...] | 2004-04-13 21:43:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL PM POL SPECIALIST |
04PANAMA892 | Education, Absenteeism, and Closing Rallies. [...] (SBU) Candidates, voters, and electoral officials are in the home stretch for Panama's May 2 general elections. The Electoral Tribunal (ET) briefed the diplomatic corps on elections in an April 13 luncheon presentation with media present. On April 14, the ET warned the Supreme Court not to a [...] | 2004-04-19 12:53:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST |
04PANAMA896 | PANAMA: TORRIJOS TEAM STIFLES ELECTION EVE [...] (C) Arnulfista and Solidarity Party opponents of presidential candidate Martin Torrijos have given documents to reporters that they hope will link him to a 1985 drug-related kidnapping. Apparently rattled by a potentially damaging story that could break just before the May 2 election, the To [...] | 2004-04-19 21:46:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
04PANAMA914 | PRE-ELECTION VIEWS FROM THE FIELD: NEW [...] (U) EmbOffs recently visited the western Panama reservation (or Comarca) of the Ngobe-Bugl indigenous group as part of our pre-election coverage. The Comarca will elect three new representatives on May 2 to the 78-seat unicameral Legislative Assembly. The new seats could provide some impor [...] | 2004-04-21 19:23:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PM |
04PANAMA924 | PANAMA: THE CAMPAIGN OF ARNULFISTA PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Arnulfista Presidential Candidate Jose Miguel Aleman, a distant third in most public opinion polls, seeks to emerge from President Moscoso's shadow to place first in Panama's May 2 elections. Neutralizing Aleman's greatest logistical asset, the three-party coalition that backs him and its [...] | 2004-04-22 12:31:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
04PANAMA936 | Observers, a non-debate, more polls, and some [...] (SBU) As campaigning hits a feverish pace, candidates Torrijos and Endara decided to skip the final, April 20 debate. Two final public opinion polls with conflicting results have generated controversy, as has another group of Endara supporters who made their support publicly known. The Electo [...] | 2004-04-23 19:58:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL PM POL SPECIALIST |
04PANAMA975 | PANAMA ELECTION EVE OUTLOOK: LIKELY WINNER [...] (C) Martin Torrijos and his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD),well ahead by most indicators, are poised to win the presidency and a plurality of legislative seats in Panama's Sunday, May 2, 2004 general elections. The American-educated Torrijos has marginalized the PRD's "old guard" and ha [...] | 2004-04-27 22:52:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
04PANAMA995 | Rallies, a ceremony, and transition planning. [...] (SBU) Presidential candidates staged campaign closing rallies throughout the final week before Panama's Sunday, May 2 General Elections. EmbOffs met OAS observers to discuss Election Day plans on April 27. Electoral authorities announced final logistical arrangements and accepted control of [...] | 2004-04-29 20:59:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST |
04PHNOMPENH1985 | CAMBODIA'S BOHEMIAN KING - THE HONEYMOON IS NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Norodom Sihamoni continues to reach out to people across Cambodia, bringing a new sense of dignity to the royal house. Though most of his forays into the countryside are carefully scripted, on occasion he breaks the bonds and makes a solid connection with the crowds. His [...] | 2004-12-23 08:05:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CB PINR PREL |
04PORTAUPRINCE520 | PRIME MINISTER FORMS CABINET [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Latortue finalized his cabinet choices on the afternoon of March 16, following consultations with President Alexandre. The cabinet was installed at 14:00 on March 17. Latortue chose to consolidate several existing ministries as a cost-cutting measure, naming only 13 m [...] | 2004-03-17 22:29:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HA |
04PRAGUE1857 | CRISIS IN RULING CZECH CSSD: PARTY STUCK BETWEEN [...] (C) Summary. The initial period of relative calm and promise of consolidation in the main ruling Social Democratic Party (CSSD) after Stanislav Gross took over as acting party chairman this summer effectively ended with its poor showing in the November regional and Senate elections. The elec [...] | 2004-12-21 16:38:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EZ |
04PRAGUE1870 | CZECH MFA SOLICITS US OPINION ON POTENTIAL SALE OF [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 7 2. (C) As foreshadowed in Reftel A, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs is, for the second time this year, soliciting US opinion on the possible sale of a Czech-produced passive radar system to Pakistan. 3. (C) As in the previous case, dealt with [...] | 2004-12-23 13:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL PINR EZ PK |
04PRAGUE1881 | Semi-annual Request for Names, Title and Contacts [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-28 11:47:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL EZ |
04PRETORIA4199 | DURBAN PORT - IMPROVEMENTS, CONCESSION, SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Infrastructure and process improvements as well as new equipment are increasing efficiency at Durban Port according to Mervyn Chetty, Executive Manager of Corporate Strategy and Continuous Improvement at South African Port Operations (SAPO). New cranes are expected to double c [...] | 2004-09-17 04:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EWWT EAID ECON PINR PTER SF |
04PRETORIA4545 | PERSPECTIVES ON NEPAD, ISLAM AND THE USA IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: S/P consultations in South Africa October 6-10, 2004 confirmed strong public and private sector support for NEPAD, due largely to Presidents Mbeki and Obasanjo's strong leadership. Expecting legal status as an African Union (AU) entity, the NEPAD Secretariat was optimistic, [...] | 2004-10-12 14:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI SF |
04PRETORIA4768 | SOUTH AFRICA: AMBASSADOR MEETS MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Jendayi Frazer called on Minister Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka of the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) on October 19, 2004. Ambassador Frazer stressed the need to move ahead on scheduling our first Joint Standing Committee on Nuclear Energy Cooperation and to bring cl [...] | 2004-10-28 16:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EPET ENRG KNNP TRGY PINR SF |
04QUITO3027 | GOVERNMENT MINISTER POLITICAL LIGHTING ROD, [...] (C) Summary: Government Minister Jaime Damerval has courted controversy since taking office on November 8, recently suggesting that the GoE convoke a referendum on whether to dissolve Congress to promote constitutional reforms. In a private meeting with the DCM on November 15, Damerval back [...] | 2004-11-17 21:51:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PINR EC |
04QUITO3280 | CONTACT INFO FOR GOE OFFICIALS [...] In response to Reftel, Post provides the following contact information for Government of Ecuador leadership: HEAD OF GOVERNMENT/STATE LAST NAME: GUTIERREZ FIRST NAME: LUCIO TITLE: PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OFFICE PH:(593-2) 2580833 / 2588888 CELL: (593)94-236187 COMMENTS: GUT [...] | 2004-12-22 20:24:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL EC |
04RANGOON1080 | FOR BURMA'S REGIME, LOYALTY TRUMPS FAMILY [...] (SBU) MORE OPPRESSION: At the recent funeral of a famous Burmese writer (and NLD MP-elect),the Charge, a.i. met the wife of political prisoner Dr. Than Nyein. Dr. Than Nyein was elected on the NLD ticket in 1990 from PM General Khin Nyunt's hometown of Kyauktan. The NLD MP-elect was senten [...] | 2004-08-24 07:52:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BM NLD |
04RANGOON1100 | ALLEGED NORTH KOREAN INVOLVEMENT IN MISSILE [...] (S) SUMMARY: North Korean workers are reportedly assembling "SAM missiles" and constructing an underground facility at a Burmese military site in Magway Division, about 315 miles NNW of Rangoon, according to XXXXXXXXXXXX . This unsolicited account should not be taken as authoritative, but it tracks [...] | 2004-08-27 08:08:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PARM PINR PREL KNNP BM KN |
04RANGOON1225 | THE BURMESE REGIME'S "SELECTIVE ENGAGEMENT" WITH [...] (C) Summary: A recent exchange of top military visits between Burma and Thailand indicates improving relations between the SPDC and the Royal Thai Armed Forces and is a sign that many wounds have healed since the two armies squared off during a series of deadly border skirmishes in mid-2002. [...] | 2004-09-16 10:58:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR BM TH |
04RANGOON1237 | BURMESE REGIME OUSTS FOREIGN AFFAIRS TEAM [...] (C) Summary: On September 18, the SPDC conducted a mini-shuffle of the GOB cabinet, in the process ousting the regime's primary foreign affairs team and giving a boost to the trusted Minister of Labor, U Tin Winn. Gone to pasture are the unimpressive Minister of Foreign Affairs, U Win Aung, [...] | 2004-09-20 10:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR BM |
04RANGOON1250 | BURMA'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: NOT READY FOR PRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: The Burmese regime's surprise choice as new Foreign Minister, a recently promoted Major General with thirty years of operational and combat military experience, is a virtual unknown in local diplomatic and military circles. FM Nyan Win's overseas experience appears limited to [...] | 2004-09-22 11:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR CVIS BM |
04RANGOON1322 | BURMA'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: "EXPECT NO CHANGE IN [...] (C) Summary: New Foreign Minister U Nyan Win met with the COM on October 5, only his third encounter as FM with a diplomat in Rangoon. By all appearances, Nyan Win is a caretaker foreign minister under instructions from SPDC Chairman Than Shwe to hold the regime line. He declared that the G [...] | 2004-10-05 10:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR BM |
04RANGOON1345 | BURMA'S GRUNTS VS. MI: ROUND ONE? [...] (C) Summary: An apparent up-country attack by the Burmese army's regular forces on a once untouchable interagency unit including military intelligence officers has led to speculation that long-simmering hatred between MI and the regular troops has begun to heat up. The incident is quite extra [...] | 2004-10-14 00:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PINR MOPS ETRD ECON BM |
04RANGOON1359 | BURMESE PRIME MINISTER OUSTED? CRESCENDO OF [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-19 11:08:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PINR BM |
04RANGOON1372 | TOUGH(ER) GUYS MOVE UP IN RANGOON: BIOGRAPHIC [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-20 10:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PINR BM |
04RANGOON1437 | THE BIG KAHUNAS STRIKE AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: The after-shocks from Prime Minister Khin Nyunt's recent demise again shook the ground in Rangoon over the weekend of November 5-7, as two influential members of the government--the Minister of Labor and the Minister of Home Affairs--were pushed off their perches. Authorities ar [...] | 2004-11-08 10:45:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PINR BM |
04RANGOON1450 | PRO-DEMOCRACY ETHNIC PARTIES SEEK USG ASSISTANCE [...] (S/NF) Hkun Htun Oo, acting in his capacity as head of the ten-party United Nationalities Alliance (UNA),formally requested USG financial assistance for UNA member parties for "democracy and humanitarian affairs" in a meeting with emboffs November 9th. 2. (SBU) Hkun Htun Oo, besides headin [...] | 2004-11-10 09:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET//NOFORN | KDEM EAID PINR PREL BM |
04RANGOON1462 | THE BURMESE REGIME AIRS ITS DIRTY LAUNDRY: FORMER [...] (C) Summary: In an apparent campaign to smear former Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt and in the process diminish the authority of the military intelligence (MI) apparatus that he created and controlled, the SPDC on November 7 published a stunning "explanation" of his recent ouster. Gone is [...] | 2004-11-12 10:44:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON BM |
04RANGOON1522 | BURMA: KHIN NYUNT'S GONE, BUT BIG BROTHER'S STILL [...] (C) Summary: At the behest of the GOB, several Burmese-language newspapers have published articles detailing encounters between members of the diplomatic community, including U.S. Embassy personnel, and democracy activists, in the process reiterating that Big Brother's still on the job despite [...] | 2004-12-01 07:16:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PHUM ASEC BM |
04RANGOON1572 | BURMESE PRO-DEMOCRACY LEADERS REQUEST FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Congress has appropriated and earmarked millions of dollars to support Burma's pro-democracy movement and those Burmese seeking refuge from the junta's tyranny. While a portion of this funding appropriately supports thousands of Burmese who have fled their country, direct support for th [...] | 2004-12-14 04:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET//NOFORN | EAID KDEM PINR BM |
04RANGOON1629 | INDONESIA QUAKE HITS BURMA [...] Rangoon awoke on Sunday the 26th to a 5.3 earthquake, the largest since 1958 in the capital, testimony to the vast power of the quake off Indonesia. Though there were no reports of casualties or major damage in Rangoon, there were scattered reports throughout the area of slightly damaged buil [...] | 2004-12-27 09:07:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR CASC PREL PINR PGOV AMGT BM |
04RANGOON1633 | TFXO01: TSUNAMI DEATH TOLL RISES IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: It is evident now that Burma's remote coastal and delta regions suffered at least several dozen casualties and, at the village level, significant property damage from the earthquakes and tsunami of December 26th, although the full extent of the impact is still unclear. As of CO [...] | 2004-12-28 10:15:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR CASC PREL PINR PGOV AMGT BM |
04RANGOON1643 | TFXO01: (12/29) BURMESE GOVERNMENT UPS TSUNAMI [...] (SBU) Summary: As of December 29th, the GOB's official earthquake/tsunami death toll in Burma is 51 dead and 70 missing, though the real numbers may be higher. There have been no reports of Amcit casualties or verified cases of missing Americans. The GOB has declined offers of assistance fro [...] | 2004-12-29 10:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR CASC PREL PINR PGOV AMGT BM |
04RANGOON1647 | BURMA: GOB AFFIRMS THAT ASSK WILL REMAIN ISOLATED [...] (C) Summary: The new Minister of Home Affairs, offering the first official GOB word on the current status of Aung San Suu Kyi's detention, says that ASSK and NLD Vice Chairman U Tin Oo are no longer considered held "in protective custody," but rather are detained under a specific provision of [...] | 2004-12-30 05:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR BM ASSK |
04RANGOON1649 | TFXO01: (12/30) BURMA SITUATION SEEMS STABLE...FOR [...] Summary: All USG personnel in Burma are accounted for and safe. There have still been no reports of Amcit casualties or verified cases of missing Americans. There was no new information on casualties in Burma on December 30th, though a UN team found little evidence to dispute GOB claims of D [...] | 2004-12-30 10:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR CASC KFLO PREL PINR PGOV AMGT BM |
04RANGOON382 | DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS: ONE [...] (C) Summary: While spending ten days in remote Shan State with a senior military intelligence officer during the annual USG-Burma opium yield survey, we were constantly told that Prime Minister Khin Nyunt has undertaken a full-court press to implement his "road map" to democracy. This focus h [...] | 2004-03-24 07:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR MARR SNAR BM |
04RANGOON647 | BURMESE REGIME'S STRATEGIC VIEWS OF U.S. AND CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States wants to dominate Burma in order to penetrate China's soft underbelly, according to Burmese Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt. The PM, speaking with a visiting ethnic leader, laid out his strategic views of the United States and China. Burma must resist U.S. [...] | 2004-05-21 08:06:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PINR BM CH |
04RANGOON967 | ECONOMIC TENSIONS IN THE BURMESE MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: There has been much talk recently of perceived "rifts" in the senior military leadership of Burma and between the regional commanders and the central command structure. Some claim that these rifts are based on starkly differing views on the best political path for Burma to take. [...] | 2004-07-30 08:22:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON MCAP PINS PINR BM KBIO |
04RIODEJANEIRO1105 | BRZAIL'S MINAS GERAIS: PT INCUMBENT COULD [...] (U) SUMMARY: The mayoral race in the capital city of Minas Gerais state, Belo Horizonte, one of Brazil's largest cities in one of the largest states, is close, according to the most recent poll: 38 percent for ex-soccer idol and State Deputy Joao Leite (Brazilian Socialist Party/PSB) and 31 [...] | 2004-08-13 09:59:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI BR |
04ROME1649 | C-RE4-00182: G8 SUMMIT AGENDA ISSUES - ITALIAN [...] (U) The Political, Economic, Consular and Science sections have provided the following responses to ref a request for Italian views on G8 Summit Agenda proposals. GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE (GME) ------------------------------------ 2. (C) The Italians have been very supportive of the [...] | 2004-04-27 10:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD PINR PREL IT KPRP |
04ROME2363 | IRANIAN DIPLOMAT SOUNDS OUT THE BRITS [...] (S) ON JUNE 17, UK EMBASSY POL COUNS FRANCIS CAMPBELL (STRICTLY PROTECT) BRIEFED POLOFF ON HIS MEETING THE PREVIOUS DAY WITH IRANIAN EMBASSY SECOND SECRETARY ALI GHOLAMPOUR. THE MEETING TOOK PLACE IN CAMPBELL'S OFFICE IN THE UK EMBASSY. 2. (S) ACCORDING TO GHOLAMPOUR, IRAN IS "THANKFUL" THA [...] | 2004-06-18 12:08:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR IR IZ UK IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM |
04ROME2467 | ITALIAN ROLE IN RELEASE OF BRITISH MILITARY [...] (C) UK EMBASSY POLCOUNS FRANCIS CAMPBELL TOLD POLOFF ON JUNE 24 THAT ITALY PLAYED A "VERY HELPFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE" IN SECURING THE RELEASE OF THE EIGHT UK MILITARY PERSONNEL HELD BY IRAN. TELEPHONE CALLS BETWEEN PM BLAIR'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR NIGEL SCHIENWALD AND PM BERLUSCONI'S NATI [...] | 2004-06-25 04:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IR IZ UK IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
04ROME2876 | ITALY: ROBERTO CALDEROLI NEW MINISTER FOR REFORMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As expected, Prime Minister Berlusconi named Northern League National Coordinator and Senate Vice President Roberto Calderoli the new Minister for Reform and Devolution on July 20. Calderoli replaces League Secretary Umberto Bossi, who resigned the previous day to [...] | 2004-07-26 08:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
04ROME4268 | TOUGH BARGAINING ON ITALIAN GOVERNMENT PORTFOLIOS [...] (C) Negotiations to fill Government positions, including that of Foreign Minister, resulting from Rocco Buttiglione's nomination and subsequent withdrawal as Italy's European Commissioner are caught up in domestic politics, especially an internal coalition struggle over the Government's tax [...] | 2004-11-05 17:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
04ROME4313 | GIANFRANCO FINI: ALMOST CERTAINLY ITALY'S NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 8 dinner at the Ambassador's residence, both Deputy Prime Minister Fini and Prime Minister Berlusconi's personal assistant confirmed that Fini will be named Italy's next Foreign Minister. We expect Fini to be a reliable replacement for Franco Frattini and to maint [...] | 2004-11-09 16:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
04ROME4426 | GIANFRANCO FINI IS (FINALLY) ITALY,S NEW FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gianfranco Fini was (finally) appointed Italy's new Foreign Minister on November 18, following constant speculation on this outcome since the October 30 resignation of Rocco Buttiglione as Italy's nominee to the new European Commission and his replacement by ex-FM Franco Fratti [...] | 2004-11-18 18:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
04ROME4563 | CHEVRON INCIDENT REFLECTS CHANGING DYNAMICS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-01 16:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET PINR KZ |
04ROME624 | PM BERLUSCONI SAYS HE IS A CANDIDATE FOR THE [...] DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE FEBRUARY 17, ITALIAN PM BERLUSCONI SAID HE WOULD BE A CANDIDATE IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY (EP) ELECTIONS IN JUNE, BUT THAT, WIN OR LOSE, HE WOULD REMAIN IN HIS POSITION AS PRIME MINISTER. ITALY HAS NO LAW THAT PREVENTS A MEMBER OF GOVERNMENT FROM RUNNING FOR [...] | 2004-02-19 16:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL PGOV IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS |
04SANAA1690 | RELIGIOUS GUIDANCE CONFERENCE CALLS FOR MODERATION [...] (U) Summary: After several delays (reftel),Sanaa was the venue for a significant religious gathering June 20-24, the "Mutamar al-Irshad al-Awal" (First Guidance Conference),which brought together Muslim clerics, scholars, and ministers of religious affairs from Arab and Muslim states. The m [...] | 2004-07-13 07:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL PGOV PINR KISL YM COUNTER TERRORISM HUMAN RIGHTS |
04SANAA1936 | BLOODY CLASHES CONTINUE BETWEEN ROYG AND SHIA [...] (C) Embassy sources contradict press accounts that ROYG forces encircled extremist Shi'ite leader Hussein al-Houthi in the northern region of Marran on August 5. Rather it seems fighting has intensified in the past few days and continues to be particularly bloody for the ROYG. 2. (C) L [...] | 2004-08-08 15:33:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PINR PREL PTER COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA1962 | ROYG REQUESTS U.S. INTEL ASSISTANCE IN FIGHT [...] (S) Summary. Yemeni Minister of Defense and his Intelligence Chief made a surprise appearance at Charge's August 11 meeting with Foreign Minister al-Qirby to request U.S. intelligence assistance in the ROYG's continuing struggle against the forces of Shi'ite extremist leader al-Houthi in no [...] | 2004-08-11 16:02:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PINR PGOV PTER MCAP YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2003 | YEMEN: ROYG NOTIFIED OF FINAL DISPOSITION OF [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief notified Deputy Director of the Yemeni National Security Bureau Ammar Saleh of the enemy combatant determination of Yemeni national Mahdi, Fawaz Na'aman Homoud Abdullah. Saleh expressed concern should the detainees nationality become a press item, saying, "Obviously we do no [...] | 2004-08-18 13:52:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PINR PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2006 | YEMEN: AL-HOUTHI INSURGENCY CONTINUES UNABATED [...] (S) Summary. The conflict continues between ROYG forces and armed-supporters of rebel Shi'ite cleric al-Houthi. The fighting remains concentrated in the northern Marran mountains, although some fighting has been reported in urban centers in the Sa'da governate. Although the crisis has yet t [...] | 2004-08-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | KISL PARM PGOV PINR PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2047 | AMBASSADOR NOTIFIES MFA OF YEMENI ENEMY COMBATANT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-23 13:58:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PINR PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2225 | UPDATE ON SA'DA FIGHTING [...] (C) Despite repeated government claims that the fighting in Sa'da is in its final stages, the last week has been increasingly bloody for both sides. The ROYG has stopped discussing casualty rates publicly, but local media reports that 15 soldiers were killed on August 24 including Lt. Col. [...] | 2004-08-25 12:48:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | KISL PGOV PINR PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2346 | PRESIDENT SALEH TO A/S BLOOMFIELD "NO NEW MANPADS" [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr. discussed proposed U.S. MANPADS buyback and destruction initiative with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on September 1. Saleh not only agreed to move forward with the modalities of the buyback [...] | 2004-09-02 11:35:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | MASS MOPS OVIP PARM PINR PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2388 | NOTICE OF TWO YEMENIS COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-08 05:19:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2408 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS THERMOBARICS, STATE SPONSORED [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador took the opportunity of his introductory meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman to deliver refs A and B. Noman listened carefully to both messages and asked questions, but offered no immediate response. Discussions on G-8 BMENA process covered septel. E [...] | 2004-09-12 05:15:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL PTER PINR YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2421 | ROYG FORCES KILL REBEL CLERIC AL-HOUTHI IN [...] (C) Summary. Anti-American rebel Shi'ite cleric al-Houthi was killed on September 10 in an early morning raid on his cave hide-out in the Sa'da Goverornate. The ROYG has announced an end to the 10-week insurgency, which resulted in well over 1000 deaths. ROYG forces have already begun red [...] | 2004-09-12 13:23:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PREL PINR PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2472 | AL-SOSWA READY TO LEAD THE WAY IN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary: On 9/06 Human Rights Minister, Amat al-Aleem Al-Soswa, told Ambassador that dealing with other, more established ministries can be challenging and that Yemen still has a ways to go to improve its human rights situation. Soswa touched on her efforts to protect freedom of the press, th [...] | 2004-09-20 10:50:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR YM HUMAN RIGHTS |
04SANAA2486 | NOTIFICATION OF ENEMY COMBATANT REVIEW - TWO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-22 08:43:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2506 | GENERAL SMITH DISCUSSES MIL-MIL COOPERATION WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-25 05:19:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PINR PREL PTER YE COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY |
04SANAA2697 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN ACTIVITY IN IRAQ [...] (S) On October 16 Ambassador expressed to FM Qirbi USG concerns about Iranian interference with the UN, OIC - endorsed political process in Iraq. Iran's provision of support to insurgents, including terrorists, said Ambassador, directly threatens the security of Iraq and the region. He req [...] | 2004-10-17 12:54:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR IZ IR YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2698 | CSRT AND ARB NOTIFICATIONS DELIVERED, ROYG REQUEST [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered Notifications of Combatant Status review Tribunal (refs A-C),and Final Determination of Combatant Status Review Tribunal Notifications (refs D and E) to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on October 16. 2. (C) As in the past, Noman accepted notification o [...] | 2004-10-17 13:06:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC PINR YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2699 | RAMADAN RELEASES DEMARCHE DELIVERED, ROYG AGREES [...] (S) Summary. On October 16 Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Qirbi and called on the ROYG to live up to its CT commitments (reftel). Ambassador stressed that ROYG failure to provide the USG with prior information on Ramadan releases of terrorism-related security detain [...] | 2004-10-17 13:08:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2837 | CSRT REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON ENEMY COMBATANT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-08 12:59:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2936 | COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST FOR ROYG [...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered request for ROYG assistance in contacting witnesses on behalf of Yemeni GTMO detainees coming before the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (ref A) to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on November 23. Noman said he would pass the request to the appropriate ROYG [...] | 2004-11-24 10:44:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2938 | COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST FOR ROYG [...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered request for ROYG assistance in contacting witnesses on behalf of Yemeni GTMO detainees coming before the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (ref A) to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on November 23. Noman said he would pass the request to the appropriate ROYG [...] | 2004-11-24 10:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2946 | UPDATE ON YEMEN PRISONER RELEASES [...] (S) Summary. Post believes that the 28 plus 2 Ramadan detainees who's release we objected to have been put on an "extended hold" pending transfer from PSO custody to that of the Attorney General (AG). As of November 24, however, we have received no confirmation from the AG that the transfer [...] | 2004-11-27 06:39:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR KJUS YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA2994 | GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD PROCEEDINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-01 13:22:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINR YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA3023 | YEMENI PRESIDENT SALEH WANTS WASHINGTON TRIP [...] (C) Summary. President Saleh convoked Ambassador December 6 to request that he convey Saleh's strong desire to visit Washington to personally congratulate President Bush on his reelection and meet with newly appointed senior officials. Citing important new developments in the region "that can onl [...] | 2004-12-06 15:11:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR PGOV KJUS PINR YM PARMS COUNTER TERRORISM |
04SANAA3130 | PROMINENT BUSINESS LEADER ON MINISTERIAL CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary. Pol/Econ Deputy had a wide ranging discussion with Abdul Wahab Thabet, Chairmen of the Thabet brothers, the second largest company in Yemen. Thabet vigorously criticized three of the most powerful ROYG ministers for corruption, and stated that on economics President Saleh, "does [...] | 2004-12-20 10:07:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR PGOV PINR YM COM |
04SANAA359 | YEMENI ISLAMIC MODERATE ON THE RELEASE OF [...] (c) Summary: Pol/Econ Chief, Counter-terrorism Coordinator and Political Specialist (as translator) met with Judge Hamoud al-Hitar, leading cleric of the ROYG committee responsible for the dialogue with security detainees, on February 9. Concerning the dialogue, al-Hitar said that there are [...] | 2004-01-30 15:54:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR YM KICC |
04SANTODOMINGO1518 | DOMINICAN ELECTION #26: MEJIA CLOSES DEAL - FELLO [...] (U) This is no. 26 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: MEJIA CLOSES DEAL; FELLO IS RUNNING MATE (U) PRD Secretary General Rafael "Fello" Subervi Bonilla has agreed to become President Mejia's running mate in the May 16 election" for the sake of PRD unity and keeping the p [...] | 2004-03-08 11:29:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR DR |
04SANTODOMINGO1597 | DOMINICAN LABOR MINISTER IS CANDIDATE TO CHAIR ILO ANNUAL MEETING [...] Dominican Labor Minister Milton RAY Guevara called on the Ambassador on March 6 to solicit U.S. support for him within the Americas group to chair the annual ILO session in June. In the normal course of rotation, the Americas are to provide a chair. Ray indicated that the long-serving Labor [...] | 2004-03-10 20:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB AORC ILO DR PINR RAY GUEVARA MILTON |
04SANTODOMINGO1658 | DRUG KINGPIN EXTRADITED FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) On March 10, 2004, Jose Arismendy Almonte Pena (a.k.a. Joselito.com) was extradited from the Dominican Republic. The Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) worked closely with the DEA to arrest the fugitive at the only tollbooth on the highway between Santiago to Santo [...] | 2004-03-12 15:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PINR SNAR DR |
04SANTODOMINGO1823 | DOMINICAN ELECTION #29: LEONEL'S V.P. - LOW KEY [...] (SBU) This is no. 29 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: LEONEL'S V.P. - LOW KEY AND PLD Leonel Fernandez's March 16 announcement that Rafael Albuquerque would be his vice-presidential running mate surprised nearly everyone. It could prove to be an astute choice. The p [...] | 2004-03-19 21:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR DR |
04SANTODOMINGO2843 | DOMINICAN ELECTION # 46: ESTRELLA, WOULD-BE STAR [...] (SBU) This is cable # 46 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ESTRELLA, WOULD-BE STAR ------------------------ Heading for third place ------------------------ In the last week before the presidential election, Reformista candidate Eduardo Estrella continues to work t [...] | 2004-05-11 11:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR DR |
04SANTODOMINGO2933 | DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #49: LEONEL FERNANDEZ -- [...] (SBU) This is cable #49 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections. FERNANDEZ: THE ONCE AND FUTURE PRESIDENT? (SBU) Lawyer turned politician, Leonel Fernandez once reigned over the small island nation of the Dominican Republic. Times were good - tourism and exports were up, the [...] | 2004-05-14 20:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR DR |
04SANTODOMINGO3358 | DOMINICAN TRANSITION #2: POLITICAL PARTIES RE-GROUP [...] (SBU) This is no. 2 in our series on the transition to a new administration in the Dominican Republic. POLITICAL PARTIES RE-GROUP (SBU) Following Leonel Fernandez's sweep of the May 16 presidential election, the three major political parties are grappling with their futures -- the winning [...] | 2004-06-08 17:09:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR DR |
04SANTODOMINGO3626 | DOMINICAN TRANSITION # 3: SIDES ENGAGE ON IMF AND [...] (U) This is cable no. 3 in our series on the transition to a new administration in the Dominican Republic. SIDES ENGAGE ON IMF AND TAX REFORM ----------------------------------------- Fiscal reform, necessarily the hot topic ----------------------------------------- As the power outage [...] | 2004-06-22 10:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR EFIN DR |
04SANTODOMINGO4006 | DOMINICAN TRANSITION #6: POLITICS DRIVES WAGE [...] (SBU) This is no. 6 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. POLITICS DRIVES WAGE DEMANDS The grim joke in recent months is that the supermarket has become the "house of horrors," especially for the middle class. The double sting of [...] | 2004-07-09 11:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DR EFIN PGOV PINR ELAB |
04SANTODOMINGO4531 | DOMINICAN TRANSITION 12-PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ NAMES [...] (U) This is number 12 in our series on the transition between the Mejia and Fernandez adminstrations. President-elect Fernandez- Two weeks from power. 2. (U) Summary. President-elect Leonel Fernandez on August 4 announced appointments to his administration, mainly in positions related to [...] | 2004-08-05 16:30:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG MCAP PGOV PINR PREL EINV DR |
04SANTODOMINGO5503 | FINAL GODR EXTRADITION CASES UNDER PRESIDENT MEJIA [...] (U) On July 30, 2004, seven fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals. They were as follows: a. Gornelio Serrano, reftel A, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on federal narcotics charges. b. Humber [...] | 2004-10-04 21:05:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KJUS PINR SNAR DR |
04SANTODOMINGO5777 | DOMINICAN POLITICS #6: THE PRD: IT'S BROKE. FIX [...] (SBU) This is #6 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: The PRD: It,s Broke. Fix It. (U) ** Without Hipolito Mejia to hold it together, the venerable populist PRD is not mounting a coordinated response to Leonel Fernandez's PLD administration. We look at the conten [...] | 2004-10-20 22:47:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR DR |
04SANTODOMINGO5779 | DOMINICAN ATTORNEY VINCHO CASTILLO - STILL KICKING [...] (C) "Those who love me, love me a lot. Those who hate me, hate me a lot," declared Marino Vinicio Castillo (Vincho) when questioned by a reporter in 2000 about his reputation for controversy. It was a good self-characterization then and remains true today. Vincho, a well known attorney wh [...] | 2004-10-21 11:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EFIN KJUS PGOV DR CASTILLO VINICIO MARINO |
04SANTODOMINGO6309 | GODR EXTRADITES 11 FUGITIVES [...] (U) On November 18, 2004, 11 fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals and courtesy of the DEA air wing. They were as follows: a. Francisco Billini, reftel A, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York [...] | 2004-11-19 18:35:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KJUS KCRM PINR SNAR PREL DR |
04SANTODOMINGO6656 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PRC REPRESENTATIVE PUSHES [...] (SBU) During a courtesy call December 10, the head of the Santo Domingo Commercial Development Office of the People's Republic of China Cai Weiquan told Charge Kubiske that his purpose in the Dominican Republic is to encourage it to switch diplomatic recognition, recognizing Beijing instead o [...] | 2004-12-14 17:20:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EINV PINR CH TW DR |
04SANTODOMINGO683 | DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL FINALLY COMPLIES, [...] (U) On January 30, 2004, Josefina Rojas was extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of US Marshals. Rojas is wanted to stand trial on federal narcotics charges in the Southern District of New York. The Dominican Republic's National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD),working with U.S. M [...] | 2004-02-03 20:47:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN KCRM KFRD PINR SNAR DR |
04SAOPAULO1472 | PT AND PSDB GAIN STRENGTH IN BRAZILIAN STATE OF [...] (U) Polls are leaning towards a PSDB win for mayor in Florianopolis, the capital of the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. The PSDB candidate, Dario Berger, has a 16 point lead over PP/PFL candidate, Chico Assis. State Governor Luiz Henrique da Silva (PMDB) has endorsed Berger and o [...] | 2004-10-22 17:51:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI BR |
04SAOPAULO1541 | MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS IN THE SOUTH: PT [...] Summary. In Sao Paulo and the South, the PSDB was the big winner and the PT the big loser in the second round of the Brazilian municipal elections on October 31. The PT lost control of the two biggest prizes in the region, Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre, the second of which the party had govern [...] | 2004-11-01 20:33:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR SOCI BR |
04TAIPEI3116 | MAC APPOINTS CROSS-STRAIT NEOPHYTE AS VICE CHAIR [...] (C) Summary: The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) announced October 1 that Academia Sinica Research Fellow David Huang would assume the MAC vice chairman position previously held by Alexander Huang. A specialist in European local politics, David Huang has no experience in cross-Strait affairs, a [...] | 2004-10-07 03:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CH TW |
04TAIPEI3139 | POLITICAL POSITIONING IMPACTING FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Internal political maneuvering for the 2008 presidential nomination is increasingly spilling over into the cross-Strait and foreign policy arenas. Premier Yu Shyi-kun's advocacy of a cross-Strait "balance of terror" is the latest in a string of unauthorized statements that inside [...] | 2004-10-07 10:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH TW |
04TAIPEI4050 | TAIWAN'S NEW FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission has been very active since it was established in July 2004 to encourage market liberalization and reform. Although some foreign businesses have complained about difficulty in keeping up with the flurry of new regulations, the regulati [...] | 2004-12-22 09:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EINV EFIN ECON TW CH |
04TASHKENT2609 | AFTER THE BOMBINGS: KARIMOV'S DECISION-MAKING [...] (C) Summary. This is the second of two cables, which provides insight into President Karimov's decision-making process. The first of which looked at Karimov's possible succession plans (ref D). Although Uzbekistan was rocked twice this year by terrorist bombings, little has changed for Pre [...] | 2004-09-30 13:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBIO PINR PTER UZ |
04TASHKENT3180 | FIRST DAUGHTER LOLA (KARIMOVA) CUTS LOSE [...] (C) For at least the past month, the youngest of President Islom Karimov's three children, 26-year old Lola Karimova, has been frequenting restaurant/club Barkhan ("shifting sand dune") on a near nightly basis. On November 13, we once again ran into the First Daughter at this location. During this [...] | 2004-11-26 08:51:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PBIO PINR UZ |
04TASHKENT3519 | PRESIDENT KARIMOV NOT AN ORPHAN, AND OTHER FAMILY [...] (C) Summary: Although his face was covered in bruises, the physical resemblance to the President is striking. In a wide-ranging conversation with poloff, Islom Karimov's estranged nephew, Jamshid Karimov, and Jamshid's mother, Muslima Karimova -- the President's sister-in-law -- revealed det [...] | 2004-12-27 12:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PBIO PGOV UZ |
04TEGUCIGALPA1106 | CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO HONDURAS ALLEGES COMING U.S. [...] (U) Cuban Ambassador to Honduras Alberto Gonzalez Polanco, in public statements May 12, claimed that the GOC was at military alert for a potential U.S. invasion. He told reporters that the GOC feared such an attack was "closer than ever." He added that Cuban citizens were well prepared to re [...] | 2004-05-13 23:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA1467 | HONDURAN SECURITY MINISTER ALLEGES SENIOR AL-QAIDA [...] (S) Summary: On June 29, Honduran Minister of Public Security (MOPS) Oscar Alvarez told the Honduran press senior Saudi Al-Qaida operative, Adnan Gulshair El-Shukrijumah, had been spotted in Honduras but has since left the country. MOPS Alvarez alleged that El-Shukrijumah was seen in an intern [...] | 2004-07-01 00:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PTER ASEC KVPR PINR KJUS KCRM PGOV CVIS HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1599 | Maduro Reaches $33 Million Deal with Teachers; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 10, President Ricardo Maduro and representatives of teachers' unions signed an agreement reinstating certain salary benefits which had been cut in December, thus bringing an end to the 33-day teachers' strike. The GOH did not offer an across-the-board salary increase, [...] | 2004-07-20 17:25:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAID ELAB SOCI PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1611 | CONVICTED HONDURAN NARCO-CONGRESSMAN PANCHAME [...] On July 11, Armando Avila Panchame (52),a Honduran National Party ex-Congressman serving a 20-year sentence at the National Penitentiary (PN) in Tamara for narcotrafficking, was murdered by another prison inmate, Juvernal Alvarado Diaz (23). Diaz, sentenced in January 2004 to 12 years in pr [...] | 2004-07-21 13:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC SOCI PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1626 | LA MOSQUITIA MAYORS CALL FOR MORE RESOURCES TO [...] The mayors of two communities in La Mosquitia (in the northeast corner of Honduras) called on central authorities to increase police presence and equipment in the region as it has become the foremost narcotrafficking zone in the country. The complaint was issued June 20 by the mayor of Puerto [...] | 2004-07-23 21:20:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC SOCI PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA1652 | HONDURAS' DECISION TO TERMINATE FOUR FMS SERVICE [...] (SBU) On July 22, USMILGP Tegucigalpa received a letter from the Honduran Air Force's (HAF) Department of Logistics requesting that the number of Honduran F-5s under U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) service Letters of Agreement (LOAs) be reduced from ten to only six jets. The request appears [...] | 2004-07-27 22:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA179 | DRUG PLANE CRASHES AFTER INTERCEPT BY HONDURAN AIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Honduran Air Force Commander insists 1/20/04 crash of a drug-trafficking civilian aircraft was not a shoot-down. According to published statements and conversations with U.S. mission military members, Colonel Caceres stated that Honduran Air Force (HAF) interceptors twice contac [...] | 2004-01-23 01:04:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA193 | DRUG PLANE CRASH SITE VISIT -- NO SMOKING GUN JUST [...] (C) On 1/23/04, U.S. country team members (DEA, DAO, JTF-B, and MILGP) visited the site of 1/20/04 drug-trafficking air crash and were given full and unimpeded access by Government of Honduran (GOH) authorities. The Embassy team was accompanied by the Honduran Soto Cano Air Base Liaison Offic [...] | 2004-01-26 12:50:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA203 | MINISTER OF DEFENSE REVIEWING DECISION TO PROVIDE [...] (C) On mid-afternoon of January 26 the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Honduran Armed Forces informed USMILGP Commander that he would provide a written copy of the Honduran Air Force's rules of engagement for intercepting intruding civil aircraft violating Honduran airspace and for [...] | 2004-01-26 23:29:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2057 | UNDER SIEGE FOR MONTHS, HONDURAN MINISTER OF [...] (U) During a national press conference on September 13, Honduran President Ricardo Maduro announced the resignation of the embattled Minister of Education Carlos Avila Molina. Maduro praised Avila's accomplishments and noted that Avila was leaving strictly for personal reasons. Replacing Avila [...] | 2004-09-14 22:11:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EAID ECON SOCI PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA209 | MINISTER OF DEFENSE REITERATES NO SHOOT-DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense (MOD) Frederico Breve delivered a document to the Ambassador on January 27 which explains the Honduran Air Force's (HAF) standard operating procedures for intercepting intruding civil aircraft violating Honduran airspace and the use of live ammunition, includ [...] | 2004-01-28 01:09:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2123 | THE DEMISE OF HONDURAS' ANTI-CORRUPTION COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Once heralded by President Ricardo Maduro as a success story in the fight against corruption, Honduras' National Anti-Corruption Council (Consejo Nacional Anti Corrupcion - CNA) is about to fade from existence. The Maduro Administration plans to coopt the CNA's operations by plac [...] | 2004-09-22 21:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR ASEC EAID HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2356 | HONDURAN PUBLIC MINISTRY DROPPING CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: While other countries in the region have taken steps to arrest and/or prosecute high-level corrupt individuals, Honduras appears to be moving in the opposite direction. On October 18, the Public Ministry officially dropped all pending corruption charges against ex-president (and [...] | 2004-10-20 22:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2357 | HONDURAN PUBLIC MINISTRY DROPPING CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: While other countries in the region have taken steps to arrest and/or prosecute high-level corrupt individuals, Honduras appears to be moving in the opposite direction. On October 18, the Public Ministry officially dropped all pending corruption charges against ex-president (and [...] | 2004-10-21 12:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA236 | TEGUCIGALPA PROTEST PLANNED FOR FEBRUARY 5: IMF [...] (C) Summary: The leftist organization Popular Block is planning a large protest march for February 5 in Tegucigalpa. The protest, which may include over a thousand demonstrators, will focus on controversial domestic legislation linked to the recent IMF agreement and various U.S. foreign polic [...] | 2004-01-30 23:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB SOCI ETRD PREL ECON ASEC PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA238 | Honduras and CAFTA Labor Track II: Ministry of [...] (SBU) Summary: In Honduras, there is good will in the Ministry of Labor (MOL) in general and Minister of Labor German Leitzelar in particular to protect core labor rights. Honduran labor law, while deficient in some areas with respect to ILO core conventions, is not the main issue for the pr [...] | 2004-02-02 14:29:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PHUM ECON PGOV KJUS PINR HO ILO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2424 | HONDURAS: TAX SERVICE STRENGTHENS INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: The tax authority,s internal affairs unit, known as the Transparency Unit, has mounted a vigorous effort over the last 18 months to investigate and combat corruption within the tax and customs services. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the dismissals for corruption have had an a [...] | 2004-10-29 15:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KCOR ETRD PGOV PINR KMCA KJUS HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2426 | CORRECTED COPY: HONDURAS CASHIERS ITS TAX MAN; [...] (C) Summary: On October 15, it was reported that Mario Duarte, head of the Executive Revenue Directorate (DEI, the GOH equivalent of the USG,s Internal Revenue Service) will be moved out of his position effective November 1. Duarte will become the new Director of the National Ports Company. [...] | 2004-10-29 15:52:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PINR KMCA HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2434 | AMBASSADOR URGES GREATER ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27, Ambassador and DCM raised U.S. concerns with President Maduro about perceptions that Honduras is backsliding on anti-corruption efforts, its potential impact on MCC eligibility, and the recent decision by the Public Ministry (PM) to dismiss corruption cases against [...] | 2004-10-29 20:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2496 | HONDURAN AG NAVARRO SEEKS SOLUTION TO PARALYSIS AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Negotiations continue at the Public Ministry (PM) between Attorney General Ovidio Navarro and federal prosecutors (fiscales) after many fiscales walked off the job October 19 following Navarro's termination of ten and transfer of six others for their public criticism over the P [...] | 2004-11-04 19:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA258 | GUNMEN SHOOT CAR OF PRESIDENT OF HONDURAN CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Unknown gunmen shot at the car of Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo, President of Congress, February 1. Lobo was not in the car at the time, and his driver, two aides, a bodyguard, and an army officer in the car were unhurt. Police believe that the attack was either (a) linked to threats (mad [...] | 2004-02-03 21:17:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR ASEC PHUM PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2646 | HONDURAN PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY: PASTOR AND [...] (SBU) Summary. With the February 20, 2005, primary elections three months away, the race is tightening on the Nationalists side with President of Congress Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo closing the gap on Tegucigalpa Mayor Miguel Pastor. On the Liberal side, politician Mel Zelaya is pulling away from [...] | 2004-11-26 12:17:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SNAR KJUS PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2757 | CAFTA Debate Heats Up Ahead of Possible December 15 [...] Summary: As the Honduran Congress considers CAFTA and moves closer to a vote, both supporters and opponents of the agreement have been making their views known in public fora and through the press. In recent weeks CAFTA has been publicly denounced by Roman Catholic Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez [...] | 2004-12-10 12:10:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PGOV EAID KIPR EAGR ELAB PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2766 | HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: NATIONALS - [...] (SBU) Introduction: During recent meetings with Washington visitor, National Party leading presidential candidates Miguel Pastor (first in polls) and Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo (second in polls) were impressive, Liberal Party leading presidential candidate Mel Zelaya was charismatic, while third pla [...] | 2004-12-10 21:46:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA2768 | HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: NATIONALS - [...] (SBU) Introduction: During recent meetings with Washington visitor, National Party leading presidential candidates Miguel Pastor (first in polls) and Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo (second in polls) were impressive, Liberal Party leading presidential candidate Mel Zelaya was charismatic, while third pla [...] | 2004-12-13 12:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA289 | HONDURAN AIR INTERDICTION PROCEDURES, U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: The policy statements and standard operating procedures outlined below are keyed to questions posed in ref D and based on discussion with the joint State/DOD team that visited Honduras on February 2-4. Post wishes to underscore that U.S. information sharing with Honduras has pr [...] | 2004-02-07 00:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA298 | LARGE BUT PEACEFUL TEGUCIGALPA PROTEST COMES OFF [...] As promised, the leftist organization Popular Block held a large protest march February 5 in Tegucigalpa, and a smaller protest in San Pedro Sula. The protest also included temporary morning road blocks on main highways near major cities in several parts of the country. The largely peaceful [...] | 2004-02-10 21:35:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SOCI ETRD PREL ECON ASEC PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA365 | HONDURAS UNWILLING TO TAKE LEAD IN DRAFTING UNCHR [...] (U) Deputy Chief of Mission and Political Counselor met with Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Anibel Quinones and Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Foreign Policy Advisor Policarpo Callejas on February 18 to further discuss GOH willingness to draft this year's Cuba human right resoluti [...] | 2004-02-19 01:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA400 | NEW HONDURAN ATTORNEY GENERAL: THE LAW IS GOOD, IF [...] (C) Summary: On February 17 Ramon Ovidio Navarro Duarte was sworn in as Honduras' next Attorney General (AG),replacing outgoing AG Roy Edmundo Medina Nolasco. Navarro, a Honduran Supreme Court Justice, is expected to assume his new responsibilities on March 12. Navarro is a Nationalist Part [...] | 2004-02-23 23:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM SNAR PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA467 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE: MADURO INVITES TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) Summary: In a February 25 private briefing with international donors, the Transparency International (TI) delegation, led by TI Vice Chair of the Board of Directors Rosa Ines Ospina from Colombia, acknowledged positive anti- corruption efforts by President Ricardo Maduro's administration [...] | 2004-02-27 23:22:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM ECON EFIN PHUM PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA468 | HONDURAS STILL UNWILLING TO TAKE LEAD IN DRAFTING [...] (C) Ambassador and Political Counselor met with Minister of Presidency Luis Cosenza on the draft resolution (Ref C) on February 25 and 26. (Note: President Ricardo Maduro and Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista were in Guatemala at a Central American Summit on Feb. 25.) Cosenza reviewed [...] | 2004-02-27 23:25:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA503 | HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO LEAVES DOOR OPEN ON [...] (C) Ambassador met March 1 with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro on the issue of the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba. DCM, Minister of the Presidency Luis Cosenza, and Presidential Advisor Ramon Medina Luna were also present. The meeting followed Ambassador and Polit [...] | 2004-03-02 21:50:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA531 | HONDURAN VICE FM REITERATES CONCERNS ON TAKING LEAD IN DRAFTING UNCHR CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-04 20:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | CHR-1 CU HO KDEM PHUM PINR PREL |
04TEGUCIGALPA543 | High Gas Prices: First Test of Honduran IMF Program [...] (SBU) Summary. A third price hike, in as many months, has brought gasoline and diesel prices in Honduras up to new highs of USD 2.94 and USD 2.02 per gallon, respectively. Gas prices are now 19 percent higher than at the end of 2003 (diesel is up 17.6 percent) and are now clearly the highest [...] | 2004-03-08 15:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EFIN ECON PGOV PINR ELAB HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA56 | HONDURAN MINISTER OF CULTURE RESIGNS; CITES [...] (U) On January 6, Honduran Minister of Culture Mireya Batres (former fiancee of Honduran President Ricardo Maduro) publicly announced her resignation. Batres' resignation comes as no surprise, as her tense relationship with First Lady Aguas Ocana has flared publicly on more than one occasion. [...] | 2004-01-09 20:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SCUL HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA574 | HONDURAN VICE FM GIVEN INPUT FOR DRAFTING UNCHR [...] (C) DCM and PolOffs met March 10 with Vice Foreign Minister Anibal Quinonez and MFA Senior Advisor Policarpo Callejas on the issue of drafting the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba. The meeting followed the Secretary's March 9 meeting with President Ricardo Maduro in [...] | 2004-03-10 22:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA59 | SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN SENIOR HONDURAN MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 5, the Honduran Armed Forces made significant changes among its senior leadership, installing new officers in the positions of Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Inspector General of the Armed Forces, and Commander of the Navy. These leadership changes reflecte [...] | 2004-01-09 22:46:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA595 | HONDURAN VICE FM GIVES EMBASSY WEAK DRAFT UNCHR [...] (C) DCM and PolOffs met March 12 with Vice Foreign Minister Anibal Quinonez, MFA Senior Advisor Policarpo Callejas, and Legal Advisor to the FM Carlos Lopez Contreras (a former FM himself) to receive the first Honduran draft of a UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba. Quinon [...] | 2004-03-12 21:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA672 | DRUG PLANE BURNED ON PROMINENT HONDURAN'S PROPERTY [...] (U) On March 18, post received initial sketchy information involving the burned wreckage of a twin-engine aircraft in the area of Farallones in the Department of Colon on Honduras's north coast. It does not appear that any aircraft actually crashed on March 18. Upon further investigation, Po [...] | 2004-03-19 20:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET//NOFORN | SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA707 | Popular Block Protests Presence of Honduran Troops [...] The Popular Block (Bloque Popular-BP) pulled together a small and peaceful two-hour demonstration on March 20 at the Embassy to protest the "War on Iraq." The BP convoked its member labor unions, indigenous groups, affiliated leftist political party, the Democratic Union, student organization [...] | 2004-03-24 21:20:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ETRD PINR ASEC HO |
04TEGUCIGALPA738 | HONDURAN FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR GOH [...] (C) Ambassador spoke March 29 with Honduran Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista to discuss Honduran actions to support their draft UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba (text in ref D). Ambassador emphasized the need for the MFA to issue instructions to the Honduran Mis [...] | 2004-03-30 20:11:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA741 | HONDURAN FM TELLS AMBASSADOR GOH WILL ANNOUNCE [...] (C) Ambassador spoke March 30 with Honduran Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista to seek confirmation of Honduran Ambassador Mario Canahuati's statement to WHA Acting DAS Trivelli that the GOH would publicly announce its decision to table a UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution o [...] | 2004-03-30 23:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA759 | HONDURAS RELEASES TEXT OF UNCHR CUBA RESOLUTION; [...] (U) Honduran Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista called Ambassador just prior to 11:00 a.m. to inform Ambassador that the MFA had released the text of the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) Cuba Resolution. The text was included in a press release that laid out the GOH's reasons for sp [...] | 2004-04-01 20:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA766 | TEXT OF HONDURAN PRESS RELEASE ON UNCHR CUBA [...] Below is Embassy's unofficial translation of the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release on the UNCHR Cuba resolution, issued at 12:00 p.m. E.S.T. on April 1. 2. Begin text: Ministry of Foreign Relations Republic of Honduras Press Communique No. 5 The Ministry of Foreign [...] | 2004-04-01 23:38:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA781 | MEDIA REACTION ON RESOLUTION AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 3/31 entitled "Let it not be true". "We hope that the claims of the Cuban government that Honduras has been designated by the U.S. to table a resolution to condemn Cuba for human rights violations isn't true. We hope the Honduran [...] | 2004-04-02 22:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU OIIP KPAO HO CHR |
04TEGUCIGALPA793 | MADURO ADMINISTRATION SHARPLY CRITICIZED BY [...] (C) Summary: President Ricardo Maduro and his Administration have come under tough criticism from political opponents and left-leaning nongovernmental organizations since the GOH publicly announced that it had drafted a UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba. Much of this c [...] | 2004-04-05 22:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
04TELAVIV1587 | SHINUI SCIENCE MINISTER MAKES CASE AGAINST [...] (C) In a March 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Science and Technology (and Shinui MK) Eliezer Sandberg outlined his opposition to unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, adding his view that the Israeli public is moving in that direction as well. Sandberg cited three reasons for his opp [...] | 2004-03-12 15:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG TSPL PINR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1706 | ZEVULUN ORLEV, MINISTER OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS [...] (C) Zevulun Orlev, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, is a moderate member of the rightist National Religious Party (NRP). He has primarily focused on domestic affairs and internal NRP machinations. Orlev has endeavored to move the NRP into a moderate position in order to prove that it is [...] | 2004-03-19 14:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS GOI INTERNAL |
04THEHAGUE1201 | A BIG JOB AHEAD FOR NEW DUTCH COUNTERTERRORIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: A highly respected bureaucrat, Tjibbe Joustra, recently assigned to the new Dutch position of counterterrorism (CT) coordinator, is remarkably candid about the flaws he sees in the Dutch CT efforts (e.g., lack of inter-agency coordination; lack of action). He has a broad mandate to rev [...] | 2004-05-14 16:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR NL |
04THEHAGUE1847 | UPDATE ON DUTCH COUNTERTERRORISM PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: In a July 21 meeting with DCM, Joustra briefed on his plans for a new agency that would integrate C/T policy, threat analysis, and operations under a senior coordinator reporting to the Justice (and Interior) Ministers. Joustra said the two Ministers had approved the outlines o [...] | 2004-07-22 15:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR NL |
04THEHAGUE1955 | BIO INFO ON NEW DUTCH EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER NEELIE [...] PM Balkenende announced the nomination of former transport minister Neelie Kroes as the new Dutch European Commissioner on August 3. Kroes will succeed Frits Bolkestein as Dutch EU Commissioner. Balkenende said he expected President Barroso would give Kroes "a heavy economic portfolio," such [...] | 2004-08-05 05:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2040 | DUTCH CELEBRATE CAPTURE OF EU COMPETITION PORTFOLIO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Dutch are clearly satisfied and claiming victory over the appointment of Neelie Kroes-Smit (Kroes) as the new European Commissioner for Competition. Prime Minister Balkenende's strategy of holding out for a "heavy" portfolio appears to have paid off. Both the Netherlands [...] | 2004-08-16 05:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV PINR NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2145 | DUTCH C/T COORDINATOR PUSHES REORGANIZATION PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: C/T Coordinator Joustra won the backing of the Prime Minister for the outline of his plan to create a new Counter terrorism agency by Jan. 1, 2005. This may overcome the resistance of the (pro-status quo) Interior Minister and bolster the hand of Justice Minister Donner, who as Co [...] | 2004-08-27 10:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PTER PGOV PINR NL |
04THEHAGUE2308 | CABINET APPROVES AND FORWARDS NEW DUTCH COUNTER- [...] On September 10, Justice Minister Donner and Interior Minister Remkes submitted to the Second Chamber of Parliament CT Coordinator Joustra's plan to streamline Dutch counter-terrorism policies. As expected (reftels),the plan establishes an office of National CT Coordinator (NCTb) by January [...] | 2004-09-14 05:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS NL KPRP |
04THEHAGUE2369 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA: DUTCH LOOKING FOR ACTION [...] SUMMARY: (C) Dutch EU Presidency representative Piet de Klerk, Special Ambassador for Human Rights, will be in Tibet from September 20 to 23 and Beijing on September 24 for the next round of the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue. Poloff discussed the confidential agendas with Gerri Willems of t [...] | 2004-09-17 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM CH NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2461 | PRIME MINISTER BALKENENDE OUT OF COMMISSION FOR [...] (U) Prime Minister Balkenende has been in hospital since September 14 with a serious foot infection caused by streptococcal and staphylococcal bacteria. According to Government Information Service, Balkenende underwent two operations, and the wound is said to be healing well. Balkenende is no [...] | 2004-09-27 14:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2611 | NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS/CHINA: "DIALOGUE" OF THE [...] (U) Please see guidance request in para 10. Bionote, para. 11. 2. (C) Summary: Dutch MFA contacts characterized the recently concluded round of the EU Human Rights Dialogue with China as a "dialogue of the deaf," but were certain it would continue. Chinese "dialogue fatigue" may have c [...] | 2004-10-12 15:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH NL PINR UNAUS |
04THEHAGUE2864 | VAN GOGH KILLING SHOCKS DUTCH NATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The brutal murder November 3 of prominent Dutch film director/personality Theo van Gogh by a Dutch Moroccan in bright daylight in an Amsterdam street has rocked Dutch society. The murder recalls the assassination in 2002 of maverick politician Pim Fortuyn, who, like Van Gogh, critici [...] | 2004-11-05 13:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR NL |
04THEHAGUE2929 | TENSION AND DEBATE IN HOLLAND [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 3 murder of Theo van Gogh (reftel) and s... [...] | 2004-11-12 15:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR NL |
04THEHAGUE2995 | CRITICAL REPORT ON DUTCH INTELLIGENCE SERVICE [...] On November 16, a special blue-ribbon panel published its long-awaited evaluation of the Dutch AIVD (civilian intelligence service). The "Havermans Committee," which included a former Interior Minister and several senior officials, was formed in February 2004 at the request of Interior Minist [...] | 2004-11-17 16:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS NL KPRP |
