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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00BEIRUT1411 | ELECTION 2000: AMAL-HIZBALLAH MAKE A DEAL, [...]C) SUMMARY: AMAL MOVEMENT AND HIZBALLAH HAVE MADE A SYRIAN-INDUCED DEAL TO DISTRIBUTE SEATS AMONG THEMSELVES IN THE UPCOMING PARLIAME[...] |
2000-04-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL LE |
| 01ABUJA1046 | SHARIA IN ZAMFARA--A NEW LOW [...]) Summary: Governor Ahmed Sani on May 3 permitted the second hand-amputation since the return of criminal Sharia in Zamfara State in [...] |
2001-05-09 14:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KISL KIRL |
| 01ABUJA1133 | KANO HOTEL BURNED BY SHARI'A ENFORCERS [...]) Summary: In a recent crackdown, the Government of Kano State authorized the quasi-vigilante enforcement of the State's new liquor l[...] |
2001-05-16 09:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL SOCI EAID NI ASEC |
| 01ABUJA1449 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR VISITS SOKOTO STATE: OFR [...]U) In his first trip to the Northwest, Ambassador Jeter travelled to Sokoto State on June 19 and 20 to hold meetings with Governor Baf[...] |
2001-06-22 19:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI KISL NI |
| 01ABUJA2347 | JOS CONFLICT ASSESSMENT [...]) Summary. A team of officials from the U.S., U.K. and Netherlands diplomatic missions in Abuja drove to Jos on Friday, September 14[...] |
2001-09-19 17:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREF CASC MOPS KIRF KISL EAID NI |
| 01ABUJA2398 | NO CELEBRATIONS IN ZAMFARA: REPORTS INACCURATE [...]ummary: Post has investigated the story reported by a BBC stringer in Gusau, capital of Zamfara State, that there were celebrations th[...] |
2001-09-21 07:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KISL PINS NI |
| 01ABUJA2510 | NORTHERN GOVERNORS ON SECURITY SITUATION [...]) Summary: During a tour of Northern Nigeria the week of September 23, Poloff discussed with six governors--Jigawa, Kebbi, Zamfara, S[...] |
2001-10-03 09:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PTER PINS PINR KISL CASC EAID NI |
| 01ABUJA2700 | STONING SENTENCES IN KEBBI, SOKOTO; GON BEGINS [...][...] |
2001-10-23 17:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF NI |
| 01ABUJA2786 | RADICALIZATION OF ISLAM IN NIGERIA [...]BU) Summary: The Embassy interprets a "radical formulation of Islam" (reftel) as one which deems violence against Americans as licit[...] |
2001-10-31 13:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF NI |
| 01ABUJA2792 | RADICALIZATION OF ISLAM IN NIGERIA [...]BU) Summary: The Embassy interprets a "radical formulation of Islam" (reftel) as one which deems violence against Americans as licit[...] |
2001-11-01 11:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF KPAO OIIP |
| 01ABUJA3236 | NIGERIA - THE AMBASSADOR'S IFTAR [...]mbassador Jeter hosted a very successful Iftar on Wednesday, December 12. Although FSOs assigned to the (former) Embassy Office in Ab[...] |
2001-12-19 18:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL OEXC PGOV PREL NI |
| 01BEIRUT1018 | KHATAMI HOLDS COURT FOR LEBANESE [...]) SUMMARY: IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI MET ON APRIL 25 WITH HIZBALLAH SYG HASSAN NASRALLAH AND PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL LEADER NABIH [...] |
2001-04-26 16:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL KPAL IR SY LE |
| 01BEIRUT758 | HIZBALLAH-AMAL FORGE MUNICIPAL ELECTION [...]) SUMMARY: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL MOVEMENT HEAD NABIH BERRI, CORNERED BY SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR HARIRI'S STRUCTURAL REFORMS WHICH WIL[...] |
2001-03-22 16:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IR LE |
| 01CAIRO3303 | EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART I: HISTORY AND [...]) THIS IS THE FIRST IN A TWO PART MESSAGE DISCUSSING EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. PART 1 OUTLINES ITS HISTORY AND STRUCTURE, PART 2 OF TH[...] |
2001-05-31 09:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER EG |
| 01CAIRO3757 | EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART 2: A POPULAR [...]) IN THIS, THE SECOND OF TWO CABLES ON EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB), WE LOOK AT THE BANNED MOVEMENT'S POPULARITY AND ITS SOURCES. DES[...] |
2001-06-21 11:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER EG |
| 01CAIRO7997 | EGYPT: NEW TERRORIST GROUP, AL-WA'AD (THE PROMISE) [...]C) IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF TRIAL BEFORE THE MILITARY TRIBUNAL, THE PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN ORGANIZATION OF 94 EGYPTIANS AND FOREIGNERS, [...] |
2001-12-10 16:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER PGOV PHUM EG |
| 01DUBAI1141 | POPULAR IRANIAN VIEWS OF TEHRAN'S POLICY [...]U) CLASSIFIED BY PRINCIPAL OFFICER RICHARD OLSON FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). ¶2. (C) SUMMARY. IRANIAN VISA APPLICANTS, [...] |
2001-09-15 08:41:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KPAL KISL IR TC |
| 01KUWAIT3757 | KUWAITIS DENOUNCE BIN LADEN [...]UWAITI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND OPINION LEADERS DENOUNCED THE BIN LADEN TAPE RELEASED BY THE PENTAGON DECEMBER 13. Â[...] |
2001-12-15 14:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KISL KU |
| 01MANILA6761 | MISUARI TO USG "I'M NO TERRORIST" [...]) SUMMARY: NUR MISUARI HAS DECIDED TO REVERT BACK TO HIS ARMED SEPARATIST WAYS, BUT HAS SENT A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE UNITED STATES CLAI[...] |
2001-11-21 11:56:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MOPS PREL KISL PGOV RP |
| 02ABUJA3015 | NIGERIA: GOMBE STATE BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING [...]) SUMMARY: Governor Alhaji Abubakar Habu Hashidu is a key power broker in Northeast Nigeria. Deputy Governor Joshua M. Lidani is an in[...] |
2002-11-05 13:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR NI KISL |
| 02ABUJA3017 | NIGERIA: GOMBE STATE GOVERNOR'S VIEWS ON [...]C) SUMMARY: On October 6, Ambassador Jeter and Economic Officer Hricik met with Gombe State Governor Hashidu and Deputy Governor Lidan[...] |
2002-11-05 14:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PTER NI |
| 02ABUJA3296 | NIGERIA: PROTESTS AND PRAYERS IN KATSINA [...]U) Peaceful protests have been taking place recently in Nigeria's northern Katsina state, reportedly sponsored by the "Shi'ite" Musli[...] |
2002-12-11 16:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI KISL PGOV PINS PINR KPAO NI |
| 02AMMAN2432 | SENIOR ISLAMIC FIGURES PRAISE CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM [...]C) The Chief Justice of the Sharia Court and the Mufti of the Kingdom recently expressed to us their strong condemnation of Israeli v[...] |
2002-05-16 09:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL SOCI IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2529 | TENSE REGIONAL SITUATION INCREASES ELECTION [...]) Developments across the river and elsewhere in the region continue to place strong pressure on King Abdullah's reformist agenda. Al[...] |
2002-05-20 13:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO KISL PGOV PREL |
| 02AMMAN3327 | ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT LEADERS TO U.S.: DIALOGUE, [...]) On June 13, Poloff and PA Cultural Exchange Visitor Imam Yahya Hindi met with Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders Hamza Mansour (IAF [...] |
2002-06-20 05:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN3330 | SHARIA PROFS DISMISSED, SOME REINSTATED; MYSTIFIED [...]) SUMMARY. Three Jordanian universities recently dismissed 8 professors, most of whom were Sharia professors, without explanation. M[...] |
2002-06-20 06:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PHUM PGOV JO |
| 02AMMAN3549 | ASSABEEL: UNDERSTANDING JORDAN'S PREEMINENT [...]) The Islamist publication Assabeel ("the way" or "the path") is Jordan's most important weekly newspaper. Its circulation is small c[...] |
2002-06-30 13:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN3947 | JORDAN: ENGAGING ISLAM [...]) Embassy Amman's chief goals include promoting moderation and reform within Jordan through contact work and a wide range of programs.[...] |
2002-07-17 13:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER EFIN EAID KPAO KDEM KIRF PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN3953 | . . . AND NOW ELECTIONS APPEAR LESS LIKELY [...]) As King Abdullah's July 31st visit to Washington approaches, the status of elections to reinstate Jordan's Parliament remains uncert[...] |
2002-07-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL JO |
| 02AMMAN4236 | AMBASSADOR ROSS' MEETING WITH ISLAMISTS: A GOOD [...]) On July 17, R Special Coordinator Ambassador Ross met with Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders Sheikh Hamza Mansour (IAF Secretary Ge[...] |
2002-07-31 06:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN4258 | IAF PRESS RELEASE RESPONDS TO PRESS CRITICISM OF [...]Summary. The July 17 meeting between R Special Coordinator Ambassador Christopher Ross and the leadership of the Islamic Action Front[...] |
2002-07-31 12:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO KISL KPAL JO |
| 02AMMAN5478 | EMBASSY AMMAN'S PARTICIPATION IN CAIRO CONFERENCE [...]mbassy Amman requests country clearance for Political Counselor Douglas A. Silliman and Public Affairs Officer Haynes Mahoney to parti[...] |
2002-09-23 14:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL OTRA KISL JO |
| 02AMMAN7234 | RAMADAN 2002: AMMAN [...]MMARY: EMBASSY AMMAN UNDERTOOK A NUMBER OF SPECIAL ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF RAMADAN AIMED AT REINFORCING A MESSAGE OF RESPE[...] |
2002-12-12 13:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KISL JO |
| 02AMMAN7349 | MEPI REACTION: AMMAN [...]UMMARY: THE MEPI AND SECRETARY POWELL'S SPEECH HAVE DOMINATED JORDANIAN EDITORIAL PAGES IN RECENT DAYS, WITH REACTION BEST DESCRIBED [...] |
2002-12-19 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KISL JO |
| 03ABUDHABI3565 | POLITICAL ISLAM COUNTRY SNAPSHOT: UAE [...]U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. (U) This message has been coordinated with[...] |
2003-07-30 13:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | KISL PREL PHUM TC |
| 03ABUJA1340 | NIGERIA: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MEMBERS OF THE [...]) This is the second of Post,s biographic cables on newly appointed GON ministers. This cable focuses on the President,s new economic[...] |
2003-08-07 09:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL KISL NI |
| 03ABUJA1516 | POLITICAL ISLAM: NIGERIA SNAPSHOT [...]C) Reftel questions appear to pertain primarily to countries with active Islamist political parties or NGOs, and Nigeria does not fit[...] |
2003-09-04 14:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PHUM XF XA XG NI |
| 03ABUJA2216 | NIGERIA: CHRISTMAS EVE ECONOMIC ROUND-UP [...]BU) Summary: We report another telecommunications victory for a United States company and another GON milestone in transparency as COD[...] |
2003-12-26 07:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD KISL PTER NI |
| 03ABUJA902 | NIGERIA: ZAK-ZAKY EMERGES FROM HIBERNATION [...]C) Ibrahim el-Zak-Zaky, leader of a fringe Nigerian Islamic sect calling for the return to traditional Shi'a principles, emerged over[...] |
2003-05-16 15:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL NI |
| 03AMMAN1344 | JORDAN: DEMARCHE TO OIC ON IRAQ ISSUES [...]C) A/DCM covered ref points on the Iraq discussion at the OIC summit with Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan [...] |
2003-03-06 09:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IZ JO OIC |
| 03AMMAN4408 | NEW PARLIAMENT MEETS, ELECTS SPEAKER; ISLAMIST [...]U) The Jordanian Chamber of Deputies (Lower House of the Parliament), elected on June 17, held its first special session July 16 and [...] |
2003-07-16 15:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN4827 | POLITICAL ISLAM IN JORDAN: OPPOSITION MOSTLY FROM [...]) Political Islam is a mostly moderate force in Jordanian society. By far, the most important Islamic organization in Jordan is the M[...] |
2003-08-03 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PHUM XF XA XG |
| 03AMMAN4849 | POLL RESULTS REFLECT GROWING POPULAR DESIRE FOR [...]C) A Jordanian pollster who has conducted a number of studies in the country over the past several years believes that there is a gro[...] |
2003-08-04 07:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN5245 | JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT GIVES ABUL RAGHEB'S [...]U) On August 14, Jordanian Members of Parliament (MPs) overwhelmingly approved the new government of Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb. [...] |
2003-08-19 07:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN5330 | CHRISTIAN MP COMPLAINS ABOUT USG RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...]C) A Christian member of the Jordanian Parliament complained August 20 that USG religious freedom policy in the Middle East hurts the[...] |
2003-08-21 14:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF KISL XF JO |
| 03AMMAN5333 | MILITARY PROSECUTORS FORMALLY CHARGE 13 IN 2002 [...]) The Jordanian State Security Court on August 14 formally charged 13 individuals accused of plotting attacks against U.S. and Jordan[...] |
2003-08-21 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN5336 | JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS USE PARLIAMENTARY PLATFORM TO [...]) The Islamic Action Front (IAF), political arm of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, bounded onto the political scene in Jordan this m[...] |
2003-08-21 15:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN5940 | JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES CHARGE 15 IN ANOTHER [...]) In the second indictment against alleged terrorist plotters handed down in a month, Jordan's state security court formally charged 1[...] |
2003-09-15 15:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KISL ASEC PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN6119 | ANTI-NORMALIZATION CAMPAIGN IN JORDAN HAS LASTING [...]) The effects of an Anti-Normalization Committee, disbanded over two years ago, linger. One remnant of its campaigns to discredit Jord[...] |
2003-09-23 15:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM KPAL IS JO |
| 03AMMAN6120 | ISLAMISTS DENOUNCE U.S. PRESSURE ON IRAN, CALL FOR [...]) SUMMARY & COMMENT: Prominent Jordanian Islamists have denounced U.S. policy toward Iran, encouraged the Iraqi resistance, and calle[...] |
2003-09-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL IR IZ JO MEPP |
| 03AMMAN6232 | JORDANIAN FORCES CAPTURE FUGITIVE EXTREMIST BEHIND [...]) Capping a ten-month manhunt, Jordanian security forces on September 27 captured one of its most-wanted fugitives, local Islamic extr[...] |
2003-09-29 15:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN6347 | PROSECUTION IN FOLEY TRIAL RESTS; JORDANIAN [...]U) The final prosecution witnesses in the case of five individuals accused of assassinating USAID official Laurence Foley appeared in[...] |
2003-10-02 15:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PGOV PTER JO |
| 03AMMAN6502 | GOJ DEMOLITION ORDER IN PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP [...]C) A plan to demolish homes of more than 500 families to widen a congested main thoroughfare in Jordan's second-largest Palestinian r[...] |
2003-10-09 14:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL IS PGOV JO |
| 03AMMAN7268 | JORDANIAN ANTI-NORMALIZERS SCORE LEGAL VICTORY [...]C) Jordanian anti-normalizers scored a victory on October 26 in their campaign against ties with Israel. Capping a two-year legal bat[...] |
2003-11-06 12:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM KPAL IS JO |
| 03AMMAN7298 | ISLAMIC AFFAIRS MINISTER SHARES PLAN OF ACTION; [...]C) During the Ambassador's courtesy call on November 5 on Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Shaykh Ahmad Hilayel, the Minister ou[...] |
2003-11-06 16:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN7909 | ISLAMIC PARTY THE KING-MAKER IN JORDAN'S SPEAKER [...]C) Saad Hayel Srour, former Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, told PolCouns and PolOff that he withdrew from the Speaker race [...] |
2003-12-04 17:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO KTER |
| 03AMMAN8122 | JORDANIAN OPPOSITION TO GENEVA ACCORD GEARS UP IN [...]C) Breaking weeks of relative silence on the issue, Jordanian officials, led by King Abdullah, are lauding the unofficial Geneva Acco[...] |
2003-12-11 18:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KISL IS JO |
| 03AMMAN8225 | JORDANIAN ISLAMIST LEADERS CALL FOR POLITICAL [...]U) In recent press interviews, the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic Action Front welcomed government dialogue efforts[...] |
2003-12-16 18:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM KISL JO KTER |
| 03AMMAN8286 | PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ON ISLAMISTS, NEW GOVERNMENT, [...]C) Lower House Speaker Abdul Hadi Al-Majali predicted to the Ambassador that "a good majority" would vote to approve the government of[...] |
2003-12-18 12:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM PHUM ECON JO |
| 03AMMAN8321 | ANTINORMALIZERS IN JORDAN RALLY AGAINST GENEVA [...]SBU) The unofficial Geneva accord -- particularly its provisions dealing with the Palestinian right to return -- is the latest cause [...] |
2003-12-18 16:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAL KISL IS JO |
| 03ANKARA7363 | PM ERDOGAN STIRS CONTROVERSY BY REJECTING "ISLAMIC [...]SBU) Summary: PM Erdogan has ignited controversy by rejecting the phrase "Islamic terrorism" to describe the November 15 and 20 Istan[...] |
2003-12-02 09:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PGOV PTER TU |
| 03BEIRUT3697 | FORMER HIZBALLAH LEADER RESURFACES TO DENOUNCE ... [...]C) SUMMARY: SPEAKING AT THE FUNERAL OF HIS FATHER, FORMER HIZBALLAH SECRETARY GENERAL SHAYKH SUBHI TUFAYLI DENOUNCED GOL OFFICIALS AS[...] |
2003-09-10 14:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR KISL IR LE SY |
| 03BEIRUT5454 | LEBANON: ISLAMIC REFORM: THE BEGINNING OF A [...]C) Summary. Meeting in Beirut to address the misuse of Islamic endowments by extremist groups, the Executive Council of the Ministers[...] |
2003-12-23 10:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL KIRF SOCI EFIN LE SA |
| 03COLOMBO1253 | Political Islam in Sri Lanka and the Maldives [...]C) In response to Reftel action request, country descriptions of political Islam as a factor in Sri Lanka and the Maldives are contain[...] |
2003-07-17 09:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER PREL SOCI MV CE |
| 03COLOMBO1493 | Maldivian police review visit to detainee at [...]S/NF) SUMMARY: In an August 26 meeting with Charge', two Maldivian police officials reviewed their recent visit to Guantanamo Bay to [...] |
2003-08-26 11:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINS PGOV KISL MV |
| 03COLOMBO1619 | Tiger attacks in the east spark deep Muslim [...](C) SUMMARY: Attacks by the Tigers in the east have intensified Muslim anxiety about the direction of the peace process. Muslim lead[...] |
2003-09-17 10:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM KISL CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO2009 | Maldivian government requests return of [...]S/NF) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 3. ¶2. (S/NF) On November 18, Mission received a letter dated [...] |
2003-11-20 10:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINS PGOV KISL MV |
| 03ISTANBUL127 | RISING ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT AND U.S. POLICY [...]) Summary: Widespread and increasingly vocal opposition to a possible war against Iraq is on the verge of evolving into a more general[...] |
2003-01-29 14:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO PTER KISL TK |
| 03ISTANBUL1395 | SLIPPERY SLOPE TO SHARI'A?: ISTANBUL DEBATES AKP [...]bu) Summary: Ask anyone in Istanbul what's wrong with the Turkish education system and you are likely to get the same answer: overcrow[...] |
2003-09-19 12:20:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL SOCI TU |
| 03ISTANBUL349 | RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN: CLUES FROM ISTANBUL [...]) Summary: In assessing the outlook for the new government to be led by Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Tayyip Erdogan, we l[...] |
2003-03-14 14:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KISL TK |
| 03JEDDAH828 | TWO SAUDI PROFESSIONALS: BET ON THE PEOPLE, NOT [...]C) ON APRIL 2, POLOFF MET WITH A LOCAL SAUDI LAWYER, DR. BASIM ALIM (STRICTLY PROTECT), TO DISCUSS HIS OPEN LETTER TO CROWN PRINCE ABD[...] |
2003-04-14 13:18:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL SA |
| 03KUWAIT1105 | (C) HOW THE WAR COULD AFFECT KUWAIT POLITICALLY [...]C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Reftel examined how a US-led war against Saddam's regime could affect US relations with Kuwait. This me[...] |
2003-03-26 18:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV SOCI KISL KU |
