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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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09DAKAR1114 | Flooding in Dakar Angers Local Population [...] (SBU) Almost a week after a massive storm hit Dakar, much of the city and its low-lying suburbs remain flooded. Despite the fact that the rains and the consequent flooding is a predictable annual occurrence, the government was once again caught unprepared and is trying to blame newly-elected o [...] | 2009-09-01 14:39:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR1133 | Worsening Power Cuts Leads to Rioting in Dakar [...] (SBU) Dakar and most of Senegal's major cities have been gripped by chronic electricity cuts. At the heart of the issue is SENELEC's (the state electricity parastatal) inability to find adequate financing to buy fuel to run their power stations. Energy Minister Samuel Sarr has handed in his r [...] | 2009-09-03 16:49:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM ECON ENRG SG |
09DAKAR1218 | PRESIDENT AND PM SAY GUINEA-BISSAU READY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Bernicat and AF/W Director Mary Beth Leonard accompanied by Political Counselor Mosby and OSC Chief Lt. Colonel Sousa met separately with Guinea-Bissau's newly elected President, Malam Bacai Sanha, and Prime Minister, Carlos Gomes, Jr., on September 9 after attending S [...] | 2009-09-28 07:57:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PU XY |
09DAKAR1245 | Senegal-President Wade announces he will run for a third [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 18, 2009 interview he gave to VOA's French to Africa service, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade announced that he was going to run for a third term in office. Immediately, opposition leaders derided the decision saying that this was just a ploy by the President t [...] | 2009-10-01 11:27:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM SG |
09DAKAR1256 | Senegalese Foreign Minister Fired [...] (SBU) Summary: In a development that has come as a shock to many in the international community, Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio has been relieved of his post and replaced by Madicke Niang, the former Minister of Justice. Niang has been replaced as Justice Minister by Minister of Educati [...] | 2009-10-05 07:42:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR1261 | Casamance rebels kill Seven Senegalese soldiers [...] (SBU) Summary: 2009 has had an uptick of violent assaults by gunmen allegedly belonging to MFDC (Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance) resulting in numerous civilian deaths. However, a more worrying development is the resumption of attacks against the Senegalese army. On October 2, MFDC [...] | 2009-10-06 11:02:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR1266 | Darou Mousty Homosexuals Condemned by Local Court [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August decision the Court of Louga (in North central Senegal) sentenced three adults and two minors for "unnatural sex acts." One adult was sentenced to five years and two others to two years. As for the minors, one was found guilty but received no prison sentence. He wa [...] | 2009-10-07 12:27:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR1299 | Seven Cabinet Reshuffles in Six Months [...] (SBU) Summary: Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade's latest cabinet reshuffle sees former Secretary General of the Presidency, Abdoulaye Balde, become the Minister of Defense while Interior Minister Cheikh Tidiane Sy is replaced at the Ministry by Becaye Diop who was Minister of Defense for the [...] | 2009-10-20 12:11:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR130 | RELIGION IN SENEGAL-THE SHIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-03 14:40:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL KIRF SG |
09DAKAR1327 | SENEGAL: OPPOSITION LEADER CLAIMS BISSAU-GUINEA [...] (C) Summary: On October 9, Abdoulaye Bathily, secretary general of the opposition Democratic League/Movement for the Labor Party (LD/MPT),solicited a meeting with Political Counselor to express his concern about recent events in Senegal's Casamance region. Bathily informed PolCouns that, acc [...] | 2009-10-26 07:55:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SG PU |
09DAKAR1329 | SENEGAL: OPPOSITION LEADER CLAIMS BISSAU-GUINEA [...] (C) Summary: On October 9, Abdoulaye Bathily, secretary general of the opposition Democratic League/Movement for the Labor Party (LD/MPT),solicited a meeting with Political Counselor to express his concern about recent events in Senegal's Casamance region. Bathily informed PolCouns that, acc [...] | 2009-10-26 07:55:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PU SG |
09DAKAR1336 | Senegal: Mouride thugs ransack media group [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 25, a group of thugs led by Mame Thierno Mbacke forcibly removed Sidy Lamine Niasse, founder of the Walfadjri media group, from his home and ransacked the group's headquarters. Mame Thierno Mbacke is the brother and assistant of politico-religious leader Modou Kara [...] | 2009-10-28 16:40:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR1358 | Alex Segura - The Scandal Continues [...] (SBU) Summary: After revelations that former IMF Resident Representatives, Alex Segura, left Senegal with a Presidential cash gift valued in the neighborhood of USD 200,000, local media and opposition leaders have continued to slam President Abdoulaye Wade for what they call his crass attempt t [...] | 2009-10-30 13:51:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS ECON EFIN SG |
09DAKAR1362 | GUINEA-BISSAU CABINET RESHUFFLE: PM CONSOLIDATES HIS POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 28, Prime Minister Carlos "Cadogo" Gomes, Jr. finally reshuffled his cabinet after announcing he would do so during the June-July presidential campaign. As he pledged last week in a Lisbon press conference, he promised a smaller government, ostensibly to rein in gove [...] | 2009-11-02 07:51:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM HDP SG |
09DAKAR1376 | Senegal: Campaigning for the 2012 is Already Underway [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although presidential elections are not slated until February 2012, the ruling Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) and the opposition Benno coalition (unity in Wolof) continue to spar against one another while internal debates rage as to who will represent them in the election. Pr [...] | 2009-11-05 07:48:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR1401 | Senegal: Opposition launches campaign for Wade's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, Benno, the Senegalese opposition party coalition, staged a demonstration calling on President Abdoulaye Wade to resign. The organizers denounced bad governance and announced that they have launched a campaign to collect 3 million signatures (twice the number of p [...] | 2009-11-13 13:05:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR1438 | SENEGAL: IMF MISSION GAVE POSITIVE MARK, BUT URGED THE [...] Summary: An IMF team visited Senegal in mid-November to carry out a fourth review of the Policy Support Instrument (PSI) and a second review of the Exogenous Shocks Facility (ESF). The IMF team met with government officials as well as donors, private sector and civil society representatives. [...] | 2009-11-24 17:10:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PINR PREL SG |
09DAKAR1440 | Casamance: Increased Violence and a Potential New Leader [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Between November 2-4, PolCouns visited the Casamance to assess the region's volatile security situation where road hijackings by armed gunmen have become commonplace. Additionally, a border quarrel between Senegal and Guinea-Bissau near Cabrousse has created tensions that have le [...] | 2009-11-25 14:32:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR1457 | Senegal: Can President Abdoulaye Wade's new alliance win [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 21, President Abdoulaye Wade announced the creation of a new alliance called "SOPI pour demain" (Change for Tomorrow). Four days earlier, he ended a host of rumors by declaring at a press conference that he will not call early elections nor eliminate a second round r [...] | 2009-12-02 17:21:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR1470 | Senegal: Chair of National Electoral Committee Resigns [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 26, Judge Moustapha Toure, the Chairman of Senegal's National Autonomous Electoral Committee (CENA) resigned under pressure from President Abdoulaye Wade. Knowing that he could not legally fire him, the President asked Toure in a November 5 meeting to resign. When T [...] | 2009-12-03 09:47:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR1496 | GUINEA-BISSAU: OPPOSITION PRS PARTY DISCRETE FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-09 16:20:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM HDP SG |
09DAKAR1504 | CORRECTED COPY: GUINEA-BISSAU: OPPOSITION PRS PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with PolOff, Ibrahim Sori Djalo, Interim President of the opposition Party for Social Renovation (PRS) and Augusto Poquena, PRS Secretary General, started off describing their party's cooperation with the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and C [...] | 2009-12-10 11:13:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM HDP SG |
09DAKAR1520 | Ahmedinejad in Dakar; Wade Comments on Iran's Civil Nuclear [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 26, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad made a twelve-hour stop in Dakar, en route to Teheran from Latin America. President Wade took the opportunity to reiterate his support for Iran's right to a civilian nuclear program while President Ahmedinejad announced that [...] | 2009-12-16 09:17:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR1527 | Imams Versus President Wade's Statue [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of 18 Islamic associations in the capital area directed their imams to denounce President Abdoulaye Wade during their December 11, 2009 Friday sermons because he had characterized them as being ignorant in the ways of Islam after they had accused the President's African [...] | 2009-12-18 12:38:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM SG |
09DAKAR1539 | Ambassador Meets Mouride Caliph [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting with Serigne Bara Lamine Mbacke, the Caliph-General (or grand marabout) of Senegal's powerful Mouride Muslim brotherhood, the Ambassador requested help to end child trafficking and child begging and discussed transparency in government and the fight against corru [...] | 2009-12-24 10:10:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM GTIP KISL SG |
09DAKAR1546 | SENEGAL: Homosexuals Arrested and Released [...] (SBU) On Christmas Eve police in Mbour (a town 70 km south of Dakar) raided a private residence in the resort town of Saly and arrested 24 men who had gathered there to celebrate. Among the 24 arrestees were two French doctors. According to news reports, the party was "infiltrated" by agents [...] | 2009-12-29 14:47:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM KTIP PHUM SG |
09DAKAR1547 | Drug Trafficking Admiral Returns to Guinea-Bissau [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Naval chief of staff, Admiral Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchuto, has returned to Guinea-Bissau. Na Tchuto, widely suspected of being involved in narcotics trafficking and involvement in an attempted assassination of former President Joao Bernardo Vieira, fled from the Gambia w [...] | 2009-12-29 16:38:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM KTIP PHUM SG |
09DAKAR1559 | Senegal: Increase in tensions Between President Wade and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an aside during a 28 December meeting with teachers, President Abdoulaye Wade compared the Monument of the African Renaissance, which some have called idolatrous, with the Cross. In a 29 December response, Cardinal Theodore Adrian Sarr characterized these observations as "an [...] | 2009-12-31 13:11:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM PHUM SG |
09DAKAR173 | Senegal: Local Elections- A First Look [...] (SBU) Summary: Senegal is scheduled to hold twice postponed local elections on March 22, 2009. The ruling Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) and its coalition partners do not seem ready. Nevertheless, they (and most political observers here) are confident that they will easily defeat the oppos [...] | 2009-02-11 17:28:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR187 | Senegal: Violent Student Demonstration in Ziguinchor [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Students of the new University of Ziguinchor staged a violent demonstration on February 11 following a week of strikes. They confronted security forces and burned tires to demand the payment of their stipends. End Summary. Inadequate University Facilities Feed Frustration -- [...] | 2009-02-12 17:43:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR189 | Senegal's Local Elections: Court Ruling is Fishy [...] (SBU) Summary: Dakar's Court of Appeals ruled on February 6 that the ruling Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) could compete in local elections in ten rural communities despite its failure to comply with a deadline set by the Electoral Code. The Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) a [...] | 2009-02-12 17:46:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR207 | SENEGAL: 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) As was the case in previous years Senegal continues to devote, time, resources and attention to combating trafficking in persons. 2. (U) responses are keyed to questions in reftel. Begin TIP report PARA 23: THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION A. Information on trafficking is gathered fr [...] | 2009-02-19 11:01:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG SG |
09DAKAR215 | SENEGAL: INFORMATION ON THE USE OF CHILD LABOR [...] (SBU) Responses are keyed to questions in reftel. Begin report: 2. (SBU) Senegalese law prohibits forced or compulsory labor, including by children; however, such practices were widespread in 2008. The law bans the exploitation of child labor, and there are regulations on child labor th [...] | 2009-02-23 07:46:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM SG |
09DAKAR217 | GUINEA-BISSAU FEBRUARY 2009 SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guinea-Bissau remains at risk of becoming a narco-state. It has become one of the transit points of choice for South American drug traffickers. Its extreme poverty and lack of law enforcement and judicial capacity make it particularly attractive and vulnerable to infiltration [...] | 2009-02-23 11:17:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL XY PU |
09DAKAR22 | Senegal: Protest Against Gaza Bombardment [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 2, 2009 The Association of Muslim students (AMS) of Senegal staged a small but vociferous demonstration against the bombings in Gaza. The demonstration took place on the campus of the University of Dakar and was attended by approximately 1,000 students. The leaders o [...] | 2009-01-07 17:22:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR220 | SENEGAL FEBRUARY 2009 SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal is preparing to hold local elections amid an atmosphere of slowly building social unrest due to ongoing economic difficulties, poor management of the country's public finances, and disillusionment with Senegal's overall governance. The Senegalese are known for and proud [...] | 2009-02-23 13:03:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS ASEC SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL ECON |
09DAKAR226 | Senegal: Massive pilgrimage to Touba underlines strength of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 14 the Mouride brotherhood celebrated its annual pilgrimage known as the Magal or "elevation" in Wolof. The Magal commemorates the exile of the founder of the brotherhood, Ahmadou Bamba MBacke, to Gabon by French Colonial authorities in 1895. This year's Magal saw m [...] | 2009-02-24 11:10:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM KISL ECON SG |
09DAKAR23 | SENEGAL CONDEMNS ISRAELI ACTIONS IN GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Senegal has firmly and repeatedly condemned the recent actions of the government of Israel in the Gaza strip. On January 3, President Abdoulaye Wade, current Chairman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),condemned the Israeli incursion into Gaza [...] | 2009-01-07 17:42:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SG IS |
09DAKAR237 | Senegal: GOS adopts Tough Stand Against Street [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 21, Senegalese police arrested seven people, including one attorney, during an unauthorized demonstration in Dakar. The demonstrators were protesting against the demolition of a local soccer stadium that is now earmarked for a major business project allegedly orchest [...] | 2009-02-25 11:55:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR25 | GUINEA-BISSAU: 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Below is Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control, of the 2008 INSCR for Guinea-Bissau. The text is keyed to the format provided in reftel. 2. Guinea-Bissau, a tiny impoverished country in West Africa, has evolved into a major transit hub for narcotics trafficking from South America to Europe. [...] | 2009-01-08 11:55:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PU SNAR XY |
09DAKAR252 | Senegal: Are the Electoral Rolls Corrupt? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 24, Embassy Pol staff debriefed two computer experts who audited the national electoral database on February 10-11, 2009. The audit was requested by the coalition of opposition parties and was conducted with the concurrence and support of the Ministry of Interior tha [...] | 2009-02-27 11:35:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR257 | SENEGAL: CONTENTIOUS LOCAL ELECTIONS IN THE CASAMANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to the March 2009 local elections, POL Assistant met with authorities and NGO representatives in Ziguinchor to discuss local politics and the state of the peace process between the government and the Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance (MFDC). The upcom [...] | 2009-03-02 07:02:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM SG |
09DAKAR260 | SENEGAL: REQUEST FUNDS FOR LOCAL ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION [...] This is an action request. 2. Embassy Dakar requests funding to support Embassy coverage of local elections slated for March 22, 2009. 3. Breakdown of funding request follows: Observers for Dakar region: $261x4 observers= $1,044 Observers for regions outside of Dakar: $120x13(regions)x [...] | 2009-03-02 14:20:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN AMGT PGOV KDEM SG |
09DAKAR263 | GUINEA-BISSAU: PRESIDENT AND ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the evening of March 1, the Chief of Staff for the Bissau-Guinean military was killed when a bomb exploded near his office. Approximately eight hours later, soldiers opened fire on the home of the president, ostensibly in retaliation for the assassination of the military chief. [...] | 2009-03-03 07:37:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PU XY |
09DAKAR273 | SENEGAL: REQUEST FUNDS FOR LOCAL ELECTION OBSERVER [...] This is an action request. 2. Embassy Dakar requests funding to support Embassy coverage of local elections slated for March 22, 2009. 3. Breakdown of funding request follows: Observers for Dakar region: $261x4 observers= $1,044 Observers for regions outside of Dakar: $120x13(regions)x [...] | 2009-03-03 17:21:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN AMGT PGOV KDEM SG |
09DAKAR274 | GUINEA-BISSAU: REQUEST FUNDING FOR ELECTION SUPPORT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) As a result of the March 2 assassination of President Joao Bernardo Vieira, interim-President Raimundo Pereira will have to oversee presidential elections within 60 days, as called for in the constitution. However, the GOGB does not [...] | 2009-03-03 18:52:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM PU |
09DAKAR275 | GUINEA-BISSAU ASSASSINATIONS UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the calm following the assassinations of Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Tagme Na Wai and President Joao Bernardo Vieira, the Bissau-Guinean military leadership continues to insist they want no role in governing the country. The interim President, Raimundo Pereira, was swo [...] | 2009-03-03 20:28:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PINR PREL PU XY |
09DAKAR285 | GUINEA-BISSAU ASSASSINATIONS UPDATE MARCH 5 [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Bissau-Guinean ambassador to Senegal, drug traffickers or, perhaps, Guinea Conakry had a hand in the assassination of Chief of Staff General Tagme Na Wai. It is clear that Mansoa battalion commander, Antonio Nije, is responsible for killing President Joao Bernard [...] | 2009-03-05 17:16:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | KOCI PGOV PREL PINR PINS PU XY |
09DAKAR286 | BISSAU-GUINEAN INTERIM PRESIDENT PROFILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bissau-Guinean interim President Raimundo Pereira, born on August 28, 1956 in Bissau, is a lawyer by training and an experienced public servant by profession. Armed with a law degree from the University of Lisbon, Pereira launched an impressive career in the Bissau-Guinean gover [...] | 2009-03-05 17:16:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PU XY |
09DAKAR288 | (SBU) Visionary Monument or Bromdignagian Folly? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Between December 1-14, 2009 Senegal will host the World Festival of Negro Arts (FESNAM). The event will focus on African renaissance and is also meant to coincide with the unveiling of a fifty-meter high "African Renaissance statue" commissioned by President Abdoulaye Wade. Wad [...] | 2009-03-06 12:27:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR289 | SENEGAL: MORE INSIGHTS FROM PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: (SBU) Minister Councilor at the Presidency and Financial Advisor to President Wade, Habib Mbaye (protect),recently shared new insights into the policy world of President Wade. Mbaye is in a new role where he is supposed to coordinate the inter-agency, inter-ministerial efforts t [...] | 2009-03-09 07:41:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KCOR KDEM PINR GV MR IR SG |
09DAKAR290 | SENEGAL'S KARIM WADE - THE HEIR APPARENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: With local elections less than three weeks away, the country has entered a period of intense campaigning. One of the key battles will be in Dakar, where President Abdoulaye Wade has finally made a move to slip his son Karim into the political arena by including him on his party's [...] | 2009-03-09 09:42:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS ECON PINR KDEM SOCI SG |
09DAKAR313 | GUINEA-BISSAU: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ASSASSINATIONS [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, Ambassador and Emboffs met in Dakar with Isabelle Vieira, the widow of former Bissau-Guinea President Joao Bernardo Vieira, and close family friend, Pierre Goudiaby Atepa, an adviser to the Senegalese President. Atepa and Mrs. Vieira asked for the United States to i [...] | 2009-03-13 19:18:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PU SG XY |
09DAKAR32 | Senegal: Rape on the Rise [...] (SBU) Summary: Senegalese women's associations are mobilizing in support of a draft law to criminalize rape. After achieving notable successes in gaining parity on gender issues such as schooling for girls and allowing a woman to pay her family's medical expenses when her husband is unable to [...] | 2009-01-13 11:38:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI SG |
09DAKAR339 | SENEGAL: Local Election Campaigning Heats Up [...] (SBU) Summary: In the run up to the March 2009 local elections, Poloff and Pol Assistant travelled to Kebemer, Louga and Saint Louis to observe various candidates on the campaign trail. The stakes are high for both the governing and opposition coalitions as these elections will define where th [...] | 2009-03-20 08:10:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM SG |
09DAKAR342 | SENEGAL: Local Election Campaigning Heats Up Corrected [...] (SBU) Summary: In the run up to the March 2009 local elections, Poloff and Pol Assistant travelled to Kebemer, Louga and Saint Louis to observe various candidates on the campaign trail. The stakes are high for both the governing and opposition coalitions as these elections will define where th [...] | 2009-03-20 12:02:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM SG |
09DAKAR351 | SENEGAL'S PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY PLANS TO AUDIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the January 2008 establishment of broad and strict new public procurement requirements, the main regulatory agency, ARMP, is gearing up to conduct independent, far-reaching audits of public institutions' compliance with the new standards. This could prove politically d [...] | 2009-03-24 11:48:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV ECON KCOR BTIO SG |
09DAKAR372 | Senegal: President Wade Trounced in Local Elections [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 22, voters in Senegal's major cities voted against the ruling coalition in municipal, rural, and regional elections. Although the results are still unofficial, large cities such as Saint-Louis, Thies, Kaolack, Diourbel, Louga, Fatick, and the capital city Dakar will fal [...] | 2009-03-24 16:36:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR378 | Senegal's local elections: Legal Shenanigans [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 19, the National Electoral Committee (CENA) using a Supreme Court ruling that affirmed its authority to do so, ordered GOS authorities in the region of Diourbel to stop the ruling party from participating in the March 22 local elections in ten rural districts where they [...] | 2009-03-26 09:09:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR383 | NATIONAL AUDIOVISUAL REGULATORY BODY SELECTIVELY ENFORCES [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 14, the broadcasting licenses of three local community radio stations located in Dakar's suburbs were suspended for two months by the National Council for Broadcasting Regulation (CNRA) for violating a law that prohibits these types of stations from covering political [...] | 2009-03-26 14:43:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KPAO KDEM KJUS SG |
09DAKAR384 | Senegal Local Elections: Amateur Hour but Mostly Calm, [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 22, voters in Senegal's major cities voted in municipal, rural, and regional elections. Embassy Dakar deployed 13 monitoring teams in order to observe the elections. Post assesses that for the most part the elections were calm, free, and fair, but amateur in they way th [...] | 2009-03-26 15:35:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR386 | Senegalese local elections: The Department of Medina Yoro [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 28, electors will be called to vote for a second time in a week in the department of the Region of Kolda. The Department of Medina Yorofoulah received their ballots after the official closing time of 18:00 and decided to conduct late night voting in violation of the law [...] | 2009-03-26 16:29:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR387 | Senegalese local elections: The Department of Medina Yoro [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 28, electors will be called to vote for a second time in a week in the department of the Region of Kolda. The Department of Medina Yorofoulah received their ballots after the official closing time of 18:00 and decided to conduct late night voting in violation of the law [...] | 2009-03-26 17:08:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR409 | SENEGAL: RIOT VICTIM NOT KILLED BY SECURITY [...] (SBU) In ref A Post reported that 21-year-old Mamdaou Sinna Sidibe had been shot dead by military personnel during a violent demonstration in the city of Kedougou in southeastern Senegal. During a follow-up visit to the city by Poloff and FSN Pol Assistant, Post determined that the youth was [...] | 2009-03-31 08:37:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC SOCI PHUM PINR ECON SG |
09DAKAR412 | SENEGAL MARITIME SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Following meetings with senior officials of the Senegalese Armed Forces, the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA),and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),Post concludes that Senegal's maritime security remains sparse. The Senegalese Navy is among the [...] | 2009-03-31 13:26:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL SU KPKO SG |
09DAKAR416 | Senegal-Ambassador meets the Minister of Renewable Energy [...] (SBU) On March 30, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Christian Sina Diatta, the Minister of Biofuels, Renewable Energy and Scientific Research, to discuss alternative energy possibilities and nuclear power in Senegal. End Summary Downbeat -------- 2. (SBU) Minister Diatta is a mathemati [...] | 2009-04-01 15:17:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV BTIO KNNP SG |
09DAKAR427 | SENEGAL: VOTING IN A TENSE KEDOUGOU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The city of Kedougou used to be a sleepy backwater in the extreme southeast of Senegal near the Malian and Guinean (Conakry) borders, but riots, destruction, and death on 23 December 2008 linked to commercial gold mining nearby ended all that. It was thus to everyone's relief t [...] | 2009-04-02 13:05:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR436 | SENEGAL: CHIEF OF DEFENSE ON GUINEA-BISSAU AND THE [...] (U) This is an action request: See paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: Although the situation in the Casamance region of Senegal is calm at the moment, the Senegalese Chief of Defense General Abdoulaye Fall expressed concern about the potential for recent events in Guinea-Bissau to destabilize [...] | 2009-04-03 13:52:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | KOCI PGOV PREL PU XY SG |
09DAKAR449 | Senegal: WADE'S ECLECTIC NATIONAL DAY SPEECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 4, Senegal celebrated the 49th anniversary of its independence with a grandiose military and civilian parade in Dakar. In his message, President Abdoulaye Wade commented on the March 22 local elections, congratulating the opposition by conceding defeat and calling the l [...] | 2009-04-07 16:12:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR460 | GUINEA BISSAU ELECTION DATE SET AMID MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: As Bissau-Guinean de facto Armed Forces Chief of Staff Zamora Induta seeks to transform his (questionable) legal authority into effective control of the military, armed forces personnel have embarked on a violent, extra-judicial campaign of silencing dissent among the population. [...] | 2009-04-08 18:30:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | KOCI PGOV PREL PU XY |
09DAKAR470 | GUINEA-BISSAU: PRIME MINISTER DEFENDS MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: On April 2, PolCouns met with Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior to deliver a letter from the Ambassador requesting clarification regarding the status of Navy Captain Jose Zamora Induta, the de facto head of the armed forces of Guinea-Bissau. In the letter, the U.S. also expresse [...] | 2009-04-10 14:25:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PU XY |
09DAKAR477 | GUINEA-BISSAU DEFENSE CHIEF DEFENDS ACTIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: On April 2, PolCouns met with Naval Captain Jose Zamora Induta, the de facto head of the armed forces of Guinea-Bissau. PolCouns expressed U.S. concern regarding the apparently unconstitutional designation of Induta as chief of the armed forces, the recent political violence carr [...] | 2009-04-14 19:24:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PU XY PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM KCRM |
09DAKAR512 | SENEGAL: TROUBLES AHEAD IN 2009? CORRECTED VERSION [...] (C) Summary: Laye Bamba Diallo, Editor of the Nouvelle Horizon weekly and Omar Ndiaye, an old Embassy contact and the editor of the Temoin weekly, told poloff that they are both worried about the future for Senegal, characterizing the outlook as bleak. They believe that President Abdoulaye Wa [...] | 2009-04-21 15:01:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI ECON PINR KDEM SG |
09DAKAR522 | Senegal: Democracy, But no Checks and Balances [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 14, Senegal's National Assembly released a summary of its 2008 activities. It was reported that the Assembly passed sixty-eight laws, of which only three were initiated by the Assembly itself, while all the others by the Executive branch. The Assembly also passed seven [...] | 2009-04-23 08:40:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR540 | SENEGAL TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE IN UN HUMAN [...] PolCouns met with the head of the Senegalese Foreign Ministry's UN Division, Mame Oumar Thiaw, on April 16th to request Senegalese support for the U.S. candidacy for a seat on the Human Rights Council per reftel. Thiaw welcomed the return of the United States to the UN Human Rights Council, [...] | 2009-04-28 16:45:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM SG |
09DAKAR562 | CONFIDENCE BUILDING IN GUINEA-BISSAU: CHOD TOLD TO [...] (U) This cable was cleared by U.S. Africa Command Deputy Commander for Civil-Military Activities Mary Carlin Yates. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On April 23, Ambassador Bernicat and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Deputy Commander for Civil-Military Activities (DCMA) Mary Carlin Yates told the head of the [...] | 2009-05-05 17:38:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PU XY |
09DAKAR563 | AMBASSADOR AND DCMA PRESS BISSAU-GUINEAN OFFICIALS [...] (U) This cable was cleared by U.S. Africa Command Deputy Commander for Civil-Military Activities Mary Carlin Yates. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On April 23, 2009, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Deputy Commander for Civil-Military Activities (DCMA) and Ambassador Bernicat led a nine-person delegation to [...] | 2009-05-05 17:58:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS SOCI SNAR PU XY |
09DAKAR584 | Senegal: A Cabinet Reshuffle for political revenge [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 30, President Wade appointed Souleymane Ndene Ndiaye as the new Prime Minister. The highlight of the Ndiaye cabinet is the creation of a super Ministry of International Cooperation, Air Transportation, Infrastructure and Land Use tailored for the President's son, Karim [...] | 2009-05-07 15:29:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR59 | Gay Men Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison [...] (SBU) Summary: Nine gay men - several of whom were known anti-AIDS activists - were sentenced to eight years in prison for criminal conspiracy and committing "unnatural acts." The sentence is unusually harsh and has produced outrage among Senegalese human rights NGOs and AIDS activists, as we [...] | 2009-01-15 16:18:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV SG |
09DAKAR624 | GUINEA-BISSAU SUPREME COURT NARROWS LIST OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 13:03:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PU XY |
09DAKAR634 | Senegal Grapples with Homosexuality [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 20, The Court of Appeals of Dakar freed nine homosexual men who had been condemned to eight years in prison in January 2009. The court ruled that the police had contravened the law when they searched their homes and further ruled that the evidence on which the convicti [...] | 2009-05-19 12:18:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR635 | Senegal's New Vice Presidency-An Empty Shell [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 15 the Senegalese National Assembly voted in a favor of a constitutional amendment to create the position of Vice President (VP). Although many deputies belonging to President Abdoulaye Wade's own party argued against the move, saying that such a position is superfluous, [...] | 2009-05-19 13:59:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR636 | SENEGAL-THE OPPOSITION WON, BUT NOW WHAT? [...] (C) Summary: In a wide ranging discussion with newly elected Dakar Regional Councilor, Rahmet Sow, she admitted that the opposition coalition grouped under the Benno Siggil Senegaal (BSS) banner did far better than any of them had expected and refuted rumors that the BSS was on the verge of br [...] | 2009-05-19 14:57:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON PINR KDEM SG |
09DAKAR643 | Senegalese Government Cripples Opposition Mayors [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 28, the Cabinet presented a draft law to the National Assembly to amend the Urban Code to allow the State to forgo the need to have local mayors countersign construction or building projects in their administrative zones. The Minister of Urban Affairs will be given that [...] | 2009-05-22 12:35:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR666 | GUINEA-BISSAU PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Of the thirteen candidates that remain in contention for the presidency of Guinea-Bissau, Malam Bacai Sanha, Kumba Yala, Henrique Rosa and Baciro Dabo have emerged as the front runners. Despite reported tensions between Sanha and Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior, most observer [...] | 2009-05-29 14:03:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PU XY |
09DAKAR667 | Senegal: Key figures in Wade's new cabinet [...] (SBU) On May 1, President Abdoulaye Wade revealed a new cabinet in response to his party's heavy losses following local elections. Aside from a new Prime Minister, the President appointed his son Karim as a "Super Minister" who will handle international cooperation, land use, infrastructure, an [...] | 2009-05-29 15:37:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR696 | GUINEA-BISSAU: SEVERAL POLITICIANS KILLED BY [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 5, in the early morning, Bissau-Guinean security forces killed former Minister of Territorial Administration Baciro Dabo and National Assembly Deputy Helder Proenca. Several other alleged conspirators were taken into custody. The Ministry of Interior's intelligence ser [...] | 2009-06-05 19:18:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PU XY SG |
09DAKAR716 | Seniranauto: Senegal and Iran's white elephant. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Seniranauto, a car assembly plant with an estimated 40 billion CFA (80 million USD) investment between Senegal and Iran's automaker Khodro, has been hit by a highly publicized scandal. Three years after its launching, the plant has no production but local media reports have put [...] | 2009-06-11 08:57:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PINR EINV ECON KCOR SG |
09DAKAR724 | Senegal wins case against Belgium at International Court of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 28, The International Court of Justice at The Hague rejected Belgium's demands that preventive measures be taken to stop Senegal from allowing former Chadian Head of State Hissene Habre to escape justice. Belgium initiated the case following a February 2009 interview wher [...] | 2009-06-11 16:13:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR748 | SENEGAL'S MINISTER OF BUDGET WALKS OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 10, Junior Minister for Budget, Mamadou Abdoulaye Sow resigned from the Government of Prime Minister Souleymane Ndene NDiaye for "personal reasons". Sow was replaced immediately by Abdoulaye Diop, Chief of Staff of former Prime Minister Hadjibou Soumare. Several obser [...] | 2009-06-18 07:51:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EAID SG |
09DAKAR760 | POST'S PERSPECTIVE ON SENEGAL'S IMF PROGRAM REVIEW ON JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: Senegal's Policy Support Instrument (PSI) program with the IMF will be presented for its 3rd Board review on June 19. We understand that the IMF Staff recommends a positive review. Post continues to believe it is essential to keep the IMF engaged in fiscal reform efforts thr [...] | 2009-06-19 08:20:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EAID SG |
09DAKAR774 | GUINEA-BISSAU KILLINGS UDPATE, IMPACT ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the June 5 killings of Minister of Territorial Administration Baciro Dabo, National Assembly Deputy Helder Proenca and others (reftel),the government of Guinea-Bissau sought to convince skeptical diplomats that those killed were participating in a coup attempt. The gov [...] | 2009-06-22 18:29:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PU XY |
09DAKAR775 | U.S. ENDORSEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 6 for action request to endorse UN Security Council support for a hybrid commission of inquiry for Guinea-Bissau. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to the May 22 request from Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior to United Nations Secretary General [...] | 2009-06-23 08:11:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PU XY |
09DAKAR787 | GUINEA-BISSAU: AMBASSADORS TENTATIVELY AGREE TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 19 informal meeting of representatives of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members and other representatives of the international community, participants agreed that that the UNSC should support the creation of a "hybrid" commission of inquiry for Guinea-Bissau (G [...] | 2009-06-23 17:23:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM SG |
09DAKAR792 | DEADLOCK OVER HIGH STATE COUNCIL THREATENS TO [...] (C) Summary: Implementation of the June 4 Dakar Accord calling for the formation of a National Unity Government, President Abdallahi's resignation, and the organization of elections on July 18 has come to a standstill due to disagreements over the future of the extra-constitutional military [...] | 2009-06-23 18:20:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MR SL KDEM |
09DAKAR793 | DAKAR ACCORD: THINGS MAY FALL APART [...] (C) Summary: The Mauritanians claim they are still committed to the Dakar Accord. Nevertheless, after four days of intense negotiations, consensus over the wording of the High State Council (HSC) communiqueQ remains elusive. Sharp divisions are emerging within the International Contact Gro [...] | 2009-06-23 18:25:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MR SL KDEM |
09DAKAR825 | GUINEA-BISSAU: SANHA, YALA PREVAIL IN SOUND PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guinea-Bissau's presidential election took place without major incident on June 28. All observers, including those from Embassy Dakar, agreed that the election was technically sound. Voter turnout was low, due in part to recent violence (reftel) and the re-use of voter lists co [...] | 2009-07-02 17:00:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM XY PU |
09DAKAR858 | UNIVERSITY POLITICS AND POSSIBLE POLITICAL REFORM IN ST. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In her first official visit to St. Louis May 6-8, Ambassador Bernicat heard that the Ministry of Higher Education is trying to make Gaston Berger University, Senegal's highest quality university, more like the other, mass, institutions. The university rector has not only resi [...] | 2009-07-07 17:37:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG |
09DAKAR870 | Senegal: Opposition and civil society try to chart the [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 24, Senegalese opposition and civil society leaders concluded the Assises Nationales, a year-long national introspection to chart Senegal's future. This National Dialogue involved one hundred and seven organizations including thirty political parties. It was a successful [...] | 2009-07-09 15:56:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR871 | Challenges within Senegal's Public Tertiary Educational [...] (SBU) Summary: Universit Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) is generally billed as Senegal's premier institution of higher learning. However, recent student strikes have illustrated some of the glaring problems evident within the public education system. Overcrowding and mismanagement have left the Unive [...] | 2009-07-09 16:04:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS KDEM SOCI PHUM SG |
09DAKAR873 | Enlisting Senegal's New Prime Minister to Stay the MCC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Souleymane Ndn Ndiaye expressed his willingness to build upon the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact relationship that was established by his predecessor. Ndiaye showed great interest in the MCC initiative and assured [...] | 2009-07-09 17:16:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EAID SG |
09DAKAR889 | GUINEA-BISSAU: DIPLOMATIC CORPS AGREES THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 6 United Nations (UN) Representative of the Secretary General (RSG) Joseph Mutaboba chaired meeting of the diplomatic corps to discuss the presidential elections in Guinea-Bissau, as well as plans to integrate and augment the UN presence in Bissau and the international co [...] | 2009-07-13 18:01:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XY PU UN |
09DAKAR890 | Animism in Senegal [...] SUMMARY: During a trip to the Kedougou Region of southern Senegal, Poloff visited the Bedik village of Ewol whose people still practice a nature based form of animism and who have long resisted conversion to Islam or Christianity. While it is difficult to estimate how many true animists remain [...] | 2009-07-14 10:39:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KISL SG |
09DAKAR896 | Senegal's Casamance-Trials and Tribulations [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The troubled Casamance region of Southern Senegal is facing yet another crisis following the dissolution of Air Senegal International. Already cut off from the rest of the country by the Gambia, local tour operators are extremely worried that without regular flights the upcoming [...] | 2009-07-14 17:02:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR901 | GOLD IN SENEGAL; BUT THIS IS NO ELDORADO [...] (C) Summary. In an effort to verify claims of alleged child labor and to get a first-hand look at Senegal's up-and-coming gold mining sector, Poloff conducted an unannounced visit to an artisanal gold mining village near Kedougou. Reports of child exploitation could not be fully corroborated [...] | 2009-07-15 11:40:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON PINR KDEM KTIP SG |
09DAKAR945 | GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY SECTOR REFORM AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 14 and 15, PolCouns held meetings in Bissau with several African diplomats and other representatives from the international community resident in Guinea-Bissau to discuss the upcoming second round OF presidential elections on July 26, ongoing Security Sector Reform (SSR),[...] | 2009-07-24 07:50:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV |
09DAKAR948 | SENEGAL: War and Banditry in the Casamance [...] (SBU) In recent weeks, armed gunmen hijacked several transportation vehicles and robbed local businesses in Casamance. These attacks have resulted in several deaths and led the Senegalese military to reinforce their positions in the area north of Ziguinchor on the trans-Gambian highway. Attack [...] | 2009-07-27 11:21:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR993 | Senegal's ruling party steals local election in Mbane [...] (SBU) The Court of Appeals in Dakar recently overturned the results of local elections in Mbane located in Northeast Senegal. A leading opposition leader Aliou Diack has been officially replaced by a member of the ruling party following the court's decision. Although the court has justified it [...] | 2009-08-03 07:40:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
09DAKAR994 | GUINEA-BISSAU: SANHA WINS SECOND ROUND PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guinea-Bissau held the second round of its presidential election on July 26 following weeks of campaigning that saw Party for Social Renewal (PRS) candidate Kumba Yala level significant accusations against African Party for the Independence of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC [...] | 2009-08-03 07:42:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM XY PU |
09DAMASCUS109 | WOMEN'S NGO WARNED REGARDING EMBASSY CONTACT [...] (C/NF) The Ministry of Social Affairs recently warned a prominent Syrian women's NGO that it risked losing its license if it had any unauthorized contact with foreigners or embassies. NGO staff believe the warning was issued after one of its board members reported to the SARG that Embassy Dam [...] | 2009-02-04 14:24:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS114 | IRAQI KURDS REBUFF SYRIAN KURDISH ACTIVIST'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: We met with a Damascus-based Kurdish activist on February 3 who had smuggled herself from Syria into Kurdistan, Iraq on November 22, 2008 to solicit support from a range of Kurdish parties, including the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK),[...] | 2009-02-08 15:48:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS120 | RE-ENGAGING SYRIA: A FIRST LOOK AT SANCTIONS [...] (C) Top-level SARG officials are increasingly identifying U.S. trade sanctions as a key issue in any diplomatic re-engagement. The Presidential waiver authority codified in the Syrian Accountability Act and operationalized by the Commerce Department's General Order No. 2 authorizes the export [...] | 2009-02-10 13:53:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ETRD ETTC PGOV PTER SY |
09DAMASCUS125 | ENGAGING SYRIA: SYRIA AND LEBANON [...] (S/NF)1. (S/NF) Summary: Direct U.S. engagement with Syria is unlikely to yield near-term breakthroughs in Syrian-Lebanese relations, but a U.S.-Syrian dialogue provides an opportunity to cooperate with France and other European countries to ensure Syria hears a more consistent message on t [...] | 2009-02-11 19:31:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV LE IS IR SY |
09DAMASCUS126 | REFORMATTED COPY OF DAMASCUS 125 - RE-ENGAGING [...] (S/NF) Summary: Direct U.S. engagement with Syria is unlikely to yield near-term breakthroughs in Syrian-Lebanese relations, but a U.S.-Syrian dialogue provides an opportunity to cooperate with France and other European countries to ensure Syria hears a more consistent message on the importa [...] | 2009-02-12 08:21:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV LE IS IR SY |
09DAMASCUS133 | WFP MANAGEMENT REVIEW TEAM VISIT RAISES MORE [...] (C) Summary: World Food Program (WFP) dispatched a Management Review Team to Damascus this past week whose mission was to investigate what went wrong this past December after the SARG turned-around U.S. and Italian-funded rice destined for the Iraqi refugee population here (Ref A, B, C, D, E) [...] | 2009-02-12 15:29:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS147 | ASAD TELLS CODEL BERMAN SYRIA READY FOR PEACE, [...] (C) Summary: President Asad's February 21 meeting with CODEL Berman focused on the need for frank dialogue between the two countries, U.S. concerns about Syria's relations with Hamas, Iran, and Hizballah, and Syria's desire for an American umbrella in a comprehensive regional peace process. [...] | 2009-02-24 13:51:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV PTER PHUM IR IS IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS148 | CONGRESSMAN BERMAN MEETS WITH DAMASCUS DECLARATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a pull-aside meeting at a February 21 reception hosted by CDA at the Ambassador's Residence, Representative Howard Berman, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) and HFAC Senior Professional Staff Member Alan Makovsky met with Jumana Seif (strictly protect),th [...] | 2009-02-24 13:53:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS16 | SYRIA-CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT, [...] (C) In response to reftel, Post reports that the SARG has taken no actions in 2008 to promote the advancement of democracy or human rights in Cuba and as a matter of foreign policy has expressed support for the regime of Fidel Castro. -------------------------------- Cuban Ambassador Blames [...] | 2009-01-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PGOV CU SY |
09DAMASCUS164 | THE "PESSOPTIMISTS": SYRIANS SPECULATE ON THE FUTURE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 12:29:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO SCUL SY XF |
09DAMASCUS165 | CORRECTED ARREST DATE: CYBER-DISSIDENT TRIAL WILL [...] (C) Web journalist Habib Saleh, arrested on October 16, faced the Second Criminal Court in Damascus on December 1 to answer for articles posted on the internet deemed threateningly critical of the state. The judge in the case prevented the public from attending what was supposed to be an open [...] | 2009-03-02 13:13:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS176 | CODEL KERRY PRESSES SYRIAN VICE PRESIDENT ON [...] (C) In a February 21 meeting with CODEL Kerry, Vice President Faruq al-Shar'a declined to provide specific actions that the SARG wanted from the U.S. to improve the bilateral relationship. Senator Kerry enumerated three measurable ways that Syria could signal its intentions to the Obama Admin [...] | 2009-03-06 17:27:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV PTER IZ LE IS SY |
09DAMASCUS179 | PRESIDENT ASAD AND CODEL CARDIN DISCUSS A NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Cardin, in a February 18 meeting with President Bashar al-Asad, FM Muallim, Presidential Advisor for Political and Media Affairs Shaaban, and Ambassador to the U.S. Mustafa conveyed U.S. concerns regarding Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon, Syrian human rights abuses, the [...] | 2009-03-10 10:40:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IAEA KPAL PGOV PREL PTER IR IS IZ TU SY |
09DAMASCUS185 | MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT SEEKING TO [...] (C) Summary: In an effort to assess the current activities of MJD in Syria and XXXXXXXXXXXX, we met XXXXXXXXXXXX with XXXXXXXXXXXX has connections to the Movement for Justice and Development (MJD). XXXXXXXXXXXX reported on the MJD's effort to expand in Syria and the current coordination between the [...] | 2009-03-11 08:34:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS188 | JORDANIAN COMPANY REPORTEDLY LEASING AIRBUS A320 [...] (C) Civil aviation-related rumors are again rampant in Damascus one month after SARG officials publicly announced that Boeing had received U.S. export licenses to perform airframe overhauls (D-checks) on Syrian Air's two 747-SPs. On March 1, a semi-independent daily published a report that a J [...] | 2009-03-12 05:52:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ETRD ETTC PTER PGOV CA JO SY |
09DAMASCUS199 | CORRECTED COPY OF DAMASCUS 179 PARA 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Cardin, in a February 18 meeting with President Bashar al-Asad, FM Muallim, Presidential Advisor for Political and Media Affairs Shaaban, and Ambassador to the U.S. Mustafa conveyed U.S. concerns regarding Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon, Syrian human rights abuses, the [...] | 2009-03-15 05:49:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IAEA KPAL PGOV PREL PTER IR IS IZ TU SY |
09DAMASCUS202 | NEW LEBANESE EMBASSY PERCHED ABOVE OUR COMPOUND [...] (SBU) The March 15 placement of a sign embossed with a cedar tree and Arabic lettering denoting the "Embassy of the Republic of Lebanon" paved the way for the official opening of Lebanon's "temporary" embassy on Monday, March 16. RSO locally employed staff (LES) learned the Lebanese Charg d,A [...] | 2009-03-16 09:20:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC LE SY |
09DAMASCUS209 | NORTHEASTERN SYRIA: IT'S MORE THAN JUST UNHAPPY KURDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On a tour of the Jazirah region of northern and eastern Syria, PD officers witnessed first-hand the cultural complexity of Syrian society, the effect of population and environmental shifts on this mosaic, and the extensive reach of the Syrian security services. From March 10-13 [...] | 2009-03-18 07:52:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS KPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL SENV SOCI SY XF |
09DAMASCUS210 | HABIB SALEH SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Internet-dissident Habib Saleh was sentenced to three years in prison on March 15 by the Second Criminal Court in Damascus on the charges of weakening national sentiment. French, Canadian, Swedish, Norwegian, Swiss and Danish Embassy representatives were also present. The highe [...] | 2009-03-18 15:34:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS224 | QAMISHLI KURDS CELEBRATE NOWRUZ WITHOUT SARG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Qamishli's Kurds celebrated evening and daytime Nowruz events with only minor SARG harassment, as observed by PolEconoffs. Police and military presence was significant, but unlike last year, when three Kurds were killed and many others detained, there have been no reports of arr [...] | 2009-03-25 13:39:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SY |
09DAMASCUS228 | QAMISHLI KURDS CELEBRATE NOWRUZ WITHOUT SARG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hundreds of thousands of Kurds gathered throughout Syria on March 21, especially in the al-Jazira region, to participate in Nowruz, the ancient Kurdish and Persian celebration of the new solar year. At 18 different sites in al-Jazira alone, Kurds erected temporary tent cities, [...] | 2009-03-26 13:52:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PTER SCUL SY |
09DAMASCUS254 | BUSINESSMAN OFFERS HIS SERVICES AS POLITICAL [...] (S/NF) During a March 30 courtesy call, a prominent Syrian businessman offered his services as a political interlocutor to the Syrian Foreign Minister, Director of Syrian Military Intelligence and Deputy Vice President for National Security Affairs. To establish his bona fides, he claimed to h [...] | 2009-04-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL PTER SY |
09DAMASCUS272 | FOR AILING RIAD SEIF, RIAD AL-TURK AND DAMASCUS [...] (C) Summary: Three members of the Damascus Declaration Secretariat General met with PolEconoffs on April 6 to register their concern over Riad Seif's declining health (ref A). Seif, one of the most prominent leaders in the Damascus Declaration movement and a cancer patient, is currently serv [...] | 2009-04-09 15:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PINR PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS274 | CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION RATTLES BUSINESS COMMUNITY [...] (S) The recent imprisonment of a prominent businessman thought to be close to President Asad has rattled the Syrian business community. Although the high-profile arrest was not reported by Syrian media, Prime Minister Utri made a veiled reference to it in a daily newspaper, saying, "we will cu [...] | 2009-04-09 15:18:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | ETRD EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS278 | REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE ON ESF FUNDS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Damascus seeks Department guidance on how to proceed with planning for the recent USD 2.5 million allocation of "Governing Democratically and Justly" Economic Support Funds (ESF). In particular, we seek L's opinion on t [...] | 2009-04-14 12:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS279 | BOEING READOUT ON SYRIAN AIR'S DILEMMA [...] (C) A Boeing sales representative described Syrian Air execs as disappointed that his April 7-8 visit to Damascus did not portend an imminent change in U.S. sanctions law that would allow Syrian Air to purchase new aircraft from Boeing. He said that Syrian Air was confused about the extent of [...] | 2009-04-14 14:49:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS286 | MFA REQUESTS EMBASSY HELP FOR SYRIAN AIR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 14:32:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL GE SP SY |
09DAMASCUS288 | CORRECTED COPY: MFA REQUESTS EMBASSY HELP FOR [...] (C) In an April 15 meeting requested by Vice Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad, the Director General of Syrian Air asked for the Embassy's help in obtaining export licenses for maintenance on 17 aircraft engines and three auxilliary power units. Two Airbus A320 engines are involved in a contractu [...] | 2009-04-20 08:24:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL GE SP SY |
09DAMASCUS294 | DAM BREAKING ON SYRIAN SANCTIONS REGIME [...] (C) The U.S. sanctions regime against Syria has recently taken two hits that, if left unanswered, could significantly decrease a source of our leverage over the Syrian regime. In what is likely the most blatant violation of U.S. trade sanctions Post has observed, a Jordanian company delivered [...] | 2009-04-22 12:45:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL JO SP SY |
09DAMASCUS295 | DAM BREAKING ON SYRIAN SANCTIONS REGIME [...] (C) The U.S. sanctions regime against Syria has recently taken two hits that, if left unanswered, could significantly decrease a source of our leverage over the Syrian regime. In what is likely the most blatant violation of U.S. trade sanctions Post has observed, a Jordanian company delivered [...] | 2009-04-22 13:58:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL JO SP SY |
09DAMASCUS298 | FRENCH AND GERMAN EMBASSIES PREPARED TO REQUEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jumana Seif (strictly protect),the daughter of prominent Damascus Declaration leader Riad Seif (ref A) who is serving a two and a half year prison sentence, met with PolEconoffs on April 22 to discuss her father's increasingly precarious health situation. She reported that the [...] | 2009-04-23 09:06:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS3 | ASAD DISCUSSES IRAN AND GAZA WITH CODEL SPECTER [...] (C) In a December 30 meeting with CODEL Specter, a relaxed President Bashar al-Asad dismissed Israeli concerns that Iran might use a nuclear weapon against the Jewish state and explained why he could not abandon his political alliance with Tehran. Asad argued that the international discussion [...] | 2009-01-04 12:24:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | IAEA KPAL PGOV PREL PTER IR IS SY |
09DAMASCUS306 | BEHAVIOR REFORM: NEXT STEPS FOR A HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable represents a follow-up to "Re-engaging Syria: Human Rights" (ref A) and outlines ongoing civil society programming in the country, primarily under the auspices of the Bureau of Human Rights and Labor (DRL) and the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). Both MEPI and DRL [...] | 2009-04-28 13:24:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS307 | CENTRAL BANK ISSUES LICENSE FOR SYRIAN-IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) The Syrian-Iranian Commercial Bank (SICB) recently moved one step closer to opening its doors in Damascus. According to media reports corroborated by Post sources, the Central Bank of Syria issued a license authorizing three Iranian and two Syrian entities to establish the bank. The pr [...] | 2009-04-29 03:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL PTER IR SY |
09DAMASCUS309 | PRESIDENT ASAD'S CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: After months of rumors that President Bashar al-Asad would reshuffle his cabinet, he finally did so on April 23, appointing six new officials to Prime Minister Utri's cabinet. Asad tapped Judge Ahmad Hamud Yunis to be Minister of Justice; Tamer Fu,ad al-Hija as Minister of Local [...] | 2009-04-29 11:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS327 | PART 1: SYRIA'S CHANGING FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE - [...] (C) Nearly 40 years after Syria's banking industry was nationalized, Law No. 28 of 2001 authorized the re-introduction of private banking. Eight years on, Law No. 28 has had the most visible impact of President Bashar al-Asad's many economic "reforms," and has generated significant spinoff le [...] | 2009-05-11 03:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL LE SY |
09DAMASCUS33 | SYRIAN MP DISCUSSES "SHARED" U.S.-SYRIAN GOALS FOR [...] (C) A veteran 14-year Syrian MP with diverse business holdings told us the primary obstacle to trade with Iraq is no longer insufficient security, but habitually delinquent Iraqi payments. The MP related a recent discussion with Syrian Ambassador to Baghdad Nawaf al-Fares, in which al-Fares c [...] | 2009-01-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PGOV PTER CVIS IZ IR SY |
09DAMASCUS343 | KURDISH ACTIVIST MESHAAL TAMMO SENTENCED, DAMASCUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The First Criminal Court of Damascus sentenced Meshaal Tammo, leader of the Kurdish Future Movement, to three and one half years in prison on May 11. The judge did not permit Tammo to speak in his defense, though Tammo had a prepared statement he had intended to read in court. I [...] | 2009-05-14 11:05:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS345 | SPANISH COMMERCIAL COUNSELOR INQUIRES ABOUT ORION [...] (SBU) Beirut-based Spanish Counselor for Economic and Commercial Affairs Miguel Iriso requested a meeting on May 14 to discuss Orion Air's situation with Post. Iriso said his home Ministry was "surprised and confused" that U.S. diplomats from Embassy Madrid had contacted Orion Air executives [...] | 2009-05-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY |
09DAMASCUS346 | SARG MESSAGING ON SANCTIONS RENEWAL AND FOREIGN [...] (C) The Syrian government's spin machine is in high gear following the May 7 renewal of E.O. 13338 and the May 11 Washington Post article describing a Syria-based foreign fighter pipeline. On E.O. 13338, Syrian Vice Foreign Minister Miqdad told a visiting UN Special Envoy to Iraq that the SAR [...] | 2009-05-14 14:18:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL PTER UNDP IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS355 | ICRC REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN RESTARTING FAMILY [...] This cable is an action request, please see para nine. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mr. Jean-Jacques Frsard, the Head of Delegation in Syria for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),delivered a demarche to Charge d'Affaires on May 13, requesting USG assistance in persuading the Governme [...] | 2009-05-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM PGOV SMIG SOCI IS SY |
09DAMASCUS358 | PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE MICHEL KILO RELEASED FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Syrian State Security released prominent political dissident Michel Kilo on the evening of May 19 after he completed a three-year prison sentence for spreading false information, weakening the national sentiments, and inciting sectarianism. Kilo had been a signatory to the Damas [...] | 2009-05-20 13:59:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SY |
09DAMASCUS364 | SARG USES TURKISH PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO HIGHLIGHT [...] (C) The SARG is championing Turkish President Abdullah Gul's three-day visit to Damascus as one of three recent examples of Syria's increasing regional economic integration. Syrian official media touted several bilateral agreements resulting from the visit, including Turkish cooperation in Sy [...] | 2009-05-25 03:14:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV ETRD PGOV IZ IR TU SY |
09DAMASCUS403 | SARG CONTINUES EFFORT TO MONITOR DIPLOMATIC TRAVEL [...] (C) Once a year the SARG Protocol Department sends diplomatic missions a circular requesting all missions provide the MFA with advance notification of any travel by official personnel outside of Damascus. In previous years, the MFA requested advance notification of travel by diplomats to spe [...] | 2009-06-08 14:29:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OFDP OPRC SY |
09DAMASCUS410 | ITALIAN/G-8 DEMARCHE TO SARG ON IAEA REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The Italian Ambassador informed us June 3 that he delivered a demarche in his capacity as G-8 representative on the latest IAEA report regarding Syria. The Ambassador wrote encouraging the Syrians to sign the Additional Protocol of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT),citin [...] | 2009-06-11 10:10:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | NP PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS411 | SYRIAN REACTIONS TO JUNE 2009 LEBANESE ELECTIONS [...] (S) Summary: Many of our contacts were surprised by the margin of March 14's impressive electoral victory over March 8. Press reporting prior to the election had fed expectations of a much closer race, and most Syrian observers were predicting a March 8 win. President Asad reportedly call [...] | 2009-06-11 10:24:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM LE SY |
09DAMASCUS434 | THE STRUGGLE OF DAILY LIFE FOR IRAQI-PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: For the first time in over two years an Embassy officer visited the Iraqi-Palestinian refugees camp in Al-Tanf, established in the "no-man's-land" between the Syrian and Iraqi borders. Conditions remain hostile despite the UN's best efforts to provide basic food, non-food, medic [...] | 2009-06-23 09:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV KPAL IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS465 | SYRIAN PEARL COMPLAINS ABOUT INCLUSION IN [...] (C) The CEO of Syrian Pearl Airways complained to Post that the Commerce Department's May 7 Temporary Denial Order (TDO) had unfairly targeted Syrian Pearl for Orion Air's failure to perform due diligence in obtaining all necessary licenses before sending a BAE 146-300 to Syria, as their wet-l [...] | 2009-07-02 14:07:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY |
09DAMASCUS471 | WOMEN STRUGGLE FOR REFUGE IN DAMASCUS [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs joined lawyer and civil society activist Daad Mousa (strictly protect) in a visit to the Oasis Trust women's shelter on June 25 to discuss trafficking and abuse of women in Syria. Administered by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd (SGS),the shelter is a refuge for female vi [...] | 2009-07-07 11:16:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PBTS PREL PGOV SCUL SOCI SMIG KWMN KTIP |
09DAMASCUS474 | DRAFT LAW THREATENS WOMEN'S RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: The SARG is considering a new "personal status" law that many in the human rights and legal communities view as a major step backward for women's rights. The bill allegedly was killed in the parliament and later resurrected by PM Muhammad al-Utri. The future of the bill is unclear [...] | 2009-07-08 06:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN SCUL SY |
09DAMASCUS477 | MURKY ALLIANCES: MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, THE MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Syria Website published a "letter" on June 11 accusing external Damascus Declaration committees of violating the Damascus Declaration National Council's bylaws on electing members to the General Secretariat. XXXXXXXXXXXX explained the Muslim Brotherhood's [...] | 2009-07-08 13:03:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SY |
09DAMASCUS48 | SYRIA SUCCEEDS IN CONVOKING EMERGENCY AL SUMMIT, [...] (C) Summary: Media sources in contact with Hamas representatives in Cairo and with the Syrian MFA told us late December 13 that "Hamas is done with talks in Cairo." Though Hamas leaders have not formally rejected further dialogue with EGIS director Omar Soleiman, today's headline of Syria's [...] | 2009-01-14 10:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE |
09DAMASCUS492 | CONTROVERSIAL LEGISLATION ROUNDUP: BABY STEPS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Three changes or proposed changes to Syrian law recently have sparked uncharacteristically vocal public debate and have created a rare space for dialogue on a few civil issues. Increased penalties for honor killings, the "personal status" draft law, and a workers' rights bill hav [...] | 2009-07-14 10:16:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB SY |
09DAMASCUS496 | UPDATE ON SYRIAN CIVIL AVIATION SECTOR [...] (C) A well-placed Embassy source claimed that Lufthansa Techniq has advised Syrian Air to sue the German company for USD 2 million in damages in a German court. According to the source, Lufthansa Techniq expects to lose the case, and will use the judgment as cover to re-export two Airbus A320 [...] | 2009-07-16 14:29:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD ETTC PREL PTER PGOV SY |
09DAMASCUS51 | (CORRECTED COPY MONTH PARAGRAPH ONE): SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Media sources in contact with Hamas representatives in Cairo and with the Syrian MFA told us late January 13 that "Hamas is done with talks in Cairo." Though Hamas leaders have not formally rejected further dialogue with EGIS director Omar Soleiman, today's headline of Syria's o [...] | 2009-01-15 09:17:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE |
09DAMASCUS515 | OIL EXEC DETAILS CONTINUING PROBLEMS IN [...] (S/NF) An Iraqi-born British oil executive with access to both the Syrian and Iraqi leadership provided several examples of unresolved disputes that prevent the Syrian-Iraqi relationship from improving. He said the Syrian regime does not fully understand the depth of continuing suspicions wit [...] | 2009-07-22 12:52:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EPET ENRG PGOV PREL IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS534 | SARG IMPRISONS PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER [...] (C) This cable contains an action request; please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: In what may be its highest profile arrest since the 2007 round-up of Damascus Declaration members, the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) invited human rights lawyer Muhanad al-Hasani to its offices on July [...] | 2009-07-31 11:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS536 | UNHCR UPDATES DONOR NATIONS ON IRAQI REFUGEES IN [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR officials held an information sharing meeting on July 28 to discuss: (1) increasing problems for refugees in renewing their residence permits; (2) the closing of the Al-Tanf refugee camp; (3) food distribution programs; and (4) families returning to Iraq. Additionally, WFP r [...] | 2009-08-03 12:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV KTIP IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS554 | EMBASSY DAMASCUS OPENS DIALOGUE WITH MFA ON TIP [...] (C) Summary: MFA International Organizations Chief Mr. Milad Attiyeh hosted Emboffs on August 5 to discuss SARG progress on combating trafficking in persons (TIP). The Embassy had requested the meeting to explain the philosophy behind, and function of, the Department's annual TIP report. Embo [...] | 2009-08-06 11:50:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREF PREL KTIP KWMN SCUL SCOI ID |
09DAMASCUS555 | TIER 3 REASSESSMENT NEEDED FOR SYRIA [...] (U) This a response to State 081476 action cable. 2. (U) The SARG has demonstrated a commitment to tackling trafficking in persons (TIP) crimes at the highest levels. Per reftels, this commitment has resulted in (1) a draft TIP law; (2) ministerial-level cooperation with NGOs working on T [...] | 2009-08-06 11:56:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN KTIP SCOI SCUL SY |
09DAMASCUS562 | SYRIA VP SHARA FINGERED FOR LEAK OF POTUS LETTER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Well-connected media contacts suggest that Syrian VP Farouk Shara leaked word of the President's July letter to Asad during an August 5 meeting with Wiam Wahhab, Druze leader of the Lebanese Tawheed party. Wahhab, ostensibly in Damascus to discuss a renewal of relations betw [...] | 2009-08-09 13:26:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL LE SY |
09DAMASCUS563 | SARG CONTINUES TO CENSOR AND INTIMIDATE SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: Despite 2001 amendments to Syria's archaic press law that precipitated the creation of a private media industry, the SARG still relies on censorship and intimidation to ensure the expanded number of publications does not threaten its control over information inside the country. Re [...] | 2009-08-09 13:40:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PGOV PINS PHUM SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS565 | SARG READY FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH BORDER ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-10 08:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PGOV PREL PMIL IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS587 | US INTERNATIONAL GROUP INVESTS $40M IN SYRIAN [...] (C) The "Syrian Investment Agency" (SIA) announced the signing of a $40M investment deal with the U.S. International Investment Group (USIIG) on August 13. The investment is for five projects in the eastern Syrian region of Dayr al Zawr in the food, engineering and chemical industries, among ot [...] | 2009-08-17 11:47:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS6 | SEIDNAYA PRISON TROUBLES BOIL OVER AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Muhanad al-Hasani (strictly protect),a human rights lawyer and president of the Syrian Organization for Human Rights (SWASIAH) told us of two new violent events at Seidnaya prison. On December 27 violence between inmates and Syrian soldiers resulted in approximately 50 deaths, an [...] | 2009-01-05 11:13:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM SY |
09DAMASCUS604 | DISBARMENT HEARINGS BEGIN FOR JAILED HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Civil society activists, lawyers, journalists, and diplomats packed the narrow halls of the Damascus Lawyers' Syndicate offices on August 18 for the Syndicate's first administrative hearing to disbar human rights lawyer Muhanad al-Hasani. The hearing, which was not opened to the [...] | 2009-08-19 13:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS62 | PROTECTING WOMEN: SARG COOPERATING WITH LOCAL AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the past two years, the Association for Women's Role Development (AWRD),a local NGO, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have collaborated with the Ministry of Social Affairs (MSA) to promote protective services for women who are victims of trafficking (VOT [...] | 2009-01-21 15:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KTIP KWMN SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS620 | SIX MONTH CHECK-UP: KURDS AILING BUT POLITICALLY [...] (C) Summary: Drought, unemployment, economic & cultural discrimination, political repression, arbitrary arrest, unexplainable deaths, and statelessness contributed to a miserable first six months of the Kurdish New Year (Nowruz) in Syria -- making this year, so far, very much like last year. [...] | 2009-08-25 10:03:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SCUL SENV SOCI SMIG SY TU |
09DAMASCUS628 | SYRIAN AIR TO LEASE RUSSIAN-MADE AIRCRAFT [...] (SBU) The semi-independent daily newspaper al-Watan reported August 25 that Syrian Air has completed the legal and technical negotiations for the lease, with the option to buy, of two TU 204 aircraft to be delivered in early May 2010. Due to Syrian Air,s inability to procure new Airbus or Boe [...] | 2009-08-27 12:23:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EINV ETTC PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS641 | IRAQI REFUGEES EXPRESS CONCERN OVER DETERIORATING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi refugees serving as community outreach organizers for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expressed concerns about the recent deterioration in Syrian-Iraqi relations and the withdrawal of the countries' respective ambassadors from Baghdad and Damascus [...] | 2009-09-02 13:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KHUM PREL PGOV SY IZ |
09DAMASCUS660 | SYRIAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITIES DESPERATE [...] (C) Both Syrian Air and the SARG continue to take drastic steps to overcome the problems presented by a dwindling fleet of air worthy aircraft. In addition to their recently announced negotiations for the lease (with option to buy) of two TU 204 aircraft (ref A),Syrian Air has reportedly cont [...] | 2009-09-08 13:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EINV ETTC PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS669 | GAUGING SYRIAN VIEWS OF RISING REGIONAL TENSIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary: After briefly showing signs of more constructive policies towards its neighbors earlier this summer, Syrians are expressing shock over rising tensions in the region and perceive "anti-Syrian forces" at work. The Syrian Government's response has been to harden its position tow [...] | 2009-09-10 08:23:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PGOV PREL PMIL IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS671 | RE-ENGAGING SYRIA: TOWARD A SIX-MONTH PLAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: March 2010 will mark the end of the first year of U.S.-Syrian engagement. As reported reftel, this period poses a series of formidable challenges. Syrian policies continue to impede government formation in Lebanon, support foreign fighters going into Iraq, maintain close [...] | 2009-09-10 13:55:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PGOV PREL PMIL IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS686 | NO U.S. COMPONENT TO U.S. INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT [...] (C) As previously reported, the American International Investment Group (AIIG) has targeted eastern Syria for $30-40 million in investments (ref A). AIIG (formally referred to as the U.S. International Investment Group (USIIG)) plans to launch five projects in the Industrial City of Dayr al-Za [...] | 2009-09-16 13:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS692 | SHOW US THE MONEY! SARG SUSEPCTS "ILLEGAL" USG [...] (S/NF) Summary: Over the past six months, SARG security agents have increasingly questioned civil society and human rights activists about U.S. programming in Syria and the region, including U.S. Speaker and MEPI initiatives (ref A). XXXXXXXXXXXX End Summary. -------- Overview -------- 2. (S/NF) O [...] | 2009-09-23 13:36:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KMPI EG EZ SY |
09DAMASCUS697 | BASHAR'S SURPRISE TRIP TO SAUDI ARABIA: SETTING [...] (S/NF) Summary: President Bashar al-Asad's surprise September 23 trip to attend the opening of the King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) resulted from heavy lobbying by Turkey and Qatar, according to Embassy contacts. Asad's Advisor or Media and Political Affairs Bouth [...] | 2009-09-27 11:42:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL LE IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS706 | SYRIAN FIRST LADY JOINS IN INAUGURATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. CDA participated in the inauguration of the new Ein al-Tal Palestinian refugee camp near Aleppo on September 28 and the Salhiyeh/Balad El-Sheikh School in the Sbeineh Palestinian refugee camp outside Damascus on September 29. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)-sp [...] | 2009-10-01 12:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS707 | ALEPPO CONTACTS CRITICIZE SANCTIONS, SEEK CLOSER [...] (SBU) CDA, Consul General, and embassy staff visited Aleppo September 27-28 to meet with area wardens and local businessmen and attend a ceremony marking the inauguration of the Ein al-Tal Refugee Camp. The UNRWA-sponsored event marked the completion of Phase 1 of the Neirab Palestinian Refug [...] | 2009-10-01 13:07:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON PGOV PREF PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS72 | CHANGE YOU CAN SEE: INAUGURAL RECEPTION AT EMBASSY DAMASCUS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite SARG efforts to keep people away from our January 20 reception in honor of the Presidential inauguration, more than 240 Syrians, foreign diplomats, and Americans crowded into an overflowing ambassador's residence to hear Barack Obama's inaugural speech. Our guests burst i [...] | 2009-01-22 14:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SCUL PGOV KPAO SY |
09DAMASCUS727 | WHAT CARROT, WHAT STICK? PUSHING THE SARG ON TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Dr. Issa Maldoon met the Charge and U.S. Speaker Program participant Dr. Lourdes Green on October 12 to discuss Syria's ongoing efforts at combating trafficking in persons (TIP),expand services for victims of domestic violence, and ex [...] | 2009-10-13 10:51:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF EINT KPAO KTIP KWMN OIIP |
09DAMASCUS728 | CBS AND BANK SADERAT OF IRAN INVEST IN NEW SYRIAN [...] (SBU) On September 30, the Syrian Government granted a formal license to the new commercial bank "Aman," a joint venture between the Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS) and Bank Saderat of Iran. Aman will provide CBS with a new outlet to invest excess capital, in particular the Syrian Government's [...] | 2009-10-13 10:54:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS734 | EU AGREEMENT INVITATION MEETS SYRIAN DEMAND TO [...] (C) Summary: Following the Swedish Ambassador's October 14 delivery of an invitation to attend the October 26 signing ceremony for the Syria-EU Association Agreement, FM Muallim brusquely asserted Syria needed more time to study the text. On the same day, Political Security agents arrested Hait [...] | 2009-10-15 15:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EU KMPI SY |
09DAMASCUS735 | CORRECTED CLASSIFICATION FROM UNCLASS TO [...] (C) Summary: Following the Swedish Ambassador's October 14 delivery of an invitation to attend the October 26 signing ceremony for the Syria-EU Association Agreement, FM Muallim brusquely asserted Syria needed more time to study the text. On the same day, Political Security agents arrested Hait [...] | 2009-10-16 08:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EU KMPI SY |
09DAMASCUS74 | SARG: "TIGHTENING THE SCREWS" ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: During recent meetings U.S. representatives from Mercy Corps Country and International Medical Corps (IMC) reported their operations have come under greater scrutiny following the September 27 bombing outside Damascus and the alleged October 26 U.S. incursion at Abu Kamal. This s [...] | 2009-01-22 15:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS747 | MICHEL KILO: FREED DISSIDENT ANALYZES US-SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with the prominent dissident Michel Kilo at his home on October 21 for a wide-ranging discussion on the state of Syria's political opposition and its view of U.S.-Syrian rapproachment. Kilo, who was released from prison in May of this year, generally supported U.S. en [...] | 2009-10-22 11:53:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI SY TU |
09DAMASCUS75 | HAMAS DECLARES VICTORY FROM DAMASCUS, NOW FOCUSED [...] (C) Summary: Speaking from Damascus late January 21, Hamas Politburo chief Khaled Mesha'al declared victory over Israel and quoted Winston Churchill in praise of Gazan sacrifices in their fight for "liberty." Mesha'al promised to compensate families who suffered losses, argued donors shoul [...] | 2009-01-22 16:21:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER PGOV IS SY |
09DAMASCUS756 | SYRIAN MFA REVIEWING UPCOMING U.S. VISITS, NEC, [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Husam Aala, Vice Minister (V/M) Faisal Miqdad's Chief of Staff, remained non-committal on whether Syria would receive an upcoming U.S. delegation including S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Benjamin, depending on who else and wha [...] | 2009-10-26 13:15:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SY |
09DAMASCUS759 | TURKISH SUPPORT EMBOLDENS ASAD BUT PROVIDES BEST HOPE FOR COAXING SYRIA FROM IRAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: President Bashar al-Asad's September 16-17 working visit to Istanbul produced agreement on the creation of a high-level strategic cooperation commission, visa-free travel between Syria and Turkey, and a Syrian offer to work to rehabilitate Syrian PKK members. The deliverables [...] | 2009-10-28 05:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL TU LE SA IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS763 | U.S. HEDGE FUND AND PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTORS VISIT [...] (SBU) A group of about 20 hedge fund and private equity investors, predominately from the U.S., are in Damascus October 28-31 to meet with SARG officials to discuss investment opportunities in Syria. The group is on a one-week trip, visiting Beirut and Damascus. They are scheduled to meet wi [...] | 2009-10-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS780 | THE CURIOUS CASE OF HAITHAM MALEH: HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: The first formal stage of human rights activist Haitham Maleh's trial before the Military Court in Damascus began on October 25. The court charged Maleh with publishing false information that might weaken the national sentiment, and defaming the judiciary. Though diplomatic obs [...] | 2009-11-05 12:21:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ECIN KDEM SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS783 | IS THE SARG INFLUENCING HAMAS'S INCREASINGLY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Hamas distributed a memorandum last week to some Arab ambassadors in Damascus blasting the Palestinian Authority (PA) and PA President Mahmoud Abbas for "obstructing reconciliation efforts." It also condemned Egypt's role in Palestinian reconciliation and expressed reservations H [...] | 2009-11-08 13:27:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KPAL SY |
09DAMASCUS786 | DEBATE ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS REVEALS DEEP [...] (C) Providing a snapshot of a building internal debate on economic liberalization, the British Syrian Society held a conference in Damascus entitled "Public-Private Partnerships" from October 30 to November 1 at the request of Syrian Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdullah al-Dardar [...] | 2009-11-10 07:40:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS787 | DAMASCUS LAWYERS' SYNDICATE DISBARS MUHANAD [...] (C) Summary: Despite swirling rumors that the Damascus Lawyers' Syndicate would suspend disbarment procedures against imprisoned human rights lawyer Muhanad al-Hasani, the Syndicate voted to cancel Hasani's license on November 10. The decision can be appealed, though it remains to be seen whet [...] | 2009-11-10 13:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM KMPI KPAO SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS788 | SYRIAN DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT'S HAIRLINE FRACTURES [...] (C) Summary: The SARG's two-year crackdown on civil society activists, especially the Damascus Declaration's leadership (ref C),may be on the verge of producing the first serious structural fragmentation in the opposition movement. Hasan Abdul Azim told us on November 9 that he would convoke [...] | 2009-11-12 12:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS797 | PRE-RAMADAN "SHAKEDOWN" OF CARGILL SUGAR REFINERY [...] (C) Summary: Cargill's plant manager and his Syrian partner confirmed that the Syrian Ministry of Economy ordered the mid-August seizure of some 6,000 metric tons of warehoused sugar after charging Cargill with "hoarding" and "monopolistic practices." Under Syrian law, firms operating in S [...] | 2009-11-17 13:41:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS806 | A SUNNI GAMBIT? PM UTRI'S PROPOSED "NEW" PERSONAL [...] (C) Summary: After provoking another controversial debate on religious freedom and women's issues by attempting to amend the Personal Status Law (PSL) in April, Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Utri has again introduced a draft that closely mirrors the current PSL from 1953. Some contacts sugg [...] | 2009-11-19 13:09:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL KMPI KWMN SCUL SOCI |
09DAMASCUS807 | FRENCH AMBASSADOR UPBEAT ON ASAD TRIP TO PARIS, [...] (C) Summary: The French ambassador to Syria characterized Syrian President Bashar al-Asad,s recent visit to Paris as a &PR success8 for Damascus that allowed Asad to make positive impressions on all his interlocutors. The main focus was Middle East peace and other regional issues. Contrary to [...] | 2009-11-19 13:26:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS820 | IRAQI EMBASSY REPORTS WORSENING SYRIAN-IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the early phases of preparing to organize voting for an estimated million Iraqi refugees in Syria, the Iraqi Embassy in Damascus has received instructions to "stop talking to Syrians" as new allegations emerge regarding the involvement of Syria-based terrorists in the October 2 [...] | 2009-11-24 13:05:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | KPAL PTER PREL PGOV |
09DAMASCUS821 | SARG OPTS FOR CASH PAYMENTS OVER SUBSIDIZING [...] (C) In response to the widespread public criticism of a 2008 decision to lift government subsidies for mazout (diesel/heating oil),the SARG recently authorized cash payments to lower-income Syrians. The new Diesel Subsidy Law provides for the distribution of two checks of 5,000 SYP ($110) ea [...] | 2009-11-25 11:07:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV SY |
09DAMASCUS825 | SEEKING A PROGRAMMING SURGE IN SYRIA [...] SUMMARY: After nearly five years of significantly constrained public outreach options, Embassy Damascus is focused on exploiting new opportunities to engage in more sustained public diplomacy programmatic activity. With a finite number of tools at our disposal, we hope to expand our ability [...] | 2009-11-25 14:28:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SOCI PREL PGOV SCUL SY |
09DAMASCUS826 | NO DIVIDEND ON SARG-KURDISH BACKCHANNEL TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish Democratic Front Secretary General Abdul Hakim Bashar (strictly protect) detailed backchannel discussions between the SARG and Kurdish political leaders that took place this summer. Issam Baghdy, a former MP and member of the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party (SSNP),co [...] | 2009-11-25 15:08:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI SCUL SMIG SY TU |
09DAMASCUS838 | BUS EXPLOSION IN HEART OF SHI,A DISTRICT OF [...] (C) Summary: At approximately 1020 local, media and other Embassy contacts reported an explosion on or near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in the Sayida al-Zainab district of Damascus. Sources at the scene indicated there were roughly a dozen casualties. Press accounts suggested several [...] | 2009-12-03 12:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL IR SY |
09DAMASCUS846 | HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: CIVIL SOCIETY (STILL) [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks the Syrian security services have stepped up their already rapid pace of detentions, targeting members of the Damascus Declaration National Council and two writers, one of whom reportedly disappeared in Beirut and is now believed to be in Syrian custody. These arr [...] | 2009-12-07 14:54:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KMPI SCUL SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS850 | SYRIAN SECURITY COURT HEARINGS: AL-QAEDA AND [...] Summary: A November Syrian Supreme State Security Court (SSSC) session heard two separate cases on individuals accused of belonging to al-Qaeda or al-Qaeda affiliated organizations, and participating in or supporting foreign fighter operations in Iraq. In a third case, one accused individual [...] | 2009-12-08 14:10:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PBTS PINR PGOV PHUM PREL SY IZ |
09DAMASCUS851 | IRAQI EMBASSY REPORTS MORE SYRIA-IRAQ TENSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-08 14:32:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS855 | SYRIA SEEKING MARKET QUALITY SOLUTIONS AT FIXED [...] (SBU) Deputy Minister of Electricity Hisham Mashfej reviewed with us Syria's significant power generation problems and his ministry's continuing efforts to cobble together short-term solutions. Mashfej acknowledged electricity generated from renewable resources and energy conservation were th [...] | 2009-12-10 13:23:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS88 | SYRIAN FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SEES [...] (C) Summary: Suleyman Hadad, Chairman of the Syrian People's Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee, told us January 26 that Syrians were eager to restore good relations with the U.S. Suleyman rolled out familiar Ba'ath Party talking points on Israel's "rejection of peace" and the need for armed [...] | 2009-01-28 15:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL PTER SY IS LE |
09DAMASCUS881 | RIAD TURK UPDATES ON DAMASCUS DECLARATION [...] (C) Summary: Leading Damascus Declaration opposition figure Riad al-Turk outlined the movement's current status in a wide-ranging December 14 discussion. Main points were: -- Damascus Declaration General Secretariat members would like a face-to-face meeting with U.S. Embassy Charge d'Aff [...] | 2009-12-22 13:00:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI SCUL SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS884 | SYRIAN MFA HOPES REVOKING BANK AMAN LICENSE NOT [...] (C) Charge and Pol/Econ Chief delivered Ref A demarche on December 23 to Husam Aala, Chief of Staff for Vice Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad. Aala recalled Miqdad had discussed the subject of Bank Aman during his late-September meetings with State, Commerce, and Treasury officials and underst [...] | 2009-12-23 10:02:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER CASC IR SY |
09DAMASCUS892 | ROSE-COLORED GLASSES AT THE STATE PLANNING [...] (C) For the first time in more than four years, emboffs were granted a meeting in late December with the State Planning Commission (SPC). Although largely echoing the party line on subjects like U.S. economic sanctions, SPC head Dr. Taysir Raddawi shared his objectives for developing Syria's [...] | 2009-12-29 08:20:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI SY |
09DAMASCUS94 | CODEL SMITH: ASAD POSITIVE ON NEW BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: In a January 31 meeting with CODEL Smith, President Bashar al-Asad expressed hope for better relations with the new U.S. administration, called for immediate and sustained U.S. engagement in the region, and defended Syria's relations with Iran, Hizballah and Hamas. On Iran, Asa [...] | 2009-02-01 14:43:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA KPAL PGOV PTER IR IS IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS97 | BA,ATH PARTY MAINTAINS NEAR STRANGLEHOLD ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The struggle for the hearts and minds of Syrian youth is played out on the battlefield of education. In 2001, the Education Department of the Regional Leadership of the Ba,ath Party in conjunction with the Ministry of Higher Education made a series of decisions designed to refo [...] | 2009-02-02 11:09:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OEXC OIIP KPAO SCUL SY XF |
09DAMASCUS98 | SIGNIFICANT OBSTACLES IMPEDING SYRIAN-IRAQI [...] (C) An Iraqi-born British oil executive with access to top-level petroleum industry and regime officials in Syria described several obstacles delaying progress on Iraqi-Syrian petroleum projects of potentially great significance to the Syrian economy. First, he detailed contracting problems on [...] | 2009-02-02 11:13:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PTER IZ SY |
09DARESSALAAM106 | KIKWETE TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CDA PART II: MCC AND OTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At President Kikwete's request, on February 11 MCC Country Director briefed him on latest progress and obstacles in Compact implementation. Kikwete displayed a keen interest and awareness in Compact issues and offered assistance, both to provide resources if necessary and to fo [...] | 2009-02-15 08:49:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV TZ |
09DARESSALAAM120 | APR ENERGY: TANZANIAN GOVERNMENT READY TO SETTLE? [...] (SBU) Minister of Energy and Minerals William Ngeleja called in Charge Feb. 25 to discuss the latest GOT discussions on the ongoing tax dispute with Florida-based APR Energy, LLC (background in ref a). Ngeleja told CDA and Poloff that he is paying attention to the issue. He said that at the l [...] | 2009-02-26 02:42:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV ETRD TZ |
09DARESSALAAM123 | ZANZIBAR: OPPOSITION CUF THINKING IN A POST-RECONCILIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Once supportive of President Kikwete because of his stated desire for reconciliation, opposition party Civic United Front (CUF) is now disappointed that he failed to fulfill his commitment to Zanzibar. CUF has concluded that the upcoming 2010 elections in Zanzibar will not be d [...] | 2009-02-26 14:11:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL TZ |
09DARESSALAAM124 | ZANZIBAR: RULING PARTY CCM THINKING IN A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the ruling party CCM, U.S. development assistance to Zanzibar is welcome, but involvement in the political realm is not. According to Ali Mzee, Chairman of the Zanzibari House of Representatives (representing the mainstream Karume faction of Zanzibar CCM),America should not [...] | 2009-02-26 14:11:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL TZ |
09DARESSALAAM125 | ZANZIBAR: PEMBA SIMMERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several recent Embassy trips to Pemba, the second principal island of the Zanzibar archipelago (holding about 40 percent of the self-governing region's population) confirm that it remains among the least developed regions of Tanzania. Persistent power problems and a rapidly decl [...] | 2009-02-26 14:11:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID TZ |
09DARESSALAAM126 | ZANZIBAR: CDA MEETS WITH PRESIDENT KARUME [...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On 24 February CDA and Zanzibar Affairs Officer (ZAO) met with Zanzibar President Amani Abeid Karume for a tour d'horizon courtesy call at which the CDA also introduced the ZAO and explained the concept of American Presence Posts (APPs) and the U.S. intent in esta [...] | 2009-02-26 16:10:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TZ |
09DARESSALAAM127 | ZANZIBAR: MEMORIES OF AN UNRECONSTRUCTED REVOLUTIONARY [...] SUMMARY: Ali Sultani was one of the leading figures of the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution, but later spent eight years in prison as one of the conspirators of President Karume's assassination (father of the current President Karume). A charismatic raconteur, quoting Edith Pilaf's "Je Ne Regrete Rie [...] | 2009-02-27 02:43:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PINR PGOV PREL TZ |
09DARESSALAAM128 | ZANZIBAR: IDEAS FOR CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES; LOOMING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Professor Haroub Othman, Chairman of the Zanzibar Legal Service Center and one of the foremost observers of contemporary Zanzibar politics, holds the view that a power sharing deal between CCM and CUF needs to be in place before any referendum. The trick would be how to bring th [...] | 2009-02-27 02:43:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PGOV PINR TZ |
09DARESSALAAM129 | ZANZIBAR: OPPOSITION CUF THINKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Once supportive of President Kikwete because of his stated desire for reconciliation, opposition party Civic United Front (CUF) is now disappointed that he failed to fulfill his commitment to Zanzibar. CUF has concluded that the upcoming 2010 elections in Zanzibar will not be d [...] | 2009-02-27 07:26:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL TZ |
09DARESSALAAM130 | ZANZIBAR: RULING PARTY CCM THINKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the ruling party CCM, U.S. development assistance to Zanzibar is welcome, but involvement in the political realm is not. According to Ali Mzee, Chairman of the Zanzibari House of Representatives (representing the mainstream Karume faction of Zanzibar CCM),America should not [...] | 2009-02-27 07:27:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL TZ |
09DARESSALAAM153 | AIR TANZANIA: SAVED BY CHINESE INVESTMENT? [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Tanzania appears to have finally found an investor to keep troubled Air Tanzania aloft, but the carrier's long term viability remains in question. After the Tanzanian Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) revoked the airworthiness license of Air Tanzania Corporation [...] | 2009-03-04 13:51:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV PHSA PINR TZ |
09DARESSALAAM154 | PORT CONGESTION IN DAR ES SALAAM - TOO MUCH OF A GOOD [...] Summary: Ships arriving in the Dar es Salaam harbor must wait fourteen to twenty-two days before offloading, at a cost of USD 20,000 a day, pushing up the prices of imported goods and squeezing profits for Tanzania and its landlocked neighbors. The Port of Dar es Salaam got off to a fresh sta [...] | 2009-03-04 13:51:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT PGOV PHSA PINR TZ |
09DARESSALAAM160 | TANZANIA-CHINA RELATIONS REMAIN STRONG DESIPTE GROWING [...] Summary: Chinese President Hu Jintao recently made a 36-hour stop in Tanzania as part of his five-nation African tour. The purpose of his visit was to solidify bilateral ties by reiterating past promises and by offering an additional USD 22 million in aid. President Kikwete warmly welcomed Pre [...] | 2009-03-09 14:10:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PINR PREL TZ CH |
09DARESSALAAM173 | Tanzania Refugee Update: Resettlement on track for 1972 [...] On March 6, UNCHR Chief of Mission Yacoub El Hillo briefed donors on the Country Operations Plan (COP) and status of refugees in Tanzania. El Hillo said the process of granting citizenship to the nearly 200,000 Burundi refugees from the 1972 exodus continued to be on schedule and had the highe [...] | 2009-03-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREF BY TZ |
09DARESSALAAM204 | TANZANIA'S TOURISM SECTOR TAKING A HIT [...] Summary: Tanzania's tourism sector will be the hardest hit domestic industry during the economic downturn. With its biggest tourist sources, primarily the U.S. and Europe, focused more on the bottom line than on climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro - times are going to get very tough. While the true exte [...] | 2009-03-27 10:09:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EINV PGOV TZ |
09DARESSALAAM206 | APR ENERGY: CONFLICTING MESSAGES FROM TANZANIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Department of Commerce DAS Holly Vineyard discussed the ongoing tax issue concerning Florida-based APR Energy, LLC, (ref a) with several GOT officials during her March 16-19 visit to Dar es Salaam. While the Ministry of Energy and Minerals supported APR's position on the intent [...] | 2009-03-30 02:49:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV ETRD TZ |
09DARESSALAAM22 | Banned Tanzania Newspaper Returns [...] (U) Summary: MwanaHALISI, banned by the GOT in October on allegations of publishing seditious material returned to the streets this week. Ambassador Green highlighted the importance of press freedoms in his exit courtesy call with Tanzanian President Kikwete. The President remarked that mos [...] | 2009-01-16 06:58:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO TZ |
09DARESSALAAM222 | TANZANIA: Women of Courage Lunch and Opportunity for [...] A March 26 luncheon hosted by CDA to honor a "Tanzanian Woman of Courage" featured a lively and frank discussion of corruption and of the role of women in leadership positions in Tanzania. The honoree, Anne Kilango Malecela, is a ruling CCM party legislator who defied party tradition and lead [...] | 2009-04-03 11:38:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KWMN TZ |
09DARESSALAAM235 | CJTF-HOA'S POSITIVE IMPACT IN TANZANIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) engagement in Tanzania is promoting prosperous, just and secure communities in strategic areas of the country. In doing so, this engagement is furthering specific Mission goals. Interagency coordination of CJTF-HOA effor [...] | 2009-04-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV TZ |
09DARESSALAAM236 | U.S. MISSION TANZANIA RE-BRANDS CJTF-HOA [...] U.S. Mission Tanzania is re-branding all Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) projects as "AFRICOM." The Mission has worked diligently over the past three years to brand all USG assistance in Tanzania as "from the American people." We also denote the particular agency or impl [...] | 2009-04-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | MMAR PGOV TZ |
09DARESSALAAM238 | ZANZIBAR PARTY VIEWS GOING INTO MAGOGONI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: With the voter registration completed in the Zanzibari suburban district of Magogoni (ref A),the actual vote to fill a local legislative seat will occur May 23, 2009. However, for ruling party CCM and opposition CUF, the winner-take-all nature of local politics [...] | 2009-04-10 09:10:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV SOCI TZ |
09DARESSALAAM286 | EAST AFRICAN COMMON MARKET: GRADUALISM IN ACTION [...] The five East African Community (EAC) Heads of State, at a summit meeting April 29 in Arusha, announced a delay in the planned signing of the long-negotiated Common Market Protocol until their next summit in November 2009. The leaders' agreement on the final outstanding issues of the protocol [...] | 2009-05-02 17:10:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL TZ BY KE RW UG |
09DARESSALAAM29 | AMBASSADOR HONORS COURAGEOUS TANZANIAN ALBINOS AFTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following a year in which several dozen albinos were reported murdered throughout Tanzania, Ambassador Mark Green awarded the entire albinism community with Post's "Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major for Justice Award." The award, presented annually the last ten years commemorat [...] | 2009-01-20 12:09:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SCUL KPAO TZ |
09DARESSALAAM294 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL WARD TO TANZANIA [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tanzania comes at a time of expanding military relations between our countries, in particular through increased ACOTA equipment and training for Tanzanian battalions deploying to Darfur. President Kikwete's positive attitude towards the U.S. is increasingly reflected in pub [...] | 2009-05-06 13:43:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID MARR TZ |
09DARESSALAAM299 | TANZANIA TO NATURALIZE 170,000 BURUNDIAN REFUGEES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Tanzania (GOT) is expected to grant approximately 170,000 Burundian refugees full citizenship status later this year, in an effort to bring to a close a refugee situation dating back to 1972. High Commissioner for UNHCR Antonio Guterres called President Kikwete's [...] | 2009-05-08 04:09:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PREF TZ |
09DARESSALAAM31 | BY-ELECTION DEEPENS OPPOSITION RIFT [...] (U) SUMMARY. An upcoming parliamentary by-election in southwestern Mbeya Rural district has exposed a sharpening rivalry between Tanzania's two main opposition parties, CUF and CHADEMA. Although ruling CCM is expected to retain the seat by a large margin, the opposition's inability to agree on [...] | 2009-01-20 13:44:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM TZ |
