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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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07PHNOMPENH694 | CAMBODIAN POSITION ON USG PROPOSALS FOR MAY 25 SOM [...] (SBU) A/DCM met on May 18 with MFA Deputy Director for ARF matters, Nong Sakal, to discuss points outlined in reftel. On the matters of UNSCR 1540 and the ISM for Nonproliferation, Nong Sakal indicated that he believed the RGC would support the USG positions. With respect to the ISM Workin [...] | 2007-05-18 10:29:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF KNNP PTER CB |
07PODGORICA243 | A/S FRIED MEETS WITH MONTENEGRIN OFFICIALS, OPPOSITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: DURING HIS JULY 8 VISIT TO MONTENEGRO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY DANIEL FRIED MET SEPARATELY WITH FOREIGN MINISTER MILAN ROCEN, PRESIDENT FILIP VUJANOVIC, PRIME MINISTER ZELJKO STURANOVIC, AND SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT RANKO KRIVOKAPIC. HE ALSO HAD AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION OVER DINNER WITH ME [...] | 2007-07-10 14:59:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON CVIS CASC PTER MW |
07PORTAUPRINCE1559 | PORT DIRECTOR REACTS TO U.S. LAW ON MARITME CARGO [...] Poloff and USAID officer met with Jean Evans Charles, Director General of the National Port Authority (APN) in Port-au-Prince on September 20. