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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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06CARACAS757 | SUMATE'S ALEJANDRO PLAZ REVIEWS ONGOING PROJECTS, [...] (C) PolCouns met with electoral NGO Sumate President Alejandro Plaz March 21 to discuss the progress of Sumate's audit of the electoral registry and his recent trip to Peru and the United States. Their temporary reprieve from trial is allowing them to re-focus on their electoral activities. [...] | 2006-03-23 10:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM OAS VE |
06CARACAS76 | MAJOR CARACAS HIGHWAY SHUTS DOWN AS RESIDENTS [...] (SBU) On January 9, residents of "El Chupulun" in the municipality of Baruta staged protests on the Prados del Este highway, a major Caracas thoroughfare, shutting it down for two and half hours and causing major traffic congestion. The residents were demanding that the mayor of Baruta take [...] | 2006-01-12 18:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM VE |
06CARACAS776 | CARRIER VISIT TO BENEFIT US POLICY TOWARD VENEZUELA [...] (U) See Ambassador's comment para 9. 2. (S) Post supports Southcom's planned "Partnership of the Americas" maritime surge to the Caribbean to be led by the aircraft carrier U.S.S. George Washington. The deployment will help us to counter President Hugo Chavez' courtship of Caribbean co [...] | 2006-03-23 19:26:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PGOV MOPS MASS VE |
06CARACAS779 | CHAVEZ ALLY AND FOE NOMINATED AS USUN PERM REP [...] (C) On March 21, President Chavez nominated Francisco Arias Cardenas as Venezuela's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Arias was a comrade-in-arms of Chavez during the failed 1992 military coup against then President Carlos Andres Perez. Arias later split ways with Chavez accus [...] | 2006-03-24 16:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
06CARACAS78 | VENEZUELAN MILITARY MORALE DECLINING? [...] (C) Because of the unreliability of its sources, Post cannot assess with certainty the state of Venezuelan military morale. Nonetheless, Post has received over the last six to nine months more credible indications that military morale is declining. The most convincing reports concern disgr [...] | 2006-01-12 19:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MARR VE |
06CARACAS785 | AMBASSADOR GETS DELAYED BY PROTESTERS IN GUARICO [...] (C) Ambassador Brownfield and Emboffs were tracked by an aggressive and ultimately violent group of protesters on March 22 during an outreach trip to the state of Guarico (though there were no injuries to Embassy personnel). A noon-hour press conference and lunch at a local club dragged into [...] | 2006-03-27 10:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL EAID ASEC VE |
06CARACAS80 | GOV GRANTED OBSERVER STATUS IN AU [...] (U) Vice-Minister for Africa Reinaldo Bolivar announced December 23 that the African Union (AU) had approved Venezuela's May 2005 request for observer status. Venezuela is now one of 23 non-African states, including Cuba, granted observer status since the AU established guidelines for their p [...] | 2006-01-12 20:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS808 | VENEZUELAN URBAN AND RURAL EXPROPRIATIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) On March 6, President Chavez signed a Presidential Decree declaring a "housing emergency." The decree makes it easier to import construction materials and allows for further expropriations, stating only that they will occur "without violation of the law." The BRV has fallen short of pro [...] | 2006-03-27 15:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV VE |
06CARACAS839 | BRV OFFICIALS TRADE CORRUPTION ACCUSATIONS [...] (C) Venezuelan officials are beginning to turn on each other as the government's pre-election anticorruption campaign heats up (REFTEL). Interior Minister Jesse Chacon has demanded an investigation of the Supreme Court's anticorruption crusader, Justice Luis Velazquez Alvaray, for public pu [...] | 2006-03-27 18:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM VE |
06CARACAS840 | HIGHLIGHTS FROM OAS TIP MEETING [...] (U) On March 14-17, the Organization of American States (OAS) held its first Meeting of the National Authorities on Trafficking In Person (TIP) on Margarita Island, Venezuela. During their opening remarks, Attorney General, Isaias Rodriguez, and Venezuela'a Deputy Permanent Representative to t [...] | 2006-03-27 21:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS872 | VICE MINISTER FOR NORTH AMERICA SANCTIONED AND [...] (C) On March 27, Venezuela's Supreme Court decided to lift a stay on a Comptroller General sanction against Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America and International Organizations Mari Pili Hernandez for mishandling public funds. The Comptroller sanctions, if applied, would requi [...] | 2006-03-30 16:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
06CARACAS874 | VENEZUELA'S NEW LABOR MINISTER A LOYAL PROFESSIONAL [...] (C) In a rare departure for Venezuelan ministerial appointments, new Labor Minister Ricardo Dorado is a qualified and experienced expert in his field. Dorado most recently served as Vice Minister of Labor, often representing Venezuela at International Labor Organization (ILO) meetings. Thoug [...] | 2006-03-30 17:48:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB PINR VE |
06CARACAS879 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ESF FUNDING TO LOCAL NGO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-30 20:55:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SNAR VE |
06CARACAS880 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ESF FUNDING TO LOCAL NGO [...] (U) In accordance with the Economic Support Fund (ESF) grant approved by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, the Ambassador delivered on March 29 a check in the amount of USD 129,375 to Venezuelan NGO Women's Association for Well-Being and Reciprocal Assistance (AMBAR). ( [...] | 2006-03-31 14:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SNAR VE |
06CARACAS882 | ZULIA GOVERNOR PROBES FOR USG SUPPORT TO [...] (C) Zulia Governor and possible presidential candidate Manuel Rosales asked the Ambassador March 30 what kind of support the USG was willing to give to the opposition given President Hugo Chavez' overwhelming advantage in the December 3 presidential elections. The Ambassador outlined Embassy [...] | 2006-03-31 15:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE |
06CARACAS903 | TO BE OR NOT TO BE: INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS IN [...] (C) We have carefully considered whether or not it makes sense for the USG to advocate (and possibly substantially fund) an international election observation mission (EOM) for the December presidential elections. While an EOM would likely act as a brake on Bolivarian electoral excesses, we [...] | 2006-04-03 16:37:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE |
06CARACAS904 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL TO REGULATE NGO [...] (C) The National Assembly's Permanent Committee on Foreign Policy has put forth a proposal to regulate the activities of NGOs within Venezuela. It comes on the heels of another proposal in 2005 which surprised the NGOs, who technically have observer status on the committee. The previous pr [...] | 2006-04-03 18:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
06CARACAS911 | CHAVEZ'S MEDIA WAR WAGES ON [...] (C) The first quarter of this year saw another BRV offensive against the media -- one of the few remaining independent democratic institutions in Venezuela. The BRV launched a new series of high profile legal attacks targeting members of the opposition press, a Caracas court ruled in favor of [...] | 2006-04-03 23:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO VE |
06CARACAS913 | BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: RUSSIAN CHOPPERS ARRIVE [...] (U) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez presided over the formal handover of three Russian MI-17 helicopters to the Venezuelan Army's helicopter battalion in Yaracuy State on April 3. The three aircraft, which arrived in Venezuela unassembled on February 21, are part of a contract Chavez annou [...] | 2006-04-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MASS VE |
06CARACAS939 | PROTESTS BREAK OUT OVER YOUTH SLAYINGS [...] (U) Venezuelans were shocked by the April 4 discovery of the slain bodies of three young brothers and their driver who had been kidnapped in Caracas 41 days before. The kidnappers, alleged publicly to be Caracas Metropolitan Police officers, demanded a US$4.5 million ransom from the children' [...] | 2006-04-06 10:49:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE |
06CARACAS942 | CHILD SLAYINGS DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE FOR SECOND [...] (C) The government has begun reacting to the spontaneous public outcry over the murder of three kidnapped children and their driver (Reftel). Venezuelan Interior Minister Jesse Chacon expressed his government's condolences late April 5 for the deaths amidst widespread pot-banging protests. [...] | 2006-04-06 18:57:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE |
06CARACAS944 | VENEZUELA URBAN AND RURAL EXPROPRIATIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Threats of rural land expropriations continue in Venezuela. The private agricultural landholders are suffering, as squatters occupy and destroy land under the complicit eye of authorities. The National Assembly also passed legislation allowing seizure of agricultural stockpiles in cas [...] | 2006-04-06 20:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV VE |
06CARACAS958 | EXPLAINING VENEZUELA'S COZINESS WITH IRAN, [...] (S//NF) Manifest in the public rhetoric of both countries, a shared hatred for the USG is the driving factor in the budding relationship between Iran and Venezuela. The BRV is favoring Iran with petroleum deals and other contracts that appear to make little commercial sense. Although rumors of [...] | 2006-04-07 20:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MASS PARM VE |
06CARACAS959 | MURDER PROTESTS DIE DOWN IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) After three days of mourning and protests over the tragic kidnap/murders of three Venezuelan-Canadian youths, Venezuela appears to be returning to normal. This latest spate of protests was unconventional in that it stemmed from social unrest rather than traditional political strife and th [...] | 2006-04-07 20:55:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE |
06CASABLANCA1268 | Ramadan in Casablanca: Why is This Year Different? [...] (C) Summary: According to press reports and personal observations, attendance at mosques throughout Casablanca during the month of Ramadan this year hit an all-time high and the number of youth present was unprecedented. Anti-Western rhetoric was not prominent in "official" mosques although i [...] | 2006-11-03 15:26:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PINR PREL |
06CASABLANCA1298 | MOROCCAN NGO FOR CIVIC EDUCATION, DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Forum for Citizenship is an NGO that promotes democratic principles, civic education, and open political dialogue. While its efforts have been successful, particularly in creating clubs to educate youth about democracy, it counts among its challenges regional instability and [...] | 2006-11-17 13:50:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM PGOV PREL MO |
06CASABLANCA1310 | DESPITE LACK OF OFFICIAL ACCORD UNHCR EXPANDS RABAT OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting at UNHCR's office in Rabat, Head of Office Johannes Van der Klaauw told Poloff that, although the GOM is dragging its feet on official recognition of the organization, he is pressing forward with plans to increase his staff and enlarge his office space. Th [...] | 2006-11-27 09:21:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PREF SMIG MO |
06CASABLANCA1330 | SPECIAL ENVOY RICKMAN MEETS WITH JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS IN [...] (C) Summary: During a recent visit to Casablanca, the Department's Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, Gregg Rickman, met with leading members of Morocco's Jewish community to discuss various topics of concern. Candid conversations highlighted the community's anxiety over possi [...] | 2006-12-22 10:32:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL MO |
06CASABLANCA1333 | RED ALERT FOR MIGRANTS IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent spate of incidents involving Moroccan security forces and sub-Saharan migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers has stirred fear and anxiety throughout the sub-Saharan population in Morocco. On December 23, Moroccan security officials rounded up more than 200 sub-Saharans [...] | 2006-12-28 15:11:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PREF SMIG MO |
06CASABLANCA235 | NUMBER OF STRIKES UP BUT DAYS LOST WAY DOWN [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The Government of Morocco reported recently that the number of strikes in Morocco's private sector rose by 10 percent in 2005, compared to 2004. In contrast, however, the number of work-days lost to [...] | 2006-03-02 15:09:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM KTEX MO |
06CASABLANCA316 | WESTERN SAHARA: PERSPECTIVES OF CBM PARTICIPANTS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a three day visit to the Western Sahara, Poloffs and Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator Cheyne had the opportunity to talk to participants in UN Confidence Building Measure's (CBM) family exchange visits from both sides of the berm (Septel from Cairo). On the mor [...] | 2006-03-24 12:53:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
06CASABLANCA367 | TAKING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CASABLANCA BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conversations with members of Casablanca's business community reveal an underlying discord between the economic priorities of the Government (and Palace) and the expectations of Casablanca's businessmen and entrepreneurs. While most business professionals we spoke with support t [...] | 2006-04-07 15:43:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND ENIV PGOV MO |
06CASABLANCA409 | CASABLANCA SLUMS: IT'S NOT JUST SIDI MOUMEN ANYMORE [...] (SBU) Summary: On a recent visit to a local "bidonville" (Moroccan term for shantytown),Poloff and Econoff spoke with several young adults about life in Morocco, opportunities for youth, and their views of the United States. Officers also toured the bidonville, home to approximately 2,500 [...] | 2006-04-25 14:45:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
06CASABLANCA435 | LEGAL GUIDELINES FOR MOROCCAN DOMESTICS IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: More than two years after adopting a new Labor Code, Morocco is finally working to plug a gaping hole left by the Code, a hole through which thousands of children slip each year. Morocco's Director of Labor, Abdelaziz Adoum, confirmed to laboff this week that a draft proposal o [...] | 2006-05-02 11:19:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | LAB MO PGOV PHUM |
06CASABLANCA562 | CASABLANCA COMMEMORATES THIRD YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On May 16 2006, the city of Casablanca peacefully commemorated those who fell to terrorism three years ago when 12 suicide bombers struck five sites around the city. Government officials, civil society [...] | 2006-05-25 09:23:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM MO |
06CASABLANCA571 | Tsunami Destroys Casablanca - Next Thursday [...] (U) On Monday afternoon, May 22, 2006, hundreds of Moroccan children returned home from school with a dire prediction that a giant tsunami would strike Casablanca in a mere three days. Some schools threatened closures and word of the disaster washed over the city sending people scurrying to [...] | 2006-05-26 14:45:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CACS ZH ZT MO |
06CASABLANCA631 | MOROCCO SUBMISSION FOR 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT [...] (U) Post has discussed reftel internally with relevant Mission elements. We are not aware of any expropriation, other taking of property or contract repudiation by the Government of Morocco (GOM) in the past year. Please note post did not submit a report last year because only affirmative [...] | 2006-06-08 15:30:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE PGOV OPIC MO |
06CASABLANCA634 | UNHCR PROPOSES JOINT REFUGEE REGISTRATION WITH GOM [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On May 24, UNHCR Head of Office Johannes Van der Klaauw told poloff that he had submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) seeking to form a joint registrati [...] | 2006-06-09 15:10:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL SOCI PGOV MO |
06CASABLANCA637 | THE PALACE AND MOROCCO'S BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: [...] (C) Summary: In demonstration of the palace's reach in business affairs, Morocco's oldest and largest professional business association will soon inaugurate a new president after an ostensibly free election. Since only one candidate, Moulay Hafid Elalamy, registered in time to run he is ass [...] | 2006-06-12 09:08:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ENIV ETRD MO PGOV |
06CASABLANCA675 | 2006 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE: MOROCCO GENERALLY PLEASED [...] (U) On June 12 poloff met with MFA North American Division Chief Wassane Zailachi to deliver reftel demarche and English version of Morocco's 2006 TIP report. MFA America Desk Officer Alaaddine Benhadi also attended the meeting. Zailachi thanked poloff for the report and had no comment on U [...] | 2006-06-19 16:33:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN MO PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG |
06CASABLANCA737 | ISLAMIST PARLIAMENTARIAN OFFERS REGARDS BUT NO [...] (C) In recent weeks we have been meeting with Casablanca- based political party leaders to take the temperature in Morocco,s largest city on political preparations for the 2007 Moroccan Parliamentary elections. When we called for an appointment with Parliamentarian and Party of Justice and [...] | 2006-06-29 14:29:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PREL |
06CASABLANCA773 | IT'S THE ISLAMISTS, NOT THE POLISARIO! CASABLANCA [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Casablanca business and financial elites reveal different priorities and perspectives than political elites on the issue of the Western Sahara. Whereas government contacts emphasize resolution of the Western Sahara conflict as a national priority, Casablanca b [...] | 2006-07-06 17:32:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PBTS PGOV MO |
06CASABLANCA819 | RESPONSE: EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This cable is a response to a request for information on MINURSO's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) involving UN peacekeeping mission personnel in the We [...] | 2006-07-17 16:16:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPRO PGOV MO |
06CASABLANCA883 | HACKING ISRAEL AND PIRATING MOVIES: TALES FROM THE MOROCCAN [...] (C) Summary: The black market still thrives in Casablanca despite the Intellectual Property Right (IPR) provisions of various bilateral and multilateral agreements to which Morocco is a party. Although there are occasional high profile arrests and confiscations of pirated goods by GOM author [...] | 2006-08-01 09:25:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV MO |
06CASABLANCA930 | Casablanca Political Party Leaders Speak Out [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory round of calls on various Casablanca-based political party leaders and executive board members we heard many similar concerns regarding Morocco's upcoming 2007 elections. --Every political activist we encountered expressed an interest in the election poll con [...] | 2006-08-09 14:28:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PINR |
06CASABLANCA947 | On the Edge of the Arab World Morocco Joins in the Fray [...] (C) Summary: As the fighting between Israel and Lebanon hits the one month mark, anti-American sentiments in Morocco's largest city are strong, and getting stronger. On Sunday, August 6, Casablanca witnessed a well-organized protest with tens of thousands of Moroccans marching in solidarity [...] | 2006-08-14 12:06:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PINR |
06CHENGDU1249 | MIXED MESSAGES ON NARCOTICS TREATMENT IN KUNMING [...] (C) Summary. Officials from the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) in Beijing recently visited Kunming's Daytop Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (Daytop) Director facilities to learn more about its treatment and counseling centers, in addition to methadone maintenance clinics and [...] | 2006-12-07 12:06:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PHUM CH |
06CHENGDU1250 | FEDERAL RESERVE LOOKS AT SOUTHWEST CHINA DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. A Federal Reserve delegation visited Chengdu from November 28-30. According to local government leaders, the economies of Sichuan and Chengdu will continue to grow rapidly, although environmental protection is a concern. Representatives of smaller U.S. businesses operating in [...] | 2006-12-08 05:34:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV SENV CH |
06CHENGDU1252 | HHS SECRETARY SEES SOUTHWEST CHINA HEALTH CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael O. Leavitt visited rural health-care providers in Sichuan Province and met with Central Government and Provincial health authorities on southwest China's health-care challenges. While touring the small village of Yujian, about tw [...] | 2006-12-12 11:18:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON ELAB PGOV SCUL SENV TBIO CH |
06CHENGDU1253 | NO MORE "IRON RICE BOWL" FOR TIBETAN GRADUATES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) recently announced it would be the last region in China to eliminate the "iron rice bowl" system of guaranteed lifetime employment in governmental organs and state enterprises. The announcement, as well as the results of recent civil service [...] | 2006-12-13 09:57:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PHUM PGOV SCUL CH |
06CHENGDU1256 | TAR PARTY SECRETARY TRIES TO PRESSURE NGOS [...] (C) Summary: Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the Tibetan Autonomous Regions (TAR) could be facing increasing difficulties, according to a scholar from the Tibet Academy of Social Science. The scholar described an internal document authored by TAR Party Secretary Zhang Qingli which d [...] | 2006-12-14 06:41:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID ECON PGOV CH |
06CHENNAI1002 | PONDICHERRY: CONGRESS RETAINS POWER WITH DMK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Congress Chief Minister N. Rangasamy returned to power in the Union Territory of Pondicherry, forming a minority government with the external support of the DMK and other allies. A cluster of four former French enclaves in South India with a total population of one million, Pon [...] | 2006-05-19 04:24:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IN |
06CHENNAI1105 | PROPOSED VAT ON IMPORTS MAY SHRINK MARKET FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fruit dealers in south India expect U.S. apple imports to shrink by 30% to 50% if a proposed Value Added Tax (VAT) on imports is levied. Commercial Tax Commissioners in southern states oppose the imposition of VAT on imports because they fear a loss of tax revenue and potential a [...] | 2006-05-30 10:56:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI1176 | CORRECTIONS TO CHENNAI 01105 - VAT ON IMPORTED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post has learned that trade sources quoted in Reftel were misinformed and that a VAT on imports of fresh fruits and vegetables, reported as a possibility in Reftel, is extremely unlikely. A Government of Karnataka tax official has confirmed that the imposition of a VAT on importe [...] | 2006-06-07 02:49:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI1188 | TAMIL NADU REPEALS ITS ANTI-CONVERSION LAW [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 31, 2006, the newly elected Tamil Nadu Assembly passed a bill that formally repealed the state's already inactive anti-conversion law. Formal repeal of the anti-conversion law fulfilled a campaign promise of the victorious Dravida Munnethra Khazhagam (DMK) party. END SUMM [...] | 2006-06-08 04:09:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI DRL IN |
06CHENNAI1192 | MOTOROLA ANNOUNCES $30 MILLION FACTORY NEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-09 04:29:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EIND PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI1195 | KERALA CHIEF MINISTER ACHUTHANANDAN: VINTAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eighty three years old and with little formal education, Kerala's new Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is different from the state's previous communist Chief Ministers in that he hails from a low- caste and working class background. Wi [...] | 2006-06-09 10:19:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IN |
06CHENNAI1200 | ST-CMS ENERGY PLANS TO PURSUE ARBITRATION IN ITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. company ST-CMS Energy plans to immediately begin arbitration proceedings to seek to resolve its dispute with the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) over the final capital costs of its 250 megawatt power plant in Neyaveli, Tamil Nadu. This case is an unresolved legacy issu [...] | 2006-06-09 11:36:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG ECON PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI1247 | NEPALI MAOIST SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS BY [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) C.P. Gajurel, a Nepali Maoist leader who has been held in a Chennai jail since his arrest in 2003 on charges of presenting a forged passport at Chennai airport, was sentenced to three years imprisonment by a Chennai court on June 13. The sentencing follows continued demands for [...] | 2006-06-15 04:40:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PTER IN NP |
06CHENNAI1418 | DIVIDED AND AMBIVALENT: KERALA'S NEW LEFTIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent visit to Kerala one month into the new CPI(M)-led government found Chief Minister Achuthanandan's cabinet divided, slow off the mark and ambivalent about new foreign investment. Nonetheless, the government enjoys a huge majority in the legislative assembly and is solid [...] | 2006-07-06 10:08:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR EINV IN |
06CHENNAI1421 | HIGH COSTS HIT BANGALORE'S HIGH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Escalating labor and fixed costs have prompted two U.S. high technology companies, Apple Computer and Pervasive Software, to close their recently opened Bangalore operations. A shortage of qualified talent at a reasonable cost is cited as the principal reason for the closures. S [...] | 2006-07-07 12:19:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI1426 | TAMIL NADU: NO POPULAR SUPPORT FOR SRI LANKAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Tamil Nadu Government (GoTN) and the state's political parties across the board continue to voice sympathy for the Tamils of Sri Lanka but there is little evidence of a groundswell of support in Tamil Nadu for the LTTE or other militant groups. In a recent meeting with Cons [...] | 2006-07-11 11:01:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PTER PHUM IN CE |
06CHENNAI1497 | SMALL INDIAN SHRIMP EXPORTERS SETTLE WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: 24 Indian shrimp exporters have reached agreement with the Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) to remove their names from the Department of Commerce's review list for imposition of dumping duties. This continues the trend that began in May when exporters from Thailand, Vietnam and E [...] | 2006-07-13 11:48:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV EFIS EIND IN CE BR EC TH CH VM |
06CHENNAI1660 | TAMIL NADU TO ADOPT VAT FROM JANUARY 2007 [...] (U) Summary: U.S. companies have welcomed the Tamil Nadu government's announcement that it will adopt Value Added Tax (VAT) from January 2007. The companies remain apprehensive of the rules that will govern implementation, however. State officials assert that rule formulation will be consultat [...] | 2006-07-27 08:01:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI1705 | MAOIST LEADERS KILLED IN ANDHRA PRADESH [...] (U) Summary: In a recent series of incidents in the state of Andhra Pradesh (AP) in south India, police forces have killed numerous Maoist insurgents, including several leaders. Although the number of Maoist fighters in AP has fallen due to police action and moves into neighboring states, the [...] | 2006-08-01 11:33:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM ASEC IN |
06CHENNAI1746 | REFUGEE INFLOW INCREASES AS FIGHTING ESCALATES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of Sri Lankan refugees reaching Tamil Nadu shores continues to accelerate. From a total of 304 refugee arrivals in January the number has grown to 1,892, taking the total number of arrivals in 2006 to 5,799. Escalated fighting on the island and the welcome signal ext [...] | 2006-08-04 11:35:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREF IN |
06CHENNAI1786 | SRI LANKAN ISSUE: CENTER AND TAMIL NADU ON THE SAME PAGE, [...] (U) With the Sri Lankan Tamil issue grabbing increased media and political attention in Tamil Nadu, GOI National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan held discussions with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on August 9. After the meeting, Narayanan told the Chennai media corps that "there is [...] | 2006-08-11 11:09:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IN |
06CHENNAI1813 | REFUGEE INFLOW INCREASES AS FIGHTING ESCALATES IN SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of Sri Lankan refugees reaching Tamil Nadu shores continues to accelerate. From a total of 304 refugee arrivals in January the number has grown to 1,892, taking the total number of arrivals in 2006 to 5,799. Escalated fighting on the island and the welcome signal exte [...] | 2006-08-18 11:23:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREF IN |
06CHENNAI1818 | FURTHER INCREASE IN SRI LANKAN REFUGEE ARRIVALS [...] (SBU) With the tense situation prevailing in northern Sri Lanka, there has been a further rise in the number of refugees arriving Tamil Nadu. According to Chennai-based UNHCR Associate Repatriation Officer Vadeja Bharati, 528 persons landed at Mandapam on August 20, the highest number to land [...] | 2006-08-21 11:52:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM CE IN |
06CHENNAI1856 | TAMIL NADU CONGRESS PRESSES DMK TO TAKE FIRM STAND AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A quiet walk-out of Congress legislators from the Tamil Nadu assembly on August 22 brought into media focus the policy differences between the DMK and the Congress -- partners in the UPA alliance -- on the sensitive Sri Lankan Tamil issue. Despite the tactical show of protest, h [...] | 2006-08-25 11:05:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
06CHENNAI1857 | PROTEST AT U.S. EXHIBIT IN CALICUT [...] ON AUGUST 23 IN CALICUT, ALSO KNOWN AS KOZHIKODE, IN NORTH KERALA NEARLY 100 MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT (NDF) SHOUTED ANTI-U.S. SLOGANS AT AN EXHIBIT STAGED BY CONSULATE GENERAL CHENNAI. A HALF-HOUR BEFORE THE INAUGURATION OF THE MULTI-MEDIA EXHIBIT, WHICH WAS PART OF AN OUTREACH [...] | 2006-08-25 11:40:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR ASEC KPAO IN |
06CHENNAI212 | NEW KARNATAKA CHIEF MINISTER H.D. KUMARASWAMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Haradanahally Deve Kumaraswamy (age 46),a former film producer and the son of former Indian Prime Minister Deve Gowda, became the new Chief Minister of the south Indian state of Karnataka on February 3, 2006. Kumaraswamy, who led a defection of Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)) as [...] | 2006-02-07 10:24:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IN |
06CHENNAI2145 | ANDHRA PRADESH POLICE SEIZE CACHE OF CRUDE ROCKETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Andhra Pradesh (AP) Police Chief confirmed to Post the seizure of hundreds of Chennai-made rocket shells and dozens of rocket launchers from the storehouses of a transport company in the Mahaboobnagar and Prakasam Districts of AP on September 8. With no evidence of LTTE invo [...] | 2006-09-18 11:27:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM ASEC IN |
06CHENNAI2227 | KARNATAKA PROPOSES TO AMEND ANTI-PIRACY LAW [...] Summary: Following in the footsteps of their Tamil Nadu counterparts, the Karnataka police propose to amend an existing law intended to fight street crime to include video piracy. The ineffectiveness of the existing anti-piracy law in Karnataka prompted the local Kannada language film industry [...] | 2006-09-29 09:05:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV KIPR IN |
06CHENNAI2279 | PONDICHERRY RENAMED PUDUCHERRY [...] (U) The Government of India has changed the name of Pondicherry to Puducherry, its pre-colonial native name, with effect from October 1. A set of former French colonies in South India, Puducherry is one of India's six Union Territories, i.e., quasi states with less legislative powers and direc [...] | 2006-10-04 07:09:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTBS ODIP IN |
06CHENNAI2284 | BORDER DISPUTE SHUTS DOWN BANGALORE FOR A DAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: A widespread "bandh" or total work stoppage closed most commercial and other activity in high-tech Bangalore and elsewhere in the state of Karnataka on October 4. Kannada language organizations had called the stoppage over a long drawn-out border dispute with neighboring Maharasht [...] | 2006-10-05 08:36:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR ETRD CASC ASEC IN |
06CHENNAI2303 | COMMUNAL RIOTS CLOSE MANGALORE: PORT REMAINS OPEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Four days of sporadic communal (Hindu-Muslim) clashes and the resulting curfew stopped most commercial activity from October 4 to 9 in the western Karnataka port city of Mangalore. The conflict was sparked when militant Hindu groups attempted to prevent the transport of cattle f [...] | 2006-10-10 09:45:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PINS PINR EWWT ASEC CASC IN |
06CHENNAI2308 | SCA/INS DIRECTOR BERNICAT ENGAGES SOUTH INDIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Political analysts Lt. General V.R. Raghavan and N. Sathiya Moorthy agreed that prospects for the upcoming October 28 talks were somewhat encouraging between the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during discussions on October 5 with [...] | 2006-10-10 11:47:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER IN NP CE |
06CHENNAI2407 | RULING DMK PARTY WINS TAMIL NADU LOCAL POLLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ruling DMK party and its allies -- including the Congress -- emerged clear winners in the October elections to Tamil Nadu local bodies, but the victory was tainted by wide allegations of violence by DMK henchmen, particularly in Chennai. The DMK hopes the violence will soon b [...] | 2006-10-25 08:02:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI2467 | TWO SUSPECTED TERRORISTS ARRESTED IN MYSORE [...] (SBU) Summary: City police in Mysore, west of Bangalore in the south Indian state of Karnataka, announced the arrest of two Islamic terrorists on October 27. According to the Mysore city police commissioner, the two arrested suspects are Pakistani nationals and members of Al Badr, a Pakistan b [...] | 2006-10-31 04:57:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PINR ASEC CASC IN |
06CHENNAI2552 | SOUTH INDIA REACTS TO HUSSEIN VERDICT: SECURITY NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reactions to the Saddam Hussein verdict from the left-leaning political parties in south India - Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh - ranged from mild opposition to strong condemnation. Protests were peaceful overall yet indicative of the region's steadfast opposi [...] | 2006-11-09 11:24:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI2554 | TAMIL NADU: ECONOMIC GROWTH, BUT IRRITANTS REMAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The growing FDI inflow into Tamil Nadu, particularly in the manufacturing sector, the support the state receives from the Center due to the synergic political arrangement between the DMK and the Congress parties, the bipartisan support for economic development available in the st [...] | 2006-11-09 11:40:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD ECON EINV ENRG IN |
06CHENNAI2555 | MILITARY ATTACKS IN SRI LANKA: TAMIL NADU URGES CENTER TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pro-Eelam Tamil rhetoric has again gone into high pitch in Tamil Nadu following the recent Sri Lankan army attacks in Tamil areas (ref a) and in anticipation of the upcoming India visit of Sri Lankan President Rajapakshe. Chief Minister Karunanidhi cited the recent attacks on Ta [...] | 2006-11-13 10:03:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IN CE |
06CHENNAI2564 | UPDATE ON U.S. POWER PRODUCERS' DISPUTES IN TAMIL NADU [...] (SBU) Summary: This message provides an update on the long-standing disputes, often called "legacy issues," between three U.S. independent powers producers (IPPs) and the Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN). In a letter to post received November 8, the GoTN asserted that it is awaiting a directive [...] | 2006-11-17 11:35:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG ECON EFIN PREL PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI2575 | SRI LANKA PRESIDENT'S INDIA VISIT CAUSES MILD TURBULENCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Protest demonstrations, quiet in-camera consultations with the Center, and passive indifference -- Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit to India has drawn three types of responses from Tamil Nadu's political parties. Tamil Nadu's smaller pro-LTTE parties such as the MD [...] | 2006-11-27 11:04:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER IN CE |
06CHENNAI2580 | D/USTR AMBASSADOR BHATIA VISIT TO CHENNAI [...] (SBU) Ambassador Karan Bhatia's visit to Chennai was a full morning to evening schedule on November 29. He spoke with Chennai-based business people and journalists on a range of topics. At the Ford Factory, the issue of excise tax concessions for small cars, piqued his interest. With members [...] | 2006-12-04 05:33:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI2584 | MUSLIM POLITICS OF KERALA: EMERGING HARDLINERS A CAUSE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kerala's widely reported sympathy for the convicted Saddam Hussein is a pointer to the direction of Islamic politics in this south Indian state where 24% of the population is Sunni Muslim. Driven by anti-Iraq war sentiments and leftist politics, Kerala's Muslim population strong [...] | 2006-12-06 11:05:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PINR ASEC KISL CASC IN |
06CHENNAI2590 | BY-ELECTION RESULTS WORRY SOUTH INDIA RULING PARTIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Four by-elections in three south Indian states produced results mostly worrying to the states' ruling parties. Karnataka's unstable JD(S)-BJP ruling coalition had yet another setback in the victory of a prominent JD(S) defector to the Congress. In Andhra Pradesh's Karimnagar con [...] | 2006-12-08 09:39:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI2601 | SUSPECTED LTTE ARMS SMUGGLING FROM TAMIL NADU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A chance discovery in southern Tamil Nadu of thousands of "gelex boosters" suspected to be on their way to Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has embarrassed the state police, who long have denied any arms movement from the state. Separately, the Indian Navy sei [...] | 2006-12-12 07:33:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER IN CE |
06CHENNAI2607 | U/S BURNS IN HYDERABAD: A NEW CONSULATE, MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: A busy series of December 9 meetings and a wide-ranging &windshield tour8 provided Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns a quick but thorough introduction to one of India,s leading boom towns and the planned site for the fifth U.S. post in India. While hi-tech dr [...] | 2006-12-14 10:02:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AMGT ABLD CMGT ECON KISL IN |
06CHENNAI295 | NEW KARNATAKA DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMARY: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Bukanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa (age 63),leader of the Bharathiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Karnataka legislature, took his oath of office on February 3, 2006. A member of the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS),he has headed [...] | 2006-02-14 11:30:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IN |
06CHENNAI393 | TAMIL NADU ELECTION: DRAMATIC CHANGES AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Tamil Nadu state assembly elections slated for May 8, intense political activity is changing the shape of party alliances. Vaiko, an LTTE supporter (Reftel) and fiery orator, has led his party out of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) fold to join hands with his former fo [...] | 2006-03-06 11:21:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PTER IN |
06CHENNAI476 | MINOR BOMB EXPLOSIONS IN NORTH KERALA RAISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two crude bomb explosions in Kozhikode (formerly known as Calicut),located in the northern part of Kerala, on March 10, highlighted the activity of Islamic groups dominant in the region. In view of the anti-U.S. attitude of these groups, security precautions are advisable whil [...] | 2006-03-14 11:33:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PTER ASCE CASC IN |
06CHENNAI521 | TAMIL NADU ELECTION: THE ACTION BEGINS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The lineups are set and the battle lines drawn for the Tamil Nadu state assembly elections on May 8. Incumbent Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's campaign seems to have the momentum but her opposition may have the more impressive coalition in terms of committed voters. Swing vote [...] | 2006-03-21 10:58:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IN |
06CHENNAI567 | KERALA ELECTIONS: INFIGHTING SUSPENDED, RIVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Communist-led Left Democratic Front poses a strong challenge to the ruling Congress- led United Democratic Front in the upcoming Kerala state assembly elections slated for April 22, 29 and May 3. Infighting, a perennial bane of the Congress party, has crept into the Communis [...] | 2006-03-27 12:11:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IN |
06CHENNAI724 | VIOLENCE IN BANGALORE FOLLOWS FILM STAR'S DEATH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Street violence rocked Bangalore on April 12 and 13, following the death of Kannada language film superstar Rajkumar. Widespread street riots left eight persons dead and more than 150 injured. The city's famed information technology industry was forced to shut down operations an [...] | 2006-04-17 10:58:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IN |
06CHENNAI772 | TAMIL NADU ELECTIONS: MANY GIVEAWAYS, BUT NO [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Free color TVs for all families without one; ten kilograms of free rice through ration shops; two acres of land for the landless; maternity dole for six months to pregnant women; burial allowance for the dead . . . Tamil Nadu political parties' election promises have surpassed [...] | 2006-04-24 08:37:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IN |
06CHENNAI802 | INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE ATTACK: TRAIL GOES [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Four months after a gunman opened fire at the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) at Bangalore, the assailant remains at large. While Karnataka police officially blame the Jammu and Kashmir based Lashkar e- Tayyiba (LeT) for the attack, in private they speculate that the attacke [...] | 2006-04-25 11:47:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PINR ASEC CASC OVIP IN |
06CHENNAI848 | KERALA ELECTIONS: EXIT POLLS POINT TO A LEFT [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Peaceful polling and unanimous exit poll results predicting a Left Front victory marked the first and second phases of Kerala elections, which cover 90% of the state. The remaining constituencies will vote on May 3. Despite the Congress leaders' media bravado, they privately a [...] | 2006-05-02 10:22:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IN |
06CHENNAI873 | TAMIL NADU ELECTION: CLOSE CONTEST, BUT DMK- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Growing DMK confidence of success in Tamil Nadu's May 8 election was evident in our contacts with party insiders during the final days of the campaign. At the end of a long and intensive campaign battle, opinion polls and conversations with experts indicate a narrow lead for th [...] | 2006-05-05 11:20:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IN |
06CHENNAI898 | SRI LANKAN TAMIL REFUGEES AGAIN ARRIVING IN [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Tamil refugee leader Chandrahasan has reported to Post and Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN) officials have confirmed that on May 6, a renewed flow of Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka to south India began after a hiatus of four months. The flow at this point is light but may increas [...] | 2006-05-09 11:48:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PTER IN CE |
06CHENNAI926 | SOUTH INDIA VOTES FOR CHANGE [...] SUMMARY: (U) In state assembly election results announced on May 11, incumbent governments in Tamil Nadu and Kerala lost to their traditional rivals. In the Union Territory of Pondicherry, the current Congress government won another term. END SUMMARY. ------------------ TAMIL NADU RESULTS [...] | 2006-05-11 11:58:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IN |
06CHENNAI954 | QUESTIONS ABOUT TAMIL NADU/LTTE CONNECTIONS [...] C) SUMMARY: Despite the fact that Tamil Nadu is home to the largest population of Tamils in the world, there is virtually no support in the state for the LTTE. There is no financial support coming from the state, no significant supplies flowing from Tamil Nadu to the LTTE, and almost no public [...] | 2006-05-15 10:59:00 | Consulate Chennai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER CE IN |
06CHENNAI969 | DMK AND CONGRESS PREVAIL IN TAMIL NADU AS [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) The DMK-alliance, led by 82 year old M. Karunanidhi, won a closer than normal Tamil Nadu state assembly election and will set up Tamil Nadu's first minority government in memory. Their victory was assured by a cohesive coalition of parties with Congress making an especially st [...] | 2006-05-16 08:00:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IN |
06CHENNAI971 | BIO OF NEW TAMIL NADU CHIEF MINISTER KARUNANIDHI [...] (SBU) Reftel described state assembly election results in Tamil Nadu. Post has updated the biographical information on newly elected Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi. The complete new biography can be found on Consulate General Chennai's SIPRNet site under "South India Materials - Biographies - [...] | 2006-05-16 11:21:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IN |
06CHIANGMAI110 | LOCAL THAI TAKE ON KNU AND KNLA ACTIVITIES IN REFUGEE CAMPS [...] (U) This message responds to reftel request for information about Karen National Union (KNU) and Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) activities in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border. 2. (C) Chiang Mai seconds Bangkok (ref a) on the difficulty of getting concrete information about K [...] | 2006-07-05 10:39:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL TH |
06CHIANGMAI120 | THIRD ARMY COMMANDER CHALLENGES THAKSIN'S NORTHERN POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: The highest ranking military figure in northern Thailand, 3rd Army Commander Lt. Gen. Saprang Kalanamit, has been making headlines and winning bouquets with a series of speeches and appearances that stake out a confrontational political position in opposition to caretaker Pr [...] | 2006-07-27 09:06:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TH |
06CHIANGMAI139 | NORTHERN THAILAND COMMENTS ON KARENNI NATIONAL PROGRESSIVE [...] (U) This cable provides supplemental information to Embassy Rangoon's more comprehensive response (ref. A) to Department's request for information on the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) in ref B. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Local RTG intelligence officials strongly dismissed links between the [...] | 2006-08-22 08:25:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PTER TH BM |
06CHIANGMAI144 | THAKSIN TERRITORY IS NO PLACE FOR A PROTEST [...] (C ) Summary: A tiny group of protestors at Prime Minister Thaksin's arrival in Chiang Mai on August 14 provoked major anger and retaliation from local pro-Thaksin political figures, who countered the embarrassment of even modest opposition in the Prime Minister's home town with posters th [...] | 2006-09-01 03:22:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TH |
06CHIANGMAI152 | INVESTIGATION STALLED ONE YEAR AFTER MURDER OF ACTIVIST [...] (C) Summary: The 2005 murder of activist monk Phra Suphot Suwacho in Chiang Mai's Fang district remains unsolved, drawing comparisons with the fate of two other prominent Thai human rights activists. The stalled investigation has raised doubts about the government's commitment to resolving [...] | 2006-09-15 04:29:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
06CHIANGMAI157 | SUPPORT FOR THASKIN MUTED IN CHIANG MAI FOLLOWING COUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although well known as a Thai Rak Thai (TRT) stronghold and home town of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Chiang Mai showed no signs of unrest following the late-Tuesday military takeover of the government in Bangkok by a group calling itself the Council for Democratic Ref [...] | 2006-09-20 11:22:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC TH |
06CHIANGMAI159 | AFTER HELPING TO PLOT COUP, THIRD ARMY COMMANDER CALLS THE [...] (C) Summary. The general in charge of northern Thailand came out blazing Friday with allegations that coup planning began months ago and that the former government wiretapped the Privy Council and the palace. He asserted a need to clear out Thaksin loyalists in the region and proposed that th [...] | 2006-09-26 05:53:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH |
06CHIANGMAI160 | ARMY ALERT TO POSSIBLE SIGNS OF RURAL OPPOSITION [...] (U) Media sources report that 2nd and 3rd Army commands have put troops on alert to block counter-coup moves by local organizers of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party in the two regions most densely populated by party supporters. 2. (SBU) According to a j [...] | 2006-09-26 07:38:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
06CHIANGMAI161 | IRAQ IS ABOUT OIL, THAI ISLAMIC OFFICIAL TELLS NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary. Thailand's highest ranking Islamic official told northern Muslim leaders at a recent gathering that the U.S. invaded "Iraq because of oil; Iran is because of oil." In his remarks, the 91-year old Chularajamontri also praised the royal family, criticized the Pope and blamed the [...] | 2006-09-27 04:12:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR OIIP OEXC TH |
06CHIANGMAI165 | SAPRANG SOFTENS HIS TONE [...] (SBU) Outspoken Third Army Commander LTG Saprang Kalayamitra has continued to consolidate control in the northern region, winning marks for showing restraint in his dealings with a police investigation and for a softer tone in his meetings with local officials. 2. (SBU) According to a lo [...] | 2006-09-29 11:18:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TH |
06CHIANGMAI169 | COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS RE-OPEN TO SELF-CENSORSHIP [...] Summary. Community radio stations have returned to the airwaves nearly two weeks after Third Army leaders ordered local stations to close. The temporary closure was aimed at stifling potential counter-coup organizers in former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's northern power base. Station ow [...] | 2006-10-03 09:58:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECPS KPAO TH |
06CHIANGMAI181 | CONCERNS OVER SPDC OFFENSIVE IN KAREN STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to border sources, the Burmese army offensive in Karen State that persisted throughout the rainy season (ref b) is now intensifying, despite continued heavy rains, and appears aimed at crushing the Karen resistance. Meanwhile, the Karen National Union (KNU) is con [...] | 2006-10-19 09:44:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PINS TH BM |
06CHIANGMAI182 | TRT TIES STILL BIND [...] (SBU) Summary: Northerners who derived benefits from the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party before the Sept. 19 coup that deposed party leader Thaksin Shinawtra are now worried about the loss of that patronage, ranging from government-run social programs to assistance for weddings and funerals from [...] | 2006-10-20 08:39:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TH |
06CHIANGMAI189 | AIRPORT EXPANSION UNPREPARED FOR EARLY TAKE-OFF [...] (SBU) Summary. Chiang Mai International Airport rushed to inaugurate a new international passenger terminal October 27, reportedly to be ready for the grand opening of the Royal Flora horticultural exposition on November 1. The hasty opening put immigration controls back on manual operati [...] | 2006-10-31 08:25:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ASEC TH |
06CHIANGMAI19 | NIGHT SAFARI QUESTIONS TRAIL THAKSIN [...] In the midst of continuing controversy here over the centrally conceived Chiang Mai Night Safari and the proposed "Chiang Mai World" development, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra also faced media questioning about the project during his November trip to Kenya. The query came from a Kenyan jour [...] | 2006-01-20 09:05:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV PREL OEXC KPAO TH KE |
06CHIANGMAI193 | FEARS OF THAKSIN'S RETURN FOCUS ON NORTHERN BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary. Northern Thai contacts dismissed as groundless rumors that former Prime Minister Thaksin plans to re-enter the country from China via Thailand's the northern border. The 3rd Army is seen as a likely source for the widely reported stories, either as a way of testing the wa [...] | 2006-11-07 10:50:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL TH |
06CHIANGMAI20 | ANGER OVER THAILAND'S EARLY HARVEST AGREEMENT FUELS FTA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-20 10:21:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN WTRO EAGR PGOV CH TH |
06CHIANGMAI208 | BREAKFAST IN NAN, DINNER IN DIEN BIEN PHU [...] Summary: Nan, a remote northern province that suffered through some of the fiercest fighting during Thailand's communist insurgency in the 1960s and 1970s, now aims to become northern Thailand's "door to Indochina". Situated on the shortest route between Hanoi and Bangkok, local officials [...] | 2006-11-30 06:26:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON LA VM TH |
06CHIANGMAI211 | UNDERCURRENTS, CONFIDENCE BOTH WEAK IN NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. The government's decision to retain martial law in most of northern Thailand Nov. 28 evoked little reaction here beyond concern from the Chiang Mai Chamber of Commerce for the province's image. Political contacts see little reason to maintain restrictions, but were not surp [...] | 2006-12-05 18:52:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TH |
06CHIANGMAI212 | MORE DISPLACED KAREN SEEK SHELTER ALONG THAI-BURMA BORDER [...] Despite continued reports of increased attacks on and displacement of civilians in Burma's Karen State, few have crossed into Thailand, according to a National Intelligence Agency (NIA) representative in Mae Sariang district. 2. The NIA contact estimated that 2,000 Internally Displaced Pe [...] | 2006-12-06 09:29:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BM TH |
06CHIANGMAI217 | PROSPECTS OF INCREASED CHINA TRADE BRING BOTH ANTICIPATION [...] Summary. The scheduled late-2007 completion of the final section of a highway between Kunming and Bangkok will open a new, faster route for trade with southern China. Two other routes, one via the Mekong River and another by road through Burma, are less attractive alternatives. Plans f [...] | 2006-12-12 11:18:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV CH TH |
06CHIANGMAI35 | THAKSIN TRIES TO REGROUP, RALLY SUPPORT IN NORTH [...] SUMMARY. Mounting corruption charges against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra may be causing Bangkok's urban elites and middle class to lose confidence in his government, but the energy that has fueled recent protests in the capital has not carried over into much of the rest of the country, includ [...] | 2006-02-08 03:15:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TH TRT |
06CHIANGMAI41 | NORTHERN THAIS TURN OUT FOR THAKSIN [...] Summary: As hostility to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Bangkok swelled and burst its banks during the past weeks, northern Thailand remained Thaksin territory. Chiang Mai authorities staged a "cheer Thaksin" rally Sunday evening as a counterpoint to the opposition's anti-Thaksin protest [...] | 2006-02-27 10:14:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TH |
06CHIANGMAI49 | CHANGING ATTITUDES SLOWLY TAKING HOLD ON THAI-BURMESE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-07 11:08:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PGOV TH BM |
06CHIANGMAI5 | ANTI-FREE TRADE GROUPS RALLY IN FRONT OF CONSULATE [...] SUMMARY. Representatives from NGOs gathered in Chiang Mai to protest the ongoing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks between the U.S. and Thailand marched to the Consulate on the morning of Jan. 9. Calling the FTA a bad deal for Thailand, protest leaders demanded an immediate stop to the negotia [...] | 2006-01-09 10:24:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ETRD TH |
06CHIANGMAI59 | VISIT TO SHAN CAMP HIGHLIGHTS US CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the last-minute refusal by Thai government authorities to allow entry into an informal Shan refugee camp in northern Chiang Mai province, Ambassador Boyce's March 21 visit to the area succeeded in highlighting U.S. concern about the group. By traveling to the Thai-Burm [...] | 2006-03-31 10:13:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV TH BM |
06CHIANGMAI60 | ATTACK ON DEMOCRAT PARTY RALLY IN CHIANG MAI ESCALATES [...] (U) Summary: An attempted Democrat Party foray into Chiang Mai - known to all as Thaksin territory -- ended in chaos Thursday as pro-Thaksin supporters blocked roads and disrupted the party's rally at Chiang Mai University. Driven off the stage after only five minutes, Democrat Party lead [...] | 2006-03-31 11:34:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TH |
06CHIANGMAI62 | THAKSIN'S NORTHERN SUPPORT SHAKIER THAN EXPECTED [...] Summary: With vote counting from Sunday's election still incomplete late Monday, native son Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party appears to have attracted a substantial number of "no" votes in northern Thailand, albeit not in the numbers seen in Bangkok and other areas. Voter tu [...] | 2006-04-03 11:23:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TH |
06CHIANGMAI65 | TEN YEARS AFTER MOVING TO THAILAND, KNU RESISTANCE [...] Summary: The Thai-Burma border around Mae Sat in Tak province hosts up to a million ethnic Karen and a large number of Karen exile organizations. The most prominent of these organizations is the Karen National Union (KNU),headquartered in Mae Sot since 1995. No longer as effective or powerf [...] | 2006-04-17 10:26:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV TH BM |
06CHIANGMAI67 | POLITICALLY CONNECTED RELATIVES VIE FOR CHIANG MAI SENATE [...] (sbu) Summary: Despite a rule against candidates in Thailand's Senate election being members of a political party, several of Chiang Mai's best-known contenders are connected with the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party via either family or patronage. As in other provinces, this has led to jokes about t [...] | 2006-04-19 07:56:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TH |
06CHIANGMAI71 | REMOTE COMMUNITY COLLEGES CATER TO LOCAL NEEDS [...] Summary: Two community colleges set up four years ago with US assistance in the northern Thai border province of Mae Hong Song are using the region's religious and ethnic diversity as teaching tools. Located in a poor and remote province on the Burma border, both colleges are run by civic [...] | 2006-05-04 04:57:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OEXC KPAO TH |
06CHIANGMAI74 | CHIANG RAI PROVINCE PUSHES CHINESE LANGUAGE PROMOTION [...] Summary. As the Thai province closest to China and a historical center for former Kuomintang forces, Chiang Rai has long had schools - often unofficial ones - teaching Chinese language. Building on this heritage, the province is striving to position itself as a center of Chinese language lea [...] | 2006-05-11 06:37:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PGOV PREL TH CH |
06CHIANGMAI79 | NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES\’ UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MAKING MORE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-25 05:07:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV TH KN |
06COLOMBO1 | FOREIGN MINISTER TO STRESS DEMOCRACY, NEED TO [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera plans to brief Secretary Rice on Sri Lanka's efforts to maintain its long democratic tradition as it grapples with a bloody, brutal terrorist challenge and to ask for a strong effort to ensure the LTTE is not raising funds in the U.S. He des [...] | 2006-01-03 05:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KIRF CE LTTE |
06COLOMBO1012 | SRI LANKA'S HIGH SUICIDE RATES: A PERSISTENT PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite broad awareness of Sri Lanka's high suicide rate, several factors inhibit the Sri Lankan government's ability to address this public health problem. Suicide and deliberate self-harm (DSH) pose a financial burden on Sri Lanka's healthcare and police and negatively affect [...] | 2006-06-15 11:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV TBIO EAGR ECON CE |
06COLOMBO1018 | SRI LANKA: WORST LTTE ATTACK ON CIVILIANS SINCE [...] (C) Summary. Following a presumed LTTE mine attack on a crowded civilian bus near North-central Vavuniya on the morning of June 15 that killed at least 64 people (Ref A),the Sri Lanka military launched limited retaliation on LTTE targets south of Trincomalee, and Mullaitivu, headquaters of [...] | 2006-06-15 12:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1022 | SRI LANKA: AIR STRIKES CONTINUE ON LTTE MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Following a devastating presumed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) claymore mine attack on a civilian bus on June 15 and limited Sri Lanka military retaliation on Tiger sea and air targets the same day, air raids continued the morning of June 16. Monitors and authorities f [...] | 2006-06-16 08:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1030 | SRI LANKA: CEASEFIRE CONTINUES TO FRAY AFTER TIGER [...] (C) Summary: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and Sri Lankan Military continued to engage each other militarily June 16 - 18. According to the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM),the Sea Tigers launched a largely unsuccessful attack on a Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) base at Pesalai, Mann [...] | 2006-06-19 12:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1032 | IMPENDING CHANGE IN GOVERNOR HOLDS PROSPECT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The unexpected resignation of Central Bank Governor Sunil Mendis, and the still unofficial announcement that he will be replaced by Senior Presidential Economic Advisor Nivard Cabraal, marks an opportunity for a weakened Central Bank to reassert its independence from Treasury Secr [...] | 2006-06-20 09:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1040 | INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER SHARES OUR CONCERNS ON [...] (C) Ambassador called on Indian High Commissioner Nirupama Rao June 20 to discuss situation in Sri Lanka, possibility of a US-India joint demarche (ref a),and US proposals for international contact groups on LTTE financing and weapons procurement. Rao had just returned from a two-week vacation in [...] | 2006-06-21 09:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN CE |
06COLOMBO1047 | NORWEGIANS RUNNING OUT OF STEAM, EU MONITORS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tigers insist monitors from EU-members states must leave, give 30-day window for transition. Future of the monitoring mission now extremely problematic, Norwegians will discuss it with other Nordics on June 28. Tigers upset about their treatment at Colombo airport while returning from [...] | 2006-06-23 05:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO |
06COLOMBO1048 | SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER ASSESSES THE CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary. In a June 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the opposition United National Party (UNP),criticized the president's alliance with the Marxist Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). Wickremesinghe felt the president's Sri Lanka Freedom [...] | 2006-06-23 05:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1053 | SRI LANKA: TIGER SUICIDE BOMBERS ASSASSINATE SRI [...] (C) Summary: At 7:45 AM on June 26, two presumed-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) motorcycle-mounted suicide bombers killed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Major General Parami Kulathunga and three soldiers in Pannapitiya, a suburb approximately 15 km from Colombo. Ku [...] | 2006-06-26 12:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1102 | MALDIVES: FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER SENDS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-05 06:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OPPC MV |
06COLOMBO1127 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY GIVES BLUNT MESSAGE OF [...] (C) Summary. Indian Foreign Secretary Saran delivered a "tough love" message of support, remarkably similar to our own, to the Sri Lankan government during his visit here July 3-4. The Indians are increasingly concerned about "disarray" in the military establishment and believe President R [...] | 2006-07-09 08:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN CE |
06COLOMBO1132 | MALDIVES: REFORMS MOVING IN RIGHT DIRECTION, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited Male' July 6 to pay farewell calls on President Gayoom, Maldivian government officials, and the Chairman of the opposition, currently under house arrest. All interlocutors focused on a possible referendum on presidential versus parliamentary forms of gove [...] | 2006-07-11 04:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MV |
06COLOMBO1156 | SRI LANKA: ALL-PARTY TALKS ON ETHNIC ISSUE RESUME [...] (C) Summary: On July 11, President Rajapaksa addressed both an All-Party Conference (APC),called to develop a solution to the ethnic conflict, and an Experts' Panel, drawn to provide constitutional and legal advice to the APC. The main opposition United National Party (UNP) did not attend t [...] | 2006-07-14 05:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1183 | SCANDINAVIANS CONTINUE TO PRESS TIGERS ON EU [...] (C) Summary. The Scandinavians continue to try to get the Tigers to back down from their insistence that SLMM members from EU countries leave by September 1. After an unsuccessful trip to Kilinochchi by the Norwegian Charge' at the end of last week, a Swedish diplomat arrives today from Sto [...] | 2006-07-19 10:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CE NO |
06COLOMBO1184 | SRI LANKA: ISOLATED VIOLENT INCIDENTS IN NORTH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A July 12 gun battle between the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the eastern region of Batticaloa left 12 SLA troops and reportedly 4 LTTE cadres dead and marked the beginning of several small violent incidents in Sri Lanka's north and ea [...] | 2006-07-19 11:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER CE |
06COLOMBO120 | SRI LANKA TRUCE MONITORING MISSION TEMPORARILY [...] (C) Summary: On January 17 the Nordic-sponsored Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) announced the temporary suspension of operational activities in the eastern district of Trincomalee following an apparent Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attack on a Sri Lanka Navy bus. Although no m [...] | 2006-01-19 06:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV CE LTTE |
06COLOMBO1262 | SRI LANKA: WATER-RELATED MILITARY ACTION CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Ground fighting in Sri Lanka's Eastern district of Batticaloa continued August 1 as Sri Lankan Army (SLA) forces attempted to gain control of an irrigation canal seized by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) (reftels). Air strikes also reportedly occurred the night of Jul [...] | 2006-08-01 11:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1266 | SRI LANKA: VIOLENCE IN THE EAST INTENSIFIES [...] (C) Summary: The initial battle for control of an irrigation canal in the eastern Batticaloa District (reftels) gave rise to further military engagement August 1-2. Beginning the night of August 1, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked 4 military camps in Muttur and surroundin [...] | 2006-08-02 12:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1274 | SRI LANKA: EASTERN TOWN SEES CONTINUED CLASHES, [...] (C) Summary: Fighting between Sri Lankan Army security forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) that began as a battle over an irrigation canal (reftels) has spread to other parts of the east, with Muttur town in Trincomalee District seeing several clashes and 15 civilian deaths [...] | 2006-08-03 13:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREF PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1301 | SRI LANKA: FOREIGN MINISTER ASSURES NO RETURN TO [...] (C) Summary: Charge' delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Samaraweera and Foreign Secretary Palihakkara August 10. Samaraweera said current military action would "not become a full-scale war." He said the government remained "committed to a negotiated settlement," but needed help g [...] | 2006-08-10 13:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1331 | SCENE-SETTER FOR SCA PDAS MANN'S AUGUST 16 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes at a particularly contentious and violent point in the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL's) conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Low-level tit-for-tat violence plagued the north and the east over the last several months, and at the end of Jul [...] | 2006-08-15 08:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO134 | SRI LANKA: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH [...] (C) In a January 23 meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Under Secretary Burns, accompanied by the Ambassador, stressed U.S. support for Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts toward a peaceful resolution to the conflict and urged Rajapaksa to ensure that Sri Lankan security forces would [...] | 2006-01-23 15:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KUNR IR CE |
06COLOMBO135 | UNDERSECRETARY BURNS DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23, Undersecretary Burns met with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera. The Foreign Minister told U/S Burns that Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) remains committed to negotiation and a peaceful solution despite continued provocation by the Liberation Tigers of T [...] | 2006-01-23 15:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL IR CE |
06COLOMBO136 | SRI LANKAN OPPOSITION LEADER GIVES FRANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23 Under Secretary Burns and Ambassador Lunstead met with United National Party (UNP) leader and former Prime Minister and presidential contender Ranil Wickremesinghe. Wickremesinghe thanked U/S Burns for showing support for Sri Lanka and the peace process. The veteran [...] | 2006-01-23 15:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1363 | SRI LANKA: LOCAL CO-CHAIR REPRESENTATIVES ASK [...] (C) Summary: Colombo representatives of the Tokyo Donors Co-Chairs Conference (US, EU, Norway, and Japan) met with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and several members of his cabinet August 21 to reiterate the message from the August 11 Co-Chairs statement calling for an immediate cessati [...] | 2006-08-21 12:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1366 | PRESSING GSL FOR CESSATION OF FIGHTING [...] (C) Summary: SCA PDAS Steven Mann visited Colombo August 16-17 as ground fighting between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres continued in the north and east (ref A). In meetings with President Rajapaksa, Foreign Minister Samar [...] | 2006-08-22 07:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1443 | MALDIVES: CROSS-PARTY COOPERATION YIELDS GENERALLY [...] (C) Summary: Following a July 19 meeting between the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) and the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) in Colombo, facilitated by the British High Commissioner, the two sides upheld commitments to move the reform agenda forward. In exchange for [...] | 2006-09-05 05:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM MV |
06COLOMBO1456 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT HAS CONTROL OF SAMPUR; LULL [...] (U) Sri Lankan media here widely reported Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) statements that its security forces took control of Sampur, the eastern coastal area from which the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had launched attacks on the town of Trincomalee, its harbor, and surrounding areas [...] | 2006-09-06 13:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1457 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT HAS CONTROL OF SAMPUR; LULL [...] (U) Sri Lankan media here widely reported Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) statements that its security forces took control of Sampur, the eastern coastal area from which the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had launched attacks on the town of Trincomalee, its harbor, and surrounding areas [...] | 2006-09-06 13:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1461 | BRITISH AND SRI LANKAN LEADERS DISCUSS POSSIBLE [...] (C) British High Commissioner in Colombo Dominick Chilcott briefed Co-Chair representatives September 6 on President Rajapaksa's August 31 meeting with Prime Minister Blair near London. The origin of the meeting, Chilcott explained, was a mutual recognition that the UK's experience in peacema [...] | 2006-09-06 14:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1465 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL CO-CHAIR [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Samaraweera, Foreign Secretary Palihakkara, and Peace Secretariat Head Kohona SIPDIS met with local Co-Chair representatives at the Foreign Ministry September 7 to exchange views in the lead-up to the September 12 Co-Chair meeting in Brussels. Government of Sr [...] | 2006-09-07 11:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO147 | FIVE SMALL EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN COLOMBO JAN. 24, [...] (SBU) On 24 January 2006 between 2000-2100 hrs, five small explosions occurred in Colombo and the surrounding communities. No injuries were reported, and there was only minor damage to property. The Sri Lankan police are in the process of conducting investigations. No party has claimed resp [...] | 2006-01-25 11:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC CE PGOV PTER |
06COLOMBO1474 | AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO SRI LANKAN [...] (C) Following Ambassador Blake's presentation of credentials on September 9, he met with President Rajapaksa to review bilateral relations and discuss the way forward to negotiations between the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Ambassador r [...] | 2006-09-09 11:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO148 | SRI LANKA: LTTE AND GOVERNMENT AGREE OF VENUE FOR [...] (U) Summary: On January 25, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) agreed to hold talks on implementation of the Cease-Fire Agreement (CFA) in Geneva, Switzerland in February, according to various sources. No specific dates or modalities have been r [...] | 2006-01-25 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1509 | SRI LANKA: LOCAL EMPLOYEE OF US NGO KILLED NEAR [...] (U) On the afternoon of September 11, a 31 year old Tamil employee of Seattle-based NGO World Concern was shot and killed on the outskirts of Trincomalee. The employee, Ragunathan Ramalingam, was a team leader for World Concern,s water sanitation activities north of Trincomalee. Amcit Kathle [...] | 2006-09-14 02:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1510 | SRI LANKA: LOCAL EMPLOYEE OF US NGO KILLED NEAR [...] (U) On the afternoon of September 11, a 31 year old Tamil employee of Seattle-based NGO World Concern was shot and killed on the outskirts of Trincomalee. The employee, Ragunathan Ramalingam, was a team leader for World Concern,s water sanitation activities north of Trincomalee. Amcit Kathle [...] | 2006-09-14 02:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1515 | 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] The following dispute is being submitted for 2006 as per section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA) for Sri Lanka: (A) Claimant A (B) 2004 (C) Claimant had been contracted in June 2000 to provide power to the national grid under a combined cycle agreement signed with [...] | 2006-09-14 09:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EFIN EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO152 | SOLHEIM ON CEASEFIRE TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian facilitator Solheim told co-chairs chiefs of mission late January 25 that LTTE chief Prabhakaran had agreed to cease-fire talks in Geneva almost before Solheim opened his mouth in Kilinochchi. The Tigers told him that by agreeing to Geneva they wanted to help Norway and [...] | 2006-01-26 05:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1527 | SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR URGES PRIME MINISTER TO [...] (C) Ambassador Blake and the DCM met Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremenayake September 15 to encourage his government to negotiate a peaceful settlement with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Ambassador urged the Prime Minister to seize the current "significant opportunity for [...] | 2006-09-15 07:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1528 | SRI LANKA: MFA OFFERS READ-OUT OF PEACE [...] (C) On September 15, Ambassador Blake met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Additional Secretary Geetha de Silva, MFA Legal Advisor Rohan Perera, and Peace Secretariat Director Shanaka Jayasekara at their request. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) interlocutors briefed the Ambassador (and [...] | 2006-09-15 11:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1533 | CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS DISCUSS NEXT STEPS WITH LTTE [...] (C) Co-Chair Ambassadors met at Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar's residence on September 18 to hear Norwegian plans for engaging the LTTE and to discuss the development and delivery of private messages coming out of the Co-Chair meeting in Brussels. Brattskar opened by reporting that the GSL [...] | 2006-09-18 12:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1538 | SRI LANKA: CROSS PARTY TALKS MAY YIELD COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 15 the governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) held the first in a series of talks with the opposition United National Party (UNP) to build consensus on a range of issues, including the peace process as a cornerstone for potential cooperation. After the initial d [...] | 2006-09-19 11:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1543 | ABDUCTIONS AND DISAPPEARANCES ON THE RISE [...] (C) Summary. Independent human rights watchers indicate that the number of abductions and disappearances has surged over the last three months in both the North and East and in Colombo, with an increase in extortion kidnappings in particular. No American citizens have been victims that we ar [...] | 2006-09-21 02:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1549 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA ASSEMBLING [...] (C) During his late August trip to London, President Rajapaksa contacted Amnesty International to seek advice on setting terms of reference for an independent, international body to examine allegations of human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. This move came in the midst of significant internation [...] | 2006-09-21 12:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1558 | SRI LANKA: RECOMMENDED CONFLICT RESPONSE MECHANISM [...] Summary: During the last 20 years, Sri Lanka has been home to significant populations of internally displaced persons (IDPs),who have been especially vulnerable to threats against their physical and psychological wellbeing and livelihoods. Many of the 207,756 new conflict IDPs in Sri Lanka a [...] | 2006-09-22 09:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER |
06COLOMBO1578 | CO-CHAIRS AMBASSADORS MEETING: READOUT OF [...] (C) Summary: Norwegian Amb Brattskar told Co-Chair Ambassadors in Colombo on September 26 that LTTE leader Tamilselvan had conveyed Prabakharan's decision that the LTTE is prepared to return to peace talks in Oslo in October. However, the LTTE also threatened that if the GSL is not ready to [...] | 2006-09-26 12:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1580 | SRI LANKA'S HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGES AND IDEAS [...] (C) Summary: Several recent high profile human rights abuse cases in Sri Lanka cases have raised international concerns and underlined the current absence of strong indigenous Sri Lankan institutions to investigate these abuses and pressure the Sri Lankan judicial system to ensure credible pro [...] | 2006-09-26 16:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1581 | HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER SAYS THE RIGHT THINGS, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Blake met for an introductory call with Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe on September 25 to urge the GSL to be more proactive in dealing with allegations of human rights abuses. Samarasinghe responded that he too is concerned about [...] | 2006-09-26 16:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1616 | RESPECTED SRI LANKAN NGOS INSIST INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On September 29, the Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA),a respected Colombo-based think-tank, provided the Embassy a copy of a statement it sent to delegates at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The statement was signed by twenty-five reputable local NGOs, including the Internati [...] | 2006-10-03 11:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1619 | AIDE MEMOIRE CONCERNING THE PROPOSED MANDATE OF [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent Ambassador an "aide-memoire" laying out the mandate for an International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP). This body is to monitor the work of the Commission of Inquiry the Government will task with investigating a series of serious human r [...] | 2006-10-03 12:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1620 | NORWAY'S ENVOY "MODERATELY OPTIMISTIC" ABOUT [...] SUMMARY: (C) Norwegian mediator Hanssen-Bauer briefed Co-Chair Ambassadors on October 2 on his meetings with Sri Lankan government officials. He said that the GSL had denied media reports of preconditions for possible talks with the LTTE. The GSL would prefer November 10 or October 28 for t [...] | 2006-10-03 13:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1626 | SRI LANKA: SOME EXPATRIATE NGO EMPLOYEES ASKED TO [...] (C) Summary: Since 2005, NGO representatives have reported numerous obstacles to carrying out relief activities. On October 4, several newspapers ran a story on the latest impediment to NGOs: the GSL notified international staff of six international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) the [...] | 2006-10-04 14:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1627 | LTTE TELL NORWEGIANS THEY ARE PREPARED FOR TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Norwegian Special Envoy Hanssen-Bauer briefed Co-Chairs Ambassadors on October 4 that during his October 3 meetings with Thamilselvan, the LTTE had agreed to talks without conditions in Oslo or Switzerland in October. However the LTTE is concerned the GSL may be tempted to press [...] | 2006-10-04 15:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1710 | SRI LANKA SUPPORTS POSTPONING UNGA VOTE ON RIGHTS [...] (SBU) The Australian High Commission approached us regarding joint delivery of reftel demarche, to which we agreed. Poloff accompanied Australian Deputy High Commissioner and political officer to a meeting on October 13 with Sumedha Ekanayake, Deputy Director for UN and Multilateral Affairs a [...] | 2006-10-17 05:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KTIA UNGA CE |
06COLOMBO172 | SRI LANKA: LTTE-AFFILIATED CHARITY WORKERS [...] (C) The lull in violence since the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) agreed on January 25 to meet in Geneva in February for talks to strengthen the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) was marred January 30 by the reported abductions of five Tamil Rehabilitation O [...] | 2006-01-31 12:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1731 | MALDIVES SCORECARD DELIVERED, EMBASSY URGES CONSIDERATION [...] SUMMARY: DCM and EconOff met with Dr. Mohamed Asim, Maldives High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, to discuss the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC's) scorecard, Maldives' designation as a Candidate country, and the fact that the MCC Board must still determine whether to invite Maldives to d [...] | 2006-10-20 05:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC MV |
06COLOMBO1732 | SRI LANKA MCC SCORECARD DELIVERED; "INVESTING IN PEOPLE" [...] SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Scorecard results were delivered to officials at the Ministry of Planning and Implementation. Officials paid particular attention to the below-median statistics listed in the Investing in People category, and asked Embassy to forward releva [...] | 2006-10-20 05:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC CE |
06COLOMBO1745 | LTTE DELEGATION TO GENEVA: NAMES AND TRAVEL [...] (S) Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer passed A/S Richard Boucher a copy of a Norwegian non-paper outlining the travel arrangements proposed for the LTTE delegation's travel to Geneva. Following their humiliating experience at the Colombo airport in June, the LTTE group has asked for [...] | 2006-10-23 12:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1752 | SRI LANKA: A/S BOUCHER PRESSES GOVERNMENT TO MAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a two-day visit to Sri Lanka, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher SIPDIS pressed Sri Lankan government and opposition officials to put meaningful proposals on the table for future rounds of peace talks with the Tamil Tigers. Boucher assur [...] | 2006-10-24 05:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR CE |
06COLOMBO1758 | CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS (MINUS US) URGE LTTE [...] (C) Summary: Co-Chair Ambassadors (minus Ambassador Blake) met on October 24 the LTTE delegation traveling to talks with the Government of Sri Lanka that are expected to begin in Geneva on October 28. The Co-Chairs urged the LTTE to seize the opportunity afforded by Geneva and exercise maximu [...] | 2006-10-24 12:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO176 | SRI LANKA: MORE PRO-LTTE AID WORKERS REPORTED [...] (C) Summary: One day after January 31 reports that five Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) staff members had been abducted near an Army checkpoint (Reftel),TRO reported that another three TRO personnel have disappeared en route from Batticaloa to Kilinochchi. The Sri Lanka Monitoring [...] | 2006-02-01 11:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1763 | SRI LANKA: POLITICAL GROUPS, DIPLOMATS AGREE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa told visiting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher that the government should consult SIPDIS residents of Sri Lanka's Eastern Province as to whether they want to see their multi-ethnic region merged with the Tamil-dominated north. Rajapaksa envisioned a multi [...] | 2006-10-25 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO1803 | SRI LANKA: FEARED VIOLENCE AT NEGOMBO AHMADI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy received a letter from a local Ahmadi leader expressing concern that his community was being targeted for violence and a possible take-over of the Negombo Ahmadi mosque by Jumma Muslims on October 31. The US-based Ahmadi community also wrote letters to senators and t [...] | 2006-10-31 10:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1816 | MALDIVIAN PRESIDENT GAYOOM PLEDGES TO SUSTAIN [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial 20-minute meeting with President Gayoom following the presentation of his credentials on October 30, Ambassador Blake pledged to work to strengthen US-Maldivian relations and urged the President to sustain Maldives' progress in its political Reform Roadmap. Gayoom [...] | 2006-11-02 09:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL MV |
06COLOMBO1819 | GOVERNMENT BLAMES LTTE FOR JAFFNA HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition and lead peace negotiator DeSilva briefed the Sri Lankan Diplomatic Corps on November 2 on the outcome of the peace talks and government plans to mobilize the private sector to help meet humanitarian needs in Jaffna. DeSilva disagreed with press cha [...] | 2006-11-02 11:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1822 | SRI LANKA: TEXT FOR 2006 INCSR [...] Please find below the text for the 2006 INCSR. The format is keyed to the instructions in reftel. 2. I. Summary Sri Lanka has a relatively small-scale drug problem. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) remains committed to targeting drug traffickers and implementing nation-wide demand reducti [...] | 2006-11-03 06:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1824 | SRI LANKA: NORWAY BRIEFS CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS ON [...] (C) Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar briefed Co-Chair Ambassadors November 3 on the results of the Geneva Peace Talks between the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE. Brattskar's briefing tracked closely with that provided by the Norwegians to Embassy Oslo (ref A). Following are some addition [...] | 2006-11-03 09:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NO CE |
06COLOMBO1827 | MALDIVES: SOME HARD BUMPS ALONG THE ROAD TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his initial trip to the Maldives to present his credentials (ref a),Ambassador discussed the political reform process with several ministers and with the principal opposition figures. Assessments of the state of reform diverged widely: the government side portrayed the r [...] | 2006-11-03 13:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MV |
06COLOMBO1838 | THOUGHTS ON THE AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER 20-21 SRI [...] (C) Summary: As the Department prepares to host the November 20-21 Co-Chair meeting in Washington, Mission hereby offers some thoughts on the structure and substance of those discussions. The talks come on the heels of the unsuccessful meetings between the Government of Sri Lanka and the LT [...] | 2006-11-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1843 | MALDIVES: TEXT FOR 2006 INCSR [...] Please find below the text for the 2006 INCSR. The format is keyed to the instructions in reftel. 2. I. Summary: Maldives is not a producer of narcotics or precursor chemicals. The Maldivian government and the U.S. maintain a good working relationship on counter-narcotics issues. Offi [...] | 2006-11-07 11:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV MV |
06COLOMBO187 | SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT PLEDGES INVESTIGATION INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 2 President Mahinda Rajapaksa telephoned the Ambassador to assure him of Government concern at the reported abductions of Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) staff (Reftels) but reiterated that efforts to investigate were being hampered by lack of access to purp [...] | 2006-02-02 11:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1884 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT MORTAR FIRE KILLS 23 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Red Cross reported 23 civilians dead and 74 injured when government mortar fire hit a school housing internally displaced persons (IDPs) near the eastern town of Vakarai on November 8. Government officials confirmed the casualties, but said troops had been unaware of civilians [...] | 2006-11-09 12:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1895 | UN SPECIAL ADVISOR ROCK EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 briefing for Co-Chair and other selected Ambassadors, UN Special Advisor for Children Affected by Armed Conflict Allan Rock expressed his deep concern about forced abductions of children by the LTTE and the breakaway Karuna faction. Rock received many eyewitness [...] | 2006-11-13 12:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UN CE |
06COLOMBO1910 | MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT ACTION STYMIES PLANNED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) planned a November 10 demonstration in Male' to demand quicker constitutional reform. The Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) claimed the opposition would use the guise of a peaceful protest to possibly foment a coup. Se [...] | 2006-11-14 12:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MV |
06COLOMBO1913 | BLAIR SPECIAL ENVOY SEES SOME PARALLELS BETWEEN [...] (C) Summary: In a luncheon discussion with Co-Chair Ambassadors and the Acting Indian High Commissioner on November 14 Prime Minister Tony Blair's Special Envoy Paul Murphy exchanged views on how the Northern Ireland peace process might be relevant for the Sri Lankan context. Murphy was th [...] | 2006-11-14 13:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE EI |
06COLOMBO196 | SRI LANKA: SPRING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS MAY [...] (C) Summary: The Elections Commissioner has called for candidate nominations to Local Governments (LGs) to be submitted between February 9-16, with elections to fall four to six weeks afterward. A local NGO and the opposition United National Party (UNP) have filed court cases requesting a r [...] | 2006-02-06 11:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1977 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA'S REPORT CARD, ONE YEAR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa came to office in November 2005 after a campaign highlighting his strong Sinhalese nationalism. He made electoral pacts with the Marxist, Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the hard-line Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya [...] | 2006-11-28 08:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1978 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA'S REPORT CARD, ONE YEAR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa came to office in November 2005 after a campaign highlighting his strong Sinhalese nationalism. He made electoral pacts with the Marxist, Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the hard-line Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya [...] | 2006-11-28 08:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1982 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA'S REPORT CARD, ONE YEAR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa came to office in November 2005 after a campaign highlighting his strong Sinhalese nationalism. He made electoral pacts with the Marxist, Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the hard-line Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya [...] | 2006-11-28 08:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1993 | SRI LANKA: LACK OF DESIRE FOR PEACE MAY IMPEDE ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with a group of key financial sector institution heads on November 27. The meeting provided for a frank discussion on pressing issues faced by the sector and the country. While peace is essential for their business and for the economy, the group expressed g [...] | 2006-11-29 06:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV PTER CE |
06COLOMBO200 | PROMISE OF CEASE-FIRE TALKS STANCHES FLOW OF [...] (SBU) Data recently released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Colombo shows that the flow of Tamils out of potential conflict areas in northern Sri Lanka was much higher than the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) or the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) had reported. Di [...] | 2006-02-08 08:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM PREF CE |
06COLOMBO2010 | SRI LANKA: ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Unknown assailants, but most likely the LTTE ("Tamil Tigers"),attacked the motorcade of Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa (the brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa) with explosives on December 1. The method of delivery was apparently a vehicle-borne "claymore" mine. According to [...] | 2006-12-01 08:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE |
06COLOMBO2013 | SRI LANKA: DEPUTY USTR URGES PRESIDENT TO IMPROVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in a meeting on November 30, asked Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Karan Bhatia to help facilitate completion of a Millennium Challenge Compact for his country. Rajapaksa made it clear that Sri Lanka was prepared to drop controversial irr [...] | 2006-12-01 10:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO2014 | HANSSEN-BAUER EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CRITICISM OF [...] (C) Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer met briefly with Co-Chair Ambassadors to compare notes before he begins a trip to Kilinochchi to meet with the LTTE on December 2. After two days of meetings with Government and civil society representatives in Colombo, he expressed concern about [...] | 2006-12-01 11:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO2015 | GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW ALL CONTACTS WITH LTTE [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: In the aftermath of the failed assassination attempt of Defense Secretary Rajapakse (ref a),the Government of Sri Lanka announced on December 3 that the Cabinet will decide on December 6 whether to revive the ban on contacts with the LTTE, which would effectiv [...] | 2006-12-04 12:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO2020 | SRI LANKAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS CABINET TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 5 meeting with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, Ambassador strongly urged the Sri Lankan government (GSL) to refrain from proscribing the LTTE ("Tamil Tigers," saying it would effectively put an end to the peace process. The Minister responded that the governm [...] | 2006-12-06 12:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2021 | SRI LANKA KEEPS PEACE PROCESS ALIVE; REINSTATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Cabinet reached a consensus not to react to the assassination attempt on Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa (ref a) by proscribing the SIPDIS LTTE. Instead, the President will issue an order reinstating provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act. However, [...] | 2006-12-06 14:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2030 | SRI LANKA: MINISTER GIVES ASSURANCES ON HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 6 meeting, the Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights gave Ambassador his readout of Cabinet deliberations over the promulgation of new powers for security forces in the fight against LTTE terrorism. He assured us, however, that the new regulations adeq [...] | 2006-12-07 12:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PTER CE |
06COLOMBO2033 | SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT DEFENDS EMERGENCY MEASURES TO [...] (SBU) In a December 7 address to the nation on the new emergency measures (in Sinhala, translation e-mailed to SCA/INS),President Mahinda Rajapaksa offered brief thanks to the members of international community that have rejected the LTTE's call for "Eelam," or a separate state. He singled o [...] | 2006-12-08 09:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL CE |
06COLOMBO2037 | HANSSEN-BAUER RETURNS EMPTY HANDED FROM [...] (C) Summary: In a readout to Co-Chair Ambassadors the evening of December 8, Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer reported that the LTTE had refused all four initiatives proposed the Government of Sri Lanka, including the idea of holding peace talks as soon as possible. The LTTE respon [...] | 2006-12-10 04:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO2043 | SRI LANKA: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN JAFFNA DIRE [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's December 7 visit to Jaffna, Government Agent Mr. K. Ganesh (protect throughout) expressed deep concern for the humanitarian situation in Jaffna, particularly with regard to nutrition and livelihoods. Since August 11, when the Tigers attacked the Governme [...] | 2006-12-11 13:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2050 | SRI LANKA: JAFFNA UNIVERSITY STAFF, STUDENTS [...] (C) Summary: Jaffna Government Agent Mr. K. Ganesh hosted a panel discussion on December 7 with Jaffna University faculty and students and the Ambassador. Classes have been suspended at the University since August 11, when the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked the crossing poin [...] | 2006-12-12 11:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2051 | SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR TELLS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador told Foreign Minister Samaraweera on December 11 that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is allowing the "Tamil Tigers" (LTTE) to exploit the serious humanitarian and human rights situation in Jaffna by alienating the local population from the government. While some of [...] | 2006-12-12 13:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2052 | SRI LANKA: ARMY SHELLS HIT VAKARAI IDPS, [...] (C) Summary: In a December 11 press release, the International Committee for the Red Cross confirmed the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) shelling December 8-11 killed up to 27 civilians in LTTE-controlled Vakarai and injured 30. About 35,000 civilians remain trapped in Vakarai where the LTTE and GSL s [...] | 2006-12-12 13:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2056 | SRI LANKA: JAFFNA CIVILIANS FEAR SECURITY FORCES [...] (C) During the Ambassador's December 7 trip to Jaffna and a December 5-8 political section/USAID visit, Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Human Rights authorities told us they have seen evidence that security forces intelligence units are working with paramilitary cadres belonging to Minister Dou [...] | 2006-12-13 06:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2060 | SRI LANKA: JAFFNA BISHOP CALLS FOR TOUGH MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Blake met the Catholic Bishop of Jaffna on December 7 during his day trip to the northern peninsula. An outspoken Tamil rights advocate, the Bishop told the Ambassador that the international community will have to use "stick diplomacy" to persuade the Government of Sr [...] | 2006-12-13 10:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2073 | SRI LANKA: JAFFNA CALMER FOLLOWING AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary: Pol FSN spoke December 14 with Mr. Remidious, Legal Advisor and Acting Coordinator of the Human Rights Commission in Jaffna, Government Agent K. Ganesh, and the Jaffna Bishop Rev. Thomas Savundranayagam. Each interlocutor pointed out that since Ambassador Blake's December 7 visit [...] | 2006-12-14 12:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2077 | SRI LANKA: TAMIL PARTY URGES MORE TALKS BUT SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on December 14 with Ambassador and PolCouns, Members of Parliament from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA, which shares the political goals of the "Tamil Tigers"),criticized the report of an Experts' Committee on possible future power-sharing arrangements, but felt th [...] | 2006-12-15 10:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2078 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES JAFFNA, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met on December 15 with Basil Rajapakse, the brother and chief political advisor of President Rajapakse, to urge that the President address the deteriorating human rights situation and problems in Jaffna, and that the President urge as rapid consideration as possible [...] | 2006-12-15 10:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO2081 | SRI LANKA: INTERLOCUTORS MOURN BALASINGHAM AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy's Tamil contacts, international observers and Sri Lankan political figures lamented the December 14 death in London of chief LTTE negotiator and theoretician Anton Balasingham (1938-2006). Members of Colombo's humanitarian and think-tank community stressed that Balasingh [...] | 2006-12-15 10:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2082 | SRI LANKA: INTERLOCUTORS MOURN BALASINGHAM AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy's Tamil contacts, international observers and Sri Lankan political figures lamented the December 14 death in London of chief LTTE negotiator and theoretician Anton Balasingham (1938-2006). Members of Colombo's humanitarian and think-tank community stressed that Balasingh [...] | 2006-12-15 10:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2083 | SRI LANKA: MUSLIM PARTY SUPPORTS DE-MERGER OF [...] (C) Ambassador met December 11 with representatives of the All Ceylon Muslim Congress (ACMC),including Minister of Disaster Relief Services M.S.S. Ameer. The ACMC split from Rauf Hakeem's Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) (ref b) to support the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP),although [...] | 2006-12-15 10:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2084 | SRI LANKA: INTERLOCUTORS MOURN BALASINGHAM AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy's Tamil contacts, international observers and Sri Lankan political figures lamented the December 14 death in London of chief LTTE negotiator and theoretician Anton Balasingham (1938-2006). Members of Colombo's humanitarian and think-tank community stressed that Balasingh [...] | 2006-12-15 10:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO209 | CHAIRMAN GIVES STATUS REPORT ON AD HOC COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On February 8, Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara hosted the Chiefs of Missions of the G-8 countries and India for a discussion concerning the outstanding issues facing the February 27 meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Terrorism (AHCT). AHCT chairman Dr. Rohan Perera ( [...] | 2006-02-08 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER CE |
06COLOMBO2094 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT FACES CHALLENGES IN BUILDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 10, former Sri Lankan president Kumaratunga told a group of supporters she will return to politics, possibly making a bid to regain leadership of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP),currently headed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. On Dec 12, the Marxist, Sinhalese n [...] | 2006-12-18 12:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CE |
06COLOMBO2095 | SRI LANKA: EASTERN UNIVERSITY VICE-CHANCELLOR [...] (C) Summary. Eastern University (Batticaloa) Vice-Chancellor S. Ravindranath disappeared from an area of heightened security in Colombo midday on December 15. Civil monitors and human rights activists allege that the LTTE-breakaway Karuna faction (TMVP),in collusion with state security forc [...] | 2006-12-18 12:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2099 | SRI LANKA: TWENTY-THREE STUDENTS ABDUCTED IN [...] (C) Summary: Twenty-three teenage students and two teachers were abducted from a private tutorial center in the Thirukovil area of the southeastern Ampara district on December 18 at approximately 10 p.m. The Government of Sri Lanka has blamed the "Tamil Tigers" (LTTE). Other interlocutors no [...] | 2006-12-19 11:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2107 | SRI LANKA: TIGERS APOLOGIZE FOR ABDUCTING 23 [...] (C) Summary: The "Tamil Tigers" (LTTE) apologized late December 19 for the December 18 "mistaken recruitment" of 23 students from a private tutorial center in Thirukovil, Ampara, releasing the abductees to the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) that evening. Humanitarian interlo [...] | 2006-12-20 12:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE |
06COLOMBO2113 | SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR AND OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Summary: On December 20, the Ambassador met with Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the major opposition United National Party (UNP),to discuss the prospects for a Sinhalese consensus on resolving Sri Lanka,s ethnic conflict. Wickremesinghe, who had met with President Rajapaksa earlier tha [...] | 2006-12-21 12:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CE |
06COLOMBO212 | DEMARCHE: PSI ENDORSEMENT BY THE 2/13 2006 ASTOP [...] (C) DCM joined Australian High Commissioner French, Japanese Ambassador Suda, British High Commissioner Evans and Canadian Charge' Shea in February 9 Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) demarche (reftel) on Foreign Secretary H.G.M.S. Palihakkara. French presented reftel points, focusing [...] | 2006-02-09 08:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP XC CE |
06COLOMBO2122 | SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER URGES QUICK [...] Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe hosted a meeting on December 22 to discuss the status of the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP). Representatives of the sponsoring countries and organizations and relevant Government of Sri Lanka [...] | 2006-12-22 08:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2124 | MALDIVES REFORMS MAKING SLOW PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to South and Southwest Asia Ambassador Douglas A. Hartwick and Special Assistant Manpreet Anand traveled to Maldives on December 5-6, 2006, to meet with President Gayoom and other government officials to discuss US-Maldives bilateral e [...] | 2006-12-26 05:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI EAID PREL MV |
06COLOMBO213 | SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT IN SERIOUS PREPARATIONS FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador's discussion with Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, the head of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) delegation to the February 22-23 ceasefire talks in Geneva, along with poloff's separate consultations with staff at the GSL Peace Secretariat, indicate that the new Gov [...] | 2006-02-09 09:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL CE |
06COLOMBO2135 | SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER CONCERNED DE-MERGER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since October, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has discussed de-merging the north and east, currently administered as a single province per the 1987 Indo-Lanka Accords. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and its proxies have said a continued merger is an essential pre- [...] | 2006-12-28 11:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2139 | SRI LANKA: UPDATE ON JORDANIAN SHIP GROUNDED OFF [...] (U) December 28-29 saw a barrage of media articles on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) boarding a Jordanian vessel and forcing the crew to raise anchor, causing the ship to be grounded off the coast of Mullaitivu in the north (ref). Papers reported that the Sri Lanka Monitoring Miss [...] | 2006-12-29 06:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO2142 | SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS VOICE CONCERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following up on Secretary Rice's December 14 initiative, Ambassador Blake hosted a roundtable discussion with human rights activists and civil society representatives on December 21. The Ambassador briefed the group on USG efforts and also solicited views on how best to stren [...] | 2006-12-29 12:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PTER PREL CE |
06COLOMBO218 | IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 - [...] THE FOLLOWING IS THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR MALDIVES FOR 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT MALDIVES FEBRUARY 2006 2. Maldives is comprised of over 1,190 islands, of which 198 are inhabited and 87 are exclusive resort islands. The local population is about 285,000, and ove [...] | 2006-02-10 05:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR MV |
06COLOMBO219 | SRI LANKA: PROPOSAL FOR INCLE FUNDS [...] Summary: Per Reftel request, this message contains Post's endorsement for the International Organization of Migration (IOM)'s proposal to combat trafficking in persons. IOM representatives informed us they have forwarded the proposal directly to G/TIP. IOM has a proven track record within S [...] | 2006-02-10 05:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN CE |
06COLOMBO230 | SRI LANKA: GSL INSIDER PREDICTS PRE-GENEVA [...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with poloff, presidential advisor and younger sibling Basil Rajapaksa discussed Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) thinking and expectations in the run-up to talks on the ceasefire with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) scheduled for February 22-23 in Geneva. [...] | 2006-02-13 11:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO247 | SRI LANKA NOMINATION OF MFA LEGAL ADVISER ROHAN [...] (U) Ambassador was requested to come in by Foreign Secretary Palihakkara Feb 16 to discuss the candidacy of Sri SIPDIS Lankan MFA Legal Adviser Rohan Perera to the International Law Commission (ILC). At the last minute, Foreign Secretary was detained at the President's office, so meeting wa [...] | 2006-02-16 11:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AORC CE UN |
06COLOMBO248 | SRI LANKA NOMINATION OF MFA LEGAL ADVISER ROHAN [...] (U) Ambassador was requested to come in by Foreign Secretary Palihakkara Feb 16 to discuss the candidacy of Sri SIPDIS Lankan MFA Legal Adviser Rohan Perera to the International Law Commission (ILC). At the last minute, Foreign Secretary was detained at the President's office, so meeting wa [...] | 2006-02-16 11:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AORC CE UN |
06COLOMBO250 | SRI LANKA: POLICE, COMMUNITY, SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7, emboffs traveled to Alawwa, 30 miles north of Colombo in Kurunegela District, to look into reports from the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) that the congregation of a local Christian church had been threatened and harassed on Christm [...] | 2006-02-16 11:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO254 | MALDIVES: POLITICAL SUSPICIONS FESTER WHILE [...] (C) During a February 10-13 DCM visit to Maldives (in conjunction with a port call by the missile destroyer USS McCampbell from the USS Ronald Reagan strike group),conversations with government officials and the opposition conveyed a sense of logjam in the political reform process as social [...] | 2006-02-17 05:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MV |
06COLOMBO256 | SRI LANKA: PRE-TALKS PREPARATIONS, POSTURING [...] (C) Ambassador's meetings with the three Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Ministers who will participate in talks on the Ceasefire Agreement in Geneva February 22-23 indicate that the new Rajapaksa government is diligently preparing for its first face-to-face with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil [...] | 2006-02-17 05:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE |
06COLOMBO271 | SRI LANKA: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON INVESTMENT [...] (C) Rohitha Bogollagama, Sri Lankan Minister for Investment Promotion and Industries, is a colorful, aisle-crossing politician and lawyer whose bipartisan experience--as well as his involvement in a few sensational local scandals--may make him uniquely qualified for the delicate job of pres [...] | 2006-02-21 11:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV EINV CE |
06COLOMBO287 | SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE ON REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-23 11:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER IZ CE |
06COLOMBO288 | MALDIVES: REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS CONDEMNING THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-23 11:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER IZ MV |
06COLOMBO308 | SRI LANKA: MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACKING ON [...] (C) With the conclusion on February 23 of the first round of talks between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in three years, southern political parties are feverishly engaging in Monday morning quarterbacking to determine whether the GSL "won" or [...] | 2006-02-27 13:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO321 | IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006 ? SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-28 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV |
06COLOMBO338 | NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR HAPPY WITH GENEVA BUT SEES [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar told Colombo co-chairs reps March 2 that the Geneva talks had exceeded his expectations. An initially tense atmosphere had relaxed over time and made it possible for agreement on a joint statement. Brattskar is fairly confident the next round wil [...] | 2006-03-02 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO |
06COLOMBO340 | SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT DELEGATION MEMBERS' [...] (C) In separate conversations March 2, Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) delegation members John Gooneratne and Nivard Cabraal told emboffs they were generally pleased with the outcome of the February 22-23 talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Geneva. Both said they foresee [...] | 2006-03-02 11:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE |
06COLOMBO342 | SRI LANKA: DEMINING RETURNING TO FULL SPEED [...] (U) NGOs continued humanitarian demining while Sri Lankan Army (SLA) deminers were still hunkered down following the December and January surge in attacks on security forces by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). While remaining on operational stand down, Department-funded demining [...] | 2006-03-03 06:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID CASC MOPS KHDP CE |
06COLOMBO377 | SRI LANKA: GSL MINISTERS DOWNPLAY COMPLEXITIES IN [...] (C) In a March 7 meeting with Health Minister and chief Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) negotiator Nimal Siripala de Silva and a March 8 meeting with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, the Ambassador stressed that the GSL must be proactive in upholding its commitments under the joint statem [...] | 2006-03-08 10:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO382 | SRI LANKA: JVP INSISTS CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT MUST [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) General Secretary Tilvin Silva and JVP MP Vijitha Herath told poloff that their party generally supported Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Geneva February 22-23 but insisted that th [...] | 2006-03-09 10:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR CE |
06COLOMBO383 | USCIRF VISIT TO SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) Summary. Members of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visited Sri Lanka February 23-25 and met with religious, political, and civil society leaders to get a sense of the overall human rights situation as well as to discuss reports of unethical conv [...] | 2006-03-10 04:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO4 | IS SRI LANKA GOING BACK TO WAR - AND WHAT CAN WE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the optimism and hope surrounding the four-year old ceasefire agreement (CFA) fade and a return to some sort of war becomes an increasing (but certainly not inevitable) possibility, the U.S. and the rest of the concerned international community need to consider how best to he [...] | 2006-01-03 07:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS EFIN CE LTTE |
06COLOMBO400 | READY OR NOT, HERE THEY COME: (MOST) LOCAL [...] (C) Local government elections, scheduled to take place in most areas on March 30, have been embroiled in controversy and legal challenges since the deadline for nominations passed on February 16. Although the pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has file [...] | 2006-03-15 09:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO408 | SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY CLAIMS NO GSL [...] (C) In a March 15 meeting with Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the Ambassador stressed the importance of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) upholding its commitment to restrain any armed group other than Government security forces from operating in GSL-controlled territory (Reftels). Acc [...] | 2006-03-16 09:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO414 | SRI LANKA MONITORING MISSION: SCORING THE GENEVA [...] (C) Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) Spokeswoman Helen Olafsdottir told poloffs on March 17 that the level of violence in the north and east had diminished dramatically since the February 22-23 talks between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [...] | 2006-03-17 13:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO428 | SRI LANKA: LTTE-BACKED STUDENTS BLOCK VICE [...] (SBU) Vehement protests by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-affiliated Jaffna University Student Union (JUSU) have prevented Professor S. Ratnajeevan Hoole, who was appointed Vice Chancellor to the troubled university on March 9, from assuming his duties. President Mahinda Rajapak [...] | 2006-03-20 11:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV SOCI CE |
06COLOMBO445 | MALDIVES: GROWING PAINS OF DEMOCRATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 14-16 trip to Maldives, poloff met government officials, political party leaders, and civil society representatives, all of whom expressed commitment to democratic reform but worry about its pace and implementation. All interlocutors responded positively to the [...] | 2006-03-22 04:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR MV |
06COLOMBO460 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENTIAL CONFIDANT (AND SIBLING) [...] (C) Basil Rajapaksa, confidant and advisor to his older brother President Mahinda Rajapaksa, told poloff on March 22 that in the second round of talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),scheduled to be held in Geneva April 19-21, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) wants to move [...] | 2006-03-23 10:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO467 | SRI LANKA: NORWEGIANS CONCERNED ABOUT PROSPECTS [...] (C) In a March 23 meeting, Norwegian emboffs expressed concern that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),absent greater evidence that the Government is disarming the Karuna paramilitary and/or other confidence building measures, may pull out of talks with the Government of Sri Lanka ( [...] | 2006-03-24 07:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO470 | SRI LANKA: NEW ANTI-LTTE TAMIL PARTY: A CREDIBLE [...] (C) Summary: A new Tamil umbrella political party hopes to pose an alternative to the pro-LTTE Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and to attract prominent non-LTTE Tamils, such as Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) misfit V. Anandasangaree and People's Liberation Front of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) chi [...] | 2006-03-25 06:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CE |
06COLOMBO471 | COLOMBO CO-CHAIRS HUDDLE IN FACE OF POST-GENEVA [...] (C) Summary. In the face of tepid performances by both the GSL and the LTTE in fulfilling their Geneva commitments, local co- chair representatives plan to beard each side in early April, after March 30 local government elections. That said, violence remains down which is quite encouraging [...] | 2006-03-27 04:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO |
06COLOMBO495 | SRI LANKA: JVP GIVING ALL IT'S GOT IN SOUTHERN [...] (C) Poloff's March 26-27 visit to four southern districts suggested a sharp split in attitudes--if not in actual platforms--among the three largest parties in the run-up to March 30 local elections. The governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is banking on traditional voter preferences for [...] | 2006-03-29 10:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO508 | SRI LANKA: LTTE-KARUNA TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN [...] (C ) Summary: Following the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Geneva in mid-February, the eastern district of Batticaloa has seen tension and turf battles between the LTTE and the breakaway Karuna faction. During a March 19-21 visit, [...] | 2006-03-30 12:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO528 | SRI LANKA: STRONG GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE IN LOCAL [...] (SBU) Local government (LG) elections were held March 30 in a total of 266 Municipal Councils (MCs),Urban Councils (UCs),and Pradeshiya Sabhas (PSs- village councils) in most areas of Sri Lanka except the north and the eastern district of Batticaloa. (Note: Polling in those areas is due Sep [...] | 2006-04-03 12:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO543 | PRESIDENT AGREES CO-CHAIRS SHOULD DELIVER STRONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa agreed that Co-Chair Chiefs of Mission (minus the US) should travel to Kilinocchi to deliver message to Tigers that they need to engage seriously in Geneva talks, give up violence, and broaden Geneva agenda beyond the ceasefire agreement (CFA). Co-Chairs will [...] | 2006-04-05 11:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO546 | SRI LANKA: JVP SOLDIERING ON AFTER DISAPPOINTING [...] (C) In an April 3 meeting with poloff, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) General Secretary Tilvin Silva downplayed his party's dismal showing in March 30 local elections (Ref B). "We knew the SLFP (the governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party) was going to win," he insisted; "we're pleased with our res [...] | 2006-04-05 12:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CE |
06COLOMBO55 | SRI LANKA: ESCALATING VIOLENCE SHIFTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The week of January 2 was quiet in the Jaffna peninsula where several attacks by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the last 30 days had claimed the lives of dozens of security forces (Ref B). However, the eastern district of Trincomalee became the new nexus of violence [...] | 2006-01-09 11:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE LTTE |
06COLOMBO557 | TIGERS NOT YET COMMITTED TO SECOND ROUND OF TALKS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are not yet willing to commit to attending the second round of peace talks scheduled for April 19-20 in Geneva, according to Solheim and Hanssen-Bauer. While the Tigers want to stick to discussing the Ceasefire Agreement, the GSL wants to broa [...] | 2006-04-07 06:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO581 | SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENZI [...] (SBU) Senator Enzi, your delegation's April 14 visit to Sri Lanka offers a valuable opportunity to highlight our warm bilateral ties, re-emphasize our commitment to support the peace process and review progress on key elements of our humanitarian assistance program. Bilateral relations with [...] | 2006-04-10 12:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PTER EAID ECON CE |
06COLOMBO591 | NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT LETTER TO SRI LANKA AND LTTE [...] (C) After Co-Chairs meeting April 12 (septel),Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar grabbed Ambassador privately to pass copy of letter which Norwegian International Development Minister Erik Solheim was sending to Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa. Brattskar said very similar letter would be sent to L [...] | 2006-04-12 09:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO592 | SRI LANKA: VIOLENCE, VERBIAGE THREATEN GENEVA TALKS [...] (U) Summary: After a brief moratorium on violence following the late January announcement of the first round of Geneva talks (Ref A),the all-too-regrettable pattern of tit-for-tat bloodshed between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and its armed rivals has resumed with a vengeance. [...] | 2006-04-12 09:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE |
06COLOMBO600 | GOVERNMENT ASKS CO-CHAIRS FOR STRONG RESPONSE AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chair ambassadors, minus the U.S., pushed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) hard in an August 10 meeting to make clear its commitment to "Geneva II" but the Tigers are focused on the "transportation issue" in which the GSL has refused to chopper Eastern Tigers to the [...] | 2006-04-12 11:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO612 | CO-CHAIRS DISCUSSION: STILL SLIM CHANCE FOR GENEVA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chair reps met in Colombo April 17. Problems on both sides led to failure of transport of Tiger leaders on Aug 15, but Tigers bear most blame. There is one last chance to arrange transportation by civilian helicopter, which could allow Geneva to take place April 24-25 as plann [...] | 2006-04-17 09:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO613 | CO-CHAIRS DISCUSSION: STILL SLIM CHANCE FOR GENEVA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chair reps met in Colombo April 17. Problems on both sides led to failure of transport of Tiger leaders on April 15, but Tigers bear most blame. There is one last chance to arrange transportation by civilian helicopter, which could allow Geneva to take place April 24-25 as pla [...] | 2006-04-17 09:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO62 | MALDIVES: ELEMENTS OF GOVERNMENT AT ODDS OVER [...] (C) Summary. On December 28, Sri Lankan police, apparently acting on a request from Maldivian authorities via Interpol, searched the Colombo office of the pro-opposition Minivan News for evidence that Minivan staff were engaged in seditious activities and/or gun-running. Although the search y [...] | 2006-01-10 10:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR MV CE |
06COLOMBO620 | SRI LANKA: CLAYMORE MINES AND MOB VIOLENCE AS LTTE [...] (C) Summary. Violence and communal strife in the north and east continued over the long New Year holiday, killing at least another 40 people April 13-17 in Trincomalee, Jaffna and Vavuniya. An April 12 bomb blast in Trincomalee that appeared to target civilians--the first such incident since [...] | 2006-04-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO634 | SRI LANKA: NORWEGIAN FACILITATORS SEE SLIGHT HOPE [...] (C) In an April 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer and Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar said they still held out some hope that talks in Geneva between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) might take place A [...] | 2006-04-19 11:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO635 | PROPOSED ANTI-CONVERSION LEGISLATION UNLIKELY TO [...] (U) After more than eighteen months in legislative limbo, the Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) anti-conversion bill showed faint signs of life when the Speaker of Parliament appointed Wijedasa Rajapakse, the Minister of State for Banks, to head the parliamentary select committee [...] | 2006-04-19 12:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO639 | SRI LANKA: CODEL ENZI CALLS ON PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 14 visit to Sri Lanka, Senators Michael Enzi, Lamar Alexander and Johnny Isakson, their spouses, staff and Terrell Halaska, Assistant Secretary of the Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department of Education, observed US-funded humanitarian demining [...] | 2006-04-20 09:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID OREP CE |
06COLOMBO646 | SRI LANKA: FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS "NEGATIVE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera met with the Ambassador on April 20 to discuss latest developments on the peace process. Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara and GSL Peace Secretariat head Palitha Kohona also participated in the meeting. The Foreign Minister said that he had "he [...] | 2006-04-20 12:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO650 | NORWEGIANS STILL TRYING TO BROKER DEAL AS APRIL 24 [...] (C) SUMMARY: LTTE told the Norwegians they cannot attend ceasefire talks in Geneva until transport is arranged for their leaders to attend a Central Committee meeting. Contrary to what the Tigers told the press, the Tigers did not insist on other conditions for talks. Norwegians are still try [...] | 2006-04-21 06:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO654 | SRI LANKAN PEACE PROCESS: WHAT CAN WE AND OTHERS [...] (C) Escalating violence by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) against both civilian and military targets, along with the Tigers' refusal to attend the second round of talks in Geneva, suggest that the LTTE may have decided that continuing the peace process, at least for now, does not [...] | 2006-04-21 14:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO662 | MALDIVES: DESPITE REFORM ROADMAP, QUESTIONS ON [...] (U) Summary: On March 27 the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) unveiled its much-hyped "Reform Roadmap" which calls for increased press freedom, a new constitution by June 2007, and a multi-party election in October 2008. Since then, however, little progress has been made and const [...] | 2006-04-24 13:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MV |
06COLOMBO672 | SRI LANKA: SUSPECTED LTTE SUICIDE BOMBER ATTEMPTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Army Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka was injured April 25 in an assassination attempt by a suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber at Army Headquarters in Colombo. As many as eight people, many of them members of Fonseka's security detail, may h [...] | 2006-04-25 11:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC CE |
06COLOMBO683 | Jaffna University Students Also Suffering From [...] (SBU) Summary. More than most university students in Sri Lanka, the approximately 5,000 students currently studying at Jaffna University have felt the impact of the ongoing political tensions in missed classes, low funding, and deteriorating academic standards. This formerly prestigious uni [...] | 2006-04-26 10:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SCUL SOCI KPAO CE |
06COLOMBO686 | SRI LANKAN MILITARY LAUNCHES "LIMITED" RETALIATORY [...] (C) Following the attempted assassination of Army Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka in Colombo on April 25, Government security forces launched aerial and artillery strikes on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) territory in the eastern district of Trincomalee late April 25 and the mor [...] | 2006-04-26 13:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO697 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT CONFIRMS MILITARY OPERATIONS [...] (C) In an April 27 meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Charge' condemned the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) April 25 attempt on the life of the Army Commander and underscored strong US support for Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts to find a peaceful resolution to the confli [...] | 2006-04-27 12:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO713 | SRI LANKA: TIGER TRANSPORT STILL ON TABLE AS [...] (C) Low-intensity conflict between Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continued April 29-May 2, including an April 30 LTTE attack on camps run by the dissident Karuna faction on the Batticaloa-Polonnaruwa border. Despite the violenc [...] | 2006-05-02 13:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO721 | INDIANS STILL HOPING GENEVA TALKS CAN RESUME UNDER [...] (C) According to a local Indian diplomat, his government remains hopeful, despite the April 25 assassination attempt on Army Chief Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka, that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) can engage the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in a second round of talks. To get the talks back [...] | 2006-05-03 12:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV IN CE |
06COLOMBO723 | GUNMEN ATTACK TAMIL NEWSPAPER ON EVE OF WORLD PRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the evening of May 2 unidentified gunmen entered the offices of the Tamil language newspaper Uthayan in the northern district of Jaffna and opened fire on the employees, killing two and wounding at least three. The Minister of Mass Media and Information condemned the attack [...] | 2006-05-03 12:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PGOV PTER CE |
06COLOMBO731 | SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR STRESSES NEED TO DEVELOP [...] (C) In separate May 4 meetings with Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara and opposition United National Party (UNP) Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya, the Ambassador emphasized U.S. support for the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the need for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to giv [...] | 2006-05-04 11:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO737 | SRI LANKA HOPING FOR "POSITIVE RESPONSE" ON PSI [...] (C) The Ambassador presented reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera on April 4 and raised it in a subsequent meeting with Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara one day later. Palihakkara indicated that his Government was interested and said he hoped to have "a positive res [...] | 2006-05-04 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM KNNP PGOV PREL PHSA CE |
06COLOMBO757 | AKASHI GETS HARD LINE FROM TIGERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tigers implied to Akashi they will not go to Geneva until Government stops all violence against Tamils. They insisted President Rajapaksa has the power to do so, but Akashi told us that the President has admitted some doubts about his control. END SUMMARY 2. (C) Japanese S [...] | 2006-05-10 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO759 | SRI LANKA: ICRC NOTES DISTURBING TRENDS SINCE [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting with poloff, ICRC Deputy Head of Mission Peter Krakolinig and Protection Coordinator Christoph Sutter said that they believed that their access to Government-held detainees is very good. Sutter estimated the number of detainees held under Emergency Regulations to whom [...] | 2006-05-10 12:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO771 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS [...] (C) Since the April 7 assassination of a Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP-nominee in Trincomalee--and in tandem with stepped-up violence against Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) military targets--the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is increasingly attempting to depict GSL security forces [...] | 2006-05-11 12:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO790 | SCA PDAS CAMP PRESSES GSL ON POLITICAL PROPOSALS [...] (C) In separate May 15 meetings with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Peace Secretariat head Palitha Kohona, Principal Deputy Assistant SIPDIS Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Camp SIPDIS emphasized U.S. concern at the escalation [...] | 2006-05-16 07:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO792 | SRI LANKA: SCA PDAS CAMP URGES DEFENSE SECRETARY [...] (C) In a May 15 meeting with Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Camp and Charge' underscored U.S. support for the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) but stressed the need for the Government to investigate thoroughl [...] | 2006-05-16 08:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER MOPS PREL PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO809 | MAIN PARTIES TROT OUT THE OLD GUARD FOR COLOMBO [...] (SBU) Local government elections for the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) and 21 other local government authorities will be held on May 20. Elections in these localities were postponed from March 30 because of assorted court challenges to electoral lists submitted by various parties (Reftel). [...] | 2006-05-17 12:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO843 | SRI LANKA: NGO OFFICES TARGETED, LTTE EASTERN [...] (C) The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) deputy eastern military commander was one of several fatalities as violence continued in the embattled north and east May 20-21. Unknown perpetrators threw grenades into the offices of three international NGOs in a government-controlled town in [...] | 2006-05-22 12:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM EAID CE |
06COLOMBO853 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER VISIT TO TOKYO AND SRI [...] (C) Your visit to Tokyo and Sri Lanka comes during a tense period of increased violence and worrisome prospects for Sri Lanka's fragile ceasefire. Your visit gives us the opportunity to pursue two key goals - increased co-chair support to push the peace process forward, including seeking way [...] | 2006-05-24 06:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON MARR OVIP PGOV PREL CE |
06COLOMBO866 | SRI LANKA: FROM INSIDE THE CONFLICT ZONE AND FROM [...] (C) In separate meetings on May 18 and May 23 a Tamil cleric from Jaffna and a Sinhalese Buddhist Cabinet Minister shared with poloff their assessments of the current situation and expectations for the future. Although their many differences in viewpoints, especially with respect to Governme [...] | 2006-05-24 13:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO87 | SRI LANKA: SEVEN POLICE ARRESTED IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 29, the media reported six police officers were arrested for having links to a drug baron. A seventh officer was arrested on January 3. These arrests appear to be the beginning of a larger-scale effort to clean police corruption, which law enforcement contacts and [...] | 2006-01-12 10:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KCRM CE |
06COLOMBO872 | TOKYO CO-CHAIRS PRE-MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: GSL representatives admit that at least some elements of armed forces may be cooperating with irregular armed groups. Government is trying to crack down on this, and is also trying to develop a proposal for a political settlement. EU will likely designate LTTE as terrorist group on May [...] | 2006-05-25 11:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO |
06COLOMBO88 | SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR THE JANUARY 23-25 [...] (C) Your visit to Sri Lanka comes as small-scale but recurrent aggression by the insurgent Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is exerting increasing pressure on a still-new and relatively untested Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) executive. President Mahinda Rajapaksa appears to lack a coh [...] | 2006-01-12 11:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CE |
06COLOMBO906 | SRI LANKA: ANTI-CONVERSION BILL MIRED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The parliamentary select committee to discuss the Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU)-sponsored bill proposing to outlaw "unethical conversions" began hearing testimony in May (Ref A). According to one member of parliament (MP) serving on the committee, the group i [...] | 2006-05-31 12:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF CE |
06COLOMBO933 | A/S BOUCHER TALKS TOUGH ON TIGERS BUT PRESSES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Following his participation in the May 30 meeting of the Sri Lankan Donor Co-Chairs (US, EU, Norway, and Japan) in Tokyo, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher underscored the messages from the Tokyo Co-Chairs statement during a May 31 trip to Co [...] | 2006-06-05 07:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CE |
06COLOMBO966 | DEMARCHE ON ADDRESSING IRAN ISSUE AT JUNE 12-16 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-08 09:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO990 | SRI LANKA: LTTE REFUSES TO MEET GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) surprised most observers by derailing diplomatic efforts to salvage the peace process, refusing to hold talks on the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission June 8-9 in Oslo. Moreover, in the wake of the EU listing of the Tigers, the LTTE has said [...] | 2006-06-12 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL CE |
06COLOMBO992 | MALDIVES: MINIMAL PROGRESS ON REFORMS, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Following the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) publication of a Reform Roadmap, the President's office issued a decree on freedom of assembly May 15 to complement the Roadmap and expand civil liberties. Nonetheless, police arrested over 120 demonstrators taking part [...] | 2006-06-13 08:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MV |
06CONAKRY101 | GUINEAN MILITARY SEES BROAD SECURITY MANDATE; [...] (S) On January 24, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) Theresa Whelan met with Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo and then with senior military officers to discuss regional stability and bilateral military cooperation. 2. (S) DASD Whelan delivered a strong message to Guinean m [...] | 2006-01-30 12:55:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS KDEM GV |
06CONAKRY1647 | GUINEA: SEVERAL PEACEFUL PROTESTS UP COUNTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Between October 26 and October 30, Guinea experienced several peaceful demonstrations up country. N'Zerekore remains calm in the wake of an October 26 march by over 5000 citizens in the city (ref A). Two demonstrations in the port city of Kamsar were led by women protesting r [...] | 2006-11-03 13:09:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS ECON PREF EAID ELTN ASEC GV |
06CONAKRY1695 | Guinea's Movement Towards Political Consensus: At a [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Little has been done to implement the recommendations by Guinea's opposition and majority political parties since they reached consensus on political reforms on October 16. The changes, including an independent electoral commission, would be wide-ranging and could greatly inc [...] | 2006-11-15 12:18:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREF EAID ELTN SOCI ASEC GV |
06CONAKRY1696 | GLOBAL ALUMINA ENTERS NEW PARTNERSHIP TO GAIN NECESSARY [...] (SBU/PROPIN) Summary. Global Alumina is entering into a new strategic partnership, via joint venture with BHP Billiton (BHP),one of the world's leading alumina producers, and Dubai Aluminum (DUBAL),owner of one of the world's largest alumina smelters. Once the BHP board approves the deal, [...] | 2006-11-15 12:18:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ETRD ECON PGOV GV |
06CONAKRY1711 | Mano River Union Conference: Consolidating Peace and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 16-17, Guinea hosted the Conference for the Consolidation of Peace and Security in the Mano River Region. The event brought together delegations from Liberia and Sierra Leone with officials from various United Nations agencies, foreign governments, and diplomatic mi [...] | 2006-11-21 07:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PBTS EAID GV LI SL IV |
06CONAKRY1718 | IMF TEAM CONCLUDES GUINEA IS FARTHER THAN BEFORE FROM A [...] (SBU) The November 18-21 visit by an IMF technical team ended with the team leader, Israel de la Piedra, expressing disappointment that Guinea's microeconomic performance had worsened since the IMF's last examination in March of this year (reftel). The three-person team was dispatched to exami [...] | 2006-11-22 12:27:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON IMF PGOV GV |
06CONAKRY1763 | SYLLA/FUTURLEC SAGA: BLOCKING GUINEA'S PROGRESS TO A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the aftermath of the IMF's recent criticism of Guinea's monetary and economic performance (ref A),EconOff discussed Guinea's return to a funded program with IMF resident representative Alvin Hilaire. In Guinea for less than two months, Hilaire echoed the donor community's [...] | 2006-12-04 15:35:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV IMF GV |
06CONAKRY1764 | SYLLA/FUTURLEC SAGA: BLOCKING GUINEA'S PROGRESS TO A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the aftermath of the IMF's recent criticism of Guinea's monetary and economic performance (ref A),EconOff discussed Guinea's return to a funded program with IMF resident representative Alvin Hilaire. In Guinea for less than two months, Hilaire echoed the donor community's [...] | 2006-12-04 15:35:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV IMF GV |
06CONAKRY1824 | GUINEA'S UNIONS PUT STRIKE ON HOLD, FOR NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's CNTG-USTG union coalition has decided that it will not call a general strike during December. Ongoing negotiations have resulted in government concessions on retirement-related issues. With the upcoming end-of-year celebrations, union leadership believes that the cos [...] | 2006-12-20 09:52:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM CWC PREL PGOV OPCW CBW GV |
06CONAKRY747 | GUINEA'S UNIONS COMMIT TO STRIKE, CLAIM THE [...] (SBU) Guinea's labor union coalition has issued a formal call for an open-ended general strike to begin June 8. In a meeting June 6 with AF/W Director Phil Carter, representatives from the USTG and CNTG said the government has "disappeared" from negotiations. Ironically, after signing their [...] | 2006-06-07 17:21:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI ASEC CASC GV |
06CONAKRY757 | GUINEA STRIKE: DAY ONE IS PEACEFUL, PUBLIC SUPPORT [...] (U) Summary. Guineans are mostly following the strike called for June 8 by the USTG-CNTG union coalition. Most offices, larger stores, businesses and government offices are either closed or barely staffed. As the day continued, some taxi drivers got on the road, and most gas stations opene [...] | 2006-06-08 16:36:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI ASEC CASC GV |
06CONAKRY775 | GUINEA STRIKE: DAY TWO REMAINS CALM, GOVERNMENT PR [...] (SBU) Summary. Guinean support for the general strike remained relatively strong and peaceful on its second day. The government seems more prepared to handle the PR aspects of the strike, compared to the five-day strike that ended in March. While it is neither failing nor fading, this union [...] | 2006-06-09 13:34:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI ASEC CASC GV |
06CONAKRY93 | DASD WHELAN SCORES RARE ENCOUNTER WITH GUINEAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a surprise development, Guinean President Lansana Conte received Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Theresa Whelan at the Presidential Palace on January 25. Plagued by poor health, Conte has not to our knowledge held any meetings with persons outside h [...] | 2006-01-27 12:58:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL MASS KDEM PINS GV |
06CONAKRY94 | GUINEAN MILITARY SEES BROAD SECURITY MANDATE; [...] (S) On January 24, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) Theresa Whelan met with Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo and then with senior military officers to discuss regional stability and bilateral military cooperation. 2. (S) DASD Whelan delivered a strong message to Guinean m [...] | 2006-01-27 12:59:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PREL KDEM PGOV MASS GV |
06COPENHAGEN1389 | DENMARK ON UPCOMING GAERC [...] (C) Summary: Danish MFA European Correspondent Michael Bach Petersen told us October 13 that next week's GAERC will seek conclusions on Sudan, the Western Balkans, the Middle East, Iran, Georgia, and North Korea. Petersen pointed to emerging EU splits on Sudan, Kosovo and Zimbabwe that could [...] | 2006-10-13 10:19:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU DA |
06COPENHAGEN336 | MOHAMMED CARTOONS: DENMARK WILL NOT PROSECUTE THE NEWSPAPER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-17 05:28:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER DA KDEM |
06COPENHAGEN450 | DENMARK: INDEPENDENT INQUIRY COMMITTEE FOLLOW-UP [...] (U) 22 Danish firms were named in the final report of the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) on the Oil-for-Food Program (OFF) as having been involved in illicit OFF-program payments. Ref A describes the initial Danish response to the report. 2. (SBU) In response to Ref B, post followed u [...] | 2006-04-06 09:06:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KFIN PGOV IZ DA |
06COPENHAGEN705 | GREENLAND: AMB'S VISIT REINFORCES STRONGER TIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Cain's recent five-day visit to Greenland confirmed that U.S. relations with this strategic, semi-autonomous territory are stronger than ever and no longer the bilateral irritant they once were with the Danish government. Greenland Home Rule officials uniformly expr [...] | 2006-05-18 11:42:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PBTS SENV DA GL |
06COPENHAGEN973 | DANES SAY EU CONSENSUS DOES NOT SUPPORT NICARAGUAN [...] (C) While Denmark shares U.S. concerns expressed in ref draft statement, it also will not break with the EU consensus that the release of a statement now is premature. MFA Head of Section for Latin America Erik Hoeg told Pol/Econ Counselor and PolOff July 17 that Denmark saw "very little to d [...] | 2006-07-19 09:08:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM AORC PGOV PREL NU DA |
06COTONOU1107 | SCENE SETTER FOR GULF OF GUINEA MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post welcomes your participation in the Government of Benin (GOB)-ACSS hosted Gulf of Guinea Ministerial Conference on Maritime Security in Cotonou, November 13-14, 2006. Your visit highlights USG support for security and safety initiatives in the Gulf of Guinea. The conference [...] | 2006-11-07 14:04:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR MASS PREL PGOV PINR CASC BN |
06COTONOU1118 | BENIN: SCENE SETTER FOR EUCOM AND NAVEUR PARTICIPATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post welcomes your participation in the NAVEUR/ACSS-sponsored Gulf of Guinea Maritime Safety and Security (MSS) Ministerial Conference hosted by the Government of Benin (GOB) in Cotonou, November 13-15, 2006. Your visit highlights USG support for safety and security and initiati [...] | 2006-11-09 08:01:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR MASS PREL PGOV PINR BN |
06COTONOU1149 | BENIN: MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE A SUCCESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Benin hosted a ministerial conference on "Maritime Safety and Security in the Gulf of Guinea" in Cotonou on November 13-15. The conference, sponsored by NAVEUR, and organized by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS),involved ministerial delegations from [...] | 2006-11-21 15:46:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS ETRD ECON MARR KMCA PGOV PREL BN EWWT |
06COTONOU1153 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI FIRES TRANSPORT AND PORTS MINISTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 20, President Yayi dismissed the Minister for Transports, Public Works and Urban Development, Mr. Alexandre Dossou Kpedetin. At the same time he split the portfolio into two, bringing the total number of ministers to 23. The new Minister of Public Works and Transport i [...] | 2006-11-22 13:12:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BN EWWT |
06COTONOU1167 | BENIN: 2006-2007 COTTON HARVEST IN JEOPARDY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Late rains had compelled Benin's cotton experts to revise their 2006-2007 harvest estimates from 500,000 tons (the GOB's official target) to 350,000 tons, and the crop now faces damage by insects. Comment: A poor 2006-2007 cotton harvest will not necessarily lead to economic co [...] | 2006-11-29 09:35:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EINV PGOV BN |
06COTONOU1175 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BONI YAYI OF BENIN'S USA VISIT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Benin's new pro-American President Boni Yayi welcomes his December 13-16, 2006, USA visit to meet with President George W. Bush, and other USG, IFI and private sector officials. President Yayi likely will express his appreciation for the US support to Benin via its $307 million M [...] | 2006-11-30 16:02:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EWWT EAID MARR PGOV EFIN PINR CASC MASS PHUM |
06COTONOU1176 | COTTON CHAOS CLAIMS A VICTIM: PRESIDENT YAYI FIRES HIS [...] SUMMARY: Mr. Roger Dovonou is Benin's new Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fishing, replacing Mr. Gaston Dossouhoui. Dossouhoui was dismissed on November 30, apparently for his failure to keep the President informed about continuing difficulties with this year's cotton season (REF [...] | 2006-12-04 04:50:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EINV PGOV PINR BN |
06COTONOU1187 | COTTON PRICE FOR 2006-2007 CAMPAIGN SET [...] Yesterday President Yayi personally announced to cotton farmers that the national purchase price for the 2006-2007 season would be 0.35 USD per kilogram. This is the price that farmers should receive from the Interprofessional Cotton Association (AIC). According to the national schedule for co [...] | 2006-12-06 15:34:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EINV PGOV PINR BN |
06COTONOU1198 | BENIN: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF INITIAL AUDITS OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GoB has announced the much-anticipated results of the audits of twenty-one ministries and several major parastatals for the 2003-2006 period. President Yayi's government initiated these audits immediately upon taking office in April 2006, as part of a high priority effort to i [...] | 2006-12-11 12:54:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KMCA BN |
06COTONOU1212 | BENIN: GOB DIP NOTE ON GOB EFFORTS TO COMBAT CHILD [...] On October 5 the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Government of Benin, which presented the government's comments on the June, 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. Post views this note as a positive development, because it demonstrates that the GoB remains attentive to the issue, and [...] | 2006-12-13 12:09:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM SMIG KWMN BN |
06COTONOU1213 | BENIN: LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS SET FOR MARCH 25, 2007; GOB [...] (U) SUMMARY: Benin's Council of Ministers on December 9 set the date for the upcoming legislative elections as March 25, 2007. This launches official preparations for the fifth legislative elections in Benin since the democratic transition in 1990. With just over three and a half months to go [...] | 2006-12-14 07:41:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID BN |
06COTONOU1231 | BENIN: PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS REFERRAL OF TWO [...] On December 21, 2006, after examining a report from a parliamentary investigative committee, the Legal Committee of the National Assembly recommended that Cosme Sehlin and Valentin Houd, respectively the former ministers of Finance and Institutional Relations under President Mathieu Kerekou, be [...] | 2006-12-22 09:26:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN |
06COTONOU887 | AMBASSADOR'S PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT BONI [...] (U) This isan acton request. Please see para 11. SUMMARY ------ 2. (SBU) President Boni Yayi, in his first meting with newly-arrived Ambassador Gayleatha B. rown, on September 8, 2006, reaffirmed his refor agenda, commitment to good governance, and detemination to improve Benin's busine [...] | 2006-09-13 17:47:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC AMGT EAID BN |
06COTONOU918 | BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI VISITS CHINA TO BOOST TIES [...] SUMMARY: Since taking office in April 2006, President Yayi has traveled abroad extensively. The latest visit in this diplomatic offensive was an official visit to China, August 28 - September 2. Heading a delegation that included the Minister of Foreign of Affairs, Minister of Finance, Ministe [...] | 2006-09-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EPET ETRD CH BN |
06COTONOU927 | JOURNALISTS DETAINED AFTER ALLEGEDLY DEFAMING PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Summary: Police arrested and jailed three journalists September 15 for violating the libel law and released them September 18. The three, from the newspaper La Diaspora de Sabbat, were deemed responsible for an article alleging that President Boni Yayi's elder son was mentally ill. The [...] | 2006-09-21 15:01:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO BN |
06COTONOU937 | BENIN: UPDATE ON 2006-2007 COTTON SEASON [...] SUMMARY: On September 6-7, 2006, President Boni Yayi and his Minister of Agriculture toured cotton producing zones in northern Benin to assess the status of this year's cotton crop. Continued financial pressures in the sector and tardy rains have depressed forecasts for the harvest. Benin's C [...] | 2006-09-26 10:40:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV BN |
06COTONOU944 | BENIN U.S. COAST GUARD ISPS COMPLIANCE TEAM VISIT CONCERNED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A four-man US Coast Guard delegation led by Mr. Peyton Coleman visited Benin August 27-30, 2006 to assess the Port of Cotonou's security and compliance with the International Shipping and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code. The team's unofficial findings are that the Port of Coto [...] | 2006-09-28 09:20:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV BN |
06COTONOU990 | BENIN: WHEREABOUTS OF CHANTAL DE SOUZA IDOHOU [...] (C) Please see action request in Paragraph 6. 2. (C) On September 28 LTC Alassane BOURANDI, Director of Military Intelligence appointed by President Yayi, requested a meeting with Poloff. Bourandi began by asking if it were possible for the embassy to determine the whereabouts and internati [...] | 2006-10-12 13:48:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | OFDP CVIS KCOR PGOV PINR BN |
06CURACAO1017 | NETHERLANDS ANTILLES SEPARATING, BUT CLOSE COOPERATION AND [...] Summary: Following several years of discussions, referenda and negotiations, the islands of the Netherlands Antilles have officially agreed to cease to exist as a political unit. Both Curagao and St. Maarten will each also have autonomous country status within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [...] | 2006-11-03 23:43:00 | Consulate Curacao | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON SNAR CMGT NL NA AA |
06CURACAO127 | RULING PAR PARTY WINS BIG, PRO-CHAVEZ LEFT LOSES BIG IN NA [...] (U) The ruling PAR party led by its new leader Emily de Jongh-Elhage had a dramatic win in Curacao's national elections January 27 with over 25 percent of the vote, gaining five seats. In a night of surprises Charles Cooper's MAN party jumped from no seats in the last national election to thre [...] | 2006-01-30 21:23:00 | Consulate Curacao | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NA |
06DAKAR1004 | GUINEA-BISSAU: BORDER CALMING DOWN FOR NOW [...] (U) Fighting in northern Guinea-Bissau has mostly ended with all rebel bases overrun by the Bissau-Guinean military. A new wave of displaced flooded into isolated Susana during the final push, but others have begun returning home to Sao Domingos, where life is returning to normal. The World F [...] | 2006-04-26 16:47:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PINS EAID PGOV PHUM PREL ECON PU SG |
06DAKAR1005 | CASAMANCE: CHIEF REBEL STRONGER THAN ANTICIPATED [...] (SBU) Beginning in mid-March the Bissau-Guinean military lent a helping hand to Senegal, putting into execution its threat to cleanse the border area of Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) recalcitrant Salif Sadio and his supporters. Bissau- Guinean troops have succeeded in [...] | 2006-04-26 17:26:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PINS PGOV PREL PU SG |
06DAKAR1011 | WADE'S ELECTORAL PROSPECTS UNSURE IN EAST AND SOUTH [...] (C) Ten months before presidential and parliamentary elections, there is broad disenchantment with President Wade in Senegal's East and South. Were the election held now, he would likely lose in sparsely populated Tambacounda Region. In Kolda and Ziguinchor, he needs to discipline his ruling [...] | 2006-04-26 18:39:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SG |
06DAKAR1149 | THERE'S TALK OF ANOTHER ELECTION POSTPONEMENT, BUT [...] (C) Some in the ruling Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) say poor logistics will require technical postponement of the February presidential and parliamentary elections to June 2007, past expiration of Wade's constitutional term. We have told them we would find that unacceptable. The opposit [...] | 2006-05-15 15:33:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS PINR SG |
06DAKAR1170 | GUINEA-BISSAU: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS HER [...] (C) Ambassador Jacobs presented credentials to President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira and met with Prime Minister Aristides Gomes; members of the diplomatic corps, human rights and development NGOs, UNOGBIS, the UNDP representative for de-mining, the Law Faculty, National Assembly, a cashew pr [...] | 2006-05-17 11:32:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SNAR PU |
06DAKAR1205 | FOUR HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL ARRESTS IN SENEGAL [...] (U) In the past two months, there have been a series of high profile arrests of political figures. Labor leader Ibrahima Sene (Reftel),Amath Dansokho, Secretary General of the Labor Party (PIT),Jean Paul Dias, head of the center right party BCG, and Pape Diouf, Mayor of the City of Bambey, [...] | 2006-05-18 18:44:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS KJUS SG |
06DAKAR1280 | THE CORNICHE HEMMED: WILL VOTERS SWALLOW WADE'S [...] (U) Two of three major roads leading through the Dakar peninsula and downtown are closed by construction. Using Kuwaiti funds for the next Islamic summit and on short notice, President Wade on May 10 began tunnel projects and road widening on the well-known Corniche, redirected traffic to al [...] | 2006-05-31 13:43:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN PGOV ECON PINS PINR SG |
06DAKAR1292 | AN INCIDENT OF PRE-ELECTORAL POLITICAL VIOLENCE [...] (U) On May 28, in Prime Minister Macky Sall's hometown of Fatick, the ruling Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) youth movement mixed it up with followers of Serigne Mamoune Niasse, the partially blind marabout from nearby Kaolack who is backing ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck's presidential cam [...] | 2006-06-01 12:08:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PHUM KDEM SG |
06DAKAR1299 | SENEGALESE REACTION TO U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) On June 1, the Ambassador and DCM called on President Wade to deliver Ref A points orally, leaving him a copy of the transcript of the Secretary,s press conference. The Ambassador reminded Wade that they had discussed his planned visit to Iran when the Ambassador presented her credentials [...] | 2006-06-01 14:27:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH IR SG |
06DAKAR1306 | WADE SEEKS U.S. INTERVENTION WITH JAMMEH [...] (C) During the Ambassador,s June 1 meeting with President Abdoulaye Wade to discuss Iran (Ref A),he also raised relations with The Gambia (Ref B). Wade declared that he has no intention of taking over The Gambia; on the contrary, Senegal seeks good relations. He said he would like the Unit [...] | 2006-06-01 16:32:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GA SG |
06DAKAR1307 | EMBASSY DAKAR WORKSHOP ON IPR UNITES PLAYERS AND [...] On May 24, the Embassy hosted a workshop on intellectual property rights (IPR),which attracted an audience of nearly 50 people, including actors, musicians, authors, designers, screen-writers, union representatives, business owners, gendarmes, customs officers and other GOS officials. The A [...] | 2006-06-01 16:33:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EIND ECON SCUL PGOV KPAO SG |
06DAKAR133 | AN INAUSPICIOUS START FOR THE 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Every party involved with the 2007 legislative and presidential elections faces serious obstacles. President Wade is so concerned with ensuring a solid win that he is exploring ways to change Senegal,s electoral system and has approached former Prime Minister Seck,s camp, looking for a [...] | 2006-01-19 16:39:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SG |
06DAKAR1427 | IS SENEGAL'S DEMOCRATIC CONSENSUS AT RISK? [...] (SBU) There is deep-rooted Senegalese consensus in favor of freedom of expression, rule of law, respect of national institutions, conformity to parliamentary or executive rules or custom, civilian control of security forces, the desirability of dialog between authorities and opposition, and [...] | 2006-06-15 14:10:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | PGOV PINS PINR SG |
06DAKAR1499 | GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY SECTOR REFORM PLANS WILL [...] (C) GOGB and international partners continue to focus on security sector reform as the top priority for improving stability. There is still no date set for round table talks to raise funds, which have been delayed several times already. GOGB has a vision, but no clear plan, of what reform s [...] | 2006-06-23 09:38:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PU |
06DAKAR154 | GUINEA-BISSAU: THE LIGHTS ARE BACK ON, BUT WHERE'S [...] (C) The Vieira/Aristides Gomes Government continues to develop its program, and neither the Popular National Assembly (ANP) nor the Supreme Court seems anxious to bring the Government down. The African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) continues to argue for [...] | 2006-01-23 14:05:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PREL KDEM BR FR GV SG PU |
06DAKAR1553 | COUNTRY TEAM AID PROPOSALS FOR CASAMANCE [...] (C) The Country Team met June 14 to discuss ways to move the Casamance peace process forward. We raised two central questions. First was whether the Senegalese Government and MFDC rebel movement have sufficient political will to resolve the conflict. Second was whether USG money could mak [...] | 2006-06-30 12:28:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PINS SG |
06DAKAR1554 | MOODY RIVER: WADE'S STANDING IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) We traveled along the Senegal River Valley, from the dust-ugly but sugar-prosperous city of Richard Toll; to opposition fief Podor, which President Wade is contesting by building public works; and to a poverty- distraught Matam that is asking what Wade has done for it lately. We visit [...] | 2006-06-30 12:29:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON PINS PINR SG |
06DAKAR1586 | NGO ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SENEGAL: [...] (C) NGOs describe Senegal as being at one of the most vulnerable points in its post-independence history in terms of fundamental freedoms of expression, movement and association. RADDHO, a prominent local human rights organization, points to judicial independence as the key issue facing Sen [...] | 2006-07-05 16:53:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SG |
06DAKAR1587 | CEREMONY MARKS SIGNING OF 2005 TIP GRANTS AND [...] Ambassador Jacobs presided over a ceremony to mark the signing of eight grants to GOS offices and NGOs actively involved in fighting trafficking in persons (TIP). The event also brought together key member of the anti-TIP community to note release of the annual TIP Report, as well as recogniz [...] | 2006-07-05 17:52:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SG |
06DAKAR1608 | PRESIDENT WADE AGREES TO PUT HISSENE HABRE ON [...] (C) The African Union (AU) has asked Senegal to adjudicate the case of former Chadian leader Hissene Habre. President Wade has agreed, although under certain conditions. Human Rights Watch, the most vocal advocate of Habre's alleged victims, is optimistic, but is urging the international com [...] | 2006-07-06 15:49:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM CD SG |
06DAKAR1623 | SENEGAL: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD [...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal prepare to host you, Senegal is preparing for presidential and parliamentary elections in February 2007. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United States in prom [...] | 2006-07-07 15:22:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP ECON PHUM EAID MASS PGOV PREL SOCI KMCA |
06DAKAR1674 | SENEGAL'S OPPOSITION PUT TO THE TEST [...] (SBU) The opposition, already fractured, has been put to the test in recent weeks. On June 30, the terms of office for Senegalese deputies should have ended, but the National Assembly remains in session thanks to a 2005 act extending the terms by eight months (Ref A). Despite debate within t [...] | 2006-07-12 18:21:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KFRD EFIS SG |
06DAKAR1721 | SEEKING TRANSFORMATIONAL PRESSURE POINTS IN THE [...] (C) Ref A sums up interagency talks on Senegal's 2007 elections and suggests "engaging ... Muslim Brotherhoods ... to ensure peaceful, fair and free elections." Our first reaction was that this would be a delicate exercise, given our focus on promoting Islamic-Christian dialogue, doctrinal m [...] | 2006-07-18 08:45:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL SG |
06DAKAR1774 | MOURIDE KHALIF BANS POLITICS IN TOUBA [...] (SBU) The Mouride Khalif has banned campaigning in his brotherhood's capital. As Senegal's fastest growing city, with at least half 800,000 souls, Touba looked to become a political battleground for 2007 elections. The holy city by tradition has no polling station, and was considered politi [...] | 2006-07-25 10:48:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL SG |
06DAKAR181 | SECK CASE: DOES WADE NOW FEAR A TRIAL? [...] (C) Six months after his arrest, former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck is still in pre-trial detention. However, on January 24, the Government acted on a judge,s recommendation to drop the most serious charge against Seck, that of being a threat to national security. This could pave the way for [...] | 2006-01-25 17:43:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS SG |
06DAKAR1813 | GUINEA-BISSAU HOSTS SUCCESSFUL CPLP SUMMIT [...] (U) Guinea-Bissau hosted a successful Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) summit in Bissau. Member states renewed friendships and cultural ties and passed the Bissau Declaration, which spells out hefty development goals. In preparation for the event, the GOGB pulled off some ma [...] | 2006-07-27 14:48:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SCUL PU |
06DAKAR185 | SENEGAL ELECTIONS NOW SET FOR FEBRUARY 2007, BUT [...] On January 24, the prosecution dropped for lack of evidence "the threat to national security and defense" charges against former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck (Ref A) and his co-defendants: Hassan Fares, Mbaye Coulibaly, Sandrine Fares, Sandrine Madec, El Hadji Ndary Gueye and Coumba Ngouye Thi [...] | 2006-01-26 07:34:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS SG |
06DAKAR2001 | MORE CANDIDACIES AND UNANSWERED QUESTIONS IN [...] (C) President Wade made official his intent to run for the presidency in 2007, as did Ousmane Kane, an international lawyer residing in New York, and Landing Savane, head of the AJ/PADS party. The Interior Ministry said that more than 75 percent of the cards have been produced for those who h [...] | 2006-08-21 10:46:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SG |
06DAKAR2088 | GUINEA-BISSAU: PAIGC REQUIRED TO INVITE BACK [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Bissau-Guinean court ordered the lead opposition party, the Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC),to allow suspended members, such as President Vieira, Prime Minister Gomes, and others, to rejoin the party. This steps up the tempo of national reco [...] | 2006-08-31 09:37:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM PU |
06DAKAR2114 | SENEGAL LIFTS SAFEGUARD MEASURE FOR WAEMU OIL IMPORTS, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to ongoing controversy surrounding Senegal's application of a safeguard measure in 2005, President Wade signed a revised law on July 21, 2006, applying a 25 percent provisional safeguard tax on refined and palm oils originating outside the West African Economic and Mon [...] | 2006-09-01 16:50:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON PGOV EAID EINV IV MY SG |
06DAKAR2185 | DRC ELECTIONS: PRESIDENT WADE REQUESTS U.S./EU [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-12 10:36:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL KPKO PGOV KDEM CG SG |
06DAKAR2246 | GUINEA-BISSAU: RULE OF LAW RESOLVES TENSE SECURITY [...] (C) Two military officers were arrested August 28 for plotting to murder the Armed Forces Chief but were subsequently released for lack of evidence. In a separate incident reflecting the army's inability to control national territory, a Senegalese Movement of the Casamance Democratic Forces [...] | 2006-09-18 09:29:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PREL KISL MARR PU SG |
06DAKAR2271 | "RENTREE POLITIQUE 2006:" ARROGANCE, CALCULATION, [...] (C) Senegalese are returning from vacation to warnings that social equilibrium is in peril. President Wade's fiercest critics slander him in turn as a ruthless, scheming tyrant or vainglorious doddering relic. The opposition is wallowing in hapless self-pity, and the more histrionic among t [...] | 2006-09-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PINS PINR SG |
06DAKAR239 | GUINEA-BISSAU: STILL CLINGING TO "FRAGILE STATE" [...] (U) President Joao Bernardo &Nino8 Viera,s government has finally presented its program to the National Assembly, which effectively has until early March to approve or disapprove it. The Supreme Court ruled in Vieira,s favor on the appointment of Prime Minister Aristides Gomes, which a facti [...] | 2006-02-01 19:05:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINS EAID PGOV PHUM SNAR BR PU |
06DAKAR2479 | FIXER, HATCHETMAN, JAILBIRD, STATESMAN: FOUR [...] (C) Ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, Abdoulaye Wade's "spiritual son" and strategist until he fired and jailed him, is testing popular support for his presidential bid in a pre-campaign tour of the regions. We had no direct contact with Seck since April 2004, but in the last three weeks we ha [...] | 2006-10-16 11:34:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID ECON PINS PINR KDEM KMCA KHDP SG |
06DAKAR249 | UPDATE ON AFRICAN-MAURITANIANS IN SENEGAL [...] (C) African-Mauritanian leaders in northern Senegal told visiting Ambassador Joseph LeBaron and Dakar Political Counselor January 24 and 25 that they want organized repatriation as a group under international auspices, and insist on restoration of Mauritanian citizenship and full recovery o [...] | 2006-02-02 15:48:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM PINR MR SG |
06DAKAR2597 | THE CASAMANCE: A SHRINKING REBELLION PRESENTS REAL [...] (C) The Casamance rebellion has shrunk to a limited geographical area, with less public support, greater logistic difficulties and more constrained operational capabilities than at any time since war began. Deprived of a Guinea-Bissau base and under pressure from animist spiritual leaders to [...] | 2006-10-26 15:29:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV EAID ECON PINR SG |
06DAKAR2609 | GUINEA BISSAU: RECORD DRUG CASE COLLAPSES [...] (C) A Bissau-Guinean judge released prisoners who were being held in connection with the country's largest drug seizure. A DEA Agent traveled to Bissau to assist with the investigation and prosecution and was met with resistance despite GOGB,s earlier pleas for assistance. High-level involv [...] | 2006-10-30 09:32:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL EAID PU |
06DAKAR268 | THE NEWEST ROUND OF CABINET "FINE-TUNING" [...] (C) On February 1, President Wade made a "reamenagement technique" ("technical fine tuning") of the cabinet for political and economic reasons. Two ministers were ousted, two were promoted, and, in a nod to loyalists in the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) think tank, one of their own was b [...] | 2006-02-06 07:43:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EAGR ETRD SG |
06DAKAR2703 | SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR A/S HARTY [...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is preparing for presidential and parliamentary elections in February 2007. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United States in [...] | 2006-11-08 18:01:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP CMGT SMIG ECON EAID PGOV PREL KMCA SG |
06DAKAR2758 | IMF MISSION DISAPPOINTS SENEGAL'S DONORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 8, an IMF Mission to Senegal for Article 4 consultations briefed the Ambassador and other members of Senegal's donor community on its impressions of Senegal's economic situation and performance and policy outlook for 2007. The team did not provide any new insights. [...] | 2006-11-16 15:52:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SG |
06DAKAR2892 | LABORING UNDER A MISAPPREHENSION: UNIONS PREFER [...] (C) Leaders of Senegal's splintered labor movement prefer dialog with the state, but workers demand action to protest worsening social conditions. A strike by secondary teachers may invalidate the school year, and their union may launch job actions "to remind government we are here." Energy [...] | 2006-12-05 09:14:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PINS PINR SG |
06DAKAR2893 | GUINEA BISSAU: RETURN OF THE RED HAT CREATES BROAD [...] (C) Former President Kumba Yala, widely described as &crazy,8 is creating unease in Bissau as he takes the reigns of the second largest party in the National Popular Assembly (ANP),the Party for Social Renewal (PRS). There is talk by the largest opposition party, the Party for the Independe [...] | 2006-12-05 10:04:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ECON EAID PU |
06DAKAR2979 | OPPOSITION SEEMS BENT ON SELF-DESTRUCTION [...] (C) At lunchtime December 18, two opposition leaders told us by phone they are preparing to announce that the opposition will run multiple presidential candidates and two separate legislative lists. The Socialists may coalesce with ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, who plans to return to Dakar t [...] | 2006-12-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM SG |
06DAKAR2989 | SENEGAL: GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFORMATION [...] (U) The GOS provided the following responses to reftel queries: A. (SBU) Immigration Databases: Question: What computerized immigration databases are used to track entries and exits? Answer: Currently, other than paper arrival and departure records, the Government of Senegal (GOS) [...] | 2006-12-21 13:46:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KVPR KHLS PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC SG |
06DAKAR316 | EX-PM SECK RELEASED FROM PRISON: WHY AND WHY NOW? [...] (C) The Government released former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck from Reubeuss prison on February 7 after charges against him were "partially" dropped. It remains unclear which charges might be held open; one fallback is an accusation of undue accumulation of wealth. Seck was released precisel [...] | 2006-02-08 18:39:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS SG |
06DAKAR368 | SENEGAL'S SOCIALIST PARTY IN CRISIS [...] (C) With one year to go until 2007 presidential and legislative elections, Senegal's leading opposition party is experiencing turmoil. Dissidents have created a faction within the Socialist Party (PS). Their goal is to suppress any aspirations PS Chair Ousmane Tanor Dieng has for the presid [...] | 2006-02-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM SG |
06DAKAR433 | PRIME MINISTER SALL COMMENTS ON SECK CASE AND [...] (C) Senegalese Prime Minister Sall remains convinced that former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck embezzled funds and illegally enriched himself at the Senegalese people,s expense. Although Seck,s legal team vehemently denies that Seck and President Wade reached any deal, Sall says that Seck agre [...] | 2006-02-22 14:03:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR KJUS SG |
06DAKAR486 | TIDJANE BROTHERHOOD: TIVAOUANE OPENLY CRITICIZES WADE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-28 10:46:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINR SG |
06DAKAR565 | QPOLITICS 2006: THE YEAR OF "ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN!" [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-06 10:14:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SG |
06DAKAR587 | GUINEA-BISSAU: GOVERNMENT PROGRAM UNDER [...] (U) The National Popular Assembly (ANP) voted to schedule the Government's policy program for discussion, overturning a technical advisory board's decision, which tried to keep the program from being read by the full Assembly. Fifty-one parliamentarians voted in favor, thirty-four against, a [...] | 2006-03-07 13:01:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS KCRM PU |
06DAKAR681 | A (MERCIFULLY BRIEF) HISTORY OF VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-16 16:25:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | PINS PGOV PINR ASEC CASC SG |
06DAKAR683 | GUINEA-BISSAU: GOVERNMENT PROGRAM PASSES [...] According to radio reports from Bissau, the National Popular Assembly (ANP) approved the Government of Guinea- Bissau's policy program and budget for 2006 by a vote of 53 to 36 with no abstentions. There has not yet been a statement by the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau [...] | 2006-03-16 17:09:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV EFIN PU SG |
06DAKAR817 | WADE'S CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES: THE TOWN WITHOUT A [...] (C) Old-timers claim populous and centrally-located Kaolack was once a beautiful, prosperous and charming city -- rather than a seasonally dust-choked or rain- sodden topographical smear on the road to somewhere else. With his Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) fragmented locally into at leas [...] | 2006-04-03 14:23:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR PINR PINS KISL SG |
06DAKAR832 | IDRISSA SECK TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Ex-PM Idrissa Seck, released from prison less than two months ago, has declared he will run for president. In declaring, he reiterated denials that he made any deal with President Wade for his release, echoed friends' and allies' call for national "redressement" or recovery, and called, [...] | 2006-04-05 15:33:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SG |
06DAKAR836 | SENEGAL,S COPYRIGHT OFFICE FIGHTING TO PROTECT ITS [...] (U) In response to the Embassy,s sharing of talking points regarding the 2006 Special 301 Review, the Director General of the Bureau Senegalais du Droit d,Auteur (BSDA),Senegal,s copyright office, says she is firmly committed to protecting the intellectual property rights (IPR) of authors an [...] | 2006-04-05 17:35:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EIND ECON SCUL PGOV SG |
06DAKAR837 | FIGHTING THE REAL OPPOSITION IN SENEGAL -- THE [...] (C) President Wade and his Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) have taken the unofficial pre-election campaign for the hearts and minds of potential voters to the press, and they expect the media to comply. One politician/labor activist was recently arrested after making a critical statement to [...] | 2006-04-05 17:48:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SG |
06DAKAR86 | SUD FM AFFAIR: SIX JOURNALISTS ACQUITTED, REBEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Six journalists from the Sud Communications Group were acquitted on January 6 of charges of complicity in endangering Senegal's territorial integrity. In a volte-face, the prosecution joined the defense in requesting that all charges against the journalists be dropped. Moveme [...] | 2006-01-13 07:14:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KPAO SG |
06DAKAR864 | WADE TALKS ABOUT REVIVING THE CHARGES AGAINST SECK [...] (C) Following former Prime Minister Seck's announcement that he plans to run for President, President Wade ordered a re-examination of "illicit enrichment" charges against Seck. Privately, a member of Seck's team confided that any attempt to re-imprison Seck will be resisted by Seck and his gr [...] | 2006-04-07 14:43:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON SG |
06DAKAR876 | THE "LIBYAN GUIDE" GIVES PLENTY OF GUIDANCE TO [...] (C) President Wade celebrated Senegal's 46th anniversary of independence surrounded by five other African heads of state, but the presence of Mouammar Qadhafi drew the most fanfare. Foreign Minister Gadio told the Ambassador during her introductory call that there was no discussion of Sudan [...] | 2006-04-11 16:43:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV EINV FR LY SU SG |
06DAKAR904 | GUINEA-BISSAU: COURTING U.S. AND OTHERS WITH [...] (C) In a March 29-31 visit, then Charge and PolOff saw a Guinea-Bissau that is oriented toward courting international donors and investors and implementing a domestic agenda that reflects the top priorities of UN, European and U.S. interests. The government,s priority is security sector refo [...] | 2006-04-13 13:04:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ECON SNAR SG PU US |
06DAKAR929 | MANY IN SENEGAL ASK: "WHERE'S MY MONEY?" [...] It is common practice among politicians to make promises they cannot keep. Critics are complaining that this has become an art form in Senegal, where in the past couple of weeks, a rash of groups have complained publicly about money they were promised by the Government but never received. Th [...] | 2006-04-14 15:16:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV ECON SG |
06DAKAR939 | AF/W DIRECTOR CARTER EXAMINES SENEGAL'S POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Director of West African Affairs Phillip Carter visited Dakar, March 26 through 29, to assess the political and economic situation. He had informative exchanges with a variety of GOS officials, Islamic leaders and opposition politicians. Carter praised recent steps taken by the [...] | 2006-04-18 18:31:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG PGOV PHUM KMCA SG |
06DAKAR959 | POLITICAL LEADERS HARASSED BY POLICE [...] (SBU) The police's Criminal Investigation Department (DIC) in recent weeks has called in several opposition and labor leaders for interrogation. Senegal being ten months away from legislative and presidential elections, the increasingly organized opposition has stepped up attacks against Pre [...] | 2006-04-20 16:59:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SG |
06DAMASCUS1019 | FM MU'ALLIM BRIEFS EU AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Summary: Recently appointed FM Walid Mu'allim provided EU Ambassadors a diplomatic tour d'horizon at a dinner March 7 hosted by the Austrian Ambassador. According to a Hungarian diplomat who attended the dinner, Mu'allim offered no revelations or dramatic changes of course in his remark [...] | 2006-03-08 15:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY LE |
06DAMASCUS1054 | CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS PROTESTING 43 YEARS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of approximately fifty civil-society activists staged a protest against 43 years of Emergency Law at the Palace of Justice in downtown Damascus on March 9. There was little visible uniformed security in the area, one of Damascus's main pedestrian thoroughfares. A well-out [...] | 2006-03-09 14:17:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS1055 | SARG'S NEW VP SHAR'A: PROMOTED OR MOVED ASIDE, [...] (C) Summary: Observers here express uncertainty about the degree to which former FM Farouk al-Shara'a received a promotion when President Bashar al-Asad moved him from the Foreign Ministry to the Vice Presidency. One contact sees it as a SARG signal that it is ready to re-engage with the U.S [...] | 2006-03-09 14:21:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS1058 | TWO YEARS AFTER QAMISHLI RIOTS, WHERE ARE THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the March 12 anniversary of the 2004 Kurdish riots in northeastern Syria nears, multiple issues regarding Syria's Kurdish minority remain unresolved. Several hundred thousand Kurds in Syria remain without citizenship resulting in serious socioeconomic consequences; linguistic [...] | 2006-03-09 14:58:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS1107 | RIAD SEIF, FOUR OTHERS ARRESTED AT DEMONSTRATION; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent opposition figure Riad Seif and four others were arrested on March 12 while participating in a predominantly Kurdish demonstration in front of the Prime Minister's office. According to human rights activists, Seif was arrested by State Security agents and was released [...] | 2006-03-13 15:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS1108 | MARCH MADNESS, SYRIAN STYLE, AS ARBITRARY ARRESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In addition to the recent detentions of Riad Seif and others during civil society-organized demonstrations, arbitrary arrests and detentions have continued in recent weeks. Targets have included a prominent civil society activist, the brother of a key post contact, and a journa [...] | 2006-03-13 15:27:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS1158 | SARG REPORTEDLY SETS OUT THREE NEW RED LINES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent newspaper article in the influential regional Arab daily al-Hayat reported what is described as the SARG's demarcation of three "new" red lines for civil society activists, reflecting the regime's reaction to events of the last week. The three lines include: a ban on c [...] | 2006-03-16 14:35:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS1159 | SYRIA-IRAN RELATIONS FLOURISHING; IS FURTHER [...] (C) Summary: By official Syrian accounts, the country's relationship with Iran has flourished since the January visit of Iranian President Ahmadinejad to Damascus. Embassy contacts largely dismiss the immediate economic benefit of increased ties, but note that the two countries have formed [...] | 2006-03-16 15:37:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY IR LE IZ |
06DAMASCUS1160 | SYRIAN FORCES REPORTEDLY CLASH WITH JUND A-SHAM, [...] (U) The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that Syrian troops killed the "most wanted member of the Jund al-Sham terrorist and takfiri organization" and his bodyguard on March 15 in Zabadani about 30 miles northwest of Damascus, seizing weapons, documents and a computer. Mohamma [...] | 2006-03-16 15:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SY LE IZ |
06DAMASCUS1186 | REGIME SENSES SYRIA POLICY AT IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Syria desk officer March 13, two key contacts noted that the SARG believes that U.S. policy towards Syria has reached an impasse, and that the U.S. is in the process of changing its approach. That shift will take six months, in their view, during which [...] | 2006-03-19 13:24:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SY LE |
06DAMASCUS1187 | SYRIAN MEDIA BANNER RELATIONSHIP WITH SPAIN [...] (U) Since late January, official Syrian media have played up stories involving Spain, asserting strengthened relations between the two countries. Examples of some of these stories include a February 26 story about a Spanish grant of more than USD one million for rural health centers, a March [...] | 2006-03-19 14:18:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY SP |
06DAMASCUS1216 | SARG EFFORTS TO RESTRICT EMBASSY OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary: With increasing intensity over the past three months, the SARG has mounted an effort, spearheaded by the MFA, to restrict a range of Embassy operations. The SARG has imposed a new, centralized system of visa issuance, seriously impeding the travel of official Americans. It has [...] | 2006-03-20 15:38:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AMGT SY |
06DAMASCUS1219 | HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP: 2004 QAMISHLI RIOTS [...] (C) 2004 QAMISHLI RIOTS COMMEMORATED THROUGHOUT SYRIA: On March 12, Kurds throughout Syria observed the second anniversary of the 2004 Qamishli riots. Luqman Ois, an Azadi Party activist and member of the Kurdish Committee for Human Rights, told Poloff that a number of activities took place: [...] | 2006-03-21 08:36:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS1296 | SYRIAN LEGAL EXPERTS, BUSINESSMEN TO LAUNCH [...] (C) A group of businessmen, lawyers, judges, and researchers are in the final planning stages of launching a Syrian chapter of Transparency International, the Germany-based anti-corruption NGO. According to activist and researcher Radwan Zyadeh, the organization has been in the works for th [...] | 2006-03-23 14:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV |
06DAMASCUS1297 | KURDS TURN OUT EN MASSE TO PARTY-SPONSORED NOW RUZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thousands of Syrian Kurds turned out across Syria on March 21 to celebrate the ancient holiday of Now Ruz, the solar new year. Kurdish political parties organized festivals throughout Syria, combining folk dancing and Kurdish pop music with easily digestible political messages. [...] | 2006-03-23 14:43:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS1357 | KHADDAM'S NATIONAL SALVATION FRONT GARNERS MIXED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 17 unveiling in Brussels of the National Salvation Front (NSF) has received mixed reviews from civil society activists and other contacts. While activists distanced themselves publicly from the NSF, some contacts took a more nuanced position privately, maintaining [...] | 2006-03-27 15:21:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS1358 | PROMINENT OPPOSITION AND CIVIL SOCIETY FIGURES [...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG authorities have arrested or detained a number of prominent Syrian opposition and civil society figures within the last few days. Prominent activist and former political detainee Ali Abudullah, together with his eldest son Mohammed, were arrested on March 23 by unidentifi [...] | 2006-03-27 16:55:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS1359 | SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT SWORN IN, TOUTED AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to press reports, President Bashar al-Asad swore in Dr. Najah al-Attar as vice-president on March 23. Attar, a nominal political independent with a long career in senior positions in the regime of Hafiz al-Asad, will be responsible for cultural affairs. Press reports t [...] | 2006-03-27 16:55:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS1360 | THE DISSIDENT VIEW OF THE ASAD REGIME: AN [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with a range of former political prisoners in Syria over the past few months yield a consistent, extremely harsh view of the Bashar al-Asad regime and of Asad himself. They say the regime cannot be reformed and insist that Asad is not an agent for change. Because o [...] | 2006-03-27 16:55:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SY LE |
06DAMASCUS1361 | SYRIAN VP VISITS EGYPT, SAUDI, AND IRAN [...] (U) Syrian VP Farouk al-Shara'a met with Egypt's President Mubarak March 23 in Sharm El Sheikh, Saudi King Abdullah March 24 in Jeddah, and Iranian President Ahmadinejad March 25 in Tehran. In his first regional trip since becoming VP, Shara'a delivered to each leader a letter from Syrian Pr [...] | 2006-03-27 16:56:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY LE EG IR SA |
06DAMASCUS1368 | SARG NERVOUS OVER BRAMMERTZ, DESPITE POSITIVE BODY [...] (C) Summary: Despite its continuing efforts to project calm, the mid-March Brammertz report seems to have provoked SARG anxiety about where the UNIIIC investigation is headed. A range of contacts report that the regime's guardedly positive public reaction to the mid-march UNIIIC report soured [...] | 2006-03-28 14:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM SY |
06DAMASCUS141 | KHADDAM, UNIIIC, AND A POSSIBLE CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary: Polchief met January 8 with XXXXXXXXXXXX, a long-standing Embassy contact, who described possible motives for the interviews being given by former Syrian VP Khaddam, as well as increased Alawite dissatisfaction with President Asad. XXXXXXXXXXXX also described a threatening outbu [...] | 2006-01-09 13:42:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS1433 | XXXXXXXXXXXX DISCUSSES LONG-TERM COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Key opposition figure XXXXXXXXXXXX met with Poloff on March 26 to discuss a number of issues. XXXXXXXXXXXX confirmed that he is not applying for MEPI funding during this application cycle, but remains interested in pursuing other, "indirect" funding mechanisms from the USG. XX [...] | 2006-03-30 14:15:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR SY |
06DAMASCUS145 | ASAD VISITS JEDDAH, SHARM, AFTER QUICK SAUDI FM [...] (C) Summary: In a rapid, somewhat strangely choreographed set of visits January 8, President Bashar al-Asad met with Saudi King Abdullah in Jeddah and Egyptian President Mubarak in Sharm as-Sheikh, following a quick visit to Damascus by Saudi FM Saud al-Faisal the same day. The two sides is [...] | 2006-01-09 14:26:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS149 | CIVIL SOCIETY MULLS KHADDAM'S STATEMENTS, SARG'S [...] (C): SUMMARY: Civil-society activists continue to discuss recent statements by former Vice-President Abdul Halim Khaddam, particularly those related to any aspirations for a leading role in the Syrian opposition. Most activists acknowledge Khaddam's real ties to the opposition, noting that s [...] | 2006-01-09 15:18:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS1508 | SYRIA FIRST QUARTER REPORT ON FREEDOM AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy's implementation of its 2005 Democratic Reform Strategy in the first three months of 2006 has been constrained by a hardening SARG attitude towards reform and SARG efforts to restrict Embassy operations, both largely prompted by the strained political atmosphere evid [...] | 2006-04-04 12:48:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO KMPI AMGT |
06DAMASCUS1511 | THE SARG'S HOSTILE PRESS CAMPAIGN AGAINST SINIORA [...] (C) Summary: While stopping short of an all-out escalation in its negative media comments directed at Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora and his March 14 allies, the official SARG media -- and at least one ostensibly independent weekly -- have in the past week harshened their public tone on Lebanon. [...] | 2006-04-05 14:35:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS1512 | A LARSEN VISIT: CONFIDENT SARG UNLIKELY TO BUDGE [...] (C) Summary: As consideration continues of a trip by UN special envoy for 1559 implementation Terje Roed Larsen to Damascus, the prospects for success seem dubious from our perspective, primarily because of SARG confidence about its prospects in Lebanon and its overall regional position. Tha [...] | 2006-04-06 13:40:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS1666 | MU'ALLIM CONFIDANT ON BRAMMERTZ INQUIRY, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Despite its attempts to project confidence, the regime remains concerned about the efforts of UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz, worrying that arrests of Syrian suspects and the formation of an international tribunal are on the way, according to Dr. Samir al-Taki, a confidant of FM M [...] | 2006-04-12 13:51:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS1692 | TWO IMPORTANT SUNNI LEADERS ASSESS KHADDAM'S IMPACT [...] (C) Summary: Two Sunni leaders, XXXXXXXXXXXX, assess that former VP Abdul Halim Khaddam is a useful tool who has already weakened the regime. They are counseling their friends in the opposition not to attack Khaddam publicly, regardless of their private reservations. One of these Sunnis XX [...] | 2006-04-13 11:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS1695 | EU DIPLOMATS SEE A CROSSROADS ON STRATEGY TOWARD [...] (C) Summary: European diplomats posted to Syria are increasingly questioning what they perceive as the EU policy of isolating the SARG. Some diplomats, especially those from Spain, Italy and Greece, but also from countries such the Netherlands and Austria, point to the regime's increased tie [...] | 2006-04-13 12:38:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU SY |
06DAMASCUS1698 | DAMASCUS DECLARATION GROUP DECIDES NOT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite intense SARG pressure, members of the Damascus Declaration (DD) group who met April 6 decided not to publicly attack former VP Abdul Halim Khaddam or his recent alignment with Muslim Brother leader Sadreddin Bayanouni in the National Salvation Front. Rejecting the argu [...] | 2006-04-13 16:59:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS1723 | HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: SARG CONTINUES ARREST [...] (C) ABDULLAH FAMILY MEMBERS REMAIN INCOMMUNICADO: Father-and-son civil society activists Ali and Mohammed Abdullah remain incommunicado following their March 23 arrest (ref A). Abdullah's wife Wifa'a (and human rights activist Rezan Zeituneh) told Poloff on April 13 that the whereabouts of [...] | 2006-04-18 07:39:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS1815 | LABWANI GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT QUIET [...] C) SUMMARY: Kamal Labwani and his family remain guardedly optimistic about his legal future, citing European Parliament pressure as the main factor for the SARG's failure to formally indict him on charges that could result in a life sentence. Should this international pressure continue, the [...] | 2006-04-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS1848 | SARG CONTINUES TO PLAY WITH ISLAMIC FIRE [...] (C) Summary: The SARG continues to play with the issue of Islam -- in the wake of its February use of mob violence against several European embassies -- in ways designed to shore up support for the regime. In the past month there have been numerous reports about regime outreach to the Islamic commu [...] | 2006-04-24 10:21:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL SY |
06DAMASCUS19 | KHADDAM INTERVIEW CONTINUES TO PROVOKE ANGRY [...] (SBU) The December 30 interview that former Syrian VP Abdul Halim Khaddam granted to the al-Arabiyya TV network has provoked a torrent of denunciation and anger in Damascus. The People's Assembly held a special session the following day -- televised live on Syrian TV -- to allow a parade of p [...] | 2006-01-02 13:49:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS1909 | ASAD MEETS BRAMMERTZ IN DAMASCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Syrian President Bashar al-Asad met with UNIIIC chief Serge Brammertz in Damascus April 25. The official Syria News Agency SANA issued a terse statement confirming the visit after Brammertz departed Damascus with his team. Media contacts acknowledged that very few details ab [...] | 2006-04-26 12:21:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KMCR SY IZ LE |
06DAMASCUS1920 | HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: REPORT OF DEATH IN CUSTODY; [...] DEATH OF POLITICAL DETAINEE REPORTED: According to news reports, the body of 26-year old Mohammed Shaher Haysa was turned over to his family earlier this week. News reports in offshore media stated that Haysa had died as a result of torture. Human rights activist Anwar al-Bunni told Poloff [...] | 2006-04-27 13:15:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS1979 | DARDARI ANNOUNCES SARG'S RECOMMITMENT TO ECONOMIC [...] (U) As the key-note speaker at the launching of a new economic NGO on April 29, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Abdullah Dardari, announced the SARG,s intention to move forward soon on new economic reforms, including: reducing subsidies, reforming the public sector, and reforming m [...] | 2006-05-01 11:36:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETTC PGOV SY SANC |
06DAMASCUS20 | PROTEST TENTS COME DOWN AS SYRIANS BREATHE MORE [...] (C) Summary: On December 23-24, the SARG dismantled the anti-Mehlis protest tents and took down some of the banners in Rawda Circle near the Embassy and in Umawiyeen Square. Our contacts say the SARG no longer needs the tents as a rallying point against international pressure. Rumors are ru [...] | 2006-01-02 14:23:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS201 | STRONG INDICATIONS OF IMMINENT MASS AMNESTY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Within the last two days, Post has received multiple indications of an imminent presidential mass amnesty for political prisoners. Reports indicate that if such an amnesty is granted, jailed MPs Riad Seif and Mamoun al-Homsi are mentioned most often as likely to be freed. The e [...] | 2006-01-18 14:42:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS2032 | SYRIA PLAYS WITH THE PALESTINIAN ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: Since Palestinian Authority FM Zahar's April visit, the SARG has showcased its public support for the Palestinians, with a fund-raising campaign on behalf of the Palestinian people, public statements, and participation at a rally in a Palestinian refugee camp. According to an E [...] | 2006-05-03 10:39:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL SY |
06DAMASCUS206 | SARG FREES FIVE DAMASCUS SPRING PRISONERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Human rights activists and family members have confirmed news reports announcing the release of five of the six Damascus Spring political prisoners, including former MPs Riad Seif and Mamoun al-Homsi. Human rights activists were quick to point out that the release was not an amn [...] | 2006-01-19 14:03:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS2064 | OPPOSITION FOCUSING ON EXTERNAL PROJECTS WHILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: While domestic civil-society activity has slowed in the wake of security service crackdowns and in anticipation of the June 15 Brammertz report, post contacts indicate that the opposition is now focused on a number of external projects. On a regional level, the Damascus-Beiru [...] | 2006-05-04 10:34:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS2066 | SYRIAN WOMEN FLOCKING TO MUSLIM MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: A Syrian Muslim women's movement, the Qubaisis, is attracting attention for its apparently increasing social and political influence. The movement, which reportedly has 75,000 members in Syria with branches regionally and in the United States, promotes traditional Islamic values [...] | 2006-05-04 11:52:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PGOV KISL SY |
06DAMASCUS207 | IMPACT OF KHADDAM: A SYRIAN OPPOSITION FIGURE [...] (C) Summary: In a conversation held before the release of political prisoner Riyad Seif and others, prominent Syrian XXXXXXXXXXXX opposition figure XXXXXXXXXXXX told Polchief January 16 that former VP Abdul Halim Khaddam's press campaign had thrown the Syrian regime into crisis but would no [...] | 2006-01-19 14:11:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO |
06DAMASCUS2072 | SEIF SAYS SARG ONLY FEIGNING CONFIDENCE, FACING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Charge d'Affaires and PolChief on May 4, key opposition figure Riad Seif noted a recent decrease in SARG security scrutiny. However, he remains subject to a travel ban and will not participate in the upcoming Syrian-American Congress in person or via a live ho [...] | 2006-05-04 13:37:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS208 | IRANIAN PRESIDENT VISITS DAMASCUS [...] (C) Summary: Shortly after his noon arrival in Damascus, visiting Iranian President Ahmadinejad met January 19 with Syria's President Asad and later in an expanded session with Asad and Syrian and Iranian officials. Regional media reports previewing the two-day visit suggested that bilateral [...] | 2006-01-19 15:31:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY IR |
06DAMASCUS21 | IRANIAN ARCHITECT OF SYRIA-IRAN-HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Summary: Iran's incoming Ambassador to Damascus, Mohammed Hassan Akhtari, has returned for his second tour as Ambassador to Syria after overseeing the creation of the Syria-Iran-Hizballah triangle during his first tenure from 1986-1998, according to media reports. Akhtari's appointment [...] | 2006-01-02 14:40:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY IR |
06DAMASCUS2133 | INTERIOR MINISTER REVEALS ABDULLAHS' WHEREABOUTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: More than a month after their detention by unidentified security forces, Interior Minister Bassam Abdul Majid has revealed to human rights lawyers the whereabouts and reasons for the arrest of prominent civil society activist Ali Abdullah and his son Mohammed. The two men, curre [...] | 2006-05-08 12:40:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS2136 | SARG DIVIDED ON REACTION TO BRAMMERTZ; TILT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-08 14:01:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SY |
06DAMASCUS2137 | SARG DIVIDED ON REACTION TO BRAMMERTZ; TILT [...] (C) Summary: While noting that President Bashar al-Asad and others in the regime had emerged more confident after UNIIIC chief Serge Brammertz's April 25 questioning of the Syrian leader, MFA informal legal advisor Dr. Samir al-Taki termed such confidence misplaced. He voiced his suspicion [...] | 2006-05-08 14:17:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SY |
06DAMASCUS214 | AHMADINAJAD'S PHOTO OP VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (SBU) Syrian President Bashar al-Asad and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinajad met for three hours the afternoon of January 19, shortly after the latter's arrival in Damascus. The talks were attended by PM Naji al-Otri, FM Shara'a, Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki, and several other ministers [...] | 2006-01-20 12:37:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SY IR |
06DAMASCUS2165 | RELEASED MP MA'AMOUN HOMSI SAYS REGIME [...] (C) Summary: Former MP Ma'amoun Homsi, released with his colleague Riad Seif in January after five years imprisonment, told PolChief in early May that the SARG has continued to periodically harass him and threaten his family to bully him into lowering his public profile. Homsi criticized t [...] | 2006-05-09 14:14:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS2166 | LABWANI INDICTED ON CAPITAL CHARGES; DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a member of opposition activist Kamal Labwani's legal team, the criminal court has handed down an indictment charging him with having contact with a foreign power and encouraging the foreign power to invade Syria, a charge that could carry the death sentence. The de [...] | 2006-05-09 14:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS2212 | HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS FACE [...] (C) HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS FACE REPRISALS: SARG scrutiny of civil society activists has now expanded to included human rights lawyers. Anwar al-Bunni told Poloff May 11 that the Syrian Bar Association has formally suspended him for one year on charges stemming from the 2001 Damascus Spring t [...] | 2006-05-11 13:50:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS2214 | LABWANI ATTENDS FORMAL HEARING; FAMILY AND LAWYERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jailed opposition activist Kamal Labwani appeared before the presiding judge in his case on May 11 for an initial hearing, with the opening trial date to be announced in the upcoming days. Labwani faces charges of advocating the invasion of Syria by a foreign power and spreadin [...] | 2006-05-11 14:02:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS2263 | MORE CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS CHARGED, LABWANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Activists Fateh Jammous, Ali Abdullah, and Mohammed Abdullah appeared May 14 for criminal court proceedings at the Palace of Justice in Damascus. Following a two-hour interrogation, Jammous was initially charged with encouraging sectarian civil war, which carries a life sentenc [...] | 2006-05-15 11:06:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS2318 | DAMASCUS-BEIRUT DECLARATION CALLS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several hundred prominent Syrian and Lebanese citizens have signed the Damascus-Beirut Declaration, which includes a ten-point "joint future national vision" for reconciliation between the two countries. The document covers the spectrum of Syrian-Lebanese diplomatic, historic [...] | 2006-05-17 14:01:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY LE |
06DAMASCUS2319 | FULL TEXT OF DAMASCUS-BEIRUT DECLARATION [...] (U) FULL TEXT OF DAMASCUS-BEIRUT DECLARATION: 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT: 3. (U) The Lebanese-Syrian relations are witnessing quick deterioration that could cause a deep fracture between the two neighboring countries and the two sisterly peoples. This deterioration has grown since the exten [...] | 2006-05-17 14:02:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SY LE |
06DAMASCUS2320 | WALK THE LINE: BETWEEN SYRIA'S SECURITY SERVICES [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with political contacts, including those in the opposition, point to the variety of techniques used by SARG security services to co-opt or intimidate Syrians. It is often in the middle range, between enticements at one end and threats and coercion at the other, th [...] | 2006-05-17 14:20:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS SY |
06DAMASCUS2338 | REACTION TO SARG ARREST CAMPAIGN OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent human rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni and two other Damascus-Beirut Declaration signatories have been arrested as part of the SARG reaction against the DBD. Several others have evaded attempted arrests. One human rights activist, also a DBD signatory, questioned whethe [...] | 2006-05-18 14:39:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS LE |
06DAMASCUS234 | ASAD SPEECH: NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY TRUMPS UN [...] SBU) Summary: Syrian President Bashar al-Asad followed up his meetings with Iranian President Ahmadinejad with a January 21 speech in Damascus in which he dropped broad hints that he might refuse to meet with UNIIIC investigators. At the Arab Lawyers Conference venue, Asad also specifically [...] | 2006-01-23 11:20:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE |
06DAMASCUS2391 | HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: LABWANI CASE POSTPONED; [...] (C) LABWANI TRIAL DELAYED; ASSOCIATE TELLS OF SARG INTIMIDATION ATTEMPTS: The trial of Kamal Labwani, scheduled to begin May 22, has been delayed after court officials claimed that no trial had been scheduled for that day. Labwani's family members, human rights lawyers, and a number of oppo [...] | 2006-05-23 12:38:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV PREL SY IR |
06DAMASCUS2392 | FOUR MORE DAMASCUS-BEIRUT DECLARATION SIGNATORIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Four signatories of the Damascus-Beirut Declaration (DBD),including prominent human rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni, were interrogated on May 21 by investigatory judges at the Palace of Justice Criminal Court in Damascus. Bunni, who has been on a hunger strike for the last two days [...] | 2006-05-23 12:40:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS2401 | SYRIA PURSUES CASES AGAINST JUMBLATT AND KHADDAM [...] (C) Syrian authorities have requested that Interpol arrest Lebanese lawmaker Walid Jumblatt after a Syrian military prosecutor issued a warrant on May 22, according to local media and contacts. A Syrian military court issued a summons for Jumblatt on May 3 for "inciting against Syria," follo [...] | 2006-05-24 14:46:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCRM SY LB |
06DAMASCUS2487 | LABWANI TRIAL BEGINS; MALEH RECEIVES 10-DAY [...] (C) LABWANI TRIAL BEGINS: In a packed courtroom of human rights activists and his family and friends, the trial of opposition activist Kamal Labwani began on May 29, as Labwani entered a plea of "not guilty" on the charges of inciting a foreign power to invade Syria and disseminating false [...] | 2006-05-31 08:49:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS2517 | WHILE ARRESTS SUBSIDE, SARG CONTINUES TO PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the arrests of Damascus-Beirut Declaration (DBD) signatories appear to have subsided for now, post contacts report that the SARG continues to pressure DBD signatories to withdraw their support of the Declaration. In an attempt to quell international reaction to the crack [...] | 2006-06-01 14:01:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS254 | RIAD SEIF DETAILS FUTURE POLITICAL PLANS, ASKS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former MP and recently released Damascus Spring detainee Riad Seif laid out for the Charge d'Affaires January 24 his vision for a new, broad-based democratic party, noting that it would aim to delegitimize the SARG and bring a message of reform and democracy to the Syrian people. [...] | 2006-01-24 16:21:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS2593 | SYRIAN REGIME REBUILDING WALLS OF FEAR AND [...] (C) Summary: The crackdown on Syrian civil society and the opposition has gotten so intense that some observers argue that the regime of Bashar al-Asad is "rebuilding the walls of fear" that his father once erected. Even if the ten Damascus-Beirut Declaration activists are released, which i [...] | 2006-06-05 11:43:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SY |
06DAMASCUS2598 | SYRIA POINTS FINGER AT FOREIGN-BACKED ISLAMISTS [...] (C) Summary: Early in the morning of June 2, SARG security forces engaged armed attackers in a 25-minute shoot-out in Damascus on the compound of the Syrian TV and Radio headquarters, according to Emboffs at the scene and regional media reports. Casualty reports have varied, with up to four [...] | 2006-06-05 13:14:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE IZ JO |
06DAMASCUS2599 | SARG ENDS ITS PRESSURE ON EMBASSY SCHOOL -- FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: In the past ten days the SARG has issued all of the required residence visas for some 45 direct-hire American and Canadian teachers and family members, ensuring their orderly departure at the end of the school year and return to Damascus Community School in the fall. For months [...] | 2006-06-05 14:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS2687 | TEHRAN'S INFLUENCE SAID TO BE SPREADING IN SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Syria and Iran have exchanged a number of visits in the past several days: longtime SARG regime insider and VP assistant Muhammad Nassif Kheirbek was in Tehran on June 7, and the commander of the Iranian Army's Air Forces was in Damascus on June 6. One of our contacts mentioned [...] | 2006-06-08 13:53:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY IR |
06DAMASCUS2688 | DETAINEES REJECT PROPOSED LETTER TO ASAD, AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A number of detained signatories of the Damascus-Beirut Declaration (DBD) have rejected a proposed letter of appeal to President Bashar al-Asad, saying that they would rather die in prison for their freedom of expression than to beg. They have also announced their plans to begi [...] | 2006-06-08 14:13:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS270 | SYRIAN MP SAYS INTELL CHIEF WANTS TO BE FRIENDS [...] (C) Summary: A Syrian MP and businessman told us January 24 that, despite a U.S. decision to freeze the assets of Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) chief Asif Shawqat, the intelligence head still considered himself a friend of the United States and wanted to resume bilateral intelligence sh [...] | 2006-01-25 10:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SY LE IZ IS |
06DAMASCUS275 | RIAD SEIF'S PROPOSALS FOR USG ACTION [...] (C) During a January 24 meeting (reftel),Former MP and recently released Damascus Spring detainee Riad Seif presented Charge with a list of suggested actions the USG could take to support opposition efforts in Syria. The following is a translation from the original Arabic: 2. (C) BEGI [...] | 2006-01-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS276 | SANCTIONS: REACTION TO THE SHAWKAT DESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary. The Treasury Department,s designation of President Asad,s brother-in-law, Asif Shawkat, received considerable regional press coverage and stirred some internal discussion in Damascus. The move was quietly welcomed by most groups, including the Sunni business community, though m [...] | 2006-01-25 14:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETTC PGOV SANC SY |
06DAMASCUS2779 | MUTED SYRIAN RESPONSE TO FOURTH UNIIIC INSTALLMENT [...] (C) Summary: The SARG has so far limited its public reaction to the fourth report of the UNIIIC investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri, which was delivered to UNSYG Kofi Annan on June 10. SARG officials are relatively happy with the report but are generally [...] | 2006-06-12 14:00:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM SY LE |
06DAMASCUS278 | SYRIAN MP SAYS INTELL CHIEF WANTS TO BE FRIENDS [...] (C) Summary: This is a corrected copy of Damascus 0270. Please disregard previous version. A Syrian MP and businessman told us January 24 that, despite a U.S. decision to freeze the assets of Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) chief Asif Shawqat, the intelligence head still considered himse [...] | 2006-01-25 15:09:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS2858 | SYRIA ROUNDUP [...] (C) SERIES OF ARRESTS RELATED TO JUNE 2 ATTACKS REPORTED: Human rights organizations have reported that fourteen men and boys from the Damascus suburb of Erbeen have been detained by the SARG as suspects in the June 2 attack in Damascus on the compound of the Syrian TV and Radio headquarter [...] | 2006-06-15 09:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS286 | HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: ABDUL SALAAM FACES PRIME [...] (C): ABDUL SALAAM FACES WRATH OF PRIME MINISTER: The SARG has taken additional steps against Etana Press manager and civil society activist Maan Abdul Salaam, who has faced multiple confrontations with the SARG in recent months. According to Abdul Salaam, a directive was sent by the Prime M [...] | 2006-01-26 12:59:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS287 | SYRIA'S IRAN GAMBIT: CONSUMMATING A MARRIAGE OF [...] (C) Summary: Syria-Iran relations resemble a strong, long-time marriage, albeit one of convenience, with Syria now being the junior partner, according to contacts, commenting on Iranian President Ahmadinejad's January 19-20 visit to Damascus. Syria and Iran sought to use the visit to demon [...] | 2006-01-26 13:06:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY IR |
06DAMASCUS288 | RIYAD SEIF: WHAT IS HIS POTENTIAL? [...] (C) Summary: The SARG's January 18 release of former MP Riad Seif (with four other Damascus Spring detainees) has provoked a surge of assessments and predictions about his potential and his plans. Contacts are divided about Seif's political prospects, with admirers noting that Seif, a Damas [...] | 2006-01-26 14:00:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS2935 | BACKBITING, BICKERING, AND EATING THEIR YOUNG: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Throughout the last eight months, a flurry of newly created human rights organizations have entered the Syrian civil society stage. However, the activists running these organizations are not new to the scene; instead, they tend to hail from splinter groups of still-existing or [...] | 2006-06-19 13:23:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS2938 | NEWLY RELEASED SYRIA DECLARATION ENCOUNTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the recently published "Syria Declaration" calling for improvements in human rights policy and the passage of laws guaranteeing a range of civil liberties has gained international attention following its release on June 14, many civil society members are either unaware of [...] | 2006-06-19 14:14:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS2976 | HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP: LABWANI TRIAL CONTINUES; [...] (C) LABWANI TRIAL CONTINUES: The trial of political activist Kamal Labwani continued June 19 at the Damascus Criminal Court, with numerous family members and Syrian activists present, as well as Poloff and a Finnish Embassy representative. Labwani, who faces charges of inciting a foreign p [...] | 2006-06-20 14:00:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS3042 | DAMASCUS DECLARATION AIMS TO REVITALIZE EFFORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Damascus Declaration group will assemble June 26 for a crucial meeting, aimed at creating a more clearly defined, structured organization and moving away from being a coalition of individuals, according to key opposition activist Riad Seif. Should the group succeed, Seif p [...] | 2006-06-22 14:13:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS311 | SARG IMPLEMENTS TRAVEL BAN TO PREVENT "FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of former VP Abdul Halim Khaddam's press campaign that began in late December, the SARG implemented a travel ban on an undetermined number of current and former officials and military officers. Former PM Mustafa Miru and his family, as well as relatives of deceased [...] | 2006-01-30 12:05:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS3194 | SYRIAN INFLUENCE GROWING WITH REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The SARG sees its influence growing in light of regional developments, including the recent kidnapping of an Israeli soldier, the June 28 Israeli overflight of Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's summer home, and Asad's separate June 28 meetings in Damascus with visiting Lebanese [...] | 2006-06-29 14:16:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SY LE IS IR JO |
06DAMASCUS3223 | UNDER PRESSURE, SYRIAN REGIME STIRS STONE SOUP [...] (C) Summary: The ongoing Gaza crisis notwithstanding, the SARG is conducting its foreign policy in traditional Syrian style, playing for time and survival against international pressure on a range of issues. This was most recently demonstrated by the July 1 meeting between the visiting Qata [...] | 2006-07-03 11:45:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL SY |
06DAMASCUS3365 | HAMAS EXILED LEADER HOLDS DAMASCUS PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: The leader of Hamas' external political wing, Khalid Mish'al, held a lengthy press conference July 10 at a Damascus hotel, covering the rejection of U.S. and Israeli demands to release a kidnapped Israel soldier, ongoing international dialogue with Hamas, and Syrian support for [...] | 2006-07-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL PGOV SY IS |
06DAMASCUS338 | HAMAS VICTORY PUTS SARG IN A STRANGE CORNER [...] (C) Summary: The senior PLO representative in Damascus, Khalid Fahoum, said on January 30 that Damascus-based Hamas leader Khalid Mish'al was confident of Hamas' ability to govern and would quickly move to shore up support for Hamas in the PLO, in the PA security services and in Palestinian [...] | 2006-01-30 15:56:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS3437 | INITIAL SARG REACTION TO HIZBALLAH HOSTAGE-TAKING [...] (SBU) In the wake of the taking of two IDF hostages by Hizballah, VP Farouk Shara'a was quoted today as stating that he expected Israeli "escalation" against Syria. Al-Arabiyya satellite TV carried the quote but did not provide details. In a press conference after his meeting with Iranian nuc [...] | 2006-07-12 13:31:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY LE |
06DAMASCUS3482 | TFLE01: SYRIA AS OF 1500 HOURS LOCAL, SUNDAY, [...] (C) Summary: The situation in Syria remains relatively calm. DAO reports no signs of a higher state of alert, except for air defense units that were moved to a heightened level in late June. The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that President Asad spoke by phone with Lebanon [...] | 2006-07-16 13:08:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE |
06DAMASCUS3485 | TFLE01: SYRIA SITREP 02 AS OF 1230 LOCAL, MONDAY, [...] (S) Summary: Initial eyewitness reports estimated that as many as 20,000 Syrians participated in a SARG-orchestrated demonstration July 17 in downtown Damascus. Protesters mainly expressed pro-SARG and pro-Hizballah messages. Separately on July 17, the Syrian MFA's Protocol Director summone [...] | 2006-07-17 12:00:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV SY LE |
06DAMASCUS3487 | SARG SHEDS CROCODILE TEARS, AS IT ASSESSES COSTS [...] (C) Summary: The current conflict in Lebanon puts in play significant Syrian interests, with the potential for either windfall political profits or enormous costs. Political analysts here believe at a minimum that the SARG will benefit from the fatal weakening of Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora a [...] | 2006-07-17 14:10:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE |
06DAMASCUS3488 | SYRIA'S KAMAL LABWANI READS STATEMENT IN COURT [...] (SBU) Jailed opposition activist Kamal Labwani appeared July 16 in criminal court and read a three-page statement on his own behalf to explain his televised Al-Hurra and Mustaqbal interviews in late 2005 in which he called for diplomatic pressure to bring political changes in Syria. An anima [...] | 2006-07-17 14:29:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS3489 | TFLE01: IRANIAN FM VISITS DAMASCUS [...] (U) Iran's FM Manouchehr Mottaki visited Damascus July 17, meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad and delivering a message from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who stressed Iran's stand with Syria in confronting any attacks or aggression, according to the official Syrian Arab New [...] | 2006-07-17 14:35:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAL SY IR LE |
06DAMASCUS3490 | TFLE01: SYRIA SITREP 03 AS OF 1300 LOCAL, [...] (S) Summary: The Ba'ath Party's highest policy-making body met July 17 and urged the SARG to prepare for all possibilities in view of Israel's continued bombardment of Lebanon, according to the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). The SARG has rejected a proposed visit to Syria by UN env [...] | 2006-07-18 11:38:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV SY LE |
06DAMASCUS3514 | REGIME MOVES TO DEFUSE SUNNI ANGER OVER EDUCATION [...] (C) Summary: A July petition to President Bashar al-Asad, signed by 200 prominent Sunni religious figures, protesting eduation reform plans that would impact Islamic schools, apparently caused concern at the upper levels of the Asad regime. Senior security officials intervened and asked the [...] | 2006-07-19 11:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL SOCI SY |
06DAMASCUS3515 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 03 FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY [...] (C) Summary: A Russian envoy and the EU's foreign policy chief are expected to make separate visits to Syria, perhaps as early as July 20, and the SARG may reverse its refusal to receive UN Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen, according to a media contact. The Ba'ath Party's highest policy-makin [...] | 2006-07-19 12:28:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY LE |
06DAMASCUS3577 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 05 FOR THURSDAY, JULY [...] (S) Summary: On July 20, Syria's President Bashar al-Asad met with Russian Middle East envoy Saltanov and, separately, called Turkish PM Erdogan to discuss the Israel-Hizballah conflict, according to media reports. The Ba'ath party's most important policy-making body met for the third conse [...] | 2006-07-20 13:48:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV SY LE |
06DAMASCUS3578 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 06 FOR FRIDAY, JULY [...] (C) Summary: 2. (C) A demonstration in support of Hizballah began at 1900 hours July 20 at Ommayyad Circle, located about four blocks from the Embassy. Emboffs reported that the 1200-2000 demonstrators, mostly teenage males, waved Hizballah flags and shouted anti-American and anti-Israel [...] | 2006-07-21 11:02:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS3601 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 07 FOR SUNDAY, JULY [...] (S) Summary: Contacts are reporting a dramatic rise in anti-American sentiment in Syria over the past ten days. The influential director of the Abu Noor Institute, Sheikh Saleh Kuftaro, called upon the SARG "to open the borders with Israel for resistance" during Friday prayers on July 21. O [...] | 2006-07-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM SY LE |
06DAMASCUS3627 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 08 FOR MONDAY, JULY [...] (S) Summary: Up to 250,000 people have entered Syria from Lebanon since the start of the Israel-Hizballah conflict, with up to 90,000 needing "immediate assistance," according to contacts. Displaced Lebanese are settling throughout the country, with many seeking aid from the government, Syr [...] | 2006-07-24 14:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM SY LE |
06DAMASCUS363 | CHARGE INFORMS DFM MU'ALLIM THAT AMBASSADOR WILL [...] (C) Summary: Using reftel points, Charge informed SARG DFM Walid Mu'allim February 1 that Ambassador Scobey would not be returning to post. Mu'allim called the decision a mistake. The DFM also took issue with the points raised on Iraq, Palestinian rejectionist groups, Lebanon, and the need [...] | 2006-02-01 15:42:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS3655 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 09 FOR TUESDAY, JULY [...] (C) Summary: The SARG has yet to respond to a July 25 demarche from the Charge about steps required of Syria as part of efforts to halt the Israel-Hizballah conflict. The Damascus-based UN Resident Coordinator held a meeting July 25 for diplomatic representatives of donor countries to discus [...] | 2006-07-25 14:29:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SY LE |
06DAMASCUS3660 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 10 FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY [...] (U) Summary: Spain will present the Syrian position at the July 26 Rome conference on the Israel-Hizballah crisis, according to regional media, citing two visits this week by the SARG's Minister of Information to Madrid. Palestinian rejectionist groups in Damascus, including Hamas and Pales [...] | 2006-07-26 11:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM LE SY |
06DAMASCUS3679 | ANTI-AMERICAN, PRO-HIZBALLAH THEMES PREDOMINATE IN [...] (C) Summary: Rising anti-American sentiment is evident in Syria in response to the aerial bombardment Israel has unleashed on Lebanon in the past two weeks. Many contacts, reflecting widespread public sentiment, accuse the U.S. of using Israel's military might to impose its own agenda on Le [...] | 2006-07-26 13:54:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS3695 | SYRIA'S LABWANI SUFFERING ONGOING LEGAL WOES, RIAD [...] (C) Summary: Jailed opposition activist Kamal Labwani appeared July 25 in criminal court for the second time in two weeks, with the judge again postponing decision on the defense team's request to show in open court Labwani's televised interviews on Al-Hurra and Al-Mustaqbal. Labwani's next [...] | 2006-07-27 09:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY LE |
06DAMASCUS3700 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 11 THURSDAY JULY 27, [...] (U) Summary: The head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, arrived in Damascus July 26 for talks with SARG officials on the crisis in Lebanon and the Rome Conference, according to Arab regional media. DAO reports increasing displays of pro-Hizballah Arabic-language banne [...] | 2006-07-27 13:39:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM LE SY |
06DAMASCUS3701 | ASAD CONFIDENT ABOUT CURRENT SITUATION, WELCOMES [...] (C) Summary: Syrian President Bashar al-Asad met for an hour July 25 with David Lesch , his American biographer, who is in country with his family for a short visit. Asad appeared relaxed and confident about the way events were playing out in Lebanon. He mentioned the possibility of Syrian interven [...] | 2006-07-27 13:41:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE |
06DAMASCUS3711 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 12 FOR SUNDAY, JULY [...] (C) Summary: An Israeli missile strike on July 29 destroyed the road serving a main Lebanese border crossing between Damascus and Beirut about five miles west of the official Syrian border crossing, effectively closing the crossing, according to contacts and press reports. Several hundred p [...] | 2006-07-30 12:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM LE SY |
06DAMASCUS3742 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 13 FOR MONDAY JULY 31, [...] (S) Summary: For the second time in two days Israel bombed the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, more than three miles from the Syrian border. Syrian artillery, missile and ground forces are being defensively dispersed from their garrisons throughout Syria and Syrian air defenses [...] | 2006-07-31 13:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF LE SY |
06DAMASCUS3744 | SYRIA'S LABWANI APPEARS IN COURT, DEFENSE ASKS FOR [...] (C) Syrian opposition activist Kamal Labwani appeared in court July 31, with the criminal court judge granting the defense team's request to play two televised interviews, including one with Al-Hurra, in an open court session, possibly as early as Labwani's next court appearance on August 23, [...] | 2006-07-31 14:02:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS3754 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 14 FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST [...] (U) Summary: Syrian President Asad asked the Syrian military to raise its readiness, pledging not to abandon support for the Lebanese "resistance" against Israel, according to reports of Asad's July 31 annual address commemorating the foundation of the Syria Arab Army. Israel launched its t [...] | 2006-08-01 12:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM LE SY |
06DAMASCUS3806 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 15 FOR WEDNESDAY, [...] (U) Summary: Syria's President Asad was expected to meet visiting Spanish FM Moratinos August 2 in Damascus, according to Arabic regional media. Germany's FM linked Syrian cooperation in ending fighting between Israel and Hizballah to closer relations with the European Union, including impr [...] | 2006-08-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM LE SY |
06DAMASCUS3835 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 16 FOR THURSDAY, [...] (U) Summary: Visiting Spanish FM Moratinos was scheduled to meet Syrian President Asad and VP Shara'a on August 3 in Damascus. Moratinos arrived in Damascus August 2 and met with Syrian FM Mu'allim, discussing the need for an immediate cease-fire, according to the official Syrian Arab News A [...] | 2006-08-03 14:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM LE SY |
06DAMASCUS3836 | AMR MOUSSA EXPECTED IN DAMASCUS, SAUDI AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: During a July 30 visit to Damascus, Egypt's FM met with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, repeating Egyptian demands from an earlier visit after the outbreak of the Israel-Hizballah conflict that Syria publicly and privately push Hizballah to return Israeli soldiers and cease fighting, [...] | 2006-08-03 14:58:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG LE |
06DAMASCUS3837 | SYRIAN ACTIVIST URGES U.S. TO LAY DOWN MARKERS [...] (C) Recently released Damascus Spring detainee Fawwaz Tello asserted in a recent meeting with Poloff that despite the ongoing Israel-Hizballah conflict, the SARG must not be allowed to cross "red lines" in its ongoing crackdown against Syrian human rights and civil society activists. The SARG [...] | 2006-08-03 14:59:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS3851 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 17 FOR SUNDAY AUGUST 6, [...] (S) Summary: Syrian Information Minister Mohsen Bilal called the August 4 al-Qaa strike that killed 26 Syrians "a racist, fascist and terrorist act committed with American weapons." The Syrian Foreign Minister on August 5 sent two letters regarding the al-Qaa killings to the UN SYG and the he [...] | 2006-08-06 15:57:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM LE SY |
06DAMASCUS3896 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 19 FOR TUESDAY AUGUST [...] (U) Summary: In Beirut, Syrian FM Walid Mu'allim continued praising Hizballah (the "Lebanese National Resistance"),noting in his public remarks that Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora had been politically strengthened by Hizballah's military successes. Mu'allim also rejected the draft UNSCR. Top SARG [...] | 2006-08-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM LE SY |
06DAMASCUS392 | AN ALAWITE-SUNNI CHAT ON KHADDAM, FUTURE OF REGIME [...] (C) The criticisms and maneuvering of former VP Khaddam continue to generate intense private discussion in Syria. According to Sunni politician XXXXXXXXXXXX on January 30, a retired senior Alawite military officer pribvately endorsed Khaddam's views and noted fears that he and other former A [...] | 2006-02-02 15:08:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS394 | RIAD SEIF COMMENTS ON PRESS CONFERENCE, DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 1 conversation with PolOff, prominent opposition figure Riad Seif discussed the SARG's prevention of the released Damascus Spring detainees' January 31 press conference and explained some of his requests for U.S. support in greater depth. In a later meeting, he d [...] | 2006-02-02 15:47:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS3998 | ASAD SPEECH, ON-THE-GROUND REALITIES, FORESHADOW [...] (C) Summary: Until the August 15 speech of President Bashar al-Asad, the SARG adopted a tone of cautious, critical tone in its reaction to UNSCR 1701, expressing little enthusiasm but avoiding statements that could be read as outright rejection. Asad's combative speech was much more critica [...] | 2006-08-15 13:03:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY LE |
06DAMASCUS4000 | ASAD ATTACKS MARCH 14 GROUP, ARABS, UNSCR 1701 IN [...] (C) Summary: In a defiant August 15 speech delivered in Damascus, Syrian President Bashar al-Asad adopted a confrontational tone and criticized different aspects of UNSCR 1701 and the negotiations that led to its passage. He underlined at several points the importance that facts on the grou [...] | 2006-08-15 15:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS4025 | SYRIA REJECTS MEETINGS WITH ICRC PRESIDENT, ICRC [...] (C) Summary: ICRC President Jakob Kellenberg cancelled a planned August trip to Syria after the SARG refused to offer him any high-level meetings, according to Damascus-based ICRC representative Jean-Jacques Fresard. Fresard described noted that in during a recent encounter with Hamas leader [...] | 2006-08-16 13:57:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PHUM PGOV KPAL SY IR IZ |
06DAMASCUS4026 | SYRIA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: TRIALS, TRAVEL BANS [...] (C) Summary: The SARG continues to crack down on Syrians critical of the SARG, pursuing court cases against activists such as Ali and Mohammed Abdullah and Fateh Jammous, and restricting travel by civil society figures, according to contacts. Despite the ongoing crackdown, the Damascus Decl [...] | 2006-08-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS404 | ANTI-EUROPEAN RIOTS HIT DAMASCUS, AS FOUR [...] (C) Summary: Mobs angered about cartoon depictions of the prophet Mohammed published in Europe ransacked and set on fire the Norwegian Embassy and the building housing the Danish, Chilean, and Swedish Embassies in Damascus in the late afternoon of February 4, destroying the first and heavily damagi [...] | 2006-02-05 14:36:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC SY |
06DAMASCUS4092 | SYRIANS DO A LITTLE DAMAGE CONTROL ON BASHAR [...] (C) Summary: Political and economic contacts in Damascus have largely written off the August 15 speech of President Bashar al-Asad as ill-timed and reflecting the young Syrian leader's inexperience and lack of political judgment. The speech has prompted renewed personal criticism of Bashar [...] | 2006-08-21 12:05:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE |
06DAMASCUS4129 | DISPLACED LEBANESE DEPART SYRIA BY TENS OF [...] (C) Summary: As of August 21, an estimated 144,800 displaced Lebanese had departed Syria back to their country, with a relatively small number staying with Syrian host families, according to UN estimates. UN and international agency officials in Damascus expressed surprise and concern over [...] | 2006-08-22 15:20:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL SY LE IR IZ |
06DAMASCUS4186 | SYRIAN POLICY POST ASAD SPEECH: NO FUNDAMENTAL [...] (C) Summary: Despite Syrian President Asad's confrontational rhetoric in his August 15 speech, there is unlikely to be any fundamental change in the overall orientation of Syrian policies, either foreign or domestic, although periodic damage control will be evident as a tactical adjustment, [...] | 2006-08-24 16:22:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE |
06DAMASCUS4200 | DEFENSE SHOWS LABWANI INTERVIEW ON AL-HURRA IN [...] (C) Summary: The defense for jailed Syrian opposition figure Kamal Labwani showed in court August 23 two televised interviews with Labwani in which he repeatedly rejected foreign military intervention in Syria and the imposition of economic sanctions. A flap occurred at the end of the sessi [...] | 2006-08-27 11:45:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS421 | KURDS DISMISS LATEST SARG GESTURES ON STATELESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to recent media reports, a delegation of 43 Kurdish tribal leaders recently met with high-ranking Syrian officials to discuss the restoration of citizenship for Syria's 300,000 stateless Kurds. While the SARG publicly touted the meeting as a further step towards resol [...] | 2006-02-06 11:31:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS4236 | UNICEF ACTING REPRESENTATIVE SKETCHES OUT SYRIA [...] (SBU) The Charg paid a courtesy call August 27 on UNICEF's acting director, Marc Lucet, who said that UNHCR, WFP and UNICEF planned to do a joint assessment of the remaining displaced Lebanese who are thought to be staying in private homes in about six locations in Syria. UN agencies had rep [...] | 2006-08-28 13:53:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV SY LE |
06DAMASCUS427 | SHEIKH CONFIRMS SARG INVOLVEMENT IN ESCALATING [...] (C) Summary: An influential Sunni sheikh provided details February 6 that seem to confirm SARG involvement in escalating the situation that led to the violent rioting in Damascus two days earlier, including communications between the PM's office and the Grand Mufti. He also noted that SARG aut [...] | 2006-02-06 16:05:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS4314 | SYRIA'S RIAD SEIF A HALF PRISONER, DAMASCUS [...] (C) Summary: Former Damascus Spring detainee Riad Seif met with A/DCM for 90-minutes August 30 to discuss ongoing events in Syria, including organizing by the Damascus Declaration group. Recently the group issued a statement criticizing the August 15 speech by Syrian President Bashar al-As [...] | 2006-09-05 06:37:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS4340 | WITH TALK OF "RESISTANCE" ON THE GOLAN, ACCENT IS [...] (C) Summary: Recently contacts have reported that there is a still developing shift in regime thinking about the supposed benefits of continuing to keep the Golan front quiet. Press accounts have reported the nascent formation of "Syrian popular resistance" groups, modeling themselves on Hi [...] | 2006-09-05 16:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS4419 | RUSSIAN FM MEETS SYRIAN PRESIDENT; SARG SAYS NO TO [...] (C) Visiting Russian FM Sergei Lavrov met for an hour September 7 in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad followed by separate hour-long meetings with Syrian VP Farouk al-Shara'a, and FM Walid Mu'allim, according to a senior Russian diplomat here. The conversations focused on implem [...] | 2006-09-10 13:46:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY LE |
06DAMASCUS4439 | ARMED ASSAILANTS ATTACK U.S. EMBASSY, ONE LOCAL [...] (U) Summary: At least four assailants attacked the U.S. Embassy in Damascus at 1010 local time September 12, using grenades, gunfire and two apparent car bombs. One car exploded, but a van at the back gate did not. No U.S. Embassy personnel were injured, with the exception of a local guard [...] | 2006-09-12 10:53:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS4441 | CHARGE PUSHES ASSISTANT FM HARD ON SECURITY IN [...] (C) Summary: Following the armed attack on the embassy September 12, Charge met with Assistant FM Ahmad Arnous, to press the SARG on his concerns about security for the embassy. Charge urged the SARG to be transparent and to offer full cooperation on the investigation including through bet [...] | 2006-09-12 14:21:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS4443 | SITREP 2: UPDATE ON DAMASCUS ATTACK [...] (C) Information obtained by RSO from local security officials and Embassy video footage provides more details about what actually happened during the September 12 attack on the Embassy. Video footage indicates that the attack against the Embassy began 10 minutes earlier than previously repor [...] | 2006-09-12 14:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC SY |
06DAMASCUS4448 | LOCAL PRESS REACTION TO ATTACK ON U.S. EMBASSY [...] (U) No one has yet claimed responsibility for yesterday's attack, but the SARG is publicly blaming militant Islamists. Asharq Al-Awsat reported that a "Syrian security member was killed by the bullets of an American Marine element that was on the roof of the Embassy." However, the RSO confirms [...] | 2006-09-13 15:39:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS4482 | MEETING WITH SYRIA'S RIAD SEIF, DAMASCUS-BEIRUT [...] (C) Summary: A/DCM met with Damascus Declaration leader Riad Seif on September 12, just shortly before the attack on the U.S. Embassy. Seif said he had chosen to stop reporting to the security services and was traveling outside the city, including to Homs to meet with recently released Dam [...] | 2006-09-14 12:40:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS4588 | REQUEST FOR PHYSICAL SECURITY ASSESSMENT TEAM [...] (C) Post appreciates Department's prompt reaction in dispatching DS agent Aylward who is serving a critical function supporting RSO at Embassy Damascus. RSO is currently involved in multiple efforts to investigate the attack on the Embassy and assess ways to make the Embassy safer. The SARG [...] | 2006-09-20 14:23:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV ABLD SY |
06DAMASCUS4610 | CIRCUMSTANCE SAVES ASAD AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. Despite the isolation resulting from the SARG,s increasingly confrontational stance vis-a-vis the international community and its immediate neighbors, the country,s economy appears to once again be saved by circumstance from SARG incompetence and malfeasance. As a result of the c [...] | 2006-09-21 15:08:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS4612 | INITIAL EMBASSY EFFORTS TO PRESS SARG ON INCREASED [...] (S) Summary: In the wake of the September 12 attack on the Embassy, the Embassy has pressed the SARG through various channels for increased security for USG facilities in Damascus and for complete sharing of details of the SARG investigation into the attack. RSO has relied on informal conta [...] | 2006-09-21 16:31:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06DAMASCUS4613 | SYRIA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: LABWANI IN COURT, [...] (C) Summary: Jailed political activist Kamal Lawbani appeared in court September 19, as an assistant public prosecutor reaffirmed potential capital changes against him. The public prosecutor's statement seemed to shift the basis for the charges from two televised interviews given by Labwani [...] | 2006-09-21 16:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS4614 | REACTIONS TO ATTACK ON EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS [...] (C) Summary: Syrian contacts have expressed relief that no Americans were killed or injured in the September 12 attack on the Embassy. Partly due to the almost complete lack of official information from the SARG on the attack, many contacts, echoing widespread street views, are speculating [...] | 2006-09-22 08:56:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SY |
06DAMASCUS4737 | "WHISTLE PAST THE GRAVEYARD" SYRIAN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary: The SARG has publicly reacted positively to the latest Brammertz report but officials are privately troubled by some of its language, including the focus on linkages between the Hariri assassination and other politically-targeted killings that occurred in the same time frame. [...] | 2006-10-02 15:52:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE |
06DAMASCUS4796 | THE SARG FETES AN EU ASSISTANCE VISIT [...] (C) Summary. The SARG has used the visit of a delegation from the European Commission this week to imply, once again, that Syria,s international isolation is coming to an end. Delegation members assert to us, however, that they anticipate no change in EU policy towards the SARG for the fores [...] | 2006-10-06 06:49:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS4797 | SYRIA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: PROTEST PREVENTED, [...] (C) Summary: Security services used limited force to prevent a demonstration October 5 in downtown Damascus, which had been called for by three leading Kurdish parties and publicly supported by the Damascus Declaration group and the externally based National Salvation Front. Security agents [...] | 2006-10-06 07:18:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS4798 | ASAD DEMANDS RE-ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. In back-to-back interviews with European media, (Der Spiegel and El Pais),President Asad made points in public that we have heard in private: the SARG will not allow the status quo to endure; the only way to avoid further conflict is if there is a policy-level USG re-engagement [...] | 2006-10-06 08:06:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS4845 | JAILED SYRIAN ACTIVIST LABWANI CALLS FOR MORE [...] (C) On October 3, Poloff met with the wife of detained political activist Kamal Labwani, the couple's daughter, and a Labwani cousin. Mrs. Labwani had visited her husband in prisoner earlier that day. She said he was in good spirits and health, however, as in the past, the couple was not abl [...] | 2006-10-10 15:03:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS4846 | SYRIA'S INTERIOR MINISTRY WRAPS UP INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: An Interior Ministry official announced October 5 to the official media that it had concluded its investigation into the September 12 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Damascus. The impetus for the attack was U.S. policies in the region, according to the Ministry official. Two suspe [...] | 2006-10-10 15:28:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC |
06DAMASCUS4877 | SYRIA'S DAMASCUS DECLARATION GROUP PLANS TO GO MORE PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: Damascus Declaration leader XXXXXXXXXXXX said in an October 3 meeting with A/DCM that the Damascus Declaration group turns a year old this month and plans to expand its activities from internal group organizing to public outreach. The group is still waiting for a response about [...] | 2006-10-11 16:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS4898 | NO SIGN OF IMPROVED SYRIA-EGYPT RELATIONS, [...] (C) SYRIA-EGYPT RELATIONS: Poloff met with an Egyptian diplomat October 11 to discuss recent press reports about an October 10 summit between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, which ultimately did not take place. The diplomat said that relations between the two l [...] | 2006-10-12 14:51:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY EG |
06DAMASCUS5096 | SARG TO SIGN RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT DEAL [...] (C) Former Russian Prime Minister and current President of the Russian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Yevgeni Primakov, is in the middle of a two day visit to Damascus. In addition to consultations with President Asad and others yesterday, leading Shi,a businessman, Saeb Nahas told Charge [...] | 2006-10-30 11:45:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAIR PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS517 | THE MUSLIM BROTHERS IN SYRIA; PART I: COULD THEY [...] (U) This is the first of two cables that assess the potential political influence of the Muslim Brothers in Syria. 2. (U) PART I. DIFFICULTIES IN ASSESSING MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD POWER; CONSTRAINTS ON MB INFLUENCE 3. (C) Summary: In the wake of former VP Khaddam's flirtation with the M [...] | 2006-02-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL KDEM SY |
06DAMASCUS5189 | SARG COMPLAINTS ABOUT SYRIAN EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON [...] (C) FM Mu'allim's chef de cabinet Bassam Sabbagh met Charge October 31 to complain that Syrian Ambassador to the U.S. Imad Mustafa has problems sending faxes and making phone calls to the MFA here from both the Syrian chancery and his residence. Sabbagh said Mustafa had called the Minister t [...] | 2006-11-02 13:59:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS528 | MOOD OF THE SARG; CABINET RESHUFFLE RUMORS [...] (C) Summary: A long-time Embassy contact reported February 8 that the regime is satisfied with the fallout from the February 4 rioting in Damascus, believing it allowed the SARG to present itself as a great protector of Islam and because the caricature/rioting "narrative" has overwhelmed any [...] | 2006-02-09 15:37:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS5284 | THE REFORMER EMERGING? [...] (C) Summary. After having kept a lower profile for most of the summer, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Abdullah Dardari, reemerged recently to announce a number of new economic reforms. The initiatives are part of the SARG,s slow and halting effort at reforming its moribund econo [...] | 2006-11-08 14:46:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS5289 | FM MUALLEM TO VISIT IRAQ? [...] (C) Though we have heard conflicting reports from our Syrian interlocutors, those purporting to be speaking on behalf of the regime insist Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem will visit Iraq next week, on or about November 12. Hashem Akkad, MP and Asif Shawkat intimate, told us as of Novemb [...] | 2006-11-09 16:14:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06DAMASCUS5290 | POST RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STATEMENT ON SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: In response to USG queries, Syrian civil society and human rights activists favor a U.S. statement in support of political reform and greater respect for human rights in Syria. There is also agreement that such a statement should call upon the SARG to ensure the well-being of a [...] | 2006-11-09 16:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS531 | THE MUSLIM BROTHERS IN SYRIA, PART II: COULD THEY [...] (U) This is the second of two cables that assess the potential power of the Muslim Brothers in Syria. 2. (U) PART II. REASONS FOR THE EXAGGERATED ESTIMATES OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD INFLUENCE 3. (C) Summary: Most estimates of potential Muslim Brother support range between ten and thirty [...] | 2006-02-09 16:06:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL KDEM SY |
06DAMASCUS5326 | SYRIAN VIEWS ON FM MOALLEM,S VISIT IRAQ [...] (U) UNTIL THE NOVEMBER 21 ASSASSINATION OF PIERRE JAMAYEL, FOREIGN MINISTER WALID MUALLEM,S TRIP TO IRAQ DOMINATED THE HEADLINES AND CONVERSATIONS IN DAMASCUS. SYRIANS OF VARIOUS STRIPES VIEWED THE VISIT AS A SUCCESS AS IT EXTENDED SARG INFLUENCE IN IRAQ WITH BOTH ITS TRADITIONAL ALLIES AND T [...] | 2006-11-22 16:26:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06DAMASCUS5328 | THE VIEW FROM THE SYRIAN HINTERLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/DCM, ACCOMPANIED BY A/ARMA, VISITED DEIR AZOUR, NOVEMBER 13-14, MEETING TWICE WITH THE HEADS OF TWO LARGE BEDOUIN TRIBES THERE. THE TWO EXTREMELY URBANIZED SUNNI TRIBAL LEADERS WERE FOCUSED ON U.S. POLICY IN THE REGION AND ASKED REPEATEDLY ABOUT WHETHER THE US. HAD MADE OR IN [...] | 2006-11-22 16:58:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS5348 | STAFFDEL TALWAR MEETING WITH FM MU'ALLIM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Professional staff member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Puneet Talwar, met with Foreign Minister Mu'allim and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikdad on November 22 in two separate meetings to discuss Lebanon, Iraq, U.S.-Syrian relations, and the broader issues of the Middle E [...] | 2006-12-03 07:37:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS5349 | SARG FEELING CONFIDENT IS THE MESSAGE TO STAFFDEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Professional staff member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Puneet Talwar, held meetings in Damascus November 22 with an opposition member, informal SARG advisor, journalist, and others. The common perspective from the meetings is that the SARG feels it is operating from [...] | 2006-12-03 07:37:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS5362 | IRAQ/SYRIA RESUMPTION OF RELATIONS [...] (C) Charge spoke to both the Iraqi Charge and the Algerian Ambassador (Iraq had been represented here as an interests section of the Algerian Embassy) on the status of resumption of Syrian-Iraqi diplomatic relations. Iraqi Charge Sabah al-Imam said that since the November 19-21 FM Muallim vi [...] | 2006-12-04 15:27:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS5367 | GERMAN FM STEINMEIER'S VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (C) Summary. German FM Steinmeier paid a very brief visit to Damascus to discuss, primarily, regional issues. Nothing was promised by either side and little progress was made on influencing either countries, stance on regional conflicts. Nonetheless, the local German Embassy assesses the vi [...] | 2006-12-06 13:43:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06DAMASCUS5378 | SYRIANS REFUSE TO DEPORT ACCUSED AMCIT MURDERER [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) The Syrian MFA notified us by a dipnote (text included below) received December 2 that the SARG has rejected our request to deport Amcit accused murderer Muaz Haffar (AKA to the Syrians as Omar al-Sawwaf). The dipnote, dated [...] | 2006-12-07 16:54:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CASC ASEC SY |
06DAMASCUS5380 | THREE GOVERNORS FIRED, THE QUESTION IS WHY? [...] (U) Summary. Amid allegations of incompetence and family scandals, three regional governors in Syria have been dismissed in the past ten days. Some argue the changes reflect President Bashar al Asad's focus on performance as a sign of seriouness on reform, while others believe the dismissals [...] | 2006-12-10 13:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETTC PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS5381 | RIAD SEIF, OTHERS, VIEW LEBANON STRUGGLE AS [...] (C) Summary: Opposition figure Riad Seif and other Syrian contacts insist that the current political struggle in Lebanon is "the critical battle" for the U.S. and Europe. For Seif, that battle "must not be lost," if the U.S. wants to retain influence in the Middle East. He recommended U.S. [...] | 2006-12-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE |
06DAMASCUS5399 | INFLUENCING THE SARG IN THE END OF 2006 [...] (S) Summary. The SARG ends 2006 in a much stronger position domestically and internationally than it did 2005. While there may be additional bilateral or multilateral pressure that can impact Syria, the regime is based on a small clique that is largely immune to such pressure. However, Basha [...] | 2006-12-13 16:03:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06DAMASCUS5411 | PRESIDENT ASAD TELLS SEN. NELSON SARG WILLING TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL),member on the Senate Armed Services Committee and on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (and soon-to-be appointed member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, we were told) met for approximately one hour with President Bashar al-Asad and FM Mu'allim [...] | 2006-12-15 12:42:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS5422 | REACHING OUT TO SYRIAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: While we continue to meet with and provide whatever support we can to political opposition figures and human rights activists in this very repressive atmosphere, we are also attempting to reach to Syria's wider civil society. This wider civil society in Syria may provide a signif [...] | 2006-12-21 06:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS5429 | SYRIAN ACTIVIST ANWAR BUNNI IN COURT; EU REP TO [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Syrian human rights activist Anwar al-Bunni appeared briefly December 19 in Damascus Criminal Court on charges connected to his signature on a document calling for improved Syria-Lebanon relations, as well as for involvement with a European Commission-funded human righ [...] | 2006-12-21 10:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS5431 | SYRIA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Maria d.G. Olson is the Embassy POC. Address: 6110 Damascus Pl. Dulles, VA 20189. Unclassified e-mail: OlsonM@state.gov. Tel: (963) (11) 3391-3785. Cell Phone: (963) 94405166. 2. (SBU) The Syrian Government continued to provide political and material support to Hizballah and pol [...] | 2006-12-21 12:11:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV SY |
06DAMASCUS5447 | SENATORS DODD AND KERRY PUSH PRESIDENT ASAD TO [...] (C) Summary. Senators Kerry and Dodd had a wide-ranging conversation with President Asad that focused on Iraq, Lebanon, and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The Senators cautioned Asad that his relations with America would not improve without his regime changing its destabilizing policies [...] | 2006-12-28 06:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06DAMASCUS5448 | SENATORS DODD AND KERRY DISCUSS REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Senators Kerry and Dodd told FM Walid Mu'allim that the time was ripe for strong unilateral action by the SARG if it truly wanted to be part of the solution for regional crisis in Lebanon, Iraq, and among the Palestinians. Mu'allim commented that the SARG would pursue security an [...] | 2006-12-28 06:45:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06DAMASCUS5449 | CODEL SPECTER MEETS SYRIAN FM MU'ALLIM [...] (C) Summary: Visiting U.S. Senator Arlen Specter met with Syrian FM Walid Mu'allim for 75 minutes on December 25 in Damascus. The conversation covered U.S.-Syria relations, Syria's desire for resumed peace talks with Israel, allegations that Syria continues to meddle in Lebanon, steps to st [...] | 2006-12-28 06:48:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV LE IZ SY |
06DAMASCUS594 | IRAQI CLERIC MOQTADA SADR VISITS SYRIA, MEETS ASAD [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr arrived February 5 in Damascus for an extended visit that included two meetings with the Syrian President on developments in Iraq and elsewhere regionally. Sadr also visited the city of Raqqa, located between the Syrian capital and the Iraqi [...] | 2006-02-13 10:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY IZ |
06DAMASCUS601 | ASAD PROMOTES SHARA'A TO VP IN MAJOR CABINET [...] (C) Summary: In a major cabinet reshuffle, Syrian President Bashar al-Asad promoted his foreign minister to Vice President and appointed 11 new ministers with portfolio (and three new ministers of state). He retained his PM, DPM, and 17 ministers (three without portfolio). The most importan [...] | 2006-02-13 12:27:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS625 | A YEAR AFTER HARIRI'S ASSASSINATION: ASAD STRIKES [...] (C) Summary: One year after the murder of Rafik Hariri, the Syrian regime seems both confident and, increasingly, willing to adopt a more confrontational stance towards the West, making moves such as receiving Iranian President Ahmadinejad in Damascus and facilitating the violent demonstrat [...] | 2006-02-14 15:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON SY LE |
06DAMASCUS642 | SARG RELIEF AFTER UNIIIC'S VIENNA QUESTIONING; [...] (C) Summary: Long-standing Embassy contact Dr. Samir al-Taki told Polchief February 5 that the Syrian suspects who traveled to Vienna in mid-January for a second round of questioning emerged saying that UNIIIC investigators gave the impression they had no new leads to follow up on or question [...] | 2006-02-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM SY IR |
06DAMASCUS672 | RIAD SEIF SUMMONED BY GID CHIEF, DAUGHTER DETAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: One day after being detained, in blindfold and handcuffs, for five hours by unknown security service officers, prominent opposition figure Riad Seif was called in for another meeting with General Intelligence Directorate (GID) chief Ali Mamluk on February 16. Seif spent at least [...] | 2006-02-16 14:20:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS673 | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON SYRIA'S NEW MINISTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bashar al-Asad appointed eleven new ministers with portfolio and three new state ministers without portfolio on February 11. The following includes basic biographical (and previously unavailable) data on new appointees. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR [...] | 2006-02-16 14:23:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SY |
06DAMASCUS686 | HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: TAYYARA, ABDULLAH FREED; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Human rights contacts report that Najati Tayyara and Omar Abdullah have been released following their February 14 detentions. Meanwhile, the wheels of Syrian justice continue to grind slowly in the cases of human rights activists Nizar Rastanawi, Haithem Maleh, and Hassan Abdu [...] | 2006-02-20 15:11:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS701 | ANNOUNCEMENT TO FUND OPPOSITION HARSHLY CRITICIZED BY ANTI-REGIME ELEMENTS, OTHERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post contacts have been quick to condemn the USG's public statement announcing the designation of five million USD for support of the Syrian opposition, calling it "nave" and "harmful." Contacts insist that the statement has already hurt the opposition, and that the SARG will use it in [...] | 2006-02-21 14:49:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS702 | RIAD SEIF DETAILS RECENT SECURITY SERVICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading opposition figure Riad Seif discussed his recent problems with security services, which have focused their energies and threats towards Seif's February 5 interview in an-Nahar newspaper. Seif also related that he received his first official invitation, via intermediar [...] | 2006-02-21 15:01:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS711 | SCANDINAVIANS MOVING QUIETLY TO REPAIR RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Nearly three weeks after three Scandinavian embassies in Damascus suffered moderate to severe damage in SARG-sanctioned demonstrations to protest the caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in European media, it appears that all three governments are moving quietly to repair relation [...] | 2006-02-22 14:06:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS717 | EGYPTIAN DIPLOMAT SIGNALS MUBARAK VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (C) An Egyptian diplomat cited two recent phone calls between Syrian President Bashar al-Asad and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, as well as a Kuwaiti news report, as indicators of a possible upcoming Mubarak visit. The Kuwaiti article reported that Mubarak would visit Damascus on February [...] | 2006-02-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG SY LB |
06DAMASCUS760 | MORE ON USG FUNDING OF SYRIAN OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The USG's Syrian Democracy Announcement continues to provoke conflicting views here among the opposition and other political figures. Reftel reported on an initial sounding that produced primarily negative views. A second look at the issue has prompted a more nuanced set of rea [...] | 2006-02-27 09:57:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SY |
06DAMASCUS888 | SYRIAN FOREIGN POLICIES PAYING OFF, SAYS REGIME [...] (C) Summary: Longtime Embassy contact and regime insider Imad Shuebi asserted that the SARG is feeling confident in its standoff with the U.S. and is looking ahead with renewed assurance. Syria has correctly played its foreign policy cards on Lebanon, Hamas and Iran, and is reaping the bene [...] | 2006-03-02 14:11:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL LE IR SY |
06DAMASCUS894 | RIAD SEIF COMMENTS ON SARG PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 2 meeting with Charge and PolChief, prominent opposition figure Riad Seif discussed his recent problems with Syrian security services and their strategy to shut down his activities, his interactions with other opposition figures as he continues to hone his politic [...] | 2006-03-02 14:50:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS90 | KHADDAM'S STREAM OF CRITICISM PUTS THE SARG BACK [...] Summary: (C) A range of contacts have described former VP Khaddam's December 30 interview with al-Arabiyya TV network as tremendously damaging to the regime. They characterize him as a very smart and highly experienced politician and statesman who would be unlikely to make such explosive re [...] | 2006-01-06 12:39:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS929 | HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: QAMISHLI VIOLENCE?; DAMASCUS [...] (C) CONTACTS DISMISS PRESS REPORTS OF KURDISH CLASHES WITH ARMY: Kurdish contacts dismissed press reports that an armed clash, resulting in many Kurdish injuries, had taken place in the northeastern city of Qamishli between Syrian armed forces and members of the PKK-affiliated Democratic Un [...] | 2006-03-06 07:06:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DAMASCUS958 | ASAD CALLS ON HAMAS NOT TO RECOGNIZE ISRAEL, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 4 speech at the opening of a pan-Arab conference in Damascus, Syrian President Bashar al-Asad urged Hamas not to recognize Israel, criticized efforts to oust Lebanese President Lahoud, and labeled U.S. actions in Iraq as part of a plan to divide and conquer the cou [...] | 2006-03-06 13:55:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LB SY |
06DAMASCUS962 | MANAGING A TEMPORARY STALEMATE WITH THE SARG [...] (C) Summary: In important respects, U.S. relations with Syria seem to have reached an impasse. Over the past six weeks, Syrian contacts, some of them regime proxies, have voiced the opinion that the SARG senses it has hung tough with a set of hard-line policies that are paying dividends. As [...] | 2006-03-06 16:13:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
06DAMASCUS963 | SARG CLOSES EUROPEAN COMMISSION-FUNDED CIVIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG authorities closed the European Commission-funded Civil Society Training Center on March 1, only nine days after its widely-covered opening on February 21. The training center is one of five recently launched EC-sponsored projects in Syria. The shutdown coincided with th [...] | 2006-03-06 16:32:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SY |
06DARESSALAAM1006 | KIKWETE'S BUDGET: NO DEFICIT OF PLANS TO SOLVE [...] (U) SUMMARY. With paint still drying on the brand new Parliament building, the Minister of Finance, Zakia Meghji delivered the Government of Tanzania's (GOT's) 2006/07 budget speech on June 15. Overall, the budget speech introduced few surprises, striking a balance between plans to fulfill 2 [...] | 2006-06-21 09:49:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1065 | CHINESE PREMIER JIABAO VISIT FOCUSED ON TRADE AND [...] (SBU) The Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's overnight visit, June 22 to 23, in Tanzania centered on improving trade and revitalizing construction projects between the two countries rather than military or strategic issues. While President Jakaya Kikwete hurried back from the legislative capital of [...] | 2006-06-28 19:33:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ETRD ECON CH TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1076 | CT IN HORN OF AFRICA; RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (S REL AUS UK CAN) SUMMARY: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and other Mission representatives from Kenya, Djibouti, Yemen, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Sudan met in Nairobi May 23-24 to discuss regional counterterrorism strategy with Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Hank Crumpton, Commander CJTF-HO [...] | 2006-07-03 07:07:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL EAID |
06DARESSALAAM1089 | (CORRECTED COPY) CT IN HORN OF AFRICA; RESULTS AND [...] (S REL AUS UK CAN) SUMMARY: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and other Mission representatives from Kenya, Djibouti, Yemen, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Sudan met in Nairobi May 23-24 to discuss regional counterterrorism strategy with Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Hank Crumpton, Commander CJTF-HO [...] | 2006-07-03 10:11:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL EAID |
06DARESSALAAM1090 | AMBASSADOR RETZER DISCUSSES HIV/AIDS, MALARIA [...] (SBU) In an hour-long lively exchange on June 23, Ambassador Retzer and Tanzania's Prime Minister Edward Lowassa discussed the recent PEPFAR conference in Durban, South Africa, USG plans to accelerate HIV/AIDS testing and to ramp up anti-malaria programs on both the Mainland and in Zanzibar, t [...] | 2006-07-03 12:17:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1145 | TANZANIA'S POWER CRISIS: COMEDY OF ERRORS OR [...] (C) Hit by another round of severe nationwide power rationing, Tanzania's 2006 economic prospects are dimmer than they should be. By the end of 2006, Tanzania's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will likely be 5 to 10 percent lower than it would have been without power rationing. Due to its sound [...] | 2006-07-11 04:39:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENRG EIND TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1282 | AMBASSADOR URGES TANZANIA?S PRIME MINISTER FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. To urge the Government of Tanzania (GOT) forward on HIV/AIDS testing policy and anti-money laundering (AML) legislation, Ambassador Retzer, together with USAID Director Pam White, called on Prime Minister Lowassa during their visit to Dodoma on July 19. Prime Minister Lowassa [...] | 2006-08-01 08:08:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KTFN EAID TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1286 | TANZANIA'S PRESIDENT REQUESTS U.S. STUDY ABROAD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a recent meeting with Ambassador Retzer, President Kikwete signaled his continuing personal role in managing relations with the U.S. Government. On July 31, President Kikwete called in the Ambassador to raise two issues: (i) his decision to appoint a military attache to Wash [...] | 2006-08-02 06:11:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PHUM EFIN KTFN KPAO OPRC KMDR |
06DARESSALAAM1376 | TANZANIA ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION UNAWARE OF [...] (SBU) In response to an August 6 London Sunday Times report of a shipment of uranium 238 uncovered by customs officials in Tanzania on October 22, Poloff spoke with A.M. Nyanda, Director General of the Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission (TAEC). Nyanda said he had not read the article and had [...] | 2006-08-13 14:24:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER IAEA PGOV CG TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1418 | TIME RIPE FOR US-TANZANIA PARLIAMENTARY EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Tanzania (GOT) is ready and willing to establish a legislative exchange with the United States Congress. This sentiment surfaced quickly during a Congressional staff delegation from August 8-10 led by Matthew Szymanski, Chief of Staff for both the U.S.-China [...] | 2006-08-21 10:05:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO OPRC KMDR TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1424 | TANZANIA'S PARTICIPATION AT 61ST UNGA [...] Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Director of the Department of Multilateral Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Poloff that Tanzania's delegation to 61st UN General Assembly will include the following: President Jakaya Kikwete; First Lady Salma Kikwete; Min [...] | 2006-08-22 13:14:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1433 | GHOSTS OF REVOLUTION HAUNT ZANZIBAR'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 15, just when people began to think Zanzibar's opposition party might have given way to political apathy, three hundred young supporters from the Civic United Front (CUF) surrounded their party leader, Maalim Seif Hamad, demanding answers. What is the CUF leadership's [...] | 2006-08-24 04:04:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV PHUM TZ |
06DARESSALAAM145 | UN REFORM: TANZANIA'S PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23, Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Acting Permanent Secretary of Tanzania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mulamula identified mandate reform as an important issue but noted that members of the UN First Committee disagree wh [...] | 2006-01-25 14:04:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KUNR PREL PHUM TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1469 | REFUGEES RETURNING, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS EXPELLED; [...] (U) UNHCR assisted 5,511 Burundian refugees to repatriate from August 1 to 22. This marked increase from previous months is attributed to the promotion of voluntary repatriation as well as to the season for planting and the beginning of the school year. Two returns to the Democratic Republ [...] | 2006-08-30 12:30:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1495 | ZANZIBAR'S OPPOSITION PARTY: YOUTH WANT RESULTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Continuing our probe into the future of Zanzibari politics, the Deputy Chief of Mission met recently with two Civic United Front (CUF) leaders who currently serve as elected members in Zanzibar's House of Representatives. The CUF representatives underscored the growing frustration [...] | 2006-09-05 13:53:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ECON TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1504 | KIKWETE'S CABINET APPROVES MCA COMPACT PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 28, President Kikwete and Cabinet officially approved the Government of Tanzania's (GOT's) Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact proposal for submission to Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Washington. The GOT's proposal focuses on strengthening Tanzania's [...] | 2006-09-07 12:30:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ENRG EINT TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1508 | BURUNDI, FNL SIGN CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Burundi's president, Pierre Nkurunziza, and Palipehutu-FNL's Chairperson, Agathon Rwasa, signed a Comprehensive Ceasefire Agreement in Dar es Salaam September 7. The ceasefire is to take effect 72 hours from the signing of the agreement. The agreement outlines further steps to [...] | 2006-09-08 10:38:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BU TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1533 | PRESIDENT KIKWETE WARMLY WELCOMES BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Retzer met with President Kikwete September 11 to personally convey President Bush's invitation for a bilateral meeting in New York during the UN General Assembly. President Kikwete warmly welcomed the meeting, and proceeded to engage Ambassador Retzer on several issue [...] | 2006-09-14 04:14:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM PINR PTER ENRG ETZ |
06DARESSALAAM1560 | ZANZIBAR OPPOSITION: STARTING TROUBLE OR SAVING [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a September 9 political rally, Ibrahim Lipumba, national leader of the opposition Civic United Front (CUF),set a deadline for breaking the political impasse on Zanzibar, provocatively suggesting Lebanon's Hezbollah as a model for action if the stalemate on the isles continues. [...] | 2006-09-19 08:45:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON PINR PHUM PBTS TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1593 | URANIUM IN DAR COMMON KNOWLEDGE TO SHIPPING [...] (C) According to a senior Swiss diplomat, the shipment of uranium through Dar es Salaam is common knowledge to two Swiss shipping companies. Hans Peter Schoni, Counsellor at the Embassy of Switzerland in Tanzania, referred to the allegations of uranium from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) pa [...] | 2006-09-27 08:38:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR IAEA PGOV CG TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1723 | KIKWETE'S CABINET SHUFFLE: OLD WINE, NEW BOTTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Amid mounting public frustration over the power crisis, rising inflation, high oil prices and depreciation of the local currency, President Kikwete re-shuffled his Cabinet on October 15 for the first time since assuming office. Re-shuffling ten Ministers and eight Deputy Ministe [...] | 2006-10-20 03:52:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EIND TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1725 | KIKWETE'S CABINET SHUFFLE: OLD WINE, NEW BOTTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Amid mounting public frustration over the power crisis, rising inflation, high oil prices and depreciation of the local currency, President Kikwete re-shuffled his Cabinet on October 15 for the first time since assuming office. Re-shuffling ten Ministers and eight Deputy Ministe [...] | 2006-10-20 03:53:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EIND TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1730 | TANZANIA UNDERLINES INTEREST IN DEPLOYING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tanzania's Defense Minister has warmly welcomed recent developments in the U.S.-Tanzania mil-to-mil relationship, including the latest timeline for ACOTA training, deployment of a CJTF-HOA civil affairs team to Tanzania, the reintroduction of IMET training, and the offer of sever [...] | 2006-10-23 04:59:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PREL PGOV TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1740 | AMBASSADOR RETZER AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During his meeting with Ambassador Retzer on October 23, President Kikwete stressed his desire to launch an HIV/AIDS campaign targeting teachers and leveraging his wife's work with teacher's associations. The Ambassador expressed his support and designated post's PEPFAR coordin [...] | 2006-10-25 09:19:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EAID ECON PHUM TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1776 | TANZANIA'S NEW ENERGY MINISTER TO THE RESCUE? [...] (U) SUMMARY. The new Minister of Energy and Minerals, Nazir Karamagi, promised a more strategic, private sector approach to the energy sector when he met with Ambassador Retzer and Deborah Malac, Deputy Office Director for East Africa, on October 26. In the immediate-term, to prevent comple [...] | 2006-11-02 08:21:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EIND TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1788 | TANZANIA: 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-03 09:44:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SNAR TZ |
06DARESSALAAM18 | TANZANIA: PRESIDENT KIKWETE PUTS NATIONAL UNITY, [...] Promising an administration with "New zeal, new vigor and new speed," President Jakaya Kikwete delivered his first major policy address to the newly sworn-in Tanzanian parliament on December 30. Speaking frankly about the challenges he faces, he made poverty alleviation and economic growth hi [...] | 2006-01-04 16:55:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EFIN PHUM TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1803 | TANZANIA SUPPORTS CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION WITHOUT [...] (C) Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Director of the Multilateral Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told PolCouns November 8 that Tanzania would continue its long-standing support for the Cuba embargo resolution. Mulamula questioned why Australia had decided to propose the amendment a [...] | 2006-11-08 14:31:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA PGOV PHUM PREL TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1835 | PRESIDENTIAL DISCONNECT ACROSS ZANZIBAR CHANNEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Zanzibari President, Abeid Amani Karume, raised the isles' political temperature on November 2 with his speech honoring the anniversary of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi's (CCM) 2005 electoral victory. In a public address at Zanzibar State House, Karume denied any political crisis on [...] | 2006-11-17 09:52:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB ECON PINR PTER KCRM SNAR |
06DARESSALAAM1910 | TANZANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND AFCARPAC [...] (C) Dr. Joram Biswaro, Ambassador and Director for Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed that Tanzania would be sending a delegation to attend the African Caribbean Pacific Group of State's Summit in Khartoum, Sudan. Biswaro said that the Minister of Foreign Relations, Dr. Asha [...] | 2006-12-07 05:07:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI SU TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1944 | TANZANIA: GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFORMATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Since 2002, the Government of Tanzania (GOT) has been partnering with the U.S. to collect information and screen travelers at major entry points using the Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System (PISCES). Through the GOT's own initiative, Tanzania's Immigr [...] | 2006-12-19 05:51:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1947 | TANZANIA: TEXT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE WELCOMING THE [...] The following Diplomatic Note FA/D.10/3/79 from the Zanzibar office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tanzania was received on December 7, formally accepting the Department's proposal to open an American Presence Post (APP) in Zanzibar. The Note also requests that the Department consider [...] | 2006-12-19 10:55:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | AF AO PGOV AMGT TZ |
06DARESSALAAM1951 | TANZANIA: MOVING CLOSER TO COMMITTING PKO TROOPS [...] (SBU) Signs are increasing that the Government of Tanzania (GOT) is moving closer to committing troops to a peacekeeping mission in Darfur. From December 11 to 15, the Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) team hosted a strategy conference in Dar es Salaam with key dec [...] | 2006-12-20 13:00:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV KTIA TZ |
06DARESSALAAM277 | KIKWETE CORRUPTION TIDBIT [...] (C) President Kikwete has accepted gifts (bribes) from the owner of the Kempinski Hotel chain,s Tanzanian properties, a citizen of the United Arab Emirates. 2. (C) In a conversation with the manager and the publicity director of Dar Es Salaam,s Kilimanjaro-Kempinski Hotel hours after accomp [...] | 2006-02-14 03:38:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TZ |
06DARESSALAAM295 | SAICM: TANZANIAN DELEGATION TO DUBAI CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) The Director of the Environmental Pollution Section of the Office of the Vice President of Tanzania, Ms. Angeline Mulande, told EconOff February 2 that the Tanzanian delegation to the Dubai Conference on the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) understood the [...] | 2006-02-15 10:54:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD ECON PGOV PREL TZ |
06DARESSALAAM298 | "MAN OF THE PEOPLE"-- NEW TANZANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) New Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has moved quickly to put his stamp on government here, with a style marked by vigor and a crystal-clear message. In the last 30 days, he has paid short-notice visits to most of his government's 22 ministries, calling with hard-edged candor for an end [...] | 2006-02-15 14:00:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TZ |
06DARESSALAAM315 | TANZANIA ON BOARD WITH AMIS RE-HAT [...] (SBU) On February 14, Vitus Njiku, Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' United Nations Security Council Unit, told Poloff the Government of Tanzania (GOT) has "no problem" with the re-hatting of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to the United Nations. Mr. Njiku said only Sudan ha [...] | 2006-02-17 06:18:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU TZ UNSC |
06DARESSALAAM4 | KIKWETE'S CABINET APPROVES MCA COMPACT PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 28, President Kikwete and Cabinet officially approved the Government of Tanzania's (GOT's) Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact proposal for submission to Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Washington. The GOT's proposal focuses on strengthening Tanzania's [...] | 2006-09-07 12:30:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ENRG EINT TZ |
06DARESSALAAM444 | TANZANIA: INPUT FOR 2006 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] Since 2003, Tanzania's exports under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) have reached a plateau at around USD 3.7 million per annum. In 2005, textiles and apparel accounted for nearly 74 percent of Tanzania's total AGOA exports. Tanzania's textile industries face several challenge [...] | 2006-03-08 15:50:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PGOV PHUM TZ |
06DARESSALAAM451 | TANZANIA NOT PLANNING STATEMENT CONCERNING SHRINE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-10 15:06:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO PTER IZ TZ |
06DARESSALAAM452 | TANZANIAN GOVERNMENT QUIET CONCERNING OFFENSIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-10 15:27:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KPAO XF TZ |
06DARESSALAAM498 | TANZANIA: PRESIDENT KIKWETE ASSURES AMBASSADOR OF [...] (C) Taking time out from chairing a six-day working retreat for ministers and deputy ministers, President Jakaya Kikwete met with Ambassador Retzer in Arusha March 15 to discuss peacekeeping, Zanzibar, the MCC compact process, and his upcoming visit to the United States in May 2006. President [...] | 2006-03-21 10:32:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON PHUM TZ |
06DARESSALAAM522 | TANZANIA: MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DISCUSSES [...] (S) Ambassador Retzer met the Minister of Foreign Affairs on March 15 in Arusha to discuss Article 98, the upcoming late March visit of an ACOTA team, and the long-standing U.S. request for Tanzania to allow surveillance over-flights. Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro, appointed as Minister of Foreign Affa [...] | 2006-03-24 14:34:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM TZ |
06DARESSALAAM600 | TANZANIA SEES UN AS PROPER VENUE FOR PSI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-12 10:37:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PRL KNNP TZ |
06DARESSALAAM606 | ACOTA OFFERED, WELL-RECEIVED IN TANZANIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Meetings of the ACOTA (African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance) and Embassy team with officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Defense and National Service (MOD) were positive and produced a way forward to bringing Tanzania into the [...] | 2006-04-13 03:21:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PGOV ETTC TZ |
06DARESSALAAM63 | TANZANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] The Government of Tanzania has taken significant steps to encourage foreign investment by creating an attractive package of incentives for investors and easing bureaucratic requirements. As a result, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Tanzania has increased steadily in the last five years. Tan [...] | 2006-01-18 03:52:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB TZ OPIC USTR PGOV |
06DARESSALAAM696 | TANZANIA: ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE MARKS KIKWETE'S [...] (SBU) As Jakaya Kikwete passed the 120-day mark of his presidency, he continued to wage a sustained and very public attack on alleged corruption, urging probes into persons and institutions that for years enjoyed apparent immunity from scrutiny under previous administrations. The press carried [...] | 2006-05-02 09:15:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID TZ |
06DARESSALAAM715 | AMBASSADOR RETZER AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE DISCUSS [...] (C) President Kikwete emphasized to Ambassador Retzer during an hour-long meeting in Dodoma that his administration intends to be "proactive in developing our relationship with the United States." Kikwete indicated he will use his mid-May trip to Washington, Boston and New York to forge stron [...] | 2006-05-03 12:43:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID MARR TZ |
06DARESSALAAM731 | EAST AFRICAN FEDERATION: FAST-TRACK OR EMPTY TALK? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Economic convergence in the East African Community (EAC) in on track, with a Customs Union expected to be fully functional by 2010. To further strengthen the region's economic ties, the EAC Secretariat also has hopes to undertake major infrastructure projects in areas such as e [...] | 2006-05-04 12:26:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ETRD PGOV TZ |
06DARESSALAAM738 | TANZANIA'S PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR FY 2006 ESF: [...] Project Summary: Utilizing wind-up radios, develop creative programming to enrich school curricula in order to attract children to stay in school. Such programs would potentially increase the school retention rate of girls, reduce the number of children recruited for child labor or traffick [...] | 2006-05-05 13:51:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT EAID ECON PGOV PHUM TZ |
06DARESSALAAM760 | TANZANIA: LETTER FROM THE AMBASSADOR TO ASSISTANT [...] Please deliver the following letter to the Assistant Secretary Barry Lowenkron, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights SIPDIS and Labor. 2. Begin text: Dear Assistant Secretary Lowenkron: I am writing in support of two proposals to advance democracy in Tanzania that our Embassy recently [...] | 2006-05-09 15:49:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM TZ |
06DARESSALAAM977 | GUARDED OPTIMISM FOR NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT BY [...] (C) On May 25, Poloff had pressed Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Division, for a public statement applauding formation of the new Iraqi government (reftel). Mulamula said that while the Government of Tanzania (GOT) was encouraged by the [...] | 2006-06-16 14:12:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ TZ |
06DHAKA1053 | JMB CHIEF ABDUR RAHMAN SURRENDERS [...] (C) Summary: Early March 2, JMB chieftain Abdur Rahman and two accomplices surrendered to police after a 30-hour standoff inside an upscale house in Sylhet. Bangladeshis are expressing relief, while opposition Awami League figures claim the BDG staged the affair to mask its ties to JMB and pa [...] | 2006-03-02 09:03:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV KISL BG |
06DHAKA1072 | HASINA DISMISSES ZIA'S OFFER OF DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) On March 1, opposition Awami League (AL) leader Sheikh Hasina dismissed as unnecessary Prime Minister Zia,s offer in parliament to form a committee to discuss proposed electoral reforms. Speaking to a mass rally in Chittagong, Hasina declared that her proposals were clear and required n [...] | 2006-03-02 10:31:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM BG |
06DHAKA1108 | CONGRESSMAN CROWLEY MEETS AWAMI LEAGUE LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Joseph Crowley met with Awami League (AL) leader Sheikh Hasina, with several AL members and embassy officials. Hasina and others said the international community and election monitors need to better understand the election situation in Bangladesh, perhaps by arriving [...] | 2006-03-05 08:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV BG |
06DHAKA1143 | BDG CONFRONTED BY FAILURE TO INVEST IN POWER SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The chronic electricity shortage in Bangladesh has turned acute this winter. Steady economic growth and the corresponding growth in electricity demand have begun to overwhelm the country's aging generating capacity. "Load shedding" (controlled blackouts) occurs more regul [...] | 2006-03-06 09:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV EAGR BG |
06DHAKA1160 | KIBRIA APPEAL RESCHEDULED FOR MARCH 7 [...] The Kibria hearing scheduled for March 5 was reset for March 7 due to a crowded court docket. The Appellate Division will hear arguments on whether the investigation should be re-opened. The appeal may be reset yet again if cases on the docket scheduled before the Kibria matter take up the ent [...] | 2006-03-06 12:06:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | BG PGOV PHUM KCRM |
06DHAKA1241 | IAGGA REPORT SUBMISSION FOR BANGLADESH [...] (U) Post is pleased to provide its submission for the 2004-2005 International Anticorruption and Good Governance Act as requested reftel. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Bangladesh Government Efforts: The Government of Bangladesh (BDG) established an independent Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC [...] | 2006-03-09 10:50:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA1242 | USCIRF VISIT TO BANGLADESH [...] Members of the United States International Commission on Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visited Dhaka from February 26 to March 2 and met with Bangladeshi religious, political, civil society and economic leaders to discuss the state of religious freedom and efforts to protect and promote the righ [...] | 2006-03-09 11:18:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PGOV BG |
06DHAKA1365 | MANAGEMENT ACCEPTS UNION; BUYERS PLEDGE INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: After management fired a newly formed union's members, corporate social responsibility compliance agents, trade groups and labor organizers successfully negotiated the reinstatement of fired workers and union officers. Shortly after the settlement, buyers tripled the garment or [...] | 2006-03-14 10:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV BG |
06DHAKA1527 | FACTORIES COLLAPSE AND BURN; EXPERTS HOLD MEETING; [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-20 09:58:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV BG |
06DHAKA1528 | FACTORIES COLLAPSE AND BURN; EXPERTS HOLD MEETING; [...] (SBU) On March 14, in the wake of the Phoenix factory collapse in Dhaka which killed 21 and injured 50, and of the KTS factory fire in Chittagong which killed at least 61 and injured over a 100, and the Radiant Sweater company fire which killed 3 and injured 22, the Center for Policy Dialogue [...] | 2006-03-20 10:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV BG |
06DHAKA1561 | FINAL APPEAL BY KIBRIAS REJECTED BY APELLATE COURT [...] On March 20, the Appellate Division of the High Court rejected the appeal of the Kibria family to re-open the investigation of the murder case. The judge ruled from the bench, affirming the earlier holding that only the trial court had the jurisdiction to determine whether or not a new invest [...] | 2006-03-21 10:28:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | BG KCRM PGOV PHUM |
06DHAKA1565 | ACCUSED AWAMI LEAGUER SAYS HE IS NOT JMB [...] (C) Summary: In a public confession captured JMB commander Ataur Rahman Sunny alleged that AL Religious Advisor Mohammad Abdullah is part of JMB. Poloff spoke to Abdullah, who said that he has never met Sunny, nor anyone from JMB, firmly believes in AL's secular orientation, and speculates tha [...] | 2006-03-22 04:58:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KISL PGOV PREL BG |
06DHAKA1599 | PM ZIA'S SON TARIQUE MAY RUN FOR PARLIAMENT SEAT [...] (SBU) On February 19, media reported that the eldest son of PM Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rahman, said he would run for a Parliament seat if nominated. Rahman, who is the joint Secretary General of the BNP, said that his campaign would SIPDIS highlight the successes of the current regime, such as [...] | 2006-03-23 07:17:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BG |
06DHAKA1600 | GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION NEGOTIATE TERMS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-23 07:40:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BG |
06DHAKA1740 | EYEWITNESSES PLACE KTS FACTORY FIRE DEATHS AT OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Media reported that a fire on February 23 at the Chittagong KTS Textile factory killed 61 people and injured over a hundred. Laboff spoke to KTS factory workers who described the fire which destroyed the factory, left hundreds of workers searching for work, others seeking unpaid [...] | 2006-03-30 08:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PHUM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA1743 | BEPZA HIRES LABOR CONCILATORS IN ANTICIPATION OF [...] (SBU) Towards the end of 2005, the Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) hired two labor "conciliators" pursuant to chapter five --Conciliation and Arbitration -- of the EPZ Workers Association and Industrial Relations Act, 2004 (the EPZ Law). According to the law, the concilia [...] | 2006-03-30 09:04:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV BG |
06DHAKA1863 | SCA DAS GASTRIGHT MEETING WITH SHEIKH HASINA [...] (C) Summary. Opposition Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina expressed concern over the lack of movement on investigating or prosecuting JMB and JMJB suspects, and reiterated her call for international investigation of terrorist incidents in Bangladesh. She also urged the international [...] | 2006-04-04 08:33:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER BG |
06DHAKA1865 | SCA DAS GASTRIGHT MEETINGS AT MFA [...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with Foreign Ministry officials, DAS Gastright commended the BDG on recent arrests of terrorist leaders and stressed the need for further investigations and timely prosecutions. DAS Gastright offered continued technical assistance in counterterrorism efforts, especi [...] | 2006-04-04 09:35:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PREL PGOV UNGA UNSC BG |
06DHAKA2145 | BDG CONCESSIONS DEFUSE KANSAT UPRISING [...] (SBU) Late April 16, demonstrators in Kansat (reftel) and the BDG struck a deal ending a three-month popular uprising over electricity prices and regulation. Except for the resignation of local BNP MP Shahjahan Miah, the BDG delegation of five senior area BNP leaders conceded every demand by [...] | 2006-04-17 10:31:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BG |
06DHAKA2147 | BDG CONCESSIONS DEFUSE KANSAT UPRISING [...] (SBU) Late April 16, demonstrators in Kansat (reftel) and the BDG struck a deal ending a three-month popular uprising over electricity prices and regulation. Except for the resignation of local BNP MP Shahjahan Miah, the BDG delegation of five senior area BNP leaders conceded every demand by [...] | 2006-04-17 10:35:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BG |
06DHAKA2185 | OPPOSITION SIT-IN AT PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE COULD [...] (SBU) The Awami League-led opposition alliance is pressing forward with plans to hold on April 19 a sit-in in front of the Prime Minister's Office from 1100 to 1300 local. Their declared objective is to trap Prime Minister Khaleda Zia inside her office in support of their demands for electoral [...] | 2006-04-19 00:35:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BG |
06DHAKA2207 | OPPOSITION SIT-IN ENDS WITHOUT MAJOR VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) On April 19, sporadic clashes between opposition activists and police in two downtown Dhaka areas injured some 60 persons and led to limited nearby property damage, according to press reports and other sources. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at approximately 1000 demonstrator [...] | 2006-04-19 10:23:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM BG |
06DHAKA2224 | STRIKES CONTINUE AS OPPOSITION PRESSES FOR REFORMS [...] (SBU) On April 20, the Awami League led 14 party opposition, held its dawn to dusk hartal throughout the country. As of 1600 local, the hartal was widely observed, with a number of AL supporters seen throughout Dhaka enforcing the hartal. As normal, government owned buses operated, as did pri [...] | 2006-04-20 08:47:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BG |
06DHAKA2296 | BANGLADESH CONFRONTED WITH HEROIN PROBLEM [...] (U) Summary: Intercepted heroin shipments to the UK spawned government attention to a drug problem that Bangladesh has been reluctant to acknowledge. A recently released report by the BDG on the matter reveals gaping holes in the country's counter-narcotics program. Although narcotics te [...] | 2006-04-24 00:34:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM SNAR PGOV PTER BG |
06DHAKA2378 | BANGLADESH: LOCAL G8 CTAG MEETING [...] (SBU) On April 18, Dhaka based G8 countries embassies met at the Russian embassy for the local CTAG meeting chaired by Russia. Represented countries included France, German, UK, Australia, European Commission, Switzerland, Japan, Italy, Canada, and Russia, mostly at the Chief of Mission level. [...] | 2006-04-25 08:31:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL BG |
06DHAKA238 | JMB BOMBER SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS [...] (SBU) On January 15, the Kishoreganj town court, located 100 kilometers north of Dhaka, sentenced Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) regional commander Obaidullah Sumon, aged 25, to 15 years of "rigorous imprisonment" and fined him 2,000 taka (50 USD) for possession of four kilos of gunpowder [...] | 2006-01-17 11:10:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA239 | STACKING THE ELECTION COMMISSION [...] (SBU) On January 16, President Iajuddin Ahmed, acting on the advice of PM Zia, appointed two new commissioners to the Election Commission (EC): BNP loyalists Mahfuzur Rahman, former High Court Justice, and S.M. Zakaria, the now former Secretary of the EC. Both men are expected to side with [...] | 2006-01-17 11:39:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BG KGOV BGD |
06DHAKA2451 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH LAW MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Law Minister Ahmed stated that legislation to separate the judiciary from the executive branch will be presented to parliament before the caretaker government takes over in October. He agreed to support a financial crimes task force and accepted RLA's assistance in drafting langu [...] | 2006-04-27 02:02:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | BG PGOV PREL PTER |
06DHAKA2485 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Butenis and USAID Director called on Dr. Md. Osman Farruk, Minister of Education on 23 April 2006. The planned 30 minute call lasted almost one hour, with the Minister touching on everything from the BDG,s successes in education to his predictions on the upcoming elec [...] | 2006-04-30 06:02:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | BG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
06DHAKA2494 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER FOR LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and LGRD Minister/BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan discussed RAB's recent capture of top terrorist leaders (reftel),prospects for AL/BNP dialogue, and the BNP-JI coalition in the upcoming election. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On April 26, Ambassador made her [...] | 2006-04-30 07:29:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID BG |
06DHAKA2503 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON AWAMI LEAGUE [...] (C) Summary. Hasina stated she "wants" to participate in elections but major changes are necessary to ensure a free and fair process. She credited foreign pressure for the capture of JMB leaders, and reiterated her view that the most senior levels of the BNP were behind the 2004 grenade attac [...] | 2006-04-30 11:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BG |
06DHAKA2573 | JMB TERRORIST INVESTIGATION MARCHES ON--UP TO A [...] (S) Summary. The BDG's pursuit of JMB crossed a huge threshold in April with the capture of the last two members of JMB's senior leadership body. Overall, some 693 alleged JMB activists have been arrested, 141 criminal cases have been filed, and 31 defendants have been convicted and sentence [...] | 2006-05-03 05:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER KISL PGOV PHUM BG |
06DHAKA2667 | BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED MAY 9-13 D-8 SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-08 10:52:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS BG |
06DHAKA2681 | PRE ELECTION JOCKEYING CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Election Commission issued a voter list based on a fresh voter canvas, which showed a 22 percent increase over previous election lists. AL SYG Jalil responded to BNP SYG Bhuiyan to ask for mutual concessions in creating an acceptable dialogue committee to discuss AL demands f [...] | 2006-05-09 09:47:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KISL BG |
06DHAKA2739 | FORMER PRESIDENT CALLS HOUSE FIRE BNP [...] (C) Summary. Former president B. Chowdhury and his son Mahi label the mysterious early morning fire that enveloped three areas of their Dhaka home an assassination attempt by BNP elements fearful of their party's allegedly growing popularity. BNP desire to deter the defection of restless parl [...] | 2006-05-15 08:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA2746 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO BANGLADESH OF TREASURY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-16 03:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER EFIN BG |
06DHAKA2799 | NARCOTICS ARREST: BIG FISH FOR LAW AND ORDER? [...] (C) Summary: The recent arrest of a prominent businessmen led to the BDG pronouncement of success against heroin traffickers in the country. The chairman of a large food export company is the government's "big fish" in the case, despite his arrest being based solely on the confessions of j [...] | 2006-05-17 10:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM SNAR PGOV PTER BG |
06DHAKA2841 | OPPOSITION, MEDIA SHARPEN ATTACKS ON VOTER LIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Election Commission released its draft voter list on May 3, and gave the public until May 21 to submit corrections. The opposition Awami League and the media harshly criticize the list as having excess voters and numerous omissions. Prominent NGOs believe the problems are [...] | 2006-05-18 09:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KISL BG |
06DHAKA3001 | UPDATE ON AHMADIYAS [...] (U) The Ahmadiya community planned an event known as a Jalsa Salana to be held in Kandipara, Brahmanbaria on May 20. In connection with this event, the press claimed the local Ahmadiyas had renamed the town Ahmadiya Para. Both the gathering of Ahmadiyas and the apparent renaming of their to [...] | 2006-05-23 10:26:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM |
06DHAKA3002 | GARMENT WORKERS PROTESTS ERUPT IN VIOLENCE [...] (U) Summary: Garment worker protests at a Savar factory May 22 quickly spilled over to other factories and then into the Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ). Police were slow to respond, but had the situation under control by late afternoon. Reports indicate one death, several injuries [...] | 2006-05-23 11:23:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB ECON ASEC BG |
06DHAKA3053 | RUMORS SWIRL AS DHAKA RETURNS TO NORMAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Dhaka returned to normal on May 24, with only scattered processions after yesterday's rash of attacks on as many as 300 garment factories. An unclear mix of garment workers and others participated in the violence that injured approximately 100 persons, few if any seriously. The [...] | 2006-05-24 12:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC BG |
06DHAKA3063 | ELECTION COMMISSIONER PLEDGES TO IMPLEMENT COURT [...] (C) Summary. CEC Aziz promised Ambassador he will fully honor a Supreme Court order to revise rather than create a brand new voter list. He charged a "powerful section" (the Awami League) and the media with misrepresenting his actions to spread chaos and undermine elections. Despite calls for [...] | 2006-05-25 12:20:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM BG |
06DHAKA3079 | A/S TREASURY PATRICK O'BRIEN MEETS BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) Summary: May 17 and 18, Department of Treasury (Treasury) Office for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Assistant Secretary (A/S) Patrick O'Brien visited key Bangladesh officials involved in counter-terrorist financing (CTF) policy making and implementation. Accompanying A/S O'Bri [...] | 2006-05-29 07:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EFIN BG |
06DHAKA3147 | CONSPIRACY THEORIES SWIRL IN DHAKA [...] (C) Summary. Last week's garment factory riots, and the sudden illness of President Ahmed, rekindled conspiracy rumors across the spectrum regarding alleged moves to subvert or substantially change the electoral process. The least far-fetched may be that PM Zia would, as an insurance policy [...] | 2006-05-31 10:43:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM BG |
06DHAKA3188 | U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-01 11:07:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BD |
06DHAKA3321 | JAMMAT MP FOR A HINDU CONSITIUENCY [...] (U) On a recent trip through the southwest, PolOff met with Golam Parwar, a Jamaat Islami MP. Parwar represents the Dumuria area of Khulna district, a constituency that is 35-40% Hindu and voted for Awami League (AL) consistently prior to 2001. As it is highly unusual for Hindus to support [...] | 2006-06-07 09:09:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL BG |
06DHAKA3330 | FINANCE MINISTER FRETS ABOUT THE UPCOMING BUDGET, [...] (C) Summary: According to Asian Development Bank (ADB) ResRep Hua Du, Finance Minister Saifur Rahman is frustrated by his declining influence as a senior advisor to the PM. He told Du that he wants development partners to know that he understands the need to act on key issues, like cutting [...] | 2006-06-07 10:35:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ETRD EAID BG |
06DHAKA3389 | CLASHES MARK OPPOSITION'S DHAKA SIEGE PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-11 16:09:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM BG |
06DHAKA3449 | FINANCE MINISTER DELIVERS FY 2007 BUDGET [...] (U) Summary: Finance Minister Saifur Rahman presented an ambitious budget to Parliament on June 8 designed, he said, to balance stakeholder interests and address the needs of the three governments - current, caretaker, and next elected -- that will be responsible for its implementations. P [...] | 2006-06-12 12:39:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL BG |
06DHAKA3454 | ELECTION COMMISSION ANNOUNCES NEXT STEPS REGARDING [...] Summary. Nearly three weeks after the Supreme Court announced its nullification of the "fresh" voter list, and a week after receiving the formal court order, the Election Commission (EC) finally met on June 12 to discuss implementation of the decision. The steps announced by the EC include sev [...] | 2006-06-13 11:02:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV BG |
06DHAKA352 | SPECULATION ON BDG'S FAILURE TO CATCH JMB LEADERS [...] (SBU) On January 19, 2,000 police and paramilitary personnel cordoned off an area in Kushtia, 120 kilometers west of Dhaka, to hunt for fugitive JMB leader Bangla Bhai, according to police and media reports. Five helicopters, a huge deployment for Bangladesh, supported the effort reportedly t [...] | 2006-01-23 11:25:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER KCRM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA353 | HARTAL KICKS OFF NEW OPPOSITION PROGRAM [...] (SBU) On January 22, the Awami League led a nationwide strike (hartal) called to protest the recent activities of the Election Commission (EC),including the recent appointment of two controversial Commissioners and the EC's apparent determination to continue creating a new voter role (reftel [...] | 2006-01-23 11:45:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BD BGD |
06DHAKA3538 | TABLIGH-E-JAMAAT: ISLAMIC REVIVALISM STRIKING DEEP [...] (S) Summary. Tabligh-e-Jamaat (TJ) is a transnational Islamic missionary movement that has deep roots in Bangladesh. Its followers here probably number in the millions, and the organization's influence extends to every corner of the country. The most unique feature of TJ is its emphasis on [...] | 2006-06-15 04:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS PTER BG |
06DHAKA354 | JAMAAT ISLAMI LEADER DISCUSSES POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: On January 19, Poloff met Jamaat Islami Assistant Secretary General Abdul Quader Molla in his JI offices. Molla predicted that the AL would join the election, and said JI would welcome Ershad's party to the BNP/JI alliance. He saw no long-term fallout from JMB's attacks on JI's [...] | 2006-01-24 01:31:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PREL BG JI BGD |
06DHAKA3555 | SOUTHWEST BANGLADESH: SECURITY AND THE 2006-07 [...] Summary: PolOff and PolFSN recently visited the Southwestern area of Bangladesh, which for over thirty years has seen some of the worst ultra-Maoists violence and where numerous atrocities were committed against minorities during the 2001 election. While civil society expressed concern ab [...] | 2006-06-15 09:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM BG |