09DARESSALAAM327 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ISAKSON AND CORKER [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tanzania comes at a time when the country is gearing up for national elections in 2010, attempting to mitigate the effects of the global economic downturn, and continuing to deepen its relationship with development partners, particularly the United States. The 2010 election [...] | 2009-05-21 03:10:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP ASEC AMGT AFIN PREL PGOV TZ KE RW SU IT XA |
09DARESSALAAM340 | ZANZIBAR BY-ELECTION ENDS PEACEFULLY WITH RULING PARTY CCM [...] SUMMARY: The May 23 by-election in Magogoni, a contested suburb of Zanzibar capital Stonetown, ended with a ruling CCM party win over opposition CUF (2847 to 1974, or about 58% of the votes). The by-election was a key test of each party's will and a dry-run for Zanzibar Electoral Commission m [...] | 2009-05-27 03:01:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM TZ |
09DARESSALAAM348 | FALL OF DECI PYRAMID SCHEME BREEDS ANGER, UNCERTAINTY [...] Summary and Comment. In April, the GOT shut down an alleged pyramid scheme, the Development Entrepreneurship Community Initiative (Deci),which had attracted approximately 700,000 Tanzanian investors and USD 10 million since 2006. The government closed Deci offices nationwide and froze its a [...] | 2009-05-29 10:49:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV TZ |
09DARESSALAAM363 | TANZANIA BY-ELECTION: CCM WINS, CHADEMA RISING [...] Summary: Opposition Chadema mounted a serious challenge to ruling CCM in the May 24 by-election in Busanda, but was unable to overcome CCM's traditional strength in rural areas. The by-election results suggest growing support for Chadema as the primary opposition in mainland Tanzania, in parti [...] | 2009-06-03 11:04:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM TZ |
09DARESSALAAM368 | TANZANIA OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION: OIL UNLIKELY, GAS NEEDS [...] (U) Summary. Natural gas in Tanzania could be exported or at least support significant domestic generation in the short to medium-term, but not without GOT action and investment in energy infrastructure. Significant oil discoveries are unlikely but possible given offshore geological formation [...] | 2009-06-04 11:56:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV PINR TZ |
09DARESSALAAM372 | TANZANIAN MUSLIMS POSITIVE, BUT AWAITING ACTION FOLLOWING [...] SUMMARY: President Obama's Cairo speech to the Muslim world received positive feedback in Tanzania, but Muslims say they are now "waiting for action." Opinion leaders thought the speech "marks the beginning of new relations with the Muslim world" but were reserved awaiting follow-on actions. [...] | 2009-06-05 12:16:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KIRF KISL KDEM KPAO TZ |
09DARESSALAAM379 | TANZANIA CONGOLESE REFUGEES TRIPARTITE COMMISSION MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY: May 11-13, Delegates from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR),the Tanzania (GOT),and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) participated in the fourth meeting of the Tripartite Commission for the Voluntary Return of Congolese Refugees in Kigoma, Tanzania. The [...] | 2009-06-10 10:36:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PREF CG TZ |
09DARESSALAAM385 | ZANZIBAR: DONORS SEEK COMMON POSITION ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Key donor nations agree that the political impasse in Zanzibar constitutes a "risk situation." There was a consensus that donors needed to reinforce their concerns with GOT and Zanzibar interlocutors and to press for change through a common position. Norway and Netherlands are [...] | 2009-06-11 14:27:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL PGOV TZ |
09DARESSALAAM40 | RELIGION AND POLITICS IN TANZANIA: DEBATE ON OIC MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. During the latter half of 2008, debate simmered between Christian and Muslim Tanzanians regarding membership in the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Foreign Minister Membe sparked the recent round of discussion by indicating that Tanzania would seek membership, a p [...] | 2009-01-22 07:10:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL TZ |
09DARESSALAAM401 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW VISIT TO TANZANIA [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tanzania will provide an opportunity to view a broad range of our assistance programs and their contributions to Tanzania's development. Tanzania's political stability, sound macroeconomic management and enormous development needs have made it a favored recipient of donor f [...] | 2009-06-24 04:33:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KHIV MARR PREL PGOV TZ |
09DARESSALAAM413 | TANZANIA PROMISES HUMANE APPROACH ON REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) RefCord and PolOff delivered reftel demarche on June 18 to Director of Refugees Judy Mtawali at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),in the absence from Dar es Salaam of both the Minister and Deputy Minister of Home Affairs. In response to encouragement of a humane approach to the upcomi [...] | 2009-06-30 05:08:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BY CG CVIS PGOV PHUM PINR PREF RW TZ |
09DARESSALAAM428 | DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KIKWETE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Kikwete, meeting with Deputy Secretary Lew June 30 immediately before departing for the African Union meeting in Libya, expressed satisfaction with U.S. assistance programs, in particular MCC, PEPFAR, and PMI, and the U.S. approach to assistance. Kikwete described Tanz [...] | 2009-07-06 05:02:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PREL TZ BY CG KE SO |
09DARESSALAAM429 | USG IMPROVING TANZANIA'S SECURITY READINESS [...] Summary: Increased engagement with the Tanzanian security forces through counterterrorism and overall readiness training funded by the Anti-Terrorism Assistance program has been highly praised by GOT officials. Not only has the USG helped increase capacity, but our efforts have yielded concret [...] | 2009-07-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PTER TZ |
09DARESSALAAM486 | ZANZIBAR 2010 ELECTION REGISTRATION BEGINS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY & INTRODUCTION: On July 6, the Zanzibar Election Commission (ZEC) started voter registration for the October 2010 General Election on the island of Pemba, stronghold of opposition party Civic United Front (CUF). Between July 16-18 Zanzibar Affairs Officer (ZAO) and Specialist (Z [...] | 2009-07-24 09:15:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI TZ |
09DARESSALAAM502 | SCENESETTER FOR UPCOMING SHIP VISIT TO TANZANIA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes the upcoming ship visit to Tanzania. This cable provides background information on the U.S.-Tanzanian bilateral relationship and Tanzanian domestic issues. This cable has been cleared by DATT. 2. (SBU) Although the U.S. and Tanzania do not have a Status of Forces Agre [...] | 2009-08-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EAID MARR TZ |
09DARESSALAAM505 | AN INCIDENT ON PEMBA: 2010 ZANZIBAR ELECTION [...] (U) Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) suspended its Pemba voter registration activities August 4, following a boycott organized by opposition CUF and an incident in which Zanzibar government special forces fired weapons into the air and beat and arrested CUF supporters. 2. (SBU) Zanzibar [...] | 2009-08-05 11:38:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI TZ |
09DARESSALAAM509 | AN INCIDENT ON PEMBA: 2010 ZANZIBAR ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-06 12:30:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI TZ |
09DARESSALAAM510 | VIOLENCE ON PEMBA: 2010 ZANZIBAR ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-06 13:18:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI TZ |
09DARESSALAAM517 | ZANZIBAR WHITE PAPER SHARED WITH KIKWETE/STATEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 7 CDA reminded President Kikwete of our ongoing concerns about Zanzibar and left with him an aide memoire (see para. 4). Kikwete said he remained seized with the issue. At the same time, Zanzibar Affairs Officer (ZAO) tabled a draft for a common statement by donor cou [...] | 2009-08-07 16:47:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM TZ |
09DARESSALAAM525 | REFUGEE UPDATE: TANZANIA BEGINS NATURALIZING 1972 BURUNDI [...] (U) Minister of Home Affairs Laurence Masha signed an order August 4 granting Tanzanian citizenship to 3,568 Burundian refugees. These are the first of some 160,000 refugees from the 1972 population who have applied for naturalization (ref a). UNHCR expects thousands more naturalizations in t [...] | 2009-08-11 12:44:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PREF TZ |
09DARESSALAAM531 | ZANZIBAR/PEMBA: DONOR JOINT STATEMENT [...] Embassy released the following text to media August 13, on behalf of Canada, Japan, and Norway. Sweden, on behalf of the EU Heads of Mission, issued a statement with identical substance. Begin text: Statement by Heads of Mission in Tanzania of Canada, Japan, Norway and the United States [...] | 2009-08-13 15:24:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM TZ |
09DARESSALAAM54 | President Kikwete Rallies Zanzibar CCM Party [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 25 President Jakaya Kikwete headlined a Zanzibar political rally in his capacity as ruling Revolutionary Party (CCM) Secretary-General. Kikwete listed numerous achievements attained in infrastructure and social services, attributing the gains to CCM and Zanzibar Presi [...] | 2009-01-27 12:14:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR TZ |
09DARESSALAAM560 | GLOBAL FUND AUDIT: TANZANIA TAKING ACTION [...] SUMMARY: A recent internal audit of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria's grants in Tanzania concluded that the grants face serious challenges, particularly in the areas of supply chain management and financial and programmatic reporting. The GOT has committed to taking appropriate c [...] | 2009-08-27 06:56:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KHIV SOCI TZ |
09DARESSALAAM578 | ZANZIBAR: KARUME BERATES AMBASSADORS ON JOINT STATEMENT [...] (U) BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY: Over the weekend following issuance of the August 13 Joint Statement by key donors on Zanzibar voter registration anomalies (ref B),FM Membe contacted heads of mission of signatory countries and "invited" them to Zanzibar to hear the views of Zanzibar Revolutionary [...] | 2009-09-01 14:03:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM TZ |
09DARESSALAAM582 | ZANZIBAR: KARUME BERATES AMBASSADORS ON JOINT STATEMENT [...] (U) BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY: Over the weekend following issuance of the August 13 Joint Statement by key donors on Zanzibar voter registration anomalies (ref B),FM Membe contacted heads of mission of signatory countries and "invited" them to Zanzibar to hear the views of Zanzibar Revolutionary [...] | 2009-09-02 14:13:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM TZ |
09DARESSALAAM584 | PEPFAR TEAM BRIEFS PRESIDENT KIKWETE ON PARTNERSHIP [...] SUMMARY: At President Kikwete's request, Mission PEPFAR team met with him on August 7 to discuss the program and the status of Partnership Framework negotiations. Further discussion covered other U.S. bilateral assistance to Tanzania and issues related to the administrative and technical (A&T) [...] | 2009-09-03 11:47:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KHIV SOCI TZ |
09DARESSALAAM585 | STIFLED POTENTIAL: FIBER-OPTIC CABLE LANDS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The landing of the Seacom undersea fiber-optic cable presents Tanzania with significant opportunities for making voice traffic and data connections less expensive and more reliable. With proper management, this cable could be transformative for Tanzania across the d [...] | 2009-09-04 04:48:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT ETTC PGOV TZ |
09DARESSALAAM60 | TANZANIA AND IRAN SIGN DEFENSE MOU [...] (C) Summary. Tanzania and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding on military cooperation and technology transfer during Tanzanian Minister of Defense Hussein Mwinyi's visit to Tehran in late January. The announcement of the MOU in the Iranian press came as a surprise to many in Tanzania, [...] | 2009-01-29 14:36:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PGOV UNSC TZ IR |
09DARESSALAAM603 | ZANZIBAR: VOTER REGISTRATION RESUMES ON BOTH ISLANDS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 04:17:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM TZ |
09DARESSALAAM607 | REFUGEE UPDATE: MEETING GOT'S 2010 DEADLINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on August 31, UNHCR and IOM updated Poloff and Refcoord on the progress of refugee resettlement and camp closure. While camp closure continues, UNHCR Representative, Yacoub El Hillo, expressed concern about a group of young Burundian refugees in the Mtabila c [...] | 2009-09-15 05:10:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PREF RW CG TZ |
09DARESSALAAM628 | ZANZIBAR OPPOSITION LEADER AGAINST VIOLENCE BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The "Friends of 2010 Group" agreed at a heads-of-mission-level meeting September 18 to keep pressing the Union Government and President Kikwete to maintain peace and order in Zanzibar. The "Friends" also agreed to reinforce to opposition Civic United Front (CUF) that the internat [...] | 2009-09-23 09:14:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TZ |
09DARESSALAAM63 | TANZANIA HOME MINISTER HINTS ABOUT NATIONAL VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minster of Home Affairs Lawrence Masha told CDA as part of a wide-ranging tour d'horizon that formal negotiations between CUF and CCM on Zanzibar ("Muafaka") was dead for now, mainly because of Karume's intransigence. A power-sharing government prior to the 2010 elections, with t [...] | 2009-01-30 10:17:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TZ |
09DARESSALAAM632 | ZANZIBAR: ELECTION MANAGERS PESSIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) and UNDP (which is funding, training and overseeing the technical aspects of the electoral process in Zanzibar) both are quietly warning us that the October 2010 elections in Zanzibar will fail absent some kind of political recon [...] | 2009-09-24 04:26:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM UN TZ |
09DARESSALAAM65 | SCENESETTER FOR UPCOMING SHIP VISIT TO TANZANIA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes the upcoming ship visit to Tanzania. This cable provides background information on the U.S.-Tanzanian bilateral relationship and Tanzanian domestic issues. This cable has been cleared by DATT. 2. (SBU) Although the U.S. and Tanzania do not have a Status of Forces Agre [...] | 2009-02-02 03:07:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID MARR TZ |
09DARESSALAAM66 | Tanzania Volcano Assessment: No current threat [...] A three-person technical assistance team from the USAID/OFDA and USGS Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP),responding to an urgent request from President Kikwete (reftel),completed its assessment visit on the Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano on January 28. Team representative Gari Mayberry, pre [...] | 2009-02-02 03:08:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG EAGR SENV TPHY TRGY TZ |
09DARESSALAAM676 | PIRACY PROSECUTION IN TANZANIA A DISTANT PROSPECT [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Although MFA is cautiously positive about eventually accepting captured pirates for prosecution, the EU's experience in frustration with the GOT over the issue suggests progress towards legislative changes and a memorandum of understanding will be slow at best [...] | 2009-10-19 08:48:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MP PBTS PHSA PGOV TZ |
09DARESSALAAM71 | TANZANIAN GOVERNMENT SEIZES U.S-BASED APR ENERGY'S POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 27, the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) seized a 40 megawatt power generation plant owned by APR Energy, LLC, a Florida-based firm. TRA's action follows extensive efforts by APR to resolve a tax dispute related to a 2006 contract to provide power on an emergency basi [...] | 2009-02-02 14:02:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV ETRD TZ |
09DARESSALAAM72 | BANK OF TANZANIA TOWERS SCANDAL LANDS IN COURT; USG [...] (U) The Government of Tanzania launched prosecutions January 27 of two former Bank of Tanzania (BOT) officials for their role in the construction of the BOT towers. Amatus Liyumba, former director of personnel and administration, and former project manager Deogratius Kweka were charged with ca [...] | 2009-02-03 04:06:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KMCA PGOV PREL TZ |
09DARESSALAAM73 | TANZANIA'S RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Tanzania's current religious identification demographics are 62 percent Christian, 35 percent Muslim and three percent other (traditional beliefs, Hindu, Sikh, Baha'i). The Tanzanian state does not gather religious identification census data as a matter of policy [...] | 2009-02-04 12:53:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF KISL KDEM KPAO PHUM PGOV TZ |
09DARESSALAAM74 | TANZANIA BY-ELECTION: AN EASY WIN FOR RULING CCM [...] (U) Ruling CCM party candidate Rev. Luckson Mwanjale cruised to victory in the January 25 by-election in Mbeya Rural district (see ref a). Mwanjale captured 75 percent of the votes, slightly down from the near 80 percent won by the prior CCM candidate. Very low voter turnout, 34 percent, may [...] | 2009-02-04 14:05:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM TZ |
09DARESSALAAM747 | TANZANIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 12:12:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PREL TZ |
09DARESSALAAM750 | TANZANIA SOFA: LIMITS OF TPDF AUTHORITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting Africa Command Legal Counsel Colonel Jon Lightner discussed Tanzanian concerns about a proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with senior GOT military attorney Brig. Gen. Rwegasira on October 21. The meeting clarified that the Tanzanian People's Defense Forces (TPDF [...] | 2009-11-04 09:35:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MARR TZ |
09DARESSALAAM758 | REFUGEE UPDATES: GOT ACKNOWLEDGES OBLIGATIONS, BUT STILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Due to security and domestic political concerns, GOT continues to push for the repatriation of the Burundian refugees in the Mtabila camp. While initial steps towards invoking the cessation clause have been taken, UNHCR hopes to avoid a scenario where the refugees are forced to [...] | 2009-11-06 03:45:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PREF CG BY TZ |
09DARESSALAAM765 | ZANZIBAR: FIRST KARUME/SEIF MEETING SINCE 2005 [...] (U) Zanzibar President Amani Karume met with opposition CUF leader Seif Sharif Hamad at Zanzibar's State House November 5, their first private meeting since the 2005 elections. Zanzibar State House issued a statement that "the meeting...focused on need to maintain peace and harmony as well as [...] | 2009-11-06 07:54:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM TZ |
09DARESSALAAM769 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY WOLIN"S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 2 meeting at State House, President Jakaya Kikwete thanked visiting Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin for ongoing U.S. assistance to Tanzania, including $37.7 million in Financial Crisis Initiative funding that the Deputy Secretary and Finance Minister Mkulo ann [...] | 2009-11-12 03:28:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ECIN PGOV PREL TZ |
09DARESSALAAM772 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY WOLIN"S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 2 meeting at State House, President Jakaya Kikwete thanked visiting Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin for ongoing U.S. assistance to Tanzania, including $37.7 million in Financial Crisis Initiative funding that the Deputy Secretary and Finance Minister Mkulo ann [...] | 2009-11-12 03:57:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ECIN PGOV PREL TZ |
09DARESSALAAM779 | ZANZIBAR: MOVE TOWARD COALITION GOVERNMENT? [...] (S) SUMMARY: During Ambassador Lenhardt's credentials call on President Kikwete November 12, Kikwete confirmed that opposition Civic United Front (CUF) leader Seif Sharif Hamad has agreed in principal to serve as Chief Minister in a CCM-led government-of-national-unity in Zanzibar. However, t [...] | 2009-11-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | KDEM PGOV PHUM TZ |
09DARESSALAAM792 | MEDIA REACTION: "NEED FOR CONCERTED EFFORTS IN FIGHTING [...] The November 19, 2009 edition of the English-language, privately-owned daily "This Day," (circulation 10,000) carried an editorial titled "Need for concerted efforts in fighting money laundering." The editorial refers to the November 16-20 "Money Laundering Investigative Techniques" training co [...] | 2009-11-19 12:01:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KMDR KPAO TZ |
09DARESSALAAM793 | ZANZIBAR: POLITICAL RECONCILIATION NOT YET [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 17, AF/E Deputy Director and Zanzibar Affairs Officer (ZAO) visited Pemba, the contentious second island of the Zanzibar archipelago and stronghold of opposition party Civic United Front (CUF). Since the handshake between Zanzibar ruling party CCM leader President Kar [...] | 2009-11-19 13:59:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PINR KDEM PGOV PHUM TZ |
09DARESSALAAM825 | CCM DOMINATES PEACEFUL LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In a prelude to the 2010 national elections, on October 25 voters throughout mainland Tanzania participated in local elections to select members of their village and neighborhood councils. CCM, the ruling party, continued its dominance of local politics by collecting roug [...] | 2009-12-01 11:21:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TZ |
09DARESSALAAM836 | BANK OF TANZANIA GOVERNOR REVIEWS TANZANIA'S ECONOMY WITH [...] Summary: Bank of Tanzania (BOT) Governor Benno Ndulu reviewed for visiting Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin the state of the Tanzanian economy and the Government of Tanzania's (GOT) responses to the global financial crisis in a November 2 meeting at the BOT. Ndulu described the GOT's rescue [...] | 2009-12-04 06:10:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV TZ |
09DARESSALAAM844 | TANZANIA RAIL: GOT WEIGHS PROPOSALS TO FIX THE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Tanzania, in looking at ways to improve its crumbling rail infrastructure, is considering an upgrade to U.S. standard gauge of its Central Line, running from Dar es Salaam to northwest Tanzania. A USTDA-supported study, conducted by U.S. rail firm BNSF, argues [...] | 2009-12-07 14:26:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON ELTN EAID PGOV PREL TZ |
09DARESSALAAM846 | TANZANIA'S NOMINATION FOR 2010 INT'L WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD [...] U.S. Mission Dar es Salaam nominates Ananilea Nkya for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for her tireless efforts to promote equality, opportunity, and justice for Tanzanian women and girls. Advocating for Women's Human Rights ----------------------------------- [...] | 2009-12-07 14:57:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN PHUM PGOV KPAO TZ |
09DARESSALAAM848 | DONOR FRUSTRATIONS WITH TANZANIA [...] SUMMARY. During the late November Annual National Policy Dialogue among the Government of Tanzania, donors, and civil society organizations, donors expressed frustration with both the lack of GOT progress in many areas since the previous year's meetings and with the poor quality of the dialogu [...] | 2009-12-08 13:43:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PGOV TZ |
09DARESSALAAM868 | AFRICOM CIVIL AFFAIRS TEAM'S SUCCESS ON THE [...] U.S. Mission Tanzania's fourth iteration Civil Affairs Team (January-October 2009) was the first to serve entirely under AFRICOM. The team directly reported to AFRICOM's base in Djibouti (CJTF-HOA). This five member team was led by Captain Bernice Logan. Her team consisted of three U.S. Arm [...] | 2009-12-17 13:29:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV TZ |
09DARESSALAAM871 | ZANZIBAR'S MAIN ISLAND FACES MAJOR POWER CRISIS [...] SUMMARY: On December 9 there was a melt-down of the power cable terminus connecting the main Zanzibar island of Unguja with Tanzania's national power grid. The broken cable supplies almost all the power used by the island, resulting in near total failure of electricity for the entire island, [...] | 2009-12-21 02:51:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD SOCI PGOV EPET EIND TZ |
09DARESSALAAM890 | TANZANIA/TIP: FIRST ARREST UNDER NEW ANTI-TIP LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 13, Tanzanian police arrested and charged their first suspect under the 2008 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act. Although Tanzania has otherwise made little progress in implementing the law, in part due to poor inter-ministerial coordination, the recent arrest is a posi [...] | 2009-12-23 10:51:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KTIP TZ |
09DARESSALAAM9 | Ambassador Green's Farewell Remarks for Zanzibar [...] Ambassador Mark Green held a farewell gathering in Zanzibar on 8 January. He addressed an audience of 200 leaders drawn from Zanzibar?s government, political, civil society, cultural, academic, business and media sectors. Resident American citizens attended as well. Muslim religious leaders [...] | 2009-01-09 07:41:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TZ |
09DARESSALAAM901 | ZANZIBAR: AMBASSADOR LENHARDT LUNCHES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 19 Ambassador Lenhardt invited to the Residence for lunch Mohamed Aboud, a jocular and charismatic Zanzibari politician of the ruling "Revolutionary Party" (known by its Kiswahili acronym, "CCM - Chama cha Mapinduzi"). Aboud is among the top contenders to replace Pres [...] | 2009-12-29 10:18:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TZ |
09DARESSALAAM905 | HOMOSEXUALS STIGMATIZED, MARGINALIZED IN TANZANIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Homosexuality has long been prohibited in Tanzania, but anti-homosexual laws have rarely if ever been used in recent years. Homosexuals in Tanzania face occasional police harassment and routine societal discrimination, which affects employment opportunities as well as access to m [...] | 2009-12-30 13:39:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TZ |
09DARESSALAAM96 | PRESIDENT KIKWETE TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CDA PART I: [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a February 11 meeting with President Kikwete, CDA sought his views on Zimbabwe and dealing with the new AU Chair. Kikwete encouraged the U.S. to support the new Zimbabwe government. He said he had advised Morgan Tsvangirai to join the government and now would not abandon [...] | 2009-02-11 12:18:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TZ ZI LY GV |
09DHAHRAN116 | SAUDI CENTRAL BANK FREEZES ASSETS OF THE KINGDOM'S SECOND [...] KEY POINTS: -- (C) The Saudi central bank froze assets of Ma'an al-Sanea, Saudi Arabia's second wealthiest citizen on May 30. -- (C) It appears the order was issued pursuant to a lawsuit the al-Gosaibi family has filed against al-Sanea for unpaid loans. -- (C) Al-Sanea is widely "known" [...] | 2009-06-01 09:15:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN SA |
09DHAHRAN14 | SHI'A LEADERS MEET WITH KING AFTER MEDINA INCIDENT [...] (C) Key Points: ------------------ -- King Abdullah met with more than 100 Shi'a leaders from Qatif, al-Ahsa, and Medina related to the sectarian clashes at Baqi'a cemetery (ref A). -- Following the meeting, the King announced the immediate release of all 38 detainees involved in the [...] | 2009-03-04 15:44:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL | SA PGOV PINR PHUM PREL KDEM KIRF KISL |
09DHAHRAN145 | ARAMCO SKEPTICAL OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION [...] KEY POINTS: -- (S/NF) Saudi Aramco's Executive Management is skeptical of the presence of Ministry of Interior (MOI) critical infrastructure protection (CIP) forces near their oil and gas facilities. -- (S/NF) Aramco is currently undergoing a major upgrade to their perimeter surveillance [...] | 2009-06-17 13:43:00 | Consulate Dhahran | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV EPET ENRG SA |
09DHAHRAN150 | PUSHING WATER UPHILL - - SAUDI WATER SECTOR CHALLENGES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Saudi Arabia's per capita fresh water consumption is nearly double that of the European Union average. These high consumption rates stem from low water tariffs, leaking water distribution infrastructure, and agricultural subsidies. Water sector reforms have begun, though a long [...] | 2009-06-23 06:44:00 | Consulate Dhahran | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ENRG PGOV SA |
09DHAHRAN168 | FINANCIAL TROUBLE AT TWO PROMINENT SAUDI BUSINESSES [...] (S/NF) Recent financial trouble at two prominent Saudi conglomerates has shaken public confidence in the solvency of some of the Kingdom's commercial families but poses no real threat to the economy. Two Saudi firms, Ahmad Hamad Al-Gosaibi and Brothers Co (AH Al-Gosaibi) and the Saad Group, ha [...] | 2009-07-13 11:40:00 | Consulate Dhahran | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON PINR SENV ENRG PGOV SA |
09DHAHRAN17 | AGGRESSIVE INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION GOING FORWARD IN JUBAIL [...] (C) Key Points: ------------------ -- The massive industrial expansion plan for Jubail, known as Jubail II, is going forward despite the economic crisis and is currently nine years ahead of its original schedule. -- Concessions for cheap ethane and methane feedstock for petroche [...] | 2009-03-08 07:15:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON EINV SA PGOV |
09DHAHRAN187 | SCENESETTER FOR AA/S FELTMAN'S VISIT TO THE EASTERN PROVINCE [...] (SBU) The U.S. Consulate General Dhahran welcomes you to the Eastern Province (EP) of Saudi Arabia. In addition to being the Kingdom's largest province, the EP also represents the industrial engine of Saudi Arabia and sits atop the world's largest oil reserves. Saudi Aramco, the well-run and [...] | 2009-07-24 16:16:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ENRG EPET SA |
09DHAHRAN210 | SAUDI SHI'A CELEBRATE IMAM AL-MAHDI'S BIRTHDAY [...] (C/NF) The Shi'a of Qatif openly celebrated the birthday of Imam al-Mahdi -- who is recognized by most Shi'a as the twelfth and final (hidden) Imam -- on August 6 with impromptu public plays, free food, and candy for the children. PolOff and two EmbOffs from Riyadh visited Qatif during the fes [...] | 2009-08-10 16:02:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SA |
09DHAHRAN217 | SAUDI PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES CLOSE SHIA MOSQUES IN [...] (C/NF) During the past year the provincial government in the Eastern Province (EP) has closed five Shia mosques (four Twelver Shia and one Ismaili Shia) in the commercial city of al-Khobar, with the last two being closed in the past two weeks. The provincial government reportedly carried out t [...] | 2009-08-15 11:25:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SA |
09DHAHRAN219 | SHIA BUSINESS LEADERS MAKE A STRONG SHOWING IN AL-AHSA [...] (SBU) In the July 25 al-Ahsa Chamber of Commerce elections, Shia candidates won five of the eight eligible board positions, with the remaining three going to Sunnis. In the previous elections in 2005, the ratio was the reverse in favor of Sunni candidates. One of the Shia victors attributed t [...] | 2009-08-19 11:40:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF KISL KDEM SA |
09DHAHRAN220 | BANNED SAUDI WEBSITE LAUNCHES ENGLISH-LANGUAGE VERSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-19 14:28:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KIRF KISL PHUM SA |
09DHAHRAN222 | BANNED SAUDI WEBSITE LAUNCHES ENGLISH-LANGUAGE VERSION [...] (C/NF) Rasid.com, the popular Arabic-language news website run by a small group of Saudi Shia political activists, launched an English-language version on August 1. The managing editor of Rasid explained that they hope to reach a larger audience with the English-language version. Both the Ara [...] | 2009-08-19 15:38:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KIRF KISL PHUM SA |
09DHAHRAN228 | SAUDI ARAMCO-DOW CHEMICAL $24 BILLION PETROCHEMICAL PROJECT [...] (SBU) Saudi Aramco project finance managers confirmed that the $24 billion joint venture (JV) with Dow Chemical is moving forward, despite the economic crisis. In return for access to cheap, discounted feedstock (primarily ethane and naphtha),Dow is sharing with Aramco a number of the "crown [...] | 2009-08-31 14:38:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SA CH |
09DHAHRAN234 | FORMER SAUDI ARAMCO EXECUTIVE BULLISH ON OIL PRICES [...] (C/NF) Saudi Aramco's former Executive Vice President, Dr. Sadad al-Husseini (strictly protect),recently commented on the likelihood of oil prices rising sharply over the next couple of years. In his view, the bearish energy analysts arguing that the oil price shocks of last summer are not li [...] | 2009-09-02 13:39:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV SA |
09DHAHRAN246 | SAUDI AUTHORITIES CRACK DOWN ON SHIA IN AL-AHSA [...] (C) Saudi authorities have stepped up discriminatory actions against Shia citizens in the Eastern Province (EP) oasis of al-Ahsa over the past year. Contacts point to the governor of al-Ahsa, HH Prince Badr bin Mohammad bin Abdullah Al Saud, as the main force behind the most recent uptick in s [...] | 2009-09-16 13:30:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SA |
09DHAHRAN258 | NAJRAN'S NEW GOVERNOR OFF TO GOOD START BUT CHALLENGED BY [...] (C) The new governor of Najran province on the border with Yemen is viewed as being a serious, business-oriented leader looking to downplay the sectarian differences between the officially recognized Sunni interpretation of Islam and that of the province's majority Ismaili (specifically Sulaima [...] | 2009-10-14 07:45:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KIRF PHUM SA YM |
09DHAHRAN265 | ARAMCO: KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE CENTER PROGRESSES DESPITE [...] (U) Development of the King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and Culture (KACKC) continues. The Center aims to honor Arab heritage, connect Saudis to their culture, and bring world cultures to the Kingdom, all in the service of social progress and intellectual achievement. Nabih A. Al-Ibrahim ( [...] | 2009-10-31 12:22:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET SA SCUL ENRG PGOV |
09DHAHRAN266 | EASTERN PROVINCE SHIA FRUSTRATED [...] (C) Three prominent local Shia report that economic marginalization, combined with religious discrimination, are generating increased frustration in the Eastern Province (EP). This is compounded by a growing generation gap in the Shia community with an impatient younger generation inclined to [...] | 2009-11-01 07:34:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KIRF KREL PHUM SA |
09DHAHRAN275 | WOMEN CANDIDATES TRY AGAIN IN EASTERN PROVINCE CHAMBER OF [...] (U) For the second time in the history of the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EPCCI),the Government (SAG) will allow women to run for membership on the board of the EPCCI. Their previous attempt to obtain a seat on the board in 2005 was unsuccessful. This time around, wome [...] | 2009-11-21 05:56:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SA |
09DHAHRAN295 | SAUDI BORDER CONFLICT WITH YEMEN RAISES FEAR OF SECTARIAN [...] (C) Prominent members of the Eastern Province (EP) Shia community are growing increasingly worried that the conflict in Yemen will spur a backlash against their community. The attitude is prevalent among Shia youth as well. Statements by a Yemeni official, as well as a recent circular issued b [...] | 2009-12-19 12:06:00 | Consulate Dhahran | SECRET | PGOV KIRF PREL SA YM PINR PHUM |
09DHAHRAN299 | MAJOR SAUDI OFFSHORE MANIFA FIELD COMPLETION DELAYED TWO [...] (U) Citing weak global demand, Saudi Aramco pushed back the tentative completion date of the last giant Saudi oilfield in its expansion plans by at least two years. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia is expected to announce its final plans to build the Kingdom's largest gas plant ever whose purpose is to [...] | 2009-12-28 12:25:00 | Consulate Dhahran | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV SA |
09DHAHRAN40 | SAUDI HEZBOLLAH LEADER WARNS OF SECTARIAN VIOLENCE [...] (C/NF) Key Points: --------------------- -- XXXXXXXXXXXX (strictly protect),a popular Shi'a cleric and alleged leader of Saudi Hezbollah, met with PolOff after years of refusing to meet with USG officials (ref A). -- XXXXXXXXXXXX declared that the USG could persuade the SAG to adopt se [...] | 2009-03-22 08:19:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SA LE IR PGOV PTER PHUM KIRF KISL KDEM |
09DHAHRAN45 | SAUDIS DISCUSS LOCALIZING MANUFACTURING, TRANSFERRING [...] (U) KEY POINTS: -- The Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EPCCI) held its first-ever Local Content Forum on March 23, which discussed transferring foreign technology and manufacturing capabilities to Saudi Arabia. -- Training and educating Saudis was cited often as [...] | 2009-03-24 14:35:00 | Consulate Dhahran | UNCLASSIFIED | SA PGOV ECON ELAB |
09DHAHRAN46 | SHI'A PROTESTS LEAD TO ARRESTS, INCLUDING TWO AMERICANS [...] (C/NF) Key Points: --------------------- -- On Thursday, March 19 Shi'a from the Awamiyya village in the Qatif oasis conducted a sit-in to protest the SAG's intention of arresting the radical Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, who has been in hiding since calling for possible secession from Saudi Arabia [...] | 2009-03-25 11:51:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SA KU PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF KISL KDEM |
09DHAHRAN74 | SAUDI "GAS PRINCE" CONTROLS THE KINGDOM'S INDUSTRIAL [...] (C/NF) KEY POINTS -- HRH Prince Faisal bin Turki bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (FbT),Advisor to the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, controls the highly subsidized gas feedstock allocations for the petrochemical and power generation industries. -- The prince is known as being [...] | 2009-04-08 06:07:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SA QA PGOV ECON ENRG EPET |
09DHAHRAN8 | SHI'A UNREST CONTINUES TO BUILD AFTER THE MEDINA INCIDENT [...] (C) Key Points: ----------------- -- The Shi'a clashes with Saudi security forces in Medina in February have set off a wave of demonstrations, protests, and calls on the government for justice. -- Members of the Shi'a communities from the Eastern Province were involved in the Baqi'a cemet [...] | 2009-03-02 16:22:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SA IR LE |
09DHAHRAN89 | SAUDI ARAMCO STILL AIMING FOR 12 MILLION BARREL PRODUCTION [...] (S/NF) KEY POINTS: -- Saudi Aramco's Senior Vice President for Exploration and Production, Amin Nasser (protect),says that Saudi Aramco will achieve 12 million barrels per day (bpd) of production capacity by June 2009. -- However, a long-serving Aramco employee does not believe that they [...] | 2009-04-20 06:27:00 | Consulate Dhahran | SECRET//NOFORN | SA EPET ENRG PGOV PINR |
09DHAHRAN99 | KING ABDULLAH MAKES AN UNSCHEDULED VISIT TO THE EASTERN [...] (C) KEY POINTS: -- King Abdullah made a last minute, unscheduled visit to the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia from April 26 to May 1. -- During his visit he launched $14.4 billion worth of projects in Jubail, including the world's largest desalination plant. -- The King met [...] | 2009-05-11 07:57:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL | SA PGOV ECON ENRG |
09DHAKA1004 | PRIME MINISTER'S ADVISOR SEES HOPE FOR [...] (S) Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hopes for a breakthrough in Indo-Bangladesh relations when she visits New Delhi later this year, according to her Foreign Policy Advisor Dr. Gowher Rizvi. At the PM's request (and without the knowledge of the Foreign Ministry) Rizvi recently trave [...] | 2009-10-28 09:04:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM PTER BG |
09DHAKA1007 | GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH BANS HIZB UT-TAHRIR OVER [...] (C) On October 22, the Government of Bangladesh banned the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh (HTB) after determining the organization's activities were a threat to public safety. GOB officials stated their intent to use Bangladesh's new Prevention of Terrorism Act 2009, drafted with M [...] | 2009-10-29 10:20:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PINR KTFN KISL BG |
09DHAKA1008 | BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] (C) Ambassador Verveer, we look forward to welcoming you to Bangladesh, a secular democracy with a moderate Muslim-majority population of nearly 160 million people friendly to the United States. U.S. engagement with Bangladesh focuses on what we call the three "D"s: democracy, development and [...] | 2009-10-29 15:07:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KWMN PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER SOCI KPAO BG |
09DHAKA101 | NEW MINISTERS ADDED TO HASINA'S CABINET [...] (U) In a surprise move, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina named six more state ministers on January 24, bringing the number of people in her Cabinet to 38. All of the new ministers are lawyers and four are new to public office. All six were active in campaigning for Hasina's release from prison l [...] | 2009-01-27 09:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BG PGOV PREL |
09DHAKA1014 | BANGLADESH: DRAFT 2009-10 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) There was no evidence that Bangladesh was a significant cultivator or producer of narcotics. Government of Bangladesh (GOB) officials charged with controlling and preventing illegal substance trafficking lacked sufficient training, equipment, continuity of leadership, and other resources [...] | 2009-11-03 09:46:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS SNAR IN BM BG |
09DHAKA1023 | PM HASINA ON THE WAY FORWARD ON BILATERAL TIES [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina November 5 to review his recent consultations in Washington and preview upcoming events. Topics of the wide-ranging discussion ranged from domestic (BNP-Awami League relations; civilian-military relations; corruption) to bilateral (TIFA [...] | 2009-11-09 06:45:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SENV ECON MARR PHUM KDEM BG |
09DHAKA1024 | BANGLADESH ARRESTS FOUNDER OF HUJI-B [...] (C) Bangladesh authorities arrested Moulana Abdus Salam, the founder of Harkatul Jihad al Islami - Bangladesh (HUJI-B),which is on the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list on November 1. GOB officials said Salam's latest arrest was linked to his alleged role in a 2004 assassination att [...] | 2009-11-09 08:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PINR KTFN KISL BG |
09DHAKA1029 | BANGLADESH NATIONALIST PARTY TO HOLD IT'S NATIONAL [...] (C) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will elect the party's leadership, vote on amendments to the BNP constitution, and select the Central Committee at its National Council, scheduled for December 8. BNP sources expect Khaleda Zia, Leader of the Opposition and head of the BNP, to appoi [...] | 2009-11-10 09:14:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS BG |
09DHAKA1032 | PRIME MINISTER CONSIDERS ENGAGEMENT WITH RANGOON [...] (S/NF) Bangladesh's worries about possible Burmese aggression appear to have subsided, and the Prime Minister is now considering possible engagement with Rangoon. As tensions flared in October, Bangladesh's civilian leadership asserted control over Burma policy, with the Foreign Minister lea [...] | 2009-11-11 02:45:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR PINS MARR ASEC PGOV BG BM |
09DHAKA1033 | UNITED NATIONS PROPOSES REGIONAL TRAINING CENTER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 02:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV PTER XD XG AS BG |
09DHAKA105 | REQUEST FOR JIATF-W TEAM TO VISIT BANGLADESH TO [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 2. ------------------------------ REQUEST FOR JIATF-W ASSISTANCE ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) Assessments on border security in 2008 identified numerous factors that contribute to Bangladesh's porous air, land and sea borders ( [...] | 2009-01-29 06:10:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV IN BG |
09DHAKA1056 | RAB DISCIPLINES OFFICER FOR BEATING JOURNALIST [...] (C) A Military Board of Inquiry found that a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officer "overreacted" and used excessive force against an individual, later identified as a journalist for the daily newspaper, New Age. The Board barred the officer, a captain in the Air Force, from further promotions, [...] | 2009-11-23 10:06:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PGOV MCAP BG |
09DHAKA1057 | WOMEN'S ISSUES AMBASSADOR MARKS BANGLADESH'S PROGRESS AND [...] (SBU) The recent visit to Dhaka by Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer highlighted the need for Bangladesh's leaders to work together more cohesively to further advance the status of women here. Ambassador Verveer's meetings with government officials, civil society l [...] | 2009-11-23 23:46:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PREL PGOV EAID ECON EAGR GTIP BG |
09DHAKA106 | THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM--FIXING CIVIL MILITARY [...] (C) For much of the January 2007 - January 2009 Caretaker Government tenure, the USG and local actors were concerned about the ability of Bangladesh's military to find a safe exit to allow soldiers to return to the barracks without fear of retribution. This immediate goal has been accomplishe [...] | 2009-01-29 11:25:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV KDEM EAID PREL PINR BG |
09DHAKA107 | NEW LAW MINISTER TAKES AIM AT JUDICIAL REFORM BUT [...] (C) During a January 25 courtesy call by the Ambassador, new Law Minister Shafique Ahmed, a barrister in private practice for fifty years, was noncommittal about the fate of the ordinances passed by the Caretaker Government (CTG). (Reports indicate that the new Parliament might not ratify ma [...] | 2009-01-29 11:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
09DHAKA1073 | BANGLADESH DETAINS SUSPECTED LET TERRORIST; SHARES [...] (S/NF) Police arrested Abu Motaleb, a suspected LeT member, on November 21 as part of the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) continuing effort to deny space to terrorists. In addition to this most recent arrest, the GOB in early November arrested five foreign nationals with suspected LeT ties: t [...] | 2009-11-25 08:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PINS PGOV PINR IN PK BG |
09DHAKA1078 | BANGLADESH PM REMAINS COOL TOWARD NOBEL LAUREATE [...] (C) A prophet has no honor in his own country, at least as far as Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus and Bangladesh's Awami League government is concerned. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Dipu Moni made clear their distrust and suspicion of Yunus in several recent meetings [...] | 2009-11-30 05:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KWMN SOCI ECON PGOV PREL BG |
09DHAKA1086 | BANGLADESH NOMINEE FOR THE 2010 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] For her work in defending the legal and human rights of the women of Bangladesh, U.S. Mission Dhaka nominates Salma Ali for the 2010 Secretary of State's Award for International Woman of Courage. Through her legal and humanitarian work, Ali has fiercely championed the rights of women and child [...] | 2009-12-03 09:44:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM PGOV BG |
09DHAKA1087 | EMBASSY DHAKA RESPONSE TO 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] This cable serves as a response to an interim assessment of progress made by the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) from March to November 2009 to combat trafficking. Paragraph four begins text. Embassy point of contact is David Arulanantham, Political Officer, telephone: 880-2-885-5500 x2148, IVG [...] | 2009-12-03 09:45:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
09DHAKA1092 | BANGLADESH HANDS OVER MORE TERRORISTS TO INDIA [...] (C) Bangladesh security forces detained leaders of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) in November and handed them to India's Border Security Forces (BSF). The detentions appear to be the result of Indian-Bangladesh cooperative efforts to deny Bangladesh as a safe haven for Indian ex [...] | 2009-12-07 09:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PGOV PINR IN BG |
09DHAKA1122 | BNP CHAIRPERSON PROMOTES SON, LOYALISTS, AND [...] (C) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) held it National Council on December 8 as required under the political parties registration act. Newly re-elected Chairwomen Khaleda Zia recycled party themes and allegations against the ruling Awami League in her opening speech. Zia used the Natio [...] | 2009-12-20 03:26:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM ECON BG |
09DHAKA1133 | BANGLADESH: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) In compliance with reftel, Mission Dhaka submits its 2009 Country Report on terrorism. Text of report follows: Immediately after taking office in January 2009, the Awami League-led government began a crackdown on domestic and transnational terrorist groups. As a result, Bangladesh a [...] | 2009-12-20 07:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINS PGOV PREL ASEC BG |
09DHAKA1142 | ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN: URDU SPEAKERS FACE [...] (C) The "Bihari" or Urdu-speaking population of Bangladesh continues to remain economically and socially disadvantaged despite a May 2008 Supreme Court ruling granting them citizenship, according to community leaders. During a meeting with the Ambassador, Bihari community members voiced con [...] | 2009-12-23 03:47:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BG PK |
09DHAKA120 | PARLIAMENT VOTES FOR BANGLADESH WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL [...] (C) The new government must immediately take steps to try those suspected of committing war crimes during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence, said a resolution the Awami League-dominated parliament passed unanimously January 29. Those pushing for the establishment of a war crimes tribunal a [...] | 2009-02-02 10:17:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM PHUM KAWC KISL BD |
09DHAKA121 | BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER [...] (SBU) USG activities in Bangladesh are based on three pillars: democratization, development and denial of space to terrorists. The new government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina swept to power in Parliamentary elections on December 29 and is beginning to flesh out its policies on issues o [...] | 2009-02-03 02:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL KGOV BG |
09DHAKA122 | GOB'S CHIEF IMAM APPOINTMENT RUFFLES FEATHERS [...] (SBU) An early challenge to the Awami League government from its religio-cultural as well as political opposition led to a security force crack-down at Dhaka's central mosque January 30. The move came after protesters objecting to the January 1 appointment of a new khatib (chief imam) at the n [...] | 2009-02-03 09:56:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL BD |
09DHAKA124 | BANGLADESH: CHITTAGONG HILS TRACTS MINISTER [...] (U) The new State Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs told the Ambassador that his top priority was resolving land disputes that frequently flare up between ethnic minorities indigenous to the CHT and Bengali migrants. During the Ambassador's February 1 courtesy call, the new S [...] | 2009-02-03 10:53:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | BG EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SENV |
09DHAKA126 | BANGLADESH STAKES CLAIM AS VENUE FOR PRESIDENT [...] (U) Bangladesh's newly-elected government has begun a low key campaign to convince the USG to choose it as the venue for President Obama's much anticipated speech to the Muslim World during the new Administration's first 100 days. Bangladesh bases its claim on a history of being a moderate Mu [...] | 2009-02-03 13:44:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM OVIP BG |
09DHAKA128 | THE AWAMI LEAGUE'S FIRST THIRTY DAYS: GREAT [...] (C) The newly elected Awami League-dominated Parliament's initial sessions have been bogged down by petty issues rather than focused on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,s campaign promises to create a more civil political climate and to ratify Caretaker Government ordinances to improve governance. [...] | 2009-02-04 11:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | BG EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SENV |
09DHAKA129 | BANGLADESH,S NEW NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: [...] (SBU) In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, the Chairman of Bangladesh,s newly appointed National Human Rights Commission (NHRC),Justice Amirul Kabir Chowdhury, was optimistic that the Commission would be able to tackle some of the country,s many human rights problems. The retired Suprem [...] | 2009-02-04 12:01:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BG KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL |
09DHAKA13 | AMBASSADOR CONGRATULATES CHIEF ADVISER ON SETTING [...] (C) Chief Adviser Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed is justifiably proud of the Caretaker Government's success in holding free, fair and credible elections and setting conditions for improved future governance. Ahmed leaves office optimistic about Bangladesh's future, and plans to stay in the country aft [...] | 2009-01-04 10:40:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PINS KDEM EAID BG |
09DHAKA14 | AMBASSADOR CONGRATULATES SHEIKH HASINA [...] (C) In a January 2 phone conversation, I congratulated Prime Minister-designate Sheikh Hasina on the Awami League's impressive electoral victory. I noted that the victory was even more noteworthy in that it occurred in an election that was widely acknowledged to have been the freest and fai [...] | 2009-01-04 10:42:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER KDEM BG |
09DHAKA155 | MEDIA REACTION: ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S VISIT TO [...] Summary: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher's February 7-8 visit to Bangladesh received extensive coverage in the local media, both English and vernacular. (See septel for a further readout on the visit.) This was the first visit to Bangladesh by a senior [...] | 2009-02-12 08:45:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL MOPS EWWT BG IN BM |
09DHAKA16 | OBSERVERS ENDORSE ELECTION RESULTS; NEW CABINET TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Official results confirm that the Grand Alliance led by Awami League President Sheikh Hasina captured a stunning 262 seats out of the 299 contested in Bangladesh's December 29 parliamentary elections. Foreign and domestic observers agree that the elections were the most free, fai [...] | 2009-01-05 09:56:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM BG |
09DHAKA160 | BOUCHER VISIT HIGHLIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLOSER [...] (C) During his February 7 - 8 visit to Dhaka, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher stressed US desire to forge a close partnership with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's new government. In meetings with senior Bangladesh officials, Boucher discussed counterterrorism cooperation (including US supp [...] | 2009-02-12 10:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM BG KV |
09DHAKA162 | FORMER ADVISER EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER EARLY DAYS [...] (C) One of the main architects of Bangladesh's return to democratic government expressed concern over early actions by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's new government. In a February 11 meeting with Ambassador Moriarty, Former Caretaker Government Communications Adviser Major General (rtd.) Ghulam [...] | 2009-02-16 02:50:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM BG |
09DHAKA167 | SAUDI ARABIA'S ASSISTANCE TO BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) The Prime Minister is likely to request and receive a Saudi donation to implement governance goals during her upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia (KSA). According to the Saudi Embassy in Dhaka, KSA does not have a regular recurring development assistance program in Bangladesh, but responds to [...] | 2009-02-16 06:43:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EAID KDEM PTER BG |
09DHAKA172 | BANGLADESH ARMY CHIEF ACKNOWLEDGES NEED TO IMRPOVE [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff General Moeen told the visiting head of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security (APCSS) that the civil-military relationship in Bangladesh required improvement. APCSS Director LTG (Ret.) Ed Smith replied that developing proper civil-military relations was a challenge for [...] | 2009-02-17 07:18:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SENV EAID BG |
09DHAKA177 | EMBASSY DHAKA INPUT TO NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] This report covers anti-trafficking efforts by the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) from April 2008 to February 2009. Paragraph three begins text. Embassy point of contact is David Arulanantham, Political Officer, telephone: 880-2-885-5500 x2148, IVG post-code: 583, fax number: 880-2-882-3744, e [...] | 2009-02-22 00:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
09DHAKA18 | ADVANCES IN FINANCIAL CRIMES LAWS FACE POSSIBLE [...] (C) Bangladesh's Caretaker Government (CTG) tried to improve Bangladesh's ability to combat money laundering and terrorist financing by issuing ordinances aimed at helping Bangladesh meet international standards in the area of financial crimes and increase the effectiveness of related law enfo [...] | 2009-01-06 09:26:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL PTER BG |
09DHAKA195 | BANGLADESH'S BNP: RESTRUCTURING, BUT IN NEED OF A [...] (C) The BNP is at a crossroads: still stinging from its electoral defeat and after boycotting most of the inaugural session of Parliament, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has shown few signs that it understands the need to embrace reform and define its role as the opposition in parliamen [...] | 2009-02-25 12:23:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM BG |
09DHAKA196 | MUTINY IN BANGLADESH BORDER FORCE, SITUATION IN [...] (SBU) A confrontation between officers and enlisted men in the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR),a paramilitary force charged with securing Bangladesh's borders, flared into a violent clash Wednesday morning, February 25, at BDR headquarters in Dhaka. The confrontation, allegedly over grievances reg [...] | 2009-02-25 12:53:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC PINS ETRD BG |
09DHAKA203 | AS HIS CASE DRAGS ON, SHOHAIB CHOUDHURY REMAINS A [...] (C) Bangladeshi journalist Salah Uddin Shohaib Choudhury ) on trial for sedition, treason and blasphemy ) related to his advocacy of ties between Bangladesh and Israel ) appeared in court on February 19. The hearing was brief as the prosecution,s witness, a police officer, was unable to atten [...] | 2009-02-26 12:09:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BG |
09DHAKA204 | MUTINY OF BANGLADESH BORDER FORCE SPREADS OUTSIDE [...] (C) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's two-month-old government struggled to quell a spreading insurgency among paramilitary border guards that entered its second day on 2/26. In a nationally televised address, a sombre-looking Hasina told rebels of the Bangladesh Rifles she would order an attack [...] | 2009-02-26 12:50:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC PINS ETRD BG |
09DHAKA205 | BANGLADESH: SHEIKH HASINA'S INNER CIRCLE: LOYAL TO [...] (C) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina relies on a small circle of trusted relatives, family friends, and time-tested devoted advisers while sidelining individuals she perceives as disloyal. Hasina's sister and son who reside abroad, are among her closest confidantes. Hasina also relies on longtime [...] | 2009-02-26 14:29:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM PHUM PINS BG |
09DHAKA207 | BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT PRAISED FOR PEACEFUL [...] (C) On 2/27, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government basked in praise for peacefully ending a two-day insurgency among paramilitary border guards. Hasina and the Chief of Army Staff were among visitors to the Bangladesh Rifles Headquarters in central Dhaka, where search teams reportedly unco [...] | 2009-02-27 12:07:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC PINS ETRD BG |
09DHAKA210 | BANGLADESH'S CIVILIAN AND MILITARY LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Bangladesh's civilian and military leadership are working together to defuse tension within the Bangladesh Army following the February 25 - 26 Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny. During a late-night meeting February 27, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Army Chief General Moeen agreed to establish a [...] | 2009-02-28 10:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PINS MARR CASC ASEC KDEM BG |
09DHAKA213 | PRIME MINISTER MEETS ARMY OFFICERS IN BID TO QUELL [...] (C) In a tense meeting with seething military personnel on 3/1, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina defended her Government's handling of the border-guard rebellion that left scores of army officers massacred. Initial reports suggested emotions ran high among soldiers who felt the Government should ha [...] | 2009-03-01 11:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PINS ASEC KDEM BG |
09DHAKA218 | BANGLADESH FORMALLY REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador Bangladesh appreciated the strong support the USG had rendered during the Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny and aftermath, and requested assistance in conducting the investigation into the mutiny and identifying remai [...] | 2009-03-02 08:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PINS KDEM ASEC BG |
09DHAKA222 | ARMY LAUNCHES SWEEP FOR MUTINEERS; CONSPIRACY [...] (C) Dhaka remained calm March 2. The government ordered the army to begin a nation-wide sweep aimed at rounding up mutineers suspected of committing murder and arson during the border guard mutiny that left dozens of army officers massacred (reftels). In parliament, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasin [...] | 2009-03-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KDEM PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER BG |
09DHAKA233 | BANGLADESH: SOME UNREGULATED MADRASSAS OPEN TO [...] (SBU) PolOff visited three madrassa religious schools not regulated by the government on 2/24 and found educators willing to accept some official oversight. They all expressed deep concern that without adopting government-approved curricula their students would continue to fail to qualify for [...] | 2009-03-04 10:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER EDU BG |
09DHAKA235 | EDUCATION MINISTER LOOKS TO CURRICULUM AND [...] (SBU) Acknowledging significant problems in the education sector, the new Minister of Education told the Ambassador he intended to focus on introducing a uniform curriculum into Bangladesh's schools, increasing vocational and technical education opportunities and campaigning against illiteracy. [...] | 2009-03-05 03:35:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL KISL BG |
09DHAKA237 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES KHALEDA ZIA ON NEED FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador encouraged Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia to continue to reach out to the Government in the wake of the Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny. For her part, Zia complained that the Government repeatedly refused to provide space to the opposition, and she threatened to "go to the p [...] | 2009-03-05 07:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PINS KDEM PTER ASEC BG |
09DHAKA239 | EDUCATION REFORM: FOR QAWMI MADRASAS TOO? [...] (C) The new Awami League government recently announced plans to introduce a uniform curriculum into Bangladesh's multi-curriculumed schools. The Minister of Education told the Ambassador he intends to include qawmi madrasas (non-regulated, privately-funded Islam-focused institutions) in the ne [...] | 2009-03-05 07:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KISL SOCI SCUL BG |
09DHAKA240 | TEXTILES MINISTER HOPES TO REVIVE JUTE INDUSTRY [...] (C) The Minister of Textiles and Jute looks to private sector investment to revive Bangladesh's ailing jute industry and said the country's textile industry was feeling the effects of the global financial crisis. Well-disposed towards the United States, he thanked the USG for its support of the [...] | 2009-03-05 07:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD ECON PREL PTER KTEX KISL BG |
09DHAKA241 | BANGLADESH MUTINY AFTERMATH: TIME FOR USG [...] (C) One week after the bloody border guard mutiny, Bangladesh's immediate crisis appears to have passed, but the resulting political situation remains perilous. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina herself warns of more attacks to undermine democracy. Three competing Government of Bangladesh investiga [...] | 2009-03-05 10:41:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER ASEC KDEM BG |
09DHAKA247 | AGRICULTURE MINISTER FOCUSED ON INCREASING CROP [...] (C) Improving agricultural productivity is critical to increasing incomes and lifting Bangladeshis out of poverty, according to Agriculture Minister Motia Chowdhury. In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, the Agriculture Minister focused on her efforts to improve farmers' access to water a [...] | 2009-03-09 03:06:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PREL PGOV ECON SENV EAID EWWT BG |
09DHAKA253 | ABILITY, EXPERIENCE OF HASINA'S CABINET MIXED [...] (C) Bangladesh's new Minister of Industries owes his appointment more to political expediency than professional credentials. Minister Dilip Barua told the Ambassador recently he was still learning about his portfolio, though he supported the ministry's long-term commitment to private enterpr [...] | 2009-03-09 10:06:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EIND EINV ECON KIPR BG |
09DHAKA254 | MUTINY INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE, FBI ARRIVES, [...] (C) Investigations into the February 25-26 mutiny in the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) continue, and though no credible evidence of an external conspiracy has yet surfaced, allegations persist, fostered in part by Bangladesh's top leaders. A two-person FBI team from Embassy New Delhi arrived to co [...] | 2009-03-09 10:56:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM ASEC BG |
09DHAKA255 | PENNY WISE, POUND FOOLISH: BANGLADESH TEETERING ON [...] (C) The February 25 - 26 Bangladesh Rifles mutiny has shaken the country's two month-old experiment in democracy to its core. The level of brutality and the loss of over fifty senior army officers have left important constituencies openly questioning the future of democratic governance in t [...] | 2009-03-11 08:53:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS KDEM EAID MARR PHUM |
09DHAKA259 | AWAMI LEAGUE ALLIANCE PARTNER STILL ON BOARD...FOR [...] (C) Former Bangladesh President and leader of the Jatiya Party H.M. Ershad said March 9 he still supported Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, even as he criticized her handling of the recent mutiny in the Bangladesh Rifles. Ershad backed away from earlier statements that India had played a role in [...] | 2009-03-12 09:04:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC PINR KDEM BG |
09DHAKA260 | HOME MINISTER SIDE-LINED IN MUTINY INVESTIGATIONS [...] (C) The Prime Minister named the Commerce Minister March 11 to coordinate the ongoing investigations into the February 25 border guard mutiny. Based on a preliminary FBI assessment, the Ambassador told the Home Minister March 11 he had made an urgent request to Washington for follow-up assista [...] | 2009-03-12 09:18:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM BG |
09DHAKA263 | PRIME MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT HER GOVERNMENT'S [...] (S) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina remains worried about the fate of her government in the wake of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny. In a March 11 meeting with the Ambassador, she again requested FBI support for the mutiny investigation, noting that getting to the truth was import [...] | 2009-03-12 12:00:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS ETRD ECON BG |
09DHAKA276 | DHAKA EAC 03/19/09 [...] (SBU) On March 19, 2009, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review a March 18 town hall meeting held by the new Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner with representatives of Dhaka schools in which he passed along threat related information. The DCM chaired the EAC and attendees incl [...] | 2009-03-19 13:41:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PINR PGOV BG |
09DHAKA28 | FRESH FACES, SOME SURPRISES IN BANGLADESH'S NEW [...] (C) Following much secrecy and speculation, Bangladesh's newly elected Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina Wajed, unveiled her government at a swearing in ceremony on January 6. Hasina excluded all but one member of the ruling Awami League's (AL) Presidium from the Cabinet. Twenty-eight of the 32 in [...] | 2009-01-07 10:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM BG |
09DHAKA280 | FBI WORKS TO HELP CORRECT FLAWS IN BANGLADESH [...] (C) Ambassador Moriarty and the head of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation team helping Bangladesh investigate its border guard mutiny urged the minister in charge to strengthen the probe. PolEcon Counselor reiterated the message to two senior Cabinet officials with responsibility for se [...] | 2009-03-22 08:42:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER ASEC KDEM BG |
09DHAKA284 | FBI HELPS BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT REALIZE NEED FOR [...] (C) The FBI has concluded the initial phase of its support to the local police investigation into the February 25 ) 26 Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny. This support focused on the importance of setting up a functioning command post and prioritizing the need to interview witnesses. The GOB has begun [...] | 2009-03-23 08:24:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MARR KDEM BG |
09DHAKA285 | BANGLADESH COMMERCE MINISTER PROMISES NOT TO [...] (C) Commerce Minister Faruq Khan promised Ambassador Moriarty that international shipping would not face restrictions in Bangladesh despite concerns the government was taking steps favoring domestic shippers. The minister also noted the Government of Bangladesh was considering several measures [...] | 2009-03-23 08:27:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON BG |
09DHAKA301 | BANGLADESH INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] This is Embassy Dhaka's submission for reftel tasking. 2. Begin text of the 2009 Bangladesh Investment Climate Statement: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Bangladesh actively seeks foreign investment under its industrial policy and export-oriented, private [...] | 2009-03-29 09:26:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR BG |
09DHAKA302 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOWRUZ MESSAGE TO IRAN [...] Summary: President Obama's Nowruz message to Iran received extensive coverage in the local media, both English and vernacular. Newspaper editorials across the political spectrum praised the President's message and called on Iran to accept the U.S. offer of dialogue. President Obama's messages [...] | 2009-03-29 10:34:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL BG IR |
09DHAKA303 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOWRUZ MESSAGE TO IRAN [...] Summary: President Obama's Nowruz message to Iran received extensive coverage in the local media, both English and vernacular. Newspaper editorials across the political spectrum praised the President's message and called on Iran to accept the U.S. offer of dialogue. President Obama's messages [...] | 2009-03-29 10:34:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL BG IR |
09DHAKA31 | BANGLADESH CIVIL SOCIETY AWARE AND ACTIVELY [...] (U) Over the past several weeks has PolOff met with heads of several human rights NGOs in Bangladesh to gauge awareness of and participation in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for Human Rights, per reftel request. Bangladesh is slated for review in February 2009. By all accounts, civil s [...] | 2009-01-08 09:43:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM UNHRC |
09DHAKA32 | LIST OF MINISTERS AND STATE MINISTERS IN THE NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Enclosed is a list of officials in the newly elected government of Bangladesh. Ministers of State are not of cabinet rank but can be head of a ministry. 2. (U) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Armed Forces Division Cabinet Division Electricity, Oil and Mineral Resources Ministry: A) Ele [...] | 2009-01-08 10:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM BG |
09DHAKA33 | MEDIA REACTION: SHEIKH HASINA FORMS NEW GOVERNMENT [...] Summary: All English and vernacular newspapers extensively covered the swearing-in ceremony of Awami League-led Grand Alliance leader Sheikh Hasina and her 32-member cabinet. (See reftel for a further readout on the new government.) Editorials and commentary in newspapers across the politica [...] | 2009-01-08 10:40:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL BG |
09DHAKA339 | BANGLADESH HOLDS PEACEFUL BY-ELECTIONS APRIL 2 AS [...] (C) On April 2, voters in six constituencies elected replacements for members of parliament compelled to relinquish seats won in the December 2008 polls. While voter turnout was down from December's record highs, voting in these six by-elections went smoothly, with the only change from Decem [...] | 2009-04-05 10:44:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS KDEM PREL BG |
09DHAKA34 | KIBRIA FAMILY SEEKS TO REVIVE INVESTIGATION INTO [...] (C) The family of slain former Finance Minister Shah AMS Kibria plans to press the newly elected government in Bangladesh to bring his killers to justice. While hopeful Sheikh Hasina's government will respond favorably, Kibria's children fear the bureaucracy and security forces will try to [...] | 2009-01-08 10:45:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PTER BG |
09DHAKA345 | GOVT SAYS WAR CRIMES TRIAL PROCESS BEGINS APRIL 8. [...] (C) The GOB intends to prosecute war crimes committed during the country's 1971 war of independence (reftel) on the basis of legislation passed in 1973, which may not provide a current internationally-acceptable basis for war crimes prosecution. The Law Minister announced the process would beg [...] | 2009-04-06 09:28:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM ASEC KISL KAWC PHUM |
09DHAKA346 | BANGLADESH NON-COMMITAL ON USG CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN [...] (U) On April 6, PolOff spoke with M. Mahbubul Alam in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) UN and Human Rights Wing, to convey reftel points and urge the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) to support the USG,s candidacy for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). We emphasized that the U [...] | 2009-04-07 03:53:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | BG PGOV PHUM PREL |
09DHAKA361 | HIZB UT TAHRIR IN BANGLADESH: STILL NEW, STILL [...] (SBU) Hizb-ut-Tahrir Bangladesh (HTB) was established in Dhaka in 2001 and has an estimated membership of about 3,000 young, well-educated, middle-class Bangladeshis, mostly from Dhaka. In common with the global HT movement, HTB claims to aspire to the establishment of a Muslim caliphate throug [...] | 2009-04-09 04:31:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM ASEC KISL BG |
09DHAKA365 | NEW BANGLADESH PARLIAMENT'S FIRST SESSION MARRED [...] (C) Partisan squabbling and watering down of democratic-reform legislation marked the first session of the new Parliament that ended on 4/7. Despite early pledges to tone down the highly partisan nature of national politics, the ruling Awami League fought with the rival Bangladesh Nationalist [...] | 2009-04-09 06:07:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM BG |
09DHAKA372 | LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BANGLADESH: CAUTION AHEAD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 06:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KAWC KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER |
09DHAKA394 | BANGLADESH'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL OUTLINES AGENDA: [...] (C) New Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam, a barrister in private practice, recently detailed how the GOB was considering three adjudicative approaches (standard trials, war crimes tribunals, and military courts martial) to deal with the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny during a recent meeting [...] | 2009-04-21 08:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KAWC KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER |
09DHAKA398 | AVERTING A CRISIS? BANGLADESH PROVIDES ECONOMIC [...] (C) Bangladesh,s Finance Minister unveiled on April 19 a $500 million stimulus package for exporters and others affected by the global economic crisis. More than 40 percent of the program will benefit the agricultural sector; the package also provides fiscal stimulus for exporters and power/ [...] | 2009-04-22 07:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV BG |
09DHAKA419 | WHAT DO BANGLADESH'S DEOBANDI QAWMI MADRASAS WANT? [...] (SBU) Addressing problems related to the country's privately-funded unregulated Islamic education system (qawmi madrasas - QMs) has emerged as one of the Awami League government's top priorities. The government seeks more control over qawmi madrasas and fears failure to equip students with ski [...] | 2009-04-28 04:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SOCI BG |
09DHAKA420 | BANGLADESH PRIME MINISTER SEEKS MEETING WITH [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see following paragraph. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In my meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on April 27, she requested a meeting with President Obama during her planned private visit to the United States in the second half of May. She als [...] | 2009-04-28 09:00:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS BG |
09DHAKA425 | PRIME MINISTER STILL SEES CONSPIRACY IN BORDER [...] (C) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina still sees a conspiracy behind the border guard mutiny that dealt a huge blow to her government in February. She told the Ambassador on April 27 she welcomed U.S. Government efforts to facilitate better civilian-military relations and strengthen Bangladesh's se [...] | 2009-04-28 12:00:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS ETRD ECON PHUM BG |
09DHAKA431 | THE GOB SAYS IT IS SERIOUS ABOUT QAWMI MADRASA [...] (C) After a rocky start, the Awami League government and Bangladesh's qawmi madrasa (QM) community appear to have laid the necessary groundwork for much-needed dialogue aimed at addressing problems related to the country's privately-funded unregulated Islamic education system. That said, the so [...] | 2009-04-30 03:34:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SOCI BG |
09DHAKA44 | BANGLADESH: WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE NEXT 180 DAYS [...] (SBU) Bangladesh's return to democracy following the successful December 29 Parliamentary elections presents significant opportunities for advancing U.S. Government (USG) interests in the country and the region. Embassy Dhaka has identified five major mission objectives for the USG to focus on [...] | 2009-01-12 10:40:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID BG |
09DHAKA443 | ISLAMIC PARTIES AND THE QAWMI MADRASA COMMUNITY (3 [...] (C) Addressing problems related to the country's privately-funded unregulated Islamic education system (qawmi madrasas - QMs) has emerged as one of the Awami League government's top priorities. A proportion of Bangladesh's Deobandi qawmi madrasa (DQM) community has strong ties to small Islamic [...] | 2009-05-04 10:01:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SOCI BG |
09DHAKA447 | AMBASSADOR REVIEWS HUMAN RIGHTS, REFUGEES, CLIMATE [...] (C) The Ambassador expressed concern about recent deaths during interrogation of border guard personnel implicated in the February 25-26 border guard mutiny, at a May 4 meeting with Foreign Minister Dipu Moni. The Ambassador also raised concerns about the human rights situation of Rohingya ref [...] | 2009-05-04 11:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SENV PREF BG |
09DHAKA448 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTER REASSURES AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) According to Local Government Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, the GOB remains committed to decentralization and will ensure that recently elected Upazila (County) Chairmen are allowed to function independently. The GOB welcomed USG assistance in making local government function effectively, [...] | 2009-05-04 11:26:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM EAID BG |
09DHAKA464 | A WAY FORWARD FOR MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND [...] (C) GOB's Law Minister Shafique Ahmed recently promised the government's full support for the development of a mutual legal assistance (MLA) program for Bangladesh, including the establishment of a Central Authority for MLA in the Office of the Attorney General (OAG). The Law Minister also agr [...] | 2009-05-07 11:50:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KAWC KISL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR BG |
09DHAKA466 | PROGRESS REPORT: FBI CONDUCTS FOLLOW ON ASSESSMENT [...] (C) The Police investigation into the February 2009 BDR mutiny appears on track, with investigators continuing to follow the best practices shared by the FBI during an earlier visit. The investigation will likely require another six months, but as of now there is still no indication of outsid [...] | 2009-05-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | ASEC MOPS PGOV PINR PBTS PHUM BG |
09DHAKA469 | NOBEL LAUREATE REQUESTS USG HELP ON GRAMEEN BANK [...] (C) Nobel Peace Laureate and Grameen Bank Chairman Muhammad Yunus asked that the USG assist him in urging Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to change a long-standing rule that gives the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) control over his position as Grameen Bank Chairman. Bangladesh's 2007-2008 Caret [...] | 2009-05-11 10:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI KWMN BG |
09DHAKA474 | PAKISTANI AND FRENCH ENVOYS CRITICIZE UN [...] (C) The Pakistani High Commissioner told the Ambassador May 10 he questioned the legitimacy of the UNDP Representative's interactions with the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) on the war crimes issues stemming from Bangladesh's 1971 War of Liberation. The French Ambassador indicated that the Gov [...] | 2009-05-12 05:46:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL PHUM KAWC BG |
09DHAKA475 | BANGLADESH'S AHLE HADITH QAWMI MADRASAS: FEW AND [...] (SBU) Bangladesh's Ahle Hadith qawmi madrasas (AHQM) would not object to coming under government oversight, according to a senior Ahle Hadith (AH) representative, who told post there were approximately 200 AHQMs in Bangladesh, mostly concentrated in the northwest. He said attempts were underway [...] | 2009-05-12 10:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SOCI BG |
09DHAKA476 | CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS: COMPETING TRANSNATIONAL [...] (U) The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is a region of serious concern for the stability of Bangladesh. Strife between indigenous ethnic groups and lowland Bengali migrants led to a long insurgency by the indigenous people in the 1980s and 1990s. The insurgency ended with the 1997 signing of t [...] | 2009-05-13 07:24:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON PGOV PHUM SENV BG |
09DHAKA479 | OPPORTUNITY IN A TIME OF CRISIS: LIVES OF [...] (C) Despite improvements in the living conditions of registered Rohingya refugees in southeast Bangladesh, the overall situation there is in danger of deteriorating. As the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) make further progress inside the camps, th [...] | 2009-05-14 05:45:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BG BM |
09DHAKA482 | FINDING COMMON GROUND ON COUNTERRORISM WORKING [...] (C) The U.S. and the United Kingdom share common counterterrorism goals in Bangladesh and we have worked together on specific issues in the past. Embassy Dhaka and the British High Commission reviewed our efforts and agreed on several areas of cooperation at an inaugural counterterrorism quarterly [...] | 2009-05-14 08:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL HYMPSK MARR KPAO UK BG |
09DHAKA484 | BANGLADESH SHIPPING MINISTER WANTS TO DEVELOP [...] (C) The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) plans to develop its inland waterways, its two major ports and a new deep water port, according to Shipping Minister Dr. Afsarul Amin. The Minister told the Ambassador on May 13 that dredging Bangladesh's many waterways, both to improve transport and irri [...] | 2009-05-14 09:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EWWT PREL BEXP PGOV ETRD BG |
09DHAKA485 | BANGLADESH OPPOSITION LEADER'S SON SAYS NO [...] (C) Tarique Rahman, the son and political heir-apparent to Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairwoman Khaleda Zia, said he did not plan to return to Bangladesh from London anytime soon. Rahman, who faces multiple corruption charges in Bangladesh, told a visiting senior Foreign Service Nati [...] | 2009-05-14 10:18:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM BG |
09DHAKA486 | BANGLADESH'S NEW INTEL CHIEF PROMISES ENHANCED CT [...] (S) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed DGFI to focus on counterterrorism issues and work closely with the U.S. Government, according to Director General Mollah Fazle Akbar. Akbar emphasized that DGFI would no longer support efforts by extremists to enter the political arena. Akbar a [...] | 2009-05-14 10:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV PINR PINS KDEM PHUM BG |
09DHAKA51 | MEDIA REACTION: GAZA VIOLENCE AS SEEN IN DHAKA [...] Summary and Comment: Media coverage of the situation in Gaza retains front page prominence in both mainstream English and Bangla-language newspapers. The local coverage, a mixture of wire reports, reports on local protests, and commentary, increased with Sheikh Hasina's January 5 criticism of [...] | 2009-01-13 09:24:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OREP KPAO PGOV PREL OVIP BG |
09DHAKA533 | GOVERNMENT PROBE FAILS TO FIND OUTSIDE [...] (C) A much-anticipated government probe into the February border guard mutiny that left 57 army officers dead found no evidence of outside conspirators, mirroring the reported findings of an army investigation. Instead, the report cited long-standing grievances against poor treatment by, and c [...] | 2009-05-28 09:28:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER ASEC BG |
09DHAKA535 | HASINA ADVISOR: PRIME MINISTER FOCUSED ON [...] (C) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina continues to grapple with thorny problems like improving civil-military relations and overcoming inept bureaucrats, one of her advisors told the Ambassador. Gowher Rizvi, a long-time unofficial advisor to Hasina, said the Prime Minister was focused [...] | 2009-05-28 11:14:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EINV PTER MARR IN BG |
09DHAKA540 | BOEING SALE TO BIMAN BANGLADESH ON TRACK, WAITING [...] (C) The Government of Bangladesh continues to support the purchase of eight Boeing aircraft by the national airlines, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, under a deal signed by the 2007-2008 Caretaker Government. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister G.M. Quader recently told the Ambassador and Boeing' [...] | 2009-05-31 12:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV ECON BG |
09DHAKA541 | TWO FORMER INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS NABBED FOR ARMS SMUGGLING [...] (SBU) Police have arrested two former National Security Intelligence (NSI) chiefs on allegations of involvement in an illegal shipment of weapons and ammunition in 2004 believed bound for an insurgent group in northeast India. At the time, the U.S. Government and others pushed for a thorough in [...] | 2009-06-01 03:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER KCRM BG |
09DHAKA555 | BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Bob, I am glad you are headed our way. We look forward to welcoming you to Bangladesh, a moderate Muslim-majority country of nearly 150 million people that is friendly to the United States. This is a surprisingly hopeful place despite the daunting problems it faces: recurring natural disast [...] | 2009-06-03 10:10:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL KGOV BG |
09DHAKA556 | THAI FOREIGN MINISTER ON BURMA AND BANGLADESH'S [...] (C) The government of Burma was nervous about the United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) statements in support of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and angry with Thailand for its vocal support of ASSK's release, according to visiting Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya. The Foreign Minister also ind [...] | 2009-06-03 10:20:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BG BM |
09DHAKA568 | BANGLADESH'S AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR TRANSPORT [...] (U) See action request, please see paragraph 6. Summary ------- 2. (C) Bangladesh,s Communications Minister, Syed Abul Hossain, has ambitious goals for expanding the country,s bridges, roads and public transportation links, including the completion of a bridge over the Padma (Ganges) r [...] | 2009-06-07 08:04:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINV EWWT PGOV PREL BEXP BG |
09DHAKA57 | INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER EXPECTS CLOSER [...] (C) The Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh told Ambassador Moriarty on 1/13 India expected improved cooperation on security and other issues with the new Awami League government. Counterterrorism cooperation would be the central issue of discussion when the Indian Minister of External Affairs v [...] | 2009-01-14 08:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KDEM PGOV IN BG |
09DHAKA577 | BNP'S ZIA COMPLAINS AWAMI LEAGUE NOT PROVIDING [...] (C) Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia said the Awami League government continued to prevent the BNP from playing a constructive role in Parliament. The Leader of the Opposition told the Ambassador June 4 the Prime Minister had rebuffed the BNP's suggested topics for de [...] | 2009-06-08 10:46:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM KDEM KPAO BG |
09DHAKA578 | BANGLADESH NON-COMMITTAL ON SUDAN AND THE HUMAN [...] (SBU) On June 4, PolOff spoke with Sanchita Haque, Senior Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) UN and Human Rights Wing, to convey reftel points, urging the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) to support the extension of the Special Rapporteur,s term by one year and a strong [...] | 2009-06-08 11:41:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BG SU PGOV PHUM PREL |
09DHAKA579 | PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH BIG HIT IN BANGLADESH [...] Summary: President Obama's Cairo speech received extensive and positive coverage in the local media. Five local television stations available to millions of cable or satellite subscribers throughout the country broadcast the speech live or on tape delay. Nine newspapers, including two of the [...] | 2009-06-09 00:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL KISL BG |
09DHAKA58 | VALIDATION OF ORDINANCES FIRST TEST FOR NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) During two years in power, the Caretaker Government promulgated more than 100 ordinances including many designed to fight graft and strengthen Bangladesh's dysfunctional democratic institutions. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's new government must now decide whether those ordinances should [...] | 2009-01-14 09:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM BG |
09DHAKA580 | ALL ON THE SAME PAGE: INFORMATION MINISTER COMMITS [...] (C) The Information and Culture Minister, Abul Kalam Azad, spoke at length about the importance of press freedom and avenues for cooperation between the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the USG, including in spreading anti-extremist messages in a June 2 discussion with the Ambassador. The [...] | 2009-06-09 00:58:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL BG SCUL |
09DHAKA613 | PRIME MINISTER STRONGLY SUPPORTS USG-ORGANIZED [...] (C) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the new Bangladesh army chief enthusiastically endorsed an upcoming workshop organized by a U.S. Government think tank to improve civil-military relations in Bangladesh. They voiced their support during separate meetings with Lt. Gen. (retired) Ed Smith, di [...] | 2009-06-17 02:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM BG |
09DHAKA614 | PRIME MINISTER PRAISES PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] (C) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told visiting SCA A/S Blake she was very pleased with President Obama's Cairo address, in particular his reference to Bangladesh, and expressed the hope that the President and Secretary Clinton would visit Dhaka. The Prime Minister outlined her plans to comba [...] | 2009-06-17 04:20:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID ETRD BG |
09DHAKA615 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE PUSHES HOME MINISTER FOR [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Robert O. Blake told the Bangladesh Home Affairs Minister counterterrorism cooperation could expand greatly if Bangladesh's security forces became more accountable and transparent. The minister, Advocate Shahara Khatun, responded that the Gov [...] | 2009-06-17 05:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KGOV BG |
09DHAKA617 | A/S BLAKE OUTLINES NEW AREAS OF COOPERATION FOR [...] (C) Bangladesh's top two foreign affairs officials welcomed prospects for collaboration with the United States in areas like climate change, food security and building stronger U.S. relations with the Muslim world. South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake and the Amba [...] | 2009-06-17 11:23:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAGR PHUM KPAO SOCI BG |
09DHAKA618 | BNP,S ZIA REHASHES OLD COMPLAINTS AGAINST AWAMI [...] (C) Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Begum Khaleda Zia told SCA A/S Blake on June 13 that the Awami League (AL) government continued to prevent the BNP from playing a constructive role in parliament. Zia, leader of the opposition, blamed the Caretaker Government for "destroying the [...] | 2009-06-18 07:26:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM BG |
09DHAKA623 | MINISTER SAYS NO WITCH HUNT AGAINST FORMER [...] (C) Local Government and Rural Development Minister Syed Ashraful Islam assured Ambassador Moriarty the Prime Minister did not support calls to prosecute the former army chief and former Caretaker Government officials. Ashraf also said trials of people suspected of war crimes in the 1971 war of [...] | 2009-06-22 09:41:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM ECON ETRD PINR BG |
09DHAKA637 | NO EASY WAY OUT: THE QUANDARY OF THE UNREGISTERED [...] (C) As more unregistered Rohingya originally from Burma continue to settle outside one of the two official refugee camps in southeast Bangladesh, their situation becomes increasingly tenuous. Malnutrition rates among this population of 15,000 to 25,000 unregistered refugees remain high, as [...] | 2009-06-25 15:22:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BG BM |
09DHAKA65 | CRICKET DIPLOMACY A SMASHING SUCCESS [...] (SBU) An inaugural Embassy-organized Sports Diplomacy day to help local police improve relations with the general public through a shared joy of cricket proved a huge hit. About 1,000 people participated in the December 20, 2008, program in Patuakhali, a southern district still recovering from [...] | 2009-01-19 07:46:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV KDEM PREL BG |
09DHAKA663 | BANGLADESH OPPOSITION USING INDIAN DAM TO ATTACK [...] (SBU) India's construction of a dam on a major river that flows into Bangladesh has triggered protests from the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),which claims the project threatens the region's environment and livelihoods. Party leaders clearly believe they can get political mile [...] | 2009-07-02 10:22:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD PREL EAGR SOCI PGOV IN BG |
09DHAKA686 | GOB BUDGET: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY [...] (SBU) The recently-passed Government of Bangladesh (GOB) budget is expansionary and flexible. The $16.6 billion budget includes a progressive initiative for encouraging public-private partnerships to develop energy and transport infrastructure. More troubling is a tax amnesty that would all [...] | 2009-07-13 10:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BG EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD KCRM KTNF PGOV PTER |
09DHAKA69 | BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR LTG FRIDOVICH, BG BOERA [...] (SBU) USG activities in Bangladesh are based on three pillars: democratization, development and denial of space to terrorists. Your visit comes at a critical juncture for U.S. relations with this strategically important, moderate, Muslim-majority nation of 150 million people. The new governm [...] | 2009-01-19 10:41:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PGOV PTER KREL BG |
09DHAKA690 | ARCHITECT OF CARETAKER GOVERNMENT LEAVES BEHIND A [...] (C) Bangladesh's Chief of Army Staff General Moeen Uddin Ahmed, the architect of Bangladesh's 2007-2008 Caretaker Government (CTG),quietly retired June 14. Though he retired without fanfare, Bangladeshis continue to debate whether Moeen should be celebrated or condemned for his role in the [...] | 2009-07-14 08:44:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MARR PTER BG |
09DHAKA691 | GOB CONSIDERING A SOVEREIGN GUARANTEE FOR THE [...] (C) The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) is reluctant to provide a sovereign guarantee for the Boeing aircraft deal, but the Ambassador and a Boeing representative told the Prime Minister July 12 that a sovereign guarantee was the only way Bangladesh's national airline could secure financing to b [...] | 2009-07-14 09:24:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD BEXP EFIN PREL ECON PGOV BG |
09DHAKA692 | AMBASSADOR REGISTERS CORRUPTION AND CRIME CONCERNS [...] (C) The Ambassador voiced serious concerns about rising levels of crime and corruption in Bangladesh with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, describing recent incidents of pressure by the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the Awami League on American business, including harassment of a U.S.-inves [...] | 2009-07-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR ASEC KCRM CASC BG |
09DHAKA693 | BANGLADESH 527 REPORT [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of five (5) claims of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Bangladesh (GOB). One case has been added in 2009. I. a. Claimant A b. 1979 c. In 1977 Claimant A entered into an agreement with the GOB Mini [...] | 2009-07-16 01:03:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CASC BG |
09DHAKA70 | NEW FOREIGN MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS TRADE, AID AND CT [...] (C) Bangladesh's new Foreign Minister, Dr. Dipu Moni, told the Ambassador January 15 her government's priorities included fulfilling the Awami League's election manifesto and strengthening Bangladesh's democracy. In her first meeting with the Ambassador since taking office January 6, Moni exp [...] | 2009-01-19 13:00:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EAID PTER EFIN PHUM BG |
09DHAKA710 | Bangladesh: Urgent Engineering/Contracting Needs for [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 11. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Post needs Washington engagement and support to implement Mission Dhaka's $34 million cyclone shelter construction project, the centerpiece of emergency supplemental funds Congress provided followi [...] | 2009-07-20 08:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV ECON PTER BG |
09DHAKA723 | (C) PM ADVISOR RIZVI TAPPED TO TAKE ON INDIA, U.S. [...] (C) Prime Minister confidante Gohar Rizvi told the Ambassador July 21 that he had accepted formal appointment as PM Advisor for International Affairs and Special Representative. Rizvi said he would focus on relations with India from Charlottesville while retaining his chair at the Univers [...] | 2009-07-26 12:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BG IN |
09DHAKA725 | (S) NSI DIRECTOR GENERAL PLEDGES CONTINUED [...] (S) In a July 19 meeting with Ambassador, Brigadier General Monzur Ahmed (Retd),Director General of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) Organization stressed that the Prime Minister viewed counterterrorism as a top priority for the nation. Monzur described NSI's role in combating terro [...] | 2009-07-26 12:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS PGOV BG |
09DHAKA727 | (S) NSI DIRECTOR GENERAL PLEDGES CONTINUED [...] (S) In a July 19 meeting with Ambassador, Brigadier General Monzur Ahmed (Retd),Director General of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) Organization stressed that the Prime Minister viewed counterterrorism as a top priority for the nation. Monzur described NSI's role in combating terro [...] | 2009-07-26 12:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS PGOV BG |
09DHAKA728 | (C) PM ADVISOR RIZVI TAPPED TO TAKE ON INDIA, U.S. [...] (C) Prime Minister confidante Gohar Rizvi told the Ambassador July 21 that he had accepted formal appointment as PM Advisor for International Affairs and Special Representative. Rizvi said he would focus on relations with India from Charlottesville while retaining his chair at the Univers [...] | 2009-07-26 12:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BG IN |
09DHAKA729 | (S) NSI DIRECTOR GENERAL PLEDGES CONTINUED [...] (S) In a July 19 meeting with Ambassador, Brigadier General Monzur Ahmed (Retd),Director General of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) Organization stressed that the Prime Minister viewed counterterrorism as a top priority for the nation. Monzur described NSI's role in combating terro [...] | 2009-07-26 12:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS PGOV BG |
09DHAKA731 | (S) NSI DIRECTOR GENERAL PLEDGES CONTINUED [...] (S) In a July 19 meeting with Ambassador, Brigadier General Monzur Ahmed (Retd),Director General of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) Organization stressed that the Prime Minister viewed counterterrorism as a top priority for the nation. Monzur described NSI's role in combating terro [...] | 2009-07-26 12:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS PGOV BG |
09DHAKA739 | BOEING,S BANGLADESH DEAL: LIVERY DESIGN DECISION [...] (C) Boeing continues to slog forward on a 1.3 billion USD aircraft sale deal concluded with the 2007-2008 Caretaker Government to revitalize ailing national airline Biman Bangladesh (reftels). PM Sheikh Hasina will now personally decide Boeing's related effort to obtain Government of Banglad [...] | 2009-07-29 06:31:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD BEXP EFIN PREL ECON PGOV BG |
09DHAKA741 | AMBASSADOR URGES PRIME MINISTER,S ADVISER TO [...] (C) The Ambassador recently urged the Prime Minister,s Energy Adviser, Tawfiq Elahi Chowdhury, to resolve several pressing issues, including awarding offshore blocks for natural gas exploration and authorizing coal mining. The Adviser indicated that Conoco Phillips would likely be awarded two of th [...] | 2009-07-29 09:00:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV ECON PINR EINV BG |
09DHAKA742 | LIFE IN DHAKA COMES TO STANDSTILL AFTER RECORD [...] (SBU) Record rainfall overnight July 28 left major sections of Dhaka temporarily underwater, bringing normal life in the capital to a standstill and causing significant localized damage. The Prime Minister immediately convened an emergency meeting of Dhaka city and ministry officials and cr [...] | 2009-07-29 09:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC BG CASC EAID PGOV PINR PINS PREL |
09DHAKA747 | ONE STEP FORWARD: BANGLADESH PARLIAMENT PASSES [...] (C) On July 9, 2009 the Bangladesh Parliament passed legislation establishing a long-awaited National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The new law includes significant changes to the composition of the commission first created by the then-Caretaker Government in an ordinance in 2007. While r [...] | 2009-07-30 08:43:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | BG KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL |
09DHAKA759 | BANGLADESH RESPONSE TO PRESIDENTIAL TORTURE TASKER [...] Torture is the subject of national discussion in Bangladesh, which is seeking to reconcile a national commitment to human rights with the imperative to maintain law and order in the face of pressing threats, including active domestic and international terrorist and criminal organizations. Ban [...] | 2009-08-03 03:58:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV BG |
09DHAKA762 | PRIME MINISTER SIDELINES OLD GUARD AND [...] (C) When General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam unveiled the new AL Central Committee July 30 it became apparent that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was no longer willing to "forgive, but not forget" those who betrayed her during the two-year Caretaker Government. Four senior party leaders were [...] | 2009-08-03 07:12:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM EAID BG |
09DHAKA763 | BANGLADESH CONCERNED BY POSSIBLE BURMESE MILITARY [...] (S) Bangladesh's armed forces assess that Burma is considering military action to coincide with the November anniversary of the maritime confrontation between the two countries in the disputed zone of the Bay of Bengal. To prepare for this contingency, the Bangladeshi military is redeploying [...] | 2009-08-03 10:50:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PREL PINR MARR MASS PGOV BG BM |
09DHAKA775 | APPEALS OF 1975 MURDER/COUP CONVICTIONS MOVE [...] (C) Government prosecutors are finalizing arguments against five former military officers appealing death sentences for their leadership of the August 15, 1975 coup that killed then-President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, senior members of his government and their families. With the coup anniversa [...] | 2009-08-06 09:21:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KJUS PHUM PREL CJAN PGOV PINR PINS BG |
09DHAKA78 | PRIME MINISTER LOOKS FOR CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH [...] (C) As she completes her second week in office, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is focused on assembling her team, preparing for the opening of Parliament, and beginning to deliver on key elements of her ambitious election manifesto. Hasina understands the need to confront the regional terrorism [...] | 2009-01-20 06:33:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PREL PGOV EAID PTER PINR PINS KDEM BG |
09DHAKA790 | NOBEL LAUREATE MOHAMMAD YUNUS FACES CHALLENGES AT [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus August 9 to congratulate him on winning the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Yunus said he was honored to have been chosen and highlighted his success in replicating his foundation Grameen in several Latin American countries, most notab [...] | 2009-08-12 03:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ELAB KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL BG |
09DHAKA805 | FY2009 PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR INL LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 08:52:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC BG KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI |
09DHAKA822 | UNHCR REPORTS INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) In a recent briefing to donors on Rohingya refugees, UNHCR Regional Rep Raymond Hall expressed cautious optimism, noting that Burmese and Bangladeshi officials had confirmed in recent meetings that both governments were open to continued dialogue. Hall noted improvements in conditions f [...] | 2009-08-20 10:05:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BG BM |
09DHAKA824 | RAPID ACTION BATTALION TRAINING: BENCHMARK [...] (C) Two United States Marshals have prepared preliminary recommendations for how the RAB can improve and safeguard its human rights performance. The two, who were on an S/CT-funded DOJ/ICITAP deployment, departed Dhaka in late August after 90 days embedded with Bangladesh's lead counterterro [...] | 2009-08-23 08:39:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PTER MARR MASS BG |
09DHAKA825 | GOB IMPLEMENTING CHITTAGONG HILL TRACT PEACE ACCORDS, [...] (SBU) Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHTC) monitors credit PM Sheikh Hasina's personal commitment to peace in the Chittagong Hill Tracts with progress towards implementation of the 1997 Peace Accords between the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and indigenous groups. In an August 18 donor [...] | 2009-08-23 09:24:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR MOPS PHUM PREL PGOV EAID BM BG |
09DHAKA829 | PAKISTAN-BANGLADESH RELATIONS REMAIN IN DEEP FREEZE [...] (C) Outgoing Pakistan High Commissioner Alamgir Bashar Khan Babar told the Ambassador August 20 he was disappointed that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had not responded to an overture from Pakistan to overcome the bitter legacy of the 1971 Liberation War. Babar said that he had delivered two [...] | 2009-08-24 07:39:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PGOV PREL BG |
09DHAKA831 | BANGLADESH FM WELCOMES MEETING WITH SECRETARY, [...] (C) Foreign Minister Dipu Moni welcomed the opportunity to meet with the Secretary on September 16 in Washington. In a wide-ranging conversation August 20, the Ambassador pushed Moni on bilateral issues, including high-profile commercial advocacy cases, and outlined U.S. objectives on human [...] | 2009-08-25 07:14:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON EAIR PHUM BG |
09DHAKA832 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION: HOLDING BANGLADESH'S FEET TO [...] (SBU) Post continues to press the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) to recognize Kosovo's independence. Despite repeated private and public pressure, however, the GOB continues to defer its decision, likely for fear of alienating Russia. We recommend that this issue feature prominently in the [...] | 2009-08-25 08:09:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KVIR PGOV PINR BG |
09DHAKA839 | GOB REFORMING BANGLADESH RIFLES BORDER GUARDS, TO [...] (C) The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) should conclude its investigation of the February 2009 Bangladesh Rifles border guard (BDR) mutiny by October, according to Commerce Minister LTC (ret.) Faruq Khan, who is charged with coordinating the investigation (reftel). Khan told the Ambassador o [...] | 2009-08-26 09:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL PGOV PINR MARR PHUM MOPS BM BG |
09DHAKA844 | BANGLADESH H1N1 CASES INCREASING [...] (SBU) The number of H1N1 cases in Bangladesh is on the rise, with 117 total confirmed cases by August 26 and early evidence of in-country community-level transmission. Government actions to date seem appropriate. The local press reported the spread of H1N1 and two private schools closed tempo [...] | 2009-08-27 09:55:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO PINR EAGR AMED CASC PGOV BG |
09DHAKA849 | SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Dipu Moni's September 14 - 17 visit to Washington will be the highest level bilateral meeting in almost three years and comes almost nine months after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government took office. As A/S Blake noted during his June visit to Bangla [...] | 2009-08-30 08:07:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PINR PTER BG |
09DHAKA851 | SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Dipu Moni's September 14 - 17 visit to Washington will be the highest level bilateral meeting between the U.S. and Bangladesh since 2006 and comes almost nine months after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government took office. The newly elected administrat [...] | 2009-08-31 09:39:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PINR PTER BG |
09DHAKA858 | BANGLADESH'S FINANCE MINISTRY PARTIALLY ADDRESSES [...] (C) Bangladesh's Finance Minister maintains the government's revised tax amnesty does not violate international standards or domestic laws against money-laundering and anti-terrorism finance. In a recent letter to the Ambassador and other diplomatic Heads of Mission in Dhaka, Finance Ministe [...] | 2009-09-01 08:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EAGR PTER KTFN KCRM EAID |
09DHAKA86 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTER LIKELY TO BE KEY PLAYER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 11:33:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PINR PINS KDEM BG |
09DHAKA881 | BANGLADESH ON THE CUSP: AMBASSADOR AND A/DAS OWEN [...] (S) During a September 9 meeting, the Ambassador and visiting SCA A/DAS Owen outlined for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina opportunities for strengthening the bilateral partnership. They noted that a series of upcoming high-level meetings would focus on identifying areas for expanding the relati [...] | 2009-09-10 09:39:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR EAID ECON ETRD KPKO KDEM BG |
09DHAKA895 | A/DAS OWEN HIGHLIGHTS COUNTER TERRORISM, FOOD [...] (C) Bangladeshi interlocutors engaged on U.S. priorities including counter terrorism, food security, climate change, and clean energy during the September 9-10 visit by SCA Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Michael Owen. In addition to our continued strong partnership in democracy, [...] | 2009-09-14 09:31:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EAGR ENRG PTER BG |
09DHAKA897 | WORK STOPPAGE AGAINST FOREIGN ENERGY COMPANIES [...] (C) A fringe group opposing the development of Bangladesh's natural resources failed to garner widespread support for its September 14 work stoppage, or hartal. The National Committee to Protect Oil, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports called the hartal to protest a Government of Bangladesh ( [...] | 2009-09-15 08:55:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV ENRG EPET EINV BG |
09DHAKA907 | BANGLADESH-INDIA RELATIONS WARMING [...] (C) In a September 8-10 visit to India, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni discussed a range of bilateral issues with Indian counterparts and agreed to improve security cooperation, develop transport links and facilitate trade. This signaled warming bilateral relations and sets the stage for further [...] | 2009-09-17 10:20:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL PTER BG |
09DHAKA908 | RAB CHIEF COMMITTED TO IMPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Director General Hassan Mahmood Khandker outlined to Poloff RAB procedures for reviewing incidents involving the use of deadly force, discussed the recently completed U.S. Marshals visit, and asked for USG sponsored training. The DG also discussed the Gover [...] | 2009-09-17 10:56:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PINS PGOV PINR PTER BG |
09DHAKA919 | BANGLADESH DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Mission Dhaka welcomes reftel initiative and opportunities for further connections with the Bangladeshi diaspora in the United States. We already engage with Bangladeshi-Americans in a number of areas, but there is wide scope for expanded interaction. Our experience is that the Banglad [...] | 2009-09-24 09:22:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC BEXP BG BTIO EAID ECON EINV OIIP PGOV PREL SCUL SMIG |
09DHAKA92 | SENIOR HOME MINISTRY OFFICIALS PLEDGE CLOSER [...] (C) During an introductory courtesy call, the Ambassador and the Minister for Home Affairs pledged to expand U.S.-Bangladesh cooperation to fight terrorism and enhance security. The Ambassador briefed the Minister and State Minister on border security issues, USG engagement with the Rapid Act [...] | 2009-01-25 09:35:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PINS KDEM ETRD PTER BG |
09DHAKA94 | COMMERCE MINISTER ASSERTS NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) In a meeting with Ambassador Moriarty 1/25/09 Bangladesh's new Commerce Minister Faruk Khan, a close confidant of Prime Minister Sheik Hasina, expressed optimism about the business climate in Bangladesh under the new government. Elected by a landslide in his constituency, the Minister cit [...] | 2009-01-26 04:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PINR PREL BG |
09DHAKA944 | BANGLADESH'S INTELLIGENCE CHIEF PLEDGES TO FIGHT [...] (S) Bangladesh's Directorate of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) is committed to fighting terrorism in close partnership with the USG, according to its Director General. The Director General reiterated his commitment to respecting human rights and expressed his desire for closer cooperation with the [...] | 2009-10-06 02:49:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS PGOV BG |
09DHAKA954 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S. PRIORITIES WITH PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on October 6. He reviewed her productive UN General Assembly trip and U.S. interest in cooperating with Bangladesh on climate change, food security, UN Peace Keeping Operations and counter-terrorism. The PM was receptive to U [...] | 2009-10-07 10:41:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | BG EAID ECON KDEM PGOV PK PREL PTER |
09DHAKA97 | INVESTING IN BANGLADESH'S DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Bangladesh's successful democratic transition following the December 29, 2008 parliamentary elections opened a new chapter in this country's history. This exceptional moment also presents the United States and other development partners with an historic opportunity to help Bangladesh impr [...] | 2009-01-26 09:31:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL KDEM BG |
09DHAKA974 | BANGLADESH MEDIA CONGRATULATE PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR WINNING [...] Summary and comment: President Obama's selection for this year's Nobel Peace Prize received extensive and positive coverage in the local media. Newspaper editorials across the political spectrum generally applauded the President's selection. Most mainstream commentary agreed with the Nobel c [...] | 2009-10-14 23:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL KISL BG |
09DHAKA977 | MINISTER'S COMMENTS ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (C) Human Rights Groups and supporters reacted strongly after Bangladesh's Shipping Minister sought to defend extrajudicial killings while a panelist on a BBC produced talk show that aired October 4. Local human rights groups demanded clarification of the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) posit [...] | 2009-10-15 08:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PGOV BG |
09DHAKA98 | NEW FINANCE MINISTER FOCUSED ON PRICES, RURAL [...] (C) Bangladesh's new Finance Minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhit, said the new government's top three priorities are managing inflation, developing the energy sector and improving education. In a January 22 meeting with the Ambassador, the Finance Minister said he planned to focus on rural devel [...] | 2009-01-26 09:46:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV BG |
09DHAKA983 | BANGLADESH H1N1 INFECTIONS DECLINING [...] (SBU) Overall circulation of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 activity is decreasing throughout Bangladesh although some cases continue to be identified. During June-October 15, 2009 surveillance programs identified a total of 6 fatalities out of 705 laboratory confirmed pandemic (H1N1) 2009 cases. The M [...] | 2009-10-18 23:46:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO PINR EAGR AMED CASC PGOV BG |
09DHAKA988 | BANGLADESH BORDER RIFLES CHIEF DISCUSSES BURMA, [...] (S) Major General Md. Mainul Islam, Director General of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR),highlighted his commitment to reform and improving the professionalism of the BDR to Embassy officers on October 12. MG Islam outlined the current deployment of border observation posts (BOP) and the limitat [...] | 2009-10-20 03:33:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PBTS PINS PINR PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS MCAP |
09DHAKA99 | BANGLADESH LOCAL ELECTIONS A LETDOWN AFTER [...] (C) Bangladeshis voted for county-level officials for the first time in nearly two decades on January 22. Coming fast on the heels of a hugely successful Parliamentary election, the local vote attracted significantly less interest. Allegations of electoral fraud, intimidation and violence by A [...] | 2009-01-27 08:26:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM BG |
09DHAKA997 | SENIOR AWAMI LEAGUE LAWMAKER ESCAPES APPARENT BOMB [...] (C) Fazle Noor Taposh, Awami League Member of Parliament and nephew of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, escaped unharmed after an apparent bomb attack in front of his offices in Dhaka on the evening of Wednesday, October 14 . Initial reports indicated that thirteen others were hospitalized for [...] | 2009-10-22 07:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BG |
09DILI125 | SNAPSHOT OF U.S. MILITARY RELATIONS WITH TIMOR-LESTE [...] (SBU) Six months after a thorough November 2008 assessment by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines and U.S. Coast Guard designed to determine the desirability and feasibility of future U.S. military and security commitments in Timor-Leste, our engagement continues to strengthen steadily. The fundamen [...] | 2009-05-13 08:10:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PMIN PGOV MARR TT |
09DILI127 | 2009 INVESTMENT DISPUTE AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIM REPORT - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 08:28:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV KIDE PGOV TT |
09DILI167 | PRESIDENT RAMOS-HORTA CONDEMNS TRAFFICKING, ASKS FOR USG [...] (SBU) Following the release of the Trafficking-in-Persons report, GOTL President Ramos-Horta invited the Ambassador to meet to discuss the issue on July 1. Ramos-Horta told the Ambassador that trafficking in Timor-Leste is "totally unacceptable" and that forcing women into prostitution is " [...] | 2009-07-09 10:10:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KTIP PHUM PGOV EAID PINS TT |
09DILI172 | TRIAL BEGINS FOR PRESIDENT'S ATTACKERS [...] (U) The trial for the 28 individuals accused of attacking President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Gusmao in February 2008 began in Dili on July 13. The suspects, including ex-soldiers and an Australian woman, are charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to murder, and other offenses, for th [...] | 2009-07-14 08:19:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR KJUS TT |
09DILI173 | HOUSE DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE COMMISSION VISITS DILI [...] SUMMARY: Six U.S. Congressmen led a delegation from the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) on a visit to Timor-Leste July 2-4. HDAC members and staffers engaged with Timorese leaders, held a day-long training session at the National Parliament, and visited a rural district. Timore [...] | 2009-07-15 08:52:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EPET EFIN PHUM TT |
09DILI18 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO TIMOR-LESTE BY VADM JOHN M. [...] (SBU) The visit of Vice Admiral Bird to Dili comes at a perfect time as we seek to encourage the Government of Timor-Leste's active leadership over the reform of its security sector. VADM Bird will be the highest ranking foreign official to visit Dili in 2009 from any nation and will underlin [...] | 2009-01-13 03:45:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PMIL OTRA TT |
09DILI181 | HIV/AIDS PREVALENCE LOW, BUT VULNERABILITIES PERSIST [...] (U) SUMMARY: Timor-Leste remains a low HIV prevalence country, but porous borders, an influx of sex workers from abroad, and low awareness about the disease could lead to an increase in HIV/AIDS infected persons. The national response has focused on prevention, education, testing, and treatmen [...] | 2009-07-24 03:19:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV SOCI PGOV MASS TT |
09DILI194 | NEW TOOL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Timorese parliament unanimously created a new Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on June 29, only the second time in the parliament's history a measure has been adopted without an opposing vote. The Commission is an independent criminal police body with full investigatory powe [...] | 2009-08-03 07:30:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID KCOR TT |
09DILI201 | TIMOR CONFIRMS FIRST TWO CASES OF SWINE FLU [...] Doctors at Timor's National Hospital confirmed the country's first two cases of H1N1 swine flu on August 10. The two patients -- one an Australian, the other Indian -- were held in an isolation area at the hospital while medical samples were forwarded to Australia for testing. The hospital p [...] | 2009-08-11 11:00:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SOCI TT |
09DILI204 | PRESIDENT RAMOS-HORTA EXPECTED TO MAKE STATEMENT ON BURMA [...] Political Officer delivered reftel demarche on Aung San Suu Kyi's conviction to Constancio Pinto, MFA Director for External Relations and Ambassador-Designate to the United States, on August 12. Political Officer provided texts of the statements by President Obama and Secretary Clinton and ur [...] | 2009-08-12 15:11:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM BM TT |
09DILI218 | TIMOR-LESTE AT TEN YEARS: TO THE BRINK AND BACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten years after the August 30, 1999, referendum that put it on the road to formal independence, Timor-Leste remains an underdeveloped ward of the international community. Early efforts to portray the country as a triumph of international nation-building were shattered by violen [...] | 2009-08-21 00:26:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINS EAID ECON EFIN EIND EPET |
09DILI221 | U.S.-TIMOR-LESTE BILATERAL MILITARY CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first U.S.-Timor-Leste Bilateral Defense Discussion (BDD) took place in Dili on August 18. The two delegations discussed the full range of military-to-military activities, from strategic dialogue and operational cooperation to planning and executing training, exercises, exc [...] | 2009-08-24 00:49:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PGOV PREL TT |
09DILI223 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO INDEPENDENCE [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Dili warmly welcomes the August 29-31, 2009, visit of a Presidential Delegation led by The Honorable Nancy Soderberg and The Honorable Harriet Babbitt on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Timor's independence referendum. The delegation will find Timor-Leste enjoying an [...] | 2009-08-25 05:56:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TT |
09DILI230 | PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION ATTENDS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (U) Summary: A Presidential Delegation attended a series of official events from August 29-31 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Popular Consultation that led to Timor-Leste's independence. Meeting separately with Prime Minister Gusmao and President Ramos-Horta, the Delegation als [...] | 2009-09-01 08:44:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG SENV KICR KPKO PINS ID |
09DILI240 | PARLIAMENT REVERSES COURSE AFTER PRESIDENT THREATENS TO [...] (SBU) President Jose Ramos-Horta threatened to resign as Timor-Leste's president on September 9 unless the national parliament reversed its vote disapproving of his planned travel to the United States for the UN General Assembly. The parliament, with unclear constitutional authority, voted aga [...] | 2009-09-09 11:03:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL TT |
09DILI250 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IRAN CHORUS [...] Post delivered reftel demarche on Iran to the MFA's Acting Director for External Relations, Elisa Da Silva, on September 14. 2. Ms. Da Silva expressed her appreciation for the information on the U.S. position and indicated she would convey it to Foreign Minister Da Costa, currently o [...] | 2009-09-16 05:02:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IR TT |
09DILI254 | MILITIA LEADER CASE ROILS DOMESTIC POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Parliament could vote as early as this week on a no-confidence motion against the government related to Prime Minister Gusmao's release of an indicted Indonesian militia leader on August 30. The no-confidence motion is not expected to pass but opposition leaders have [...] | 2009-09-22 01:47:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TT |
09DILI257 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING, SEPTEMBER 23 [...] (SBU) The DCM chaired a meeting of the embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 23 to review post's security posture in advance of local elections scheduled for October 9, and other matters. RSO, Mgt, Pol/PAO, IMO, AID and DOD participated in the meeting. 2. (SBU) The E [...] | 2009-09-24 05:38:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV PHUM TT |
09DILI26 | TIMOR-LESTE FORMALLY REQUESTS MCC THRESHOLD PROGRAM [...] Summary. Embassy Dili received on January 27, 2009, a letter (see below) from Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao to John J. Danilovich, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The Prime Minister accepts the offer of eligibility under the MCC's Threshold Program in response to a Danilovic [...] | 2009-01-28 08:15:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MCC ECON EFIN TT |
09DILI269 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: BURMA POLICY REVIEW [...] Post delivered reftel demarche announcing the conclusions of the Burma policy review to Isilio Coelho, MFA Director of External Relations, on September 30. 2. Coelho expressed his appreciation for the information on the new U.S. policy. He believed the elements of the U.S. policy woul [...] | 2009-10-05 01:29:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV BM TT |
09DILI276 | TIMOR-LESTE: LOCAL COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) countries, a G8 initiative intended to support the U.N. Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, met for the first time in Timor-Leste on October 2. The group concluded that while the current risk of a terrorist a [...] | 2009-10-06 08:45:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL ASEC ID TT |
09DILI283 | TIMOR-LESTE: LOCAL ELECTIONS FREE, FAIR, AND ALMOST WITHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the recent history of violence and instability associated with Timorese elections, the October 9 elections for Suco Chiefs and Councils in 442 localities throughout the country were conducted in an orderly fashion with only a few minor, isolated incidents reported. Inte [...] | 2009-10-16 05:23:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TT |
09DILI284 | GOTL DEFENDS BERE RELEASE IN PARLIAMENT DEBATE, SURVIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: The decision to release indicted war criminal Martenus Bere on August 30 continues to roil Timorese politics. Under pressure from the opposition parties in parliament, the governing coalition acceded to demands for a parliamentary debate and no-confidence vote on October 12. Pr [...] | 2009-10-16 05:50:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KAWC ID TT |
09DILI285 | TIMOR-LESTE: SECURITY SITUATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The security situation in Timor-Leste has improved dramatically following the political crises and violence in 2006, 2007, and early 2008. Infrastructure has been rebuilt, the internally-displaced persons have been resettled, and the incidence of serious and even petty crime i [...] | 2009-10-16 07:48:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC EAID TT |
09DILI301 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: COMMUNITY POLICING [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates, who have been nominated for training, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (U) Names of proposed candidates are as follows: -- Joao Bel [...] | 2009-11-10 05:17:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV MASS TT SOCI |
09DILI313 | PREVIEW OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH ON AFGHANISTAN IN [...] Ambassador met on the evening of December 1 (local time) with Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta to share a preview of President Obama's West Point speech on Afghanistan (ref A). President Ramos-Horta thanked us for the early alert, said he intended to watch the speech live and pledged to [...] | 2009-12-02 01:14:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF PK TT |
09DILI316 | TIMOR-LESTE TO AGAIN ABSTAIN ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGION [...] Political Officer delivered reftel demarche on "defamation of religion" to the MFA's Director of Bilateral Affairs, Abel Guterres, on December 3. Poloff informed Guterres that the United States would again vote no when the resolution went before the UNGA plenary session for a final vote. [...] | 2009-12-03 05:22:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PHUM PGOV TT |
09DILI321 | TIMOR-LESTE ON BURMA [...] Ambassador on December 1 and 2 spoke with Timor-Leste's president and foreign minister, respectively, to share USG views on Burma as conveyed in reftel. President Ramos-Horta said he highly appreciated and was impressed by recent U.S. overtures to Burma. While he shared our disappointment wi [...] | 2009-12-09 06:44:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BM TT |
09DILI323 | TIMOR-LESTE ON BURMA [...] Ambassador on December 1 and 2 spoke with Timor-Leste's president and foreign minister, respectively, to share USG views on Burma as conveyed in reftel. President Ramos-Horta said he highly appreciated and was impressed by recent U.S. overtures to Burma. While he shared our disappointment wi [...] | 2009-12-09 08:26:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BM TT |
09DILI325 | THE UNITED NATIONS IN TIMOR-LESTE: LOOKING BACK AND FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: In a private, valedictory interview, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Timor-Leste Atul Khare provided the following, useful assessment of UNMIT's accomplishments over the last few years and the significant challenges that lie ahead. His self-serving com [...] | 2009-12-10 08:59:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UN TT |
09DILI332 | TIMOR-LESTE COMPLETES EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY [...] The Government of Timor-Leste completed its first Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) report and conveyed it to the president in a public ceremony on December 21. The report covers activities during calendar year 2008 and was compiled by the chartered accountant, Deloitte Touc [...] | 2009-12-21 12:42:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EFIN ENRG PGOV KCOR TT |
09DILI335 | PRIME MINISTER VOICES SUPPORT ON AFGHANISTAN [...] Timor-Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao sent a letter dated December 14, 2009, to the Ambassador expressing his government's support for President Obama's strategy on the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Full text follows below. Electronic version forwarded to EAP/MTS. 2. (B [...] | 2009-12-22 02:02:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR TT AF |
09DILI338 | THE DOWNSIZING OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FORCES IN [...] (SBU) The Timorese government seeks a significant reduction in the presence of international security forces over the course of 2010. Citing the improved security situation here, Australian and New Zealand troops deployed in Timor-Leste plan to drop from a combined 800 soldiers today to 450 [...] | 2009-12-22 09:55:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PMIL KPKO TT |
09DILI342 | POLITICAL FUTURE FOR TOP TIMORESE GENERAL? [...] SUMMARY: Major General Taur Matan Ruak, the current commander of the Timorese armed forces (F-FDTL),could stand as a candidate in the presidential elections in 2012. While TMR is a member of the independence generation that has dominated Timorese politics since the country's formal independen [...] | 2009-12-28 23:07:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR MASS PREL TT |
09DILI37 | JOSE RAMOS-HORTA VISITS WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 24-26, 2009, Jose Ramos-Horta will make his first visit to Washington as President of Timor-Leste. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate hopes to acquaint himself with leaders of the new Obama Administration and renew old friendships among members of the U.S. Congress. He [...] | 2009-02-11 15:19:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP JOSE RAMOS HORTA |
09DILI79 | TIMOR-LESTE'S LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL ELECTION LAWS MOVE [...] (SBU) Summary. On Monday, March 2, Timor-Leste's Council of Ministers submitted two draft laws for Municipal and Suco (Village) elections to the National Parliament's Commission A (Constitutional Issues, Justice, Public Administration, Local Power and Government Legislation). The Commission w [...] | 2009-03-12 11:34:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM TT |
09DILI86 | RETURN OF THE PEACE CORPS TO TIMOR-LESTE [...] (SBU) President Ramos-Horta formally requested the Peace Corps to resume its program in Timor-Leste in a March 10 letter. Embassy Dili judges the security and stability conditions in Timor-Leste as safe and fully permitting the resumption of a Peace Corps Volunteer program. Much has changed [...] | 2009-03-17 10:15:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ASEC TT |
09DJIBOUTI100 | Somalia - Lobbying for PM Job Intensifies [...] (C) Summary: With newly-elected transitional President Sheikh Sharif temporarily in Mogadishu, lobbying for the job of prime minister has intensified in Djibouti. Sharif is widely expected to return from Mogadishu on February 9, and to name a PM on February 10. There are new, largely self-no [...] | 2009-02-08 13:33:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1023 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DONOR SUPPORT FOR TFG FOLLOWING [...] (U) Charge discussed reftel points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan August 4. 2. (SBU) Hassan hailed the agreement between Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) as a positive develo [...] | 2009-08-05 11:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI105 | SOMALIA - PRESIDENT TO RETURN TO DJIBOUTI, NAME PM [...] (C) Summary: Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed returned to Djibouti on February 10 after a successful four-day trip to Mogadishu where he was warmly received by a cross-section of the population. Sharif's next task is to nominate a Prime Minister from among t [...] | 2009-02-10 13:11:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM SOCI SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1053 | DJIBOUTI MIGRATION FLOWS UPDATE: THE VIEW FROM OBOCK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and GODJ authorities, the northern Djiboutian town of Obock continues to be an increasingly popular transit point for Ethiopian and Somali migrants seeking to reach Yemen and the labor markets of the Gulf. During [...] | 2009-08-16 14:30:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SMIG PREF KTIP KCRM ECON DJ SO ET ER YM |
09DJIBOUTI108 | Somalia - President Sharif Begins PM Candidate Interview [...] (C) Summary: In a brief, February 11 meeting, on the heels of his successful visit to Mogadishu, transitional President Sheikh Sharif previewed what we believe to be the four finalists for prime minister. Sharif's list coincided with the list given us February 10 by Sharif Hassan (reftel). In [...] | 2009-02-11 09:43:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1109 | DJIBOUTI: FORMER OPPOSITION LEADER ON PRESIDENT'S THIRD [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a September 8 meeting with the Ambassador, the head of the former opposition party Front for the Restoration of Democracy and Unity (FRUD)-and currently President Guelleh's most important ruling coalition partner-laid out the FRUD's cautious approach to the question of a p [...] | 2009-09-14 07:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KDEM PINR SOCI PHUM DJ ER |
09DJIBOUTI112 | SOMALIA - President Sharif Stages Successful Mogadishu Visit [...] (C) Summary: Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif led a broadly representative delegation to Mogadishu from February 7 - 10 and held a wide range of meetings, largely focused on security. Sharif used the visit to successfully encourage some members of the former Isla [...] | 2009-02-12 15:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1159 | DJIBOUTI OPPOSITION UPDATE: LITTLE NEW MOVEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent meetings with Ambassador, leaders of two opposition parties that remain outside of Djibouti's five-party ruling coalition reiterated their consistent talking points (ref A),criticizing President Guelleh and his administration for inequitable development, a narrowing of [...] | 2009-09-24 14:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI ECON DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1171 | DJIBOUTI CIVIL AVIATION: GODJ PLEDGES PROMPT REMOVAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Five months into a largely USG-financed program to provide technical assistance to Djibouti's civil aviation authority, Safe Skies for Africa (SSFA) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) officials remained gravely concerned that the program had not achieved its fir [...] | 2009-09-30 15:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ICAO ECON EAID PGOV PINR DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1191 | DJIBOUTI POLITICAL ROUNDUP: PARLIAMENT, OPPOSITION, AND A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Prime Minister opened Djibouti's parliamentary session October 1 with a speech highlighting the GODJ's significant ongoing investments in health, education, and poverty reduction. Several days before the opening of parliament, the three-party opposition coalition which boy [...] | 2009-10-08 14:41:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO ECON KDEM SOCI EAID EINV ELTN PREL PHUM DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1193 | GODJ WELCOMES ENGAGEMENT WITH DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a visit of Cairo-based Department of Justice (DOJ) attache to Djibouti, GODJ officials uniformly reiterated their willingness to cooperate with the USG on judicial issues. The Minister of Justice and other senior officials confirmed that if the U.S. did not want to conc [...] | 2009-10-08 14:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM KTFN PTER FBI DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1247 | DJIBOUTI/SOMALIA - CONTRIBUTION TO AMISOM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 15:57:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO DJ SO |
09DJIBOUTI1261 | DJIBOUTI PRISON VISIT: AS CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 22 visit to Djibouti's Gabode Prison, EmbOffs noted that conditions continued to improve. A new prison guard force was fully operational, and had created a noticeably calmer and more orderly atmosphere. Aging and inadequate physical infrastructure contribute [...] | 2009-11-01 15:29:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CASC PGOV EAID KJUS SOCI DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1277 | RULING PARTY AND OPPOSITION DISCUSS 2011 ELECTIONS, SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In October 26 discussions with the Minister of the Interior, opposition political parties, and a key member of the ruling coalition, Ambassador and visiting AF/E Director Geeta Pasi discussed the security situation in northern Djibouti, progress on decentralization, and the upcom [...] | 2009-11-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM DJ ER |
09DJIBOUTI1299 | NORTHERN DJIBOUTI: BEYOND SECURITY CONCERNS, HOPE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador visited the northern, primarily ethnic-Afar regions of Obock and Tadjourah November 2-4. Local officials remained concerned that Eritrean-influenced elements continued to infiltrate remote areas of northern Djibouti, and reported one recent and possibly Eritrean-linked [...] | 2009-11-12 10:43:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID ASEC PBTS ELTN EWWT ER DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1303 | DJIBOUTI: PROGRESS ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 17-21 visit, G/TIP Program Officer discussed Djibouti's progress on combating trafficking in persons (TIP) with GODJ officials, resident United Nations agencies, and nongovernmental organizations. Since the passage of a comprehensive anti-TIP law in late 2007 [...] | 2009-11-15 12:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SMIG KTIP KCRM PREF ECON SO ET ER YM DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1367 | DJIBOUTI: 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Djibouti has made important recent progress in recognizing and combating trafficking in persons (TIP). The GODJ took several key steps in 2009 to address TIP, including inviting the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to set up a Djibouti office, and working with IO [...] | 2009-12-03 13:00:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIP KCRM SMIG PHUM KWMN DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1389 | SOMALIA: ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN MINISTER STRONGLY BACKS TFG AT [...] (C) Summary: Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum strongly backed the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in both remarks made at the December 7 - 8 Djibouti IGAD ministerial, and in a December 7 meeting with AF Deputy Assistant Secretary Wycoff. Seyoum urged strong USG leadership on So [...] | 2009-12-10 13:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PTER KE SO ET DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1391 | SOMALIA: KENYAN FOREIGN MINISTER PUSHES LOWER JUBA [...] (C) Summary: During a December 8 meeting on the margins of the Djibouti IGAD ministerial visiting AF Deputy Assistant Secretary Wycoff and Kenyan Minister of Foreign Affairs Wetangula agreed to continue to work together to promote stability and political reconciliation in Somalia. DAS Wycoff [...] | 2009-12-10 13:31:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PTER KE SO ET DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1393 | DJIBOUTI: DAS WYCOFF DISCUSSES ERITREA, SOMALIA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a December 9 courtesy call, visiting AF DAS Karl Wycoff and Ambassador discussed the strong U.S.-Djibouti relationship, Eritrea's regional spoiler role, and the opening of political space in Djibouti with Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita. Dileita and DAS Wycoff both [...] | 2009-12-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO EAID DJ ER SO |
09DJIBOUTI1405 | DJBIOUTI: RULING COALITION PARTNER DECLARES INDEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a December 13 party congress, the PND (National Democratic Party),a member of President Guelleh's current five-party ruling coalition, decided not to support a possible constitutional amendment allowing Guelleh to run for a third term in office in 2011, and instead declare [...] | 2009-12-20 13:29:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KPAO KDEM PHUM DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1407 | DJIBOUTI-ERITREA BORDER CONFLICT UPDATE: DJIBOUTI SETTLING [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a December 11-12 visit to northern Djibouti, Ambassador and visiting DAS Karl Wycoff travelled to the Djiboutian military base of Moulhoule, 15km south of the stalemated Djibouti-Eritrea border dispute at Ras Doumeira. While emphasizing that the overall border situation re [...] | 2009-12-20 13:59:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV MARR MOPS PINR DJ ER |
09DJIBOUTI1413 | DJIBOUTI: RIVAL UNION FACTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti has a history of rocky government-labor relations. Despite recent modest progress on labor issues-including reported success in moving forward on long overdue collective bargaining agreements-one union has recently lodged a formal protest over the GODJ's alleged disband [...] | 2009-12-22 08:34:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV ECON ILO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1417 | DJIBOUTI: KEY RULING PARTY ALLY TO BACK THIRD TERM FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Guelleh's most powerful ruling-coalition ally is poised to back a constitutional amendment allowing him to run for a third term in office in 2011. In exchange for its support, the FRUD ("Front for the Restoration of Democracy and Unity") has asked that the amendment be [...] | 2009-12-22 13:56:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPAO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1419 | OPPOSITION FIGURES PREPARE FOR 2011 ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two minor political figures have now declared their intention to run as candidates in 2011 presidential elections: Aden Robleh Awaleh of the National Democratic Party (PND),nominally an ally of the ruling party (ref A),and Mohamed Daoud Chehem of the unaffiliated Djiboutian Part [...] | 2009-12-23 09:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1423 | DAS WYCOFF DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the same day that DAS Wycoff had separate meetings with Djibouti's Foreign Minister and Prime Minister (septels),President Guelleh engaged in a 90-minute exposition of the interlinking security challenges facing Djibouti. Chief security concerns for Djibouti are Eritrea's cont [...] | 2009-12-27 12:41:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PREF DJ SO ER YM |
09DJIBOUTI1425 | DAS WYCOFF DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND ERITREA WITH DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-27 12:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | MOPS MASS PREL PGOV PHSA PTER DJ SO ER AG |
09DJIBOUTI1427 | DJIBOUTI - NO ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL LEGISLATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-28 07:45:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV DJ |
09DJIBOUTI148 | DJIBOUTI'S MOST PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN AT ODDS WITH FIRST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Abdourahman Mohamed Mahamoud Boreh, long considered the richest and most influential businessman in Djibouti, is increasingly embroiled in a bitter dispute with President Guelleh and First Lady Khadra Mahamoud Haid. Boreh's status as Guelleh's perennial confidante and business pa [...] | 2009-02-26 16:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV EWWT PINR DJ AE |
09DJIBOUTI257 | DJIBOUTI OPPOSITION ROUNDUP: ???PARALYZED??? AND LACKING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of recent meetings, Djibouti's small opposition political parties reiterated their longstanding critiques of President Guelleh's ruling coalition, Djibouti's electoral system, and overall lack of political space and dialogue. (Djibouti's most prominent historic opposit [...] | 2009-03-30 09:11:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ET DJ |
09DJIBOUTI279 | PM SPEECH TRIGGERS UNUSALLY SHARP PUBLIC PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's National Assembly-generally regarded as a relatively weak and non-controversial body-recently heard an unusually heated debate during its first ordinary session of the year. The President of the second most powerful ruling coalition partner-who represents the historic, [...] | 2009-04-05 11:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KPAO ECON PHUM SOCI DJ |
09DJIBOUTI307 | CONGRESSMAN PAYNE DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH GODJ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an April 11-13 visit in Djibouti, CODEL Payne discussed regional challenges with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh and other top GODJ officials. After speaking with President Guelleh about the ongoing Eritrea-Djibouti border dispute, Representative Payne traveled [...] | 2009-04-15 05:39:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PREL PBTS PHSA PTER PHUM PREF ECON EAID ET |
09DJIBOUTI335 | DJIBOUTI: MARCH ECON-ESTH ROUNDUP [...] (U) This March 2009 Djibouti Economic-ESTH roundup includes: --Djiboutian President Guelleh visits U.S.-led salt mining project at Lac Assal --Progress underway on Djiboutis new Commercial Code --France and Djibouti sign investment risk convention --France approves USD 30 million in loans t [...] | 2009-04-20 12:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN EAID ENRG ECPS PGOV BEXP SENV FR DJ |
09DJIBOUTI369 | Djibouti: Director of State-Run Newspaper Removed in Dispute [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 25, a dispute between political rivals within the ruling "Union for a Presidential Majority" (UMP) coalition spilled into the government-run daily newspaper, "La Nation," and led to the ouster of its Publishing Director, Ali Barkat Siradj, apparently at the behest of the [...] | 2009-04-21 12:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PROP KPAO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI37 | DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ADVOCATES QUICK PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sharing views he said he had conveyed to Djiboutian President Guelleh in a recent "brainstorming session," Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) must be pushed to name new parliamentarians in time to elect a new President o [...] | 2009-01-15 11:16:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS SO DJ AU |
09DJIBOUTI42 | DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ADVOCATES QUICK PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sharing views he said he had conveyed to Djiboutian President Guelleh in a recent "brainstorming session," Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) must be pushed to name new parliamentarians in time to elect a new President o [...] | 2009-01-16 16:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS SO DJ XTAG |
09DJIBOUTI453 | DJIBOUTI: SECOND SITE VISIT ADVANCES MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With strong GODJ support, the U.S. Department of Energy is proceeding with implementation of a USD 6-10 million "Megaports" program to enhance security at Djibouti's Doraleh Container Terminal. The opening of this world-class port facility in December has already produced rapid [...] | 2009-05-07 12:38:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS KNNP EWWT ETRD ECON ENRG DJ ET |
09DJIBOUTI50 | Somalia - TFG Parliament Convenes in Djibouti [...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Parliament convened January 25 in Djibouti's Peoples Palace with an estimated 230 MPs in attendance. On the agenda for day one are amendments to the Transitional Federal Charter, which would expand the Parliament to allow Alliance for the Re-liberation of [...] | 2009-01-25 14:23:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI547 | Djibouti Supports Launch of Somali Independent News Agency [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Somali Independent News Agency (SOMINA) was officially launched in Djibouti on April 30 by the Djiboutian Minister of Communication and Culture, Ali Abdi Farah. In close coordination with Reporters Without Borders (RWB) and funded by the Doha Center for Media Freedom, estab [...] | 2009-05-21 09:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PROP KPAO KWWW DJ SO |
09DJIBOUTI549 | GODJ LOOKS BACK ON SEVEN YEARS OF ACTION; FIELDS CITIZEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a weeklong, televised "National Seminar of Reflection on Government Action," President Guelleh and the members of his cabinet summarized the GODJ's accomplishments of the past seven years, outlined remaining challenges, and fielded questions from a broad cross-section of [...] | 2009-05-21 10:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON PHUM DJ |
09DJIBOUTI551 | ICRC ON ERITREAN POWS IN DJIBOUTIAN CUSTODY [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),about half of the 19 Eritrean prisoners of war (POWs) captured by the GODJ during June 2008 hostilities along the Djibouti-Eritrea border have said that they do not/not want to return to Eritrea. A regional ICRC r [...] | 2009-05-21 11:26:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW PBTS PHUM PGOV ICRC ER DJ |
09DJIBOUTI59 | Somalia - TFG Parliament Adds Seats for ARS [...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) on January 26 overwhelmingly agreed to double the number of seats for parliamentarians, in order to allow Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) MPs to formally complete the next step in forming a unity government. The TFP is sch [...] | 2009-01-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI60 | Somalia - TFG Parliament Adds Seats for ARS [...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) on January 26 overwhelmingly agreed to double the number of seats for parliamentarians, in order to allow Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) MPs to formally complete the next step in forming a unity government. The TFP is sch [...] | 2009-01-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI61 | Somalia - TFG Parliament Adds Seats for ARs [...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) on January 26 overwhelmingly agreed to double the number of seats for parliamentarians, in order to allow Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) MPs to formally complete the next step in forming a unity government. The TFP is sch [...] | 2009-01-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI63 | Somalia - Parliament Extends Deadline for Electing President [...] (C) In a setback to the UN Special Representative for Somalia's (SRSG) efforts to ensure that a new President is elected within the thirty days allotted by the Transitional Federal Charter, the transitional Parliament January 27 extended the deadline for election by an additional five days, to [...] | 2009-01-27 14:41:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI64 | RECALL 09 DJIBOUTI 64 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 14:44:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI683 | DJIBOUTI: NO POSITION YET ON INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT [...] (SBU) DCM and PolOff delivered nonpaper and discussed reftel points with GODJ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan June 11. 2. (C) Hassan said that the GODJ had not yet taken a position on the question of an international piracy court [...] | 2009-06-11 15:00:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT PHSA PGOV PREL MARR DJ |
09DJIBOUTI751 | DJIBOUTI FORMIN TO HEAD AU DELEGATION [...] (SBU) On June 20, Djiboutian ForMin Mahmoud Ali Youssouf told Ambassador that he would lead Djibouti's delegation to the African Union (AU) Summit in Sirte, Libya, and that President Ismail Omar Guelleh would not/not be attending the AU Summit. 2. (SBU) Post recommends that AF [...] | 2009-06-21 13:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AORC AU DJ |
09DJIBOUTI87 | Somalia - Stage Set for Unity Government Presidential [...] (C) Summary: With the transitional Parliament expanded to include 200 Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) MPs (reftels),and the candidate registration process complete, the stage is set for the presidential election. The fifteen candidates for office are scheduled to make brief c [...] | 2009-01-29 16:13:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI SO |
09DJIBOUTI88 | SOMALIA CAMPAIGN SPEECHES IDENTIFY FRONTRUNNERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 29, the fifteen candidates for President each made a speech to Parliament. At the end of the presentations, most MPs agreed that TFG Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein Nur Adde and ARS Chairman Sheikh Sharif Ahmed remained the frontrunners. Nur Adde focused on his r [...] | 2009-01-30 16:26:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI913 | DJIBOUTI: PRESIDENT GUELLEH ON SOMALIA, ERITREA, AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS PINS DJ ER EG QA LY SO |
09DJIBOUTI97 | Somalia - TFG President Sheikh Sharif Considering PM [...] (C) Summary: On February 5 in Djibouti, transitional President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed outlined some of the criteria he would apply in choosing a prime minister. Key among them were support for the candidate from members of his sub-clan, an ability to work with the international community, [...] | 2009-02-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO DJ ET |
09DOHA103 | USING AL JAZEERA TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE [...] (SBU) As the Department seeks to implement President Obama's and the Secretary's goal of a renewed dialogue with Arab and non-Arab Muslim populations, we should make strategic use of the Al Jazeera television network. Notorious though it may be for its sensational broadcasts, even its detract [...] | 2009-02-10 14:23:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO QA |
09DOHA148 | RESPONDING TO GOQ ON TRAVEL OF QATARI FORMER [...] (U) Press reports indicate that former Guantanamo Bay detainee and Qatari citizen Jarallah al-Marri was arrested this month in the UK. An on-line search of Guantanamo-related blogs indicate that this was apparently al-Marri's second recent visit to the UK, the last taking place in January. [...] | 2009-02-26 14:34:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL QA |
09DOHA167 | QATARI AG AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS POSSIBLE NEW CT [...] (S/NF) On March 4, 2009, Ambassador and Legat met with Qatar Attorney General Dr. Ali Al-Marri (QAG) regarding the recent travel of former Guantanamo detainee Jarallah Al-Marri to the UK, as well as the GOQ's lack of counterterrorism cooperation in general. 2. (S/NF) The Qatari AG told Amb [...] | 2009-03-05 15:15:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER QA |
09DOHA180 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL OLSON'S MARCH 15-16 VISIT [...] (SBU) Admiral Olson, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. I personally very much look forward to seeing you again and to joining you for meetings with the Qatari leadership. You are the highest ranking military officer to visit Qatar since General David Petraeus visited February 13-16. [...] | 2009-03-12 10:57:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV QA |
09DOHA181 | QATAR'S LATEST THOUGHTS ON GCC RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) In a March 12 meeting with MFA Minister of State for International Cooperation and Conferences Dr. Khalid Al Attiyah, Ambassador conveyed reftel points, using them to explore with Al Attiyah the GCC's reconstruction funding mechanism, and strongly recommending that the GCC increase its coo [...] | 2009-03-12 13:34:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PTER PHUM QA |
09DOHA190 | QATARI HEIR APPARENT TAKES SECOND WIFE [...] (C) Reliable sources indicate the new wife is currently a sophomore at Georgetown University's branch campus at Education City. 2. (C) The marriage has not been announced publicly. One possible reason is the woman's young age. Moreover, another marriage so soon after his first (January 20 [...] | 2009-03-18 13:03:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL INRB QA |
09DOHA198 | QATAR BEGINNING TO COOPERATE MORE ACTIVELY WITH [...] (C) Ambassador and LEGATT's meeting with QAG, Dr. Ali Al-Marri, was in follow up to their March 4 meeting regarding Jarallah Al-Marri and counterterrorism cooperation in general. QAG opened the discussion by assuring Ambassador that both Jarallah Al-Marri and Khalifa Al-Subaiy were "under con [...] | 2009-03-19 15:24:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV QA |
09DOHA199 | QATAR ENACTS IMPORTANT NEW LAW CRIMINALIZING [...] (SBU) On February 28, Crown Prince Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani signed the long-awaited Sponsorship Law. The law makes DOHA 00000199 002 OF 002 changes to entry, exit, residence, and sponsorship procedures, though administrative regulations must still be adopted before the law can be enfor [...] | 2009-03-19 15:37:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB KTIP QA |
09DOHA204 | ADM OLSON DISCUSSES MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-24 10:13:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV QA |
09DOHA210 | SCENESETTER FOR LIEUTENANT GENERAL BURGESS'S MARCH [...] (SBU) Lieutenant General Burgess, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. I personally very much look forward to meeting you and joining you for meetings with the Qatari leadership. 2. (SBU) We have requested the following meetings for the morning of March 30: -- The Crown Prince, Sh [...] | 2009-03-25 13:29:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV QA |
09DOHA211 | SOLIDARITY CENTER AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE JOIN [...] (SBU) On March 17, National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Chairman Dr. Ali Al-Marri and Solidarity Center Executive Director Ellie Larson signed a Memorandum of Understanding at a ceremony in Doha attended by Ambassador. Also in attendance were NHRC staff members and employees, and representa [...] | 2009-03-25 13:34:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KTIP ELAB MEPI QA |
09DOHA214 | QATAR: 2009 CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) Qatar shares with Iran the largest non-associated gas field in the world. Qatar's portion contains an estimated 900 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, giving it the third-largest reserves of natural gas in the world. Qatar is believed to have an agreement with Iran providing a set extract [...] | 2009-03-26 13:41:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ENRG ETTC KCIP PGOV PREL PTER QA |
09DOHA219 | QATAR'S IRAN POLICY OUTLINED AS EU-USG DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) The German Ambassador, Dr. Dirk Baumgartner, delivered the points on nuclear issues. (See his talking points below in para. 9.) 2. (C) Before Al-Mahmoud responded to Ambassador Baumgartner's points, he described Qatar's general policy towards Iran: -- Qatar's relationship with Ira [...] | 2009-03-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV QA |
09DOHA22 | NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN MID-2010? [...] (U) According to the January 12 English-language daily Gulf Times, Lieutenant Colonel Abdul Rahman Majid al-Sulaiti, Assistant Director of Elections at the Ministry of Interior (MOI),has announced that elections for the Advisory Council may be held "as early as mid-2010." Elections were pr [...] | 2009-01-12 12:19:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM QA |
09DOHA236 | QATAR CONDUCTS ANTI-TIP MEDIA AND OUTREACH [...] (SBU) On March 2, at a press conference that was widely covered by Arabic-language print and broadcast media, Dr. Ali bin Samaykh Al Marri, Chairman of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) and Myriam Al Malki, Director of the National Foundation for Combating Trafficking in Persons (NFCT [...] | 2009-04-02 14:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KTIP ELAB QA |
09DOHA252 | THE RISE OF THE GULF STATES AND THE USG POLICY [...] (U) The Embassy Doha analysis below is designed to contribute to the discussion and debate about the future of the region and the U.S. government response to it. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (C) The "Rise of the Gulf" is one of the most prominent features of a changing Midd [...] | 2009-04-14 09:31:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL ECON ECIN EAID ENRG EFIN EINV PGOV QA ZP |
09DOHA255 | QATAR SIGNS BINDING INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT TO [...] (C) In an April 15 conversation with Poloff Caudill, National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Chairman Dr. Ali bin Samikh Al-Marri reviewed the status of Qatar's draft law criminalizing all forms of trafficking in persons (TIP). 2. (C) Al-Marri pointed out that in response to a recommendation [...] | 2009-04-15 13:34:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KTIP ELAB QA |
09DOHA280 | QATAR RATIFIES UN ANTI-TIP PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) On April 23, Crown Prince Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, acting in his capacity as Deputy Amir, signed the instrument ratifying the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. The Protocol supplements the UN Convention Against Transnat [...] | 2009-04-30 05:11:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KTIP QA |
09DOHA290 | QATAR'S ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORTS ON CONTACTS WITH [...] (S) On April 27, 2009, Ambassador and Legat met with QAG Dr. Ali Al-Marri regarding the Ambassador's upcoming meeting in Washington, DC with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Ambassador also inquired as to the results of Dr. Al-Marri's efforts to obtain information on the status of missing Am [...] | 2009-04-30 13:56:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM QA IR |
09DOHA315 | QATAR'S LEADING LADY SHOWS CLOUT IN OUSTER OF TWO [...] (C) On April 28, Crown Prince Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani announced the ouster of the Minister of Education, Shaykha Al-Mahmoud, and the Minister of Health, Dr. Shaykha Ghalia bint Mohammad Al Thani. The new Minister of Education is U.S.-educated Saad bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, Director of Administ [...] | 2009-05-14 05:15:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM QA |
09DOHA316 | QATAR: REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR [...] (C) Most of Qatar's multilateral discussions on functional issues take place within established organizations such as the 6-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and 22-member Arab League. Qatar's multilateral and functional participation outside of these institutions tends to be in the socia [...] | 2009-05-14 05:15:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ QA |
09DOHA329 | SYNCHRONIZING USG ENGAGEMENT WITH QATAR ON [...] (C) Reftel is Post's review of the critical infrastructure in Qatar, which if destroyed, disrupted or exploited might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. The following report is a description of Embassy Doha's interagency approach to engage GOQ entities in a synchro [...] | 2009-05-20 12:09:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV ECON ETTC EAID EFIN EAGR ASEC |
09DOHA33 | QATAR-ISRAEL CONTACTS ON GAZA AID GO NOWHERE [...] (C) Israeli Trade Representative in Qatar, Roi Rosenblit, told DCM Ratney January 13 that during the last telephone conversation between Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani and Israeli Foreign Minister Livni earlier in January, Shaykh Hamad asked Israel to permit two planeloads of relief [...] | 2009-01-14 10:03:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL QA IS |
09DOHA386 | GOQ SQUEAMISH AFTER HELPING OPEN UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On May 27, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay and MFA Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed bin Abdulla Al Mahmoud opened the Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region at a ceremony in Doha. Senior human rights profe [...] | 2009-06-10 12:18:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UN QA |
09DOHA393 | SCENESETTER FOR A A/S JEFF FELTMAN'S JUNE 16-18 [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have confirmed a meeting for you with the MFA Minister of State, Ahmed bin Muhammad Al Mahmoud, and he will host a lunch in your honor. Also, the MFA informed us today that the Prime Minister is returning from the United States (where he has [...] | 2009-06-15 10:53:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PGOV QA |
09DOHA394 | QATAR SUPPORTS LEBANESE CHOOSING OWN GOVERNMENT, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL LE QA |
09DOHA417 | MFA MINSTATE TO A/AS FELTMAN: IRAN WILL NOT [...] (C) On June 16, accompanied by Ambassador, Staff Assistant, and Poloff, AA/S Jeffrey Feltman met with Qatari MFA Minstate for Foreign Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud. Also present in the meeting on the Qatari side were the Foreign Minister's Assistant for Follow-Up Affairs Mohammad Al-R [...] | 2009-06-25 07:52:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR SU QA |
09DOHA419 | QATAR FORMALIZES GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION [...] (U) The Foreign Ministry continues to have three leaders of ministerial rank. Prime Minister Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani retains the portfolio of Foreign Minister with overall authority and responsibility for Qatar's most important foreign policy issues. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahm [...] | 2009-06-25 10:57:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN EINV QA |
09DOHA42 | DOHA'S GAZA SUMMIT -- QATAR LURCHES TOWARD THE [...] (C) Besides the host, Qatar's Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, six Arab League heads of state attended: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Sudanese President Omar Hasan al-Bashir, Algerian President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika, Mauritanian coup leader, General M [...] | 2009-01-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER QA |
09DOHA442 | QATAR: BALANCING GEOGRAPHIC INTERESTS WITH IRAN, [...] (U) On June 14, just two days after the Iranian election, Qatar's Amir Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani became one of the first world leaders to publicly congratulate Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his re-election, despite the uncertainty and accusations of massive fraud. He later followe [...] | 2009-07-09 09:57:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR QA |
09DOHA446 | QATAR LAUNCHES TASK FORCE ON FOOD SECURITY [...] (C) In engaging the GOQ in response to Ref A on agricultural development and food security, Embassy learned of a new Task Force on Food Security, established following a 2008 Amiri decree which created the Qatar National Food Security Program. The Task Force includes 14 ministries and organiz [...] | 2009-07-09 13:25:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EINV TRGY QA |
09DOHA489 | INTERNET REPORTS RUMORS OF FOILED COUP ATTEMPT IN [...] (C) Various websites and blogs, relying largely on information from Ilaf.com, reported recently that the Qatari leadership had foiled a coup attempt on July 30. The reports said that 16 senior military commanders had been placed under house arrest. As many as 30 officers overall, among them 5 [...] | 2009-08-03 14:54:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PGOV PINS QA |
09DOHA498 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR QATARI AIR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting on the Qatari officer described below. A search of post records has found no information of any kind that he has committed human rights violations. 3. Bel [...] | 2009-08-06 13:07:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL MASS QA |
09DOHA503 | QATAR'S ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF STAFF LAMENTS BUDGET [...] (C) Below are subjects covered during the nearly hour-long meeting August 10th. ------------------------------- 2nd Runway at Al Udaid Air Base ------------------------------- 2. (C) Ambassador referenced a letter dated 3 Aug 09 that he had received from LTG North, recent AFCENT Command [...] | 2009-08-11 12:07:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MASS MCAP QA |
09DOHA529 | QATAR ACCEDES TO UN CONVENTION ON WOMEN [...] (U) On June 24, Shaykh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, the Heir Apparent, issued an Amiri Decree approving Qatar's accession to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW). Qatar conditioned its acceptance of the treaty by taking into account the following [...] | 2009-08-26 11:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI QA |
09DOHA548 | SOLIDARITY CENTER HEAD HITS THE GROUND RUNNING [...] (SBU) At an August 20 meeting with Poloff Caudill, Solidarity Center representative Boyko Atanasov reported that the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) had been very helpful in assisting with his work in Qatar. He said that NHRC staff had assisted him in acquiring the necessary work permi [...] | 2009-09-02 12:40:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KTIP IN NE QA |
09DOHA552 | QATARI FOOD COMPANY ADAPTS INVESTMENT STRATEGY TO [...] (U) A local Qatari newspaper carried an article August 31 praising the investment strategy of Qatar's Hassad Food Company. Hassad's decision to purchase shares in local agricultural companies instead of expropriating the agricultural land of poorer countries exclusively for Qatar's own purpos [...] | 2009-09-03 09:41:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EINV TRGY QA AS SU |
09DOHA664 | REPORTED QATARI MEDIATION IN FORMATION OF LEBANESE [...] (C) Talal Karami, the nephew of former Lebanese Prime Minister Omar Karami, told P/E Chief Rice November 6 over dinner that the GOQ remains actively involved behind the scenes in mediating Lebanese political conflicts. He reported that Qatar's Prime Minister, Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, himse [...] | 2009-11-09 09:51:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE QA |
09DOHA691 | QATAR INVESTMENT AUTHORITY'S 2010 INVESTMENT [...] (C) At a November 24 meeting with Ambassador, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) Executive Board Member Dr. Hussain Al-Abdulla outlined Qatar's investment strategy for 2010. Also present at the meeting were FCS Chief Le and Poloff Caudill. In response to Ambassador Dr. Al-Abdulla said that for [...] | 2009-11-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN EINV AR BR CH |
09DOHA99 | GOQ TAKES STEP TOWARD BROADER ENGAGEMENT IN IRAQ [...] On February 8 the GOQ signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) paving the way for cooperation on infrastructure development, agriculture, and aviation. The agreement was signed during a visit by the president of Iraq's Kurdish region, Mass [...] | 2009-02-09 14:17:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KREL QA IZ |
09DUBAI12 | DUBAI'S REAL ESTATE PRIMER [...] (SBU) Summary. A substantial portion of the Dubai real estate boom (and subsequent bust) was fueled by regional excess liquidity, negative real interest rates, and speculators and longer term investors riding the rocketing price wave. However, the Dubai market differs substantially from the t [...] | 2009-01-13 06:45:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV AE |
09DUBAI165 | FORMER MINISTER OF STATE CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On April 8, Dubai Public Prosecution charged, as the primary defendant, former Minster of State for Finance and former chairman of Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) Mohammed Khalfan Al Kharbash with embezzlement of public funds and harming of state interests. Zack Shahin, AMCIT [...] | 2009-04-13 09:43:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV KCOR ECON CASC KCRM AE |
09DUBAI242 | DUBAI'S CITY OF HOPE CLOSED [...] (C) As presaged in reftels A, B, and C, Dubai's only non-governmental women's shelter, City of Hope (CoH),closed on June 2, 2009 with neither fanfare nor press coverage. As reported, this unfortunate event followed political controversy about suspect allegations reported in some local newspap [...] | 2009-06-11 09:39:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CACS PGOV AE |
09DUBAI253 | DUBAI FINANCE DEPARTMENT STOIC ABOUT DUBAI INC. DEBT [...] (S) Summary. Two senior Dubai Department of Finance (DDF) officials told EmbOffs June 15 that Dubai Inc.'s debt woes were caused by poor coordination and debt management. The DDF is working with Dubai's Supreme Fiscal Committee to determine how the $10 billion bond issued in February will be [...] | 2009-06-18 05:39:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV AE |
09DUBAI279 | NEW CONSULATE COMPOUND -- ENSURING LABOR BEST PRACTICES [...] (SBU) Summary: With significant recent negative media attention focused on labor issues in the UAE, including the UAE being downgraded in the annual TIP Report (reftel),the Consulate General is working with the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) and the contractor B.L. Harbert, to [...] | 2009-07-08 13:04:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AMGT PHUM AE |
09DUBAI299 | DUBAI FINANCE DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES SUPPORT FUND [...] (S) Summary. In a rare public acknowledgment that Dubai's financial crisis lingers on, the Dubai Department of Finance (DDF) launched on July 22 the "Dubai Financial Support Fund" to manage the second half of a five-year USD 20 billion Dubai government bond (reftel). While official government [...] | 2009-07-23 12:15:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV AE |
09DUBAI330 | DUBAI SEEKS TO IMPROVE FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent press reports about a spate of food poisoning cases in Dubai, including high-profile deaths of several children, have resulted in growing concern about food safety standards in the emirate. The Director of the Food Control Department (FCD) at Dubai Municipality attributes [...] | 2009-08-12 11:36:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV AE |
09DUBAI365 | LABOR STRIKES RETURN TO DUBAI [...] (SBU) Summary: An impromptu labor strike on August 31 surprised a city known for its disproportionately large, but generally quiet expat unskilled labor force. Approximately 1200 laborers from Al Habtoor Engineering Enterprises took to the streets in protest of low pay and restricted access to [...] | 2009-09-02 14:06:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV PINS SOCI AE |
09DUBAI40 | DUBAI'S "TRANSPARENT" BUDGET [...] (U) Ostensibly in support of Dubai government's efforts at greater transparency, publically disclosed details of Dubai's 2009 government budget provided an unprecedented (though not highly informative)) glimpse into the historically closely held balance sheet. In particular, the released infor [...] | 2009-01-29 13:40:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV AE |
09DUBAI41 | EMIRATES AIRLINE AND DNATA TRANSFER TO INVESTMENT [...] (C) On January 20, poloff met with Faisal Mikou, Executive Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions at the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD),to discuss recent media coverage of the transfer of Dubai-based Emirates Airlines and air travel services firm Dnata to ICD. Mikou was puzzled by [...] | 2009-01-29 14:16:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAIR ECON PGOV AE |
09DUBAI52 | DESPITE POSITIVE SPIN, DUBAI'S ECONOMIC WOES CONTINUE [...] (S/NF) Summary. The Dubai government's continued reluctance to discuss details of its financial health, combined with official statements that the emirate will make due on existing monetary obligations, maintain a positive (albeit reduced) 2009 GDP, and quickly rebound from the world wide cris [...] | 2009-02-04 11:10:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV AE |
09DUBAI545 | Dubai Debt Crisis: Treasury Acting A/S Baukol's Meetings [...] (C) Summary: Dubai and UAE Federal officials sought to reassure Treasury Acting Assistant Secretary Andrew Baukol that the Dubai debt crisis was on the road to resolution, with effective measures being developed through legislation to ensure such over-borrowing would not occur in the future, [...] | 2009-12-23 06:35:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PGOV AE |
09DUBLIN100 | U.S.-IRISH PRE-CLEARANCE AGREEMENT: STILL WORK TO [...] (C) Summary: In November 2008, former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Irish Transport Minister Noel Dempsey signed an Agreement on Air Transport Preclearance ("Agreement"). Building on the 1985 immigration preinspection agreement, the Agreement allows for customs, immigration [...] | 2009-03-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL PGOV EI |
09DUBLIN101 | IRISH FM'S VISIT TO CUBA: NO CIVIL SOCIETY MEETINGS [...] (C) On February 26, Emboff spoke with Ruth Parkin, desk officer in the Americas section of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, regarding Foreign Minister Micheal Martin's February 17/18 visit to Cuba. Parkin said that Martin did not have time to meet with any Cuban human rights organiza [...] | 2009-03-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU EI |
09DUBLIN102 | RUSSIANS TAKE BLAME FOR OIL SPILL OFF IRISH COAST [...] (C) On February 27, Emboff spoke with Ruaidhri Dowling, Deputy Director of the Russia/Europe Office at the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, regarding the February 14 oil spill off Ireland's coast (reftel). Dowling said that a "reasonably senior" Russian delegation met with the Irish Coas [...] | 2009-03-03 15:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHSA RU EI |
09DUBLIN110 | BRIAN COWEN RALLIES THE TROOPS: THE 72ND FIANNA [...] (SBU) The governing political party in Ireland, Fianna Fail, held its annual party convention on February 27-28, 2009. The party's leaders acknowledged the country's difficult economic slump and heaped blame for the current problems on bankers. Facing record low approval ratings, Prime Min [...] | 2009-03-05 17:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EI EIND PGOV PREL |
09DUBLIN114 | IRISH GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS ATTACK ON BRITISH [...] (C) The government of Ireland has condemned the attacks in Northern Ireland on March 7 that killed two British soldiers. Irish government officials say that the Northern Ireland Assembly, the British government and the Irish government are coordinating their responses closely. Dublin also s [...] | 2009-03-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS EI |
09DUBLIN127 | LIBERTAS LEADER TO STAND IN EUROPEAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Declan Ganley, founder of Libertas, has announced his candidacy for the June 2009 European Parliament election in Ireland. While sharply criticizing the Irish government for mismanaging the economy and supporting the Lisbon Treaty, Ganley himself has come under pressure for re [...] | 2009-03-20 09:23:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN EI |
09DUBLIN130 | IRELAND'S BANKING SECTOR - ENOUGH TO MAKE FIANNA [...] (C) The Irish banking industry continues to weather the fallout from the Anglo Irish Bank nationalization. While there are no new developments in the Anglo Irish criminal investigation, a fifth member of the "Golden Circle" has been revealed, as have additional inappropriate dealings by former [...] | 2009-03-20 14:50:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI |
09DUBLIN152 | IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES PRESIDENT'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS [...] In an April 6 statement following the informal U.S.-EU Summit in Prague, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheal Martin, welcomed President Obama's commitment to work towards a world without nuclear weapons, a central aim of Irish foreign policy for over fifty years. Martin said Ireland's highes [...] | 2009-04-08 08:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PGOV EI |
09DUBLIN156 | IRISH GOVERNMENT'S BUDGET -- POLITICS TRUMPS [...] (C) Summary: On April 7 the Irish government released a supplementary budget in response to the dramatic deterioration in the government's finances. Despite pre-budget calls for a focus on spending cuts (ref A),the government's budget is weighted toward tax increases, such as a doubling of t [...] | 2009-04-08 14:52:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV EUN EI |
09DUBLIN167 | IRELAND'S SOVEREIGN DEBT -- IN GOOD HANDS [...] (C) Summary: On April 14, Emboffs met with Anthony Linehan, Deputy Director, Funding & Debt Management, National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) to talk about the Irish government's debt program and the soon-to-be-operational National Asset Management Agency (NAMA). He indicated that the Ir [...] | 2009-04-17 10:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EI |
09DUBLIN168 | IRELAND SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S IMF/WB MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) On April 17, Econoff spoke to the Irish Finance Ministry's Brendan Ryan who indicated that the Irish government will vote "Yes" on Kosovo's membership in the IMF and World Bank. He noted that Ireland recognized Kosovo's independence very soon after it was announced and that his governm [...] | 2009-04-17 12:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EFIN EI |
09DUBLIN17 | UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY'S VISIT TO IRELAND. [...] (C) On January 7, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs and Special Envoy to Northern Ireland Paula Dobriansky met with President Mary McAleese, Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Brian Cowen, and Foreign Minister Micheal Martin to discuss the Northern Ireland peace process. The Irish off [...] | 2009-01-12 11:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU EI |
09DUBLIN170 | IRISH WILLING TO DO MORE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) On April 21, Charge met with David Cooney, Secretary General, Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),to discuss how the Irish government could provide more assistance to Afghanistan. Cooney stated that Ireland would not send additional troops to support ISAF and that the Irish govern [...] | 2009-04-22 13:44:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR PGOV EAID EI |
09DUBLIN180 | MGSF01: Ireland's First "Probable" H1N1 Case [...] (U) Irish health authorities have confirmed the first "probable" case of the H1N1 virus in Ireland. The victim, a recently returned traveler from Mexico, has been quarantined and is undergoing medical treatment. It is understood that those in immediate contact with the victim have also been g [...] | 2009-05-01 15:48:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PGOV |
09DUBLIN183 | IRISH BANKING: NO LONGER ENAMORED WITH NAMA [...] (C) Summary: The Irish government's plan to set up the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) to take on the banks' property loan book is still riddled with questions, including the value of the loans and the structure and operation of the agency. The loans will be transferred to NAMA at a di [...] | 2009-05-05 15:33:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL EI |
09DUBLIN203 | U.S.-IRISH PRE-CLEARANCE PROGRESS: DEMPSEY MEETING READOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Post met with Irish Transportation Minister Dempsey on May 20 to review current progress on the implementation of DHS/CBP preclearance operations at Shannon and Dublin airports. Dempsey confirmed that he expected a delay in the opening of the preclearance facility from July 1 to [...] | 2009-05-22 13:18:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL PGOV EI |
09DUBLIN21 | IRISH RATIFICATION OF US-EU EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL [...] POLOFF spoke on January 13 with Louise Hartigan, EU Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),who is shepherding the extradition and legal mutual assistance agreements through the final administrative processes required prior to the signing of instruments. According to Hartigan, DFA has [...] | 2009-01-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KTIA CJAN PGOV PREL EI |
09DUBLIN213 | IRELAND'S JUNE 5 ELECTIONS: BAD TIDINGS FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: Irish voters are expected to show up in significant numbers for the June 5 local and European Parliament elections, but to register dissatisfaction with the Irish government's performance rather than as a reflection of increased interest in who represents them in Brussels. We exp [...] | 2009-06-03 08:30:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EI |
09DUBLIN220 | IRELAND'S JUNE 5 ELECTION RESULTS: ANOTHER NAIL IN [...] (C) Summary: As expected, the Fianna Fail (FF) led government coalition took a beating in the June 5 local and European Parliament elections, polling well behind its main rival Fine Gael (FG) and losing ground as well to the Opposition Labour Party. The Greens faltered seriously. FG now hold [...] | 2009-06-09 16:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EI |
09DUBLIN224 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR IRISH GOVERNMENT PRACTICES ON [...] While Ireland is taking steps to enhance the amount of information it collects on travelers entering the country, it faces an uphill battle. Irish laws limiting the use of public data, public skepticism and the lack of enabling legislation are stalling efforts to upgrade the quality of data c [...] | 2009-06-11 06:59:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV CVIS ASEC KHLS EI |
09DUBLIN231 | IRELAND'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...] (U) According to Emma Leonard of Irish Aid, Ireland has approved Euro 550,000 in emergency funding to assist Pakistan's displaced persons. These funds will be distributed through both NGOs (Concern and Trocaire) and UN entities (UNICEF and OCHA). Additionally, Ireland has provided supplies i [...] | 2009-06-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EC PGOV PHUM PK EI PREF |
09DUBLIN236 | GUARANTEES SET STAGE FOR SECOND IRISH REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) During the June 18-19 European Council meeting, the Irish government received guarantees on a number of specific issue, providing it with the justification to proceed with a re-run of the Lisbon Treaty referendum -- most likely on October 2 ,2009. All major political parties are expecte [...] | 2009-06-22 16:18:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN EI |
09DUBLIN258 | DHS SECRETARY NAPOLITANO MEETS IRISH MINISTERS OF [...] (C) On June 29, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano met with Irish Transport Minister Nel Dempsey and Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahen in Dublin. Dempsey and Napolitano discussed th bilateral pre-clearance negotiations. Dempsey oted that cooperation with the U.S. has been admra [...] | 2009-07-08 16:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL PGOV EI |
09DUBLIN260 | LISBON TREATY RE-RUN SET FOR OCTOBER 2 [...] (SBU) Summary: Ireland will hold a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty on Friday, October 2. There is a general consensus in Irish political circles that the leaders of the nation dropped the ball during the first referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, which was defeated in June 2008. The 'Yes [...] | 2009-07-09 13:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN EI |
09DUBLIN280 | IRISH BANKS -- HANGING ON BY A THREAD [...] (SBU) Summary: ACCBank, the Irish subsidiary of Rabobank has begun to aggressively pursue non-performing loans to property developers through the Irish legal system. To date, the courts have allowed the borrowers 100 days to reorganize, enabling the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) to [...] | 2009-07-28 12:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI |
09DUBLIN298 | IRELAND'S LISBON II CAMPAIGN - OFF AND RUNNING [...] (C) With just under two months to go before the second Lisbon Treaty referendum (Lisbon II) both the "yes" and "no" campaigns have kicked off. All major parties, unions, and business groups are expected to be firmly in the "yes" camp, and early polls have projected that Lisbon II will pass wit [...] | 2009-08-09 10:43:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN EI |
09DUBLIN3 | MEETING WITH THE IRISH REGARDING HOMELAND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11, a USG delegation consisting of State Department and Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) officials briefed Irish government officials on the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 (HSPD-6) process and on what is expected from the Irish government. The Irish were [...] | 2009-01-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS PTER PGOV PREL EI |
09DUBLIN30 | IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER ADDRESSES IRISH RELATIONS WITH THE [...] (SBU) Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin presented the Government of Ireland's annual State of the Union address to the Institute of International and European Affairs on January 15, focusing on Ireland's relationship with the European Union rather than the state of the EU itself. Martin e [...] | 2009-01-16 13:46:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EI |
09DUBLIN304 | MUSLIMS IN IRELAND - A CHANGING COMMUNITY [...] (U) Summary: The Irish Muslim community is one of the fastest growing minority communities in Ireland and is one of the major contributors to Ireland,s shift from an overwhelmingly homogeneous society to a multi-cultural one. The Irish Government has made some attempts at reaching out to the M [...] | 2009-08-14 10:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER KISL EI |
09DUBLIN31 | IRISH BANKING SYSTEM RECEIVES FURTHER BLOW AS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 15, the government of Ireland announced that it would nationalize Anglo Irish Bank. An initial recapitalization proposal was ruled out as difficulties associated with the commercial property market and internal controls further destabilized the Bank. The Minister of [...] | 2009-01-16 16:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV EI |
09DUBLIN348 | IRELAND ON SEPTEMBER 4-5 EU FMS' GYMNICH [...] (U) On September 1, Poloff delivered ref A non-paper for the September 4-5 EU Foreign Ministers, Gymnich meeting to Peter Ryan, European Correspondent in the Department of Foreign Affairs. Ryan had just taken up his position on August 31 and was starting to prepare for Gymnich. Ryan said he [...] | 2009-09-02 13:52:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EI |
09DUBLIN351 | IRISH UNGA PRIORITIES FIT WITH U.S. GOALS [...] (C) Summary: The Irish goals taking shape for UNGA appear to dovetail quite well with U.S. priorities (reftel). Nonproliferation is a top Irish objective, with strengthening the NPT singled out especially. On human rights, the Irish are focusing on Iran, DPRK, Burma and Sudan. The Irish appr [...] | 2009-09-03 12:27:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNGA EI |
09DUBLIN358 | IRELAND ON GYMNICH, GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 9, Poloff spoke with Peter Ryan, European Correspondent in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) about the September 4-5 EU FMs, Gymnich meeting and their upcoming GAERC meeting on September 14-15. According to Ryan, EU FMs, concerned by developments in Afg [...] | 2009-09-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EI EUN |
09DUBLIN360 | IRELAND: REPORT PREVIEWS HOW THE IRISH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: On September 6, the Commission on Taxation issued its report with suggestions for changing the Irish tax system. The main recommendations are the introduction of a property tax, a carbon tax, a water tax, and a tax on child benefit payments. The intent of the recommendations is f [...] | 2009-09-11 11:39:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EI |
09DUBLIN362 | IRISH REFERENDUM ON LISBON TREATY: THE ISSUES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: After deciding against the EU Lisbon Treaty in a first referendum on June 12, 2008, the Irish will vote on Lisbon again on October 2. With the campaign in full swing, a recent poll gives the "yes" side 46 percent with 29 percent opposed and 25 percent undecided. This represents a [...] | 2009-09-11 16:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EI EUN |
09DUBLIN39 | IRISH VIEWS ON THE JANUARY 26-27 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) On January 22, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Brian Glynn, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. Glynn stated that in light of the current situation in the Middle East, the agenda has been pared back dramatically and will include only the Middle East, Russia-Ukraine [...] | 2009-01-23 11:01:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV IS RS UP EI |
09DUBLIN397 | IRISH REFERENDUM ON LISBON TREATY: A VIEW FROM CORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A September 23-24 visit to Ireland,s previously anti-Lisbon southwest revealed a mixed bag of pro-Lisbon elites and a somewhat confused and ambivalent, but generally "yes"-leaning, public. The region,s elites appear to form a solid, pro-Lisbon bloc, reaching out to average voters [...] | 2009-09-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EI EUN |
09DUBLIN405 | SPECIAL ECONOMIC ENVOY KELLY,S VISIT TO DUBLIN [...] (C) From September 16-18, Ambassador Rooney and Special Economic Envoy for Northern Ireland Declan Kelly met with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, President Mary McAleese, Foreign Minister Micheal Martin,and Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore. These meetings coincided with the Global Irish Ec [...] | 2009-09-29 10:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN EI |
09DUBLIN412 | IRISH LISBON TREATY REFERENDUM: "YES" VOTE LIKELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Today, October 2, the Irish will vote in the long-awaited second referendum on the EU Lisbon Treaty. The polls throughout September, while fluctuating, have all given the "yes" side a large advantage, with the most recent poll, published on September 27, showing 55 percent for "ye [...] | 2009-10-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EI EUN |
09DUBLIN415 | AMBASSADOR ROONEY'S MEETINGS IN BRUSSELS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 30, Ambassador Rooney met with Ireland's Permanent Representative to the EU, Rory Montgomery, and separately with Irish European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy (Internal Market and Services). In wide-ranging discussions about the EU and Ireland, the Ambassador and his [...] | 2009-10-02 16:31:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI EUN |
09DUBLIN416 | THE IRISH REFERENDUM: A LISBON LANDSLIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a resounding victory for the "yes" side, the results of the October 2 referendum on the Lisbon Treaty came in at 67.1 percent for "yes" and 32.9 percent for "no." The high turnout (59 percent) and result lends greater credibility both to the embattled Irish government, which mu [...] | 2009-10-04 08:59:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EI EUN |
09DUBLIN417 | YOUR OCTOBER 11 VISIT TO IRELAND [...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes just after the Irish approval of the Lisbon Treaty and before a series of difficult tests for the Irish government. Before the end of the year, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen must come to agreement with his coalition partner, the Green Party, on a new program f [...] | 2009-10-04 09:08:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN PINR EI |
09DUBLIN419 | IRELAND: RESIGNATION FURTHER WEAKENS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Speaker of the Irish Parliament's sudden resignation on October 6 has highlighted voters' growing dissatisfaction with an often unaccountable political class and the perks it allows itself. Having clearly underscored malfeasance by the principal governing party Fianna Fail (F [...] | 2009-10-07 12:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EI |
09DUBLIN42 | IRISH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: AS BLACK AS THE GUINNESS [...] (C) Summary: On the heels of the nationalization of Anglo Irish Bank (Ref A),two other leading Irish banks continued to stumble and a prominent consumer bank laid off 750 employees. In order to calm a jittery market, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan moved forward the planned recapitalization o [...] | 2009-01-28 13:36:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI |
09DUBLIN422 | A GREEN THREAT TO THE GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) Summary: The Green Party, the Irish government's junior coalition partner, will hold a special convention on October 10 to vote on a revised Program for Government and draft legislation setting up the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA). John Gormley, Minister for Environment, Heritag [...] | 2009-10-07 16:13:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EI |
09DUBLIN426 | IRELAND: CABINET MEMBER ON GREENS, EU COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A long-time insider in the governing party Fianna Fail (FF),believes negotiations on a new Program for Government with FF's coalition partner, the Greens, will be successful. She cautions, though, that the Greens are unpredictable. Also, Prime Minister Brian Cowen is consulting [...] | 2009-10-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EI EUN |
09DUBLIN449 | IRELAND ON OCTOBER GAERC [...] (U) On October 22 Poloff spoke with Peter Ryan, European Correspondent in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) about the EU FMs, GAERC meeting on October 26-27. Ryan had the following comments: 2. (C) Afghanistan/Pakistan: The draft conclusions for the EU FMs further underscore the [...] | 2009-10-23 10:30:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EI EUN |
09DUBLIN453 | SINN FEIN REP: ROBINSON WANTS DEVOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: The Dublin-based Sinn Fein Representative to the United States told us that Sinn Fein believed that Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson wanted to move on devolution, especially since the Secretary's visit, but that fear of rival unionists was holding him back. Sinn Fein [...] | 2009-10-30 09:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EI XT UK |
09DUBLIN46 | GERRY ADAMS ENCOURAGES RENEWED EFFORTS TO UNITE [...] (C) During a January 21 speech at Mansion House commemorating the 90th anniversary of the first meeting of Ireland's first Dail (Parliament),Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams sought to reinvigorate the quest for a unified Ireland. He stated that the Ireland of equality and solidarity envisaged by the [...] | 2009-01-30 15:29:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EI |
09DUBLIN477 | IRELAND: UPDATE ON EX-GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ex-Guantanamo detainees in Ireland are performing most daily tasks on their own, but will require "long-term" assistance before being able to integrate into Irish society. The Irish have requested the help of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in arranging for [...] | 2009-11-12 16:38:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MARR EI |
09DUBLIN502 | IRELAND'S NOMINEE FOR EU COMMISSIONER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A highly placed official (PROTECT) in the Prime Minister's office told us that Ireland's nominee for the first post-Lisbon European Commission, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, was tapped not only for her qualifications but also for domestic and EU-wide political reasons. Ireland hopes for [...] | 2009-11-25 13:03:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EUN EI |
09DUBLIN513 | IRELAND "FAVORS" SETTING DATE FOR EU-MACEDONIA [...] (C) On November 25, Poloff discussed reftel points with John McCullagh, Counselor for EU Enlargement in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),and his Deputy Mark Daryl Erickson. On setting a start date for formal EU accession negotiations with Macedonia, our interlocutors referred to [...] | 2009-11-30 15:03:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR MK EI EUN |
09DUBLIN523 | IRELAND ON PRESSING FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 16:42:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM EI |
09DUBLIN524 | IRISH OFFICIALS ON NORTHERN IRELAND TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on December 2 and 3, Kevin Conmy of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Paul McGarry of the Irish Prime Minister,s Office briefed us on ongoing talks between GOI and HMG about Northern Ireland. The aim of these meetings is to follow up on the me [...] | 2009-12-03 18:20:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UK EI |
09DUBLIN535 | IRELAND: DEVELOPMENT MINISTER ON FOOD SECURITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8 Ambassador Rooney met with Peter Power, Ireland's Minister of State for Overseas Development. Power wants to work more closely with the U.S. on food security in Africa, Ireland's top development priority. He also agreed to explore the possibility of contributing mo [...] | 2009-12-10 09:02:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ENRG EI MI ET TZ UG MZ |
09DUBLIN538 | IRELAND: PREDICTABLE BUDGET/UNPREDICTABLE FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: On December 9, the Irish government delivered its 2010 budget. Looking to save at least four billion Euro (USD 6 billion),the government had signaled for months that public sector pay and social welfare would make up a large chunk of the spending cuts and there were no great surp [...] | 2009-12-10 16:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EI |
09DUBLIN545 | IRISH POLICY DIRECTOR ON AFGHANISTAN, NATO PFP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 15 Ciaran Murphy (STRICTLY PROTECT),Assistant Secretary General and Policy Director in the Irish Department of Defense, told Poloff there was a slight possibility Ireland would send two military trainers to Afghanistan to help train Afghan security forces. Ireland ho [...] | 2009-12-16 14:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EI AF |
09DUBLIN550 | TOP IRISH DIPLOMATS ON AFGHANISTAN, NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 17 Ambassador Rooney hosted a lunch with the top career officials in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The conversation focused on priorities for U.S.-Ireland relations such as Afghanistan and the Northern Ireland peace process. On Afghanistan, the Irish [...] | 2009-12-18 16:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ENRG AF EI |
09DUBLIN59 | IRELAND'S COMMENTS ON THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Summary: On February 6, PolOff met with Derek Hannon, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Non-Proliferation section of the DFA. Hannon noted that Ireland did not, at present, have detailed "informed views" on the NPT, but he did share Ireland's views on the issues submitted in reftel. [...] | 2009-02-09 17:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09DUBLIN60 | IRELAND LIKELY TO ACCEPT DETAINEES, BUT WHEN AND [...] (C) Ambassador Clint Williamson met on February 9 with David Cooney, Secretary General in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),Sean Aylward Secretary General in the Department of Justice (DOJ),and later had lunch with Conor Lenihan, Minister of Integration, to explain how President Obama [...] | 2009-02-10 11:11:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EUN EI |
09DUBLIN76 | IRELAND'S SPRING OF DISCONTENT [...] (SBU) Against a backdrop of rising unemployment, an increasing budget deficit, nationalization of banks, and emigration, Ireland is facing its worst year of industrial unrest since the 1980s. In response to the deteriorating public finances (reftel),the Irish government has announced a range [...] | 2009-02-23 15:55:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV EI |
09DUBLIN80 | IRELAND TO VOTE NO AT FEBRUARY 25 MEETING ON [...] (C) Econoff spoke to Tom O'Mahony, Assistant Secretary in the Department of Environment, who said that the Irish government would vote against the approval of the two biotech corn varieties at the February 25 meeting of the EU's DG Environment Regulatory Committee meeting (reftel). He said th [...] | 2009-02-24 15:36:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON PGOV EI |
09DUBLIN86 | IRISH BANKING WOES: POLITICAL QUICKSAND [...] (C) Summary: Recently, the Finance Minister Brian Lenihan announced a recapitalization plan for Ireland's two largest banks. The terms of the recapitalization stated that the government would receive preferred shares in exchange for the investment and the Minister for Finance would name 25 pe [...] | 2009-02-26 12:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI |
09DUBLIN98 | IRELAND WELCOMES PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF [...] (U) On February 27, The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheal Martin, issued a press release welcoming the announcement of the review of U.S. Policy in Iraq. The release was titled, "Minister for Foreign Affairs welcomes President Obama's announcement of the Review of US Policy in Iraq." [...] | 2009-03-02 15:09:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PGOV PREL KHLS EI IZ MOPS |
09DUBLIN99 | LIBERTAS: A ONE HIT WONDER? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 17:58:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PINR PREL EIND EI |
09DURBAN100 | INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY YOUTH DEMAND LEADERSHIP CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Members of the Inkatha Freedom Party Youth Brigade (IFPYB) aggrieved by the recent expulsion of their leaders staged several demonstrations outside the party's headquarters in Durban. Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leaders have called for order and condemned IFPYB calls for party [...] | 2009-10-15 13:24:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN103 | A ROYAL RUMPUS, A NEW PROVINCE, A STOWAWAY, AND AN UNWANTED [...] (U) Prince Melizwe Dlamini of Nhlangwini formally asked the Pretoria High Court on September 30 to decide on his claim that he be declared a king with the same status as a Zulu monarch. Dlamini submitted his claim in 2005 to the commission set up by former President Thabo Mbeki to investigate [...] | 2009-10-27 09:34:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN11 | DA LEADERS CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS DESPITE HURDLES AT NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Democratic Alliance (DA) leaders are interested to see how the newly formed Congress of the People (COPE) performs in the next election, but are unconvinced the party will threaten the DA's own prospects at the polls. Senior KwaZulu Natal DA representatives related that [...] | 2009-01-20 15:29:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN119 | DUBE TRADEPORT PROJECT AIMS TO INCREASE KWAZULU-NATAL'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Post visited Durban's Dube TradePort project to receive an update on construction progress and success at attracting international investors. The first phase of the project to create a new international airport and trade zone in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province is 85 percent comple [...] | 2009-12-23 13:41:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND EINV EAIR PGOV SF |
09DURBAN12 | ANOTHER ANC DEFECTION TO COPE IN KWAZULU NATAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Another senior African National Congress member in KwaZulu Natal announced his defection to the Congress of the People. Siyanda Mhlongo -- until yesterday the head of policy for the ANC in KwaZulu Natal and former Mayor of KwaDukuza -- announced his resignation from the ANC, ci [...] | 2009-01-23 16:46:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN120 | DESPITE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES, TRANSNET MAKES MAJOR [...] (U) Summary. South African Government-controlled transport logistics company Transnet launched a massive investment program to upgrade transport infrastructure to address capacity constraints and congestion. These investments follow a corporate restructuring and rebranding process that was c [...] | 2009-12-24 11:42:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ETRD EINV EPET PGOV SF |
09DURBAN123 | HEALTHCARE IN KWAZULU-NATAL: A SPOTTY HISTORY [...] (SBU) Summary. Healthcare in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) has gone from extreme disparity of services under apartheid, to mismanagement post apartheid. While KZN Department of Health (KZNDOH) saw improvements under its first post-apartheid leader, it experienced overspending and service delivery setbac [...] | 2009-12-30 16:30:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN124 | KWAZULU-NATAL PRIORITIZES HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY [...] (SBU) Summary. KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Health (KZNDOH) is confronting the challenges of restoring its tarnished image (Ref A) and improving health services in the province with the highest rates of HIV and TB co-infection in the world. The new KZNDOH leader is a hands-on practitione [...] | 2009-12-31 06:50:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN18 | POLITICAL PARTIES POINT FINGERS AFTER VIOLENCE IN NONGOMA [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to violence that erupted on February 1 in Nongoma, northern KwaZulu Natal, where African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters attended election rallies held in the same area on the same day, ANC and IFP representatives lashed out at one [...] | 2009-02-06 09:13:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN21 | DURBAN 2010 WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS ON TRACK, BUT CUTTING IT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-20 15:29:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN24 | POLITICAL PARTIES PLEDGE TO RESPECT ELECTORAL RULES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: A round of verbal sparring by senior representatives of political parties in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) followed the signing of pledges to respect the Electoral Code of Conduct in the run-up to the April 22 general election. Although the proceedings remained civil overall, the adversari [...] | 2009-03-05 11:08:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN28 | IFP MAKES A CLEAN SWEEP IN KWAZULU NATAL BY-ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-06 15:57:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN33 | VIGOROUS CAMPAIGNING AND CONTINUED INTIMIDATION: KWAZULU [...] (SBU) Summary. The African National Congress (ANC) campaign machine is in high gear, and the ANC is taking advantage of every opportunity to deliver its message. Despite official pronouncements against violence, members of the ANC are still reportedly intimidating Congress of the People (COPE) [...] | 2009-03-31 14:38:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN35 | STUDENTS HOSPITALIZED AFTER ANC AND IFP SUPPORTERS CLASH AT [...] (SBU) Summary. Nine students at the University of Zululand (UZ) were hospitalized after clashes between student supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Police officers have been deployed to UZ to curb any further violence. Political violence at UZ [...] | 2009-04-07 06:30:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN37 | MINISTER OF TRANSPORT ADAMANT THAT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) Summary: Minister of Transport Jeffrey Radebe told an audience at the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry that South Africa is spending billions of Rands to develop efficient, safe, and reliable public transportation systems for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Major airport and road constructi [...] | 2009-04-09 06:54:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN39 | INDIANS, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND POLITICAL PARTIES IN KWAZULU [...] (SBU) Summary. Two weeks before national elections, KwaZulu Natal (KZN) stakeholders provided a range of views to visiting Political Counselor. The Indian vote is in question as many feel abandoned by the African National Congress (ANC) while others wonder if a Zuma administration will be mo [...] | 2009-04-17 11:05:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN42 | INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY UNLIKELY TO CONTEST VOTE IN KZN [...] (SBU) Summary. Although late complaining from Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) officials about an unfair election environment indicated that the party might contest the vote count in KwaZulu Natal (KZN),intervention by former Nigerian President Olesun Obasanjo seems to have persuaded the IFP [...] | 2009-04-28 10:54:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN46 | POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE IN KWAZULU NATAL -- IFP DENIES [...] (SBU) On April 27, an African National Congress (ANC) victory parade in KwaSwayimane near Pietermaritzburg ended when assailants opened fire on the crowd leaving one ANC supporter dead and another six injured. Two IFP supporters have been apprehend by police and are being questioned about t [...] | 2009-04-30 12:50:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN50 | WHITHER INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) continued its decade-long demise in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) by losing the recent election to the ANC. An anachronistic leader, a tough ANC opponent, a shift in KZN traditional leadership, and a poor track record of service delivery worked against th [...] | 2009-05-07 10:37:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN51 | KWAZULU NATAL'S NEW PREMIER: ZWELI MKHIZE [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 11, 2009 Zweli Mkhize was sworn in as KwaZulu Natal's (KZN) fifth post-apartheid premier. He is a medical doctor and has served as KZN Minister of Health and Minister of Finance and Economic Development. Mkhize is a close confidant of South African President Jacob Zuma. [...] | 2009-05-19 13:49:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN53 | KWAZULU NATAL-NEW CABINET [...] (U) Summary. New KwaZulu Natal (KZN) Premier Zweli Mkhize announced his new ten-member provincial cabinet during his inauguration ceremony on May 11, 2009. His team features four female `Ministers' or MECs (Members of the Executive Council),including one Indian woman and one white woman. Be [...] | 2009-05-22 10:41:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF PINR |
09DURBAN6 | ZUMA, STATE PONDER NEXT STEPS AFTER COURT RULING [...] (U) Summary: The Supreme Court of Appeal on January 12 reinstated the corruption case against African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma, overturning an earlier verdict that had tossed out the charges related to the controversial 1998 arms deal on a technicality. (Note: The state [...] | 2009-01-13 15:28:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
09DURBAN65 | SOUTH AFRICA IS READY FOR THE 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP [...] (U) Summary. Tourism leaders from around the world made their way to the Tourism Indaba, Africa's biggest annual travel trade show, hosted in Durban from May 7 - 12. The theme of this year's Indaba was `South Africa is ready for 2010'. The public-private tourism promotion agency, South Afri [...] | 2009-06-09 14:03:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN66 | NEW EMPHASIS ON TOURISM IN SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) Summary. The newly formed Ministry of Tourism is advocating for greater government attention and support for the tourism sector as South Africa prepares to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. A new tourism satellite account will enable South Africa to measure and track the overall value and con [...] | 2009-06-09 15:23:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED | SF PGOV |
09DURBAN68 | ANC, IFP, AND COPE BLAME EACH OTHER FOR RECENT KZN VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. The recent spate of violence in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) may be politically motivated but it is too soon to tell. Defeated political parties in KZN are still smarting from major losses in the province during the recent national election and may be unfairly placing the blame on [...] | 2009-06-15 07:36:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SF PGOV |
09DURBAN7 | IFP YOUTH PRESIDENT HOPEFUL ABOUT PARTY'S CHANCES, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Youth Brigade President Pat Lebenya-Ntanzi believes her party can take back the Kwa-Zulu Natal provincial government and keep the African National Congress (ANC) from winning a two-thirds majority nationally. She asserted that the formation of the Con [...] | 2009-01-15 15:56:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN79 | POLITICAL VIOLENCE, STOLEN FUNDS, PARTY CHANGES, [...] (U) Summary. Political violence continues in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) amid government promises to bring stability to the Greytown area. The KZN Department of Education allegedly has been swindled out of millions and ends up paying twice for school supplies. For the first time in its history, the [...] | 2009-07-17 09:22:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN8 | LACK OF CLEAR STRATEGY MAY DASH IFP LEADERS' CONFIDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leaders provided insight into the party's campaign strategy and prospects during a meeting with the Consul General, Poloff, and Pon-Econ Assistant on January 13. Provincial Secretary Bonginkosi Buthelezi and Provincial Treasurer Narend Singh [...] | 2009-01-15 16:19:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN82 | DURBAN'S NEW BUS SERVICE DOESN'T END TRANSPORT CHALLENGES [...] (U) Summary. Durban commuters have been scrambling for transport ever since the Remant Alton bus service provider closed down at the end of June. Remant Alton has been beset by financial, labor and managerial problems since it began operation. New bus service provider Tansnat Africa has been [...] | 2009-07-23 08:51:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN9 | STEEP CHALLENGES AHEAD WEIGH ON NEWLY ANNOUNCED COPE LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary. Congress of the People (COPE) political leader Lucky Gabela discussed why he left the African National Congress (ANC) and his new party's campaign strategy and prospects during a meeting with the Consul General, visiting Pretoria Poloff, and Pol-Econ Assistant on January 15. Gab [...] | 2009-01-16 15:51:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09DURBAN94 | LOPSIDED BATTLE FOR FUTURE OF DURBAN'S WARWICK JUNCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: A multimillion dollar project to develop Durban's Warwick Junction is facing opposition from small traders who claim the mall will end their livelihoods. The decision by the City of Durban to demolish the historic Early Morning Market has led to numerous confrontations between [...] | 2009-08-31 16:37:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELTN ECON PHUM SF |
09DUSHANBE103 | CENTCOM COMMANDER VISIT WITH TAJIK PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander David Petraeus completed his introductory visit to Tajikistan on 17 January 2009. The meeting with President Emomali Rahmon, Foreign Policy Advisor Rahmattuloyev, Minister of Defense General-Colonel (U.S. 3-star equivalent) Sherali Khai [...] | 2009-01-26 10:34:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MAS MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL TI |
09DUSHANBE105 | TAJIKISTAN: SUPPORT TO TAJIK DRUG LIAISON OFFICERS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: INL Dushanbe requests INL Washington to conclude an interagency agreement to provide $70,000 to the Drug Enforcement Administration to support the Tajik Drug Control Agency drug liaison officers in Afghanistan. Funding will be available upon signing of the next Amended Letter o [...] | 2009-01-26 11:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI |
09DUSHANBE1105 | IMF ASSESSMENT OF TAJIK ECONOMY AND REFORMS: CAUTIOUSLY [...] (SBU) Summary: An IMF team recently completed a two-week visit to Dushanbe to assess economic and government performance before releasing a second tranche of funding under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). Briefing donors, the team noted the Tajik government had met most of it [...] | 2009-09-29 03:18:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE1112 | TAJIKISTAN - BOEING MAKES A DEAL WITH SOMON AIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Boeing has reached an agreement with Somon Air (which is controlled by the President and his family),to provide Somon Air up to six 737 aircraft by 2012. With the aircraft, Boeing will provide a comprehensive package of training for Somon pilots and maintenance staff and analy [...] | 2009-09-30 11:08:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV EAIR TI |
09DUSHANBE1145 | ON THE WINGS OF A GOAT: REMOTE PAMIR MOUNTAINS NOT REALIZING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Mountainous Badakhshan Autonomous Region is separated from the rest of Tajikistan by hundreds of kilometers of bad roads and thousands of years of divergent history. Its predominantly Ismaili Shi'a inhabitants have long thought of themselves as distinct from the rest of the [...] | 2009-10-16 04:39:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EAID EINV TI |
09DUSHANBE1149 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (C) In an October 14 meeting, Ambassador discussed the content, format, and timing of Annual Bilateral Consultations (ABCs) with Presidential Foreign Relations Adviser Erkin Rahmatulloev. He also raised fiscal transparency, Trafficking In Persons (TIP),religious freedom, nuclear security, and [...] | 2009-10-16 11:55:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE1151 | RUSSIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS ABOUT U.S. MILITARY IN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin asked Ambassador whether the United States was becoming directly involved in security on the Tajik-Afghan border, saying this would be a very sensitive development for Russia. Ambassador outlined our security cooperation with Tajikistan and [...] | 2009-10-16 12:23:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE1156 | TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of General Petraeus, and provides the following overview of recent developments and key issues in Tajikistan. Since your last meeting with President Rahmon on January 17, Rahmon met with Assistant Secretary of State Boucher in April and Assi [...] | 2009-10-19 13:14:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EAID ECON MASS PGOV PHUM TI |
09DUSHANBE1168 | TAJIKISTAN: INL JUSTICE SECTOR PROGRAM SUMMARY [...] Summary: The U.S. Embassy Dushanbe International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) office justice sector program aids in the development of a well-functioning justice system. The INL program supports: --the drafting of a modern criminal procedure code (CPC),adopted 10/14 by Tajikistan' [...] | 2009-10-21 06:05:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE1170 | FOREIGN MINISTRY ZARIFI INDOCTRINATES AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In an October 16 meeting, Foreign Minister Zarifi rattled off a lengthy list of Tajikistan's desires for infrastructure projects, increased trade, a softer human rights report, assistance on trafficking in persons, and help on relations with Uzbekistan. This appears to have been [...] | 2009-10-21 11:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE1191 | GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT RAHMON [...] (C) Summary: In a 75 minute meeting on October 26, President Rahmon pressed General Petraeus to help make Uzbekistan more friendly to Tajikistan, asked for additional bridges and dams, and urged that any post-election government of Afghanistan adequately represent Tajiks. Petraeus assured Rah [...] | 2009-10-29 11:39:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID MASS TI |
09DUSHANBE120 | TAJIKISTAN: INL PLEDGE FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Summary: INL Dushanbe requests INL Washington to pledge $210,000 to the International Organization for Migration to fund an anti-trafficking project. Tajikistan has made progress in bringing its counter-trafficking national legislation in to alignment with international standard. Despite the [...] | 2009-01-29 03:24:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE1206 | HIGHER EDUCATION IN TAJIKISTAN: HIGHER BRIBES, LESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Education is one of the most corrupt sectors of Tajikistan's society. Bribes, rather than aptitude, often govern which students succeed. Prospective students must pay as much as $15,000 in bribes to enter the country's most prestigious universities, while even provincial colle [...] | 2009-11-05 11:12:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SCUL PGOV KCOR TI |
09DUSHANBE121 | Power Situation in Tajikistan Worsens [...] (SBU) Summary. Tajikistan's national electricity carrier announced January 27 that, effective that day, Dushanbe residents would receive only 15 hours of electricity per day. Power rationing is far worse outside of the capital, with some towns receiving as little as one or two hours of electr [...] | 2009-01-29 08:08:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL EPET PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE1211 | THE SUGHD REGION: HOUSE-TO-HOUSE SEARCHES FOR ISLAMISTS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A raid by government security forces on a house in Isfara on November 18 was the latest in a string of violent incidents in Sughd Oblast. Though Tajikistan's second largest city, Khujand, considered by many Tajiks to be the center of Tajikistan's intelligentsia, is in Sughd, [...] | 2009-11-09 13:07:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON TI |
09DUSHANBE1212 | TAJIKISTAN - AMBASSADOR VISITS THE RASHT VALLEY, WHERE FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 3-4 visit to the Rasht valley, an opposition stronghold during the civil war, Ambassador Gross met with local government officials, NGO and international organization representatives, and residents of a village which benefits from USG Food for Peace funding. De [...] | 2009-11-09 13:57:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL PGOV PHUM EAGR KPAO TI |
09DUSHANBE1215 | TAJIKISTAN WARNS IT WILL CUT WATER SUPPLY TO UZBEKISTAN IN [...] (U) This is an Action Request - Please see Paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: With Uzbekistan leaving the Central Asian power system, the Government of Tajikistan is threatening to cut water supplies to Uzbekistan next summer if Uzbekistan does not allow transit of energy from Turkmenistan th [...] | 2009-11-10 12:15:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR UZ TI |
09DUSHANBE124 | TAJIKISTAN: DECEMBER 2008 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS [...] SUMMARY: Tajik law-enforcement authorities continued seizing significant amounts of narcotics in 2008, over six tons and drafted an interdiction and demand reduction plan through 2012. Border skirmishes continued unabated as Tajik border guards intercept armed traffickers from Afghanistan. D [...] | 2009-01-30 03:33:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL TI |
09DUSHANBE125 | TAJIKISTAN'S INTRACTABLE WATER ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan's plans to develop hydro-power projects on rivers that feed transboundary water systems remain at the center of its poor relationship with Uzbekistan. The debate about water use has intensified this winter, as Tajikistan has accused Uzbekistan of blocking energy impor [...] | 2009-01-30 10:12:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV EAGR ENRG PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE1263 | 2009 TAJIKISTAN INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) This is in response to Reftel request. 2. (SBU) The government of Tajikistan prosecuted 22 people for crimes related to TIP in the first half of 2009, according to a report released by the Government of Tajikistan's Inter-Agency Commission on TIP. The Inter-Agency Commission coord [...] | 2009-11-17 04:15:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG TI |
09DUSHANBE130 | TAJIKISTAN: CORRIDOR REP OF NEW MVD MINISTER LOOKS GOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 29, President Rahmon appointed Abdurahim Abdulahadovich Qahhorov from Khudjand as the new Minister of Internal Affairs replacing Mamadnazar Solehov. The appointment of Qahhorov, previously the police commander for Khujand, could be a merit based promotion because he m [...] | 2009-02-02 12:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI |
09DUSHANBE1319 | TAJIK TIP COMMISSION: EVOLVING DESPITE A SOVIET DINOSAUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent meetings on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) highlighted progress the Government of Tajikistan (GOTI) is making in fighting TIP, and the barriers -- mainly organizational and intellectual -- that impede progress. The GOTI's Inter-Ministerial Commission on Combating TIP is de [...] | 2009-11-24 10:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG TI |
09DUSHANBE1321 | LET MY PEOPLE GO! POLITICAL PRISONERS LEFT OUT OF AMNESTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Though the impetus for President Rahmon's November 6 announcement of a 10,000-prisoner amnesty was the dangerous overcrowding of the country's prisons, the amnesty was also the government's latest effort to bolster its populist credentials in advance of winter electricity shortages [...] | 2009-11-25 05:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR TI |
09DUSHANBE1329 | CULTURE CLASH AT ROUNDTABLE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a UN-sponsored roundtable to discuss the endemic problem of violence against women in Tajikistan, representatives of NGOs and the international community forcefully argued for passage of a comprehensive, national law against domestic violence. An American Bar Association (ABA [...] | 2009-11-27 06:17:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG TI |
09DUSHANBE1335 | TAJIKISTAN ELECTION COUNTDOWN - OPPOSITION PARTY SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of February, 2010 Parliamentary elections, Tajik opposition parties are initiating hopeful campaigns despite systemic obstacles and their own disorganization. The Islamic Renaissance Party plans to run an active, national campaign with appeal beyond its religious base [...] | 2009-12-01 04:54:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TI |
09DUSHANBE1348 | RAHMON LAMBASTS UZBEK ENERGY GRID WITHDRAWAL, ASKS FOR DONOR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Rahmon convened a surprise meeting of international donors in Dushanbe on November 20 to discuss the energy situation and request assistance in the face of an economic crisis compounded by Uzbekistan's withdrawal from the regional energy system. He lambasted Uzbekista [...] | 2009-12-03 11:26:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV ENRG TI |
09DUSHANBE1350 | G/TIP VISIT: COMBATTING TIP ON A HALF TANK OF GAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 30 - December 1 visit, G/TIP Tajikistan desk officer Megan Hall and emboffs met government officials and representatives of NGOs and IOs to discuss Tajikistan's progress in addressing trafficking in persons and forced labor during the cotton harvest. Government [...] | 2009-12-03 12:03:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG TI |
09DUSHANBE1362 | G/TIP VISIT: COMBATTING TIP ON A HALF TANK OF GAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 30 - December 1 visit, G/TIP Tajikistan desk officer Megan Hall and emboffs met government officials and representatives of NGOs and IOs to discuss Tajikistan's progress in addressing trafficking in persons and forced labor during the cotton harvest. Government [...] | 2009-12-04 06:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG TI |
09DUSHANBE1364 | MESSY DIVORCE AS UZBEKS PULL OUT OF ENERGY RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: As of December 1, Uzbekistan has withdrawn from the unitary Central Asian power grid, precipitating an acrimonious war of words with Tajikistan. Dushanbe responded by promising to hold back as much water as possible from rivers feeding downstream Uzbekistan, saying it needed th [...] | 2009-12-04 11:37:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL ECON PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE1365 | NEW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE SIGNED INTO LAW DECEMBER 3, [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 3, 2009, the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, signed into law a new criminal procedure code (CPC) that will go into effect on April 1, 2010. It enhances the power of the judiciary and introduces adversarial procedures to Tajik justice system. INL assistanc [...] | 2009-12-04 12:16:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI |
09DUSHANBE1394 | TAJIKISTAN: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) Other than geographically limited and small-scale hashish cultivation, Tajikistan is not a producer of illicit narcotics. It is a major transit country. Significant amounts of opium/heroin are trafficked north from the 1344-km Tajik-Afghan border along the established land-based routes and [...] | 2009-12-09 11:03:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI |
09DUSHANBE1433 | STATE COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY DEFENDS CIVILIZATION [...] (C) Summary: In a 75 minute meeting on December 11, State Committee for National Security (GKNB) Deputy Chairman for Counterterrorism General Abdullo Sadulloevich Nazarov described the terrorist threats facing Tajikistan, argued that authoritarian measures were necessary to defend civilization agai [...] | 2009-12-16 11:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER TI |
09DUSHANBE1434 | TAJIKISTAN'S NORTH GETS BIGGER SLICE OF SMALL PIE [...] (SBU) Summary: Separated from the rest of Tajikistan by a formidable mountain range, and surrounded on three sides by an unfriendly Uzbekistan, Sughd faces a particular set of difficulties. Chief among these is finding enough energy for its agricultural, residential, and industrial needs. Th [...] | 2009-12-16 18:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ENRG PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE1435 | TAJIKISTAN - MOST MINORITY RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES COMPLETE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Tajik Ministry of Culture says it will succeed in re-registering most of the country's 84 non-Islamic churches and 300 large Friday prayer mosques before a January 1, 2010 deadline imposed by the April 2009 Law on Religion. However, government officials admit that they will n [...] | 2009-12-17 10:00:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE1443 | GIVE ME YOUR LUNCH MONEY - TAJIK GOVERNMENT USES THE HARD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tajik government has launched an expansive campaign to browbeat the public into buying shares in the long-delayed Roghun hydro-electric project, which it considers to be a "life or death" initiative to achieve energy security. The President summoned the Tajik press corps to [...] | 2009-12-21 12:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV EINV TI |
09DUSHANBE1445 | TAJIKISTAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Following is the submission from U.S. Embassy Dushanbe for Tajikistan's Country Report on Terrorism: 2. (U) Tajikistan's security forces confronted and neutralized members of extremist groups in Tavildara district in spring and summer 2009. Government forces killed several suspecte [...] | 2009-12-21 12:43:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC TI |
09DUSHANBE1454 | DRUG CONTROL AGENCY BENCHMARK REVIEW, JULY - DECEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 17, INL Dushanbe and DEA Dushanbe participated in an International Working Group (IWG) meeting at the Drug Control Agency (DCA). General Nazarov is exposing his executive staff to donors and DEA, a change in behavior. While donors made up a 23,000 USD shortfall in [...] | 2009-12-24 05:51:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE1455 | AMBASSADOR VISITS KHUJAND: CONFLICTING VIEWS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 16-18 visit to Khujand, the capital of the Sughd region in northern Tajikistan, Ambassador met with local government officials, OSCE representatives, and several NGOs. Topics covered a range of issues but focused on the economy, energy, upcoming elections, agr [...] | 2009-12-24 05:52:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD PTER TI |
09DUSHANBE1456 | NEW TAJIK BUDGET PRIORITIZES ENERGY [...] (U) Summary: President Rahmon signed the 2010 "anti-crisis" budget on November 14, three days after it was approved by the Parliament and a month earlier than previous practice. Despite the financial crisis, the new budget is Tajikistan's biggest ever, totaling over 6.5 billion somoni (about [...] | 2009-12-24 05:52:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE1458 | TAJIK ELECTIONS: IRPT CONGRESS; CRONY ELECTION COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Rahmon set February 28 as the date for national Parliamentary polls and appointed mostly pro-government loyalists to the national commission overseeing the election. The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) held its congress and nominated a party list of pa [...] | 2009-12-24 05:55:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE147 | TAJIKISTAN GOVERNMENT SHUFFLE - STRIKE A BLOW FOR [...] (C) Summary: In the annual Tajik government reshuffle, President Rahmon replaced the heads of major state enterprises and a variety of district heads and deputy ministers. Like last year's reshuffle, government changes were mainly at the district and deputy minister level. The only cabinet l [...] | 2009-02-06 07:10:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE156 | TAJIKISTAN: JUSTICE SECTOR REFORM PROGRAM GRANT AWARD [...] Summary: Post requests INL Washington approve and sign a grant for $33,435 to the NGO Child Rights Center to implement a portion of the mission's overall justice reform program. The International Narcotics and Law office Dushanbe solicited proposals for grants to reform the Justice Sector. Th [...] | 2009-02-10 03:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE157 | ENERGY SITUATION WORSENS IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Sanat Rahimov, the new chair of the national electricity company Barqi Tojik, dismissed as ridiculous the notion that Tajikistan either could or should hold back water in the spring to replenish its hydroelectric reservoirs. He said Tajikistan must "live within its energy means" a [...] | 2009-02-10 10:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV ECON PREL UZ TI |
09DUSHANBE184 | HUMAN RIGHTS SECTOR MEETING COVERS A BLEAK WATERFRONT [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussions among international organizations and NGOs at the monthly OSCE-hosted Human Rights Sector Meeting on February 11 in Dushanbe revealed little movement on human rights issues. None of the organizations has been able to substantially engage the Government of Tajikistan [...] | 2009-02-13 12:51:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ECON TI |
09DUSHANBE2 | PARLIAMENTARIAN VOICES DOUBTS ABOUT TAJIKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On 20 December, Yusufjon Akhmedov, a deputy in the lower house of Parliament, candidly discussed with Poloff a number of issues, including the extent to which President Rahmon personally benefitted from the Tajik Aluminum Company (Talco). Akhmedov speculated about a possible decl [...] | 2009-01-02 09:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE201 | JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES LOSE AGAIN, BUT PRESS ON [...] (SBU) On February 12, Tajikistan's Supreme Military Court denied the Jehovah's Witnesses' appeal of the government's ban on their activities (reftel). The following day, the Ambassador met with Greg Olds and Mario Moreno, the group's U.S. lawyers who had flown in for the hearing. 2. (S [...] | 2009-02-18 11:24:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF TI |
09DUSHANBE21 | Power Politics: Uzbeks Hold up Critical Winter Energy [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan concluded an agreement to buy a critical 1.2 billion Kilowatt-hours (KWh) of electricity from Turkmenistan from November 2008 through April 2009. Although Uzbekistan agreed to transmit the first 400 million KWh through its grid in November and December, it has so far [...] | 2009-01-08 03:23:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EAID PGOV PREL TI |
09DUSHANBE230 | GOVERNMENT WORKS TO CRUSH FEW BRIGHT SPOTS IN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: The poorest of the former Soviet republics, Tajikistan's development indicators wallow near the bottom of international rankings. Its agriculture is antediluvian; its infrastructure is inadequate; its heavy industry is heavily subsidized. There are nevertheless a few precious s [...] | 2009-02-25 15:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS PGOV ELTN TI |
09DUSHANBE231 | USTRANSCOM MEETINGS WITH TAJIK OFFICIALS ON NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: Following up on General Petraeus's Northern Distribution Network (NDN) discussions with President Rahmon in January (Ref A),Rear Admiral Mark Harnitchek, USTRANSCOM Director of Strategy, Policy, and Logistics, met with Tajikistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Hamrohon Zarifi, Min [...] | 2009-02-26 06:56:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | MAS MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL AF TI |
09DUSHANBE241 | TAJIKISTAN'S ECONOMY IN DIRE CONDITION, INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are predicting a very difficult year ahead for Tajikistan as a result of the global financial crisis. Economists at both institutions say the situation is far worse than they had [...] | 2009-02-27 13:00:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV ELAB TI |
09DUSHANBE242 | AN INSIDE LOOK AT TAJIK LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Interior's investigation of an embassy employee's alleged involvement in a visa scam gave EmbOffs an inside look at how Tajik law enforcement officers conduct criminal investigations. The embassy employee was ultimately cleared of criminal liability, but the invest [...] | 2009-03-02 12:09:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC TI |
09DUSHANBE290 | TO WHOM DO TAJIKS LISTEN? MEETING THE IMAMS [...] (C) Summary: As the Government of Tajikistan's credibility deteriorates and economic conditions worsen, Tajikistan's independent imams are becoming increasingly popular. These imams are attracting thousands of worshippers during Friday prayers, expanding their mosques, and enjoying a degree of [...] | 2009-03-04 12:23:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL TI |
09DUSHANBE302 | TAJIKISTAN FINALLY TO TRAIN AFGHAN BORDER GUARDS [...] Summary: After months of deliberation and several public and private pronouncements by President Rahmon, General Gafarov, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for National Security, told INL, EXBS and OSCE officers on March 2 that Tajikistan was prepared to go forward with joint training of Afgha [...] | 2009-03-10 13:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PGOV AF TI |
09DUSHANBE334 | TAJIKISTAN FACING DIRE FOOD INSECURITY [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The food situation in Tajikistan remains precarious. The challenges the country has faced over the past year read like the Old Testament: after the worst winter in recent history, during which families fa [...] | 2009-03-18 12:51:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM ECON PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE341 | TAJIKISTAN - SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary: Post recommends that Tajikistan remain on the Special 301 Watch List in 2009. While Tajikistan has made slight progress in improving IPR legislation, it has far to go in devoting resources and political will to stopping the widespread importation and selling of pirated goods in the c [...] | 2009-03-19 10:55:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ETTC ECON ETRD PGOV EAID TI |
09DUSHANBE346 | THREE FACES OF TAJIKISTAN'S SUNNI LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs have reached out to more of Tajikistan's imams to get their impressions of religious life in Tajikistan and perceptions of the United States. The dissatisfaction voiced by Tajikistan's increasingly popular independent imams, as described in reftel, appears to be shared by [...] | 2009-03-19 11:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL TI |
09DUSHANBE347 | TAJIKISTAN'S NEW LAW ON RELIGION - USHERING IN A NEW ROUND [...] (C) Summary: Parliament has passed a new Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations (Religion Law),and President Rahmon is poised to sign the bill into law. The law is full of internal contradictions, and codifies numerous restrictions that government officials have been preempti [...] | 2009-03-19 13:14:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL TI |
09DUSHANBE357 | EMBASSY DUSHANBE REACHES OUT TO RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: EmbOffs and William Trigg, USAID's Regional Society and State Advisor based in Bishkek, travelled to the Ferghana Valley in Northern Tajikistan to conduct outreach events with young people and members of the religious community. EmbOffs met students at a madrassa and worshippers [...] | 2009-03-25 08:07:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL TI |
09DUSHANBE401 | THREE FACES OF TAJIKISTAN'S SUNNI LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs have reached out to more of Tajikistan's imams to get their impressions of religious life in Tajikistan and perceptions of the United States. The dissatisfaction voiced by Tajikistan's increasingly popular independent imams, as described in reftel, appears to be shared by [...] | 2009-03-30 13:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL TI |
09DUSHANBE406 | IF I WERE A RICH MAN - HASSAN ASADULLOZODA DONATES A [...] (SBU) Summary: The local and international press have reported that presidential brother in law - and purported mensch - Hassan Asadullozoda donated a building to Tajikistan's Jewish Community for use as a synagogue. The reports have painted the donation as an attempt to atone for destroying t [...] | 2009-04-01 12:05:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF TI |
09DUSHANBE416 | GOVERNMENT SMOTHERS COVERAGE OF RELIGION LAW [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Tajikistan continues to use smoke and mirrors in discussing its religious policy. Government officials deflected criticism of the new religion law (reftel A) at a March 30 press round table without providing any substantive basis for their comments. The governmen [...] | 2009-04-06 11:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KISL TI |
09DUSHANBE423 | IS TAJIKISTAN'S ISLAMIC PARTY AT A CROSSROADS? [...] (C) Summary: Tajikistan's new religion law puts Tajikistan's Islamic Revival Party in a difficult position. The party's inability to influence either the legislative process or the government's religious policy, calls into question its reason for being. The party's silence on major issues cha [...] | 2009-04-08 13:37:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TI |
09DUSHANBE429 | TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S APRIL 20-21 VISIT [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of A/S Boucher. Following is an overview of the key issues we face in Tajikistan. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ------------------- 2. (C) Tajikistan has been hit hard by the global recession. Remittances, which in 2008 were equivalent [...] | 2009-04-10 05:19:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
09DUSHANBE45 | TAJIKISTAN - SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 17 VISIT OF [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of General Petraeus. Following are an overview of the situation and key issues we face in Tajikistan. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (C) The poorest former Soviet republic, Tajikistan borders Afghanistan (1200 kilometers),China, Uzbekistan and [...] | 2009-01-09 09:33:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
09DUSHANBE46 | Financial Crisis Could Make Bad Situation Worse [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to ref A, seeking information on the effects of the world financial crisis. The crisis is likely to affect Tajikistan via three routes: falling prices for its two largest exports, cotton and aluminum; declining remittances from Tajik migrant workers in Russia [...] | 2009-01-09 11:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON ETRD PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE474 | TAJIKISTAN: UPDATE ON POWER PROJECTS [...] (U) Summary: The power situation in Tajikistan has eased since the winter crunch. Water levels at the Nurek hydropower station remain low, although this spring's abundant rains may help. The fourth and final generator of Russian-built Sangtuda-1 is expected to go online in mid-May. Iranian-b [...] | 2009-04-15 10:26:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE475 | TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR DAUSTR CLAUDIO LILIENFELD'S APRIL [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative Claudio Lilienfeld. Following is an overview of key economic and trade issues in Tajikistan. Overview -------- 2. (SBU) The poorest former Soviet republic, Tajikistan is critically [...] | 2009-04-15 10:30:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE489 | BOUCHER FINDS COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTAN, BUT REFORM ON THE [...] (C) Summary: In meetings in Dushanbe on April 20, 2009 South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher emphasized several key issues with Tajik President Rahmon and Foreign Minister Zarifi: -- the need for increased cooperation and engagement on Afghanistan; -- the need [...] | 2009-04-24 12:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
09DUSHANBE508 | ZARIFI BLOWS A GASKET OVER AUDIT OF NATIONAL BANK AND U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Helwig met with Foreign Minister Zarifi on April 24, to discuss elections, trafficking in persons, freedom of religion, economic reform, Afghanistan, and the work of the OSCE in the region. Zarifi made comments virtually identical to those he made to A/S Boucher on these [...] | 2009-04-24 14:53:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
09DUSHANBE509 | OPPOSITION PARTY LEADERS TELL BOUCHER THERE IS LITTLE HOPE [...] (C) Summary: Three leaders of opposition political parties told South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Boucher they had little hope for the development of democratic government in Tajikistan, then tried to blame this on lack of support from the United States Government. They offered no pl [...] | 2009-04-27 12:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
09DUSHANBE52 | TAJIKISTAN: INL PROJECTS DECEMBER 2008 STATUS UPDATE [...] Summary: INL Dushanbe border security, policing, anti-crime programs, and justice sector reform projects update for December, 2008. INL Dushanbe provides the following status report on ongoing projects under Assistance Letters of Agreement 5,6,7,8. End summary. Border Security 2. INL [...] | 2009-01-13 07:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI |
09DUSHANBE530 | TAJIKISTAN: FEBRUARY - APRIL 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghan drug traffickers killed two Drug Control Agency officers and wounded three Border Guards at the Tajik-Afghan border in Khatlon's Shurabad district. Border Guards killed six Afghan drug traffickers in Shurabad district. The Drug Control Agency reported early 2009 seizure [...] | 2009-05-06 11:14:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS PINR TI |
09DUSHANBE570 | AUDIT OF TAJIK NATIONAL BANK REVEALS MAJOR FRAUD; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The recently-released executive summary of an audit of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) documents fraudulent and other questionable activities. The Bank's chairman personally approved hundreds of millions of dollars in loans and guarantees to entities in which he had a perso [...] | 2009-05-12 12:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR EAID EINV PREL PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE575 | TAJIKISTAN'S NEW SYNAGOGUE: BUSINESS, CENTRAL ASIA STYLE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 11:16:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF KPAO SCUL ASEC TI |
09DUSHANBE6 | PARLIAMENTARIAN VOICES DOUBTS ABOUT TAJIKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On 20 December, Yusufjon Akhmedov, a deputy in the lower house of Parliament, candidly discussed with Poloff a number of issues, including the extent to which President Rahmon personally benefitted from the Tajik Aluminum Company (Talco). Akhmedov speculated about a possible decl [...] | 2009-01-05 07:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE618 | GOVERNMENT TRIES TO TACKLE FINANCIAL CRISIS, BUT SHADOW OF [...] (C) Summary. Last week the Tajik government convened a donor meeting to discuss the effects of and potential responses to the world economic crisis. Little of the information was new. Tajik officials described the difficulties the country is facing -- falling remittances, sharply lower expo [...] | 2009-05-22 12:21:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR EAID EINV PREL PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE64 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- TAJIKISTAN [...] Tajikistan presents selected opportunities for savvy investors who are willing to put significant research and effort into market development. Tajikistan, which lags behind most of its neighbors economically, remains not only the poorest of the former Soviet republics but one of the poorest co [...] | 2009-01-16 08:12:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR TI |
09DUSHANBE653 | TAJIKISTAN ARRESTS MUSLIM MISSIONARIES: ARE THEY [...] (C) Summary: In April and May 2009, Tajik law enforcement officials arrested members of the Jamoat-i-Tabligh, a Sunni missionary group. Most of those arrested have been released, but an unknown number remain in custody, and it is unclear when or if criminal proceedings will be initiated agains [...] | 2009-05-29 04:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC TI |
09DUSHANBE7 | PARLIAMENTARIAN VOICES DOUBTS ABOUT TAJIKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On 20 December, Yusufjon Akhmedov, a deputy in the lower house of Parliament, candidly discussed with Poloff a number of issues, including the extent to which President Rahmon personally benefitted from the Tajik Aluminum Company (Talco). Akhmedov speculated about a possible decl [...] | 2009-01-05 07:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE703 | MORE INDICATIONS THAT TAJIKISTAN'S ISLAMIC PARTY IS AT A [...] (C) Summary: Mahmadali Hait and Vohidkhoni Qosiddin, Deputy Chairmen of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT),maintain that their party ranks continue to grow because of the government's unpopularity, but there are still questions about their ability to lead an effective opposition pa [...] | 2009-06-05 12:08:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TI |
09DUSHANBE704 | RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS OFFICIALS IN TAJIKISTAN: WHO'S RUNNING THE [...] (C) Summary: Catherine Cosman, Senior Analyst at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF),met with Tajik officials June 1-4 to discuss the country's religious policy. USCIRF has placed Tajikistan on a list of countries of concern because of government restrictions on re [...] | 2009-06-05 12:14:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL TI |
09DUSHANBE712 | ENERGY SAVING LIGHT BULBS, NOT SUCH A BRIGHT IDEA [...] (SBU) Summary. In April President Rahmon signed a decree obligating all residential and commercial entities in Tajikistan to begin switching to energy-saving lightbulbs by May 1. The President said the change from incandescent lighting would save millions of kilowatt-hours of electricity annu [...] | 2009-06-08 08:57:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV ECON ETRD TI |
09DUSHANBE723 | JUSTICE SECTOR REFORM GRANT RECIPIENTS [...] Summary: Via recently launched Justice Sector Reform program, INL Dushanbe Issued eight grants totaling $300,000 to Tajik non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to carry out programs in court monitoring, legal aid to indigents, legal education, legal representation of minors, and third party arb [...] | 2009-06-09 04:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE725 | UNIVERSITY HIJAB BAN: STUDENTS SPEAK OUT, OFFER VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Administrators at the National University of Tajikistan in Dushanbe recently expelled several students for failing to comply with a ban on wearing the hijab in class. On May 28, EmbOffs spoke to four students -- two men and two women -- who criticized the government's heavy-ha [...] | 2009-06-10 12:14:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL TI |
09DUSHANBE741 | TAJIKISTANI GOVERNMENT INFORMED REGARDING UPCOMING [...] (C) On June 1, Poloff delivered points in reftel, concerning negotiations with Moscow about potential transport of materiel via Russia to Afghanistan, to Khusrav Nosiri, head of the Department of European and American affairs at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nosiri clearly appreciated [...] | 2009-06-16 12:33:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV EFIN TI |
09DUSHANBE743 | TAJIKISTAN - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) DEMARCHE [...] Emboffs delivered reftel demarche and Tajikistan TIP narrative to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Europe and North America Khusrav Nosiri on June 16. Emboffs outlined a possible anti-TIP action plan for GOTI consideration, and discussed Tajik participation in a Digital Video Conferenc [...] | 2009-06-17 03:45:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP TI |
09DUSHANBE774 | TAJIKISTAN FACES ONGOING FOOD INSECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan continues to face serious food insecurity. According to the World Food Program (WFP),1.4 million of Tajikistan's 7 million inhabitants are food insecure, half of them chronically so. The global financial crisis has exacerbated the situation, as have rising food pric [...] | 2009-06-23 11:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM ECON PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE782 | TAJIKISTAN: MAY 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jacobson and Tajik Minister of Foreign Affairs Hamrokhon Zarifi signed Amendment 9 to the INL Letter of Agreement which provides almost $9.5 in additional counter-narcotics, law enforcement, and justice sector assistance to Tajikistan, and a Memorandum of Understandi [...] | 2009-06-24 04:29:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI |
09DUSHANBE785 | TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLAKE'S JULY VISIT [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of A/S Blake. Following is an overview of the key issues in Tajikistan and some talking points for your meetings with senior government officials. Overview 2. (C) Tajikistan has the potential to be a stabilizing influence and a [...] | 2009-06-25 10:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET//NOFORN | EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
09DUSHANBE786 | WHO KILLED FORMER TAJIK INTERIOR MINISTER SOLEHOV? [...] (SBU) Summary: Competing explanations have emerged regarding last week's death of former Tajik Minister of Internal Affairs Mahmadnazar Solehov. Initial reports indicated that Solehov, for whom an arrest warrant was issued the day before his death, killed himself to avoid arrest. The governme [...] | 2009-06-25 12:43:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PGOV SOCI KCRM TI |
09DUSHANBE792 | HEAVY RAIN AND MUDFLOWS THREATEN RURAL LIVELIHOODS, TAJIK [...] (U) SUMMARY: Heavy rainfall in recent months has left several communities in Tajikistan under water or mud. Districts in Khatlon province south of Dushanbe have been hardest hit. The situation will have several short-term effects on health and local hygiene. Damage to crops and livestock pos [...] | 2009-06-30 09:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SENV SOCI TI |
09DUSHANBE828 | TAJIKISTAN - OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION MEETING [...] (SBU) Tajikistan scores poorly across the board on implementation of human dimension commitments. In response to reftel, post suggests highlighting the following issues in a demarche on OSCE human dimension implementation: -- Law on Religion: Tajikistan's recently enacted "law on freedo [...] | 2009-07-09 10:01:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE840 | TAJIKISTAN - A/S BLAKE'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In Dushanbe on July 6, 2009 South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Robert Blake gave an overview to President Rahmon and Foreign Minister Zarifi of the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, emphasizing the importance of Tajikistan in this effort. He proposed the Unite [...] | 2009-07-13 12:28:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
09DUSHANBE845 | TAJIKISTAN - FORMER UTO COMMANDER ZIYOEV KILLED [...] (C) Summary: On July 11 former United Tajik Opposition (UTO) commander and Minister of Emergency Situations Mirzo Ziyoev was killed in mysterious circumstances in Tavildara district. He was with the armed group led by Ne'mat Azizov and Mullo Abdullo in the week preceding his death. There are [...] | 2009-07-14 12:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PTER KCRM KISL TI |
09DUSHANBE846 | AGRICULTURAL REFORMS IN TAJIKISTAN: MORE MANURE? [...] (SBU) Summary: At the end of May President Rahmon signed a decree calling for writing off over half a billion dollars in debt owed by cotton farmers to agricultural investors and, ultimately, the National Bank of Tajikistan. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) required the passage of a debt [...] | 2009-07-15 11:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PGOV EFIN TI |
09DUSHANBE865 | TAJIKISTAN: LINKS BETWEEN FOOD INSECURITY AND POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan faces serious ongoing food insecurity, and the situation may worsen as the year progresses. While the link between poverty and political instability is not simple, experts here agree that a decline in the availability of food in Tajikistan will contribute to political [...] | 2009-07-20 12:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM EAGR ECON PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE866 | TAJIKISTAN ASKS FOR ANOTHER BORDER ACADEMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The First Deputy of the State Committee for National Security requested U.S. assistance to construct a new Border Guard Academy on the grounds of a soon-to-be-handed-over Russian military base near Dushanbe. End summary. 2. (SBU) First Deputy of the State Committee for [...] | 2009-07-21 12:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM EAID PINR MASS TI |
09DUSHANBE900 | TAJIKISTAN: JUNE 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajik border guard wounded and Afghan drug trafficker killed in a skirmish on the border in the southern Khatlon province. Counter Narcotics Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs seized 101 kilos of heroin in Sugd. Traffic Police Officers seized 50 kilos of heroin in a [...] | 2009-07-27 10:18:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI |
09DUSHANBE95 | TAJIKISTAN BANS THE SALAFIS - WHO'S NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: The Tajik Supreme Court pronouncement outlawing the Salafis is the latest step in the government's attempts to reduce the influence of religion in Tajik politics. The measure may reduce the influence of the group, primarily because ) unlike other government restrictions ) traditi [...] | 2009-01-23 08:44:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE955 | TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 14-16 VISIT OF GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-07 10:54:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EAID ECON MASS PGOV PHUM TI |
09DUSHANBE957 | PROMINENT FORMER OPPOSITION LEADER TURAJONZODA SHARES VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: On July 30, Embassy PolOffs and two DRL representatives met with Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda, a charismatic religious leader who was among the top leaders of the United Tajik Opposition during Tajikistan's civil war. Despite his continued harsh criticism of President Rahmon, Turajonzod [...] | 2009-08-07 12:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL TI |
09DUSHANBE969 | TAJIKISTAN -- IMF SEES PROGRESS BUT STILL NOT SURE GLASS IS [...] (C) Summary: After initial assurances that the financial crisis would not affect Tajikistan, government officials now frequently cite dropping remittances, exports, and imports as serious signs of the crisis here. International Monetary Fund Resident Representative Luc Moers said the situation [...] | 2009-08-13 12:19:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV TI |
09DUSHANBE971 | TAJIKISTAN: JULY 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A clash between government forces and an unknown armed group took place in Nurobod. Results of the first phase of the Poppy 2009 anti-drug operation are summarized. Drug control officers seize a large amount of hashish in the Gorno-Badakhshan region. Two Tajiks suspected of sup [...] | 2009-08-17 11:02:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI |
09DUSHANBE990 | TAJIKISTAN - MANAGING AFGHANISTAN'S NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Summary: Tajikistan's leadership wants stability in Afghanistan, and sees President Karzai as the country's best bet to continue toward that goal. The Tajik government insists it takes no sides in the election, and is not interested in meddling in the ethnic power balance in Afghanistan. [...] | 2009-08-20 12:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF TI |
09DUSSELDORF10 | IJU/"SAUERLAND CELL" TERRORISM TRIAL OPENS IN DUESSELDORF [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of the "Sauerland Cell" charged with membership in the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) and planning terrorist attacks in Germany against American and other targets began on April 22 amidst strict security and enormous media attention at the High Security Court in Duesseldorf [...] | 2009-04-22 17:46:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL PGOV KCRM KZ PK UZ GM |
09DUSSELDORF16 | TRIAL OF GERMAN PKK LEADER HUESEYIN ACAR BEING [...] (U) The trial of alleged Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) Germany leader Hueseyin Acar (aka Hueseyin Colak),began on April 27 in Duesseldorf, the latest in a series of high profile terrorism cases at the city's Higher Regional Court. German authorities have charged Acar (49) with leading an inte [...] | 2009-04-27 16:14:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL PGOV KCRM TU GM |
09DUSSELDORF17 | CORRECTED COPY: TRIAL OF GERMAN PKK LEADER HUESEYIN ACAR [...] (U) The trial of alleged Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) Germany leader Hueseyin Acar (aka Hueseyin Colak),began on April 27 in Duesseldorf, the latest in a series of high profile terrorism cases at the city's Higher Regional Court. German authorities have charged Acar (49) with leading an inte [...] | 2009-04-27 16:34:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL PGOV KCRM TU GM |
09DUSSELDORF19 | LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN GERMAN MUSLIM COUNCIL; LITTLE PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Concluding his six-month rotating leadership of Germany's Muslim Coordination Council (KRM),spokesman Erol Puerlue called for patience in judging its work. He said it was a challenge to deliver tangible results, partly because of differences within the KRM but also because the [...] | 2009-05-08 15:19:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL GM |
09DUSSELDORF27 | FORMER PKK LEADER IN GERMANY SENTENCED TO PRISON TERM [...] (U) Former Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) leader for Germany, Hueseyin Acar (aka Hueseyin Colak),was sentenced on July 31 to three years and nine months in prison on charges of leadership of a criminal organization and coercion by the Higher Regional Court in Duesseldorf. The coercion cha [...] | 2009-08-03 16:21:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL PGOV KCRM TU GM |
09DUSSELDORF29 | NEW EDITION OF ANTI-EXTREMISM COMIC BOOK "ANDI 3" EXPECTED [...] (U) Continuing their series of comic books designed to combat extremism amongst German youth in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW),the state's Office for the Protection of the Constitution (OPC) is expecting to release a third volume of the Andi series, Andi 3 (see reftel),by the end of the [...] | 2009-08-07 14:45:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL PTER KPAO GM |
09DUSSELDORF30 | U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL IN GERMANY WERE PRIME TARGETS, IJU [...] (U) Summary: The leader of the "Islamic Jihad Union" (IJU) Sauerland cell, Fritz Gelowicz (29),made a full confession in the ongoing terrorist trial at the Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court (reftels) on August 10, confirming that U.S. military personnel in Germany were the primary target for [...] | 2009-08-12 15:44:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL KISL KCRM PK UZ GM |
09DUSSELDORF32 | RIGHT-WING PARTIES IN NRW ELECTIONS FULL OF SOUND AND FURY [...] (U) Summary: While right-wing extremist parties are likely to make gains in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state-wide municipal elections at the end of August, their electoral success will actually be meager in the grand scheme of things. Despite historic difficulty in the region, extreme right [...] | 2009-08-19 16:04:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL CASC ASEC GM |
09DUSSELDORF35 | ATTACK ON RAMSTEIN AFB PLANNED FOR ITS SYMBOLIC VALUE, [...] (U) Daniel Schneider, one of the defendants in the ongoing terrorist trial of the "Islamic Jihad Union" (IJU) Sauerland cell (reftel),testified before the Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court on September 15 that the group considered attacking the U.S. Air Force Base in Ramstein for its symbolic [...] | 2009-09-21 07:57:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL KISL KCRM PK UZ GM |
09DUSSELDORF36 | CANDIDATES STUMP HEAVILY IN GERMANY'S MOST POPULOUS STATE [...] (U) During the last week of the Bundestag election campaign, the leaders of all major parties campaigned heavily in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW),Germany's most populous state with almost 22 percent of the German electorate. With 13.5 million eligible voters, the state has often played a deci [...] | 2009-09-25 09:57:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
09DUSSELDORF39 | SPD RECEDES DRAMATICALLY IN TRADITIONAL STRONGHOLD: NORTH [...] (U) Summary: Until now, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and its industrial Ruhr region were Germany's Social Democratic heartland. No longer. The CDU is now the strongest party in NRW. The Bundestag election returns in Germany's most populous state of NRW, with few exceptions, reflected the na [...] | 2009-10-02 15:18:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
09DUSSELDORF44 | WHAT IS STIRRING NRW M-P RUETTGERS ON HIS ROAD TO ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: During an October 28 introductory call by the Consul General, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Minister-President Juergen Ruettgers, newly returned from hosting federal coalition negotiations at the NRW representation in Berlin, took stock of national topics and the state of major pol [...] | 2009-11-03 10:15:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB SENV PL GM |
09DUSSELDORF46 | COLOGNE MOSQUE/CULTURAL CENTER CORNERSTONE LAYING - A [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 7, the cornerstone for the Turkish Islamic Union's (DITIB) Cologne mosque and cultural center was laid in the presence of 2,000 guests, including senior representatives from the German and Turkish governments, and representatives of major religious communities Afte [...] | 2009-11-16 14:23:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL PHUM TU GM |
09DUSSELDORF47 | NRW STATE MINISTER EXPLAINS GERMANY'S INTEGRATION CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia's (NRW) Minister for Generations, Women, Families and Integration Armin Laschet told the Ambassador and Dusseldorf CG November 18 that Germany has a multi-faceted integration problem that must be immediately addressed. The Minister noted Germany's long-t [...] | 2009-11-24 11:30:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL |
09DUSSELDORF48 | GERMAN POLITICAL ICON COUNT OTTO LAMBSDORFF PASSES AWAY [...] (U) Summary: Germany's political establishment remains in shock after Count Otto Lambsdorff -- a strong force in transatlantic relations and one of the country's most prolific politicians in the post-World War Two era -- passed away on December 5. Lambsdorff served as the Free Democratic Par [...] | 2009-12-07 17:38:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
09DUSSELDORF50 | RUETTGERS LOOKING TO THE EAST AFTER SUCCESSFUL CHINA TRIP [...] (U) Summary: A recent visit to China by North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Minister-President Juergen Ruettgers (CDU),the first by a NRW Minister-President since 1988, focused on trade, economics, science and cultural matters, but political issues, such as the role of the Dalai Lama, were also rai [...] | 2009-12-22 09:54:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV ECON EINV ETRD CH GM |
09DUSSELDORF51 | NRW'S SPD LEADER SEES DAYLIGHT AT END OF LANDTAG OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia's (NRW) opposition leader and SPD national vice chair Hannelore Kraft sees the May 2010 NRW Landtag election as wide open; the current black/yellow government does not have a lock on the state. She believes she was named national vice chair for a reaso [...] | 2009-12-22 21:08:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON GM |
09ECTION03OF05MANILA924 | CANDIDATES BEGIN JOKEYING FOR 2010 PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-29 08:59:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR RP PGOV |
09EFTOLONDON2187 | DELIVERY OF AGENDA FOR P-3 MEETING ON NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 13:22:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA UK |
09EFTOLONDON2905 | UK RESPONSE: U.S. NON-PAPER ON DISSUADING ABUSE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 11:56:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM AORC ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL UNGA CDG |
09EFTORIYADH1110 | SAUDI ARABIA: ASSISTANT INTERIOR MINISTER SURVIVES [...] (U) Prince Mohammed bin Naif (MbN),Assistant Interior Minister for Security Affairs, escaped an assassination attempt on August 27 when a suicide bomber detonated himself at the Prince's palace in Jeddah. MbN was treated for minor injuries and then released. There were no other casualties. [...] | 2009-08-28 08:29:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC PTER SA |
09EFTOSANAA433 | REFUGEE FLOWS INTO YEMEN STRAIN AN ALREADY BURDENED SYSTEM [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: Pressing on an already overburdened system, the number of refugees in Yemen continued to increase in 2008. The ROYG is beginning to feel the increasing pressure from the existing population of refugees, along with these new arrivals, as evidenced by a draft law to end the poli [...] | 2009-03-10 12:05:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM |
09EFTOTRIPOLI704 | LIBYAN PROTOCOL CHIEF CONFIRMS QADHAFI WILL NOT STAY IN [...] (SBU/NF) In an August 29 meeting, Libyan Protocol Chief Nuri al-Mismari confirmed that plans for Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi to stay in Englewood, NJ are off. Instead, the GOL is focusing on finding accommodations for Qadhafi in Manhattan. According to Mismari, the most likely outcome is [...] | 2009-08-30 15:56:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAIR OVIP UNGA LY |
09FLORENCE11 | SAN MARINO PARLIAMENT ELECTS NEW HEADS OF STATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 15:40:00 | Consulate Florence | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR SM |
09FLORENCE22 | SAN MARINO: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] (SBU) The following are post's answers to the questionnaire in Reftel for the Republic of San Marino. . 2. (SBU) Section A: Immigration Data Bases and Traveler Information Collection - - - - - - - - - - -- What computerized immigration databases are used to track entries a [...] | 2009-06-03 14:15:00 | Consulate Florence | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC SM |
09FRANKFURT1576 | CONGRESSIONAL STAFF DELEGATION OBSERVES GERMAN ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: A staff delegation from the House Committee on Administration visited Elections Offices in Frankfurt and Wiesbaden with ConOff to explore German procedures for registering voters and conducting elections on a citywide and national scale. Substantially all eligible German voters are [...] | 2009-06-15 14:20:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GE EU |
09FRANKFURT1583 | COMMUNAL ELECTIONS IN SW GERMANY BRING INSIGHT INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: Communal elections in three southwestern German states on June 7 generally mirrored the European election results (reftel),with voters drawn away from the larger CDU and SPD to the smaller parties -- the FDP, Greens, and the Left Party. Bucking the SPD's national slide, , the [...] | 2009-06-16 07:29:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT167 | Hesse Election: CDU Stays on with FDP's Help, SPD in [...] Summary: The CDU gained only a marginal victory out of the SPD's disastrous loss in the Hesse election as swing voters gravitated toward smaller parties. CDU Minister President Roland Koch will stay on, but must now share power with the FDP. The CDU-FDP government will also end the Grand Coa [...] | 2009-01-20 11:15:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT1931 | KURT BECK BRINGS SPD TROUBLES FROM HIS HOME STATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-27 08:32:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
09FRANKFURT2257 | The Politics of Porsche Buyout Could Hurt Merkel's [...] SUMMARY: The takeover of one of Baden-Wuerttemberg's (B-W)archetypal firms, luxury sports car manufacturer Porsche, by Lower-Saxony based Volkswagen (VW),has local business people grumbling, and the fallout could cause problems for the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) as it gears up for the S [...] | 2009-08-28 13:01:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV GM |
09FRANKFURT2258 | SAARLAND STATE ELECTION: ALL PARTIES NERVOUS ABOUT [...] Summary: Saarland will hold its state election on August 30, and recent polls suggest the race is wide open with a number of coalitions possible. The uncertainty is making all the parties nervous, particularly with federal elections just four weeks away and the likelihood that the results, wh [...] | 2009-08-28 13:02:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV GM |
09FRANKFURT2274 | GREENS KINGMAKERS IN SAARLAND ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Saarland voters gave incumbent Minister-President and Christian Democrat Peter Mueller a political lashing in the August 30 state parliamentary elections, and showed their continued affection for former Social Democratic Party (SPD) chief and current Left Party leader Oskar Lafont [...] | 2009-09-01 06:22:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV GM |
09FRANKFURT2318 | SAARLAND ELECTION AFTERMATH: GREENS TAKING THE SLOW ROAD [...] Summary: (SBU) Torn between the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) as prospective coalition partners, the Saarland Greens have chosen to postpone a decision until after the 27 September Bundestag elections. Instead they will conduct informal talks with all [...] | 2009-09-04 12:50:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV GM |
09FRANKFURT25 | Super Election Year in Germany Begins with Probable CDU-FDP [...] Summary: The state of Hesse kicks off Germany's "Super Election Year" with its own state elections on January 18, in what will likely be a win for the CDU and FDP and a painful loss for the SPD. The CDU and FDP are also courting each other as partners at the national level. After an inconclus [...] | 2009-01-06 14:55:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT2523 | Merkel Under Pressure in Germany's Southwest [...] SUMMARY: No clear predictions can be made in Germany's southwest states as to which parties will prevail in the upcoming federal election. Polls show that the Christian Democrats (CDU) have lost ground in Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W),typically a CDU stronghold, however have gained slightly in [...] | 2009-09-25 13:11:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT2525 | NATIONAL ELECTION RESULTS COULD IMPACT SAARLAND COALITION [...] (U)SUMMARY: Saarland, the small, picturesque German state on the French border, remains in transition following its August 30 state elections, when no party won a clear majority. Despite its uncertain state, the Saarland parliamentary session opened this week on September 23. Speculation abou [...] | 2009-09-25 15:30:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
09FRANKFURT2670 | GREENS IN SAARLAND TURN RIGHT, SETTING POLITICAL PRECEDENT [...] (C) Summary: The Green Party in Saarland set a new political precedent October 11 when it decided overwhelmingly to form a coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP),a so-called "Jamaica" coalition based upon the parties' colors (Black, Yellow and G [...] | 2009-10-14 05:14:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GM |
09FRANKFURT2978 | First German "Jamaica" Coalition Government Takes [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 16:32:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GM PGOV |
09FRANKFURT2979 | First German "Jamaica" Coalition Government Takes [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 06:19:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
09FRANKFURT3135 | Green Party in Southwest Germany Seeks the Center, New [...] SUMMARY: The Green Party used its recent conventions in Hesse and Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W)on November 14 and 21 respectively to discuss a political strategy for attracting centrist voters from the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Despite coming in fourth p [...] | 2009-12-07 09:33:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT3222 | A Single Young Female for Germany's New Minister of [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Germany's new Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth is Kristina Koehler, a 32-year old unmarried, childless Christian Democratic Union (CDU) representative of the German parliament from Hesse. Koehler was a surprise pick for the post, which became vacant [...] | 2009-12-17 11:51:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ELAB GM |
09FRANKFURT787 | Grand Coalition Fatigue Sets Off Unrest in State CDUs [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the September 2009 general election approaching, Chancellor Merkel's CDU faces declining poll numbers nationally, with gains going largely to the FDP. (The CDU's coalition partner and arch-rival, the SPD, has faced troubling polls for months now.) State CDUs are urging Mer [...] | 2009-03-20 15:15:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT88 | FDP Keeps Distance from CDU/CSU at Start of Campaign [...] SUMMARY: The FDP outlined its national campaign strategy January 6 for the September 2009 national elections, but did not clearly signal a strong preference for forming a government with the CDU/CSU. While both the CDU/CSU and FDP see each other as preferred partners and the FDP is desperate [...] | 2009-01-13 14:42:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
09FREETOWN102 | PUJEHUN BYE-ELECTIONS POSTPONED DUE TO ALLEGED [...] The National Electoral Commission (NEC) postponed the planned March 14 bye-election in Pujehun District, based on allegations of politically-motivated violence and their subsequent inability to adequately prepare for the election on-site. National Election Watch (NEW) released a statement on M [...] | 2009-03-17 17:42:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SL |
09FREETOWN103 | JUSTICE QUESTIONS KEMOH SESAY'S INVOLVEMENT WHILE [...] (C) Summary: Two of the accused in the ongoing cocaine trial had their charges dismissed on March 16, an additional sign that the case is quickly being brought to a close. Civil Aviation employees Badara Allieu Tarawalley and Ebenezer Adetunji Macauley were released based on the lack of evidenc [...] | 2009-03-17 18:00:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KJUS SL |
09FREETOWN104 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO FREETOWN [...] (C) Summary: The UN Executive Representative of the Secretary General (ERSG) convened a meeting of the diplomatic corps on March 17 to discuss the political violence that occurred on March 13 and 16 (reftel A). The ERSG relayed information from a meeting held earlier that morning with Presiden [...] | 2009-03-17 18:08:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SL |
09FREETOWN106 | MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONVENES DIP CORPS, [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura met with the Diplomatic Corps and donors on March 17 to present the government's response to the violent events on March 13 and 16 (reftel A). Bangura reported that the government believes the situation is unacceptable, given the progress the country [...] | 2009-03-20 08:42:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SL |
09FREETOWN109 | POLICE SETS PIPELINE ABLAZE: EXPLOSION KILLS 11, [...] (C) Summary: On March 22, the pipeline supplying oil to the National Petroleum terminal, a pipeline often illegally tapped by the local community of Kissy-Quarry, sprang a significant leak. According to various sources, Sierra Leone Police (SLP) officers were unable to contain the small crowd [...] | 2009-03-23 16:54:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS SL |
09FREETOWN110 | APC U.S.-BASED BLOG ATTACKS, THREATENS U.S. AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Please see action request, para 7. 2. (C) An All Peoples Congress (APC) blog called "All Peoples Communication" has issued a scurrilous, untrue polemic attacking Ambassador's meeting with opposition party (SLPP) at the destroyed SLPP headquarters site. It does not indicate that the Amba [...] | 2009-03-23 18:06:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL PINR SL |
09FREETOWN113 | COCAINE CASE CLOSES: WILL OUR WINDOW OF [...] (C) Summary: The cocaine case closed on March 23, following final statements from the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the defense teams. Justice Browne-Marke adjourned the court, stating that he would reconvene no later than four weeks from now to render his decision. While the def [...] | 2009-03-24 17:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KJUS SL |
09FREETOWN115 | PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER APOLOGIZE TO U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 17:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KWMN PINR SL |
09FREETOWN118 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST AND QUESTION: DO BAD APPLES [...] Embassy requests human rights Leahy vetting for the nominees listed below to attend the FBI National Academy. training: a) Sheku Tejan SESAY DOB 06/22/1976 POB Kadongha, Lungi, Sierra Leone ID number N24041976220015 Captain, Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces-Military Police b) Os [...] | 2009-03-27 13:18:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SL |
09FREETOWN121 | AN IRON FIST IN A VELVET GLOVE: FIRST LADY VISITS [...] (C) Summary: First Lady Sia Koroma called on Ambassador Perry on March 28 at the CMR to apologize for the threats made against the Ambassador in an online APC blog, as well as offer her views on the opposition party and their culpability in the March 13 and 16 incidents (reftel A). Koroma also [...] | 2009-03-31 17:21:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC SL |
09FREETOWN128 | GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION AGREEMENT: JOINT [...] (SBU) Following two weeks of talks with the international community core Ambassadors (U.S., U.K., EU, China) under the aegis of the UN, the ruling All People's Congress Party (APC) and the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) signed a joint communiquQ on April 2, 2009. The ceremony r [...] | 2009-04-03 13:44:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC SL |
09FREETOWN129 | MARCH POLITICAL ROUND-UP -- FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: March was a politically active and volatile month in Sierra Leone. Two violent clashes between the APC and SLPP resulted in the banning of political radio stations, and differences between the parties were negotiated with the international community acting as mediators. The SLPP he [...] | 2009-04-03 13:51:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SL |
09FREETOWN13 | DECEMBER POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: December was a quiet month in Sierra Leone, with most government and private offices closing for extended holidays. This month President Koroma hosted the 66th Mano River Union Summit, including a Heads of State Conference. This took place less than two weeks before the death of L [...] | 2009-01-08 17:45:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SL |
09FREETOWN134 | ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN: INFLUENCE IN STATE HOUSE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Perry recently met with two of the President's closest advisors: Emmanuel Osho Coker, Secretary to the President, and Joseph Koroma, newly-appointed Minister of Presidential Affairs. Both are highly experienced technocrats, having served in the Foreign and Civil services [...] | 2009-04-09 17:21:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SL |
09FREETOWN135 | MARIJUANA CULTIVATION SEEN AS NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (S/NF) Summary: On April 11, a highly-placed security sector source provided Poloff with a classified assessment from the Office of National Security (ONS) on the proliferation of cannabis cultivation. Drafted for the President, the assessment states that Sierra Leone is "gradually emerging as [...] | 2009-04-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | SNAR PGOV PREL ASEC SL |
09FREETOWN146 | PROPOSED PRESS STATEMENTS ON KOROMA'S STRONG [...] (SBU) The following paragraphs provide further background information (paras. 2-5) on the Ambassador's meeting with President Koroma on April 15, and proposed press statements for the White House (para. 6) and Department (para. 7),per reftel D. Please note that the draft press statements must [...] | 2009-04-16 16:26:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SNAR SL |
09FREETOWN152 | LANDMARK NARCOTICS CASE ENDS: DEFENDANTS NOT GOING [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Sierra Leone's judicial system completed its landmark narcotics case (reftel A) on April 20, finding all defendants guilty. The first case tried using the national Narcotics Control Act of 2008, this creates valuable legal precedent, while also sending a message to na [...] | 2009-04-22 15:44:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL SL |
09FREETOWN154 | DRUG DESTRUCTION MAY BE FINAL STEP IN COCAINE SAGA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-24 14:29:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV SL |
09FREETOWN157 | LAND MARK COCAINE SENTENCE HANDED DOWN [...] SUMMARY: Justice Nicholas Colin Browne-Marke, Justice of the Appeals Court and Presiding Judge on the Sierra Leone's cocaine case (reftels A and B),handed custodian sentences and fines to all fifteen accused persons on Tuesday April 21. For the accused Sierra Leoneans, the fines ranged from 2 [...] | 2009-05-01 12:13:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SL |
09FREETOWN17 | STUDENT DIES DURING FRATERNITY INITIATION CEREMONY [...] Summary: An 18 year old freshman in the Faculty of Arts Fourah Bay College died on December 22, allegedly due to injuries he sustained during an initiation ceremony in one of the social clubs on campus called the Island Club. The Office of the President issued a press release December 24, indef [...] | 2009-01-12 12:30:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SL |
09FREETOWN173 | AMBASSADOR PERRY AND FIRST LADY KOROMA DISCUSS HEALTH IN [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Perry visited Sierra Leone's First Lady at Mrs. Koroma's request on May 5 for a briefing on the First Lady's recent participation at the African First Ladies Health Summit in Los Angeles. Mrs. Koroma was overjoyed by the conference, convened by African Synergy and U.S. [...] | 2009-05-12 17:43:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SL |
09FREETOWN174 | NEW PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS SIGNED AS PRESIDENT [...] Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma renewed his business-like approach to government on May 7 with a performance contract signing ceremony for his cabinet ministers. The recent move, which complements the President's cabinet reshuffle in late February, underlines his attempt to streng [...] | 2009-05-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SL |
09FREETOWN192 | CONVICTS' PRISON LOCATION STILL A CONCERN FOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Herman von Hebel, Registrar of the Special Court, as well as Binta Mansaray, his Deputy, on 21 May to discuss his two main concerns regarding Court operations and proceedings. Mr von Hebel, who is leaving his post in Sierra Leone as of 22 May, also thanked the Ambassa [...] | 2009-05-22 12:14:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC SL |
09FREETOWN203 | OPPOSITION LEADER VISA ISSUE PLAYS OUT IN PRESS: [...] (C) Summary: SLPP party leader John Benjamin's potential inadmissibility to enter the United States has resulted in a series of attacks on the Embassy and the CDA by outlets aligned with Benjamin's party. Benjamin is the third member of the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) junta to [...] | 2009-06-03 17:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS PGOV PHUM SL |
09FREETOWN209 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON GUINEA'S "GIFT FROM HEAVEN" [...] (C) On June 5, CDA and Poloff took advantage of a routine meeting with Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura to discuss her views on two key issues impacting Sierra Leone's security: drugs, and Guinea. FoMin expressed some alarm over the threat posed by marijuana cultivation, and then stated her can [...] | 2009-06-08 18:32:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR SL GV |
09FREETOWN216 | PRESIDENT LAYS OUT SIERRA LEONE'S DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Summary: On May 19, President Koroma presented his new poverty reduction strategy, the "Agenda for Change" focusing on four priority sectors: Power and Water Upgrades; Agricultural Output; Transportation Networks; and Human Development (Education and Health). President Koroma noted that hi [...] | 2009-06-11 17:03:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL PGOV SL |
09FREETOWN217 | MAY POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: President Koroma continued to focus in May towards reconciling the country's two major political parties, urging them to implement the communiquQ signed following the unrest in March. On the heels of the Cabinet reshuffle, Ministers have signed new performance contracts. The disin [...] | 2009-06-12 11:00:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SL |
09FREETOWN22 | BYE-ELECTIONS IN PUJEHUN AND FREETOWN REFLECT APC STRENGTH [...] (U) Summary: Opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) and the ruling All People's Congress (APC) candidates have each won a seat in the just concluded parliamentary bye-elections in Pujehun, Southern Province and Freetown, Western Area, respectively. Neither outcome came as a surprise, alt [...] | 2009-01-15 14:51:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SL |
09FREETOWN221 | SIERRA LEONE REVISES MONEY LAUNDERING ACT [...] Summary: On May 21, the Bank of Sierra Leone organized a seminar to discuss a draft amendment to the 2005 Anti Money Laundering Act. Since its introduction, the Act has failed to effectively use advanced technology to prevent money laundering or to counter the financing of terrorism in Sierra [...] | 2009-06-15 15:55:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM SL |
09FREETOWN222 | LIMITED CAPACITY, RISING CRIME: SIERRA LEONE [...] (C) Summary: The security situation in Sierra Leone, always fragile, appears to have grown increasingly tenuous in recent weeks. Concerns over rising levels of violent crime, both in Freetown and across the country, are compounded by the decreasing capacity of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) to [...] | 2009-06-16 10:06:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM SL |
09FREETOWN229 | CORRUPT OFFICIAL WITH TIES TO IRAN BACK IN BUSINESS [...] (S/NF) Ambassador Umaru Wurie, ousted Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, resurfaced on June 18 as the newly-appointed Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Political Affairs. Wurie's insubordination and alleged corruption (reftels A, B) led to his remov [...] | 2009-06-18 14:31:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | PGOV ENRG EMIN MNUC PREL PINR IR SL |
09FREETOWN230 | SIERRA LEONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN TROUBLE? [...] (C) Summary: The telecommunications industry, viewed as a success story of foreign business investment in Sierra Leone, is clashing with the GoSL in its attempts to remain profitable. The three main Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) cellular operators, Zain, Comium, and Africell, w [...] | 2009-06-19 09:35:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EINV PGOV SL |
09FREETOWN231 | STUDENTS TO BE CHARGED WITH MURDER IN FBC HAZING [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12 the Magistrate Court conducting the preliminary investigations into the death of an eighteen year old freshman in the Faculty of Arts Fourah Bay College found all ten accused guilty of murder, rather than manslaughter. The defendants must now face official murder char [...] | 2009-06-19 12:01:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM SL |
09FREETOWN24 | SIERRA LEONE 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, please see Embassy Freetown's 2009 Investment Climate Statement below. The document will also be sent via e-mail on the unclassified system. Embassy POC for this report is Political/Economic Officer Amy LeMar (lemaran.@state.gov). A. Openness to Foreign Investment 2. The Gov [...] | 2009-01-15 18:18:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EINV ETRD KTDB USTR OPIC SL |
09FREETOWN249 | WORKING DAY AND NIGHT: SL CORRUPTION FIGHT [...] Summary: Sierra Leone continues to struggle against pervasive corruption, particularly in the public sector, despite the strength of the Anti-Corruption Act amendment passed in 2008. As investigative reporting organizations such as Transparency International begin to include Sierra Leone in th [...] | 2009-06-30 17:43:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS SL |
09FREETOWN255 | SMOOTH CRIMINAL? PARTY "ENEMY" OF THE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The Minister of Lands, Housing, Country Planning and the Environment, Dr. Dennis Sandy, testified before Parliament on June 5 that his ministry is the most corrupt and that Members of Parliament are involved in shady land deals. He tendered documents implicating the Majority Leade [...] | 2009-07-02 16:43:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SL |
09FREETOWN256 | JUNE POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: Despite steps forward to improve the investment climate of the country in June, a violent incident targeting a U.S. company (and Embassy contractor) demonstrated that such improvements have not trickled down to the local level. Parliament updated laws inherited from the Colonial e [...] | 2009-07-02 16:50:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SL |
09FREETOWN262 | SL MAY LOSE GRIP ON CURRENCY [...] (C) The Sierra Leonean economy has not been known in recent years for robustness: years of corruption and bad governance, exacerbated by the civil war, destroyed export-oriented industry and the infrastructure needed to sustain it. In the long road to recovery from the war, a measure of econom [...] | 2009-07-08 12:04:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL SL |
09FREETOWN263 | SL HANDLES FAKE COUP THREAT, EXTORTIONIST ARRESTED [...] (S/NF) Highly-placed sources within the Sierra Leonean intelligence community shared details on July 7 and 8 of a fake coup plot and extortion attempt that came to light on July 2. A presumed Sierra Leonean national approached the Sierra Leonean High Commissioner to Ghana and shared details of [...] | 2009-07-08 15:10:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINS PINR SL |
09FREETOWN266 | CORRUPT MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ARMS DEAL THREATENS SL [...] (S/NF) On July 7, CDA and PolOff met with a high-level, reliable source with access to intelligence across civilian and military agencies. Source informed emboffs of an attempted arms deal brokered by Minister of Defense Palo Conteh, in collaboration with Chief of Defense Staff Major-General A [...] | 2009-07-08 17:45:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | PGOV PREL MASS PINS PINR SL |
09FREETOWN270 | COKE, TOKES, AND INEPT FOLKS: CAN SL STAY TOUGH ON DRUGS? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 15:12:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | PGOV PREL SL SNAR |
09FREETOWN280 | KOROMA MEETS WITH GUINEAN JUNTA DESPITE POLITICAL [...] (U) On July 13, President Koroma held a bilateral discussion with Guinean junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara (reftel C). The Mano River Union Heads of State Summit, scheduled for July 14, was canceled, but Koroma chose to speak with Dadis Camara without other Heads of State present. The likely t [...] | 2009-07-17 11:31:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SL GV |
09FREETOWN288 | SIERRA LEONE: BROKER FOR REGIONAL STABILITY? [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met July 20 with Foreign Minister Bangura following President Koroma's travel to Conakry for an aborted Mano River Union summit July 14. Minister Bangura was defensive about the need for Sierra Leone to stay engaged with coup leaders Dadis Camara despite ECOWAS, AU and [...] | 2009-07-23 08:18:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC SL |
09FREETOWN29 | COUPS RUN THE GAME: SIERRA LEONE BETWEEN A ROCK [...] (C) Summary: CDA discussed reftel demarche topic with Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura on January 16. Bangura's response reflected the constant struggle facing Sierra Leone to maintain democratic principles and regional commitments in the face of sub-regional threats to peace and security. The [...] | 2009-01-22 11:57:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SL |
09FREETOWN299 | SIERRA LEONE STOCK EXCHANGE LAUNCHED [...] Summary: The Sierra Leone Stock Exchange was launched by President Koroma on July 17, 2009 amidst great fanfare. The decision to form a stock exchange in Sierra Leone was made in 1999, with a technical committee formed in 2001. However, due to the lack of expertise and strong financial institut [...] | 2009-07-27 15:33:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV PGOV SL |
09FREETOWN309 | KOROMA'S GUINEAN STRATEGY IS TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT [...] (U) President Koroma's speech to the Sierra Leone-Guinea Joint Technical Committee on the Yenga border dispute effusively praised junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara. Koroma seemed proud that the countries have bilaterally resolved the dispute without assistance from the international community, [...] | 2009-08-06 16:25:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | PGOV PREL SL |
09FREETOWN317 | JULY POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] Summary: President Koroma's need for a disciplined, effective civil service was reinforced in July through the launch of the Public Sector Reform Unit and a campaign against lateness and absenteeism. The National Registration Secretariat will soon be empowered to issue national ID cards and EC [...] | 2009-08-11 16:00:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SL |
09FREETOWN322 | SIERRA LEONE CURRENCY TANKING FASTER THAN EXPECTED [...] (C) Summary: The Sierra Leone currency is suffering a continued significant decline. The Leone is trading at rates approaching 4,000 to USD 1.00, surprising independent analysts who had forecast the devaluation to go no further than a 3,600:1 ratio (reftel). Banking officials had been more pes [...] | 2009-08-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ASEC PINR SL |
09FREETOWN323 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PMDC PARTY LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Charles Margai, leader of the PMDC party, at his request, called on Ambassador Perry August 13 (Poloff participated in the meeting). He discussed his views on a variety of topics, including political tolerance, corruption, and the role of the international community in Sierra Leone [...] | 2009-08-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SL |
09FREETOWN325 | DIPLOMATIC CORPS VIEWS: CRY ME A RIVER [...] (C) Summary: Through mainly one-on-one meetings over the past two weeks with Western, African and Middle Eastern envoys, plus the United Nations, Ambassador has detected both a desire to support Sierra Leone's stated goals and a frustration that to do so is difficult. President Koroma's lauda [...] | 2009-08-17 16:54:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR SL |
09FREETOWN326 | KOROMA MAKES FIRST VISIT TO BRAZIL [...] President Koroma is currently enjoying the first ever Sierra Leonean state visit to Brazil after landing in Brasilia on August 18. Accompanied by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Information, and Agriculture, Koroma will meet with President Lula da Silva on August 19 to sign a Memorandum of U [...] | 2009-08-19 16:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SL BR |
09FREETOWN327 | U.S. PLANE DETAINED IN SIERRA LEONE AFTER ILLEGAL [...] (S) At approximately 1800 GMT on August 19, a U.S.-registered plane (N-748AA) illegally landed at Lungi Airport. The airport crew told the aircraft, reportedly a "Kruman 154," that they would have to identify an alternate landing site, since they did not have a landing permit. The plane eventu [...] | 2009-08-20 14:55:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR PBTS SNAR EG UK SL |
09FREETOWN328 | UPDATE ON PLANE LANDING: CONTINUED DETENTION [...] (S) Summary: Embassy learned at 1930 GMT on August 20 that the eight detained individuals connected to the reftel plane were released by the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) following brief interviews. However, the individuals were then re-detained at 1000 GMT at the orders of the Vice President, and [...] | 2009-08-21 12:05:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PBTS SNAR EG UK SL |
09FREETOWN336 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD'S VISIT [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes you to Sierra Leone. Your visit comes at a prescient time, and will hopefully support increasingly robust engagement on a variety of issues, including the pending Status of Forces Agreement. Sierra Leone is known worldwide as a country beset with challenges, many of w [...] | 2009-08-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MCAP PGOV PREL OVIP SL |
09FREETOWN34 | SIERRA LEONE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIAL TRAINING [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Freetown's Law Enforcement Working Group was convened on January 23 to discuss law enforcement and judicial capacity. Responses to reftel questions are presented in the following paragraphs. Please note that judicial capacity, including the court system and Depar [...] | 2009-01-29 16:41:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM ASEC SL |
09FREETOWN344 | U.S. COAST GUARD SEIZURE ENDS SIERRA LEONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Combined U.S. Coast Guard Cutter LEGARE-Sierra Leone seizure of a 750 ton Taiwanese-flagged fishing vessel August 17th ended Sierra Leonean complacency on Fisheries, and may cost a Minister her job. The seizure was initially met with considerable jubilation by both the Min [...] | 2009-09-02 07:50:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS PGOV PREL ECON SL |
09FREETOWN355 | AUGUST HIGHLIGHTS FROM SIERRA LEONE [...] SUMMARY: Sierra Leone hosted an African Caucus meeting for Bank Governors and Finance Ministers from around the continent, its largest conference since the conclusion of the war. The Independent Media Commission presented its annual report to President Koroma, who again pledged his support for [...] | 2009-09-08 08:30:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SL |
09FREETOWN364 | SMALL BOAT CAPSIZES: OVER 200 PASSENGERS BELIEVED [...] Summary: On September 8 a small boat capsized off the coast of Sierra Leone, killing over 200 passengers on board. Overloading of both passengers and cargo, improper monitoring, poor weather and a slow rescue response have been blamed for the disaster. The country is in mourning as the chance [...] | 2009-09-14 14:37:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHSA EWWT SL |
09FREETOWN374 | MOB ATTACKS POLICE STATION: SLP OPEN FIRE, WOUND 11 [...] At around noon on September 17, a mob of approximately 100 people attacked a small police station outpost near the Lungi International Airport. According to sources, the mob was angry at recent arrests of community members suspected of committing armed robberies in the area. The Sierra Leone P [...] | 2009-09-17 16:34:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC PINS SL |
09FREETOWN379 | ATTORNEY-GENERAL HAD HAND IN FISHERIES CORRUPTION [...] (C) Per reftel, Minister of Marine Resources Haja Afsatu Kabba nearly released the seized fishing vessel, the Yu Feng 102, in return for a small bribe from its Taiwanese owners. In an additional revelation of corruption, the Chief Justice passed to the CDA on September 16 that the Attorney-Gene [...] | 2009-09-22 14:07:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIS KCOR SL |
09FREETOWN383 | GUINEA CLAIMS SL "MERCENARIES" SEEK TO OVERTHROW [...] (S/NF) Poloff received information from a highly-placed security contact that the Guinean junta suspects an army of Sierra Leonean "mercenaries" will attempt to overthrow their regime. A letter sent from the junta to the Sierra Leonean Office of National Security (ONS) during the week of Septe [...] | 2009-09-25 12:03:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PINS GV SL |
09FREETOWN385 | SIERRA LEONE'S INITIAL REACTIONS TO GUINEA TROUBLE [...] (S//NF) Poloff spoke with a high-level intelligence contact on September 29 to gauge the Government of Sierra Leone's response to recent events in Guinea. Source reported that President Koroma, as expected, is very concerned. The Office of National Security (ONS) requested that border posts re [...] | 2009-09-29 10:37:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PINS PREL GV SL |
09FREETOWN388 | PRESIDENT KOROMA SPEAKS PUBLICLY ON GUINEA [...] (U) President Koroma held a press conference on September 29 to discuss his participation in the UNGA. Members of the media used the opportunity to pose questions to the President about the situation in Guinea, which he called a "critical development." He stated that he is "still digesting" the [...] | 2009-09-29 15:43:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR GV SL |
09FREETOWN389 | SIERRA LEONE RAISES ALARM OVER GUINEAN [...] (S/NF) CDA and Poloff met with a highly-placed intelligence contact on September 30, who stated concerns that narcotics traffickers are exploiting the current instability in Guinea for their own ends. Source said that he had received information that two known Colombian drug traffickers, "CiCi [...] | 2009-09-30 16:20:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV SNAR PINR GV SL |
09FREETOWN390 | INTELLIGENCE SUGGESTS ASSASSINATION PLOT AGAINST [...] (S/NF) On September 30, CDA and Poloff met with a highly-placed intelligence source who reported that warlords aligned with Charles Taylor are planning a destabilizing campaign in Liberia. The apex of this campaign, allegedly, is an assassination attempt against President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf [...] | 2009-09-30 17:09:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR SL |
09FREETOWN392 | SEPTEMBER POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: Political controversy continued to be relatively mild during the month of September, with the nation focused on the potential for a major offshore oil discovery by U.S.-based company Anadarko, and highlighted problems within the health and education sectors. The findings of the Co [...] | 2009-10-06 11:50:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KCOR SL |
09FREETOWN393 | POLICE-MILITARY RELATIONSHIP STRAINED [...] (C) Summary: Though a rivalry has always existed between the civilian and military branches of the security apparatus, the relationship between the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) and the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) is starting to show increased strain. Small-scale incidents that oc [...] | 2009-10-06 12:02:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC SL |
09FREETOWN4 | SIERRA LEONE'S PRIVATE PESSIMISM ABOUT GUINEA [...] (C) Sierra Leone's moderate public response to the Guinea coup should not be misinterpreted as complacency. The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) appears to be approaching the situation warily, welcoming the coup leaders for bilateral discussions while concurrently preparing for possible insec [...] | 2009-01-05 17:47:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SL |
09FREETOWN400 | KOROMA SHOWS PARANOIA IN RESPONDING TO CRIME SPIKE [...] (C) President Koroma called a National Security Council (NSC) meeting on October 6 to discuss the recent increase in violent armed robberies in the Freetown area. Home invasions, illegal vehicular checkpoints, and muggings are on the rise, targeting those with known wealth or the appearance of [...] | 2009-10-14 17:49:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PINR SL |
09FREETOWN408 | SIERRA LEONE RESPONSE ON GUINEAN DEMARCHES [...] (S/NF) CDA and Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to President Koroma on October 16, prior to his departure for the emergency ECOWAS summit in Abuja. Koroma stated that the Guinean situation is deteriorating, and that if it is "not arrested now...the tragedy might worsen beyond that which [...] | 2009-10-16 13:34:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KDEM GV SL |
09FREETOWN410 | MILITARY MANIPULATING KOROMA? [...] (C/NF) Poloff was informed by a high-level security contact on October 15 that the civilian security sector blames the Minister of Defense and his inner-circle for influencing the President to call a premature Military Assistance to the Civil Power (MACP) in response to the recent spate of arm [...] | 2009-10-19 14:24:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASEC SL |
09FREETOWN411 | KOROMA OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH OPTIMISM [...] (U) Summary: At the opening of Parliament on October 9, President Koroma outlined the blue print for his government for the coming year. In his two hour speech he outlined his achievements, touted his Agenda for Change, and criticized the opposition for fanning the flames of tribalism in the c [...] | 2009-10-19 14:28:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SL |
09FREETOWN42 | SIERRA LEONE ARMY "DREAM TEAM" AIRS GRIEVANCES [...] (C) Summary: An anonymous letter released in Freetown has accused the Minister of Defense of making appointments and promotions favoring his own ethnic group, corruption and misuse of government resources, and threatens "another war is possible" if the accusations raised in the letter are not [...] | 2009-02-04 14:11:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR SL |
09FREETOWN424 | CONFIDENCE WANING IN CORRUPT POLICE LEADERSHIP [...] (C) With the President seemingly placing greater civilian security authority in the hands of the military due to an increase in crime (reftel D),the Inspector General of Police (IGP) is currently facing significant criticism both within and outside of government. Brima Acha Kamara, a hold-over [...] | 2009-10-28 10:57:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV SNAR SL |
09FREETOWN425 | VICE PRESIDENT MAY BE BOOTED FOR ALLEGEDLY [...] (C) Vice President Samuel Samsumana has been named as a third party defendant in a civil suit in Perry County, Arkansas. The original suit was filed against the West family of Perry County, who borrowed money to buy equipment to be used in an logging enterprise in Sierra Leone; the Wests in tu [...] | 2009-10-28 13:57:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR SNAR SL |
09FREETOWN430 | SIERRA LEONE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Please see the following draft of the Sierra Leone 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, keyed to reftel: 2) Summary Sierra Leone has taken steps to combat illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and has mounted efforts against drug abuse. I [...] | 2009-11-02 15:49:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PREL SL |
09FREETOWN434 | OCTOBER POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: October highlights include an investigation into acts of political violence and intolerance, concern over the Bankole Thompson Commission of Inquiry report on the March riots, intra-party tensions, and new commercial interest in Sierra Leone from the Iranians. The country hosted a [...] | 2009-11-03 18:13:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SL |
09FREETOWN435 | MINISTER OF HEALTH INDICTED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES; [...] (U) Summary: President Koroma removed the Minister of Health and Sanitation and the Minister of State in the Vice President's Office from their duties on November 4 due to allegations of corruption. Minister of Health, Sheiku Tejan Koroma, was indicted by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) f [...] | 2009-11-04 17:20:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR SL |
09FREETOWN443 | PRISONERS RIOT OVER DELAYED JUSTICE [...] On November 10, inmates at the Bo Prison rioted to protest lengthy remands, adjournment of cases, and subsequent prolonged detentions. Windows were broken and some prison property destroyed, and the rioters threatened to lynch prison officers; the Office of National Security's Provincial Secur [...] | 2009-11-12 12:39:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS PHUM SL |
09FREETOWN445 | ATTORNEY GENERAL STAKES HIS CLAIM ON SPECIAL COURT [...] (C) Summary: On November 12, A/DCM and the British High Commissioner met with Attorney General Abdul Serry-Kamal to discuss issues related to the Special Court. Namely, the meeting was called to address an exchange of letters between the Special Court Management Committee (MC) and the Governme [...] | 2009-11-13 12:36:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KAWC KJUS SL |
09FREETOWN449 | SLPP PULLS NO PUNCHES TO DISCREDIT GOVERNMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: On November 16, the SLPP released to the media a letter from party Chairman John Benjamin to President Koroma. The letter outlines four pages of alleged grievances, ranging from corruption and nepotism to inter-party squabbles. While the letter was dated November 12, its release w [...] | 2009-11-18 08:29:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KCOR SL |
09FREETOWN453 | SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS LIBEL LAW [...] Summary: On November 10, Sierra Leone's Supreme Court dismissed a suit brought by the Sierra Leone Association of journalists (SLAJ) that sought to repeal portions of the 1965 Public Order Act criminalizing libel, nearly two years after the action was instituted. The country's journalists' ass [...] | 2009-11-20 12:19:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KJUS SL |
09FREETOWN462 | SIERRA LEONE NARCOTICS WRAP-UP, 2009 [...] (C) Summary: Sierra Leone continues to stay invested in the narcotics issue, and attempting to become more pro-active operationally despite resource constraints. International actors, including post, UK/SOCA, and the UN remain sources of support and encouragement, while also advancing our own [...] | 2009-11-30 19:05:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR PGOV PREL SL |
09FREETOWN465 | SIERRA LEONE STABILITY, PART I: POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the first in a series of four that seeks to analyze Sierra Leone's current level of stability, and the threats and weaknesses challenging it. In the political realm, the country is already gearing up for the 2012 national, parliamentary, and local elections. Even tho [...] | 2009-12-01 17:19:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SL |
09FREETOWN466 | SIERRA LEONE STABILITY, PART II: ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of four cables that highlights risks to Sierra Leone's security (reftel A). The national economy continues to be in a state of woe, built on the precarious foundation of a weakening currency, decreasing imports and exports, reduced food security, and [...] | 2009-12-01 17:31:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PGOV PREL SL |
09FREETOWN471 | SIERRA LEONE STABILITY, PART III: SECURITY SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the third in a four-part series (reftels A/B) that highlights risks to Sierra Leone's stability. Given recent events in the sub-region and Sierra Leone's own blighted history, the ability of the security sector to maintain peace is an ongoing, critical concern. While [...] | 2009-12-02 17:45:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PINS SNAR KCOR SL |
09FREETOWN48 | Four Women Journalists Captured by FGM Practitioners [...] Summary: On Saturday, February 6, four journalists were detained by a women's secret society - referred to locally as "Bondo" -- in Kenema for alleged association with media campaigns to end the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Sierra Leone. The women were released Sunday follow [...] | 2009-02-09 17:05:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV OIIP KPAO SL |
09FREETOWN496 | SIERRA LEONE AMLEP MISSION RESULTS IN FOUR SEIZURES [...] (U) SUMMARY: An Africa Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP) operation December 6-14 resulted in four fishing vessels seized by Sierra Leonean authorities in conjunction with the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy. The operation built on a previous AMLEP conducted in August (reftel),and provi [...] | 2009-12-16 18:20:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS PREL PGOV MARR SL |
09FREETOWN497 | SIERRA LEONE MINISTER OF FINANCE PRESENTS 2010 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance and Economic Development Samura Kamara presented the Sierra Leone Government Budget and Statement of Economic and Financial Policies for the financial year 2010, titled "Confronting the Future," to Parliament on December 4. The budget includes a comprehensive [...] | 2009-12-17 19:36:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV SL |
09FREETOWN5 | SOUNDS OF SILENCE: QADHAFI TALKS BUT SAYS LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: Muammar Qadhafi's unexpected visit to Freetown ended on January 3, leaving little in his wake beyond confusion regarding his motivations. Accompanied by an entourage of 500, including a heavily armed security detachment, Qadhafi made no public promises of support for Sierra Leone [...] | 2009-01-06 12:18:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR LY SL |
09FREETOWN518 | FOREIGN MINISTER UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura appears increasingly at risk of losing her job in the next cabinet reshuffle, with corruption charges, frequent absences from Freetown, and incompetence cited by the media as the leading reasons. Her favored position with the President (reftel A) [...] | 2009-12-31 13:32:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SL |
09FREETOWN519 | SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN SIERRA LEONE: QUIETLY IN THE [...] Summary: Sierra Leone has an archaic and seldom (if ever) enforced law against homosexual behavior on the books, but societal prejudices, rather than legal consequences, keep homosexual orientation hidden. There are no current initiatives to revise, eliminate, or enforce current legislation [...] | 2009-12-31 13:58:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SL |
09FREETOWN52 | SPECIAL COURT PRESIDENT MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR PERRY [...] (U) Summary: On February 9th, the President of the Special Court (SCSL),Justice Renate Winter of Austria, and the Sierra Leonean Deputy Registrar, Binta Mansaray, discussed with Ambassador Perry their recent visit with the Management Committee and ongoing court related issues. End Summary. [...] | 2009-02-13 12:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KAWC KJUS PINR USUN SL |
09FREETOWN60 | SIERRA LEONE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 15:42:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP SL |
09FREETOWN61 | DEFENDANTS GUILTY IN RUF TRIAL [...] The final Freetown-based trial for the Special Court for Sierra Leone concluded on February 25 with a judgment against three Revolutionary United Front defendants. Issa Hassan Sesay, Morris Kallon, and Augustine Gbao all faced 18 charges during the five-year trial, including terrorism, collecti [...] | 2009-02-25 16:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KAWC PHUM SL |
09FREETOWN64 | FOREIGN MINISTER UNHAPPY, AND PERHAPS UNLOVED [...] (C) The Ambassador met Sierra Leonean Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura on February 16 to provided a tour d'horizon of the new U.S. Administration's priorities and the Secretary's stated interest in assistance programs. The Minister had just returned to Sierra Leone on February 13 following a [...] | 2009-02-26 17:57:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SL |
09FREETOWN65 | SL PRESIDENT SAYS THIS IS RIGHT TIME TO NAB GK [...] (C) On February 27, Ambassador met with President Ernest Bai Koroma to discuss pending bilateral issues and relay the new administration's domestic and foreign policy priorities. She was accompanied by DCM and Poloff, and Koroma by Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura. Key bilateral and multilateral [...] | 2009-02-27 13:10:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM SL |
09FREETOWN78 | KOROMA MAKES PROGRESS ON DRUGS; WE URGE SWIFTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with President Koroma on February 27 to discuss the new administration's policy goals and pending bilateral issues, underlining the President's importance in the region as a bulwark of stability. The meeting was also attended by Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura, DCM, [...] | 2009-03-03 17:12:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PHUM MASS SNAR PINR SL |
09FREETOWN79 | THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY STAY THE [...] (C) Summary: On February 27, the long-anticipated Cabinet reshuffle was announced, putting an end to months of media speculation. Government contacts had been reporting possible reshuffles since before the President's inauguration anniversary in November (reftel),but Emboffs had been told tha [...] | 2009-03-03 17:22:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SL |
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