04THEHAGUE3025 | RECENT CT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] An update of recent CT developments in the Netherlands follows: -- PKK Training Center Dismantled -- Van Gogh Assassination - Continuing Fall-out -- AIVD Assessment Report -- Act on Terrorist Crimes Finally Effective -- Pending CT Legislation/Proposals -- Port and Maritime Security - ISPS Op [...] | 2004-11-19 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS NL KPRP |
04THEHAGUE3044 | AFTERMATH OF VAN GOGH MURDER - MORE CT PROPOSALS [...] On Nov. 11, the Justice, Interior and Immigration Ministers sent a letter to parliament outlining details of the van Gogh murder (reftels) and containing proposals for additional CT measures. These include: - having the AIVD intelligence service share its information more widely; - establish [...] | 2004-11-22 12:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS NL KPRP |
04THEHAGUE3094 | RUSSIA/UKRAINE/EU - ANGRY PUTIN, FIRM EU AGREE AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the Russia-EU Summit in The Hague November 24, an "angry, aggressive" President Putin demanded Ukrainian law should dictated the outcome and rejected EU interest in finding a political solution as unwarranted and unnecessary. Drawing on OSCE election monitoring conclusions, [...] | 2004-11-26 14:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UP NL EUN RU |
04VATICAN1988 | VATICAN DELEGATION SEES PROGRESS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Vatican representatives who visited Vietnam April 27 - May 2 were pleased by their surprisingly cordial reception by Vietnamese officials. Authorities allowed the delegation to visit the diocese of Xuan Loc for the first time, as well as Ban Me Thuot, where there were clashes in April [...] | 2004-05-21 12:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT VM PGOV SOCI |
04VATICAN239 | VATICAN SEES PROGRESS IN SUDAN, PRESSES FOR [...] (C) HOLY SEE COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR SUDAN LUCIO SEMBRANO TOLD US JANUARY 15 THAT HE HAD RECENTLY SEEN PROGRESS IN "SMALL STEPS" IN SUDAN. HE NOTED THAT THE GOS HAD BEGUN TO ISSUE A FEW MORE VISAS TO CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES FROM ABROAD, AND HAD RECENTLY APPROVED PERMITS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NE [...] | 2004-01-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PINR PREL SU VT |
04VATICAN337 | IRF: CARDINAL SEES OBSTACLES, PROGRESS IN VIETNAM [...] (C) AMERICAN CARDINAL BERNARD LAW REVIEWED WITH POLOFF JANUARY 28 HIS MID-DECEMBER TRIP TO VIETNAM AT THE INVITATION OF VIETNAM'S NEW CARDINAL, JEAN-BAPTISTE PHAM MINH MAN. LAW SAID HE SAW NO SIGNS THAT THE GVN WAS EVEN INCHING TOWARDS ALLOWING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH A ROLE IN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] | 2004-01-30 12:07:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT VM PGOV SOCI |
04VATICAN594 | VATICAN: BISHOPS MUST BE MORE INVOLVED IN SUDAN [...] (SBU) In a meeting requested by the Holy See, Vatican Foreign Minister Giovanni Lajolo told the Ambassador the Sudanese Catholic bishops were in a position to play an important role in the North-South peace process. In fact, according to Lajolo, their participation in reconciliation efforts a [...] | 2004-02-18 06:43:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PINR PREL SU VT |
04VILNIUS1380 | LITHUANIA'S 2005 DRAFT BUDGET SHORTS MOD [...] (C) Summary. The draft 2005 GOL budget before the Parliament fulfills Lithuania's NATO commitment to allocate two percent of GDP to defense spending, but falls far short of providing that two percent to the military. The budget increases the share of defense money that will go to other Minis [...] | 2004-11-08 12:16:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL MCAP PINR PGOV LH |
04WELLINGTON605 | NEW ZEALAND IMPOSES "STRICT CONSTRAINTS" ON [...] (U) In an escalating diplomatic row, two Israeli men were sentenced July 14 by the High Court of New Zealand to six months in jail on charges of trying to obtain a false New Zealand passport. The GoNZ has not pursued allegations that the men are agents of Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. W [...] | 2004-07-16 04:20:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NZ |
04WELLINGTON611 | NEW ZEALAND PRAISED BY ISLAMIC RESISTANCE MOVEMENT [...] (U) According to media reports, the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas issued a press release July 17 thanking the GoNZ for Prime Minister Helen Clark's strong response to the conviction of two suspected Israeli intelligence agents (ref a). The press release urged other countries to foll [...] | 2004-07-19 06:17:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NZ |
04WELLINGTON632 | NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER REITERATES VIEW THAT [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark reiterated her position on NZ's anti-nuclear policy in comments to local media July 25: "I'm not looking for compromises. I'm perfectly satisfied with the policy. As far as I am concerned, (the US-NZ nuclear dispute) is finished busin [...] | 2004-07-26 05:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM MNUC PINR NZ |
04YEREVAN2062 | ARMENIA: BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AND PROLIFERATION [...] (S/NF) Armenia does not have an active biological warfare program nor does it have an interest, desire or capability to start one (reftel). The Armenian government has denied ever having a biological warfare program and currently Armenian biological institutes and private companies are struggl [...] | 2004-09-17 13:51:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PINR ECON PTER TBIO PARM AM KPRP |
04YEREVAN2331 | ARMENIA: RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE CESIUM-137 DETAINED [...] (C) On 19 October, the Armenian press reported that an Armenian citizen, Gagik Tovmasyan, was arrested on Oct 19 while transporting Cesium-137. National Security Service officials confirmed this during an Oct 19 meeting. Ashot Martirosyan, Head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency, verif [...] | 2004-10-20 08:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECON PTER PARM AM KPRP |
04YEREVAN2450 | ARMENIA: UPDATE ON CESIUM-137 CONFISCATED FROM [...] (C) As reported in ref A, Ashot Martirosyan, Head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA),verified on October 19 that approximately two curies of radioactive cesium-137 was seized from an Armenian citizen Gagik Tovmasyan on October 15. 2. (C) On November 5, we met again with Marti [...] | 2004-11-08 09:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC AM KPRP |
04YEREVAN2526 | UPDATE ON CESIUM-137 CONFISCATED FROM ARMENIAN [...] (C) We met November 18 with Ashot Martirosyan, head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA) and underscored the USG's continued interest in this cesium-137 seizure case (refs A and B). Martirosyan stated that he had still not received any substantive information from the Armenian Nat [...] | 2004-11-24 08:18:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC AM KPRP |
04YEREVAN562 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN ARMENIA: THE VIEW FROM [...] (C) Through an Advisor to the Minister of Justice, we have obtained a copy of a report on trafficking in perons (TIP) in Armenia prepared by the Office of the Procurator General. The detail and scope of the report's findings, along with recent Embassy demarches on Armenia's shaky Tier II sta [...] | 2004-03-09 09:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AM KCRM PHUM PINR SMIG SNAR |
04YEREVAN587 | KURDISH ACTIVITIES IN ARMENIA [...] (S) There is an Armenian-Kurdish friendship society in downtown Yerevan with a sign posted on the door identifying it as such. The "Friendship Society's" main goals in Armenia appear to be to promote Kurdish culture, organize holidays, demonstrations, and campaigns for better treatment of and/ [...] | 2004-03-11 03:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV PINR AM TU |
04ZAGREB1576 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO PRESS CROATIAN GOVERNMENT ON [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Ralph Frank per reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) The British government will send a senior diplomat to Zagreb in the near future with four key requests for the Croatian government related to fugitive PIFWC Ante Gotovina and other intelligence and police matt [...] | 2004-09-07 12:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PINR KAWC PREL UK HR |
04ZAGREB1717 | CROATIA,S INTEL SERVICE SHAKE UP EXPECTED TO [...] (S) With the confirmation of Veselko Grubisic as new Director of the Croatian Intelligence Agency (OA),the GoC is asserting positive control over the intel services. Along with new chief of Counterintelligence Agency (POA) Josko Podbevsek, (named earlier this year),Grubisic should be more w [...] | 2004-09-28 21:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PINR PREL KAWC HR |
04ZAGREB1824 | CROATIA ARMS CONTROL AND RACVIAC POINTS DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered refs A & B messages to Drazen Hrastic, MFA Head of Cooperative Security Section on Sept. 21. Poloff also informed RACVIAC directly of the U.S. decision (ref B) to accept observer status on Oct. 11. Hrastic welcomed the RACVIAC decision and noted that the Dayton Arms Cont [...] | 2004-10-19 11:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINR HR OSCE |
04ZAGREB2002 | PRESIDENT MESIC KICKS UP DUST ON EUCOM MEMORANDUM [...] (C) President Mesic has kicked up some political dust over the EUCOM Memorandum of Understanding (signed in July) on using Croatian facilities and airspace for bilateral military exercises. Without objecting to the substance of the MoU, Mesic's office has asserted publicly that it was not in [...] | 2004-11-17 15:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KTIA PINR HR NATO |
04ZAGREB2044 | INTELLIGENCE SERVICE UNDER FIRE FOR INTIMIDATION [...] (C) In recent weeks, the Counterintelligence Agency (POA) has been the focus of both media and parliamentary scrutiny because of its alleged intimidation of a journalist. Helen Puljiz alleges that the POA tried to blackmail her in an attempt to persuade her to collaborate with them and provide [...] | 2004-11-26 15:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR HR |
04ZAGREB2059 | AMBASSADOR AND CROATIAN PRESIDENT MESIC DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador asked Croatian President Stjepan Mesic to tone down the anti-U.S. rhetoric that has been a major element of his reelection strategy thus far. Mesic and the Ambassador also discussed the impact of Croatia's NATO accession on presidential authority over the armed fo [...] | 2004-12-01 16:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR KTIA HR |
04ZAGREB2060 | (S) PM SANADER ASKS AMBASSADOR TO INTERVENE WITH [...] (S) Summary: PM Sanader and FM Zuzul asked Ambassador Frank and UK Ambassador Ramsden December 1 for assistance in persuading President Mesic to suspend seeking the dismissal of head of the Croatian Counter-Intelligence Agency Podbevsek, stating that his work was critical to the hunt for PIF [...] | 2004-12-01 17:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KAWC HR |
04ZAGREB2140 | NEW CROATIAN INTEL CHIEF WANTS GOOD COOPERATION [...] (C) The scandal (reftels) surrounding the Counter Intelligence Agency (POA) has peaked with President Mesic and Prime Minister Sanader agreeing to fire POA Chief Josko Podbevsek and nominate Tomislav Karamarko as his replacement. Prior to his successful confirmation hearings and official ins [...] | 2004-12-16 09:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KAWC HR |
04ZAGREB543 | NEW HDZ AMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) CROATIA'S NEXT AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. WILL LIKELY BE NEVEN JURICA, CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN OF THE PARLIAMENT'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. NEWS OF JURICA'S LIKELY APPOINTMENT WAS LEAKED TO THE PRESS ON MARCH 28, AFTER HIS CANDIDACY HAD BEEN APPROVED BY WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CONFIDENT [...] | 2004-03-31 04:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV PREL HR |
05ABUDHABI1156 | THE UAE FOUR MONTHS AFTER SHEIKH ZAYED'S DEATH [...] (C) Summary: UAE President and Abu Dhabi Ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has overseen a smooth transition of power in his first four months in office. Gradually, the UAE leadership has restructured and rejuvenated government institutions, set in motion several infrastructure projects, [...] | 2005-03-14 02:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON KDEM TC |
05ABUDHABI1170 | DUBAI BUSINESSMAN CRITICIZES DUBAI CROWN PRINCE [...] (C) Summary: In a recent conversation with DCM, Dubai developer and government official Mohammed Al-Abbar sharply criticized Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR) for arrogance and for losing touch with the people of Dubai. Al-Abbar told DCM that the only reason MbR h [...] | 2005-03-14 11:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL PINR TC |
05ABUDHABI2179 | GUANTANAMO ISSUES - ARB AND KORAN DESECRATION [...] (C) Ambassador met with MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi on May 14 and discussed ref A information regarding the Administrative Review Board's (ARB) assessment of UAE detainee Abdullah Al Hamiri, and the allegation that the Koran had been desecrated at the U.S. Naval Station at Gu [...] | 2005-05-16 09:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KISK TC |
05ABUDHABI2815 | UAE-IRAN RELATIONS: AN UNEASY CALM [...] (C) Summary: The UAE and Iran have long had a wary co-existence. While the two countries enjoy robust trade ties and have historical social and cultural links, Iran's nuclear program and the possibility of a clandestine weapons component, interference in Iraq's internal affairs, and continued [...] | 2005-06-21 11:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ETRD PINR IZ IR GCC 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 |
05ABUDHABI3877 | UAE LABOR: EXPANDING EXPAT WORKER RIGHTS TARGETS [...] (C) Summary: The UAE Ministry of Labor has been proactive in changing many of the most restrictive laws and regulations governing the expatriate labor market over the past two months, Labor Minister Dr. Al Ka'abi told Ambassador September 10. These changes -- including changing the sponsors [...] | 2005-09-12 12:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL ETRD KDEM PINR PHUM TC |
05ABUDHABI3966 | ABU DHABI CIVIL AVIATION: RAISING THE PROFILE [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi is raising its profile in the civil aviation arena, building a new government-sponsored airline and renovating the airport to accommodate significant growth, as it begins investing money to raise Abu Dhabi's international profile. Although Abu Dhabi is the capital cit [...] | 2005-09-19 12:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD PREL PINR TC |
05ABUDHABI4175 | UAE LABOR: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Labor laws and practices in the United Arab Emirates are in a state of flux; the young Minister of Labor, Dr. Ali Al Ka'abi, is a technocrat appointed in the November 2004 Cabinet reshuffle for his energetic plans for reform rather than for family connections. In the [...] | 2005-10-03 14:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL ETRD KDEM PINR PHUM TC |
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 |
05ABUDHABI5243 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD VISIT TO ABU DHABI: ACHIEVING [...] (S) Summary: On December 27, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Deputy Prime Minister/MinState for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan(HbZ). Discussion centered on recent elections in Iraq and the need for a unification government to bring peace and stability to the country. Ambassad [...] | 2005-12-30 10:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PINR PTER IR IZ AE |
05ABUJA1034 | CHEEKY JIHADIST QUIVERS AS SACK FEVER GRIPS [...] On Friday, June 3, Governor Adamu Aliero of Kebbi State announced the removal of the Emir of Gwandu, one of the most senior traditional rulers in northern Nigeria, Mustapha Haruna Jokolo. Jokolo was quickly replaced by General Muhammadu Jega, a retired two-star general who twice served as mi [...] | 2005-06-10 14:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM KIRF NI |
05ABUJA1086 | MEDIA REACTION: NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL [...] In a May 24 letter to the Senate president transmitting copies of the US National Intelligence Council (NIC) Report, "Mapping Sub-Saharan Africa's Future," President Obasanjo started a firestorm of legislative and media debate that has lasted for more than two weeks. Released just days before [...] | 2005-06-20 18:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI PINR OIIP OPRC KDEM NI |
05ABUJA1121 | ALLEGED AL-QA'IDA THREAT PARALYZES ACTIVITIES IN [...] Fear and anxiety gripped the citizens of crisis-ridden Plateau State in Nigeria's Middle Belt following an alleged plan by the Al-Qa'ida terrorist group to unleash terror attacks on some parts of the state. Trepidation over the possibility of another religious conflict also became rife follo [...] | 2005-06-23 11:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PINR PTER KDEM KIRF NI MILITANTS |
05ABUJA1209 | PRESIDENT OBASANJO ANNOUNCES NEW MINISTERS, [...] On July 5, President Obasanjo sent a list of 11 ministerial nominees to the Senate for approval, indicating that he plans to drop some of the current Cabinet, possibly to give those with political ambitions the opportunity to focus on 2007 rather than policy making and implementation. The li [...] | 2005-07-05 17:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NI |
05ABUJA1498 | INEC'S FEATHERS RUFFLED, THEN SMOOTHED, AFTER [...] Summary: In an August 8 front page article, a Nigerian newspaper printed an article highly critical of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Maurice Iwu. The article claimed to be based on comments from an anonymous US Embassy source. Both INEC and the USAID-funded NGO [...] | 2005-08-12 15:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI PINR OIIP OPRC KDEM NI |
05ABUJA873 | NAVAL CHIEF COMPLICIT IN EXTRAJUDICIAL SHOOTING [...] (U) Two local newspapers reported on March 22 and 23 that a 50-year old female civilian, Gloria Ekeh, was shot by Chief of Naval Staff Afolayan's security detail. The newspapers reported that Ekeh's car collided with one of the Naval Chief's escort vehicles, causing an accidental discharge [...] | 2005-05-27 09:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM KCRM MARR PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
05ABUJA953 | NIGERIA'S MILITARY: PART I OF THE SERIES [...] (S) Summary. Nigeria's military is the largest in West Africa, but is significantly less capable than its size and equipment inventory would indicate. A large percentage of the Army is capable of little more than basic defensive operations, and most of Nigeria's ships and aircraft are inop [...] | 2005-06-02 07:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | MCAP MASS PGOV PINR KDEM KPKO NI POLMIL |
05ABUJA970 | NIGERIAN DEFENSE POWER DYNAMICS: PART II OF THE [...] (S/REL UK) SUMMARY: Leadership of the Nigerian military is personality-driven, from the President through the officer corps. Senior leaders rarely delegate decision-making authority and the "transmission lines" from these power centers are often weak and erratic, frequently leading to a fa [...] | 2005-06-03 13:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR MARR MCAP KPKO NI POLMIL |
05ACCRA2619 | GHANA'S PRESIDENT REJECTS CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) President Kufuor rejected recent corruption allegations (reftels) and assured his support for press freedom during a December 21 meeting with Ambassador Bridgewater. Ambassador warned Kufuor of the perception that corruption is worsening in Ghana, and noted U.S. concerns with lack of tran [...] | 2005-12-30 07:06:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PHUM PINR PREL PGOV GH |
05ACCRA87 | GHANA'S PRESIDENT NAMES MAJORITY OF NEW MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary. On January 12, President Kufuor nominated 24 ministers, as well as regional ministers for the ten regions of Ghana. Among other changes, he proposes shifting the Finance and Women and Children's portfolios, dropping the Energy Minister, and retaining the Ministers of Foreign A [...] | 2005-01-13 17:36:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON GH KWMN PGOV PINR PREL GOG |
05ACCRA892 | AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANAIAN PRESIDENT KUFUOR [...] (U) This message has an action request (see para 18). 2. (C) Summary: Ambassador Yates had a lengthy, private conversation with Ghanaian President Kufuor on Thursday evening, May 5. They discussed the current situation in Togo, his NPP party,s loss of the first bi-election of his second [...] | 2005-05-10 17:50:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL GH PHUM ECON EAID TO EPET EINV |
05ADDISABABA3725 | UNITED NATIONS REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE TO MONITOR AND RESOLVE ERITREA-ETHIOPIA CRISIS [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post seeks Department's guidance in responding to the UN's request for satellite imagery of the Ethiopia-Eritrean border area, conveyed on October 26 by the UNMEE SRSG to Charge (see paragraph 8). 2. (C) SUMMARY. Eritrea's restrictions on UNMEE operations within the TS [...] | 2005-10-28 14:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MOPS MARR KPKO ET ER EE BORDER UNSC |
05ALGIERS1525 | GSPC ANNOUNCES 'NAMES' OF FIVE MEMBERS KILLED IN [...] The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) issued a communiqu on their website July 15 stating that five GSPC members were killed during the June 4 attack in Mauritania. - Ibrahim Abu Ishak; Ghardaia, Algeria. Ishak also fought in Afghanistan, according to the website. - Yahia; R [...] | 2005-07-19 15:31:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR AG |
05ALGIERS1604 | NEW ALGERIAN MFA SECRETARY GENERAL BIO INFORMATION [...] (C) On July 23, Ambassador Ramdane Lamamra was named as the new MFA Secretary General, replacing Hocine Maghlaoui. Lamamra began his career in 1976 and his notable tours include posts as Algerian Ambassador to the UN, Ambassador to the U.S. and most recently Ambassador to Portugal. Lamamra ap [...] | 2005-08-03 16:47:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR AG |
05ALGIERS2055 | SKIKDA REFINERY FIRE EXPECTED TO HAVE NO EFFECT ON [...] (U) This cable has been sent sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Algeria's second largest crude oil refinery at Skikda experienced a fire October 4 that burned through the night and into today. Early morning reports to us from local industry officials said the [...] | 2005-10-05 14:10:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC AG |
05ALGIERS2091 | VULNERABILITY OF KEY FOREIGN OIL SUPPLIERS [...] (S) Post provides the following answers to the Department's questions on the vulnerability of key foreign oil supplies in Algeria: (S) -- Have host governments completed vulnerability assessments of the facilities (Arzew Terminal and Skikda)? Following the 2004 explosion at Skikda (see par [...] | 2005-10-12 09:31:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | KHLS EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC |
05ALGIERS2155 | MEETINGS IN ALGIERS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S) Ron Miller, Senior Adviser to the Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, held meetings with officials from the MFA, Ministry of Justice, and Presidency officials October 18 on issues related to the detention and repatriation of detainees held at Guantanamo who claim to be Algerian. Mi [...] | 2005-10-23 05:33:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PTER KAWC PINR PREL AG |
05ALGIERS868 | BIOGRAPHY OF MOHAMED BEDJAOUI, MINISTER OF FOREIGN [...] (U) Following is a biographical summary of the Algeria's new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Bedjaoui, the former President of the Constitutional Council from May 2002 until the announcement of his new appointment on May 1: Mohamed Bedjaoui was born in Sidi-Bel Abbes (Algeria) on Septem [...] | 2005-05-02 16:37:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR AG |
05ALGIERS877 | LONG-AWAITED PARTIAL ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE [...] (U) On May 1, President Bouteflika announced "a partial reshuffle" of the Algerian government. Six ministers changed portfolios; four ministers left the cabinet; and six new ministers were appointed to the GoA. Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia remains as Prime Minister. The Cabinet contains 16 [...] | 2005-05-03 11:52:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR AG |
05ALMATY13 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OTAN PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 21 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, pro-presidential Otan Party deputy chair Armangeldy Yermegiyayev described a party with a strong vertical structure, an extensive local network, and a clear platform. He outlined a vision of quality-of- life improv [...] | 2005-01-04 05:25:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KZ POLITICAL |
05ALMATY1432 | GRAND MOSQUE OPENS IN ASTANA, MADRASSA TO COME [...] SUMMARY: On April 5, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs arranged a tour for diplomats of the new Grand Mosque and Islamic Cultural Center in Astana. Moderate Islam is a central part of traditional Kazakh culture, though years of Soviet influence had a secularizing influence on Kazakhstani soci [...] | 2005-04-12 11:47:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR KZ POLITICAL |
05ALMATY1501 | KAZAKHSTANI PARLIAMENT PASSES REGRESSIVE AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a joint meeting of both chambers on April 8, the Kazakhstani Parliament passed a set of amendments to the Elections Law that raise serious concerns about the GOK's political will to support free and fair elections. Although there are some amendments that appear to be an [...] | 2005-04-14 09:36:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL |
05ALMATY1525 | KAZAKHSTAN: ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIR, JUSTICE [...] (U) Summary: The GOK announced April 13 that Zagipa Baliyeva, the long-serving chair of the Central Election Commission, was stepping down from her position in advance of the scheduled completion of her term in May. The Parliament quickly approved the nomination of Justice Minister Onalsyn [...] | 2005-04-15 12:46:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KZ POLITICAL |
05ALMATY153 | OSCE FIELD MISSION WEIGHS IN ON DCK CASE [...] (SBU) On January 13, OSCE field officer Bjorn Halvarsson told Astana Poloff that OSCE Ambassador Vikki had delivered a statement on January 11 to Kazakhstani MFA authorities (NFI) on the judicial dissolution of opposition party Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DCK) (See Refs B-C). While Halva [...] | 2005-01-13 21:42:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV PREL PHUM IO KZ POLITICAL |
05ALMATY1595 | KAZAKHSTANI PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS TROUBLING PACKAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) is currently considering a set of national security amendments that continues the regressive trend of the recent Law on Extremism and amendments to the Elections Law. The draft legislation would set new limits on, inter alia, freedom of [...] | 2005-04-22 01:33:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL |
05ALMATY2367 | CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION SCHEDULES EXPERIMENTAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Election Commission announced on June 21 that four district akims will be chosen by local, directly elected legislatures (maslikhats) on August 12. This pattern mirrors the selection of national senators by oblast level maslikhats (Reftel). Until now, akims had been [...] | 2005-06-24 04:26:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL |
05ALMATY2386 | NGO LAW PASSED BY MAZHILIS STILL PROBLEMATIC; ASAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Informal OSCE analysis of draft NGO legislation adopted by the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) on June 10 provides clarification on changes made during the parliamentary review process. Contrary to previous media reports that certain restrictive parts of the legislation [...] | 2005-06-26 03:10:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR KZ POLITICAL |
05ALMATY2503 | DETAINED UZBEK REFUGEE FACING DEPORTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Concerned about governmental retaliation for his role in reporting on the recent events in Andijon, Uzbek human rights observer Lutfullo Shamsudinov fled with his family to Kazakhstan in late May. UNHCR formally determined on June 24 that Shamsudinov was a bona fide refugee, n [...] | 2005-07-06 12:08:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SMIG IO UZ KZ POLITICAL |
05ALMATY2550 | UNHCR REPORTS PENDING RELEASE OF UZBEK REFUGEE [...] (SBU) On July 8 at 12:00 pm, UNHCR Protection Officer N.L. Narasimha Rao reported to Embassy that it appears a deal has been struck to release Uzbek refugee Lutfullo Shamsudinov. UNHCR reported that the GOK has agreed to release Shamsudinov if he is directly removed to the airport and then to [...] | 2005-07-08 10:40:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SMIG IO UZ KZ POLITICAL |
05ALMATY2637 | MARCHENKO BELIEVES ELECTIONS TO BE EARLY, CALLS [...] (C) Summary: At a July 11 meeting at the Almaty headquarters of the Halyk Savings Bank where he is Chairman of the Board, Grigoriy Marchenko had a wide-ranging discussion of the political and economic atmosphere in Kazakhstan with Econoff and the Embassy Moscow Treasury Attache. Inter alia, [...] | 2005-07-18 07:47:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PINR KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY2985 | KAZAKHSTAN: TUYAKBAY ON HARASSMENT OF OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani authorities are carrying out a large-scale campaign to harass and intimidate the opposition, according to "For a Just Kazakhstan" leader Zharmakhan Tuyakbay. Measures have included surveillance, provocation, violence, and threats/intimidation. Although Tuyakbay's or [...] | 2005-08-18 13:06:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL |
05ALMATY3551 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR ORDWAY CALLS ON EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary/Background: Ambassador Ordway met with Kazakhstani Minister of Emergency Situations Shalbai Kulmakhanov in Astana on September 21. In a cordial meeting, covered by local press, Kulmakhanov discussed the challenges his ministry faces and his hopes for continued cooperation with t [...] | 2005-10-05 05:17:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KZ POLITICAL |
05ALMATY3839 | KAZAKHSTAN: INTERIOR MINISTER FIRED OVER ARREST OF [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Turisbekov was fired over the arrest of an opposition politician just hours before Secretary Rice's arrival here, according to presidential SIPDIS advisor Masimov. Turisbekov will be replaced by deputy PA head Baurzhan Mukhamedzhanov, thought to be the initia [...] | 2005-10-19 09:05:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL |
05ALMATY406 | GOK INTERAGENCY TIP WORKING GROUP SHOWCASES WORK ON [...] (U) On January 13, the GOK interagency TIP working group met in Astana to discuss GOK progress in meeting TIP National Plan goals. Minister of Justice Olnasyn Zhumabekov chaired the highly publicized meeting, which included a broad range of participation from the GOK, IOM, OSCE, NGOs and Ast [...] | 2005-02-03 07:57:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG IO KZ POLITICAL |
05ALMATY582 | FAULT LINES WITHIN AK ZHOL- LEADERS MANEUVER FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the February 12-13 weekend, Ak Zhol co-chairman Alikhan Baimenov held a special, closed party meeting with 62 regional Ak Zhol leaders to discuss the direction of the party. In addition to initiating a successful no-confidence vote against fellow co-chairman Altybek Sa [...] | 2005-02-16 07:34:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR KZ POLITICAL |
05AMMAN1356 | U/S LEVEY BILATS ADDRESS ARAB BANK AND AML LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In bilateral meetings held in Amman February 16, a multi-agency delegation led by Under Secretary of Treasury for the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey heard GOJ and Arab Bank concerns about the impending regulatory action against Arab Bank. In response [...] | 2005-02-17 17:03:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL ETTC KTFN PINR JO IZ |
05AMMAN1357 | IRAQI POLITICAL FIGURES SEEK COMMON GROUND ON [...] (C) A two-day, U.S. NGO-sponsored "Iraq Constitution Roundtable" was held at an Amman-area hotel on February 14-15. Twenty-one Iraqis representing most strands of Iraqi political opinion attended the conference, which focused almost entirely on discussion of modalities for drafting Iraq's ne [...] | 2005-02-17 18:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PINR IZ JO |
05AMMAN1436 | BIO OF NEW PLANNING MINISTER TAYSEER AL-SMADI [...] (SBU) Minister of Planning Bassem Awadallah resigned on February 20; he told us he left in order to pursue a private-sector opportunity in Dubai (reftel). The Ministry,s Secretary-General Dr. Tayseer al-Smadi was sworn in on February 21 as the new Minister. Awadallah has retained responsibil [...] | 2005-02-22 11:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EAID PGOV KMPI JO |
05AMMAN2687 | NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF COMBATANT STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-31 13:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC PINR PREL JO |
05AMMAN2890 | KING ABDULLAH SWEARS IN NEW CABINET [...] (U) King Abdullah swore in a new cabinet under recently-appointed Prime Minister Adnan Badran on April 7 (refs). Of the 26 ministers (counting Badran),only 11 are hold-overs from the previous cabinet, and four of those have shifted to new ministries. New Deputy Prime Minister Hisham al-Te [...] | 2005-04-07 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM PREL ECON JO PBIO |
05AMMAN2974 | JORDAN: BIOS FOR BADRAN CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) Reflecting a trend (and the 11 ministers) carried over from the previous cabinet, Western-educated Muslim East Bankers dominate the newly-appointed 26-member cabinet of Prime Minister Adnan Badran (ref a). We count eight Jordanians of Palestinian origin (West Bankers),compared to only [...] | 2005-04-12 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM ECON JO PBIO |
05AMMAN316 | NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF COMBATANT STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-13 13:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL JO |
05AMMAN3957 | DECISION ON RETURN OF NON-ENEMY COMBATANTS: JORDAN [...] (C) Charge raised reftel points on May 17 with Foreign Minister Qasrawi and pressed for a quick resolution of the issue. Qasrawi replied that he would discuss this as soon as possible with the Minister of Interior to provide a complete response to our requests. The one outstanding issue, he [...] | 2005-05-19 12:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO |
05AMMAN4298 | DEMARCHE FOR INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF EVENTS IN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Ambassador Ziad Majali, head of the Human Rights Directorate of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry. Majali received the information without substantive comment. HALE [...] | 2005-06-01 13:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER CASC KISL JO |
05AMMAN4620 | REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT DETAINEE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-09 11:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL JO |
05AMMAN4630 | JORDAN: NOTIFICATION OF DETERMINATION BY [...] (C) On June 8, PolOff delivered reftel information to Walid Obeidat in the Foreign Minister's private office regarding the Administrative Review Board's decision that here is a need for continued detention of Jordanian Zaid Muhammad Sa'ad Al-Husayn. He agreed to share the information with th [...] | 2005-06-09 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL JO |
05AMMAN4897 | UPDATE ON JORDANIAN DETAINEE AT GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-19 08:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PTER KAWC JO |
05AMMAN5314 | JORDAN: CABINET RESHUFFLE ANNOUNCED [...] As widely anticipated, Prime Minister Badran reshuffled his cabinet on July 3, nearly three months after its initial appointment (refs). The reshuffle resulted in the addition of three new cabinet positions, bringing the total to 29, including Badran. Complete bios of the new ministers and [...] | 2005-07-03 13:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PBIO KDEM PHUM PREL ECON JO |
05AMMAN5555 | GREEN LIGHT FOR THE RETURN OF JORDANIAN DETAINEE [...] (C) Charge met with Foreign Minister, Justice Minister and de facto head of the security services Mohammad Dhahabi in separate meetings over the past week concerning the return of Guantanamo detainee Khalid Mahmoud Abdul Wahab (refs). In the final meeting on July 12, Dhahabi offered authoritat [...] | 2005-07-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO |
05AMMAN5674 | ARRANGEMENTS FOR RETURN TO JORDAN OF GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-17 13:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO |
05AMMAN5839 | GUANTANAMO NLEC ABDUL WAHAB RETURNED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-21 13:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER KAWC PINR JO |
05AMMAN5910 | JORDANIAN RELEASED FROM GUANTANAMO TELLS PRESS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-25 13:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER MOPS JO KWAC |
05AMMAN5922 | JORDAN: BIOS FOR NEW BADRAN CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) Prime Minister Badran's reshuffled cabinet received its vote of confidence from parliament on July 21 (ref A),nearly three weeks after King Abdullah swore in ten new ministers (although three only shifted portfolios) and accepted the resignation of five (ref B). Hisham al-Tel loses the [...] | 2005-07-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM ECON JO PBIO |
05AMMAN6240 | SADDAM'S FAMILY IN JORDAN: UPDATE [...] (C) Saddam's daughters Raghda and Rana took refuge in Amman in 2003 and still live in West Amman. (We understand another daughter, Hala, and Saddam's wife Sajida Khayrallah Tilfah reside chiefly in Doha.) 2. (S) In accordance with UNSCR 1483, paragraph 23(b),the names of the two Amman dau [...] | 2005-08-03 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MOPS PINR IZ JO |
05AMMAN7275 | VISAS VIPER: AUGUST 2005 MONTHLY REPORT [...] Acting DCM chaired post's monthly Visas Viper Committee meeting on August 30th. Post identified the men suspected of carrying out the attack on the USS Kearsarge in Aqaba on 19 August 2005 (reftel) as candidates for submission. 2. The Office of the Legal Attache provided the following bi [...] | 2005-09-12 05:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS PTER CMGT PINR ASEC JO |
05AMMAN7522 | VISIT OF HOWARD DEAN AND NATIONAL JEWISH [...] (C) A delegation from the U.S. National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC),led by Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and accompanied by three state Democratic party leaders, met separately September 17 with Prince Ali bin al Hussein (acting as Regent in the absence of King Abdul [...] | 2005-09-20 06:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL KPAL KMPI EAID ECON PINR IS IZ JO |
05AMMAN7748 | TRIPWIRE CONTACTS, ACCOUNT REQUEST--AMMAN [...] Post requests new tripwire accounts for Poloff Jonathan Peccia and RSO Robert Goodrich. 2. Requested information for Mr. Peccia is as follows: Title: Third Secretary Office: Political Section Security Clearance Level: TS Work Phone Number: 962-6-590-6597 email: pecciajr@state.gov / peccia [...] | 2005-09-29 09:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER PINR JO |
05AMMAN7955 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-05 12:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR |
05AMMAN8027 | IRAQ SUNNI OUTREACH: AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S [...] (C) Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad outlined the most recent revisions to the draft Constitution, including probable changes addressing Arab concerns over federalism, Iraq's Arab identity, and qualifications for citizenship, during an October 3 meeting in Amman with Jordan-based Iraqi bu [...] | 2005-10-10 05:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG PINR IZ JO |
05AMMAN8202 | SIGNING OF AMENDMENT TO EXTEND TRAINING AT THE [...] EMBASSY AMMAN CONFIRMS THAT CHARGE DAVID HALE SIGNED ON OCTOBER 1, 2005, AN AMENDMENT TO THE LETTER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE USG AND GOJ CONCERNING THE TRAINING OF IRAQI POLICE IN JORDAN, AS REQUESTED BY INL PDAS WILLIAM TODD. 2. ORIGINAL SIGNED DOCUMENT WAS SENT TO INL/RM, JAMES S. KOHLE [...] | 2005-10-17 07:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR SOCI |
05AMMAN9145 | NEW JORDANIAN CABINET FORMED [...] King Abdullah issued a royal decree November 27 approving the formation of a new government under Prime Minister Marouf al-Bakhit, who was named by the King to replace outgoing PM Adnan Badran on November 24. The new government, counting Bakhit, is made up of 24 ministers. Nine of these are [...] | 2005-11-27 14:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL JO |
05AMMAN9367 | CBJ DEPUTY GOVERNOR ON BUDGET HOPES, NEW FINANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Central Bank of Jordan Deputy Governor Faris Sharaf expects that next year's budget deficit could be lower than expected, thanks to the cautious assumptions made in the budget. New Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ziad Fariz,s extensive banking and finance background wil [...] | 2005-12-05 05:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PINR JO |
05AMMAN9387 | JORDAN'S NEW CABINET MINISTERS--CORRECTED VERSION [...] (C) On November 23, the King announced that Marouf al-Bakhit would succeed Adnan Badran as Prime Minister. Bakhit's cabinet was announced November 27 (ref A). The new cabinet consists of 18 East Bankers and 6 West Bankers; the former government included 22 East Bankers and 6 West Bankers. B [...] | 2005-12-05 13:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR JO |
05AMMAN9818 | NEW INTEL CHIEF FOR JORDAN [...] (U) King Abdullah appointed Mohammad Dhahabi December 20 as chief of Jordan,s General Intelligence Directorate (GID.) 2. (C) Dhahabi, who had been number two at the agency, replaced Samih Asfoura. Asfoura was widely viewed as an interim chief even at the time of his appointment in early [...] | 2005-12-21 15:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR JO |
05AMMAN9823 | BAKHIT GOVERNMENT WINS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan,s Chamber of Deputies gave an 86-20 vote of confidence to the new cabinet of Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit on December 20. As expected, all 17 Islamic Action Front (IAF) deputies voted against the government. END SUMMARY. --------------------------- A STRONG VOTE OF CONF [...] | 2005-12-21 16:57:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL JO |
05ANKARA1210 | GUANTANAMO: TURKS INFORMED OF FINAL DETERMINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-07 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU |
05ANKARA14 | TURKISH FIRST ARMY COMMANDER APOLOGIZES PRIVATELY [...] (C) Summary: Turkish First Army Commander GEN Tolon was apologetic about his Dec. 19 statement implying the US was complicit with the attack on Turkish police in Mosul when ODC Chief Maj Gen Sutton discussed it with him during a Dec. 29 courtesy call. Tolon said he had assumed that the moveme [...] | 2005-01-03 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINR IZ TU |
05ANKARA1485 | INTERAGENCY BRIEFING TEAM ON GUANTANAMO ISSUES [...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 3. 2. (C) Embassy appreciates DoD's offer to lead an interagency team to Ankara to discuss Guantanamo issues with Turkish officials. However, Turkey has only two detainees at Guantanamo, and per refs b and c we understand one of these will be [...] | 2005-03-15 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU |
05ANKARA1882 | CHOD OZKOK'S SELF-IMAGE [...] (C) A flag officer in the Turkish General Staff (TGS) recently passed to us a Turkish translation of an article on TGS Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok that ran in an Egyptian publication during Ozkok's late February visit to Cairo. Our contact reported that Ozkok thought this article portrayed him much [...] | 2005-04-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR TU |
05ANKARA2095 | RE-EVALUATING THE LEAHY AMENDMENT: IMPORTANT STEP [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's increasingly critical contribution to stemming the flow of narcotics into the global supply chain can be strengthened by more U.S. assistance. Up until 1999, we were able to provide this assistance in the form of training, equipment, and demand reduction through the I [...] | 2005-04-12 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR SNAR |
05ANKARA2302 | CHOD OZKOK'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: The current public investigations of corruption within the Turkish military are unprecedented and apparently the responsibility of one man -- TGS Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok. Whether his motivation is to retain (or regain) public support for the military, show up an AKP government tha [...] | 2005-04-22 11:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MOPS PINR TU |
05ANKARA2333 | UPDATE; CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED AT THE [...] (C) EXBS Advisor met with the President of the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority, Okay Cakiroglu, on April 22 to request an update on the status of the Cesium 137 that was seized in December. Cakiroglu stated that the Cesium 137 was still safely stored at a Turkish secure facility near Istanbul [...] | 2005-04-26 05:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AM ASEC KCRM MNUC PARM PINR PTER TU |
05ANKARA3035 | AMERICAN-TURKISH COUNCIL BRINGS DEFENSE/SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: MOD Gonul, DCHOD Basbug and NSC SecGen Alpogan will all be in Washington June 5-7 for the American Turkish Council's annual conference. (It is possible that Alpogan may postpone his visit due to the heavy traffic of Turkish visitors that week.) While we understand many official [...] | 2005-05-27 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PINR TU |