| 03KUWAIT1334 | REACHING OUT AT THE SHI'ITE FEAST OF AL-ARBA'EEN [...]) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 5. ¶2. (C) Both the people and the Government of Kuwait support [...] |
2003-04-09 16:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KISL PGOV PREL SOCI IZ |
| 03KUWAIT2276 | IRAQ'S SHIA HEARTLAND: PROMINENT SHIA SHARES [...]) Summary: One week after returning to Iraq, noted Shia leader Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum and his party are encountering an Iraqi populac[...] |
2003-05-28 06:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV KISL SOCI IZ KU IR |
| 03KUWAIT3536 | (C) POLITICAL ISLAM WORKING GROUP: KUWAIT SNAPSHOT [...]C) This cable responds to reftel request for "brief thumbnail descriptions" of Kuwait's "most influential or prominent Islamist politi[...] |
2003-08-04 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PHUM PGOV KU |
| 03KUWAIT3605 | ISLAMIST COMMENTATORS TAKE AIM AT EMBASSY [...][...] |
2003-08-06 10:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PHUM KU |
| 03KUWAIT3950 | (U) "SCIENTIFIC SALAFIS" PRESS FOR BIDOON RIGHTS [...]C) SUMMARY: Hardline Islamists are spearheading a push to resolve the status of the Bidoon, stateless persons resident in Kuwait who [...] |
2003-08-26 12:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT4071 | LACK OF NAJAF SECURITY THREATENS SHIA SUPPORT [...]) Summary: Reacting to the death of Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Hakim, prominent Kuwaiti Shi'is have again (reftels) warned the Embassy t[...] |
2003-09-03 13:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL SOCI KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT4503 | (U) ISLAMISTS PROTEST SUPERSTAR CONCERT [...]) Summary: A small gathering of Islamists, members of the National Assembly among them, protested the Sept. 18-19 "Superstar" pop musi[...] |
2003-10-01 10:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL SOCI PGOV PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT4532 | (C) AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW AWQAF MINISTER [...]C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid an introductory call on the new Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, Dr. Abdullah al-Maatouq, Sept[...] |
2003-10-01 14:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT4613 | (C) SPEAKER KHORAFI PREDICTS INCREMENTAL PROGRESS [...]C) SUMMARY: National Assembly Speaker Jassem al-Khorafi told the Ambassador October 6 the Government should be able to muster a major[...] |
2003-10-08 05:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN KISL ETRD PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT482 | GOK EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE EXTREMIST INFLUENCES IN [...]/NF) Summary: Embassy PAO met January 27 with Kuwait's Minister of Education, Dr. Mus'aad al-Haroun, to discuss his ministry's effort[...] |
2003-02-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL SCUL PGOV PHSA KU |
| 03KUWAIT5841 | CONFERENCE WRAPUP: ISLAMISTS AND POLITICAL REFORM [...]ummary. Gulf Islamists, notable academics and reporters gathered in Kuwait from December 6-8 to discuss the role of Islamists in regio[...] |
2003-12-29 14:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT595 | EVALUATION: KUWAIT SHARED VALUES SPEAKER HEDIEH [...]mmary: Dr. Hedieh Mirahmadi, Director of Public Affairs for the Supreme Islamic Council of America and member of the Council of Americ[...] |
2003-02-18 09:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KISL OPRC OIIP KU |
| 03KUWAIT651 | KUWAIT,S ISLAMISTS: THEY NEED US BUT THEY DON'T [...]) Summary: Poloffs have met with a number of influential Kuwaiti Islamists to discuss their views of the U.S. presence in Kuwait and [...] |
2003-02-23 11:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PGOV PINR KU |
| 03LAGOS104 | NIGERIA: CONVERSATION WITH FORMER INFORMATION [...]U) Summary. Prince Tony Momoh, former Minister of Information and Culture, successful public relations consultant and influential pol[...] |
2003-01-14 10:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL NI |
| 03LAGOS2379 | Engaging Islam in Southern Nigeria. [...]Summary: Working closely with PAS, post engaged the southern Muslim community on the "Shared Meaning of Ramadan and Thanksgiving" and[...] |
2003-11-20 07:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO NI KISL |
| 03LAGOS322 | NIGERIA: AN ASSESSMENT OF POLITICIZED ISLAM IN THE [...]) Summary. Islam as a factor in politics in southwestern Nigeria and the threat of the imposition of Shari'a (Koranic law) in the &#[...] |
2003-02-13 10:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PINR PTER NI |
| 03MONTREAL204 | BORDER UPDATE - CANADIAN IMMIGRATION DIGS OUT OLD [...]SUMMARY: A LONG-STANDING CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION CANADA (CIC) PRACTICE HAS CHANGED. ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO PREVIOUSLY WOULD HAVE BEEN[...] |
2003-02-14 16:30:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREF KPAO PBTS KISL PGOV PREL CVIS CA CIC |
| 03MONTREAL4 | APPARENT ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM PRIMARILY PAKISTAN RESIDING [...]MMARY: SOME 200 ALIENS, MOST OF THEM OF PAKISTANI ORIGIN, FLOCKED TO THE NEW YORK-QUEBEC BORDER POST OF CHAMPLAIN-LACOLLE IN AN ATTEMP[...] |
2003-01-03 21:27:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG KPAO SOCI KISL PGOV PTER PREL PBTS CA |
| 03RABAT1086 | CASABLANCA ATTACKS: WHO ARE THE SALAFIYAH [...]C) SUMMARY. COMMENTING ON THE MAY 16 BOMBINGS ON MOROCCAN TELEVISION MAY 18, PM DRISS JETTOU INDIRECTLY CRITICIZED THE LEGAL ISLAMIS[...] |
2003-05-19 17:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KISL MO |
| 03RANGOON1361 | RELIGIOUS/ETHNIC TENSIONS SPREAD TO RANGOON [...]) Summary: For the past four nights, October 25-28, and coinciding with the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, Rangoon has experienc[...] |
2003-10-29 10:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS SCUL PGOV KISL BM |
| 03RANGOON1509 | BURMA'S MUSLIM LEADERS, FOREIGN DIPLOMATS FETED [...]BU) Summary: Two Iftaar dinners hosted recently by the Embassy community made great strides in improving already good relations with t[...] |
2003-11-21 07:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL SCUL KPAO PREL BM |
| 03RANGOON258 | MUSLIM REPRESSION AND RESENTMENT NEAR BURMA'S [...]C) Summary: The Burmese regime's repression of the mostly Muslim population of northern Rakhine State, located along the border with[...] |
2003-02-27 08:47:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREF KISL BM UNHCR |
| 03RANGOON897 | MOSQUE RAZED, PARAMILITARIES TRAINED [...]C) Trouble in Sittwe: Local officials on July 22 reportedly tore down a mosque in Sittwe, 70 miles SE of the Bangladeshi border, and [...] |
2003-07-28 10:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL BM |
| 03RIYADH5821 | RIYADH GOVERNOR ON ISLAMIC EXTREMISM AND REGIONAL [...]) Summary: An exceptionally cordial and frank Riyadh Governor Prince Salman told the Ambassador on September 16 that Muslim fanatics[...] |
2003-09-16 13:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL MEPP KPAL SA IZ |
| 03SANAA1313 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE ROAD MAP [...][...] |
2003-06-10 09:04:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM |
| 03SANAA1718 | MEDIA REACTION ON AMBASSADOR HULL'S ARTICLE ON [...]MMARY: On July 2, an opinion article on Iraq by Ambassador Edmund Hull, entitled "Toward a Free Iraq: Security, Economic, Political Ef[...] |
2003-07-16 11:31:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM |
| 03SANAA2258 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON BUSH'S ADDRESS TO THE [...]SUMMARY: U.S. President George W. Bush's speech on September 7 has so far been mentioned only in one government and one opposition pap[...] |
2003-09-11 10:30:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM |
| 03SANAA2474 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON BURNS'S VISIT TO YEMEN [...]MMARY AND COMMENT: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Burns's visit to Yemen received wide and positive coverage in the Yemeni [...] |
2003-10-08 14:44:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM |
| 03SANAA253 | INITIAL YEMENI MEDIA REACTION TO SECRETARY [...][...] |
2003-02-06 13:31:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM |
| 03SANAA263 | ROYG INITIATIVE TO ESTABLISH A CODE OF CONDUCT TO [...]C) Summary: President Saleh this week proposed an initiative between the political parties to establish a Code of Conduct to ensure [...] |
2003-02-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 03SANAA2730 | MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S REMAKRS AT THE [...]SUMMARY: U.S. President George W. Bush's remarks at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) on November 6th have been mentioned in [...] |
2003-11-18 09:03:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 03SANAA2763 | MEDIA REACTION ON AL-MOAYAD'S EXTRADITION FROM [...]SUMMARY: The Extradition of Mohammed Al-Hasan al-Moayad and his aide Mohammed Zayed from Germany to the United States on November 17th[...] |
2003-11-22 13:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 03SANAA3016 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF PHIL REEKER, STATE [...]SUMMARY: U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesman Phil Reeker visited Yemen during December 8-11. He held an open meeting with the pres[...] |
2003-12-23 12:30:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM |
| 03THEHAGUE1942 | NETHERLANDS: COUNTRY SNAPSHOT FOR POLITICAL ISLAM [...]) To date, only one political group in the Netherlands claims an Islamic political platform (AEL-NL, see A below). There are numerous [...] |
2003-08-01 14:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PHUM NL |
| 04ABUDHABI1766 | MBZ ON MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SYMPATHIZERS IN THE UAE [...]U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. (C) In a meeting with Deputy Secretary Arm[...] |
2004-05-30 12:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2524 | MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH--ABU DHABI RESPONSE [...]C) SUMMARY: There is little sign of an active political Islamic movement in the UAE. The UAEG promotes the moderate practice of Isla[...] |
2004-07-28 13:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO OIIP EAID KDEM OPRC PREL PHUM PTER KISL |
| 04ABUDHABI3631 | UAE: CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC TEACHINGS [...]E UAE WILL HOST A SIX-DAY CONFERENCE BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 25 TO HIGHLIGHT ISLAM'S TEACHINGS ABOUT TOLERANCE, JUSTICE, FORGIVENESS, AND[...] |
2004-10-13 10:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PHUM KDEM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4025 | ISLAM EXPERTS PROMOTE MODERATION, CONDEMN TERROR [...]ummary: The UAE hosted an international conference on Islam October 25-30 designed to encourage moderation in preaching and condemn e[...] |
2004-11-09 12:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4061 | UAE minimizing influence of Islamic extremists [...]) Summary: Over the past several years, senior UAE ruling family members have shared concerns with us about a small, yet potentially h[...] |
2004-11-10 12:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | KISL PGOV PREL TC |
| 04ABUJA183 | NIGERIAN "TALIBAN" ATTACKS MOST LIKELY NOT TIED TO [...]) Summary: Political, religious and economic leaders in Yobe State told Econoff in late January that what government officials and me[...] |
2004-02-06 04:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM KISL NI |
| 04ACCRA1760 | WA LEFT WANTING: AMBASSADOR VISITS A NEGLECTED [...]e city of Wa, the regional capital of the Upper West region of Ghana, received its likely first-ever visit by an American ambassador o[...] |
2004-08-30 14:20:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KISL GH |
| 04AMMAN1270 | JORDAN REACTION TO AL HURRA LAUNCH [...]ARLY REACTION TO THE LAUNCHING OF AL HURRA IN JORDAN IS PREDICTABLY NEGATIVE FROM THE PROFESSIONAL PUNDIT CLASS, BUT MORE NUANCED AMON[...] |
2004-02-19 15:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAO TSPA OIIP |
| 04AMMAN1451 | JORDANIAN ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT KEEPS "MODERATE" [...]U) The Shura Council of the Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, on February 21 reelect[...] |
2004-02-25 16:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KISL KPAL JO |
| 04AMMAN1665 | JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER BACKS INTERNATIONAL [...]C) Abdul Hadi Al-Majali, Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, told the Ambassador on March 4 that he had been in contact with a g[...] |
2004-03-04 19:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN2165 | SHEIKH YASSIN'S KILLING COMPLICATES JORDAN-ISRAEL [...]C) A visibly upset FonMin Muasher told us March 22 that Israel's killing of HAMAS spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin just days afte[...] |
2004-03-22 18:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KISL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN2553 | AQABA SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE MAKES STRIDES, BUT [...]SBU) The three-year-old Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) has made significant progress in promoting Aqaba's tandem appea[...] |
2004-04-01 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON JO KISL KWMN PGOV |
| 04AMMAN2554 | AQABA AUTHORITIES CONFRONT SOCIAL, REGIONAL [...]SBU) Despite significant achievements in the three years since the creation of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZA), major social [...] |
2004-04-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON JO KISL KPAL KWMN PGOV PREF |
| 04AMMAN2764 | GOJ AND MPS BRISTLE AT ALLEGATIONS BY JORDANIAN [...]C) The Islamic Action Front (IAF) has denounced legislators who voted to approve a recent tax increase, prompting strong reaction from[...] |
2004-04-13 07:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN3148 | KING'S DECISION TO POSTPONE D.C. VISIT LOWERS [...]) Summary. Activists have continued to express the anger and sympathy felt in Jordan after the Rantissi assassination and President [...] |
2004-04-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KISL KPAL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN3288 | VARIED JORDANIAN REACTION TO TELEVISED TERRORIST [...]C) Jordanian emotions were all over the map in reaction to the televised confessions of suspected al-Qaeda/Zarqawi affiliates who pla[...] |
2004-04-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN3348 | JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT ASKS KING TO CALL SPECIAL [...]U) The Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament delivered a petition April 27 to the Prime Minister requesting an extraordinary sessio[...] |
2004-05-03 13:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN3380 | ISLAMISTS CONDEMN MISTREATMENT OF IRAQI INMATES, [...]U) The Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political wing of the national Muslim Brotherhood, issued a scathing statement May 2 [...] |
2004-05-03 15:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KISL IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN3406 | IRAQ PRISON ABUSE CHARGES SHAKE JORDANIAN VIEW OF [...]C) Shocked and consumed by heavy media coverage of the Iraqi prison abuse scandal, Jordanians tell us that the resulting damage to Am[...] |
2004-05-04 17:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ASEC PTER KISL IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN3484 | JORDANIANS VENT ANGER AT U.S., WHILE OTHERS [...]C) Strong public opposition to U.S. policies in the region and, more recently, outrage over the Abu Ghreib prisoner abuse story contin[...] |
2004-05-06 16:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PHUM PREL KISL KPAL IZ IS JO |
| 04AMMAN381 | ISLAMISTS WEIGH IN AGAINST THE U.S., ISRAEL AND [...]C) The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), have recently joined a charge against refo[...] |
2004-01-15 17:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KISL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN409 | JORDANIANS PROTEST AGAINST ISRAEL AND U.S. IRAQ [...]C) A non-violent demonstration held January 16 in Amman garnered several hundred Jordanians who protested against Israeli policies and[...] |
2004-01-19 18:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL KISL IS IZ JO KTER |
| 04AMMAN4953 | LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT DEBATES COOPERATION WITH [...]C) The Lower House of Parliament tentatively approved an amendment to a human rights law which bans the National Center for Human Righ[...] |
2004-06-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS JO KHUM |
| 04AMMAN5086 | PARLIAMENT REVERSES COURSE ON PROPOSED BAN ON [...]C) The Lower House of Parliament voted June 20 to remove a controversial amendment to a human rights law that it had earlier approved [...] |
2004-06-22 12:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL PGOV PREL IS JO KHUM |
| 04AMMAN5109 | JORDANIAN-PALESTINIANS ON EDGE AS CONFLICT ROILS [...]C) The festering Palestinian-Israeli conflict has rekindled sensitivity among some Jordanians of Palestinian origin about their posit[...] |
2004-06-23 10:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN540 | ISLAMISTS RENEW DEMANDS TO CANCEL VISIT OF ISRAELI [...]U) In a statement released to the press January 20, the Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political wing of the Muslim Brother[...] |
2004-01-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN6215 | JORDANIAN EXTREMISTS SUSPECTED IN INFILTRATION [...]C) On July 19 at approximately 0600 local time, Jordanian border security forces detected four individuals attempting to infiltrate n[...] |
2004-07-22 14:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER KISL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN6356 | GOJ PROMISES TO CLAMP DOWN ON RADICAL CLERICS, ACT [...]C) Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez pledged July 22 to take action on unaccomplished goals identified by King Abdullah. In accordance w[...] |
2004-07-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN6771 | ANTI-NORMALIZERS, ISLAMISTS DEFY GOVERNMENT AND [...]C) The Jordan Engineers Association (JEA) announced a "boycott" of MP Raed Qaqish after he appeared on an Al Hurra television program [...] |
2004-08-12 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN6803 | JORDAN'S ISLAMIC CENTRIST PARTY PUSHES AHEAD [...]C) A small party that has splintered from the Islamic Action Front -- and strives to be a moderating Islamic counterweight -- has suf[...] |
2004-08-15 09:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ASEC KISL KWMN JO |
| 04AMMAN7196 | PAN-ISLAMIC THINK TANK WEIGHS IN FOR [...]Summary. Under the auspices of Crown Prince Hamza, the Aal-al-Beit Foundation held a conference, Aug. 20 - 23, on "The Islamic System[...] |
2004-08-26 14:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG |
| 04AMMAN728 | IRAQI SUNNIS VISIT AMMAN, SEEK TO ENGAGE U.S. IN [...]S) A group of Sunni Iraqis representing the Iraqi Peace Party told PolCouns January 22 that they want to cooperate with the CPA and C[...] |
2004-01-29 08:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM KISL ECON IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN7619 | GOJ DETAINS, RELEASES UNLICENSED PREACHERS [...]C) Summary: A GOJ crackdown on unlicensed preachers over the weekend ignited a furious reaction from Jordan's powerful Muslim Brothe[...] |
2004-09-14 14:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN7732 | JORDAN MEDIA: 9/11 EDITORIALS TURN ANGRY [...]SBU) Summary: Opinion columns published around the 9/11 anniversary in Jordan reflected a depressed and angry tone, with many writers[...] |
2004-09-17 11:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KMDR KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN7752 | ISLAM AND POLITICS IN JORDAN [...]C) There has been a steady and unmistakable increase in the influence of Islam in Jordanian society over the last two decades. The y[...] |
2004-09-19 08:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PTER JO |
| 04AMMAN7862 | KING FACES IN TWO DIRECTIONS AS HE PROCEEDS WITH A [...]C) Summary. The King will proceed with a cabinet reshuffle and new government mandate in October, but in two contradictory direction[...] |
2004-09-21 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN8195 | JORDAN: PARLIAMENTARY UPDATE [...]U) Parliament is due to resume business on December 1. Security services continue to crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood clerics and polit[...] |
2004-10-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN8350 | KING ABDALLAH FIVE YEARS ON [...]C) Jordan's King Abdallah continues to enjoy firm backing from the Hashemites' traditional pillars of support -- the East Bank tribes [...] |
2004-10-06 12:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL KMPI ECON JO |
| 04AMMAN8544 | ISLAMISTS BURN ISRAELI, U.S. FLAGS; KING EXTOLS [...]U) Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders organized a peaceful demonstration October 8 in Amman protesting Israeli actions in Gaza and the[...] |
2004-10-14 15:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PREL PTER KISL KPAL IS IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN8868 | ANTI-NORMALIZERS, ISLAMISTS ON THE DEFENSIVE [...]C) A Jordanian court declared illegal an anti-normalizer boycott of a member of parliament. Rumors of corruption are plaguing Islamis[...] |
2004-10-28 17:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN9152 | JORDAN TO PUSH FOR INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF [...]C) At the direction of King Abdullah, one of Jordan's leading Muslim clerics issued a strong message November 9 rejecting religious ex[...] |
2004-11-15 18:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN9215 | KING DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP AND [...]) King Abdullah endorsed Abu Mazen and dismissed Qaddoumi as an "eccentric" during a meeting with CODEL Ackerman November 11. The King[...] |
2004-11-17 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL KPAL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN9350 | JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS DEMAND GOJ CUT TIES TO IIG [...]U) Combat in Fallujah has prompted Jordan's Islamic Action Front to step up its public rhetoric against the U.S. effort in Iraq, this[...] |
2004-11-23 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KISL IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN9437 | INTERIOR MINISTER IGNITES CONTROVERSY OVER [...]U) Jordan's interior minister had to backpedal after publicly stating that the GOJ will not consider revamping the current election l[...] |
2004-11-28 15:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KMPI KDEM KPAL KISL KWMN JO |
| 04AMMAN9717 | GOJ PUSHES 'AMMAN MESSAGE' ON ISLAM [...]U) Following the GOJ roll-out of the "Amman Message" last month denouncing political abuse of Islam, the Jordanian government has tak[...] |
2004-12-08 11:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KMPI KPAL JO |
| 04AMMAN9762 | KING OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH EMPHASIS ON ECONOMY; [...]U) King Abdullah opened December 1 a new session of Parliament with a speech focusing on the need to spread the benefits of economic g[...] |
2004-12-09 09:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO |
| 04ANKARA1007 | OUTREACH TO MUSLIM AUDIENCES IN TURKEY [...]hile Turkey's 20th century history is completely different from other countries in the Greater Middle East, the issues we are dealing [...] |
2004-02-21 07:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI KISL TU |
| 04ANKARA2834 | INVITATION TO PM ERDOGAN TO G-8 SUMMIT AT SEA [...]SBU) Per reftel, May 20 Ambassador delivered invitation to Prime Minister Erdogan to attend Sea Island G-8 Summit for GME lunch on Jun[...] |
2004-05-20 11:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL TU |
| 04BAGHDAD119 | USEB 58: Shia Leaders Petition on Behalf of Sadr [...]) Classified by DCM James Jeffrey, Reason 1.4 (B) and (D). ¶2. (C) Summary: Last week, influential Shia leaders, [...] |
2004-07-12 18:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KISL IZ |
| 04BAGHDAD356 | GOVERNOR IN TROUBLE-RIDDEN ANBAR PROVINCE HELD [...]C) Summary: The Governor of Anbar Province, perhaps the most violence-plagued part of Iraq, feels isolated and trapped in his office[...] |
2004-08-03 18:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KISL IZ |
| 04BAGHDAD481 | IRAQI SHIA PARTIES NOT EMBRACING SADR [...]C) Some angry remarks at the National Conference notwithstanding, it appears that the Shia establishment is not rallying behind Muqtad[...] |
2004-08-15 17:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KISL IZ |
| 04BAGHDAD531 | SHAHRISTANI COMMENTS ON NAJAF [...]) SUMMARY. In his call on Ambassador Negroponte, Dr. Hussain al-Shahristani was critical of the Iragi Interim Government's (IIG) handl[...] |
2004-08-17 17:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PARM KISL SOCI IZ |
| 04BAGHDAD963 | IIG SUGGESTS IRAQI GUARDS FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN [...]S) SUMMARY. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih has suggested introducing Iraqi personnel to the inner circle of guards wa[...] |
2004-09-15 05:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KJUS PREL PTER PHUM KISL IZ |
| 04BEIRUT3713 | LEBANON: THE TWO FACES OF HIZBALLAH; PART ONE -- [...]C) A number of Lebanese observers who favor the idea of transforming Hizballah into a normal political party see hopeful signs of this[...] |
2004-07-30 17:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PGOV SOCI LE SY |
| 04BEIRUT408 | LEBANON: BERRI EMPHASIZES AL-SISTANI'S IMPORTANCE [...]C) IN A JANUARY 15 CONVERSATION WITH AMBASSADOR, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER NABIH BERRI SAID HE AND HIS AMAL MOVEMENT FOLLOWERS LOOKED [...] |
2004-01-22 16:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PINR SOCI LE IZ |
| 04BEIRUT4941 | LEBANON: WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMAL? [...]S) Summary and comment: The Amal Movement is unable to keep up with Hizballah's popularity because Amal is seen as disorganized, cor[...] |
2004-11-30 14:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV KISL PTER LE SY |
| 04COLOMBO1838 | SRI LANKA: MUSLIM ROLE IN PEACE PROCESS LARGELY [...]) SUMMARY. The majority of Muslims in Sri Lanka live in the southern, western and central regions of the country, are traders and bus[...] |
2004-11-09 10:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL CE |
| 04DHAKA4266 | EXCHANGE WITH CHAIRMAN OF EXTREMIST ISLAMIST GROUP [...]) Summary. At a chance encounter with polcouns, IOJ Chairman Fazlul Haq Amini denounced Jamaat Islami as power hungry, criticized the[...] |
2004-12-15 06:04:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM PINR BG |
| 04DJIBOUTI595 | JUSTICE REROUTED, AMCIT SENTENCED [...]) U.S. Citizen Alan Funk (PPT# 156160695) has received a six month suspended prison sentence and a 1.6 million DF (U.S.$9,040) fine fr[...] |
2004-04-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | CMGT KJUS CASC CJAN PHUM PREL ECON EINV KISL DJ |
| 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 discusse[...] |
2004-02-01 05:20:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KISL KDEM KPAO TI |
| 04FRANKFURT6156 | SEARCH OF FRANKFURT MOSQUE PROVOKES CONTROVERSY; [...]C) SUMMARY: Police searched Frankfurt's Taqwa ("Fear of Allah" in Arabic) mosque on July 11 in response to allegations that Taqwa's re[...] |
2004-07-19 12:56:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KISL PINS PHUM PGOV GM MO BINR |
| 04FRANKFURT6441 | Germany's Supreme Court President Predicts Ludin [...]SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 15 meeting with Consul General, Federal Constitutional Court (BVG) president Hans- Juergen Papier predicted th[...] |
2004-07-27 15:23:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KISL GM |
| 04ISTANBUL1090 | NEW OIC SECRETARY GENERAL ON ISRAEL/PALESTINE, [...]) Summary and Comment: Elected on June 16 as the next Organization of Islamic Conferences (OIC) Secretary General (reftel), Dr. Ekmele[...] |
2004-07-13 11:28:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PGOV TU |
| 04ISTANBUL492 | TURKS PROTEST YASSIN'S DEATH, CONDEMN ISRAEL, U.S. [...]) Summary: Protesters burned Israeli and American flags at a symbolic funeral held for the former Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin fol[...] |
2004-03-30 12:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KISL TU |
| 04JAKARTA12662 | KALLA WINS CHAIR OF GOLKAR, EMERGES AS POWERFUL [...]) Vice President Jusuf Kalla won the chairmanship of Golkar, Indonesia's largest political party, during a December 16-19 Party Congre[...] |
2004-12-21 11:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 04JAKARTA8872 | THE TASKS AHEAD FOR YUDHOYONO [...]) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's projected win in the September 20 presidential runoff marks a resounding victory for Indonesian democracy[...] |
2004-09-21 11:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KISL ID |
| 04KUWAIT1274 | (C) NEW ICM LEADERS STRIVE FOR MAINSTREAM [...][...] |
2004-04-18 07:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM PHUM SOCI KU |
| 04KUWAIT13 | (C) THE PARADOX OF KUWAIT'S ISLAMISTS [...]) SUMMARY: Kuwaiti Islamists face a unique political quandary in the Islamic world. Their ideological suspicion of the US resembles [...] |
2004-01-04 07:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KU |
| 04KUWAIT1346 | (SBU) PM MOVES TO NIP SECTARIANISM IN THE BUD [...]) Summary: The liberation of Iraq,s Shiite majority has increased the assertiveness of Kuwaiti Shiites (about one-third of Kuwaitis),[...] |
2004-04-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PHUM PGOV KISL SOCI KU |
| 04KUWAIT1504 | (U) RECRUITING KUWAITI KIDS TO FIGHT IN IRAQ [...]U) The local Arabic-language daily Al-Qabas reported May 5 that a Kuwaiti had filed a complaint with his embassy in Damascus, accusing[...] |
2004-05-12 12:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KISL ASEC MOPS IZ 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[...] |
2004-05-25 14:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KISL PREL KJUS PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT1699 | (C) CATHOLIC CHURCH OPERATES FREELY, BUT [...][...] |
2004-05-30 12:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KISL PGOV SOCI PREL KU |
| 04KUWAIT1701 | (C) LIBERALS ON THE OFFENSIVE IN FACE OF GROWING [...][...] |
2004-05-31 06:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM PHUM SOCI 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[...] |
2004-06-02 13:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KISL PGOV PREL KJUS PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT1811 | (C) HARDLINE ISLAMISTS LASH OUT AT US -- FEELING [...]C) SUMMARY: An Islamist MP issued a lengthy diatribe accusing the US Embassy of interfering in Kuwait's internal affairs; he was clea[...] |
2004-06-08 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL SOCI KWMN KU |
| 04KUWAIT2050 | (C) SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...]S/NF) Mr. Secretary, Welcome back to Kuwait. MFA is working to arrange a meeting with Information Minister Mohammed Abulhassan, who i[...] |
2004-07-06 10:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PTER PGOV KJUS KISL IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT2366 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT [...]/NF) Mr. Secretary, welcome back to Kuwait. You are currently scheduled to meet with the Prime Minister, Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sab[...] |
2004-07-29 07:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER PGOV KJUS KISL IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT3320 | FAILAKA FOUR FREE ON BAIL [...]) News dailies reported September 21 that four of the suspects allegedly involved in the October 8, 2002 Failaka Island attack, Adnan [...] |
2004-09-22 13:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KISL KU |
| 04KUWAIT3681 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...]S/NF) Mr. Armitage, welcome back to Kuwait. MFA is working on a November 7 meeting with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jabi[...] |
2004-10-27 13:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PTER PGOV KJUS KISL KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT3876 | ISLAMISTS WIN ANOTHER BATTLE: RAMADAN TV SPECIAL [...]) Summary and Comment: The recently banned Ramadan television special 'Donia Al-Quwy' has become a nationwide hit for the very reason[...] |
2004-11-10 13:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI KU |
| 04KUWAIT4370 | NEA DAS DIBBLE DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM, [...]) Summary and Comment. NEA DAS Philo Dibble and DCM met with MFA Americas Division Chief Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain on December 14. [...] |
2004-12-18 05:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV KISL IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT4371 | THE LINES AND BEARDS GET LONGER AT THE ARAB BOOK [...]mmary: The 29th Arab Book Fair reflected a continued trend of the gradual Islamization of the annual exhibition. A noticeable increase[...] |
2004-12-18 08:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PREL PGOV KU |
| 04KUWAIT4552 | KUWAITIS CONFLICTED OVER CHRISTMAS [...]) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; Please Protect Accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: While some of Kuwait's weste[...] |
2004-12-29 09:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL SCUL ECON KU |
| 04KUWAIT810 | HUNGRY MPS WARM UP THE GRILL [...]BU) SUMMARY:...[...] |
2004-03-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IZ KISL YM KU |
| 04LAGOS1462 | NIGERIA'S SPECIAL BRAND OF ISLAM [...]BU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with the Secretary General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs Lateef Adegbite in early[...] |
2004-07-19 09:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PINR PREL SOCI KISL NI |
| 04LAGOS1477 | NIGERIA'S SPECIAL BRAND OF ISLAM [...]BU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with the Secretary General of the Nigeria Supreme Council SIPDIS for Islamic Affairs [...] |
2004-07-20 14:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PINR PREL SOCI KISL NI |
| 04LILONGWE785 | ISLAM IN MALAWI: A POST-MALAWI FIVE PERSPECTIVE [...]) The June 2003 expulsion of five non-Malawian Muslims suspected of ties to Al-Qaida (AKA the "Malawi Five"), which the press characte[...] |
2004-08-12 13:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | SECRET | KISL PINR KPAO PTER ASEC PREL KIRF OIIP MI |
| 04MADRID3887 | EMBASSY MADRID STRENGTHENS MUSLIM OUTREACH [...]U) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid began its efforts for Muslim outreach in Spain by hosting the visit of Abdulwahab Alkebsi, Program Office[...] |
2004-10-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KPAO KISL SP |
| 04MANAMA336 | ISLAMISTS PULL THE PLUG ON TV SHOW DESPITE [...]C) SUMMARY. In the latest in a string of recent victories, Bahraini Islamists earlier this month compelled the Middle East Broadcast[...] |
2004-03-11 07:26:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KISL BA |
| 04MANAMA376 | LABOR MINISTRY ISSUES FINANCIAL REGULATIONS FOR [...]) SUMMARY: In early March, Bahrain's Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs issued more stringent regulations for charities' financial [...] |
2004-03-17 14:10:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN SOCI KISL BA |
| 04MANAMA404 | BAHRAINI CROWN PRINCE SAYS SHEIKH YASSIN KILLING [...]C) Bahraini Crown Prince Sheikh Salman told CENTCOM's General Abizaid March 24 that the killing of Sheikh Yassin was a setback to tho[...] |
2004-03-24 12:50:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | BA KISL PREL |
| 04MANAMA409 | VIGILANTES ATTACK RESTAURANT IN NAME OF MORALITY [...]C) SUMMARY. For the second time in two weeks, mobs of Shi'a youths ransacked on March 17 a place of "unethical practices," destroyin[...] |
2004-03-25 09:35:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS ASEC PGOV KISL BA |
| 04MAPUTO1026 | MUSLIM OUTREACH IN MOZAMBIQUE [...]BU) Summary: Post is cognizant of the religious diversity in Mozambique and has taken efforts to include representatives from various [...] |
2004-07-29 13:41:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL EAID KDEM PHUM PGOV OEXC OPRC OIIP MZ KISL |
| 04MAPUTO1040 | AMERICAN MISSIONARIES GET TANGLED IN POLITICAL, [...]BU) Summary. On June 26, 14 Americans were expelled from Montepuez in Cabo Delgado province, where they were setting up an evangelical[...] |
2004-08-02 15:18:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PREL KIRF KISL KDEM MZ RENAMO |
| 04MAPUTO1525 | FIRST EVER IFTAR WITH MOZAMBICAN ISLAMIC [...]MMARY: Maputo PAS organized an Iftar at the Ambassador's residence that took place the final Friday of Ramadan, November 12. Nine prom[...] |
2004-11-23 12:12:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC OIIP PINR KISL |
| 04MAPUTO834 | THINGS LOOK DIFFERENT FROM UP NORTH [...]BU) Summary. Recent visits to Nampula and Cabo Delgado Provinces impressed upon embassy officers major challenges facing northern Moza[...] |
2004-06-24 08:37:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PREF PTER ASEC MZ KISL RENAMO FRELIMO |
| 04MONTREAL451 | GAS PLANT PROJECT CONTROVERSY HIGHLIGHTS [...]UMMARY: Quebec's energy board is holding hearings on whether provincial energy needs require the construction of an 836 megawatt gas [...] |
2004-03-19 21:02:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OEXC OIIP KISL KPAL PTER IS |
| 04MONTREAL550 | Montreal Jewish School Firebombed on Passover [...]private Jewish school in Montreal's St. Laurent neighborhood was firebombed in the early morning hours of April 5, the first day of th[...] |
2004-04-06 20:47:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KISL CA |
| 04NEWDELHI7394 | PRE-SAARC INDIA GOES EASY ON BANGLADESH [...]) Summary: Bangladesh Foreign Minister Morshed Khan's November 1 stop in New Delhi was officially scheduled to deliver India's invitat[...] |
2004-11-19 14:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KISL BG IN |
| 04PARIS6076 | FRENCH CEMETERY DESECRATIONS AND LINK TO EXTREME [...]SBU) Summary: France has seen a rash of hate crimes resulting in the desecration of nearly 400 Jewish and Muslim tombs since the begin[...] |
2004-08-17 08:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PHUM FR KISL |
| 04PARIS8949 | INTERIOR MINISTER VILLEPIN DISCUSSES ANTI-SEMITISM [...]U) Summary: Throughout his meeting with United States Holocaust Memorial Museum officials on November 19, Interior Minister Villepin u[...] |
2004-12-14 14:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL KIRF FR |
| 04PARIS9159 | GOF LAUNCHES ANOTHER PROPOSAL TO FOSTER MORE [...]C) Summary: Internal power struggles continue to plague the Council for the Muslim Faith (CFCM), the GoF-created umbrella organization[...] |
2004-12-28 15:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR |
| 04QUEBEC44 | ALGERIAN SEEKING HAVEN IN QUEBEC CHURCH ARRESTED AND [...]) The case of an Algerian asylum-seeker who had been living in Montreal for the last six years came to a head this weekend. Mohamed [...] |
2004-03-08 17:47:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CA CVIS KISL SMIG |
| 04RANGOON1056 | BURMA: HISTORIC HEROIN BUST REVEALS MAJOR [...]) Summary: Burma's largest heroin seizure in history (592 kilos seized along the southern coast in early July) has uncovered a major [...] |
2004-08-18 07:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KISL BM |
| 04RANGOON1577 | UNHCR'S THIN BLUE LINE BETWEEN THE SPDC AND [...]) Summary: The UN's refugee agency has essentially exhausted its mandate to oversee repatriation operations along the Bangladesh bord[...] |
2004-12-14 08:25:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM KISL BM NGO |
| 04RANGOON172 | UNHCR GAINS ACCESS TO FORMER CONFLICT AREAS IN [...]) Summary: On the heels of a cease-fire agreement between the Burmese regime and the insurgent Karen National Union (KNU), the UNHCR [...] |
2004-02-06 10:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV KISL BM |
| 04RANGOON238 | AMERICAN CENTER SPEAKER PROMOTES DIALOGUE ON [...]BU) Summary: Embassy Rangoon's Public Affairs Section hosted Fulbright Scholar Jeffrey Kamakahi for programs on diversity, inequality[...] |
2004-02-23 10:07:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KISL KPAO BM |
| 04RANGOON470 | BURMESE MUSLIMS BRACE FOR FALLOUT [...]C) SUMMARY: Rangoon-based Muslim leaders are advising Muslims to expect a severe GOB reaction following the April 7 attack on the Bur[...] |
2004-04-09 10:21:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PTER PGOV PINS KISL MY BM |
| 04RANGOON805 | THE MADRASSAS OF RANGOON [...]) Summary: Despite pervasive and sometimes aggressive religious discrimination that favors Burma's Buddhist majority, Islamic religiou[...] |
2004-06-25 02:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | SCUL PGOV PTER EFIN KISL BM |
| 04RANGOON881 | KYAUKSE: THAN SHWE'S TIKRIT [...]C) Summary: A visit to Senior General Than Shwe's hometown of Kyaukse revealed a town of above average development, but with lingering[...] |
2004-07-13 09:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL BM |
| 04ROME1964 | INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION: [...]mmary: Post would like to bring to Department's attention the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), a Rome-based intergov[...] |
2004-05-20 12:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID KJUS KISL UN |
| 04ROME2487 | USAID DEPUTY ADMINSTRATOR SCHIECK VISITS THE [...]mmary: during his trip to Rome for the World Food Program Executive Board meetings, USAID Deputy Administrator Frederick W. Schieck me[...] |
2004-06-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC KJUS KISL IDLO |
| 04SANAA1690 | RELIGIOUS GUIDANCE CONFERENCE CALLS FOR MODERATION [...]) Summary: After several delays (reftel), Sanaa was the venue for a significant religious gathering June 20-24, the "Mutamar al-Irsha[...] |
2004-07-13 07:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL PGOV PINR KISL YM COUNTER TERRORISM HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04SANAA1771 | SA'DA FIGHTING: UPDATE AND IMPLICATIONS [...]) After an estimated 400-500 deaths, a large number of injured on both sides and roughly 400 al-Houthy supporters detained, the fight[...] |
2004-07-26 17:00:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV KISL YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 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 re[...] |
2004-08-08 15:33:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PINR PREL PTER COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA2006 | YEMEN: AL-HOUTHI INSURGENCY CONTINUES UNABATED [...]) Summary. The conflict continues between ROYG forces and armed-supporters of rebel Shi'ite cleric al-Houthi. The fighting remains c[...] |
2004-08-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | KISL PARM PGOV PINR 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 f[...] |
2004-08-25 12:48:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | KISL PGOV PINR PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA488 | MEDIA REACTION ON US TREASURY DEPARTMENT [...]UMMARY: Press coverage of the 2/24 terrorist financing designation of Shaikh Abd-al-Majid al-Zindani, Head of both Al-Iman University [...] |
2004-03-03 13:46:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA498 | ROYG CONDEMNS 3/2 ATTACKS IN BAGHDAD AND KERBALA [...]) DCM contacted Presidential translator/advisor Mohamed Sudam and conveyed reftel demarche evening of 3/3. Sudam noted that the absen[...] |
2004-03-04 11:01:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KISL YM DEMARCHE |
| 04SANAA506 | FM QIRBI ON ARAB LEAGUE, GREATER MIDDLE EAST [...]C) Summary: Ambassador called on ROYG Foreign Minister 3/7 to discuss developments with Arab League reform and the Greater Middle Eas[...] |
2004-03-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 04SANAA694 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF HAMAS LEADER [...]UMMARY: The assassination of Ahmad Yassin 3/22, the spiritual leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, received widespread re[...] |
2004-03-27 04:35:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM |
| 05ABUDHABI2500 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS DISCUSS QU'RAN DESECRATION [...]BU) DURING A MEETING MAY 24 WITH UAE RELIGIOUS ADVISOR, DR. ALI AL HASHEMI, AND A MEETING MAY 31 WITH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE UNDER SECRET[...] |
2005-06-06 06:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF KISL TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3161 | UAE IMAMS DENOUNCE TERROR, EXTREMISM [...]) Summary: In response to the July 7 terror attacks in London and the continuing violence in Iraq, the UAEG has stepped up its efforts[...] |
2005-07-18 07:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAO PTER TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3242 | UAE CONDEMNS SHARM AL SHEIKH ATTACK [...]) Summary: UAE leaders have publicly condemned the July 23 attack in Egypt's Sharm Al Sheikh, and have called on religious leaders to[...] |
2005-07-25 07:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KISL KPAO TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3299 | UAE USING OUTREACH TO THE FAITHFUL TO COMBAT [...]) Summary: The UAEG is capitalizing on the nation's reputation as a moderate, tolerant Muslim country to try to persuade its citizens [...] |
2005-07-27 10:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAO PTER TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4881 | UAEG BACKS AWAY FROM THREAT TO IMPOSE HORMONE [...]) As widely reported in the local and international media, on November 23 the Abu Dhabi Police arrested 26 allegedly gay men who had g[...] |
2005-11-29 15:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KISL AE |
| 05ABUDHABI4946 | ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE PUBLICLY DENOUNCES TERROR [...]) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) used a speech at the inauguration of the Abu Dhabi National Consulta[...] |
2005-12-07 12:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PREL KPAO AE |
| 05ABUJA2138 | Embassy on Road in Nigeria: Sokoto [...]BU) Summary: On October 12-14, Ambassador and members of Embassy Public Affairs, Political, Economic and Defense Cooperation Sections[...] |
2005-11-07 08:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON KISL PGOV SOCI NI |
| 05ABUJA771 | NIGERIA - OUTREACH ON NEWSWEEK STORY [...]BU) Post has been pursuing the Newsweek story since it surfaced in the Nigerian press on May 9. Most versions, and all in the beginni[...] |
2005-05-17 14:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL NI |
| 05ABUJA792 | SHIA-SUNNI CLASHES IN SOKOTO KILL THREE MORE [...]) Summary: A two-day conflict between rival Muslim groups in the northwestern city of Sokoto, seat of Nigeria's senior Islamic leader,[...] |
2005-05-19 06:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL NI |
| 05ACCRA2435 | EMBASSY GHANA'S RAMADAN OUTREACH TO MUSLIM [...]UMMARY: This year Post continued to expand its Muslim outreach program during the recently completed Ramadan celebrations. The Embassy[...] |
2005-11-29 14:25:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | GH KISL KPAO PGOV PREL PTER SCUL SOCI |
| 05ACCRA2587 | THE AMBASSADOR RAISES MISSION PROFILE IN TAMALE [...]ummary: During an intensive four-day trip to the Northern Region (November 29-December 2), historically plagued by ethnic conflict, b[...] |
2005-12-20 17:31:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON GH KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM |
| 05ALGIERS1287 | RISE OF CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY IN ALGERIA [...]U) While the overall numbers are very modest compared to the still overwhelming Muslim population, Algeria is currently experiencing [...] |
2005-06-27 16:18:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF KISL PHUM AG |
| 05ALGIERS1291 | RISE OF CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY IN ALGERIA [...]SBU) While the overall numbers are very modest compared to the still overwhelming Muslim population, Algeria is currently experiencin[...] |
2005-06-28 07:57:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF KISL PHUM AG |
| 05ALGIERS1410 | ALGERIAN VIEWS ON LONDON BOMBINGS [...]C) Algerians, judging from comments made to Embassy staff, press commentaries and other press reporting since the London bombings of J[...] |
2005-07-12 16:25:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL AG |
| 05ALGIERS1534 | ENGAGING ALGERIAN OPINION MAKERS ON TERRORIST [...]C) As described Ref A, Embassy Algiers actively engages Algerian governmental, political, social, religious, and media figures on a re[...] |
2005-07-20 17:28:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KISL PREL PTER AG |
| 05ALGIERS1619 | LIBYAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ALGERIAN STABILITY, [...]C) Summary. Over lunch at the Residence August 6, newly arrived Libyan Ambassador Abdel Moula El-Ghadbane described to Ambassador and[...] |
2005-08-07 15:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL PGOV AG LY |
| 05ALGIERS1975 | COMBATING EXTREMISM IN ALGERIA [...]C) Having defeated an armed Islamic extremist insurgency over the past thirteen years, Algeria has gained considerable experience in c[...] |
2005-09-27 16:37:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID AG |
| 05ALGIERS2116 | DISCUSSING ZAWAHIRI-ZARQAWI LETTER WITH HIGH [...]C) Charge took advantage of an October 15 meeting on other issues with the President of the High Islamic Council, Cheikh Bouamrane, to[...] |
2005-10-16 10:07:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL IZ AG |
| 05ALMATY1883 | OUTREACH FOLLOWING NEWSWEEK'S RETRACTION OF ITS [...]SBU) Post regrets delay in responding to reftel request. Reporting in Kazakhstan's media on the erroneous Newsweek report of Koran de[...] |
2005-05-18 11:32:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KISL PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05AMMAN1137 | INITIAL REACTION TO RETURN OF AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL [...]U) Following the Israeli-Palestinian summit in Sharm al-Sheikh, major Jordanian dailies on January 9 led with generally upbeat headlin[...] |
2005-02-09 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN1719 | INTERIOR MINISTER GRILLED IN PARLIAMENT WHILE [...]C) Interior Minister Habashneh fended off heated questioning in Parliament regarding the GOJ's crackdown on political activity by the [...] |
2005-03-01 16:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO |
| 05AMMAN1785 | JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS UNDER PRESSURE AS GOJ PUSHES [...]C) King Abdullah continues to emphasize Jordan's "Amman Message" endorsing a moderate Islam. The GOJ hosted a meeting of internation[...] |
2005-03-03 16:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL PHUM KWMN JO |
| 05AMMAN1924 | JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT'S INTENTIONS TOWARD THE [...]C) Summary. King Abdullah and Royal Court Minister al-Rifai have explained to Charge that the government's campaign against the profe[...] |
2005-03-08 13:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KMPI KISL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN1945 | MULKI VISIT WARMS JORDANIAN-ISRAELI TIES; CALLS [...]C) During a two-day visit to Israel and the West Bank March 5-6, Jordanian Foreign Minister al-Mulki announced that Jordan would "int[...] |
2005-03-08 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KISL PTER IS SY LE JO |
| 05AMMAN2049 | NEW STUDY GAUGES ARABS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE WEST, [...]U) A new study published by Jordan University's Center for Strategic Studies based on polls conducted in five Arab countries reveals [...] |
2005-03-13 06:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KISL KPAL JO |
| 05AMMAN22 | SENATE STAFFERS MEET KING ABDULLAH, PARLIAMENTARY [...]C) A Government of Jordan-sponsored U.S. Senate staff delegation met with King Abdullah December 21 to discuss the U.S.-Jordanian rela[...] |
2005-01-03 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KISL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN2251 | PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS DERAIL QUICK APPROVAL OF [...]C) Leaders of Jordan's professional associations launched a full-court press against draft government legislation designed to wrest co[...] |
2005-03-20 08:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KMPI KISL JO |
| 05AMMAN2427 | GOJ UNVEILS DRAFT POLITICAL PARTIES LAW [...]C) The Minister of Political Development presented on March 21 a draft law on political parties. The law would provide public funds t[...] |
2005-03-23 18:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO |
| 05AMMAN2713 | DRL-FUNDED HUMAN RIGHTS WORKSHOP A SUCCESS [...]bassy Amman successfully implemented human rights training for GOJ officials on February 26-27 sponsored by DRL's Human Rights and Dem[...] |
2005-04-03 05:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM KISL JO |
| 05AMMAN3048 | GOJ WORKING TO SMOOTH TIES WITH IRAQ AS OPPOSITION [...]C) King Abdullah has taken charge of the GOJ's effort to repair strained Jordanian-Iraqi relations. He has given his new cabinet (pu[...] |
2005-04-14 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN3252 | TRADITIONALISTS CONTINUE THEIR OPPOSITION TO NEW [...]C) Despite overtures by the King and PM Badran, traditionalists in parliament have not withdrawn their opposition to the new cabinet.[...] |
2005-04-25 14:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
| 05AMMAN3907 | OUTREACH ACTION ON ALLEGED KORAN [...]1. Post raised the Koran desecration issue with the GOJ and widely distributed the Secretary's comments and the Newsweek [...] |
2005-05-18 08:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KISL PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN4228 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 20 MEETING WITH [...]U) Friday, May 20, 2005, 1:30 p.m., King Hussein Convention Center, Dead Sea, Jordan. ¶2. (U) Participants: �[...] |
2005-06-01 07:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KMPI KPAL ECON EFIN IZ SU SY JO |
| 05AMMAN4296 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 20 MEETING WITH IRAQI [...]U) The Deputy Secretary met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on May 20, 2005, at 9:30 am, at the Dead Sea Movenpick Hotel, J[...] |
2005-06-01 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KISL ECON IZ SY IR |
| 05AMMAN4298 | DEMARCHE FOR INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF EVENTS IN [...]) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Ambassador Ziad Majali, head of the Human Rights Directorate of the Jordanian[...] |
2005-06-01 13:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER CASC KISL JO |
| 05AMMAN4326 | ISLAMISTS SCORE POPULIST POINTS [...]U) Jordanian Islamists have capitalized on the Koran desecration allegations and other developments to promote their agenda and mainta[...] |
2005-06-02 07:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL ASEC ECON JO |
| 05AMMAN469 | SWEDISH EMBASSY IN AMMAN CONTACTED ON DIPLOMATIC [...]S) Acting PolCouns delivered on January 19 to Jorgen Lindstrom of the Swedish Embassy in Amman the proposed schedule provided in refte[...] |
2005-01-19 14:43:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KJUS PREL PTER PHUM KISL IZ |
| 05AMMAN4991 | JORDAN PREPARES FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...]C) Jordan will host an international conference from July 4-6 to promote the Amman Message of moderate Islam. Tentatively entitled "Tr[...] |
2005-06-22 07:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN5230 | GOJ PREVIEWS NATIONAL AGENDA FOR REFORM TO COUNTER [...]C) Royal Court Minister Muasher gave a briefing to press June 22 on the status of the National Agenda committee, followed by a meeting[...] |
2005-06-30 08:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO |
| 05AMMAN5258 | C-NE5-00725: UPDATE ON JORDANIAN CONFERENCE ON [...]C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on June 28 and 29 with King Abdullah, National Security Advisor Saad Khayr, and special adviser to t[...] |
2005-06-30 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN5357 | C-NE5-00725: OPENING OF INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC [...]SBU) The international conference on "True Islam and its Role in Modern Society" opened in Amman on July 4 amidst great fanfare. Larg[...] |
2005-07-05 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL JO PERL |
| 05AMMAN5387 | FOREIGN MINISTER QASRAWI ON UN REFORM, OTHER ISSUES [...]) Charge met with Jordanian FM Qasrawi on July 5 and discussed the following subjects: UN REFORM --------- &[...] |
2005-07-06 12:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KPAL JO |
| 05AMMAN5456 | C-NE5-00725: ISLAMIC CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS IN [...]U) The three-day international conference "True Islam and its Role in Modern Society" closed on July 6 in Amman with a joint statemen[...] |
2005-07-07 14:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL JO |
| 05AMMAN571 | INTERIOR MINISTER'S FACE-OFF WITH PROFESSIONAL [...]C) Interior Minister Habashneh has locked horns yet again with Jordan's Islamist-heavy professional associations, demanding that they[...] |
2005-01-23 14:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KMPI KISL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN5760 | SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACTS: [...]BU) Post continues to deliver ref B points as part of its regular engagement with the Government of Jordan and Jordanian religious le[...] |
2005-07-19 11:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAO PREL PTER JO |
| 05AMMAN5761 | NEXT STEPS AFTER AMMAN'S ISLAMIC CONFERENCE [...]C) Summary. Jordan's King is planning next steps to advance the moderate, anti-violence message of the recent Islamic Conference held[...] |
2005-07-19 11:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL KPAO |
| 05AMMAN6742 | DEMONSTRATORS DENOUNCE "THREAT" TO AL AQSA [...]) Summary. Around 1000 Jordanians peacefully marched in Amman on August 19 to "defend" the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The demonstrat[...] |
2005-08-22 06:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KISL ASEC IZ 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[...] |
2005-09-20 06:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL KPAL KMPI EAID ECON PINR IS IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN7600 | JORDANIAN AL-TAHRIR ACTIVISTS ARRESTED [...]ordan's state prosecutor charged three men on September 21 with belonging to the illegal Hizb al-Tahrir al-Islami (Islamic Liberation [...] |
2005-09-25 03:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KISL PTER JO |
| 05AMMAN7679 | KING POSTPONES PARLIAMENTARY SESSION [...]SBU) The palace issued a decree September 25 postponing the start of the upcoming regular session of Parliament from October 1 until D[...] |
2005-09-26 14:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
| 05AMMAN7708 | COMBATING EXTREMISM - JORDAN [...]S) Summary: Embassy Amman has been working to strengthen local traditions of dialogue, tolerance, and intellectual exchange as foils a[...] |
2005-09-28 05:35:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KDEM KMPI KISL KPAO EAID ECON PHUM PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN7979 | NATIONAL AGENDA COMMISSION COMPLETES ITS WORK, BUT [...]C) The royal commission charged with drafting a comprehensive National Agenda has completed its reform recommendations. Consensus was[...] |
2005-10-05 15:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO |
| 05AMMAN8050 | CODEL SHAYS MEETS WITH KING ABDULLAH'S CHIEF OF [...]BU) Summary. CODEL Shays met on October 8 with Marouf Bakheet, Chief of Staff to King Abdullah (and Deputy Director for National Secu[...] |
2005-10-11 05:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KPAL IZ IS JO |
| 05AMMAN8349 | DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT OF JORDANIAN PRISONERS IN [...]SBU) Supporters of Jordanians imprisoned in Israel staged a peaceful demonstration on October 19 in front of the Prime Ministry. In a[...] |
2005-10-23 14:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL JO IS |
| 05AMMAN8944 | PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RAMADAN EVENTS [...]ring Ramadan, Embassy Amman made a comprehensive and vigorous effort to demonstrate American respect for Islam and to further public u[...] |
2005-11-17 06:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KISL JO |
| 05AMMAN9040 | "AMMAN MESSAGE" INTERFAITH IFTAR PROMOTES [...]ummary. The Jordanian Interfaith Coexistence Research Center (JICRC) hosted an interfaith conference on October 31 in Amman. With po[...] |
2005-11-22 09:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KIRF PREL PHUM KPAO JO |
| 05AMMAN9319 | JORDAN SEEKS US SUPPORT IN ADVANCE OF OIC SUMMIT [...]C) King Abdullah II and Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdulillah Al Khatib separately briefed Ambassador December 1 on GOJ efforts to p[...] |
2005-12-01 13:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PTER SA QA JO |
| 05AMMAN9511 | AWQAF MINISTER WELCOMES DIALOGUE, BUT REJECTS [...]) Summary. Jordan's new Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Abdul Fattah Salah told Ambassador about his plans to promote the "Amman[...] |
2005-12-08 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PGOV PTER JO |
| 05ANKARA2814 | OUTREACH FOLLOWING NEWSWEEK'S RETRACTION OF ITS [...]e Turkish media has been uncharacteristically restrained in its coverage of the alleged desecration incident at Guantanamo. News cove[...] |
2005-05-17 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KISL PREL |
| 05ANKARA3961 | SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACTS: [...]) We supplied reftel points to Turkish MFA Policy Planning Department Head Tezel, making clear Turkey is not a subject of this effort [...] |
2005-07-07 14:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KPAO TU |
| 05ANKARA5496 | TALKING TO TURKS: WORDS AND PHRASES TO AVOID [...]) Summary: Some words and phrases Westerners commonly use to describe Turkish society and Turkish politics cause unintended controvers[...] |
2005-09-22 11:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PA PGOV PINS PREL TU KISL |
| 05ANKARA5951 | HOW TO TALK TO TURKS: THREE PROTOTYPICAL [...]) Summary: Our Turkish interlocutors can roughly be divided into three groups: elites; players; and "real Turks". USG officials gener[...] |
2005-10-04 06:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PA PGOV PINS PREL TU KISL |
| 05ASUNCION887 | PARAGUAY: SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT [...][...] |
2005-07-11 21:49:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM IO KISL KPAO PA |
| 05BAGHDAD2375 | BADR CORPS AND MUC CONDUCT MUQTADA [...]C) Summary. Muqtada al-Sadr representatives facilitated discussions between Badr Corps and Muslim Ulema Council (MUC) officials on Ha[...] |
2005-06-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV KISL IZ KINR |
| 05BAGHDAD2392 | CHARGE DISCUSSES IRAQI POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL [...]BU) CDA and DCM met with Deputy President Adil abd- al-Mahdi on May 31 to discuss local politics and international issues. &#[...] |
2005-06-04 11:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM KISL IZ IR |
| 05BAGHDAD2413 | JANABI PREDICTS IMMINENT PROGRESS ON SUNNI ARAB [...]) Summary: Adnan Janabi, deputy chairman of the Constitution Committee and the leader of its effort to bring in Sunni Arabs, told Char[...] |
2005-06-07 06:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL KISL IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD2430 | A STRUGGLE FOR THE MIND OF MUQTADA AL-SADR [...]) SUMMARY: Sadrist advisors Hamid al-Sharifi and Saayid Imad Kelanter told PolOff June 7 that there is an ideological struggle between[...] |
2005-06-08 09:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL PINR IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD2444 | BADR ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE SHOWCASES STRENGTH [...]C) Summary. The Badr Organization Conference kicked off a two-day conference for its leadership with a June 8 opening ceremony that h[...] |
2005-06-08 16:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV KISL IZ KINR |
| 05BAGHDAD2446 | TALABANI AGGRIEVED WITH JAFARI EVEN AS HE MAKES [...]) Summary: President Talabani told Charge in a June 8 meeting that Prime Minister Jafari is carrying out his office unilaterally and m[...] |
2005-06-09 08:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD2454 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 19 MEETING WITH IRAQI [...]) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK CHARGE D'AFFAIRES JAMES JEFFREY DCM DAVID SATTERF[...] |
2005-06-09 17:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINS ECON EPET EAGR KDEM KISL IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD2456 | SUNNI ARAB CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE OUTREACH HITS A [...]) SUMMARY: Despite promising signs earlier this week, negotiations over expanding the Constitution Drafting Committee deadlocked on Ju[...] |
2005-06-09 18:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD2466 | CHARGE URGES SCIRI'S AL-HAKIM TO CLOSE DEAL ON [...]) SUMMARY: The Charge on June 10 made a firm presentation to SCIRI leader 'Abd al Aziz al-Hakim to end the drift and close a deal on a[...] |
2005-06-10 17:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IZ UN |
| 05BAGHDAD2505 | MODIFICATIONS BUT NO BREAKTHROUGH ON SUNNI ARAB [...]) SUMMARY: June 13 was another day of negotiations on Sunni Arab inclusion on the Constitution Committee. Negotiators modified their p[...] |
2005-06-14 11:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD2509 | CHARGE MEETING WITH UNAMI SRSG QAZI: SUNNI OUTREACH [...]) Charge had a long one-on-one exchange with UNAMI SRSG, Ambassador Ashraf Qazi, on June 14. The main subject was aspects of Sunni ou[...] |
2005-06-14 19:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KDEM KISL IZ UN |
| 05BAGHDAD2548 | KEY IRAQI LEADERS PROMISE SUPPORT FOR SUNNI [...]) SUMMARY: On the margins of the June 14 swearing-in of Massoud Barzani as Kurdistan Regional President in Irbil, DCM engaged leaders [...] |
2005-06-16 14:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD2825 | SCIRI LEADER HAKIM OFFERS CHARGE ASSURANCES OF [...]) SUMMARY: The leader of the strongest Shia Islamist party, SCIRI's Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim, promised rapid progress on Sunni inclusion a[...] |
2005-07-05 06:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IZ IR |
| 05BAGHDAD2991 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MEETING WITH IRAQI [...]S/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Jafari reiterated to the Deputy Secretary that security conditions on the ground, and not terrorist dem[...] |
2005-07-19 11:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EFIN MOPS KISL SY JO IZ IR |
| 05BAGHDAD3012 | NOT A DONE DEAL: SUNNI WITHDRAWAL FROM [...]) SUMMARY: Following the July 19 assassinations of Sunni representatives to the Constitution Drafting bodies, the media has reported t[...] |
2005-07-20 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD3121 | SISTANI REPRESENTATIVE TAKES DIM VIEW OF U.S. [...]C/NF) SUMMARY: TNA Constitution Committee member and Ayatollah Ali Sistani's aide Ahmad al-Safi complained about American efforts to [...] |
2005-07-28 12:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KISL IR IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD3155 | GRAND AYATOLLAH SISTANI CALLS FOR U.S. SUPPORT TO [...]) SUMMARY. National Security Adviser Ruba'i relayed Grand Ayatollah Sistani's views on the constitution to Ambassador on July 29. Si[...] |
2005-07-30 15:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PREL IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD3484 | SHIA ISLAMIST DEPUTY PRESIDENT SAYS REACHING OUT [...]C) Deputy President Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador on August 24 that the Shia Coalition was willing to reach out to the Sunni Arabs [...] |
2005-08-26 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PREL IZ KCRS |
| 05BAGHDAD3628 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINDEF AL-DULIME [...]) SUMMARY: The Ambassador, accompanied by A/DCM, met with Iraqi MinDef Dulime on September 3. They discussed low Sunni representation[...] |
2005-09-04 22:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER PGOV KISL IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD3629 | SUNNI MODERATE GHAZI AL-YAWR DISCUSSES [...]) Summary. In separate meetings on September 1 and 3, the Ambassador, urged Deputy President Ghazi al-Yawr to actively support the new[...] |
2005-09-05 06:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KISL KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD3642 | SUNNI ARAB OUTREACH IN IRAQ: MISSION PLANS [...]U) The US Mission Baghdad, including MNF-I, is committed to achieving broad Sunni Arab support for a democratic Iraq. The Mission is [...] |
2005-09-06 05:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS ELAB PINS EAID KISL IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD3680 | CODEL PENCE MEETS WITH MINDEF AND MININT [...]) SUMMARY: CODEL Pence and the Ambassador met with MinInt Jabr and MinDef Dulime. Both Ministers presented their views on the positi[...] |
2005-09-08 03:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MCAP MOPS KISL PINR PREL |
| 05BAGHDAD3945 | TOP SHIA CLERGY URGE THE FAITHFUL TO APPROVE [...]C) Grand Ayatollah Sistani, and other top Shia clerics in Najaf, publicly have urged Iraqis to approve the draft constitutio[...] |
2005-09-24 05:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KISL PGOV |
| 05BAGHDAD4002 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINDEF DULIME [...]//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: On September 24 the Ambassador met with Iraqi MinDef Sadoun al-Dulime. Discussions covered security in western [...] |
2005-09-27 10:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KISL IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4235 | IRAQI REFERENDUM 001 (OCTOBER 15) [...]) Summary. As of midday October 15, the Iraqi constitutional referendum generally was proceeding operating smoothly with problems mos[...] |
2005-10-15 11:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL PNAT IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4843 | SHIA INDEPENDENT ALI AL-DABAGH ON ELECTIONS, SHIA [...]) SUMMARY. Poloffs met December 1 with TNA member Ali al-Dabagh, a politician who left the United Iraqi Alliance to form his own part[...] |
2005-12-04 22:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4846 | LEADING SUNNI ARAB SLATE REP ON ELECTIONS, U.S. [...]C) Summary: A leading Sunni Arab coalition representative recounted the Sunni Arab sense of grievance and estrangement from the poli[...] |
2005-12-05 08:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MOPS IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4847 | LEADING SUNNI ARAB SLATE REP ON ELECTIONS, U.S. [...]C) Summary: A leading Sunni Arab coalition representative recounted the Sunni Arab sense of grievance and estrangement from the poli[...] |
2005-12-05 08:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MOPS IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4891 | SCIRI LEADER WARNS OF ELECTION FRAUD, BENDS ON [...]) SUMMARY: Over dinner with the Ambassador on November 29, SCIRI leader Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim and Interior Minister Bayan Jabr alleged [...] |
2005-12-08 08:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KISL KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4956 | SADRISTS READY TO TAKE IRAQ TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL [...]) SUMMARY: In a December 11 meeting, Sadrist TNA member Nasser al Sadi of Sadr City told PolOff the Sadrists favor forming a governme[...] |
2005-12-12 15:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4978 | SADRISTS, INCLUDING THEIR MILITIA, ON PARADE [...]BU) SUMMARY: On December 7 as many as 5,000 supporters of Muqtada al Sadr, including many armed members of the Mahdi Army, gathered a[...] |
2005-12-13 17:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KISL 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 i[...] |
2005-12-15 16:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5021 | FADHILA LOOKS TO LIFE AFTER ELECTIONS [...]) SUMMARY: In a December 11 phone interview, Mohammed Ismael, a high ranking member of Fadhila (an anti-Moqtada, Sadrist party), told[...] |
2005-12-15 17:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5043 | COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM MEETS IRAQI [...]BU) (SUMMARY) Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton, the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT), called on Iraqi Minister of Defense Saadoun[...] |
2005-12-19 10:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PTER IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD6 | SHIA CLERIC SEPARATES RELIGION FROM POLITICS [...]) Summary: We have met twice in the past two weeks with Shia cleric Saayid Ayad Jamal Ad-Din who warns that the forces of ideological [...] |
2005-01-02 17:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD7 | FOREIGN MINISTER ZIBARI SAYS IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS [...]) SUMMARY: Iraqi Interim Government Foreign Minster Zibari told Deputy Secretary Armitage on December 31 that Iraq's Arab neighbors ne[...] |
2005-01-02 17:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL PNAT IZ SY TU |
| 05BEIRUT1123 | MGLE01: AMAL SUCCESSION: BERRI'S BITTER, FRUITLESS [...]C) Summary. Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, 67 years old, has not groomed a credible successor to lead his Amal Movement. Like a[...] |
2005-04-06 15:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL LE PGOV |
| 05BEIRUT2386 | MGLE01: HIZBALLAH'S CABINET SHUFFLE [...]C) Introduction and summary. Hizballah gained all its cabinet demands as Prime Minister-designate Fouad Siniora on July 19 announced[...] |
2005-07-20 14:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL LE PGOV PTER SENV |
| 05BEIRUT2707 | MGLE01: NOTABLE LEBANESE SHIA INTELLECTUALS [...]C) Summary: During a luncheon on August 21, Shia clerics gave the Charge and emboffs their views on the situation of the Shia commun[...] |
2005-08-23 15:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ENRG KISL LE SENV |
| 05BOGOTA10953 | NOVEMBER 24 IAEA BOARD MEETING; IRAN NUCLEAR [...]C) Poloff delivered the points contained in Ref A to Coordinator for the United States and Canada Francisco Gonzalez, stressing the ne[...] |
2005-11-23 22:55:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | IAEA PARM PREL AORC KNNP KISL IR CO |
| 05BRATISLAVA637 | GITMO DETAINEES: A NON-ISSUE IN SLOVAKIA [...]BU) Embassy has shared reftel talking points with Prime Minister Dzurinda's foreign policy advisor, and will also share them with expe[...] |
2005-08-08 15:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL LO |
| 05CAIRO2480 | CODEL SMITH MARCH 21-24 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...]BU) Summary: During his March 21-24 visit to Egypt, Senator Gordon Smith called on Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, Egypt's senior Isla[...] |
2005-03-29 15:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP KISL PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO2877 | EGYPT: SMEAR PUTS MUSLIM BROTHERS ON THE DEFENSIVE [...]) Enemies of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood have seized on an erroneous report as an opportunity to attack the group as duplicitous and disl[...] |
2005-04-13 16:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO3424 | A SEASON OF UNCERTAINTY IN EGYPTIAN POLITICS [...]) As Cairo's weather warms up this spring, Egyptian intellectuals and observers are preoccupied by a growing sense of anticipation and[...] |
2005-05-05 18:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO3647 | GUANTANAMO ALLEGATIONS OF KORAN DESECRATION NOT ON [...]C) During a May 12 meeting with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif (septel), the Charge drew from reftel talking points to address al[...] |
2005-05-12 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO3755 | THE GOE AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: ANATOMY OF A [...]C) In recent months, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has adopted both increasingly confrontational street tactics and reform-touting r[...] |
2005-05-17 04:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO3763 | POST CONTINUES TO ENGAGE KEY EGYPTIAN FIGURES ON [...]C) Embassy Cairo has engaged key contacts vigorously in response to initial allegations of Koran desecration at U.S. detention facili[...] |
2005-05-17 10:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO3941 | ARREST OF SENIOR MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD OFFICIAL [...]) The GOE arrested on May 22 Mahmoud Ezzat, Secretary-General of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Ezzat SIPDIS is th[...] |
2005-05-24 16:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO4361 | EGYPT CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR INDEPENDENT [...][...] |
2005-06-10 15:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL CASC PTER EG UZ |
| 05CAIRO4362 | GOE FORMALLY COMPLAINS ABOUT KORAN MISHANDLING [...]) Summary: Following media reports of Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit's condemnation of the alleged desecration of the Koran at the det[...] |
2005-06-10 15:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO4577 | UPDATE ON THE GOE-MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD STAND OFF [...]) Government sources quoted in media reports claim that approximately 300 members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), detained during a la[...] |
2005-06-16 17:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO4877 | SENIOR EGYPTIAN CLERICS' REPORTED UNHELPFUL [...]) Summary: Egyptian media reports this week quote Egypt's two most prominent Islamic figures, the Mufti and the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, e[...] |
2005-06-27 15:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER PGOV EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO4980 | EGYPT: RELEASE OF SHI'A MUSLIM DETAINEE MOHAMED [...]C) Summary: On June 29, Egyptian Shi'a Muslim Mohamed El-Derini, arrested in March 2004 apparently because of his religious beliefs,[...] |
2005-06-30 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KIRF KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO5210 | EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: INTERNAL COUP REPORTS, [...]) There have been numerous reports in early July that Mahdy Akef, the Supreme Guide of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB), has been sidel[...] |
2005-07-10 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PHUM EG |
| 05CAIRO5589 | MODIFIED GOE ASSURANCES ON RETURN OF EGYPTIAN GTMO [...]) The Embassy has received a memorandum from the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) amending the memorandum described reftel[...] |
2005-07-21 16:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PHUM EG |
| 05CAIRO5757 | SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACTS [...]) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes the Department's initiative outlined in ref A. The Embassy has a strong record of engagement and cont[...] |
2005-07-27 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO6370 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WOO THE RELIGIOUS VOTE [...]C) As the presidential candidates jockey for votes, religion is playing a prominent role. Cairo salons are abuzz with rumors that th[...] |
2005-08-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6986 | UPDATE ON SECURITY CONDITIONS IN NORTH SINAI [...]/NF) Following the killing of two high-ranking police officials by what authorities call "Bedouin outcasts" in the Jabal Halal area, t[...] |
2005-09-08 13:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KISL ASEC CASC EG |
| 05CAIRO7987 | CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM TENSIONS FLARE IN ALEXANDRIA [...]SBU) Summary: Coptic-Muslim tensions erupted in Alexandria October 14 as local Muslims protested the performance -- and DVD distribu[...] |
2005-10-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF EG |
| 05CAIRO8321 | TAKING AL-MANAR OFF ARAB SATELLITES [...]) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 7. ------- Summary ------- ¶2. (C) Em[...] |
2005-10-31 08:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO8498 | FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AT ISSUE IN EGYPT [...]C) Egypt has witnessed two recent cases related to protection and expansion of freedom of speech. In the first case, State Security [...] |
2005-11-07 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KMDR EG |
| 05CAIRO8700 | DETAINED BLOGGER RELEASED; AUC STILL STYMIED IN [...]SBU) Blogger Abdul Karim Nabil Soliman has been released after spending more than two weeks in the custody of Alexandria's State Secu[...] |
2005-11-17 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO9486 | BROTHERHOOD RISING IN ALEXANDRIA [...]) This cable was prepared by the American Presence Post Alexandria. ------- Summary ------- [...] |
2005-12-26 12:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL KDEM EG |
| 05CANBERRA436 | AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO BA'ASYIR VERDICT [...]/NF) SUMMARY: Australian officials welcomed the March 3 Indonesian Court decision to convict Abu Bakar Ba'asyir (ABB) for his involvem[...] |
2005-03-04 07:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV KJUS KISL KPAO ASEC ID AS |
| 05COLOMBO1338 | SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO AND DETAINEES [...]C) Ambassador raised issue of understanding for US detainee operations with Foreign Minister Kadirgamar on August 1, explaining that w[...] |
2005-08-02 06:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL |
| 05COLOMBO679 | GWOT ASSESSMENT: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES [...]S) We appreciate the opportunity to review the status of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in our two countries. In both countries we ex[...] |
2005-04-07 04:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV KJUS KISL MARR ASEC CE MV LTTE |
| 05COLOMBO900 | Outreach on Newsweek Retraction of Koran [...]eaction in Sri Lanka and the Maldives to the original Newsweek story about alleged desecration of the Koran was muted and low-key. Me[...] |
2005-05-17 10:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO KISL OIIP PREL CE MV |
| 05DHAKA1143 | POLICE TURN BACK MARCHERS ON AHMADIYA MOSQUE [...]BU) Police suppressed and controlled the Khatme Nobuyat Movement's attempt on March 11 to siege an Ahmadiya mosque in Bogra following [...] |
2005-03-14 12:12:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KISL BG |
| 05DHAKA1704 | Attacks in 2005 on "Un-Islamic" Targets [...]BU) Since 1999, there have been at least 18 unsolved bombings against the political opposition, cultural events, and other people and [...] |
2005-04-11 09:42:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER KISL BG |
| 05DHAKA1767 | BDG TO ALLOW RESUMPTION OF ETV TELEVISION CHANNEL [...]SBU) Summary: On April 12, the BDG cleared the Ekushey Television (ETV) application for a fresh license to resume operation after the [...] |
2005-04-16 07:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER KISL BG |
| 05DHAKA1851 | BDG INTEL BRIEFING ON ISLAMIST MILITANTS [...]/NF) On April 18, a three-man team headed by Brigadier Asif Chowdhury, Foreign Intelligence Bureau director of the military Director G[...] |
2005-04-20 11:24:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER KISL PGOV PREL BG |
| 05DHAKA1907 | AMBASSADOR VISITS AHMADIYA HEADQUARTERS [...]) SUMMARY: Ambassador demonstrated support for Ahmadiya demands for freedom of religion and protection under the law after BDG alleged[...] |
2005-04-24 10:41:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM BG |
| 05DHAKA1922 | AHMADIYAS ALLEGE JI BEHIND LATEST VIOLENCE [...]) Summary. After the recent anti-Ahmadiya attacks, Ambassador paid a well-publicized visit to the Ahmadiya central mosque to undersco[...] |
2005-04-25 14:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KISL PGOV BG |
| 05DHAKA2087 | BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR A/S ROCCA [...]) Summary. We should acknowledge the surprising run of positive BDG actions since February, but push for more, especially against po[...] |
2005-05-03 08:34:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KISL BG |
| 05DHAKA2409 | WIDENING SPLITS AMONG BANGLADESHI ISLAMIST GROUPS [...]) Summary. There is a widening, public split between mainstream Jamaat Islami and other, more extreme Islamist groups driven by ideolo[...] |
2005-05-24 10:07:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PHUM PGOV PTER BG |
| 05DHAKA2535 | COUNTERING RISING ANTI-USG SENTIMENTS [...]BU) Summary. Widely publicized allegations of USG abuse of Muslim prisoners and the Koran have aggravated strong anti-USG attitudes in[...] |
2005-06-02 06:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL PGOV BG |
| 05DHAKA3851 | TEA WITH ISLAMIST FIREBRANDS [...]) Summary. At their initiative, four senior Islamist scholars and clerics met with CDA to defend their stance on Ahmadiyas, urge great[...] |
2005-08-08 08:07:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PTER BG PPAO |
| 05DHAKA3854 | BNP INFIGHTING INTENSIFIES [...]BU) Summary: BNP infighting has degenerated to public quarreling by ministers over patronage and other issues in Dhaka and several reg[...] |
2005-08-08 09:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER KISL BG |
| 05DHAKA3855 | TALKING POINTS ON GITMO AND DETAINEES [...]) During an August 4 meeting with PMO Foreign Affairs Advisor Reaz Rahman, Charge handed over a nonpaper based on reftel talking point[...] |
2005-08-08 10:01:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL |
| 05DHAKA500 | BYE BYE BANGLA BHAI? [...]) Summary: After a six-month hiatus, self-styled Islamist vigilante Bangla Bhai is back in the news. An embarrassed BDG has reiterate[...] |
2005-02-02 11:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PGOV PREL BG |
| 05DHAKA5593 | ASSASSINATION OF TWO JUDGES SPARKS COURT PROTESTS [...]BU) Summary: An IED thrown at a court commuter van killed two judges and injured four others in southern Bangladesh. Home State Minis[...] |
2005-11-14 11:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KISL PGOV BG |
| 05DHAKA5594 | ASSASSINATION OF TWO JUDGES SPARKS COURT [...]BU) Summary: An IED thrown at a court commuter van killed two judges and injured four others in southern Bangladesh. Home State Minis[...] |
2005-11-15 00:53:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KISL PGOV BG |
| 05DHAKA5627 | "SUICIDE" BOMBER MARKS ESCALATION OF EXTREMIST [...]) Summary. The November 15 assassination of two provincial judges, and the perception that the attacker meant to martyr himself for I[...] |
2005-11-17 11:04:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER KISL PGOV PREL ASEC BG |
| 05DHAKA5649 | GALIB'S PEOPLE REACH OUT TO EMBASSY TO PROCLAIM [...]) Summary. Two senior figures in Prof. Galib's Ahle Hadith group assured us that perceptions that their leader supports violence and [...] |
2005-11-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER PGOV BG |
| 05DHAKA5650 | BANGLADESHI EFFORTS TO BRING JMB BOMBERS TO JUSTICE [...]) Summary. A disorganized, inter-agency BDG effort continues to scramble to catch JMB bombers and prevent future attacks, but investi[...] |
2005-11-21 11:49:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER KISL ASEC PGOV BG |
| 05DHAKA5652 | LEVERAGING A NEW OPENING TO ENCOURAGE BDG ACTION [...]) Summary. There is dawning BDG recognition that its normal strategy for dealing with terrorism -- denial and procrastination -- is cr[...] |
2005-11-21 13:39:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PREL PGOV KISL PTER BG |
| 05DHAKA5837 | SUSPECTED JMB SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL EIGHT, WOUND [...]) Summary. Suspected JMB suicide bombers killed at least eight persons and wounded dozens in separate courthouse attacks this morning[...] |
2005-11-29 11:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KISL PREL BG |
| 05DHAKA6127 | JMB DEPUTY COMMANDER CAUGHT [...]/NF) Summary. Rapid Action Battalion personnel have caught reputed JMB deputy commander Ataur Rahman Sunny. The breakthrough came in[...] |
2005-12-14 09:47:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KISL PGOV BG |
| 05DHAKA6143 | BANGLADESH: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERROR [...]The POC for Embassy Dhaka is Robert Wong, Political Officer. Email: wongre@state.gov. The report will also be sent to Rhonda Shore[...] |
2005-12-15 06:27:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC KISL PGOV KCRM BG |
| 05DHAKA6251 | 2005 REVIEW: A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE [...]) How Bangladesh looks depends on where you stand. For many, the view is disturbing: the country's government is unable or unwilling [...] |
2005-12-20 10:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KISL ETRD BG |
| 05DHAKA6275 | VISITING THE MEGA-MADRASSA OF AN ISLAMIST [...]) Summary: Maulana Kamaluddin Jafri is the principal of a growing 2,000 student Saudi-backed madrassah complex. He condemns JMB viole[...] |
2005-12-20 12:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PGOV BD BG |
| 05DHAKA6293 | CHARGE'S MEETING WITH HOME MINISTER [...]) Summary: Home Affairs Minister Babar told Charge that RAB is now the lead law enforcement agency on combating the JMB terrorist atta[...] |
2005-12-21 06:49:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PHUM PGOV BG |
| 05DHAKA6297 | BNP/JI COALITION STRAINED BUT NOT BROKEN [...]) Calling Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) "de-railed romantics," BNP MP and party whip Rezaul Bari Dina told poloff that he didn[...] |
2005-12-21 09:43:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KISL BG |
| 05DHAKA6298 | BDG ASSURES THAT BIG ANTI-AHMADIYA EVENT WILL BE [...]SBU) On September 30, the anti-Ahmadiya group International Khatme Nabuwat Movement Bangladesh (IKNMB) reiterated their demand that th[...] |
2005-12-21 10:05:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL BG |
| 05DHAKA6303 | JMB: WINDED OR DOWN FOR THE COUNT? [...]) December 22 marks the second week since the last attack, in Netrakona, which at that point looked like the most ruthless in an escal[...] |
2005-12-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL ASEC PGOV BG |
| 05DJIBOUTI1120 | EID PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH [...]) SUMMARY: On November 3rd, Djibouti celebrated the end of the holy month of Ramadan. After the EID prayer, President Ismail O[...] |
2005-11-10 05:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS KISL KPAL DJ |
| 05DJIBOUTI148 | DJIBOUTI HOSTS SUB-REGIONAL FGM CONFERENCE, [...]) Summary: Djibouti hosted a sub-regional conference on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) February 2-3 with aims of raising awareness, d[...] |
2005-02-15 04:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KISL KWMN SCUL SOCI PGOV DJ SO |
| 05DJIBOUTI149 | ISLAM IN DJIBOUTI [...]BU) Summary: During recent years, the Islamic world has witnessed changes in religious attitudes and verbal outlook. Fundamental views[...] |
2005-02-15 07:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SCUL PREL PGOV ASEC PINR KISL DJ |
| 05DJIBOUTI541 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: GATHERING SUPPORT FROM MUSLIM [...]) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan replied that it is not [...] |
2005-06-07 07:05:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL CASC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER DJ |
| 05DOHA1056 | CONVERSATION WITH ISLAMIC SCHOLAR YOUSEF [...]) P/E Chief met with influential Islamic scholar Dr. Yousef al-Qaradawi in May. Qaradawi maintained an attitude of intellectual superi[...] |
2005-06-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER PINR IZ IS QA |
| 05DOHA1226 | DIALOGUE OF RELIGIONS CONFERENCE: AMIR WELCOMES [...]) Summary. The Amir of Qatar opened the Third Conference on Dialogue of Religions and welcomed Jewish participants for the first time.[...] |
2005-07-04 08:45:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL IS QA |
| 05DOHA1268 | QARADAWI VIEWED LOCALLY AS A MODERATE SCHOLAR [...]) Summary. Dr. Yousef al-Qaradawi is the most influential Muslim scholar in Qatar. His positions on social issues are seen as moderate[...] |
2005-07-12 14:43:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER QA |
| 05DOHA1468 | OULD AL-TAYA ARRIVES IN DOHA, JOINING OTHER EXILES [...]) Ousted Mauritanian president Maouiya Ould al-Taya arrived in Doha at 8 PM August 22 with his family. According to a local news repor[...] |
2005-08-24 13:58:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PTER KISL XA QA |
| 05DOHA1856 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: THE DISCUSSION THAT DID NOT [...]) The Amir's decision in May to lease land for the building of churches (reftel) surfaced in non-Qatari Arab and western newspapers at[...] |
2005-11-16 14:28:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI KISL QA |
| 05DOHA993 | QATAR NEWS AND RUMORS [...]) Some schools in Doha have established a forum called "small parliament" to discuss children's issues such as the Child's Rights Conv[...] |
2005-06-05 11:55:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON KISL KDEM ELAB PHUM EINV QA INL |
| 05DUBLIN947 | SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO AND DETAINEES [...][...] |
2005-07-29 13:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL |
| 05DUSHANBE1708 | TAJIK MINISTRY OF EDUCATION BANS HIJABS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS [...]eputy Minister of Education Farkhod Rakhimov announced on October 19 that hijabs (Muslim head-coverings) are banned in schools and ins[...] |
2005-10-21 09:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF TI |
| 05DUSHANBE1751 | TAJIKISTAN: PROVINCIAL LIFE CHANGES SLOWLY [...]U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. ¶2. (U) SUMMARY: On October 27 in th[...] |
2005-11-01 09:21:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KISL KDEM TI |
| 05DUSHANBE1870 | MODERATE TAJIK ISLAMIC LEADER KABIRI WAL... [...][...] |
2005-11-28 07:02:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KDEM RS TI |
| 05DUSHANBE1950 | TAJIKISTAN'S NORTHERN REGION WANTS TO BE INDEPENDENT OF [...]C) SUMMARY: Historically, the Sughd region in northern Tajikistan served as the intellectual and economic hub of Tajikistan. Its pr[...] |
2005-12-06 12:29:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM KISL KPAO TI |
| 05FRANKFURT2478 | Pilot Project to Introduce Muslim Religious [...]U) SUMMARY: In a first for Germany, the Baden- Wuerttemberg (B-W) state government will introduce religious instruction for Muslims in[...] |
2005-03-30 08:21:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL PHUM PGOV GM |
| 05FRANKFURT3872 | Private Islamic Dialogue Forum Tackles Extremism, [...]BU) A high-profile national conference of the German Islamforum (established in 2002 to facilitate dialogue between Muslims and non-Mu[...] |
2005-05-20 14:03:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL PGOV PHUM GM TK |
| 05FRANKFURT6995 | Hesse to Deport Afghan Hate Preacher [...]BU) SUMMARY: The German state of Hesse has initiated deportation proceedings against Mr. Said Khobaib Sadat (DPOB 1 January 1959 in Lo[...] |
2005-09-14 14:05:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KISL PHUM GM AF |
| 05FRANKFURT7398 | POLICE ARREST THIRTY-EIGHT IN RAIDS AGAINST [...]BU) SUMMARY: Police targeted criminal elements of the Muslim community in large-scale raids across the German state of Hessen on Septe[...] |
2005-09-29 13:41:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KCRM KISL GM |
| 05FRANKFURT8115 | CG Frankfurt Iftaar Bolsters Ties, U.S. Image [...]) ConGen Frankfurt recently hosted its first Iftaar event (featuring U.S. Army Muslim chaplains) during the Muslim holy month of Ramad[...] |
2005-11-09 14:54:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL PGOV PHUM GM |
| 05FRANKFURT8529 | Controversial Headscarf Ban Proposed In State of [...]BU) The Christian Democrat/Free Democrat (CDU/FDP) Baden-Wuerttemberg state government is drafting controversial legislation that woul[...] |
2005-11-25 16:06:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KISL PGOV SCUL SOCI GM |
| 05FRANKFURT8965 | GULF BETWEEN KEY MUSLIM ORGANIZATION AND HESSE [...]BU) SUMMARY: Tensions between the Hesse state government and the IRH (Islamische Religionsgemeinschaft Hessen, the state's largest Mus[...] |
2005-12-14 17:08:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER KISL KPAO GM |
| 05HILLAH366 | KARBALA UIA/555 CANDIDATE CONFIDENT OF STRONG PERFORMANCE IN [...]C) SUMMARY: The number two candidate on the United Iraqi Alliance list (UIA, ballot number 555) in Karbala, Mouther Hussein Hassan Al[...] |
2005-12-12 19:44:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL IZ |
| 05HILLAH373 | WASIT UIA/555 SLATE LEADER CONFIDENT IN CAMPAIGN'S FINAL [...]) SUMMARY. Deputy Governor and leader of the United Iraqi Alliance (Ballot Number 555) list in Wasit, Mohammed Al-Khateeb (Shi'a Islam[...] |
2005-12-14 15:09:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL IZ |
| 05HILLAH375 | 549/ISLAMIC COALITION CANDIDATE PREDICTS "HARD COMPETITION" [...]SBU) SUMMARY: The number two candidate in Karbala on the Islamic Coalition list (ballot number 549), Ibrahim Ali Abbas Al-Mutayri, pr[...] |
2005-12-14 19:14:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL IZ |
| 05HILLAH380 | SISTANI, SADR OFFER APPROVAL OF ELECTION PROCESS IN MEETINGS [...]) Summary: In separate meetings December 17 with Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani and Moqtada Sadr each [...] |
2005-12-18 17:20:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IZ |
| 05HILLAH382 | MOSQUE SERMONS DIFFER ON OIL PRICE HIKE [...][...] |
2005-12-24 13:13:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL EPET EFIN EAID IZ |
| 05HILLAH384 | SISTANI-AFFILIATED CLERIC ASSASSINATED IN NAJAF; IRAQI [...]) Summary: Unidentified gunmen assassinated Sayyid Fattah Al-Thabhawi, a mid-level Shi'a cleric affiliated with Grand Ayatollah Ali Al[...] |
2005-12-28 18:05:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IZ |
| 05HILLAH385 | SADRIST SHAYKH, RELEASED FROM JAIL, TELLS OF ALLEGED PRISON [...]) Summary: In a private meeting in Najaf on December 27, a high-ranking Sadrist shaykh recently released from prison told Moqtada Al-S[...] |
2005-12-31 14:29:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IZ |
| 05ISTANBUL1556 | HIZB-UT TAHRIR ACTIVE IN ISTANBUL [...]) Members of the radical Islamic organization Hizb-ut Tahrir (HT) staged a protest and delivered a press statement after Friday praye[...] |
2005-09-09 14:15:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PHUM PINS PTER TU |
| 05ISTANBUL377 | MOSQUE-STATE RELATIONS: ISTANBUL DEBATES ROLE OF [...]) Subject: A new report on the relationship among religion, state, and society by TESEV, a prominent establishment Turkish think tank,[...] |
2005-03-08 13:21:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL TU |
| 05ISTANBUL890 | REFLEXIVE TURKISH NATIONALISM ENSNARES MASTERCARD [...]BU) Summary: After briefly basking in the reflected glow of last week's exciting UEFA Champion's League Final in Istanbul between Milan [...] |
2005-06-01 11:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KISL ASEC TU |
| 05JAKARTA15147 | FORMER PRESIDENT MEGAWATI CRITICIZES YUDHOYONO'S [...]) In a November 18 meeting with the Ambassador, former President Megawati Soekarnoputri played the part of opposition leader to the hi[...] |
2005-11-22 10:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID |
| 05JEDDAH1903 | MOSQUE SERMONS FROM SAUDI ARABIA: YOUTH, BLACK [...]SBU) From the Grand Mosque in Mecca on June 10, Sheikh Salah bin Mohammed al-Budayr delivered a sermon focusing on summer activities [...] |
2005-06-15 16:45:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL SOCI PINR |
| 05JEDDAH1905 | GOVERNOR OF ASIR SUPPORTS AL-BIR CHARITY [...]SBU) During a visit to al-Bir School and Orphanage in Abha on June 13, Poloffs met with Director Samiha Mohammed Dawood. For 17 year[...] |
2005-06-15 16:56:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KWMN KISL |
| 05JEDDAH2181 | SNAPSHOT OF STUDENT OPINION: UNDERGRADS FROM [...]C) SUMMARY. Following the June 28 opening of the first American Corner in Saudi Arabia at the College of Business Administration (CBA[...] |
2005-07-02 13:24:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL SOCI KISL |
| 05JEDDAH2238 | MOSQUE SERMONS IN SAUDI ARABIA: AVOID WASTING TIME [...]C) Summary: In Friday, July 1 sermons, imams in Mecca and Medina noted the start of the summer holiday season in Saudi Arabia by remi[...] |
2005-07-05 14:50:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL |
| 05JEDDAH2495 | UNDERGRADS FRET ABOUT JOBS AND DISCUSS TERROR [...]C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Conoff participated in an outdoor "Youth Challenge" competition on July 21 sponsored by the College of Busine[...] |
2005-07-23 14:21:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER SOCI |
| 05KINSHASA1647 | CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES [...]e following demarches were delivered on September 16, 2005 to Mr. Felix Ngoma, the Americas Desk Officer for the Ministry of Foreign A[...] |
2005-10-04 07:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC KTFN EFIN PGOV PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR KISL KPAO OIIP TBIO EAGR ECON ECIN EAIR EAID KSCA SOCI UK SA CF UNGA WTO AID |
| 05KIRKUK270 | (C) WASHINGTON TRIP HELPS BOOST KURDISH SUPPORT FOR STAYING [...]C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. KRG (Erbil) PM Nechirvan Barzani lauded President Bush for hosting his uncle, KRG President Masud Barza[...] |
2005-12-08 14:01:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM KISL EINV IZ IR SY KRG |
| 05KIRKUK285 | (U) KURDS ANTICIPATE AGAIN FIELDING SECOND-LARGEST BLOC IN [...]C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Khalilzad met December 2-3 with KRG Regional President Masud Barzani and then with Iraqi President Talabani. [...] |
2005-12-13 18:58:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL IZ KDP |
| 05KUWAIT1076 | EXTREME ISLAMIST JABER AL-JALAHMA SHARES WORLDVIEW [...]) SUMMARY: Extreme Sunni Islamist Jaber Al-Jalahma, a frequent subject of questioning by state security officials for his links to mil[...] |
2005-03-15 13:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PGOV KISL KMDR PINR KU ISLAMISTS |
| 05KUWAIT115 | NEWSPAPER PUBLISHES GOK ANTI-TERROR STRATEGY PAPER [...]) Kuwait news daily Al-Qabas obtained and published a Social Affairs Ministry working paper outlining Kuwait's efforts to combat terro[...] |
2005-01-09 11:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KISL KU |
| 05KUWAIT1192 | Appeals Court Sentence Silences Liberal [...]) SUMMARY: Sentenced to a one-year suspended jail term and three years probation for "defaming Islam," a liberal columnist said he wil[...] |
2005-03-23 09:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR KISL PREL PHUM PGOV KU |
| 05KUWAIT1306 | FORCED OUT?: LIBERAL COLUMNIST QUITS, DECRIES [...]) Summary: Decrying the death of press freedom, Kuwait University Political Scientist and long-time columnist Dr. Ahmed Al-Baghdadi f[...] |
2005-03-30 11:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KDEM KJUS PHUM PREL KU |
| 05KUWAIT1308 | ISLAMIC EXTREMIST HAMAD AL-ALI: GOK CONFUSION ON [...]BU) Summary: Extremist Salafi preacher Hamad Al-Ali continues to preach violent jihad in Kuwait despite GOK attempts to promote tolera[...] |
2005-03-30 14:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV KISL KMDR PINR KU ISLAMISTS |
| 05KUWAIT1406 | PARLIAMENT VS. THE PRIME MINISTER: GRILLING FORCES [...]) Summary and Comment: Caving in to pressures heightened by the grilling and proffered resignation of Health Minister Dr. Mohammed Al[...] |
2005-04-06 16:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KDEM PREL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
| 05KUWAIT1519 | SILENCED WRITER RETURNS AFTER NEWSPAPER COLUMN [...]MMARY: Liberal columnist Ahmed Al-Baghdadi, who forswore writing after being sentenced to a one-year suspended jail term for defaming [...] |
2005-04-16 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KISL PINR PHUM KU |
| 05KUWAIT1660 | EDUCATION REFORM: NEW KUWAITI TEXTBOOKS BY 2006 [...]BU) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by CAO, met with Kuwait's Minister of Higher Education Dr. Rashid Al- Hamed on April 9, 2005. [...] |
2005-04-24 14:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OEXC KISL KU |
| 05KUWAIT1732 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: COLUMNISTS CALL FOR [...]mmary and comment: In the wake of an April 24 rampage by hundreds of Bangladeshi laborers who ransacked their Embassy to protest chron[...] |
2005-04-27 15:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KISL PHUM PINR KU |
| 05KUWAIT1834 | KUWAITI SHIITE POLITICAL BLOCS BUOYED BY WAVE OF [...]) Summary: The often mistrusted Shi'a population has slowly increased the intensity of its calls for reform since the liberation of I[...] |