06DHAKA3570 | WEEK OF PROTESTS CONSIDERED A SUCCESS BY OPPOSITION [...] SUMMARY: The Awami League (AL) and its 14-party alliance declared a 36-hour hartal on June 13 and 14 on the heels of their "siege of Dhaka" program. The hartal appeared to be better observed than previous ones, with some incidents of violence. The AL views the action as a success, and has an [...] | 2006-06-15 10:53:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM BG |
06DHAKA3571 | WEEK OF PROTESTS CONSIDERED A SUCCESS BY OPPOSITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Awami League (AL) and its 14-party alliance declared a 36-hour hartal on June 13 and 14 on the heels of their "siege of Dhaka" program. The hartal appeared to be better observed than previous ones, with some incidents of violence. The AL views the action as a success, and has [...] | 2006-06-15 11:06:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM BG |
06DHAKA358 | BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FINAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-24 07:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV ETRD ECON PGOV BG |
06DHAKA361 | HOME MINISTER ASSURES PEACE CORPS OF FULL [...] (C) Summary: Home Minister of State Babar told Peace Corps Chief of Security that security would be tightened at all Peace Corps sites and urged Peace Corps Volunteers (PCV) are staying and urged that the organization remain in Bangladesh so as not to give in to the terrorists. 2. (SBU) O [...] | 2006-01-24 12:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC BD BG |
06DHAKA3680 | PM SECRETARY SIDDIQUI DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH [...] (C) Ambassador Butenis discussed the upcoming elections with Dr. Kamal Siddiqui, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, during a brief June 18 courtesy call. Dr. Siddiqui welcomed the attention of the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia as the "four key partners". He said these partners [...] | 2006-06-20 07:52:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM BG |
06DHAKA3690 | STILL UNDER FIRE, ELECTION COMMISSION ADJUSTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Election Commission (EC) is trying to move forward with plans for the voter list in the wake of the Supreme Court decision which nullified the "fresh" enumeration. The EC was forced to backtrack on its plans to use some of the information gathered in the nullified enumeration, [...] | 2006-06-20 10:49:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM BG |
06DHAKA3725 | BDG CONTEMPLATES POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary: The BDG is considering replacing ailing President Iajuddin Ahmed out of concern that his poor health will prevent him from running his office during the term of the caretaker government ahead of next January's parliamentary elections. PM Zia favors giving Ahmed some more time eith [...] | 2006-06-21 10:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM BG |
06DHAKA3888 | ANTI-AHMADIYA PROTESTS IN DHAKA FIZZLE OUT [...] SUMMARY. A new wave of anti-Ahmadiya protests in Dhaka fizzled out when attempts by the extremist Khatme Nabuwat Andolan Bangladesh (KNAB) movement to take over an Ahmadiya mosque were thwarted by police. The quick police reaction diffused a potentially violent situation with minimal violence [...] | 2006-06-29 10:14:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL BG |
06DHAKA3940 | TWO DEAD AS OPPOSITION TRANSPORTATION BLOCKADE [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 2 the Awami League (AL)-led transportation blockade of the country turned violent. Both an opposition activist and a policeman died during the protests, while over 100 people were injured. The AL and its opposition coalition partners announced a dawn-to-dusk hartal for J [...] | 2006-07-03 11:09:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC BG |
06DHAKA4169 | AMBASSADOR VISITS KIBRIA FAMILY [...] (U) On July 9, the Ambassador paid a call on the Kibria family, the third in a series of five visits to families of victims of political violence. Asma Kibria, Shah Kibria's widow, son Reza (an academic formerly resident in Brisbane, Australia),daughter Nazli, Reza's wife, and several grandch [...] | 2006-07-10 10:29:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM BG |
06DHAKA4254 | QUAD "TEA GROUP" DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH PM'S [...] (C) Ambassador hosted a dinner for Reaz Rahman, the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor, on July 9. British High Commissioner Anwar Chowdhury and Australian High Commissioner Doug Foskett also attended. (Canadian High Commissioner remains out of the country.) The purpose of the dinner was [...] | 2006-07-12 09:42:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM BG |
06DHAKA429 | SCA A/S ROCCA MEETS WITH MFA OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: SCA A/S Christina Rocca discussed concerns over the rise in extremism and terrorist acts, upcoming elections, and governance issues. MFA officials assured her that BDG is committed to addressing these issues and has made significant progress in combating terrori [...] | 2006-01-27 07:56:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ETRD BG BGD |
06DHAKA431 | A/S ROCCA MEETS WITH BANGLADESH PM ZIA [...] (C) Summary: In a January 26 meeting with Prime Minister Zia, Assistant Secretary for South Asia Christina Rocca discussed extremism, elections and political violence and delivered the President's letter to the PM. PM Zia reiterated her commitment to speak out forcefully against extremism [...] | 2006-01-27 08:07:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KCRM BG BGD |
06DHAKA4339 | BANGLADESH: LIMITED REACTION TO HOSTILITIES [...] Bangladeshi reaction to the hostilities between Israel and Lebanon has thus far been muted. Responding to media questions, a spokesman for the MFA condemned Israeli attacks and called on Israel to halt its "aggressive" actions. The BDG has not issued a formal statement. 2. Media rep [...] | 2006-07-16 09:10:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV ASEC BG IS LE |
06DHAKA4399 | MUMBAI BLASTS - BDG OFFICIALS DENY INDIAN NEWS [...] Bangladesh State Minister for Home Affairs Babar has denied as "ridiculous" reports in the Indian press that explosives used in the Mumbai blasts were brought from Bangladesh. He suggested the news reports might be a counterpoint to similar news reports in Bangladesh alleging Indian links [...] | 2006-07-17 10:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV BG |
06DHAKA4413 | JATIYA PARTY POSITIONED AS POSSIBLE "KINGMAKER" IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Speculation about the political future of former President Ershad is on the increase in Bangladesh. Ershad and his Jatiya Party (JP) have stepped up negotiations with both the BNP and Awami League (AL),with particular emphasis on the ruling BNP-led coalition, in preparation for t [...] | 2006-07-18 12:07:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC BG |
06DHAKA4435 | PARTIES INCH CLOSER TO TALKS AS PRE-ELECTION GAMES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The opposition Awami League appeared to score a string of victories. The Election Commission retreated from the last of its controversial decisions regarding implementation of the Supreme Court decision on the voter list, and the BDG withdrew two amendment proposals that had gene [...] | 2006-07-20 01:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC BG |
06DHAKA4700 | JUDICIARY IS "SHAKING BADLY" OVER DISSATISFACTION [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador's dinner for four of Bangladesh's most respected legal figures indicated that a "catastrophe" was looming in the judiciary which the former Chief Justice described as "shaking badly" due to the Chief Justice's inability to deal with government interference. End Summary. [...] | 2006-07-27 09:38:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | BG PGOV PREL PTER |
06DHAKA4811 | ERSHAD NEARS ANNOUNCEMENT ON JOINING 4-PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Speculation increased this week that former President Ershad is poised to announce an alliance of his Jatiya Party (JP) with the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance. Ershad confirmed to us that a formal coalition was nearly certain and that there are only a few issues left to resolve, in [...] | 2006-08-03 06:06:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BG |
06DHAKA4973 | KIBRIA FAMILY TELLS A/S BOUCHER ONLY MILITARY [...] On August 3, SCA A/S Richard Boucher met for 40 minutes with the family of slain political leader A.M.S. Shah Kibria at their residence to reiterate USG condolences and receive an update on their efforts to bring Kibria's killers to justice. Present were Mrs. Kibria, son Reza, his wife and th [...] | 2006-08-08 04:17:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL BG |
06DHAKA4974 | KIBRIA FAMILY TELLS A/S BOUCHER ONLY MILITARY [...] (SBU) On August 3, SCA A/S Richard Boucher met for 40 minutes with the family of slain political leader A.M.S. Shah Kibria at their residence to reiterate USG condolences and receive an update on their efforts to bring Kibria's killers to justice. Present were Mrs. Kibria, son Reza, his wife a [...] | 2006-08-08 04:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL BG |
06DHAKA4975 | A/S BOUCHER PUSHES AWAMI LEAGUE TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] (C) Summary: During A/S Boucher's election-focused meeting with Sheikh Hasina, the Awami League president acknowledged that her party's legitimacy hinges on participating in the electoral process. She would not, however, rule out an opposition boycott. Boucher pused for Awami League partici [...] | 2006-08-08 05:18:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BG |
06DHAKA5025 | BOUCHER DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, EXTREMISM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 3, A/S Boucher met separately with Acting Foreign Secretary Moniruzzman and Reaz Rahman, the Prime Minister's Advisor for Foreign Affairs Rahman acknowledged concerns about the Chief Election Commissioner's performance but was upbeat on Bangladesh's relationship with [...] | 2006-08-09 04:00:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | BG PGOV PREL |
06DHAKA505 | RECORD-BREAKING BISWA IJTEMA ENDS IN BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) On January 30, after three days, Biswa Ijtema, the world's second largest annual congregation of the Muslim Ummah, ended. Media estimated that a record-breaking 2.5 to 3.5 million Bangladeshis attended, most of them on the last day, along with over 4500 foreigners from over 60 countries. [...] | 2006-01-30 11:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PGOV BG |
06DHAKA5051 | JATIYA PARTY MP: NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE ON [...] (C) On August 10, Jatiya Party M. P. Ghulam Quader told poloff that President Ershad has only said he is prepared to join the four-party alliance, but no decision has been made whether to join or not. Quader discounted reports that he advocated joining Awami League or would split with Jatiya P [...] | 2006-08-10 09:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BG |
06DHAKA5201 | BANGLADESH ISLAMI UNIVERSITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited Bangladesh Islami University, a new Bangladesh private university with Saudi Arabian connections. Secretary General Maulana Jafri discussed his university's expansion plans, asked for U.S. assistance, and denied any plans to run for office. End Summary. 2. (S [...] | 2006-08-15 06:23:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL KCRM PGOV BD |
06DHAKA5224 | ANNIVERSARY OF AUGUST 17 NATIONWIDE BLASTS [...] (C) One year after the nationwide blasts that rocked Bangladesh, political parties of all hues are holding commemorative rallies in Dhaka to condemn terrorism and Jamaatul Mujahidin Bangladesh, the group charged with the blasts and a subsequent wave of attacks. Some local media called for the [...] | 2006-08-17 09:41:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PGOV PREL BG |
06DHAKA5332 | INDO-BANGLADESH RELATIONS SHOW NEW STRAIN [...] (S) Summary. After a brief respite between the Dhaka SAARC summit in October and Prime Minister Zia's visit to New Delhi in March, Indo-Bangladeshi relations are again showing strain. Given India's support for the opposition Awami League, Indian antagonism towards the current government, and [...] | 2006-08-22 08:23:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER PGOV KISL IN BG |
06DHAKA536 | A/S ROCCA'S MEETING WITH JAMAAT ISLAMI CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: JI amir Nizami told A/S Rocca that JMB has "no support anywhere in the country" and that the BDG has destroyed JMB's field activists. He denied any ties between JI and JMB, declared the next elections will be free and fair, and lobbied for closer US/BDG relations. End summary. [...] | 2006-02-01 04:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV BG |
06DHAKA5388 | LAST CALL! CORRUPTION AT THE END OF THE BNP [...] (C) Summary: The BNP led government is engaged in an apparently unprecedented level of grand corruption in its waning days in power. Greed and the need to finance upcoming political campaigns are driving the upswing. The widely held belief that members of the Prime Minister's and other se [...] | 2006-08-24 09:26:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KCRM BG |
06DHAKA5422 | FADING JUDICIARY REPUTATION TAKES TWO MORE HITS [...] (SBU) Summary. The appointment of 17 dubious judges to the High Court and the dropping of two more corruption charges against former President Ershad have further sullied the reputation of Bangladesh's judiciary. End Summary. Judges of Ill Repute -------------------- 2. (SBU) On August [...] | 2006-08-24 12:17:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BG |
06DHAKA5452 | DEMONSTRATIONS AT COAL MINE TURN VIOLENT [...] Police and the Bangladesh Rifles opened fire August 26 on demonstrators in Phulbari (Northwest Bangladesh) protesting UK listed Asia Energy Corporation's plans to begin open cast coal mining in the area. At least seven protestors were killed and 60-300 people were injured, according to rep [...] | 2006-08-28 10:27:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV PGOV EMIN BG |
06DHAKA563 | SCA A/S ROCCA'S MEETING WITH GENERAL ERSHAD [...] (SBU) On January 27, SCA A/S Christina Rocca met with Jatiya Party chairman General Ershad. Charge and conoff (notetaker) were also present. 2. (C) Asked to comment on the current state of affairs in Bangladesh, Ershad replied, &You mean fundamentalism and the Election Commission?8 [...] | 2006-02-02 00:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV BG BGD |
06DHAKA564 | SCA A/S ROCCA'S MEETING WITH AWAMI LEAGUE LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Sheikh Hasina complained that the ruling BNP-JI coalition seeks to eliminate all opposition in the run-up to the next election, and that given a free and fair choice, the Bangladeshi people would naturally choose the Awami League as their leaders. However, she declined to m [...] | 2006-02-02 00:49:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV BG BGD |
06DHAKA5706 | FOREIGN MINISTER KHAN STILL HAS FOREIGN RELATION [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Khan requested a meeting with Secretary Rice during the time he would be in the United States, outlined his views to improve relations with India, and confirmed that Bangladesh hopes to open an embassy in Afghanistan by the end of the year. End Summary. 2. (C) [...] | 2006-09-07 04:31:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER BG |
06DHAKA5723 | OPPOSITION-LED SIEGE ON ELECTION COMMISSION ENDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Sporadic clashes broke out between demonstrators and police when the Awami League-led opposition launched a siege of the Election Commission (EC) on September 6 demanding reform of the electoral process and caretaker government. Dozens of protestors, including the political sec [...] | 2006-09-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC BG |
06DHAKA5766 | NGO WORKERS ARRESTED IN ADVANCE OF OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Police across Bangladesh have arrested at least 100 members of Proshika, a giant human development NGO, to prevent them from participating in upcoming anti-government programs organized by the opposition Awami League. According to press reports, the Proshika members were arrested without [...] | 2006-09-11 11:06:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PREL BG |
06DHAKA5768 | SQUABBLE RESOLVED BETWEEN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER AND [...] (C) Summary. Diplomatic facilitation resolved a bizarre but potentially serious squabble between a civil society leader and the head of the GOB's Board of Investment. Neither protagonist was innocent of blame, but the dropping of defamation charges against CPD's Deb Bhattacharya is a notable [...] | 2006-09-11 12:42:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BG |
06DHAKA5797 | TWO AWAMI LEAGUE MP'S INJURED IN CLASHES WITH [...] (SBU) Approximately 100 persons, including Awami League MP's Mohammaed Nasim, a former Home Minister, and Assaduzzaman Nur received modest injuries today during the opposition's march on the Prime Minister's Office, according to press and police reports. Police used tear gas and batons to rep [...] | 2006-09-12 12:34:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BG |
06DHAKA5836 | NDI MISSION PROVIDES BLUNT ASSESSMENT OF [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. The National Democratic Institute (NDI) conducted a pre-election assessment of the political environment in Bangladesh from September 8 to 11. Its team was led by former Senator Tom Daschle and included former New Zealand Prime Minister and World Trade Organiza [...] | 2006-09-13 11:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC BG |
06DHAKA5839 | AMBASSADOR BUTENIS DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH [...] (C) Ambassador Butenis met September 14 with President Iajuddin Ahmed to solicit his views on the current political situation, the upcoming elections, and his role during the caretaker government. The President expressed confidence in his ability to fulfill his constitutional role during th [...] | 2006-09-14 11:00:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM BG |
06DHAKA5892 | FACILITATING POLITICAL DIALOGUE: "PLEASE DO [...] (S) Summary. As Bangladesh's polarized political parties count down to the arrival of the Caretaker regime in late October, we, with support from our Canadian, British, and Australian colleagues, are working publicly and privately to promote dialogue between the opposition Awami League and the [...] | 2006-09-18 11:47:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM BG |
06DHAKA590 | OPPOSITION CONTINUES PROTESTS WITH NATION-WIDE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-02 09:46:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM BG BGD |
06DHAKA5911 | SOLICITATION FOR 06 INCLE FUNDS FOR TIP [...] Per reftels, Post is forwarding the following TIP proposal submitted by Post in consultation with the Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Training and Development (OPDAT) at the US Department of Justice. This is the same proposal that was submitted by Post on February 14, 2006 for a USD 190,000 [...] | 2006-09-19 06:45:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL BG |
06DHAKA6077 | GARMENT WORKERS TAKE TO STREETS [...] (SBU) On September 30, media reported that garment workers from several factories ransacked police stations and damaged 50 vehicles to protest for better pay. Police responded with rubber bullets and teargas, resulting in 50 police officers injured along with several journalists. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2006-10-02 04:49:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6091 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LEADER HASINA [...] (C) During a September 27 one-hour meeting with Ambassador to discuss her pending visit to the United States, Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina reaffirmed her commitment to discuss election reforms with the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Hasina stated that her notional travel d [...] | 2006-10-03 10:50:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM BG |
06DHAKA6109 | FORMER POWER MINISTER CLAIMS WHISTLEBLOWING LED TO [...] (U) The Prime Minister appointed Ukil Abdus Sattar as Power Secretary on October 3. Sattar replaces Anarul Kabir Talukder, who was forced to resign on September 29, just three months after taking over as Power Secretary. Talukder was forced out following attacks on power company offices an [...] | 2006-10-04 10:46:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV KDEM KCRM BG |
06DHAKA6179 | QUAD AGREEMENT ON BANGLADESH ELECTION THRESHOLDS [...] (C) On October 4, the U.S., U.K., Australian, and Canadian heads of mission met and gave final approval for the UK-drafted elections threshold paper and the U.S.-drafted caretaker government engagement framework (see below). The heads of mission also discussed efforts to promote dialogue and [...] | 2006-10-05 13:04:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM BG UK AS CA |
06DHAKA6184 | QUAD AGREEMENT ON BANGLADESH ELECTION THRESHOLDS [...] (C) On October 4, the U.S., U.K., Australian, and Canadian heads of mission met and gave final approval for the UK-drafted elections threshold paper and the U.S.-drafted caretaker government engagement framework (see below). The heads of mission also discussed efforts to promote dialogue and [...] | 2006-10-06 03:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM BG UK AS CA |
06DHAKA6192 | POLICE FOIL LATEST ANTI-AHMADIYA PROTEST [...] On October 6, Police have thwarted another attempt by the International Khatme Nabuwat Movement Bangladesh (IKNMB),an anti-Ahmadiya militant organization, to seize an Ahmadiya mosque in the Purba Nakhampara area in Dhaka approximately five kilometers from the chancery. IKNMB supporters began [...] | 2006-10-09 10:55:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL BG |
06DHAKA6225 | CONTROVERSIAL JOURNALIST IN HIDING AFTER DISPUTED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Controversial Bangladeshi journalist Shoaib Chowdhury is in hiding following an attack on him last week at his newspaper office. He has been in touch with us multiple occasions to express concerns about his safety. We have flagged with the Home Minister, the Foreign Secretary, a [...] | 2006-10-10 11:26:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC BG |
06DHAKA623 | GRAND RALLY MARKS END OF LONG MARCH;AL PROMISES [...] (U) On February 5, following a three day march from all quadrants of the country, the Awami League and other opposition parties held a large rally in Dhaka. The leader of the opposition Sheikh Hasina stated that the AL would return to Parliament this week, in order to formally present its d [...] | 2006-02-07 08:45:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM BG |
06DHAKA6257 | JOURNALIST "SAFE AT HOME" AFTER NIGHT IN HIDING [...] (SBU) At 2030 hrs on October 11 Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury called POLOFF to provide an update of his situation. Choudhury told POLOFF that he was now "safe at home." Choudhury said his lawyer had arranged "anticipatory bail" for him on an arrest warrant regarding the charges filed against h [...] | 2006-10-11 16:42:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC BG |
06DHAKA6258 | GARMENT WORKERS RAMPAGE [...] (SBU) Local media reported that garment workers blocked roads, ransacked over 100 factories, and looted storefronts in the Dhaka areas of Mipur, Uttara, Gazipur and to a limited extent Savar over a period of four hours on 10 October. Police fired blank shotgun rounds and deployed tear gas in an [...] | 2006-10-12 02:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6261 | JOURNALIST'S SEDITION CASE HEARING UNEVENTFUL [...] (SBU) On October 12, the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Court held a charge framing hearing on the sedition case against journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury. An Embassy observer was present for the hearing, which lasted just five minutes. The defense attempted to compel the court to review a [...] | 2006-10-12 11:12:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM BG |
06DHAKA6262 | HOME MINISTER PROVIDES BACKGROUND ON CHOUDHURY CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge d'Affaires a.i. met with Home Minister Lutfozzaman Babar on October 12 to discuss journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury. Charge informed Babar that the Embassy remains very engaged in the Choudhury case. She reminded the Home Minister of U.S. focus in the case, namely to [...] | 2006-10-13 11:22:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BG |
06DHAKA6263 | HOME MINISTER PROVIDES BACKGROUND ON CHOUDHURY CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge d'Affaires a.i. met with Home Minister Lutfozzaman Babar on October 12 to discuss journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury. Charge informed Babar that the Embassy remains very engaged in the Choudhury case. She reminded the Home Minister of U.S. focus in the case, namely to [...] | 2006-10-13 11:25:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BG |
06DHAKA6264 | HOME MINISTER PROVIDES BACKGROUND ON CHOUDHURY CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge d'Affaires a.i. met with Home Minister Lutfozzaman Babar on October 12 to discuss journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury. Charge informed Babar that the Embassy remains very engaged in the Choudhury case. She reminded the Home Minister of U.S. focus in the case, namely to [...] | 2006-10-13 11:25:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BG |
06DHAKA6265 | HOME MINISTER PROVIDES BACKGROUND ON CHOUDHURY CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge d'Affaires a.i. met with Home Minister Lutfozzaman Babar on October 12 to discuss journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury. Charge informed Babar that the Embassy remains very engaged in the Choudhury case. She reminded the Home Minister of U.S. focus in the case, namely to [...] | 2006-10-13 11:25:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BG |
06DHAKA6299 | NATIONAL WAGE BOARD OFFERS INCREASED MINIMUM WAGE [...] (SBU) On 12 October, the National Wage Board, composed of representatives from labor, government and management, announced what they insisted was the Board's final recommendation to increase the minimum wage for garment workers from 930 to 1,662.50 taka (25 USD) per month. If approved by the [...] | 2006-10-16 10:03:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV BG |
06DHAKA630 | SOLICITATION FOR INCLE FUNDS [...] Per 2005 STATE 221416, post is forwarding the following TIP proposal submitted by The Asia Foundation (TAF). Given the limited resources available through INCLE this year, we do not feel this is this is a strong proposal. The problems addressed in this proposal are either adequately address [...] | 2006-02-08 01:39:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL BG |
06DHAKA6301 | INTER-PARTY ELECTION TALKS RESUME: MORE FORM OVER [...] (SBU) On October 16, Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary-general Mannan Bhuiyan and Abdul Jalil, his SIPDIS counterpart from the opposition Awami League, met for 45 minutes in the fifth round of inter-party talks on the upcoming election. Afterwards, both leaders told reporters they had [...] | 2006-10-16 10:21:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6304 | SECURITY TOPS LIST OF PRE-ELECTION CONCERNS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Observers in the Chittagong area, where high levels of violence and fraud are expected in the upcoming election, see security as their biggest concern. Like other parts of Bangladesh partially stabilized by the deployment of the notoriously aggressive Rapid Action Battalion, they [...] | 2006-10-16 10:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BG |
06DHAKA6305 | CONTROVERSIAL JOURNALIST FILES SUIT AGAINST "JMB [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 16, journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury updated us on his recent suit against the government to remove "JMB judges" from the bench, his sedition case, and the status of his case against his alleged attackers on October 5. Choudhury also provided the names of govern [...] | 2006-10-16 11:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BG |
06DHAKA6346 | BEPZA PLANS FOR WORKER ASSOCIATION ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) Deputy Secretary Morshed Alam discussed with laboff BEPZA's plans to prepare for Workers Association (WA) elections. Alam confirmed BEPZA will announce its plans to factory managers, and BEPZA counselors and administrators before the en [...] | 2006-10-19 08:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6368 | "STOLEN FILMS" ALLEGEDLY AT ROOT OF DISPUTE WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The October 5 incident involving journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury took a new turn with the revelation that the person he accused of attacking him, Hussain Khan Helal, is a U.S. citizen. POLOFF met with Helal when he came to the Embassy's Consular Section to complain abo [...] | 2006-10-19 11:52:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM BG |
06DHAKA6392 | ELECTION REFORM DIALOGUE LIMPS FORWARD [...] (U) BNP General Secretary Mannan Bhuyian and Awami League (AL) General Secretary Abdul Jalil held their sixth formal dialogue meeting October 23 to discuss AL demands for electoral reforms in advance of the January 2007 elections. The meeting lasted a brief 20 minutes and there were no formal [...] | 2006-10-23 12:20:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6411 | ELECTIONS: NEW PARTY LAUNCHED; DIALOGUE ENDS; [...] (U) Former President Badruddoza ("B") Chowdhury and disgruntled BNP MP Col. Oli Ahmed launched their new Liberal Democratic Party on October 27 in Dhaka. Although the launch of the new party was not unexpected, many among the BNP were surprised by the number of BNP defections to the new party [...] | 2006-10-27 09:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BG |
06DHAKA6416 | STREET CLASHES CONTINUE AS POLITICAL LEADERS [...] (C) Summary. Street clashes in Dhaka resumed on Sunday as President Ahmed met separately with representatives of the four major parties to seek common ground for finding Bangladesh's next chief caretaker adviser. The ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party, its coalition partner Jamaat Islami, a [...] | 2006-10-29 10:58:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM BG |
06DHAKA6422 | PRESIDENT SWORN IN AS CARETAKER CHIEF ADVISER [...] (C) Summary. President Ahmed's surprise selection as head of the caretaker government does not end Bangladesh's political crisis, but gives the country a much-needed breather. The opposition has sensibly adopted a wait-and-see attitude on whether Ahmed acts to produce, as promised, free and f [...] | 2006-10-30 09:49:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM BG |
06DHAKA6455 | OPPOSITION LISTS 11 DEMANDS BY NOVEMBER 3, [...] (SBU) On October 30, Awami League president Sheikh Hasina met with and challenged Caretaker Chief Adviser Ahmed to prove his neutrality by taking action by November 3 on 11 fronts: A) The Chief Election Commissioner and three election commissioners must be removed, and all election officer [...] | 2006-10-31 07:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM BG |
06DHAKA6493 | HASINA TELLS AMBASSADOR ELECTION COMMISSIONERS [...] (C) Summary. Opposition leader Hasina indicated to Ambassador some flexibility on her demands for caretaker government action but underscored the centrality of "reconstituting" the Election Commission to avert renewed street violence after November 3. She discounted as cosmetic Chief Adviser [...] | 2006-11-01 07:39:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM BG |
06DHAKA6521 | CARETAKER GOVERNMENT ADVISORS APPOINTED [...] (SBU) Summary. The opposition Awami League fared well with its nominees for caretaker advisers, though portfolios have yet to be assigned. Sporadic political violence persists, mostly outside of Dhaka. Under apparent pressure from the former ruling party, the caretaker government reversed two [...] | 2006-11-01 10:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM BG |
06DHAKA6540 | JAMAAT ISLAMI LEADER BLAMES AWAMI LEAGUE FOR [...] (U) On November 2, the Ambassador and Poloff (notetaker) met with Jamaat Islami (JI) Ameer and outgoing Minister for Industry Motiur Rahman Nizami. JI Secretary General and outgoing Minister for Social Welfare Ali Hassan Mohammed Mujahid, Assistant Secretary General Mohammed Kamaruzzaman, and [...] | 2006-11-02 09:56:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BG |
06DHAKA6545 | ERSHAD TELLS AMBASSADOR HE WILL SOON ANNOUNCE HIS [...] (C) On November 2, Ambassador and poloff (notetaker) met with Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman and former President Ershad along with JP Secretary General Ruhul Amin Howlander and International and Diplomatic Affairs Secretary Golam Moshi. Ershad said that he would announce his joining the Bangladesh [...] | 2006-11-02 10:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6582 | OPPOSITION LEADER BLINKS ON ULTIMATUM [...] (C) On November 3, Awami League president Sheikh Hasina unexpectedly extended until November 11 her deadline for government action on her 11 demands pertaining to the upcoming elections. 2. (C) According to Awami League contacts, she made the decision because of assurances from Chief Advise [...] | 2006-11-06 10:56:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM BG |
06DHAKA6613 | CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER RULES OUT RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary. Controversial Chief Election Commissioner Aziz told Ambassador the constitution and his commitment to a successful election preclude his resignation. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On November 6, Ambassador and poloff (notetaker) called on Chief Election Commissioner Muhammad Aziz. Al [...] | 2006-11-07 10:07:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM BG |
06DHAKA6634 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S VISIT TO BANGLADESH [...] (C) Bangladesh is fixated on looming elections. Turbulent in the best of times, this year they are plagued by violence, a possible boycott, a wobbly caretaker government, a meddling former ruling party, and an aggressive opposition divided on whether it really wants an election. Despite faci [...] | 2006-11-09 08:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM BG |
06DHAKA6635 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S VISIT TO BANGLADESH [...] (C) Bangladesh is fixated on looming elections. Turbulent in the best of times, this year they are plagued by violence, a possible boycott, a wobbly caretaker government, a meddling former ruling party, and an aggressive opposition divided on whether it really wants an election. Despite faci [...] | 2006-11-09 08:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM BG |
06DHAKA6636 | SEARCH FOR ALLEGED CHILD WORKERS AT HARVEST RICH [...] Summary: After a labor rights group acccused the Harvest Rich Garment factory of using child labor, Harvest Rich denied the allegations and produced some of the alleged child workers, who said they are 18 or older. Visiting buyers were unable to find any evidence of child workers, while NLC was [...] | 2006-11-09 08:21:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV CASC BG |
06DHAKA6642 | SECOND DAY OF OPPOSITION BLOCKADE GRIPS BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) Summary. In the second day of the nationwide transportation blockade led by the Awami League, one demonstrator in Dhaka was killed and several dozen injured. Clashes, however, were sporadic, the number of demonstrators was relatively modest, and the violence was less than many had feared [...] | 2006-11-13 11:00:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM BG |
06DHAKA6644 | NATIONWIDE BLOCKADE CONTINUES AMID NEW TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary. There were no reports of major violence on the third day of the opposition's nationwide blockade. Last night, government officials met with representatives of the opposition coalition to discuss options for breaking the political impasse, and will meet with the former ruling c [...] | 2006-11-14 10:50:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6647 | DHAKA INCHES BACK TO NORMAL AMID RUMORS OF [...] (C) Summary. There were no reports of major incidents during the fourth day of the opposition's nationwide transportation blockade program in Bangladesh. Traffic is nearing normal levels in many areas of Dhaka, and demonstrators appear more festive than confrontational. Two Awami League lead [...] | 2006-11-15 10:49:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6660 | BLOCKADE SUSPENSION HINGES ON ELECTION COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary. Privately, the Awami League says that purging the Election Commission would secure its participation in the upcoming election, but many Bangladeshis doubt Chief Adviser Ahmed would let that happen and fear that an intensified nationwide blockade will resume on Monday. End Summary [...] | 2006-11-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6662 | DEA BASIC DRUG ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROPOSAL AND [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Pursuant to a 2002 Bilateral Letter of Agreement on Law Enforcement and Narcotics Control, Post Econ officer and regional DEA representatives in New Delhi propose to conduct a two week course April 2-13, 2007 designed to provide GOB participants basic training in t [...] | 2006-11-19 00:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6665 | BOUCHER STRESSES NON-VIOLENCE, DIALOGUE, AND FREE [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary Boucher stressed to Bangladeshi political leaders U.S. government support for free, fair, credible and peaceful elections, and urged all parties to refrain from violence. Chief Advisor Ahmed expressed confidence that elections would take place peacefully and [...] | 2006-11-19 08:21:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM BG |
06DHAKA6668 | RENEWED OPPOSITION BLOCKADE LOOMS [...] (SBU) Summary. With the two major parties still deadlocked over the composition of the Election Commission, the opposition's nationwide transportation blockades seems set to resume on Monday. End Summary. Blockade Set To Resume ---------------------- 2. (SBU) Late November 18, Presiden [...] | 2006-11-19 10:45:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6683 | TODAY'S ACTION AWAY FROM THE STREETS [...] (C) Summary. Embattled Chief Election Commissioner Aziz may be contemplating a long leave of absence, which could remove one opposition flash point, but the Awami League now demands that Chief Adviser Ahmed also go before lifting its nationwide blockade. Rumors that Chief Adviser Ahmed suffe [...] | 2006-11-20 11:06:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6692 | EMBATTLED CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER EDGES CLOSER [...] (C) Summary. Though many pitfalls remain, new flexibility from both sides may soon produce a reconstituted election commission and an end to the nationwide blockade. End Summary. Exit Strategies for Aziz ------------------------ 2. (SBU) As the opposition's renewed nationwide transpor [...] | 2006-11-22 10:01:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6709 | OPPOSITION AGITATION CONTINUES AS ELECTION DATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The opposition continues to press wide-ranging demands through the courts and in the streets, but it is unclear whether it is prepared to resume its nationwide blockade. The Election Commission's announcement today that the election will be on January 21 may heighten anxieties [...] | 2006-11-27 09:49:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6719 | ZIA TO AMBASSADOR: YOU'RE ALL PRO-AWAMI LEAGUE [...] (SBU) Late November 29, Ambassador met for 75 minutes with Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has recently taken the initiative to reach out to key chiefs of mission. Former Foreign Minister Morshed Khan, party secretary general Mannan Bhuiyan, and former foreign affairs [...] | 2006-11-30 07:49:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6724 | BANGLADESH HEADS TOWARD RENEWED OPPOSITION BLOCKADE [...] (SBU) Summary. The government and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party have offered some changes in the election schedule, but the Awami League says this is not enough to avert a resumption of its nationwide blockade. Political tensions are inching up, as reflected by an apparent rampage this af [...] | 2006-11-30 10:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6738 | EMERGING LEADERS IN BANGLADESH (C-NE6-01896) [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-04 09:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PINR PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6739 | OPPOSITION REJECTS COMPROMISE PACKAGE BUT TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Opposition leaders dismissed a compromise package and vowed to press on with their nationwide blockade program, but talks continue to break the logjam. The blockade is not being vigorously enforced, but inter-city transportation arteries are blocked, and some officials fear a pr [...] | 2006-12-04 09:38:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6763 | HASINA RULES OUT NEW TALKS WITH INTERIM MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary. As the army deployed today nationwide "to aid civil administration," Awami League president Sheikh Hasina told Ambassador there is no point in resuming talks with Caretaker Government advisers because "they know our position and they know what to do." Publicly, the Awami League [...] | 2006-12-10 09:35:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM BG |
06DHAKA6767 | CARETAKER ADVISERS REPORTEDLY RESCIND RESIGNATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Chief Adviser Ahmed has reportedly persuaded at least three of the four advisers who tendered their resignations today to step back and join other advisors in a meeting with Ahmed to discuss their concerns about his performance. In response to press reports of the resignations, [...] | 2006-12-11 09:44:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6777 | CHIEF ADVISER ASSURES ARMY WILL BE NEUTRAL [...] (C) Summary. Chief Adviser Ahmed told Ambassador that controversial Election Commissioner Modahbir Chowdhury will be replace with a pro-Awami League civil servant, and that army units deployed in aid to civil administration have strict instructs to act neutrally. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On [...] | 2006-12-13 07:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6780 | HASINA REPORTEDLY ORDERS TROOPS TO PREPARE FOR [...] (C) At 1430 local December 13, Awami League Organizing Secretary Mukhul Bose called us to report that he had just SIPDIS left a meeting where party president Sheikh Hasina had instructed mid-level officials to prepare for elections. She reportedly stated she would continue to voice various [...] | 2006-12-13 08:55:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6782 | GASTRIGHT PRESSES NON-VIOLENCE AND FLEXIBILITY ON [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. On December 4-5, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary John Gastright met with senior leaders of Bangladeshi's two major parties, Acting Chief Election Commissioner Rahman, Caretaker Government Advisor Akbar Ali Khan, and business leaders about the state of Bangladesh [...] | 2006-12-13 09:47:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6808 | AWAMI LEAGUE DENIES RECEIVING COMPROMISE PACKAGE [...] (C) Late December 19, presidential adviser Mukhles Rahman Chowdhury told us that a caretaker government proposal has been delivered to the leaders of the Awami League (AL) and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The proposal called for Hasina's written commitment to participate in election [...] | 2006-12-19 10:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA683 | IMPLEMENTATION OF WRWC EPZ LAW PRESSES ON [...] (SBU) The Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) continues to press ahead in implementing the EPZ Workers Association and Industrial Relations Act, 2004 (the EPZ Law). BEPZA's Savar Export Processing Zone General Manager Kamal Ahkter told laboff that by the beginning of February, [...] | 2006-02-09 00:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV BG |
06DHAKA6844 | AWAMI LEAGUE SIGNS ELECTORAL PACT WITH ISLAMIC [...] (SBU) News on December 24 that the Awami League (AL) would contest the elections was overshadowed by reports the AL had entered into an election pact with an Islamic party. The press reported that AL General Secretary Abdul Jalil had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Khelafat-e-Maj [...] | 2006-12-28 09:35:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM BG |
06DHAKA705 | MICRO-CREDIT BANK BOSS PROPOSES POLITICAL FORMULA [...] (SBU) On February 4, micro-credit pioneer and Grameen Bank Managin Dr. Muhammad Yunus proposed that political parties choose a respected find a solution to the deadlock over modalities for holding the next elections. Speaking at a gala dinner to commemorate the founding of Star newspaper, Yunu [...] | 2006-02-09 08:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BG BGD |
06DHAKA709 | HOME MINISTER BLAMES INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Home Minister Babar assured CDA that he agreed "100 per cent" that BDG intelligence agencies should inform the U.S. Embassy promptly of threats against American interests, that he would remind them of this responsibility, and that he would inform the Prime Minister about this situ [...] | 2006-02-09 09:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV BG |
06DHAKA723 | BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED APPROACHING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-12 07:23:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KISL KPAO BD |
06DHAKA752 | MICRO-CREDIT BANK BOSS PROPOSES POLITICAL FORMULA [...] (SBU) On February 4, micro-credit pioneer and Grameen Bank Managing Director Dr. Muhammad Yunus proposed that political parties choose a respected citizen to find a solution to the deadlock over modalities for holding the next general elections. Speaking at a gala dinner to commemorate the fo [...] | 2006-02-13 01:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BG BGD |
06DHAKA753 | MICRO-CREDIT BANK BOSS PROPOSES POLITICAL FORMULA [...] (SBU) On February 4, micro-credit pioneer and Grameen Bank Managing Director Dr. Muhammad Yunus proposed that political parties choose a respected citizen to find a solution to the deadlock over modalities for holding the next general elections. Speaking at a gala dinner to commemorate the fo [...] | 2006-02-13 01:41:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BG BGD |
06DHAKA760 | OPPOSITION LEADER RETURNS TO PARLIAMENT: DEMANDS [...] (SBU) On the evening of February 12, opposition leader Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League (AL) returned to Parliament ending a nearly 14 month boycott. Under Parliamentary rules, the AL had until February 14 to take their seats or forfeit them. On July 14, 2004 the AL walked out of Parliament [...] | 2006-02-13 08:27:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BD BGD |
06DHAKA775 | SOLICITATION FOR INCLE FUNDS [...] Per reftel, post is forwarding the following TIP proposal submitted by the Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Training and Development (OPDAT) at the US Department of Justice. It is our understanding that this same proposal has already been submitted directly to the G/TIP office. 2. Post s [...] | 2006-02-14 00:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL BG |
06DHAKA776 | REQUEST FOR ESF FUNDING [...] Per reftel, post is forwarding the following TIP proposal submitted from the Daywalka Foundation. Post supports the enclosed proposal. 2. Daywalka, in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM),submitted this 2 year proposal for funding in 2005 with Post's input [...] | 2006-02-14 00:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC BG PGOV |
06DHAKA866 | JAMAATUL MUJAHEDIN AND LAW AND ORDER IN RAJSHAHI [...] (C) Summary: Residents of Rajshahi told poloff that Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) were once considered favorably when, at first, JMB fought back against the Sharbahara, "leftist" criminals who had plagued citizens for decades. However, the JMB began demanding money for their protection [...] | 2006-02-16 08:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PGOV BD BG BGD |
06DHAKA867 | CONTRASTING LOCAL VIEWS ON DR. GHALIB [...] (SBU) Summary: Ahle Hadith Andolan Amir Assadullah Ghalib remains in prison while Ahle Hadith supporters claim his innocence, state their movement is non-political, is not a terrorist organization, and has no ties with JMB. Ghalib's proponents say his arrest was politically motivated, possibly [...] | 2006-02-16 09:05:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER PGOV BG JI |
06DHAKA932 | REPRESENTATIVE CROWLEY MEETS WITH RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) On February 21, Representative Joseph Crowley began his visit to Dhaka by laying a wreath at the monument to the Bangla Language Movement in commemoration of National Language Day. Mr. Crowley, accompanied by USAID Mission Director George and poloff (notetaker),met separately with lea [...] | 2006-02-23 02:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM BD |
06DHAKA994 | BANGLADESH DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-27 09:47:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV PTER BG |
06DILI101 | DISTURBING DEVELOPMENTS IN PREPARATIONS FOR ELECTIONS; UNDP [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent discussions with representatives of international election assistance NGOs and via requests for assistance relayed to the UN, senior Government of East Timor (GOET) officials have revealed an outline of their plans for the 2007 legislative and presidential elections. E [...] | 2006-03-07 05:42:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM TT |
06DILI135 | PRESIDENT GUSMAO RESPONDS TO DISMISSAL OF STRIKING SOLDIERS [...] (U) On March 16, the Commander of East Timor's Defense Force (FDTL),Brigadier-General Taur Matan Ruak, publicly announced that all striking soldiers were officially dismissed and were considered to have become civilians as of March 1. The dismissed soldiers, numbered at 591, were part of a st [...] | 2006-03-24 19:13:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MARR TT |
06DILI144 | UNREST IN DILI OVER THE WEEKEND FOLLOWING FDTL DISMISSALS, [...] Summary: Beginning late last week and escalating over the weekend, there have been a number of incidents of unrest around Dili involving intimidation and threats as well as attacks on houses and other property. As of Monday night (March 27),widespread police patrols have resulted in a signifi [...] | 2006-03-29 08:05:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR ASEC TT |
06DILI147 | FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON LOCAL TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On 29 March, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta briefed the diplomatic corps on recent events in Dili, emphasizing that press reports of riots and military strife are exaggerated and that recent disturbances have been neither politically or ethnically motivated nor fatal. Rather [...] | 2006-03-30 03:37:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR TT |
06DILI152 | END OF WEEK UPDATE ON FDTL DISMISSALS AND UNREST IN DILI [...] (U) Summary: As of today, the situation in Dili remains calm and appears to have mostly returned to normal after the spate of incidences reported in Reftel D. Dili residents who had left their homes to stay with relatives or take refuge elsewhere out of fear of escalating violence, a number th [...] | 2006-03-31 09:24:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR ASEC TT |
06DILI161 | PRIME MINISTER'S AND PRESIDENT'S SPEECHES EMPHASIZE ECONOMIC [...] Summary: Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri and President Xanana Gusmao on April 4 addressed the annual Timor-Leste Development Partners Meeting. Alkatiri used the forum to announce a new approach to economic growth and poverty reduction. He stated that the "fight against poverty must be seen by al [...] | 2006-04-10 03:44:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV KDEM TT |
06DILI167 | AMBASSADOR GUTERRES TO CHALLENGE ALKATIRI FOR FRETILIN PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Preparations for Fretilin's National Party Congress are well underway. Delegates to the Congress have been elected at district meetings that began in February. Within the party it has long been assumed that Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri would continue in a second term as Secreta [...] | 2006-04-12 09:13:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM TT |
06DILI192 | MORE VIOLENCE IN DILI AREA LAST NIGHT, BUT CALM TODAY [...] (U) Summary: There was more rioting yesterday evening in the village of Tasitolu, just west of Dili, and at least three more people died, apparently shot by members of the armed forces (FDTL) who had responded to the Tasitolu riot, in addition to the two who had died earlier in Dili. Although [...] | 2006-04-29 15:57:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
06DILI194 | DILI REMAINS CALM, BUT THOUSANDS STILL DISPLACED AS RUMORS [...] Summary: The situation in Dili was relatively calm last night, but there were still several disturbances reported, including shots fired in two Dili neighborhoods, reported clashes in the hills outside of Dili, and fighting at one of the major markets. There was another fight between groups of [...] | 2006-04-30 15:04:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
06DILI200 | UPDATE ON DILI SECURITY SITUATION: RETURN TO NORMAL IS SLOW [...] Dili remains abnormally quiet following Friday's rioting and the security operations in response. It appears that the armed forces (FDTL) have relinquished law enforcement responsibilities to the national police (PNTL),but they remain involved in patrolling. Currently, there are five confirm [...] | 2006-05-01 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
06DILI203 | DAS JOHN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GUSMAO [...] (C) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, along with Ambassador Rees and Emboffs, met with President Xanana Gusmao May 2 to discuss U.S. priorities and concerns in East Timor. The major focus of the discussion was the riots on Friday, April 28 and the subsequent intervention of th [...] | 2006-05-03 11:06:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT |
06DILI210 | DAS JOHN MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ALKATIRI [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, along with Ambassador Rees and Emboff, met with Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri on May 3. DAS John congratulated Alkatiri on the many things that the Government of East Timor (GOET) is getting right, such as their work with the Millennium C [...] | 2006-05-04 15:15:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT |
06DILI213 | EAST TIMOR UPDATE: ARMY RETURNS TO BARRACKS AS GOET URGES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy's current assessment is that the potential for politically motivated violence in East Timor in the near future appears to be de-escalating. Although the likelihood of imminent violence appears low, the ongoing political and constitutional crisis caused by Prime Minis [...] | 2006-05-05 15:36:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
06DILI214 | AMBASSADOR GUTERRES ON POLITICAL/SECURITY SITUATION AND [...] (SBU) Emboff met with East Timor's Ambassador to the U.S. and the United Nations, Jose Luis Guterres, on May 6. Guterres is running against Prime Minister Alkatiri for Secretary General of the ruling Fretilin Party in the party congress scheduled for May 17-20. Ambassador Guterres conveyed st [...] | 2006-05-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR KDEM TT |
06DILI219 | ALKATIRI, RAMOS-HORTA EXPRESS OPTIMISM, BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-09 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
06DILI220 | THE VIEW FROM THE WEST: MEETINGS WITH DISSIDENT MILITARY [...] (SBU) Summary: In addition to the ex-military "petitioners" who led the April demonstration in Dili, there are a number of dissident members of the national police (PNTL) and armed forces (FDTL) who have gone AWOL and are currently located in mountainous areas of western East Timor. Many, alt [...] | 2006-05-10 15:19:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
06DILI224 | FRETILIN PARTY CONGRESS: RECENT EVENTS SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER [...] (C) Summary. In light of the serious unresolved issues and current potential for unrest, Fretilin party leaders continue to discuss whether the party Congress should go forward as planned in Dili on May 17-19. Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri's public popularity, never his strong suit, is at its l [...] | 2006-05-11 15:07:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TT |
06DILI226 | EAST TIMOR UPDATE: WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT THINKING? [...] (S) Summary: Despite the widespread popular belief in East Timor that the ongoing political and security crisis can only be resolved if the President invokes the constitutional provision permitting the dismissal of the Prime Minister, President Gusmao and his close associates have made clear t [...] | 2006-05-11 19:08:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
06DILI228 | EAST TIMOR UPDATE: WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT THINKING? [...] (S) Summary: Despite the widespread popular belief in East Timor that the ongoing political and security crisis can only be resolved if the President invokes the constitutional provision permitting the dismissal of the Prime Minister, President Gusmao and his close associates have made clear t [...] | 2006-05-11 19:24:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
06DILI229 | RAMOS-HORTA: WOULD ACCEPT PRIME MINISTER POSITION [...] (S) Summary: In a conversation with Ambassador Rees, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta said he believes Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri will probably be defeated in next week's Fretilin Party Congress. He believes Alkatiri has brought the defeat upon himself by his arrogant and sometimes abusive [...] | 2006-05-12 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
06DILI231 | FRETILIN PARTY CONGRESS WILL BE "A REAL FIGHT [...] (C) Summary: According to Embassy sources within and close to the ruling party, the Fretilin Party Congress scheduled to take place in Dili May 17-19, will be "a real fight". The competition will not only be between the two dominant candidates for Secretary General, but also over competing vi [...] | 2006-05-14 08:15:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TT |
06DILI232 | FRETILIN PARTY CONGRESS WILL BE "A REAL FIGHT [...] (C) Summary: According to Embassy sources within and close to the ruling party, the Fretilin Party Congress scheduled to take place in Dili May 17-19, will be "a real fight". The competition will not only be between the two dominant candidates for Secretary General, but also over competing vi [...] | 2006-05-14 08:15:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TT |
06DILI236 | FOREIGN MINISTER REPORTS PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 13 meeting with the Diplomatic Corps, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta reported that significant progress was made over the weekend to ease tensions with the dissident military groups including the group led by Major Reinado and the 591 Petitioners led by Lt. Salsinha. [...] | 2006-05-16 11:15:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC KPKO KDEM TT |
06DILI238 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 16, 2006 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Life in Dili -- Fretilin Central committee meeting -- Guterres announces running mate -- Fretilin Congress security update -- Latest from TMR (See septel) -- Ramos-Horta on the campaign trail? -- Status of Other Embassies -- Petitioner Update -- Consular Issues End summa [...] | 2006-05-16 15:47:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT PGOV KPKO TT |
06DILI239 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 17, 2006 [...] (U) Commercial, transportation, and civic activity in the city are normal. A few roadblocks have been established around the area where the Fretilin Party Congress is taking place. There were 76 seats open on outbound flights. The Australian, British Irish, Korean, New Zealand, Philippines, [...] | 2006-05-17 16:03:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT PGOV KDEM TT |
06DILI240 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 18, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY. - LIFE IN DILI - FRETILIN CONGRESS DAY 2 - AMERICAN CITIZENS ISSUES - EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - SECURITY ASSESSMENT LIFE IN DILI Â [...] | 2006-05-18 15:15:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV MARR KDEM TT |
06DILI243 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 19, 2006 [...] (U) The city continues to return to normal and there were several reports of additional refugees returning to Dili Transportation was functioning normally; schools and markets were open. Despite a heavy security presence, restaurants in the immediate area around the party congress were open. [...] | 2006-05-19 11:11:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV MARR KDEM TT |
06DILI245 | CHARGE MEETS WITH STATE MINISTER ANA PESSOA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge Stein and USAID representative Fuller held a warm meeting with Senior Minister and Minister for State Administration Ana Pessoa on May 22, 2006 to discuss the commission she leads to investigate the grievances of the former FDTL soldiers, the "petitioners" dismissed earlier [...] | 2006-05-22 15:13:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR KDEM TT |
06DILI246 | DILI SITREP MAY 22 [...] (SBU) The situation was more tense than in recent days as rumors and exaggerations circulated widely. An outbreak of communal violence in Becora (Dili's easternmost suburb),where gangs of eastern and western youth armed with slingshots, knives, and machetes clashed intermittently throughout t [...] | 2006-05-22 15:13:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR KDEM TT |
06DILI247 | EAST TIMOR SITREP #1 FOR MAY 23, 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: GOET PROPOSAL FOR TALKS FALTERS AS REINADO AND FDTL CLASH COMMENTS FROM THE FOREIGN MINISTER REQUESTS FROM THE GOET POLICE ISSUES IDP CAMPS SITUATION IN DILI End Summary. GOET PROPOSAL FOR TALKS FALTERS AS REINADO AND FDTL CLASH 2. (C) Charge Stein and USDR traveled to [...] | 2006-05-23 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM TT |
06DILI252 | EAST TIMOR SITREP #1 FOR MAY 24, 2006 [...] (U) Summary. - EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNT OF COMMENCMENT OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENTS - FDTL ACTIVITIES - OTHER VIOLENCE IN DILI - AIR TRAFFIC ISSUES - DISIDENT MILITARY GROUPS - OTHER POLICE ISSUES - IDP CAMPS OVERCROWDED - AMCIT PHOTO JOURNALIST COMES UNDER FIRE IN TASITOLU - AMC [...] | 2006-05-24 07:12:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CACS TT |
06DILI253 | EAST TIMOR SITREP #2 FOR MAY 24, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION CONTINUED FIGHTING BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENT FORCES UPDATE ON DISSIDENT LEADERS POLICE UPDATE THE SITUATION IN DILI IDP UPDATE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY EVACUATION End summary. GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION 2. (C) At a meetin [...] | 2006-05-24 15:33:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM TT |
06DILI254 | EAST TIMOR REQUESTS FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION; PRIME [...] (S) Summary: East Timor's four top government leaders today announced that the government would request military intervention from Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, and Malaysia to restore order and to end what President Xanana Gusmao called "this climate of panic." Foreign Minister Jose Ramo [...] | 2006-05-24 15:36:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
06DILI258 | EAST TIMOR SITREP #2 FOR MAY 24, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION CONTINUED FIGHTING BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENT FORCES UPDATE ON DISSIDENT LEADERS POLICE UPDATE THE SITUATION IN DILI IDP UPDATE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY EVACUATION End summary. GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION 2. (C) At a meetin [...] | 2006-05-25 07:15:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM TT |
06DILI259 | EAST TIMOR SITREP #2 FOR MAY 24, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION CONTINUED FIGHTING BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENT FORCES UPDATE ON DISSIDENT LEADERS POLICE UPDATE THE SITUATION IN DILI IDP UPDATE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY EVACUATION End summary. GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION 2. (C) At a meetin [...] | 2006-05-25 07:15:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM TT |
06DILI262 | EAST TIMOR REQUESTS FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION; PRIME [...] (S) Summary: East Timor's four top government leaders today announced that the government would request military intervention from Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, and Malaysia to restore order and to end what President Xanana Gusmao called "this climate of panic." Foreign Minister Jose Ramo [...] | 2006-05-25 07:27:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
06DILI263 | DILI UPDATE: FIGHTING IN DILI INCREASES, PRESIDENT ASSUMES [...] (U) Summary: -- President Assumes Control of the Military (on Paper) -- FDTL Soldiers Shoot Unarmed Police and UN Personnel -- Violence in the Capital Worsens -- Casualty Information -- Military Reportedly Arming Civilians -- Status of Amcits -- Special Police Unit Requests Embassy Assistanc [...] | 2006-05-25 15:11:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT |
06DILI268 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 26, 2006 [...] (U) SUMMARY -- AUSTRALIAN PATROLS COMMENCE, SOME VIOLENCE CONTINUES -- GOVERNMENT DEFIES PRESIDENT -- PRESIDENT INTENDS TO DISMISS THE GOVERNMENT -- FOREIGN MINISTER: PRIME MINISTER SHOULD RESIGN -- SECURITY ENVIRONMENT IMPROVES BUT REMAINS TENSE -- NATIONAL HOSPITAL STRUGGLING TO CARE FOR WO [...] | 2006-05-27 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT |
06DILI274 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 29, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: PRIME MINISTER MAY ENDORSE PRESIDENT'S ASSUMPTION OF SECURITY POWERS MINISTERS OF INTERIOR AND DEFENSE WILL BE REPLACED TOMORROW ALKATIRI REFUSES TO RESIGN, BUT MAY SOON BE DISMISSED VIOLENCE SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN, LOOTING CONTINUES FDTL WITHDRAWS FROM DILI HQ ADF SUCCESSFULLY RESP [...] | 2006-05-30 11:30:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT |
06DILI276 | EAST TIMOR SITUATION REPORT FOR MAY 30 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-30 19:20:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO CASC TT |
06DILI279 | EMBOFFS INTERVIEW NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSIONER IN HIDING [...] (C) Summary: Vice Interior Minister Alcino Barris, Police Commissioner Paulo Martins and dozens of police officers from all branches have reassembled the national police (PNTL) hierarchy at an orphanage in the hills overlooking Dili. The group has been disarmed by the Australian Defense Forces [...] | 2006-05-31 15:15:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PHUM TT CU CH |
06DILI280 | EAST TIMOR SITUATION REPORT FOR MAY 30 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-31 15:15:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT |
06DILI281 | EAST TIMOR SITUATION REPORT FOR MAY 31 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-31 15:15:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT |
06DILI291 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH MINISTER RAMOS-HORTA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-03 19:12:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | ASEC PGOV MOPS PHUM TT KDEM KPKO |
06DILI293 | EAST TIMOR WEEKEND UPDATE: JUNE 3-5, 2006, [...] (U) Summary: Pro-Xanana security ministers are sworn in; Superior Council endorses President's security plan; Ramos-Horta begins Defense Minister duties; FRETILIN Central Committee endorses Alkatiri, promotes Lobato; Australia on post-UNOTIL planning; Anti-Alkatiri demonstration reportedly ca [...] | 2006-06-05 15:11:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN CASC KPKO AU PO TT |
06DILI296 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 6, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: 1500 Anti-Alkatiri demonstrators arrive from western districts; Ambassador meets with new Minister of the Interior Parliament deliberates with a bare quorum; Portuguese paramilitary police continue operations without JTF Coordination; Malaysian diplomats announce need for externa [...] | 2006-06-06 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN CASC AU PO TT |
06DILI299 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 7, 2006 [...] (U) Summary. - Demonstrators return to their districts; - UN envoy Ian Martin departs Dili; - International police force update; - Readout on Ramos-Horta's meetings with dissident leaders; - Australian and New Zealand Defense Ministers visit; - Parliament's [...] | 2006-06-07 15:11:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS |
06DILI300 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 8, 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary - GNR restricted to barracks after confrontation with Australian forces; - Provisional cooperation agreement reached between JTF and Portuguese forces; - Armed group claims Alkatiri gave them weapons to kill opponents; - Foreign Defense Attaches inv [...] | 2006-06-08 19:25:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY AS TT |
06DILI301 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 9, 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: - AFP commander gives policing plan to Ramos-Horta; - GNR Equipment Arrives in Baucau; - Former Minister of Police Bids Farewell to PNTL Commanders; - Sources confirm Fretilin Headquarters in Ermera District was burned; - Status of the news media; - JTF agrees to provide secur [...] | 2006-06-09 11:26:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS |
06DILI303 | EMBOFFS MEET WITH ALLEGED FRETILIN "SECRET SECURITY" FORCE [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Embassy and United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL) PolOffs met today with the leaders of the "Fretilin Secret Security" force in their mountaintop compound outside of Liquica. The group, comprised entirely of former Falintil resistance fighters, showed PolOffs t [...] | 2006-06-12 15:16:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINS ASEC TT |
06DILI304 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 12, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: GOET Calls on UN to Establish Independent Special Inquiry Commission; Opposition MP Joins Major Reinado to Call for Changes to the Constitution; GNR Cooperates Effectively with JTF; Security environment. End summary. GOET Calls on UN to Establish Independent Special Inquiry [...] | 2006-06-12 15:16:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS |
06DILI306 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 13, 2006 [...] (C) Summary: Pro-Alkatiri armed group reported in Los Palos; Ramos-Horta casts doubt on whether UN investigation would include "Fretilin Security Forces"; Fretilin National Planning Committee may meet to discuss current crisis; Opposition MPs walk out of Parliament in protest of a Fretilin r [...] | 2006-06-13 15:14:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS |
06DILI308 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 14, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: President addresses Parliament; Fretilin presents itself as the victim; Ramos-Horta briefs diplomatic corps on GOET requests for post UN-mission; Prime Minister wants Timorese control of police; Security environment; End Summary. President addresses Parliament -------------- [...] | 2006-06-14 15:05:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS |
06DILI313 | EMBASSY DILI VIEWS ON POST-UNOTIL MISSION [...] (U) Summary: This message discusses possible components of a follow-on United Nations mission in East Timor after the expiration of the anticipated two-month extension of the United Nations Office in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL). Whether or not the mission is conducted under Chapter VII authority and [...] | 2006-06-16 19:27:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | KPKO PREL PGOV PHUM AU PO MY TT |
06DILI316 | PRESIDENT GUSMAO SAYS HE WILL DISMISS PRIME MINISTER THIS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 19:20:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KCRM TT AS |
06DILI320 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 20, 2006 [...] (C) Summary: --- President still plans to dismiss Prime Minister after Council of State meeting tomorrow; --- Arrest warrant issued for Lobato; --- Ramos-Horta in Baucau, plans to head further East tomorrow; --- Anti-Alkatiri demonstration begins, may grow in coming days; --- Weapons confisca [...] | 2006-06-20 15:11:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PREF EAID AS TT |
06DILI322 | EAST TIMOR SITREP: PRIME MINISTER PERSUADES PRESIDENT TO [...] (U) Summary: --- Prime Minister persuades President to delay dismissal --- Anti-Alkatiri demonstration continued; --- Lobato's house surrounded; --- Security environment in Dili. End Summary. Prime Minister persuades President to delay dismissal ----------------------------------- (S) A [...] | 2006-06-21 11:19:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PREF EAID AS TT |
06DILI327 | EAST TIMOR SITREP: PRESIDENT WILL RESIGN TOMORROW UNLESS [...] (U) Summary: --- President will resign tomorrow if Prime Minister does not; --- Ex-Minister Lobato arrested; --- More anti-Alkatiri demonstrators arrive in Dili.. End summary. President will resign tomorrow if Prime Minister does not --------------------------------------------- ----------- [...] | 2006-06-22 15:16:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS ASEC KPKO MY AS TT |
06DILI329 | EAST TIMOR SITREP: ALKATIRI MAY RESIGN TOMORROW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-23 23:04:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC KPKO AS TT |
06DILI333 | EAST TIMOR SITREP: PRESIDENT ACCEPTS PRIME MINISTER'S [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-26 15:23:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AS TT |
06DILI334 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR 27 JULY [...] (U) Summary: --- President Gusmao will lead interim government for 30 days; --- Alkatiri resisting summons to defend against criminal charges; --- Pro-Alkatiri demonstrators may enter Dili tomorrow; --- Senior Australian official may visit Dili on Thursday; --- Security update. End Summary. [...] | 2006-06-27 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AEMR AS TT |
06DILI335 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR 28 JULY [...] (U) Summary: --- Dili security situation deteriorates overnight; --- President "considering all options" for new Government; --- Demonstration update: westerners prepare to depart, easterners undecided; --- UDT leadership announces the replacement of its two Members of Parliament; --- Govern [...] | 2006-06-28 11:22:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AEMR AS TT |
06DILI341 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR 30 JUNE [...] (U) Summary: --- Ramos-Horta to head interim government? --- President may negotiate with Fretilin on new Prime Minister ---- Demonstrators depart after speeches by Gusmao, Alkatiri, Lu'olo; --- Alkatiri claims Parliamentary immunity in arms case; --- Fretilin activists contend their leader [...] | 2006-06-30 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AEMR PO AS TT |
06DILI35 | RESPONSE TO CRIMINALIZATION OF DEFAMATION IN NEW PENAL CODE [...] (U) Last month the Council of Ministers announced their approval of a new penal code for East Timor. The law is now in the hands of the President either to promulgate or to veto. Although no official copies of the law are available, leaked copies have been circulated among civil society organi [...] | 2006-01-20 08:50:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KPAO TT |
06DILI355 | RAMOS-HORTA BECOMES PRIME MINISTER IN NEW FRETILIN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MOPS TT |
06DILI356 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador congratulated newly inaugurated Deputy Prime Minister Estanislau Da Silva and discussed the new Government's priorities. According to Da Silva, who had been the Fretilin leadership's first choice for Prime Minister, the discussions between President Xanana Gusmao [...] | 2006-07-11 11:25:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF KJUS EAID KDEM PINR TT |
06DILI357 | PRESIDENT GUSMAO SAYS RAMOS-HORTA WILL LEAD A REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met today with President Xanana Gusmao, who gave a detailed account of the negotiations that led up to the appointment of the new Government that was sworn in today. The President also expressed his confidence that Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta will lead a reform gov [...] | 2006-07-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PREL PGOV PREF KJUS KCRM KDEM PINR TT |
06DILI358 | JAPANESE EMBASSY VIEWS NEXT UN MISSION [...] (C/NF) Summary: A Japanese diplomat meeting with DCM spoke highly of Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Sukehiro Hasegawa and suggested Hasegawa should head the next UN mission in East Timor. Japan will not contribute troops or police to the peacekeeping operation (PKO),b [...] | 2006-07-12 07:51:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPKO UN TT |
06DILI363 | BISHOP NASCIMENTO IS WORRIED, BUT WILLING TO HELP [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-13 11:06:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM PINR KPKO TT AS PO |
06DILI368 | PRIME MINISTER RAMOS-HORTA ANNOUNCES NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta on Friday, July 14, announced the composition of the government over which he will preside. The new government resembles the previous one led by ex-Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri in most respects, with a few notable changes. The majority of ministe [...] | 2006-07-17 12:09:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TT |
06DILI369 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JULY 10-17, 2006 [...] Summary: New government leaves opposition parties cold Prosecutor General sworn in for second four-year term Rai Los hands over his weapons Parliament back to work on electoral law and Alkatiri case Plans for additional demonstrations called off Internally Displaced People (IDPs) beginning to [...] | 2006-07-17 12:09:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
06DILI372 | PRIME MINISTER RAMOS HORTA'S LATEST VIEWS [...] (SBU) Summary: In several conversations with Ambassador and Emboffs following his swearing in as East Timor's new Prime Minister, Jose Ramos Horta shared his views on some issues facing his government. Among the subjects addressed were: his delicate working relationship with the Fretilin party; [...] | 2006-07-19 00:15:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO UN PO AU TT |
06DILI381 | CONTINUED TENSIONS OVER NATIONAL POLICE REINTEGRATION [...] (C/NF) Summary: Tensions have continued in recent weeks between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Minister of Interior, Alcino Barris, regarding how to handle the reintegration of East Timor's national police (the PNTL). Each have presented proposals with competing approaches and pr [...] | 2006-07-25 11:05:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPKO PREL PGOV KJUS UN AU TT |
06DILI387 | PRO-REINADO DEMONSTRATIONS SMALL BUT WORRYING [...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrations are being staged in Dili to protest the arrest and detention by international forces earlier this week of Major Alfredo Reinado, the leader of a group of dissident Military Police that played a prominent role in the violent clashes in and around Dili in late May. [...] | 2006-07-29 15:05:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR AU PO TT |
06DILI394 | EAST TIMOR UPDATE JULY 24-31, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: Continued repercussions of Reinado arrest Prime Minister presents his Government Program to Parliament Council of State extends the "State of Crisis" through August 20 International Commission of Inquiry: Briefing by the Executive Director End summary. Continued repercussions [...] | 2006-08-01 09:05:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR UN TT |
06DILI405 | IDP RETURN PLANS AND SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a conversation with Charge d'Affaires on August 7, Anna Pessoa, the Minister for State Administration, discussed the current state of planning for the return of as many as 150,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) to their homes in Dili. Noting the deteriorated security envi [...] | 2006-08-09 02:49:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC PREF EAID TT |
06DILI424 | REDUCED VIOLENCE IN DILI, BUT SERIOUS PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the last week there was a significant reduction in the gang-related incidents reported in reftel, but late last week there were several serious incidents and the potential for renewed gang activity remains. Although some of the factors contributing to the resumption of ga [...] | 2006-08-21 02:44:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PHUM ASEC AU CASC PREF KJUS TT PGOV |
06DILI428 | FRETILIN FACTIONS RESPOND TO COURT DECISION AFFIRMING [...] (U) Summary: The Court of Appeals this week issued its official decision rejecting the argument that the re-election of Mari Alkatiri and Francisco "Lu'olo" Guterres to the Fretilin party leadership at the party congress in May was illegal. The case was brought by members of Fretilin's interna [...] | 2006-08-22 11:07:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KDEM TT |
06DILI452 | MAJORITY OF DILI'S POPULATION STILL DISPLACED [...] (U) Summary: Dili has become a city characterized by a large displaced population residing in over 50 separate camps. Resolving this issue and convincing internally displaced persons (IDPs) to return home is turning out to be a slow and complicated process, partially due to the complexity of th [...] | 2006-09-07 11:09:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV UN ASEC TT |
06DILI455 | THE VIEW FROM AILIEU: REINADO'S POPULARITY ENDURES, F-FDTL [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs on Wednesday, September 6 traveled to Aileu to look into developments there since dissident Major Alfredo Reinado escaped from prison in Dili last week. Aileu is the location where he established his initial base following his departure from his armed forces (FDTL)post i [...] | 2006-09-11 00:23:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO ASEC AU TT |
06DILI474 | 06-07 BUDGET USES PETROLEUM FUND TO TARGET POVERTY [...] Summary: Following Parliamentary approval last month, the Government of East Timor (GOET) FY 2006-2007 budget went into effect in early September, two months after the beginning of the fiscal year on July 1. At $315.9 million this budget reflects an increase of more than 100 percent over the [...] | 2006-09-24 04:24:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET EFIN TT |
06DILI487 | PREVIEW OF UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT ON TIMOR CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. According to one of its principal authors, the UN Special Commission of Inquiry report pulls no punches in naming the direct perpetrators and assessing responsibilities for the April-May crisis. The report recommends prosecution of former Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato and elem [...] | 2006-10-03 07:47:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS KPKO ASEC UN TT |
06DILI491 | EAST TIMOR'S STRONGEST OPPOSITION PARTY GAINING MOMENTUM [...] (SBU) Summary: East Timor's strongest opposition party, the Democratic Party (PD),held its national congress on September 29 - October 1, reelecting the incumbent leadership. The congress demonstrated that PD has emerged as a well-organized and well-funded party with a strong base among the y [...] | 2006-10-05 05:54:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ID TT |
06DILI517 | RELEASE OF UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT ON TIMOR CRISIS [...] Summary: The Report of the United Nations Independent Special Commission of Inquiry for Timor-Leste was released today to the National Parliament of East Timor and to the public. The UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) will now commence with an effort to distribute it widely throughou [...] | 2006-10-17 13:07:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPKO ASEC UN AU TT |
06DILI518 | RELEASE OF UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT ON TIMOR CRISIS [...] Summary: The Report of the United Nations Independent Special Commission of Inquiry for Timor-Leste was released today to the National Parliament of East Timor and to the public. The UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) will now commence with an effort to distribute it widely throughou [...] | 2006-10-17 13:07:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS KPKO ASEC UN TT |
06DILI528 | UPDATE ON EAST TIMOR ELECTION ISSUES [...] Summary: Representatives of IFES, the International Republican Institute (IRI),and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) on October 18 briefed Charge d'Affaires on their electoral related programs and the current status of preparations for the 2007 elections. Discussions centered around th [...] | 2006-10-24 15:47:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM TT |
06DILI540 | UNMIT ADDRESSES SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: UNMIT sees ongoing disturbances in Dili becoming more organized and UNPOL notes drug related behavior and evidence that payments are being made to perpetrators. Recognizing the counterproductive effect of freeing most of those of those arrested after only a short period of deten [...] | 2006-10-27 11:59:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO MARR ASEC CASC UN TT |
06DILI549 | EXPLAINING LAST WEEK'S UPSURGE OF VIOLENCE IN DILI [...] (C) Summary: While gang-related disturbances have become a regular feature of day-to-day life in recent months, last week's upsurge of violent confrontation was on a greater scale and with more lethal consequences. In addition, these disturbances were accompanied by what appeared to be a conce [...] | 2006-11-03 12:02:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF ASEC KJUS KPKO AU TT |
06DILI578 | MULTIPLE DIALOGUE INITIATIVES ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS TIMOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent weeks have seen a flurry of dialogue and reconciliation efforts among East Timorese institutions and leaders. These have included series of meetings between the armed forces (F-FDTL) and the national police (PNTL),initiatives by youth group and gang leaders, and a high l [...] | 2006-11-29 11:03:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM MARR KPKO TT |
06DILI592 | UPDATE ON POLICING AND SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: UNMIT reports that the situation in and around Dili IDP camps, which previously have been the main flashpoints for violence, largely has returned to "normal," with only sporadic rock fights and disturbances. However, they remain concerned that government plans to utilize PNTL an [...] | 2006-12-08 03:31:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO ASEC MARR UN TT |
06DILI595 | PRESIDENT GUSMAO AND EX-PM ALKATIRI MEET [...] (SBU) Summary: President Gusmao and former Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri met for the first time in five months on December 8, and both participated in a traditional Timorese peace ceremony on December 10, taking an oath to work together for peace and stability. Their meetings followed followed [...] | 2006-12-11 09:05:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO UN TT |
06DILI600 | UPDATE ON ELECTION ISSUES: STILL NO ELECTORAL LAW [...] Summary: Parliament has made some progress on passing electoral legislation but the overall process remains excruciatingly slow. While a law governing the supervisory body was finally passed on December 6, the review of the legislation on parliamentary elections, begun last week, has made only [...] | 2006-12-18 10:20:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM UN TT |
06DILI604 | AFTER SLOW START, PARLIAMENT RUSHES THROUGH ELECTION LAW [...] The National Parliament in a press release issued late yesterday announced passage of the draft parliamentary election law drafted by the ruling Fretilin party. In contrast to last week's deliberations (reftel) which addressed the first 16 articles one at a time, the remainder of the legislati [...] | 2006-12-19 12:12:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM UN TT |
06DJIBOUTI1057 | DJIBOUTI'S PRESIDENT VISITS TEHRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh paid a two-day official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran beginning on September 2. He was received by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and talks revolved around the reinforcement of economic and political ties between the two cou [...] | 2006-09-04 13:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IR DJ |
06DJIBOUTI1131 | PRESIDENT HAILS BILATERAL SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) On September 18, 2006 Ambassador W. Stuart Symington presented his credentials to President Ismail Omar Guelleh of the Republic of Djibouti. Attendees included: Susan Symington; DCM David W. Ball; Rear Admiral Richard W. Hunt, Commander Combined Joint Task Force ) Horn of Africa (CJTF-H [...] | 2006-09-19 14:27:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KADM APER PINR DJ |
06DJIBOUTI314 | IMAGES FROM THE REGIONAL ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN [...] (U) SUMMARRY: Unprecedented aspects have been noticed during the campaign for Djibouti's first ever Regional Elections for which campaigning began on February 25 and ended on March 8. The Regional and Communal Elections are set to take place on March 10, 2006. At the end of 2005, President Gu [...] | 2006-03-09 17:11:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM DJ |
06DJIBOUTI318 | SUPPORT LETTER ON DP WORLD FROM PRESIDENT OF [...] Ambassador received following letter on March 7 from Abdourahman Boreh, President of Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority. Boreh is also a shareholder in DP World's Doraleh Port investment in Djibouti. 2. Begin text: March 2006 Dear Sir: We are writing to express our concern a [...] | 2006-03-13 16:08:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ETRD PGOV PREL DJ TC |
06DJIBOUTI32 | DJIBOUTI'S INTERIOR MINISTER ON DECENTRALIZATION [...] (U) During a December 20 meeting with visiting REDSO Director, Andrew Sisson, Ambassador, REDSO Chief of Limited Presence Countries, Andrew Karas, and USAID Education Program Director, Alpha Bah, Minister of Interior Yacin Elmi Bouh offered his perspective on Djibouti's recent efforts at decen [...] | 2006-01-08 11:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID PHUM SCUL DJ |
06DJIBOUTI338 | DJIBOUTI AND FRANCE FORMALLY RENEW TIES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti and France have signed a bilateral agreement through 2010, which includes a 76 million Euro aid package for Djibouti. This agreement was signed during the recent visit of Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf to Paris. Both sides have agreed to conduct more hig [...] | 2006-03-15 17:12:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MARR MASS FR DJ |
06DJIBOUTI347 | LAUNCH OF U.S. REGIONAL "ROADS" HIV/AIDS PROGRAM [...] (U) USAID and U.S. Embassy in Djibouti launched March 2 its regional HIV/AIDS program in Djibouti entitled the "ROADS Project." The "ROADS Project" supports local activities to mitigate the effects of HIV/AIDS. It is principally funded by the Regional Economic Development Support Office (REDS [...] | 2006-03-19 13:09:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KHIV EAID SOCI DJ |
06DJIBOUTI351 | COMESA SEMINAR IN DJIBOUTI ON FIGHTING TERRORISM [...] (U) SUMMARY: A training seminar for COMESA countries on internatio 2. (U) Prime Minister Dileita in his speech launching the seminar str 3. (U) Following Dileita, the Governor of the Djibouti's Central Bank 4. (U) Haid specifically highlighted law 196/AN/02/4eme L, dated Dece 5. (U) [...] | 2006-03-22 05:45:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER ECON EFIN DJ |
06DJIBOUTI372 | DJIBOUTI AND ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's Minister of Foreign Affairs indicated that Djibouti shares similar points of view with the United States regarding the four key issues on the agenda in the upcoming Arab League Summit. He also offered insights on other issues such as Iran, Somalia, and a Common Defense [...] | 2006-03-27 05:18:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS SO SU IR IZ DJ |
06DJIBOUTI390 | DJIBOUTI-ADDIS RAILWAY RESURRECTED [...] SUMMARY: After two decades of financial and technical setbacks, the Djiboutian- Ethiopian Railway Company (CDE) is soon to be privatized. COMAZAR, a South African company and RITES, an Indian company, are the last two contenders for the contract. Djibouti reportedly favors COMAZAR while Eth [...] | 2006-03-27 14:19:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN PGOV ECON EINV DJ |
06DJIBOUTI392 | DJIBOUTI IS DRAFTING A SPECIAL LAW [...] SUMMARY. With the assistance of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),the Government of Djibouti (GoD) has initiated a project on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR),including a special law on IPR and an implementing office. This endeavor is expected to boost confidence level [...] | 2006-03-27 14:20:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EIND EINV DJ |
06DJIBOUTI433 | DAS YAMAMOTO MEETS WITH PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 2, AF Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto met separately in Djibouti with SIPDIS President Ismail Omar Guelleh and Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf to discuss the Ethiopian/Eritrean border conflict, engaging with Somalia, and strengthening the coalition at [...] | 2006-04-07 07:47:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PHUM MARR DJ SO |
06DJIBOUTI558 | DJIBOUTI ON PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 10 to Nasser Mohammed Hassan, the Assistant Director for Bilateral Affairs in charge of Europe and America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hassan said he could not make an official response, but said he would pass on the information to the Foreign Mi [...] | 2006-05-10 12:49:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP DJ |
06DJIBOUTI56 | MEETING OF DJIBOUTI'S PRESIDENT WITH CHAIRMAN OF [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS),General Peter Pace, met January 2 in Djibouti with President Ismail Omar Guelleh during CJCS's stopover with a USO troupe traveling in theater. The conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea and the Somalia situation dominated the 40-min [...] | 2006-01-12 13:59:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR DJ SO ET |
06DJIBOUTI74 | PREPARING FOR REGIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 10th, 2006, Djibouti will take steps toward a new electoral structure when elections are held to create regional governing councils, part of the decentralization process of the Government of Djibouti (GoD). These elections have been postponed for more than two years but [...] | 2006-01-18 12:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS DJ |
06DJIBOUTI748 | GUELLEH AND A/S FRAZER DISCUSS SOMALIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. We need your blessing on the new process for Somalia as an example for other international groups, President Ismail Omar Guelleh told visiting A/S Jendayi Frazer on June 21. All levels of Somali society want to be heard by the Americans, said Guelleh. He believes that Somaliland a [...] | 2006-06-26 12:04:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KPKO MARR DJ SO ET ER |
06DJIBOUTI77 | DJIBOUTI AND FOOD SECURITY [...] REDSO/FFP OFFICER TRAVELED TO DJIBOUTI 3-8 NOVEMBER, MET WITH WFP, UNHCR AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AND TRAVELED TO DIKHIL AND TADJOURAH DISTRICTS TO ASSESS FOOD SECURITY CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. 2. DUE TO SUCCESSIVE SCANTY RAINFALL SEASONS AND INCREASED MARKET PRICES, THE FOOD SECURITY [...] | 2006-01-19 07:11:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID ECON EINV EAGR DJ |
06DJIBOUTI783 | A SURGE OF FOREIGN BANKS IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) SUMMARY. A branch of the Saba Islamic Bank (SIB) based in Yemen was inaugurated June 25, the first of three new banks to open its doors in Djibouti. The Central Bank of Djibouti has also approved establishment of the International Commercial Bank (ICB) of Malaysia and the International Bank [...] | 2006-07-05 08:03:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EINV EFIN DJ |
06DJIBOUTI795 | GUELLEH CALLS FOR AN END TO IRAQI AND PALESTINIAN [...] (U) After an official, public military parade commemorating Djibouti's Independence Day, June 27, President Ismail Omar Guelleh hosted a garden party for government officials, members of Parliament, diplomatic corps, and a large number of Djiboutians. During a speech at this event, Guelleh jux [...] | 2006-07-06 10:56:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON DJ |
06DJIBOUTI830 | A/S FRAZER AND SOMALILAND'S FM TALK IN DJIBOUTI [...] (C) During a dinner hosted by Ambassador Ragsdale on June 21, the Foreign Minister of Somaliland Edna Ismail spoke with visiting A/S Jendayi Frazer regarding the ongoing attempts by Somaliland to win international recognition as an independent state. Ismail briefed the A/S on her current tour [...] | 2006-07-13 07:12:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO DJ |
06DJIBOUTI831 | A/S FRAZER AND IGAD EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ON SOMALIA [...] (C) "We want the United States to be part of the process," said IGAD Executive Secretary Dr. Bashir Attallah to A/S Jendayi Frazer, during a cocktail the Ambassador hosted June 21 for both. Dr. Attallah, who is headquartered in Djibouti, said IGAD wants America's "active involvement." It wants [...] | 2006-07-13 07:14:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IGAD DJ SO |
06DJIBOUTI90 | DJIBOUTI TAKES FRANCE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 10 Djibouti formally requested mediation by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) between itself and France over the long-standing and thorny Judge Bernard Borrel Affair (see reftels). The Government of Djibouti (GoD) alleges that France violated its "internationa [...] | 2006-01-22 14:50:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS KGCN KJUS KLIG DJ FR |
06DJIBOUTI94 | FIGHTING DROUGHT IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Djibouti has launched an appeal to the donor community, including Western and Arab countries with missions accredited to Djibouti, to fight famine currently threatening more than 70,000 of Djibouti's citizens. Like other countries in the Horn of Africa region, Dji [...] | 2006-01-23 09:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS ECON SENV EAID SOCI DJ |
06DOHA1244 | DOHA SECURITIES MARKET: INDEX DROP, INVESTOR BASE, EXCHANGE [...] Summary. Doha Securities Market (DSM) officials and Doha-based investment analysts believe that the main reason for high volatility on the Doha Securities Market is that 90 percent of investors have no financial education. Other reasons given for the drop include high liquidity and a pack menta [...] | 2006-08-20 14:14:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EINV PGOV QA |
06DOHA1257 | DISAPPOINTMENT IN ELECTED MUNICIPAL COUNCIL [...] (U) Summary. A recent newspaper survey revealed that most Qataris are disappointed in the performance of the Central Municipal Council, to date Qatar's only elected body. Critics said that the Council has no real power and has not accomplished anything of note. The survey suggests that Qataris [...] | 2006-08-21 14:31:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM QA |
06DOHA1288 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL TO QATAR [...] (C) Mr. Attorney General: Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. Yours is the highest-ranking visit by a U.S. official to Qatar since the President himself came in June 2003, and the first cabinet-level visit to Qatar since Energy Secretary Bodman came in April 2006. The Qataris app [...] | 2006-08-27 10:43:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PGOV OVIP QA |
06DOHA1575 | QATARI MFA: AL JAZEERA S NOT A BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: After recalling its Ambassador from Qatar October 19 in protest at the content of an Al Jazeera interview with a Tunisian opposition member concerning the Tunisian government's hijab policy, the Tunisian government (GOT) announced the closure of its mission to Qatar October 25. A [...] | 2006-10-30 05:05:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PGOV QA TS |
06DOHA1603 | DEMOCRACIES CONFERENCE DOES NOT MEET EXPECTATIONS; [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Conference of New or Restored Democracies did not meet the Qatari hosts' greater expectations and a range of participants felt that international representation was at a low level. The Israeli FM's plans to attend and then cancellation left the conference organ [...] | 2006-11-02 15:07:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL IS QA |
06DOHA213 | HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS IN QATAR,S LEGISLATION [...] Summary: At a recent workshop sponsored by the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC),participants examined and discussed the extent to which Qatar's constitution and legislation meets international human rights standards. Participants from the government sector, academia, the press and quasi [...] | 2006-02-13 10:31:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI QA |
06DOHA3 | DOHA SECURITIES MARKET: THIRD QUARTER 2005 [...] Summary. Qatar's stock market is keeping up with the frenetic, bullish trajectory of Gulf region stock indexes. Although the market has remained below the 12,000 trading range reached in the summer, it is up 85 percent from the beginning of the year. Speculation -- rather than value investing [...] | 2006-01-02 04:01:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EINV PGOV QA |
06DOHA360 | NATIONALITY LAW: CITIZENSHIP AND POLITICAL RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. The recent Amiri decision to restore citizenship to approximately 6,000 people who were stripped of their Qatari nationality last year came as a welcome surprise to thousands of people whose fate has been uncertain for over a year. Not coincidentally, the decision comes on the hee [...] | 2006-03-09 06:02:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL QA |
06DOHA362 | QATARI WOMEN ON ELECTION ISSUES [...] Summary. The political section recently met with a group of Qatari women as part of Post's outreach activities to Qatari women in support of their efforts to realize broad political participation in society. Young and old women from various professional backgrounds credited Sheikha Mozah, wife [...] | 2006-03-09 13:35:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN KDEM KMPI QA |
06DOHA418 | ISLAMIC LEADERS DESCRIBE QATAR'S MODERATION [...] (C) Summary. Prominent Islamic scholars describe a prevailing state of tolerance in Qatar. While fundamentalist tendencies exist, followers are not hostile to other members of society. According to these Islamic leaders, the Qatari government's policy of promoting religious moderation has had [...] | 2006-03-19 14:20:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PGOV KISL PTER QA |
06DOHA456 | DOHA ROUNDUP [...] Topics: ----------- -Energy & Economy, paragraphs 2-4 -Labor, para. 5 -Civil Society, para. 6 -Drug Abuse, para. 7 --------------------------- Launch of Energy City Qatar --------------------------- 2. Hailed as the Middle East's first energy business hub, Energy City Qatar (ECQ),[...] | 2006-03-26 13:12:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EINV ELAB KDEM PHUM PGOV INL SOCI |
06DOHA524 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON DEMOCRACY, TERRORISM, IRAN [...] Summary. First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) gave a speech on democratization in the Middle East April 1 during the Doha Cultural Festival. Answering questions afterwards, he said that Qatar will hold the first elections for the country's legislative body in ear [...] | 2006-04-06 04:08:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ECON PTER IZ IR QA |
06DOHA670 | FOURTH INTERFAITH DIALOGUE: AN "ACADEMIC" EXERCISE [...] Summary. On April 25-27, Qatar held its Fourth Interfaith Dialogue Conference. Representatives from the main monotheistic religions--Christianity, Islam, and Judaism--attended. This year's event witnessed notable differences from the previous three conferences. The conference was organized by [...] | 2006-05-03 07:39:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL IS QA |
06DOHA77 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO QATAR [...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you. We expect that you will find the Qatari leadership welcoming -- in principle -- of cooperation with the United States on UN Security Council issues. Our goals for regional security largely coincide with those of Qatar; the number two in the foreign m [...] | 2006-01-17 14:53:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON QA UNSC |
06DUBAI1068 | AJMAN FREE ZONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Sheikh Mohamed Al Nuaimi, Director General of the Ajman Free Zone (AFZ),discussed the zone's operations with PolEconoff on January 24. AFZ has been in operation since 1986 and has registered more than 1600 companies. AFZ's registration requirements and due diligence are not stri [...] | 2006-02-26 13:52:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL TC |
06DUBAI1075 | AKBAR GANJI'S SENTENCE UP MARCH 17 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-27 13:39:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV IR SOCI |
06DUBAI1217 | IRAN: ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS ELECTION UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-04 14:04:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PGOV SOCI IR |
06DUBAI1318 | DOMESTIC ENRICHMENT MAY NOT KEY PRIORITY FOR IRANIANS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-08 15:19:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PGOV PREL IR |
06DUBAI1319 | IRAN'S HOJJATIYEH SOCIETY (C-NES-01487) [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-08 16:12:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV PHUM PINR |
06DUBAI1322 | IN DUBAI, U/S MCCORMICK HEARS SADNESS, FRUSTRATION ON DPW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-11 10:36:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | ECIN ECON PREL PGOV AE |
06DUBAI1450 | COMMERCE U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES STRATEGIC TRADE AND EXPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-14 09:46:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP ECIN ECON PREL PGOV AE |
06DUBAI1452 | NEEDLES FOR PRISONERS, AND OTHER DRUG UPDATES FROM IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-14 12:52:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR SOCI IR |
06DUBAI1455 | HEAD OF DUBAI WOMEN'S SHELTER NOT INTIMIDATED BY CRITICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sharla Musabih, head of an independent women's shelter in Dubai, dismissed recent public criticism of her shelter by a prominent Sunni cleric, saying it was not a threat to her operation. She said she was trying to schedule a meeting with him to discuss the matter further. The D [...] | 2006-03-14 14:11:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI AE |
06DUBAI1692 | DUBAI AND NORTHERN EMIRATES CONTINUE IPR EFFORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-20 13:34:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON PGOV ETRD AE |
06DUBAI1728 | ONE IRANIAN REFORMER'S REACTION TO RECENT U.S. POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-22 14:30:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL IR SOCI |
06DUBAI1729 | CHAIRMAN, SECGEN OF NEW UAE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO COMMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chairman and Secretary General of the new Emirates Human Rights Association said their secular-oriented group had formed in order to offer itself as a secular alternative to an earlier group dominated by "fundamentalists." In a worrisome development, the UAEG had attempted to p [...] | 2006-03-22 14:52:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV AE |
06DUBAI1807 | IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY UNDER AHMADINEJAD (C-NE5-01038) [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-26 13:02:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | IR PREL PGOV PINR PINS |
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