05ANKARA4409 | TURKEY'S SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL [...] Summary: The Supreme Military Council (Yuksek Askeri Surasi - YAS) will meet August 1-4 and decide general and flag officer promotions. We provide a description of the YAS and the military promotion and assignment system as background in advance of the announcement of senior promotions and as [...] | 2005-08-01 04:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PINR TU |
05ANKARA4563 | TURKEY'S SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL MEETING PRODUCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) announced on August 4 the decisions made by the Supreme Military Council (Yuksek Askeri Surasi - YAS) at its August 1-4 meeting, during which the promotion, retirement and re-assignment of Turkey's senior military officers, as well as the dismissal [...] | 2005-08-05 04:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINR TU |
05ANKARA4862 | SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AT TGS PROVIDE A WINDOW OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to reftels report on Turkish military promotions that were decided at the August 1-4 meeting of the Supreme Military Council (Yuksek Askeri Surasi - YAS),post has learned of numerous assignment changes for key military interlocutors (Note: as well as additional information [...] | 2005-08-19 04:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINR TU |
05ANKARA5222 | NEW DCHOD WANTS US TO TAKE ONE STEP TO DEMONSTRATE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish General Staff (TGS) Deputy Chief GEN Isik Kosaner told the Charge on Sept. 7 that he wanted to further improve US-Turkey mil-mil relations during his tenure. He pointed to the expected Sept. 8-9 visit of EUCOM CDR and CENTCOM D/CDR as a positive contribution to a relatio [...] | 2005-09-08 09:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PINR TU IZ PKK |
05ANKARA5248 | NEW TGS J-5 STRATEGY DIVISION CHIEF READY TO ENGAGE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a Sept. 8 introductory call by PolMilCouns and Deputy PolMilCouns, new TGS J-5 Strategy Division Chief MG Savas confirmed TGS interest in holding Caucasus Working Group and HLDG meetings this fall. Savas listed his [...] | 2005-09-08 16:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PARM PINR TU |
05ANKARA5319 | TURKS WILL NOT ACCEPT UIGHURS FROM GITMO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-13 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR TU CH |
05ANKARA6033 | TURKEY TO CONSIDER DRAFT AGREEMENT ON REMOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-06 11:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC MARR PARM PINR PREL MASS TU |
05ANKARA6337 | CENTER-RIGHT ANAP: A TURKISH BEE RISES FROM THE [...] (C) Summary. Over the past several months, more than 20 Turkish MPs have defected to the ostensibly center-right, liberal, and democratic Motherland Party (ANAP),giving ANAP the right to form its own group in the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA). As an official parliamentary group, ANA [...] | 2005-10-20 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
05ANKARA6865 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC SOLUTION [...] (S) Poloff delivered ref a demarche to MFA Iraq Department Head Avni Botsali on November 10. Botsali said the MFA had already issued instructions to its Baghdad embassy to engage the IECI on the issue of PKK front parties and planned to do so as well with the Iraqi embassy in Ankara. In ter [...] | 2005-11-22 11:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL IZ PKK |
05ANKARA7215 | NO SPLITS IN TURKEY'S GOVERNING AKP PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: Despite media reports and opposition rumors of splits among PM Erdogan's Justice and Development Party's (AKP) 357 parliamentarians, the group remains intact )- for now. Among AKP MPs, there are distinctive pious, pragmatic and nationalist currents, with crosscutting personal l [...] | 2005-12-08 15:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
05ANKARA7218 | PKK TERRORISM: PKK/KONGRA GEL PRISONER'S STATEMENT [...] (S) MFA Security Affairs Director General Hayati Guven on Dec. 7 raised with us the assertion by a PKK/Kongra Gel member who was arrested last month in Izmir that he received targeting information via Roj TV. (He had first informed us about this during a Nov. 18 meeting -- reftel.) Guven said [...] | 2005-12-08 16:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER TU US PINR IZ DA |
05ANKARA7271 | IRAQ: KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC SOLUTION PARTY [...] (C) Per ref a request, MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Amb. Hayati Guven passed us a document which he stated the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad has presented to the Independent Election Commission of Iraq regarding PKK front parties (text at para. 3). 2. (C) COMMENT [...] | 2005-12-12 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR IZ TU |
05ANKARA779 | CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED AT THE TURKISH/GEORGIAN [...] (C) EXBS Advisor met with Department Head for Customs Enforcement Ender Gurleyik on January 28, 2005 to request information concerning the truck parked between Georgian and Turkish customs gates (reftels). Gurleyik confirmed that the truck carrying scrap metal set off the portal monitors at t [...] | 2005-02-10 06:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AM ASEC KCRM MNUC PARM PINR PTER TU |
05ANKARA810 | UPDATE: CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED AT THE [...] (C) EXBS Advisor met with MFA Energy Department First Secretary Basak Tug on February 11 to discuss the truck that SIPDIS was stopped at the Turkish/Georgian border due to the presence of cesium 137 in the scrap metal it was carrying. Tug confirmed the facts presented previously in ref A. [...] | 2005-02-11 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AM ASEC KCRM MNUC PARM PINR PTER TU |
05ASUNCION1045 | CABRAL IS BACK [...] (U) This is an action message. See final Paragraph. 2. (C) Summary: I called Duarte Frutos on August 18. After conversing about the successful visit of Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, I noted my concern about persistent reports reaching me that drug-smuggling-tainted police commissioner [...] | 2005-08-19 17:20:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PINR PA |
05ASUNCION1046 | PARAGUAY: SECDEF RUMSFELD AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. On 8/16, SECDEF Rumsfeld met for 90 minutes with President Duarte Frutos to discuss cooperation in the fight against international terrorism and transnational crime, challenges to democracy in Paraguay and the region, and the expansion of economic opportunity. SECDEF drew atte [...] | 2005-08-20 18:48:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS KCRM PTER PINR SNAR PA KICC |
05ASUNCION1071 | PARAGUAY: NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL PLEDGES COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. On 8/19, the Ambassador met with Ruben Candia Amarilla, Paraguay's newly elected Attorney General, to stress the importance the U.S. attaches to cooperation with his office in the fight against transnational crime, including drug trafficking, money laundering, terrorist financi [...] | 2005-08-25 16:05:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM PTER PINR SNAR PA KICC |
05ASUNCION1090 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, AUGUST 21 [...] Summary -- Ambassador Reaffirms Commitment to Strengthen US - GOP Relations -- Negotiating for Oviedo Release -- Cespedes is New Minister of Justice and Labor -- Visit Sparks New Interest in EXIM Financing --------------------------------------------- --------------- ---- Ambassador [...] | 2005-08-30 15:51:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM ETRD PINR PA |
05ASUNCION1108 | PARAGUAY: ADDRESSING ANTI-U.S. RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary: Sept. 1 DCM told Patria Querida Party Vice President Daniel Codas that the USG objected to disrespectful and inaccurate statements about U.S. policy by its legislators. Codas denied that PQ had changed its basically pro-U.S. stance but agreed that some legislators had crossed t [...] | 2005-09-02 11:23:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PINR IZ PA |
05ASUNCION1119 | PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON CUBAS AND DEBERNARDI [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months, Paraguayan authorities filed formal charges against 14 of 28 suspects in the kidnapping and murder of Cecilia Cubas and located the house where kidnappers held Maria Edith Bordon de Debernardi for 64 days in 2001. Members of the left-wing Patria Libre Party (P [...] | 2005-09-02 16:40:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR SNAR KCRM PA CO BR |
05ASUNCION1120 | PARAGUAY: ENTRY OF CUBANS CONCERNS GOP [...] (U) News articles in recent weeks alleged an alarming number of Cuban nationals are entering Paraguay. Confidential sources have confirmed the legal entry of SIPDIS significant numbers of Cubans into Paraguay since May 2005. Carlos Liseras, Director of Immigration, discussed this issue with [...] | 2005-09-02 17:12:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM PINR PA |
05ASUNCION1151 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR AUGUST 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-12 21:15:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA |
05ASUNCION1154 | PARAGUAY'S VICE PRESIDENT VISITS SENATE TO EXPLAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: On 9/7, at the "invitation" of Senate President Carlos Filizzola (PPS),Vice President Luis Castiglioni explained to Senate leaders in closed session the reasons for the recent SECDEF visit to Paraguay. Castiglioni reiterated that there was no secret agenda behind the visit, su [...] | 2005-09-13 11:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR MARR KCRM BR AR VE CU |
05ASUNCION1173 | PARAGUAY: NO GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD FOR LINO [...] (C) Summary: In late August, rumors circulated that imprisoned former general Lino Oviedo's Union of Ethical Citizens (UNACE) party was attempting to negotiate his early release from prison as part of a political deal. Although the presidents of UNACE and the ruling Colorado (ANR) party denie [...] | 2005-09-16 15:45:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PINR PA |
05ASUNCION1181 | PARAGUAY'S RURAL UNREST: A RELATIVE CALM [...] (SBU) President Duarte's about-face and clear message that he would not tolerate road closures or land invasions served the useful purpose of dampening the rural unrest that captured continuous media attention and occasionally disrupted transportation and agricultural operations last year (ref [...] | 2005-09-20 11:41:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAGR ELAB KDEM PA |
05ASUNCION1190 | PARAGUAYAN VP ON ATA TRAINING, CHDS WORKSHOP, [...] (C) Begin summary: Sept. 15 Ambassador informed VP Castiglioni of State ATA anti-kidnapping training at FBI academy for 24 Paraguayans Dec. 5-16 (ref B.) They also discussed: CHDS security workshop; money laundering and penal procedure reform; and backsliding on airline price deregulation, t [...] | 2005-09-21 12:24:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PTER ECON CVIS PINR PA KJUS |
05ASUNCION1202 | PARAGUAY: LIBERAL PARTY LEADER DISCUSSES ELECTORAL [...] (U) Summary. In a 9/19 meeting with the Ambassador, Sen. Armando Espinola, the Senate leader for the Liberal Party, Paraguay,s leading opposition party, discussed plans for dealing with party dissidents in Congress and seeking an alliance with other political parties. He bemoaned the rulin [...] | 2005-09-22 12:10:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PA |
05ASUNCION1218 | PARAGUAY: THE DUARTE ADMINISTRATION AT TWO YEARS [...] (U) President Nicanor Duarte Frutos remains the dominant figure on the political scene. Earlier this month, he announced his candidacy for his Party's presidency; he and his supporters continue to explore prospects for amending the Constitution so as to allow him to run for reelection in 200 [...] | 2005-09-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR PA PTER KCRM PAC |
05ASUNCION1222 | PARAGUAY AND VENEZUELA: MORE ON CHAVEZ ACTIVITIES [...] (U) The following information responds to Department's action request in ref H and supplements information previously reported in ref I. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: Post has no new information regarding campesino trips to Venezuela funded by the GOV for ""special indoctrination training."" The website ww [...] | 2005-09-27 18:58:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PINR MARR ETRD PA VE |
05ASUNCION1228 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-28 18:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA |
05ASUNCION1248 | PARAGUAY: PRESIDENTIAL REELECTION HURDLES HIGH BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: For several months, there has been speculation that supporters of President Duarte would seek modifications to the Constitution that would allow Duarte to run for reelection. Amending the Constitution would require that Article 229 of the Constitution be changed. The process for [...] | 2005-10-05 14:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PA |
05ASUNCION1249 | PARAGUAYAN LEADERS GATHER TO DEVELOP SECURITY PLAN [...] Summary. On 9/16-9/18, senior Paraguayan officials gathered for a workshop sponsored by the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS) to discuss developing a national security plan. This workshop grew out of a visit by Vice President Castiglioni to the U.S. in May with leading U.S. offi [...] | 2005-10-05 17:38:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KCRM SNAR PA |
05ASUNCION1260 | PARAGUAY: BRAZIL SEEKING GREATER COOPERATION ON [...] (C) Summary. On 10/5, Emboffs met with Brazilian Embassy Poloffs to discuss views on GOP reform efforts, particularly as they relate to efforts to combat contraband, money laundering, and other illicit activities in the Tri-Border Area (TBA). Brazilian PolCouns conveyed an interest in deepe [...] | 2005-10-06 21:11:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KCRM PA BR |
05ASUNCION1290 | PARAGUAY: NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL RUBEN CANDIA [...] (U) Biographic information of the new Attorney General Ruben Candia Amarilla. 2. (U) Ruben Candia Amarilla replaced former Attorney General Oscar Latorre (2000-2005) after his five-year term expired at the end of August 2005. The Paraguayan Senate approved Candia,s appointment on Augus [...] | 2005-10-13 20:53:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PINR PGOV PREL PA |
05ASUNCION1294 | PARAGUAY ON REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF [...] (U) On 10/14, PolOff delivered reftel talking points to MFA North America Desk Officer Luis Sosa. Sosa advised that he would forward the points to MFA Americas Director Cynthia Filartiga and MFA Bilateral Affairs Director Ambassador Ceferino Valdez. 2. (C) According to Sosa, there is no kn [...] | 2005-10-14 15:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR PA |
05ASUNCION1329 | PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON CUBAS KIDNAPPING CASE [...] (U) Summary: On October 13, a Paraguayan judge indicted 15 suspects in the kidnapping and murder of Cecilia Cubas. Several of the defendants have ties to the leftist Free Fatherland Party (Partido Patria Libre, or "PPL"). The judge stayed the proceedings with respect to three individuals who [...] | 2005-10-24 12:27:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KCRM PA |
05ASUNCION1378 | PARAGUAY: SECOND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE [...] (SBU) Modesto Guggiari was elected in the 2003 general elections as a Senator representing the Authentic Radical Liberal Party (PLRA). In June 2005, Guggiari broke ranks with Liberal Party leadership in forming a coalition with the governing Colorado Party that resulted in his gaining electi [...] | 2005-11-07 20:30:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV PREL PA |
05ASUNCION1379 | PARAGUAY: PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL BANK MONICA [...] (SBU) President Duarte nominated Monica Perez as the President of the Central Bank in April 2005, receiving much attention for his choice of a "technocrat" rather than a political ally. The Senate confirmed her nomination in June 2005. 2. (SBU) Perez has a tough, no nonsense style and [...] | 2005-11-07 20:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV PREL PA |
05ASUNCION1380 | PARAGUAY: PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSE OF DEPUTIES [...] (SBU) Victor Bogado was elected as a National Deputy as a member of the Colorado Party (ANR) during the 2003 general elections. He represents the Central Department, which surrounds Asuncion. In June 2005, his peers elected him President of the House of Deputies as the Colorado Party's offi [...] | 2005-11-07 20:33:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV PREL PA |
05ASUNCION1381 | PARAGUAY: FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE [...] (SBU) Senator Velazquez, a key founder of the National Union for Ethical Citizens Party (UNACE),was elected as a Senator representing UNACE in the 2003 general elections. However, in 2005, Velazquez renounced his affiliation with UNACE and returned to the Colorado Party. Velazquez served a [...] | 2005-11-07 20:35:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV PREL PA |
05ASUNCION1384 | PARAGUAY: OVIEDO SUPPORTERS TAKE OVER ASUNCION [...] (U) Summary: On 10/31, hundreds of supporters of imprisoned former general Lino Oviedo took up residence in a plaza in front of the Supreme Court building, in a well organized demonstration in support of Oviedo's petition for release from prison. The demonstration has been peaceful so far, bu [...] | 2005-11-08 13:31:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KJUS PA |
05ASUNCION1390 | PARAGUAY: CABRAL, CORRUPTION, AND U.S. POLICY [...] (C) On 10/26, post learned of a new attempt to promote corrupt police official Aristides Cabral with a Senate vote on 10/27, the day of Ambassador Keane's departure from Paraguay. The Embassy moved quickly with the Vice-President and other senior GOP officials as well as key Senators to sto [...] | 2005-11-08 19:46:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR PINR PA |
05ASUNCION1400 | PARAGUAY: SURVEY RESULTS SEND MIXED MESSAGE ON [...] SUMMARY: The results of three recent polls send a mixed message on corruption in Paraguay. In mid-October, Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index showed Paraguay improved but still placed 144 out of the 159 countries surveyed. Separately, in late September 2005, a survey b [...] | 2005-11-11 11:56:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR ECON PINR PA |
05ASUNCION1435 | PARAGUAY AND COLOMBIA DISCUSS COUNTER-DRUG ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: An official Colombian counter-drug (CD) delegation traveled to Asuncion November 2-4 to hold bilateral CD discussions with the GOP. As a result of those discussions, the GOP and GOC established a bilateral, interagency CD commission and three working groups. Upon their arrival, [...] | 2005-11-22 13:39:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PTER MARR SNAR PA CO |
05ASUNCION148 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JANUARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: ---------------- -- Political Angel to Cubas Kidnapping Arrests -- Resignation Drama at Immigration -- Taiwan Seeking to Further Trade and Business Ties -- Court Rules in Favor of Continuing Extradition of Drug Trafficker ----------------------------------------- Political An [...] | 2005-01-28 13:47:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PINR SNAR PA |
05ASUNCION1480 | PARAGUAY'S INTERIOR: RELATIVE CALM AMID [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff traveled to the conflictive Departments of Caaguazu and San Pedro 11/21 - 11/22. The Governor of Caaguazu told PolOff that his top priority was to address insecurity -- or at least public perceptions of insecurity -- by establishing a regional police academy and a mounte [...] | 2005-12-05 20:33:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR EAGR SNAR PA |
05ASUNCION149 | PARAGUAY: MONEY LAUNDERING IN CASINOS (C-TN4-01119) [...] (U) SUMMARY: Paraguay is a principal money laundering center. Although no figures are known, Paraguayan Government officials suspect criminals, drug traffickers, and terrorist financiers use a range of illicit and licit activities to launder funds. While laws regarding casinos and a regulat [...] | 2005-01-28 14:15:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR EFIN KCRM KTFN PA SOCI |
05ASUNCION150 | PARAGUAY,S MINISTER OF INDUSTRY ON REFORMS AND [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador raised concerns over threats to reforms and placement of corrupt officials to Minister of Industry Ernst Bergen. Bergen shared the Ambassador's concerns and added that it was vital to preserve the current economic team. Bergen said President Nicanor Duarte Frutos [...] | 2005-01-28 14:17:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS ECON KIPR PINR PA |
05ASUNCION152 | PARAGUAYAN PRESIDENT SUPPORTS COLOMBIA IN DISPUTE [...] (C) During a lengthy meeting on other issues 1/28 (septel) President Duarte raised with the Ambassador the Colombia-Venezuela dispute. Duarte said President Uribe called him three days ago and that he supports Colombia's position. Duarte said he understands the need for "diplomatic nicetie [...] | 2005-01-28 15:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PA OAS |
05ASUNCION158 | PARAGUAY,S PRESIDENT ON REFORM, DRUGS, AND [...] (C) Ambassador followed up with President Nicanor Duarte Frutos (NDF) January 28 recent calls on the Ministers of Finance and Industry (septels) to push reform and emphasize U.S. priorities. Explaining drug certification in detail and praising significant success by SENAD, Ambassador stressed [...] | 2005-01-31 17:21:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS ECON KIPR PINR SNAR PA |
05ASUNCION161 | PARAGUAYAN FM TRYING TO TURN OFF VENEZUELAN STATE [...] (U) On January 28, just prior to a meeting with FM Leila Rachid on other matters, MFA Bilateral Affairs Director Ceferino Valdez advised Charge that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was going to visit Paraguay February 27-28. Valdez said that the visit was being planned in conjunction with Ch [...] | 2005-01-31 19:49:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PA |
05ASUNCION173 | PARAGUAY TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS DEVELOPMENTS [...] (U) Summary: --------------- --IADB project moving forward --Japanese Embassy announces bilateral project --NGO Luna Nueva finishes major TIP study --More Paraguayan women rescued in Argentina and Spain --Paraguay and Spain negotiating TIP agreement --President considering decree to establis [...] | 2005-02-04 12:10:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN SMIG PGOV PREL ELAB ASEC KCRM PINR PA |
05ASUNCION188 | PARAGUAY TO END CUBAN DOCTORS PROGRAM [...] (U) On February 4, Minister of Health Julio Cesar Velasquez announced that the GOP will terminate a program that brings doctors from Cuba to live and practice in rural areas of Paraguay. According to the announcement, the current group of Cuban doctors set to finish in December will be the la [...] | 2005-02-07 19:58:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PA |
05ASUNCION199 | THE FARC AND PARAGUAY: ALLEGATIONS OF KIDNAPPING [...] (S) Summary: AG claims that FARC involvement in Paraguay is growing, asserting he has information from GOC sources to back his statement. AG has a history of exaggeration and his claims need to be verified, but it appears that the GOP is increasingly concerned about foreign leftist influence i [...] | 2005-02-08 19:08:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PREL PTER KCRM KJUS PINR SNAR CO PA |
05ASUNCION200 | PARAGUAY'S GROWING CONCERN ABOUT LEFTIST [...] (S) Summary: Paraguayan authorities have arrested suspects tied to the leftist Free Fatherland Party (Partido Patria Libre, or PPL) in connection with the ongoing kidnapping of Cecilia Cubas. Telephone records connect the suspects to the kidnapping and ransom negotiations. The GOP claims evid [...] | 2005-02-08 19:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PTER PINR PREL PGOV KCRM PA |
05ASUNCION211 | COLOMBIAN EMBASSY URGING GOP TO GO PUBLIC ABOUT [...] (S) Colombian PolOff Raul Sanchez advised PolOff that the GOC wants the GOP to publicize as much information as possible regarding the FARC's involvement in the Cecilia Cubas kidnapping and other crimes in Paraguay, prior to President Uribe's meeting with President Chavez next week. The Colomb [...] | 2005-02-10 13:10:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR KCRM SNAR CO PA |
05ASUNCION212 | CUBAN MEDICAL SUPPORT TO PARAGUAY AND AN OPENING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ending of the Cuban Doctor program by the GOP, and concurrent GOP fears of increased ominous leftist influence and activities, presents an opportunity for the USG to draw President Duarte farther away from the allure of Cuba and Venezuela. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Reftel note [...] | 2005-02-10 17:05:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR CU CO VE PA |
05ASUNCION213 | PUSHING ARTICLE 98 WITH PARAGUAY [...] (C) January 10 Charge reminded VFM Martinez (in absence of FM Rachid) of the high priority the US places on reaching agreement with the GOP providing Art. 98 protections. Noting that FM Rachid had withdrawn her request to meet A/S Rademaker last week in Washington, Charge asked Martinez to pa [...] | 2005-02-10 17:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PINR PA KICC |
05ASUNCION214 | PARAGUAY: EMBASSY SEEKS TO AUGMENT AND ACCELERATE [...] (C) Last week, the Paraguayan Minister of Health announced that, in December the GOP will terminate a program that brings doctors from Cuba to live and practice in rural areas of Paraguay (ref A). Embassy believes President Duarte ordered the program's termination because he has run out of pa [...] | 2005-02-10 18:08:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MASS PA |
05ASUNCION226 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, FEBRUARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: ---------------- -- Colman Congressional Scandal Continues -- FonMin Meets Canadian leaders -- Paraguay Seeks TIP Extradition from Spain -- Chavez to Visit Paraguay? -- Hijazi Officially Charged -------------------------------------- Colman Congressional Scandal Continues -- [...] | 2005-02-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN SMIG ECON PINR PA |
05ASUNCION308 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, FEBRUARY [...] (U) Summary: -------------- --President Duarte and Chilean President Lagos talk security --Supreme Court rejects Barakat appeal --Prosecutors defeat teen prostitution ring --German national arrested for role in TIP ring --Colombian nationals arrested with false Bolivian passports --Fire in n [...] | 2005-03-04 14:29:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SMIG PHUM KCRM KWMN PINR PA |
05ASUNCION399 | PARAGUAY: DEMONSTRATORS AND PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY [...] On 3/21, President Duarte's security detachment clashed with demonstrators in Pedro Juan Caballero while Duarte met with Governor of Amambay Department Robert Acevedo and a group of mayors and civic leaders. According to press reports, four people were arrested and several injured in the conf [...] | 2005-03-22 19:14:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR KCRM PA |
05ASUNCION403 | PARAGUAY-COLOMBIA AGREEMENT ON SECURITY [...] (U) Summary: During President Duarte's March 7 visit to Bogota, he and Colombian President Uribe issued a Joint Declaration committing their respective countries to assist each other in the fight against organized crime, particularly kidnapping but also arms trafficking, drug trafficking, mone [...] | 2005-03-23 10:52:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER MOPS SNAR KCRM PA CO |
05ASUNCION411 | PARAGUAY ANNOUNCES PLANS TO INTRODUCE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) On March 17, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Martinez publicly announced the GOP's plans to introduce a Mercosur human rights protocol that would provide for the suspension of any member state that violates human rights. The GOP hopes to garner other members' support for the protocol [...] | 2005-03-23 20:22:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR CU CO PA VE |
05ASUNCION412 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH 19-23 [...] SUMMARY: -- Colorado Deputy Colman Stripped of Immunity; Will Face Investigation -- GOP Sells Brazilian Trafficker's Seized Assets -- Crockett and Tubbs in Ciudad del Este? -- Continued Crack Down in TBA Affects Local Economy --------------------------------------------- --------------- [...] | 2005-03-23 20:22:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PINR SNAR KCRM PA |
05ASUNCION446 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR MARCH 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-01 11:23:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA |
05ASUNCION447 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR MARCH 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-01 11:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA |
05ASUNCION453 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH [...] Summary ---------- --Cabral and Rienzi votes postponed --Paraguay establishes diplomatic relations with Palestine --Border problems continue, 150 Brazilians expelled --Paraguayan Navy called into action vs smuggling --Standard & Poor's maintains Paraguay's credit rating --2005 growth estimat [...] | 2005-04-04 13:25:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PBTS MOPS PINR PA |
05ASUNCION458 | PARAGUAY'S CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT RESIGNS [...] Angel Gabriel Gonzalez Caceres, the President of the Central Bank of Paraguay, resigned on April 4 after coming under fire for a shooting incident at his home on March 30. Gonzalez faces a criminal investigation into the incident and although he said he doesn't fear the outcome, he also deem [...] | 2005-04-04 19:09:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PINR PA |
05ASUNCION484 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, APRIL 2-7 [...] Summary: ----------- --Paraguay and Brazil sign agreement to quell border control dispute --New poll shows deterioration in Duarte's image --Controversy over Duarte's decision not to attend Papal funeral --Government-owned phone company introduces wholesale Internet service Paraguay and [...] | 2005-04-11 12:08:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PBTS SCUL TINT PINR PA |
05ASUNCION500 | PARAGUAY'S AMBASSADOR TO VENEZUELA ATTACKED IN [...] (U) On 4/12, Ambassador received a telephone call from Senator Alejandro Velazquez Ugarte, informing him that Paraguay's Ambassador to Venezuela, Ana Maria Figueredo, was the victim of a violent physical attack in Caracas on 4/8. An unidentified assailant attacked Figueredo as she approached h [...] | 2005-04-13 21:29:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR KCRM PA VE |
05ASUNCION512 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, APRIL 8-15 [...] (U) Summary -------------- -- Council rules Rienzi must seek re-appointment to Supreme Court -- IMF employee accepts offer to head Central Bank -- Health Minister on thin ice with NDF? -- NDF polls Governors about constitutional reform, re-election -- Release of supermarket owner sparks hea [...] | 2005-04-18 12:42:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KCRM PA |
05ASUNCION519 | PARAGUAY PROTESTS ASSAULT ON AMBASSADOR IN CARACAS [...] On 4/13, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Martinez Lezcano told the press that the GOP had demanded an official explanation from the GOV regarding the 4/8 assault on Paraguayan Ambassador to Venezuela Ana Maria Figueredo in Caracas (reftel). Martinez noted that the GOP provides security [...] | 2005-04-18 21:30:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR KCRM VE PA |
05ASUNCION526 | PARAGUAY ARTICLE 98 DISCUSSIONS REACH DEADLOCK [...] (C) As follow-up to the April 6 meeting between A/S Rademaker and FM Rachid in Washington, DC, on April 15, DOD attorney COL Tia Johnson and PolOff met with MFA legal advisor Ernesto Velasquez to discuss the latest versions of draft texts that would provide Article 98 protections in Paraguay ( [...] | 2005-04-19 15:58:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PINR PA KICC |
05ASUNCION531 | PARAGUAY'S AG UPSET OVER INCSR, DISCUSSES: [...] (C) AG Oscar Latorre complained vigorously to Ambassador 4/14 that the section of the 2005 International Narcotics Strategy Control Report (INCSR) on Paraguay unfairly singled him out for criticism. Ambassador stressed that the report identified problems with the Public Ministry he heads rat [...] | 2005-04-20 13:39:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL SNAR PA |
05ASUNCION541 | VENEZUELA AND PARAGUAY: ANTI-U.S. BOLIVARIAN EVENT [...] (U) On April 19, PolOff and EconOff attended a public panel discussion of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, organized by the local Paraguayan-Venezuelan cultural association. The panel comprised two Venezuelans and a member of Paraguay's Chamber of Deputies, Rafael Filizzola of the soci [...] | 2005-04-21 17:11:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR VE PA |
05ASUNCION557 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, APRIL 16-22 [...] (U) Summary -------------- -- Health Minister still in good graces with NDF -- NDF's failure to attend Pope's funeral a "miscalculation" -- Former Colombian President opens mouth, inserts foot -- Brazilians shoot down plane that transited Paraguay -- Chamber of Deputies President backs away f [...] | 2005-04-25 18:27:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR PA |
05ASUNCION570 | PARAGUAY: EXPANDING RELATIONS WITH THE ARAB WORLD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the course of the past year, Paraguay has sought to expand relations with the Arab world by seeking diplomatic relations with Arab nations, including plans for Embassies to open in Palestine and Lebanon. It has also launched a series of trade and business initiatives with [...] | 2005-04-26 21:15:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR PA |
05ASUNCION587 | PARAGUAY: PARTICIPATION IN FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-29 14:43:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC CPAS CVIS KCRM KFRD PINR PINS PREL SOCI PA |
05ASUNCION589 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, APRIL 23-29 [...] (U) Summary -------------- -- Senate votes to reactivate privatization law -- AG intervenes in probe of Health Minister's prior conduct -- Unconfirmed reports of FARC activity in Paraguay -- U.S. cardiology team praised for its charity -- Paraguay mourns the death of writer Roa Bastos Sena [...] | 2005-04-29 16:07:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR PTER ECON KCRM PA |
05ASUNCION593 | PARAGUAY: MOI "MEDDLING" PROMPTS RESIGNATION OF [...] (C) On 4/21, Carlos Zelaya, Paraguay's Police Chief resigned and was replaced by Fidel Isasa Palacios, Paraguay's fourth officer to lead the police since Duarte became President in August 2003. According to SENAD Director Ibarra, Zelaya resigned over frustration with "meddling" in internal [...] | 2005-05-03 11:26:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PINR PA |
05ASUNCION596 | PARAGUAY-COLOMBIA SECURITY COOPERATION AND [...] (U) In furtherance of the Joint Declaration on security cooperation and assistance that Presidents Duarte and Uribe signed in Bogota on March 7 (ref A),Vice-Presidents Castiglioni and Santos signed an Action Plan on security, in Bogota, on April 19. In the Action Plan, the GOP and GOC agree [...] | 2005-05-03 12:17:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER MARR SNAR KCRM CO PA |
05ASUNCION605 | PARAGUAY: POLITICAL PACT MAY GIVE COLORADOS A [...] (C) Summary. The ruling Colorado Party has formed a make shift alliance with a handful of opposition Senators from the left side of the political spectrum in Paraguay. This alliance has already produced election of a dissident Senator from the opposition Liberal Party to a key committee. I [...] | 2005-05-04 15:23:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PINR PA |
05ASUNCION621 | PARAGUAY: IMF MISSION BRIEFS AMBASSADOR [...] Summary: On May 3, the Ambassador received the visiting IMF team, here for the fifth review of Paraguays Standy-by Arrangement. The program remains on track quantitatively, but faces some continued delays on the structural reform front. The Mission Chief was not overly concerned since, in [...] | 2005-05-06 11:35:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PINR PA |
05ASUNCION627 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, APRIL 30 - [...] (U) Summary -------------- -- Senate re-appoints Justice Rienzi to Supreme Court -- NDF on presidential re-election -- will he, or won't he? -- Paraguay signs Open Skies agreement with Chile -- IMF/IDB expert departs following death threat -- ILO to conclude successful anti-exploitation proje [...] | 2005-05-09 12:51:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER ECON ELAB PA KRCM |
05ASUNCION632 | VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-10 19:23:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA |
05ASUNCION649 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 7-13 [...] (U) Summary -------------- -- Human rights agenda takes center stage this week -- Justice Rienzi re-appointment saga continues -- NDF and Rachid pursue increased trade with Arab countries -- SENAD agents capture narco-pilot wanted in Brazil Human rights agenda takes center stage this week [...] | 2005-05-16 12:56:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ETRD SNAR KCRM PA VE |
05ASUNCION650 | PARAGUAY: ATTORNEY GENERAL ON PUBLIC SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Attorney General Oscar Latorre to discuss U.S. assistance to Paraguay to address its security concerns. Latorre lamented the scope of the problems Paraguay faces, particularly in terms of corruption within the police. He was keen to win our backing for [...] | 2005-05-16 20:52:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM PTER PINR PA |
05ASUNCION668 | PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON CUBAS KIDNAPPING INVESTIGATION [...] (U) As reported in the press, a dissident Patria Libre party (PPL) member testified that a Colombian national who advised the PPL faction responsible for the kidnapping and murder of former President Raul Cubas's daughter, Cecilia Cubas (ref B),recommended that the group kill Ms. Cubas after [...] | 2005-05-18 20:43:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KCRM AR BO BR CO PA VE |
05ASUNCION670 | PARAGUAY: DUARTE SHAKES UP CABINET AS POLLS SHOW [...] (U) Summary: On May 14, President Nicanor Duarte Frutos sacked Health Minister Julio Cesar Velazquez, who in recent months has been campaigning to become Colorado (ANR) party president. Duarte appointed someone with a more technical -- i.e., less political -- background to replace him. Duarte [...] | 2005-05-19 16:04:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PA |
05ASUNCION675 | PARAGUAY'S FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified - protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: President Duarte accepted the resignation of Finance Minister Dionisio Borda today, and shortly thereafter named current Minister of Industry and Commerce Ernst Bergen as Borda's replacement. In naming Bergen, the Pres [...] | 2005-05-19 21:00:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR PA |
05ASUNCION681 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 14-20 [...] (U) Summary: ------------------ -- Paraguay to import Venezuelan oil? -- Paraguay establishes relations with Bahrain -- Paraguay to repatriate 29 women from Argentina -- Additional drug busts in Paraguay Paraguay to import Venezuelan oil? ---------------------------------- 2. (U) On Ma [...] | 2005-05-20 15:38:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR ETRD EPET KCRM VE PA GTIP |
05ASUNCION708 | PARAGUAY: REACTIONS TO BRAZILIAN CRACKDOWN ON THE [...] SUMMARY: Recently, PolOff and Department of Treasury,s Resident Enforcement Advisor (REA) traveled to Ciudad del Este (CDE) to observe trade and traffic across the Friendship Bridge, linking Paraguay and Brazil, in the wake of stepped up enforcement measures by Brazilian authorities to counter [...] | 2005-05-26 19:13:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PA |
05ASUNCION711 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 21-27 [...] (U) Summary: ----------------- -- Congress approves military exercises with the US -- Paraguay to sign Open Skies with Panama -- Bangladeshi nationals arrested -- Presidential cabinet shuffle -- Brazilian troops control border with Paraguay -- Venezuela and Cuba seek deeper ties Congre [...] | 2005-05-27 16:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM MOPS VE CU PM PA |
05ASUNCION726 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW FINANCE MINISTER WHO [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador and Treasury technical advisors on May 26, new Minister of Finance Ernst Bergen assured the Ambassador that the GOP would maintain the same fiscally conservative policies and [...] | 2005-06-01 21:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR PA |
05ASUNCION733 | EX-FINANCE MINISTER BORDA BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON HIS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted ex-Minister of Finance Dionisio Borda and his top advisor, Fernando Masi at a private breakfast on May 27. Borda claimed that he had been forced out under a pretext (see ref B) to clear the way for excessive, politically motivated economic stimulus in adva [...] | 2005-06-02 21:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR PA |
05ASUNCION738 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR MAY 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-03 12:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA |
05ASUNCION745 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On May 31, Ambassador, Econcouns and Resident Enforcement Advisor (REA) called on new Minister of Industry and Commerce Raul Vera. Vera started off by assuring the Ambassador that he intended to follow the sam [...] | 2005-06-06 19:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR PA |
05ASUNCION750 | DEBTORS AT THE DOOR [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Ernst Bergen shared his concerns with me about a renewed attempt by industrialists and bankers to raid government coffers. They seek a rollover and/or forgiveness of debts owed by industrialists to banks dating back to the mid-1990's, with the GOP picking up th [...] | 2005-06-07 21:14:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR PA |
05ASUNCION815 | PARAGUAY: KIDNAPPINGS AND THE FARC [...] (C) Summary. An individual arrested in connection to the Ceclia Cubas kidnapping led investigators to the site where Maria Edith Bordon de Debernardi was held after she was kidnapped in November 2001. A Paraguayan prosecutor confirmed press reports clearly linking the two kidnappings. He al [...] | 2005-06-24 17:13:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KCRM CO BR PA |
05ASUNCION867 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR JUNE 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-07 21:23:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA |
05ASUNCION868 | PARAGUAY: A TIME TO TREAD LIGHTLY ON ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Recent erroneous press reports in Paraguay and neighboring countries (ref A) are unhelpful to our ongoing Article 98 negotiations with Paraguay, which reached deadlock several months ago (refs B, C, D). What currently separates us is six words, so we should not l [...] | 2005-07-07 22:47:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL PINR PA KICC |
05ASUNCION869 | PARAGUAY: A TIME TO TREAD LIGHTLY ON ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Recent erroneous press reports in Paraguay and neighboring countries (ref A) are unhelpful to our ongoing Article 98 negotiations with Paraguay, which reached deadlock several months ago (refs B, C, D). What currently separates us is six words, so we should not l [...] | 2005-07-08 09:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL PINR PA KICC |
05ASUNCION905 | PARAGUAY: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW JUSTICE AND [...] (U) Summary: On July 7, the Ambassador called on Ruben Candia Amarilla to congratulate him on his selection as Paraguay's new Minister of Justice and Labor (reftel). During the meeting, the Ambassador highlighted child labor, prison conditions, and lengthy delays in the Paraguayan judicial sys [...] | 2005-07-13 13:35:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ELAB KJUS PA |
05ASUNCION939 | PARAGUAY: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW SENATE [...] (U) On 7/22, the Ambassador called on the new Senate President, Carlos Filizzola, and discussed the pending Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) project aimed at improving transparency and legislative effectiveness; legislation to increase citizen participation in government; military exerci [...] | 2005-07-26 12:56:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID MARR KDEM KWMN PA |
05ASUNCION951 | PARAGUAY'S NEW CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT ON IMF, BANK [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory call on July 20 with Monica Perez, Paraguay's new Central Bank President, the Ambassador described the in-country programs of Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),introduced OTA's debt advisor, and extended the offer of OTA's banking team to do an a [...] | 2005-07-27 20:58:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PINR PA |
05ASUNCION956 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JULY 23-29 [...] (U) Summary -------------- -- VP Castiglioni Meets with FBI Regional Director -- Filizzola and President Duarte Discuss Key Issues -- Cabral to Retire at Year's End -- Deadly Hantavirus Reappears in the Chaco -- Successful Conclusion to EXPO -- Second Tier Public Bank Law Goes to President [...] | 2005-07-29 14:48:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PA |
05ATHENS2545 | ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS IN GREECE (C-CN5-00417) [...] (C) In response to ref, post provides the following information on organized crime groups in Greece (keyed to ref questions): A. Are there organized crime groups present in the host country that originated in the following countries: Russia, Ukraine, Italy, the Balkans (Albania, Serbia, [...] | 2005-09-28 12:46:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR GR INTERNAL |
05AUCKLAND345 | VISAS VIPER: MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: NEW ZEALAND AND SAMOA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-18 02:04:00 | Consulate Auckland | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC NZ |
05AUCKLAND379 | VISAS VIPER: NOVEMBER MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: NEW ZEALAND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-16 02:42:00 | Consulate Auckland | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC NZ |