2005-05-03 12:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PINR KISL KU SOLI |
| 05KUWAIT185 | KUWAITIS NOT SURPRISED BY JANUARY 10 SHOOTOUT; [...]) Summary and Comment: Most Kuwait dailies described the January 10 incident (reftel), in which two state security officers and one m[...] |
2005-01-11 14:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KISL KPAO KU |
| 05KUWAIT1908 | KUWAITI COURT SENTENCES VIOLENT JIHADISTS TO JAIL [...]) Twenty Islamic extremists, including 18 Kuwaitis, were sentenced by the Criminal Court on May 8 in two separate cases for entering I[...] |
2005-05-09 12:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PTER KJUS KU ISLAMISTS TERRORISM |
| 05KUWAIT2119 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: QURAN ALLEGATION FOLLOW- [...]ummary: While there has been coverage on the Quran allegations from Newsweek, Post has received little feedback from local contacts w[...] |
2005-05-19 07:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP KMDR KISL XF KU |
| 05KUWAIT214 | GRILLING OF JUSTICE MINISTER UNEVENTFUL; PERSONAL [...]mmary: In what is being described as the most bland grilling yet, Justice Minister and MP Ahmed Baqer, the only Salafi in the cabinet,[...] |
2005-01-12 13:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL KPAO PINR KU |
| 05KUWAIT2174 | LAWYER FOR ACCUSED TERRORIST MAKES HIS CASE [...]) Summary: PolOffs met with prominent defense attorney Osama Al-Munawer on May 15, 2005, at the law offices of his father, Ahmed H. A[...] |
2005-05-22 14:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM PINR KJUS KISL KU TERRORISM ISLAMISTS |
| 05KUWAIT2228 | KUWAIT'S INTERIOR MINISTER APPLAUDS WOMEN'S [...]) SUMMARY. In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 24, Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, said that the Prime[...] |
2005-05-24 16:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ASEC KISL KU PGOV PREL PTER SA TERRORISM |
| 05KUWAIT2258 | FOUR OUT OF FIVE KUWAITI LAWYERS AGREE: SYSTEMIC [...]) Summary and Comment: An examination of many recent legal cases, discussions with Kuwaiti attorneys of all political stripes, and an [...] |
2005-05-25 12:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PTER KLIG KJUS PHUM ASEC KU ISLAMISTS TERRORISM |
| 05KUWAIT2607 | COURT UPHOLDS EXTREMIST HAMAD AL-ALI'S SENTENCE; [...]) Kuwait's Supreme Court of Appeals (Mahkamah Al-Tameez) upheld on June 7 a two-year suspended sentence of Islamic extremist cleric Sh[...] |
2005-06-12 13:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL PGOV KJUS KU ISLAMISTS |
| 05KUWAIT264 | KUWAITIS SHOCKED BY RECENT TERROR INCIDENTS; MANY [...]) Summary and Comment: In the wake of a second shoot-out on January 15 between Kuwaiti security officers and extremists, public calls [...] |
2005-01-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KISL KPAO KU TERRORISM |
| 05KUWAIT274 | SHI'A CLERIC SAYS SHIITES LOSING LAST YEAR'S [...]) Summary and Comment: During a January 4 meeting, Secretary General of the Shiite Clerics Congregation and SIPDIS se[...] |
2005-01-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL KU IZ IR ISLAMISTS SHI |
| 05KUWAIT2893 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: KUWAITI OPINION ON IRANIAN [...]mmary: The election of Iranian president-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stirred unease among Kuwaiti observers. While few voices predic[...] |
2005-06-28 14:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KISL PHUM PINR KU |
| 05KUWAIT2902 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: TRAFFICKING IN [...]mmary: The Department of State Trafficking in Persons report and widespread media coverage of a subsequent Embassy-sponsored DVC on th[...] |
2005-06-28 15:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO KISL KCRM PGOV KDEM KU |
| 05KUWAIT2928 | GTMO DETAINEE NASSER AL-MUTAIRI ACQUITTED [...][...] |
2005-06-30 11:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KCRM KU |
| 05KUWAIT3041 | TFUK01: KUWAITI RESPONSE TO JULY 7 TERROR ATTACKS [...]U) The Kuwaiti government was quick to publicly condemn the July 7 attacks in London, reassert its commitment to the global war on te[...] |
2005-07-08 11:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL PINR KPAO KISL KU |
| 05KUWAIT3094 | HIJAB HIJINX: COLUMNISTS DEBATE APPROPRIATE [...]MMARY: In an interesting but likely coincidental juxtaposition, two editorialists -- one a liberal Shi'a former minister, the other a [...] |
2005-07-12 09:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KISL PREL KWMN KU |
| 05KUWAIT3221 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER SPEAKS OUT ON WOMEN, [...]MMARY: Speaker of the National Assembly Jassem Al- Khorafi discussed women's political rights, human rights, Kuwait's democratic devel[...] |
2005-07-20 13:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KISL PREL PHUM KMPI KWMN KU |
| 05KUWAIT3246 | Engaging Kuwaitis On Terrorism and Islam [...]) SUMMARY: The July 7 terror attacks in London, followed closely by increasingly horrific and deadly suicide attacks in Iraq, Lebanon [...] |
2005-07-24 04:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KPAO KISL PREL PHUM KU TERRORISM |
| 05KUWAIT326 | ISLAMIST MP TALKS ABOUT TERRORISM, IRAQI DEBT, [...]) SUMMARY. During a January 16 call on influential Islamist Member of Parliament (MP) Dr. Nasser Al-Sane, the Ambassador discussed a [...] |
2005-01-19 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EFIN ETTC PGOV EAID EPET KISL KWMN KU |
| 05KUWAIT3266 | READING, WRITING, AND QUR'ANIC RECITATION: THE [...][...] |
2005-07-25 04:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KISL SCUL KWMN KIRF PINR KU ISLAMISTS |
| 05KUWAIT3267 | READING, WRITING, AND QUR'ANIC RECITATION: THE [...]) Summary and Introduction: The January shoot-outs between Kuwaiti security officers and extremist militants placed new emphasis on th[...] |
2005-07-25 05:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KISL SCUL KWMN KIRF PINR KU ISLAMISTS |
| 05KUWAIT327 | UPDATE ON KEY ISSUES FOR UNDERSECRETARY BOLTON'S [...]S) Since your last visit, the GOK welcomed the transfer of sovereignty to the interim Iraqi government and has been a strong supporte[...] |
2005-01-19 14:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MARR KISL KU IR IAEA |
| 05KUWAIT3288 | DAILY NEWSPAPER DETERMINED TO CONFRONT ISLAMISTS [...]) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In a July 24 meeting with IO following the Sharm El-Sheikh bombings earlier that morning, the local editor of A[...] |
2005-07-25 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KPAO KISL PREL KU TERRORISM |
| 05KUWAIT3290 | HALTING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN INSURGENTS TO IRAQ: [...]C) Charge delivered July 25 ref a demarche to Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, President of the National Security Bureau (NSB). He e[...] |
2005-07-25 14:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KISL KU TERRORISM |
| 05KUWAIT3325 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: SHARM EL-SHEIKH BOMBINGS [...]MMARY: Kuwaiti writers rallied around Egypt in the wake of the July 23 Sharm El-Sheikh bombings condemning the acts and seeking to ass[...] |
2005-07-27 11:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPAO KISL PREL SCUL KU |
| 05KUWAIT3384 | ISLAMISTS OFFER CRITIQUE OF U.S. POLICY, ADVICE ON [...]MMARY AND COMMENT: On July 26, CDA hosted a gathering of Kuwaiti Islamists from the media, academic, religious and political fields fo[...] |
2005-07-31 11:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO KISL PTER KU ISLAMISTS |
| 05KUWAIT3403 | SENIOR KUWAITI MFA OFFICIAL'S VIEWS ON SPEAKING [...]C) PolChief discussed reftel points July 31 with Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Coordination a[...] |
2005-08-01 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KPAO KCRM KU KACW |
| 05KUWAIT3422 | IN KUWAIT, POLITICS AS USUAL AFTER DEATH OF SAUDI [...]BU) Summary: The death of Saudi King Fahd elicited little surprise in Kuwait. With both the Amir and the Crown Prince old and ailing[...] |
2005-08-02 14:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN KISL KU |
| 05KUWAIT3462 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: THE DEATH OF KING FAHD [...]MMARY: Kuwaiti commentators universally mourned King Fahd as a true Islamic leader and a special friend of Kuwait. The timing of his d[...] |
2005-08-06 04:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KISL PREL KU |
| 05KUWAIT3583 | ANTI-WEST, ANTI-ISRAEL AD MAKES ROUNDS OF LOCAL [...]) SUMMARY: A virulently anti-West, anti-Israel advertisement calling on good Muslims to fight to defend the Quran and their faith appe[...] |
2005-08-10 11:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KISL PREL PTER PINR KU ISLAMISTS |
| 05KUWAIT36 | SHI'A INFORMATION MINISTER RESIGNS AMID SCANDAL; [...]) Summary: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah accepted, on January 2, the resignation of Information Minister Mohammed Abulhassan, preempting[...] |
2005-01-04 03:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KPAO PINR KU |
| 05KUWAIT404 | KUWAITIS SPECULATE ABOUT OUTCOME OF IRAQI [...]) Summary and Comment: A third gun battle between militants and Kuwaiti law enforcement officials stole the January 30 media spotlight[...] |
2005-01-30 14:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL KU IZ |
| 05KUWAIT405 | SALAFIS ANNOUNCE POLITICAL PARTY; EMBASSY PRESENCE [...]) Summary: The presence of Embassy personnel at a press conference held by prominent Salafis to announce the establishment of the Hizb[...] |
2005-01-31 03:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL KU ISLAMISTS |
| 05KUWAIT4116 | KUWAITI CONTACTS BRIEF KUWAIT COUNTRY OFFICER ON [...]SBU) Summary: Country Officer for Kuwait, David Berns, met September 18 with Jassem Boodai, owner and editor-in-chief of the Arabic-la[...] |
2005-09-21 11:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM KWMN KISL SOCI OTRA PINR KU TERRORISM |
| 05KUWAIT416 | KUWAITIS NEAR UNANIMOUS IN PRAISE OF IRAQI [...]) Summary and Comment: All Kuwaiti dailies hailed the January 30 elections in Iraq as a success. Several rank-and-file Kuwaitis unani[...] |
2005-01-31 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL KU IZ |
| 05KUWAIT4190 | FREEDOM AGENDA: UNPRECEDENTED [...]C) Summary and comment: Emboffs have confirmed that an unprecedented alliance of liberal, Islamist, and Shi'a political associations h[...] |
2005-09-26 12:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SOCI KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
| 05KUWAIT4209 | COMBATING EXTREMISM IN KUWAIT [...]S) Summary and Introduction: This report responds to the request (ref A) for information on programs for combating extremism. Embassy[...] |
2005-09-27 11:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI KISL ASEC KU TERRORISM |
| 05KUWAIT4293 | FREEDOM AGENDA: REDUCTION OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS [...]SBU) Summary and comment: Reducing the number of electoral districts from 25 to 10 is a top priority for reform-minded parliamentarian[...] |
2005-10-03 14:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KISL SOCI KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
| 05KUWAIT4313 | FREEDOM AGENDA: MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SPOKESMAN SAYS [...]C) The Political Relations Head for the Islamic Consensus Movement (ICM), the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait, told [...] |
2005-10-04 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL KWMN KU ISLAMISTS |
| 05KUWAIT4352 | FREEDOM AGENDA: MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT SPEAK OUT ON [...]C) Summary and comment: During his nightly courtesy visits to diwaniyas during Ramadan, which began October 4, the Ambassador has bee[...] |
2005-10-10 12:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
| 05KUWAIT4378 | STUDENT UNION ELECTIONS: A MICROCOSM OF POLITICS [...]SBU) Summary and comment: The Islamic Alliance, a partnership between two student parties affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and t[...] |
2005-10-11 13:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KISL KDEM KWMN SOCI KU |
| 05KUWAIT4451 | SHI'A MOSQUE ATTACKED BY YOUTH IN JAHRA; SHI'A [...]) Summary: A group of youth between the ages of 14 and 18 attacked a Shi'a mosque in Jahra on October 7, burning a stolen car, breaking [...] |
2005-10-17 10:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL KDEM SA KU SHI |
| 05KUWAIT4588 | FOUR SHI'A POLITICAL ASSOCIATIONS FORM COALITION [...]SBU) SUMMARY: LEADERS OF FOUR LOCAL SHI'A POLITICAL ASSOCIATIONS ANNOUNCED OCTOBER 23 THE FORMATION OF A SHI'A UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION, [...] |
2005-10-25 12:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KISL KU SHI |
| 05KUWAIT4633 | UPDATE ON SHI'A MOSQUE INCIDENT: LOCALIZED ACT [...]C) This is an update to reftel reporting on the October 7 attack against a Shi'a mosque in Jahra, a predominantly Sunni city approxima[...] |
2005-10-30 06:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KISL KIRF KU SHI |
| 05KUWAIT4681 | FIRST GUANTANAMO RETURNEE'S ACQUITTAL OVERTURNED [...]ocal press reports that former Guantanamo detainee Nasser Al-Mutairi has had his acquittal overturned and has been sentenced to five y[...] |
2005-11-02 12:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KCRM KU TERRORISM |
| 05KUWAIT4832 | AMBASSADOR RAISES ALARM RE SHARP DECLINE IN KUWAITI [...]) Summary and comment: On November 9, Ambassador met with Undersecretary for Higher Education, Dr. Rasha Al- Sabah. During the meet[...] |
2005-11-22 04:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC KPAO SCUL PREL PTER OIIP CVIS KISL XF KU |
| 05KUWAIT486 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DISCUSSES ANTI-TERRORISM [...]) Summary: During separate February 2 discussions with the Ambassador, Members of Parliament (MPs) Dr. Yousef Al-Zalzalah and Abdullah[...] |
2005-02-02 14:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL EFIN PGOV KU |
| 05KUWAIT4884 | KUWAITI AUTHORITIES CRACK DOWN ON "DOOR-TO-DOOR [...]ocal Arabic daily Al-Seyassah reported November 22 that five extremist preachers -- three Egyptians and two Indonesians -- were arrest[...] |
2005-11-26 13:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KISL SOCI KU |
| 05KUWAIT4999 | AL-WATAN NEWSPAPER SLAMMED FOR PUBLISHING LIBELOUS [...]he Kuwait Criminal Court issued December 3 a verdict sentencing Islamist Kuwaiti writer Ahmad Al-Kose and Editor- in-Chief of the Arab[...] |
2005-12-05 07:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KISL SCUL KIRF KPAO KU |
| 05KUWAIT5032 | HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS CENTER CHIEF ON IRAQ AND [...]C) Summary: Lt. General (Ret.) Ali Mohammed Hassan Al Mu'min, head of Kuwait's Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC), met with poloff [...] |
2005-12-06 15:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KISL OFDP SOCI PINR IZ KU |
| 05KUWAIT5122 | CRIMINAL COURT AMENDS LIBEL VERDICT AGAINST AL- [...]n December 10, the Kuwaiti Criminal Court amended its December 3 sentence of Islamist columnist Ahmad Al-Kose and Shaykh Khalifa Ali A[...] |
2005-12-14 09:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KISL SCUL KIRF KPAO KU |
| 05KUWAIT5130 | FOREIGN MINISTER CONFIRMS GEN. AL-MUMIN IS THE [...]C) During a December 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah confirmed that Gener[...] |
2005-12-14 12:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL OFDP SOCI PINR IZ KU |
| 05KUWAIT5287 | MEDIA REACTION: Conference on Using Education to [...]mmary: Kuwaiti Arabic-language daily newspapers praised a conference examining the role of education in confronting extremism as bein[...] |
2005-12-28 13:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR KISL OEXC KU |
| 05KUWAIT5289 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: International Conference on [...]mmary: Kuwaiti daily newspapers provided coverage on their pages of the first International Conference on the Educational Dimensions [...] |
2005-12-28 14:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR KISL OEXC KU |
| 05KUWAIT5299 | HOC CHIEF / UNOFFICIAL KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ [...]C) Summary: Lt General Ali Hassan Al-Mu'min, former Kuwaiti military Chief of Staff, current head of the Humanitarian Operations Cente[...] |
2005-12-31 10:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL OFDP PINR MOPS PHUM IZ KU |
| 05KUWAIT656 | ISLAMISTS IN KUWAIT: CONTOURS OF A GROWING, [...]) Introduction: The Islamist movement in Kuwait reaches into every aspect and sector of Kuwaiti society. From grass-roots businesses [...] |
2005-02-14 13:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KISL KU ISLAMISTS |
| 05KUWAIT766 | SECURITY TIGHT AS SHI'A CELEBRATE ASHOURA [...]) Summary: Kuwaiti and expatriate Shiites celebrated Ashoura on the evenings of February 18 and 19 under heavy police protection after[...] |
2005-02-21 10:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PHUM KU |
| 05LILONGWE421 | MEDIA REACTION - GUANTANAMO, LILONGWE [...]atch what you say: words can be deadly weapons" ¶2. The independent daily, "The Times" of May 18, 2005, carried a[...] |
2005-05-19 05:01:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAO MI |
| 05LJUBLJANA275 | ROMA EDUCATION DISPUTE RESOLVED TEMPORARILY [...]ummary. Slovenia's Minister of Education and Sport has recently made two visits to Novo Mesto in south-east Slovenia to address a dis[...] |
2005-04-25 06:40:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PHUM SI |
| 05LJUBLJANA569 | GUANTANAMO POINTS DISSEMINATED IN SLOVENIA [...]BU) Post delivered reftel points to U.S. Desk Officer Marjana Prvinsek-Bokal August 5. Prvisnek will share the points with other rel[...] |
2005-08-09 07:20:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL |
| 05MADRID1880 | SPANISH REACTION TO NEWSWEEK'S RETRACTION OF KORAN [...]he Spanish media have given very prominent coverage to Newsweek's retraction of its Koran desecration allegation story. All national [...] |
2005-05-17 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KISL SP |
| 05MADRID2648 | SPAIN: SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT [...]) Though not an action addressee on reftel, post wished to share the following points. ¶2. (U) Embassy Madrid's Muslim Out[...] |
2005-07-13 15:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PREL PTER SP |
| 05MADRID2902 | SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO AND DETAINEES [...]C) Embassy Madrid plans to deploy reftel points on GITMO and detainees as appropriate in several sets of outreach programs led by the [...] |
2005-08-10 09:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL |
| 05MADRID3671 | MUSLIM OUTREACH PROGRAM: EMBASSY MADRID HOSTS ITS [...]mmary. As part of its Muslim Outreach program, Embassy Madrid held its first Embassy Iftar on the evening of October 13 in the Ambassa[...] |
2005-10-19 15:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KISL SP |
| 05MADRID3752 | LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM SECRETARY GENERAL OF [...] Embassy Madrid's Iftar dinner on October 13 (see reftel), the Ambassador received a letter from the Secretary General of the Islamic [...] |
2005-10-26 10:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL SP |
| 05MADRID645 | THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN SPAIN [...]UMMARY. This message is the first of two cables discussing Spain's large and growing Muslim community that stems from Poloff's discus[...] |
2005-02-17 17:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KPAO KISL SP |
| 05MADRID699 | SPANISH MUSLIMS VIEWS ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY [...]SBU) SUMMARY. This message is the second of two cables discussing Spain's large and growing Muslim community and is based on Poloff'[...] |
2005-02-24 09:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI KPAO KISL SP |
| 05MANAMA101 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BOLTON'S JANUARY [...]S) We warmly welcome your visit to Bahrain. On the key issues of Iran, counter-terrorism, and Article 98, you will find the Bahraini [...] |
2005-01-24 10:04:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM ASEC KISL BA IR IZ KICC IAEA |
| 05MANAMA1012 | SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACS: [...]) The Embassy, in response to Ref A instruction, has focused its initial efforts to encourage denunciation and delegitimization of ter[...] |
2005-07-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KPAO BA |
| 05MANAMA1165 | BAHRAIN: SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO AND DETAINEES [...]C) The Charge delivered reftel talking points concerning detainee operations at Guantanamo to Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister S[...] |
2005-08-10 13:29:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KISL PGOV PREL BA |
| 05MANAMA1292 | ISLAMIC AFFAIRS OFFICIAL PROMOTES MODERATION, [...]C) Ministry of Islamic Affairs Under Secretary Dr. Fareed Al Muftah told the Ambassador September 4 that he welcomed USG support for e[...] |
2005-09-07 12:23:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAO OEXC SCUL BA |
| 05MANAMA1347 | SHIA OPPOSITION SOCIETY AL WIFAQ MOVING TOWARD [...]C) The Political Societies Law passed in July requires all political societies to register with the Ministry of Justice by November 2.[...] |
2005-09-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL BA |
| 05MANAMA1426 | NEWSPAPER'S FALSE ACCUSATION AGAINST EMBASSY [...]C) Arabic daily Akhbar Al Khaleej September 29 printed a small front-page item accusing the Embassy of a superpower of requesting the [...] |
2005-10-03 12:18:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO KISL ETRD BA |
| 05MANAMA1506 | OPPOSITION GROUPS AL WIFAQ, NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC [...]C) Leading opposition societies Al Wifaq and the National Democratic Action Society (NDAS) in separate votes October 6 approved propos[...] |
2005-10-18 11:10:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL KISL BA |
| 05MANAMA1555 | AFGHANISTAN DESECRATION REPORTS RECEIVE LITTLE PLAY [...]n response to action request in reftel, to date these reports have received minimal local press play and no editorial comment. Embass[...] |
2005-10-24 06:45:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KISL PREL BA |
| 05MANAMA1566 | DEVELOPMENT OF FAMILY LAW ROILS RELIGIOUS CLERICS [...]C) Sunni and Shi'a religious leaders have reacted strongly against the Supreme Council for Women's (SCW) media campaign to heighten aw[...] |
2005-10-26 11:35:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN PREL KISL BA |
| 05MANAMA1580 | CREEPING CONSERVATISM HITS HOTELS DURING RAMADAN [...]SBU) Bahrain's Tourism Directorate issued instructions to five-star hotels in early October directing them to stop serving alcohol in [...] |
2005-10-29 14:26:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KISL BA |
| 05MANAMA1810 | ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT TOWNSEND'S DECEMBER 2 [...]C) Summary: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met with Kuwaiti [...] |
2005-12-10 12:47:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC PARM PGOV KISL BA KU REGION OFFICIALS CTR |
| 05MANAMA1811 | ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT TOWNSEND'S DECEMBER 2 [...]C) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met with United Arab Emirat[...] |
2005-12-10 12:47:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC PARM PGOV KISL BA AE CTR OFFICIALS REGION |
| 05MANAMA468 | GOB PROMOTES MODERATION THROUGH ISLAMIC OUTREACH, [...]C) The Bahraini government is in the process of launching two programs emphasizing moderation in public discourse and interactions. M[...] |
2005-03-28 08:18:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO SCUL KMPI KISL KIRF PHUM BA |
| 05MANAMA703 | OUTREACH FOLLOWING NEWSWEEK'S RETRACTION OF ITS [...]AS Manama has widely distributed to all Bahraini media outlets all official texts and statements on this issue. On May 17, Bahrain's [...] |
2005-05-17 11:06:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KISL OIIP KPAO BA |
| 05MANAMA846 | BAHRAIN: ENCOURAGING ARAB DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS [...]C) The Ambassador June 11 delivered Ref A demarche concerning encouraging Arab diplomatic relations with Iraq and positive public stat[...] |
2005-06-14 14:19:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL BA IZ |
| 05MANILA1098 | MARAWI CITY: ISLAMIC PRIDE IN THE TROUBLED SOUTH [...]U) Summary. Marawi, the capital of Lanao del Sur Province in Central Mindanao, is officially an "Islamic city" under municipal law, t[...] |
2005-03-09 09:23:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL PINS KCRM SNAR SA RP |
| 05MANILA1549 | EMBASSY SPEAKERS' PROGRAM A BIG HIT WITH MINDANAO STATE [...]ummary. As part of the Embassy Speakers' Program, Assistant Information Officer Ruth Urry delivered two speeches to students at Minda[...] |
2005-04-04 08:40:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL KIRC OPRC PHUM KWMN OIIP KISL PGOV RP |
| 05MANILA1853 | INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION AGREEMENT CAPS [...]C) SUMMARY. President Musharraf's state visit produced a new counterterrorism cooperation agreement that will regularize and expand i[...] |
2005-04-22 07:27:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL PK IN RP |
| 05MANILA1955 | JOLO LOCALS WELCOME US ATTENTION [...]SBU) Summary. Ambassador's April 22 visit to Jolo Town, the capital of Sulu Province, centered on handover ceremonies for several USA[...] |
2005-04-29 08:53:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PTER KISL PGOV PHUM PINS PREL MOPS RP |
| 05MANILA1961 | COTABATO MAYOR PROTESTS USAID PROJECT SUSPENSION [...]SBU) Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema has attempted to instigate a local media and public outcry against the US, and specifically USA[...] |
2005-04-29 10:55:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAID KISL PINS ASEC CASC RP |
| 05MANILA2278 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 5, 2005 MEETING WITH [...]U) May 5, 2005; 9:00 a.m.; Manila, the Philippines. ¶2. (C) SUMMARY. Anti-terrorism legislation will be on top of the Arr[...] |
2005-05-18 06:42:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MASS MCAP ECON ETRD EFIN KISL |
| 05MANILA2356 | ISLAMIC NGOS IN THE PHILIPPINES [...]C) Summary. A variety of local and international charities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with Islamic connections operate[...] |
2005-05-23 07:21:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL EAID PINS PREL EFIN KTFN LY SA PK TH RP |
| 05MANILA3095 | MUSLIM VIEWS ON MANILA'S POLITICAL CIRCUS [...]C) Summary. Some moderate Muslims are looking beyond PGMA to a possible De Castro era. The ongoing circus has sparked renewed intere[...] |
2005-07-07 06:44:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KISL PINR RP |
| 05MANILA3435 | GRP-MILF PEACE TALKS POSTPONED; LATEST NEWS [...]S) Summary: The latest round of exploratory talks between the GRP and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have been postponed. [...] |
2005-07-27 06:48:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PGOV PINS PTER PINR KISL MY RP |
| 05MANILA3611 | SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO POSTPONE ELECTION IN [...]C) Summary: The Philippine Supreme Court has declined a request that it postpone the August 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in M[...] |
2005-08-04 07:51:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS PTER KISL ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA3655 | ELECTIONS IN MUSLIM AUTONOMOUS REGION PROCEED IN [...]U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: The August 8 elections in[...] |
2005-08-08 09:23:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KISL ASEC EAID RP |
| 05MANILA3677 | COUNTING OF VOTES CONTINUES IN MUSLIM AUTONOMOUS [...]U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: Officials continue to cou[...] |
2005-08-09 07:54:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KISL ASEC KPAO RP |
| 05MANILA3710 | OFFICIAL RESULTS FROM ARMM ELECTIONS DELAYED; MORE [...]C) Summary: Final results from the August 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have been delayed due to poo[...] |
2005-08-11 07:30:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KISL EAID ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA3726 | AMPATUAN WINS GOVERNOR'S RACE IN MUSLIM AUTONOMOUS [...]C) Summary: Official results have been released for the August 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Zaldy[...] |
2005-08-12 07:10:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS KISL ECON PINR RP |
| 05MANILA3788 | STUDENT ACTIVISM IN THE PHILIPPINES: STILL A [...]C) Summary: Student activism in the Philippines has long been a political force and it remains one. This is particularly the case at[...] |
2005-08-17 07:36:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR KISL SOCI RP |
| 05MANILA3843 | GRP-MILF OPTIMISTIC ON TALKS, MALAYSIAN MONITORS, [...]C) Summary. The GRP and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) maintain their readiness to resume exploratory talks, although GRP offic[...] |
2005-08-19 09:05:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS PINS KISL MY RP |
| 05MANILA4224 | INCOMING ARMM GOVERNOR EAGER FOR CONTINUED US [...]C) Summary. Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor-elect Zaldy Ampatuan has promised to embrace a transparent and consu[...] |
2005-09-07 10:05:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS KISL ECON RP |
| 05MANILA4750 | PHILIPPINES TIGHTENS SECURITY AFTER BALI BOMBINGS [...]U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Summary. In the aftermath of the O[...] |
2005-10-04 08:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL MOPS PINS PGOV KISL ID RP |
| 05MANILA4776 | NEW GOVERNOR IN MUSLIM REGION IN MINDANAO SWORN IN [...]) Summary. Newly elected Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor Zaldy Ampatuan was sworn into office on September 30 by[...] |
2005-10-05 09:19:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PINS KISL PINR ECON RP |
| 05MANILA5019 | GRP-MILF PEACE PROCESS ON TRACK BUT POTENTIAL [...]C) Summary: GRP and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiators made a breakthrough on ancestral domain during their 9th Explora[...] |
2005-10-25 08:20:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS PINS KISL MY RP |
| 05MAPUTO1372 | MUSLIM IV SAYS AMERICAN ISLAM CAN TEACH MUSLIM [...]MMARY. The American experience subtly changes Islam for the better by erasing many of the schisms that plague Muslims elsewhere, accor[...] |
2005-10-24 05:27:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OIIP KPAO KISL SCUL MZ |
| 05MAPUTO1427 | AMERICAN IMAM CHALLENGES IMAGE OF A BUSH HOSTILE TO [...]MMARY. American Imam Darryl Wainwright's description of a President Bush not hostile to Islam was one paper's headline in an otherwise[...] |
2005-11-02 05:37:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KISL OIIP KPAO MZ |
| 05MAPUTO155 | ISLAM IN MOZAMBIQUE [...]) SUMMARY: Mozambique large Muslim minority has long been a bastion of moderate faith, both in the native African and South Asian immi[...] |
2005-02-02 12:07:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL MZ PHUM PTER SCUL KNAR |
| 05MAPUTO836 | AMBASSADOR VISITS MATOLA MUSLIM SCHOOL [...] June 16 the Matola Muslim School (Massjid Hamza) warmly welcomed its first visit by an American ambassador. Following up on his parti[...] |
2005-07-06 05:07:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO PINR PTER KISL MZ |
| 05MASERU404 | DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION RE: GITMO AND DETAINEES [...]st notes that the conflict in Iraq and associated issues receive very little coverage in the media in Lesotho. The few media reports[...] |
2005-08-05 08:05:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL LT |
| 05MILAN500 | FIELD-LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION OF ITALY'S [...]) Summary: Further to reftels, in recent follow-up meetings, our contacts reiterated that Muslim extremists in Italy are not using the[...] |
2005-11-03 15:12:00 | Consulate Milan | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL KISL PTER IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
| 05MONTREAL744 | MONTREAL MUSLIMS APPRECIATE DIALOGUE WITH [...]ummary. On June 2, Consulate staff (Consul General (CG), Public Affairs Officer (PAO), Consular Section Chief and FSN Public Affairs [...] |
2005-06-09 20:21:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KISL PREL PHUM ASEC SOCI CA |
| 05MUMBAI1931 | GUJARAT: PEACEFUL ON THE SURFACE, YET STATE GOVERNMENT [...]BU) The riots of 2002 belong to history, and communal harmony now reigns in Gujarat, business leaders and the state's Chief Secretary [...] |
2005-09-22 08:09:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PINR CVIS PREL PGOV KISL IN |
| 05MUSCAT1051 | FONMIN ON REGIONAL ISSUES, STRIKES DOMESTIC CHORD [...]BU) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi gave a wide-ranging interview to a UAE-based newspaper in late-June that [...] |
2005-07-06 07:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER SOCI KISL ETRD OPRC XF MU |
| 05MUSCAT1153 | OMANI OPINION MAKERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST RELIGIOUS [...]llowing the recent wave of violence in Iraq, including Omani denunciations of the terror attack in London and murder of the Egyptian a[...] |
2005-07-20 12:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAO PTER PGOV PREL MU |
| 05MUSCAT1159 | QABOOS PARDONS HUNDREDS [...]BU) Sultan Qaboos issued a royal decree that pardoned hundreds of prisoners, allegedly including military officers, who were recently [...] |
2005-07-21 06:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS KISL PINS MU |
| 05MUSCAT1577 | OMAN ONLINE: CONSTITUTIONS, COLONIALISM, AND CACOPHONY [...]mmary: The Omani Internet message board "al-Sablah" is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and so[...] |
2005-10-19 13:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SOCI KISL MU |
| 05MUSCAT1589 | OMAN MEDIA PLAY: U.S. SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN [...][...] |
2005-10-25 04:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KISL PREL MU |
| 05MUSCAT552 | SULTAN'S SECURITY CHIEF ON ARRESTS OF IBADHI [...]) The Minister of the Royal Office and one of the most powerful men in the country, General Ali bin Majid al-Ma'amari told the Ambassa[...] |
2005-04-04 13:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV SOCI KISL PHUM KJUS PINR MU |
| 05MUSCAT615 | OMAN FM SPEAKS OUT ON IRAQ, PALESTINE, REFORM [...]) Despite not having made a public statement of support following the January 30 parliamentary elections in Iraq, Omani Foreign Minist[...] |
2005-04-13 10:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC KISL KPAL IZ XF MU |
| 05MUSCAT716 | PLOTTERS SENTENCED, SMALL PROTEST HELD [...]) The State Security Court handed down sentences ranging from 10-20 years for most of the 31 defendants tried on charges of participat[...] |
2005-05-02 11:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PHUM KISL PINS ASEC MU |
| 05MUSCAT802 | OUTREACH FOLLOWING NEWSWEEK'S RETRACTION [...]e Embassy e-mailed copies of the May 16 Washington File to all six major daily newspapers in the Sultanate, and hand- delivered the ar[...] |
2005-05-17 11:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KMDR SOCI OIIP KISL MU |
| 05MUSCAT930 | TAKING SHARIA OUT OF LAW SCHOOL? [...]BU) The Dean of the College of Sharia and Law has confirmed rumors that the government will split up his institution, folding the law [...] |
2005-06-11 02:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL KMPI KISL PGOV ECON MU |
| 05MUSCAT931 | SULTAN PARDONS CONVICTED IBADHIS [...]) Sultan Qaboos issued a decree June 9 pardoning the thirty-one Ibadhis sentenced May 2 for belonging to a secret organization and see[...] |
2005-06-11 02:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KISL MU |
| 05MUSCAT950 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRAISE FOR THE PARDONS [...]mmary: All of Oman's major daily newspapers carried front- page coverage of the June 9 decree by Sultan Qaboos pardoning the thirty-on[...] |
2005-06-13 01:46:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP KISL PGOV PINS MU |
| 05NAIROBI1591 | CJTF-HOA BRINGS EDUCATION TO DISADVANTAGED MUSLIM [...]SBU) SUMMARY: On April 6, DCM, accompanied by COL Wendy Fontela, Political Advisor, CJTF-HOA, dedicated the new girls' secondary scho[...] |
2005-04-14 13:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL PTER PHUM SOCI KGHA KISL KPAO MOPS KE |
| 05NAIROBI2167 | TERRORISM TRIALS: MAGISTRATE ORDERS DEFENSE TO [...]U) In a minor victory for the Global War on Terrorism, the presiding magistrate for the conspiracy trial against suspected al Qaida t[...] |
2005-05-25 15:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PHUM PGOV KISL KE |
| 05NAIROBI2409 | TERRORISM TRIALS: MURDER SUSPECTS RELEASED [...]C) SUMMARY: A Kenyan judge ordered June 9 the immediate release of four al Qaida suspects who had been on trial for murder. He rule[...] |
2005-06-09 15:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC PHUM PGOV KISL KE IS |
| 05NAIROBI2424 | TERRORISM TRIALS: GOK - "WE AGONIZE, BUT ARE [...]) SUMMARY. The Acting Foreign Minister has expressed surprise and disappointment at the June 9 court decision to release four major te[...] |
2005-06-10 14:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KISL KDEM PINS ASEC |
| 05NAIROBI2519 | TERRORISM TRIALS: SUGGESTED LETTER FROM SECRETARY [...]) In the wake of the June 9 ruling in the Kikambala murder trials reftels Post believes a display of high-level interest from Washingt[...] |
2005-06-20 06:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KISL ASEC CASC KE |
| 05NAIROBI2617 | LAMU: BUDDING NEGATIVE SENTIMENTS TOWARD THE U.S. [...]C) SUMMARY: Poloff traveled with the CJTF-HOA Civil Affairs (CA) team to Lamu to gauge local sentiments toward the U.S. and to visit[...] |
2005-06-24 12:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC EAID PGOV PINS KISL KPAO KE |
| 05NAIROBI2619 | MALINDI: MIXING SUN, DRUGS, CORRUPTION AND A [...]SBU) SUMMARY: The Kenyan coastal resort town of Malindi is schizophrenic: hundreds of Italians - and upcountry Kenyans - dominate t[...] |
2005-06-24 13:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV KISL KPAO KE |
| 05NAIROBI4409 | MOMBASA MUSLIMS SEE ORANGE [...]C) SUMMARY: The vast majority of Muslims in Mombasa actively support the &Orange8 campaign for a "no" (or, "Orange") vote in Novembe[...] |
2005-10-25 02:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC EAID PGOV PINS KISL KE |
| 05NAIROBI4764 | COASTAL SECURITY KEY TO KENYAN COUNTER-TERRORISM [...]C) SUMMARY: Members of post,s Coastal Security Working Group discussed the security situation and options for engagement with law en[...] |
2005-11-16 10:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MARR PGOV PREL PINS KISL KE |
| 05NEWDELHI1304 | BIHAR ELECTIONS COULD WEAKEN UPA GOVERNMENT [...]C) Summary: The elections for the Bihar State Assembly are being watched more closely than usual this year, because the outcome could [...] |
2005-02-18 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KISL IN |
| 05NEWDELHI1424 | THE BJP PROMISES FIREWORKS FOR BUDGET SESSION [...]C) Summary: The BJP leadership is determined to disrupt Parliament when the Budget Session convenes on February 25, insisting that the agitation wil[...] |
2005-02-24 12:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI2792 | DAS GASTRIGHT ENCOURAGES COORDINATION ON BANGLADESH [...]) Summary: In an April 18 meeting with MEA Joint Secretary Neelam Deo (Bangladesh), SA DAS John Gastright SIPDIS emphasized that all concerned countri[...] |
2005-04-13 13:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL IN BG US |
| 05NEWDELHI5216 | BJP MISCALCULATES AGAIN: EFFORTS TO CAPITALIZE ON [...]) Summary: BJP attempts to capitalize on the July 5 Ayodhya terrorist attack have largely fallen flat, and opposition calls for the resignation of Hom[...] |
2005-07-07 11:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER KISL IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI594 | INDIA'S SUNNI-SHIA DIVIDE DOMINATES MUSLIM [...]C) Summary: Indian Shias are excited about the prospect of a Shia government in Iraq, revere Ayatollah Sistani and support the January[...] |
2005-01-25 05:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IR IZ |
| 05NEWDELHI6032 | WEST BENGAL FRETS OVER ALLEGED ISI CONTAGION [...]) A two day visit to Calcutta revealed surprisingly deep anxiety over the presence in West Bengal of terrorist cells and radical Islam[...] |
2005-08-04 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KISL IN BG PK |
| 05NEWDELHI6150 | DELHI ON WARY TACK WITH ISLAMABAD, MULLING TALKS [...]C) SUMMARY: Despite mounting political concern about increased infiltration across the Line of Control (LOC), and BJP sniping over th[...] |
2005-08-08 15:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ECON PTER KDEM KISL MOPS PK IN INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI6737 | INDIAN MUSLIMS REJECT EXTREMISM VIA FATWAS [...]U) Summary: The recent controversy surrounding a fatwa from the Darul-Uloom Deoband seminary demonstrates the unique ability of India[...] |
2005-09-01 13:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL KIRF PINR PHUM PTER IN IR |
| 05NEWDELHI7759 | CONGRESS MOVES TO CALM COALITION JITTERS [...]C) Summary: The virulent criticism by the Left Front (LF) and the opposition BJP of India's anti-Iran vote in the IAEA and their effo[...] |
2005-10-05 12:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ELAB KISL PREL PINR EINV IR IN |
| 05NEWDELHI7880 | TFPK01: INDIA ANALYZING ITS NEEDS, ACKNOWLEDGES US [...]) Please see Action Request in Para 4 below. ¶2. (SBU) In a meeting October 10 with Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran ([...] |
2005-10-10 09:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC KISL PREL PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN US |
| 05NEWDELHI7910 | TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 11, 2005 [...]) The following is an update on salient events in India since the October 8 earthquake. ¶2. (U) Death toll: "The Hindu" of[...] |
2005-10-11 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS |
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