05BAGHDAD2348 | DEPUTY SECRETARY COVERS POLITICAL PROCESS, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Rowsch Shaways told Deputy Secretary May 19 that the schedule for development of a new constitution outlined in the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL) must be kept. He also said the Committee should include members from outside the Transitional N [...] | 2005-06-01 06:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR ECON IZ |
05BAGHDAD2367 | JOINT US, UK, DANISH DEMARCHE TO MOI ON PRISONER [...] (S) SUMMARY. Charge joined British Charge and Danish Ambassador in a June 1 joint demarche to Minister of Interior Baqr Jabr on allegations of prisoner abuse in Basrah. UK Charge provided an intelligence report implicating the Basrah Police's Internal Affairs Division and Investigations Suppo [...] | 2005-06-02 07:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD2376 | ASSESSMENT OF IRAQ'S MINISTER OF INTERIOR AFTER [...] (S/REL UK AND AUS) SUMMARY: In the month since Minister of Interior Baqir Jabor took office, he appears to be delivering on his initial commitments (ref A). Jabor retained qualified personnel regardless of their ethnic background or political affiliation, while also developing a plan to remo [...] | 2005-06-02 16:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINS PINR MARR IZ |
05BAGHDAD2430 | A STRUGGLE FOR THE MIND OF MUQTADA AL-SADR [...] (S) SUMMARY: Sadrist advisors Hamid al-Sharifi and Saayid Imad Kelanter told PolOff June 7 that there is an ideological struggle between two distinctly different Sadrist camps over the conduct of relations with the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) and the Coalition. Both men asserted that P [...] | 2005-06-08 09:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD2455 | CONVERSATION WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ITG is disorganized and ineffective according to Rubaie. He characterized the government as in crisis with the Kurds provoked especially by the absence of any mention of federalism in the Prime Ministers State of the Union message. Additionally, Talabani is angry about the r [...] | 2005-06-09 18:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD2606 | VICE PRESIDENT ABDEL MEHDI PONDERS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a June 18 farewell luncheon with Charge Jeffrey, Vice President Adil Abdel Mahdi noted that 13 of the 15 Sunni additional members to the Constitutional Committee had been decided upon. Abdel Mehdi opined that public ignorance among his Shia constituency about federalism co [...] | 2005-06-20 04:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD2896 | MOI PRESS CONFERENCE MISSES HUMAN RIGHTS MARK AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior SCIRI official and Minister of Interior Baqr Jabr lost an opportunity to reach out to the Sunni Arab community by demonstrating that the MOI is serious about protecting human rights during his July 7 press conference. Jabr said the Ministry's three top priorities are prov [...] | 2005-07-11 05:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD2906 | GARDEN CHATS WITH PAPA JA'FARI AND CREW [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Ja'fari unexpectedly sat in on an informal meeting between departing PolOff and one of Ja'fari's aides on July 7. Revealing insights into his own worldview, Ja'fari provided lengthy "love-life" counseling and advice while also sharing details about his own fami [...] | 2005-07-11 08:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD2936 | BARONESS NICHOLSON; IRAQI COORDINATION COMMISSION KEY TO EU DONOR FUNDING [...] (C) SUMMARY. European Parliament member Baroness Emma Nicholson told Charge on July 9 that the Iraqi Transitional Government must establish a 'coordination commission' in order to receive European Union funding, as well as to provide assurances of accountability. Nicholson worried that the EU [...] | 2005-07-13 06:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD3006 | ITG REQUESTS RELEASE OF MEHDI ABDHMED AL-KHALISI [...] (S/NF) MNF-I and Embassy are receiving frequent and fervent requests from Prime Minister Ibrahim Ja'afari, Minister of State for National Security Abd al-Karim al-Anzi, and National Security Advisor Mowaffak al-Rubaie for the release of detainee Mehdi Abdmehd al-Khalisi (MP#124),currently he [...] | 2005-07-20 08:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PHUM PTER PINS PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD3010 | DISPOSITION OF IRAQI-AMERICAN DETAINEE MOHAMMAD [...] (S) Summary and Action Request. This cable seeks concurrence as to the legal disposition of Iraqi- American national Mohammed Munaf (or Muneef),now held as a security internee by Coalition Forces in Iraq under the authority of UNSCR 1546. (Background: Munaf, a former resident of Romania, was [...] | 2005-07-20 11:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PHUM PINS PINR PTER RO IZ |
05BAGHDAD3021 | NEW CASES OF APPARENT ABUSES RAISE MORE SUNNI ARAB [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sunni community is alleging that the Ministry of Interior's (MoI) Commando Unit is responsible for the deaths of 20 Sunnis in two recent incidents in Baghdad. On July 10, Commandos reportedly took 11 Sunni men from their homes. Their bodies, which showed signs of torture, [...] | 2005-07-21 07:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD3039 | TALABANI AND BARZANI DISMISS KDP SUPPORT FOR PKK [...] (S) On July 19, the Charge discussed the report with President Talabani that the PKK is planning an operation in Northern Iraq. Talabani suggested there are actually two factions of the PKK in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). One, he said, is committed to terrorist action in Turkey. [...] | 2005-07-21 17:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PTER PINR TU IZ |
05BAGHDAD3095 | EVALUATING MINDEF DULAME [...] (C)Summary. After seventy five days on the job, Minister of Defense (MoD) Sadoun al-Dulame, one of six Sunnis appointed to cabinet-level positions in the Shi'a-dominated government, still seems committed to achieving the objectives he established when he became minister. Those objectives inclu [...] | 2005-07-26 14:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PINR PINS MARR PGOV PREL IZ |
05BAGHDAD3120 | SCIRI LEADER AGREES TO COOPERATE ON CONSTITUTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of Iraq's strongest Shia Islamist party, Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, pledged to the Ambassador that his party would work in the spirit of consensus in achieving a constitution. It was not their intention to exclude any group. That said, he cautioned, Iraq's Shia want to be t [...] | 2005-07-28 11:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD3676 | NEW ELECTRICITY PROTECTION CHIEF TRYING TO CLEAN [...] (C) Summary: MG Sa'ad Hashim, Security Advisor to the Minister of Electricity, has begun working with MNF-I and Embassy counterparts to bring the Electricity Protection Security Service (EPSS) under ministerial control following the removal of the former chief, Faris al-Bayati, August 22. Th [...] | 2005-09-07 18:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG ASEC PGOV PINR PINS PTER IZ |
05BAGHDAD3680 | CODEL PENCE MEETS WITH MINDEF AND MININT [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Pence and the Ambassador met with MinInt Jabr and MinDef Dulime. Both Ministers presented their views on the positive development of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and gave a brief overview of the progress of their respective ministry forces. Dulime predicted that ISF could [...] | 2005-09-08 03:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MCAP MOPS KISL PINR PREL |
05BAGHDAD3694 | CHALABI EMANDS MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK FROM SIBS [...] (C) Summary: At the September 4 meeting of the National Energy Council (NEC),Deputy Pri- Minister Ahmad Chalabi castigated Iraqi Army Chief of Staff Abadi for the poor performance of the Strategic Infrastructure BattQUions (SIBs) in protecting vital power and pipelines. C0Jlabi stressed the [...] | 2005-09-08 16:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG MOPS MARR PINR PGOV PTER EPET IZ |
05BAGHDAD3805 | SCENE-SETTER: FINANCE MINISTER'S CHALLENGES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: After his fellow ministers rebuffed the 2005 budget supplemental, Finance Minister Allawi is trying to commit the next government to a 2006 budget that will pass muster with both the IMF and the Transitional National Assembly (TNA). This task will not be easy, but much is at stak [...] | 2005-09-14 17:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV PINR IZ IMF |
05BAGHDAD3827 | NOT SO NEW KID ON THE BLOCK, THE AL-FADEELA [...] (C) SUMMARY. One of the key players in the negotiations over the draft Constitution was the Fadeela party and its leader Nadeen Jabiri whom we frequently saw huddling with other top Shia Coaltion leaders. Touted as home-grown, intellectual and moderate, its leadership publicly supports the [...] | 2005-09-16 11:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD3842 | NEC CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF NORTHERN OIL EXPORTS [...] (C) Summary: On September 8 the National Energy Council (NEC) approved Phases II and III of the Strategic Infrastructure Battalion (SIB) program, and agreed to pick up sustainment costs of the current four SIBs and the expense for seven more SIBs and a brigade headquarters. Minister of Financ [...] | 2005-09-17 15:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER KCOR KCRM IZ |
05BAGHDAD3876 | THE IRAQI BUDGET DILEMMA - TOUGH CHOICES [...] (C) Summary: Iraq faces hard choices on its budget, with difficult policy considerations for the USG. Iraqi ability to meet expenditure needs for normal functions, reconstruction, and security are severely constrained. Funding estimates for security needs have risen substantially, with "high [...] | 2005-09-19 15:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ENRG EPET MOPS MARR PGOV PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD3907 | IRAQI INFRASTRUCUTURE SNAPSHOT - SEPT. 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-22 02:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON ENRG EPET MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PTER PREL IZ |
05BAGHDAD3929 | SADRISTS LIKELY TO BACK CONSTITUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In conversations earlier this week, Sadrists and affiliates told PolOff that Muqtada al-Sadr will tell his people to vote in favor of the constitution in the October 15 referendum. They dismissed reports that Sadr is opposed to the constitution as rumors spread by Sadr's opponen [...] | 2005-09-22 11:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD3931 | SHIA CONTACTS CONSIDER AYAD ALLAWI [...] (C) Summary. Prominent Shia lamented to EmbOffs the lack of strong moderate Shia presidential candidates and revealed their concerns about supporting Ayad Allawi in the upcoming December 15 elections. These politicians doubted Allawi would be strong enough to defeat the Islamists, citing his [...] | 2005-09-22 11:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV PINR |
05BAGHDAD3939 | OIL MINISTER QUIETLY TAKING STEPS ON FUEL PRICES, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Oil Ibrahim Bahr al-'Ulum told the Embassy September 21 that there is no ministerial support for fuel price reform prior to the December elections, but "quieter" efforts are underway to "condition" the Iraqi public to new prices. These include sale of fuel for private [...] | 2005-09-23 10:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET KCRM MOPS MARR PGOV PINR PINS PREL IZ |
05BAGHDAD4004 | SHIA IMAMS IN FAVOR OF CONSTITUTION, BUT THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a conversation on September 26 two moderate Shia Imams, both followers of Grand Ayatollah Sistani, told PolOff they would vote in favor of the constitution in the October 15 elections. They said they had set up an organization to tell more Iraqis about the constitution. Some [...] | 2005-09-27 11:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR |
05BAGHDAD4013 | JAFARI'S DA'WA PARTY AND SCIRI NOT READY YET FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-28 11:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD4033 | RALLYING SUPPORT FOR CONSTITUTION IN KARBALA AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Shia Coalition members Ali al-Dabagh and Mona Zalzala traveled with PolOff to Karbala and Najaf on 9/22 to rally support for the draft constitution. Their comments were sometimes critical of elements of the text, but they nevertheless supported ratification. We sense the Shia [...] | 2005-09-29 12:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD4051 | MINISTER OF LABOR ON WORKER RIGHTS AND LABOR [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) Dr. Idris Hadi Salih expressed concern that a number of labor union movements were fighting over the properties of the former Saddam/Baathist General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU). He said that Government efforts to control this were [...] | 2005-10-01 13:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD4143 | CHRISTIAN VOTERS TO HELP SINK THE CONSTITUTION? [...] (C) The leading Christian politician in Transitional National Assembly, Yonadam Kanna told PolOff, however, that many Christians are unhappy with the draft because Section One, Article 2A declares that no law can be passed that contradicts Islam. Moreover, some Christian minorities, such as t [...] | 2005-10-07 14:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PNAT IZ |
05BAGHDAD4149 | EMBOFFS TO BADR CORPS HEAD: DO NOT CONDUCT ARMED [...] (C) In an October 4 meeting to discuss Sunni allegations of persecution by Badr Corps militia members, MOI Senior Advisor James Yellin warned Badr Organization leader and SCIRI TNA member Hadi al-Amari that militias must not conduct operations during the run-up to the referendum on the constit [...] | 2005-10-09 07:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD4175 | SHEIKH HAMMOUDI TELLS CODEL SHAYS WHEN U.S. CAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 9, TNA Constitution Committee Chair and senior Shia Islamist politician Sheikh Humam Hammoudi told Representatives Christopher Shays (R, CT),Michael McNulty (D, NY),Earl Pomeroy (D, ND),Michael Campuano (D, MA),Ron Kind (D, WI),and Eni Faleomavaega (D, American Sa [...] | 2005-10-11 06:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREL |
05BAGHDAD4178 | AL-BAYYNA JOURNALISTS ARGUE IN SUPPORT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Journalists from Al-Bayyna, a major Shia newspaper published by the Hezbollah Movement in Iraq, told PolOff that they supported the draft constitution. The best option for Shia, the journalists argued, would be to join together in several Shia regions and work to build a stable [...] | 2005-10-11 06:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ KMDR |
05BAGHDAD4240 | REFERENDUM UPDATE 2 - FREE AND FAIR AND LOTS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. All reporting indicates that the October 15 referendum was generally free and fair. There were some allegations of irregularities at sites around the country, especially in Ninewa. There were isolated incidents of violence but these did not much affect the voting. Although ther [...] | 2005-10-15 16:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD4306 | AYATOLLAH SADR SAYS MARJAYA SHOULD STAY OUT OF [...] (C) Summary. At an October 17 iftar, Ayatollah Hussein al-Sadr told Ambassador Khalilzad that the Shia clerical establishment (Marjaya) should not endorse any electoral lists in the December 2005 elections. Al-Sadr warned the Ambassador of the danger of Islamic extremism and said that he fav [...] | 2005-10-19 10:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KDEM IZ |
05BAGHDAD4329 | FADHILA PARTY OFFICIAL LOOKS TO THE FUTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mohammed Ismael, generally regarded as a top-ranking member of the Fadhila Party, told PolOff in an October 18 meeting that the Fadhila Party is ready to run its own list in the December 2005 elections, but is also considering forming coalitions with various parties. Fadhila is o [...] | 2005-10-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD4379 | MOI IG CLAIMS HIGH LEVEL RESISTENCE TO IG EFFORTS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Interior (MoI) Inspector General (IG) Nori Al-Nori told PolOff on October 18 that there is some improvement in the human rights situation within MoI, but there is resistance at the highest levels to IG efforts in fighting abuse and corruption. Steps have been taken to [...] | 2005-10-24 13:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD4428 | BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN CHANGES [...] (C) Mazin Makia, Chairman of the Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC) has left the Da'wa Party and joined the National Democratic Alliance Party (NDAP). Makia has been the BPC Chairman since the formation of the council and also serves as Provincial Reconstruction and Development Committee (PRDC) [...] | 2005-10-27 15:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD4429 | KADHIMYAH WOMEN'S PRISON: CONDITIONS ADEQUATE, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 19, Poloffs visited Kadhimiyah Women's Facility located in Baghdad. According to Director Faisi Mehda, this prison is the only women's facility in Iraq. During the visit, Poloffs discovered a fairly well appointed building that seemed to provide a clean and safe atmosp [...] | 2005-10-27 15:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD4506 | ACTIONS TO ASSURE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRITY [...] (C/REL MCNI/IRAQ) SUMMARY: Failures of Iraq's critical energy infrastructure have reached unprecedented levels which are seriously hindering the Iraqi Transitional Government's (ITG) ability to raise desperately needed revenues and to deliver basic services such as electricity, fuel, and wate [...] | 2005-11-03 03:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT KCOR KCRM KHLS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PTER NATO |
05BAGHDAD4893 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BUDGET, BANK RESTRUCTURING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador urged Minister of Finance Allawi on December 1 to ensure the passage of the 2006 budget in order to fulfill the GOI's commitment to the IMF. (NOTE: The Transitional National Assembly (TNA) passed the budget on December 4. END NOTE.) The Ambassador also pressed the Mini [...] | 2005-12-08 08:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PINR PGOV KBCT MOPS |
05BAGHDAD4906 | ALLAWI CAMPAIGN UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. Former PM Ayad Allawi's Campaign Manager, Renda Rahim Rancke, met with PolOffs on December 7 to provide them with proof of serious campaign violations and copies of the 55 complaints filed with the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI). She encouraged Embassy efforts [...] | 2005-12-08 17:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM PHUM PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD4956 | SADRISTS READY TO TAKE IRAQ TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 11 meeting, Sadrist TNA member Nasser al Sadi of Sadr City told PolOff the Sadrists favor forming a government that includes the Sunni Arabs and Kurds. He said the Sadrists do not want UIA 555 to govern alone, and the Sadrists do not wish to dominate any particular [...] | 2005-12-12 15:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
05BAGHDAD4957 | SUBJECT: SADR CITY YOUTH SPORTS NGO TEACHES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meeting last month, Sadr City DAC member Mohammad Abdullah Shamikh told PolOff his NGO, The Sport Parliament of Sadr City, is responsible for teaching approximately 5,000 youth in 25 different sports schools about morals and sports. Some of his former students have gone on [...] | 2005-12-12 16:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
05BAGHDAD4978 | SADRISTS, INCLUDING THEIR MILITIA, ON PARADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 7 as many as 5,000 supporters of Muqtada al Sadr, including many armed members of the Mahdi Army, gathered at Al Mustanseryah Square in Baghdad to mark the seventh anniversary of the death of Mohammed Sadiq Sadr, Muqtada's father (who was killed by Saddam). Among t [...] | 2005-12-13 17:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
05BAGHDAD4995 | IRAQ: JUSTICE DELAYED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kareem Al Jaaf, a respected council member in the Karkh District of Baghdad and Baghdad City Council member, has been held in detention for four months, with only intermittent access to a lawyer. He was accused of kidnapping by a neighbor and taken to jail. While waiting for a [...] | 2005-12-14 12:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM IZ |
05BAGHDAD5010 | SHIA PROTEST AL JAZEERA REPORT [...] (U) On December 14 at 2100, Al Jazeera TV broadcast the political talkshow Al Et'jah Al Muakis (The Opposite Direction),hosted by Faisal Al Kasim. Joining him on the show was a former Shia Ba'athist Fadhil Al Rubae and Sistani loyalist Fuad Al Samawi. During the program, Faisal and Fadhil m [...] | 2005-12-15 10:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
05BAGHDAD5019 | ELECTIONS - AROUND IRAQ BIG TURNOUT, LIMITED [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Here follows a review, as of 18:00, of today's events in various parts of Iraq. PRTs and SETs will submit individual analyses as well. Overall, turnout was high across Iraq, including in troubled Anbar province in the West. The election commission extended offici [...] | 2005-12-15 16:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
05BAGHDAD5021 | FADHILA LOOKS TO LIFE AFTER ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 11 phone interview, Mohammed Ismael, a high ranking member of Fadhila (an anti-Moqtada, Sadrist party),told POL/FSN that his party will most likely support Adel Abdul Mehdi for Prime Minister, Bayan Jabr for Minister of Interior, and party leader Nadeem Jabiri for [...] | 2005-12-15 17:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
05BAGHDAD5045 | AN INSIDER'S LOOK AT THE PM'S OFFICE [...] (C) Summary. An American contractor working at the PM's office indicates that Adnan Ali al-Khadimi is the only policy and decision-maker on Jaafari's team. Considered the second and third most important people on the team are senior PM advisors Said Hakki and Emad Dhia. But even though they [...] | 2005-12-19 13:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
05BAGHDAD5051 | CODEL INHOFE MEETS WITH TNA MEMBERS [...] (SBU) Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) met December 12 with TNA members Dr. Saad Qindeel, Wijdan Salim, and Yunadem Kanna. ---------------------------------------- Security Situation: We are in a Catch-22 ---------------------------------------- 2. (C) Wijdan Salim said the security situation [...] | 2005-12-19 16:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PBTS PINR MOPS IZ |
05BAGHDAD5068 | UIC 555 LEADERS REACT TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 14 interview, Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) member Ali Suadi told PolOff that in Sadr City confidence in Coalition Forces (CF) is low. The Sadr militia, he claimed, openly patrols in Sadr City in black uniforms and guns; the Iraqi police make no effort [...] | 2005-12-20 16:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PGOV PINR IZ |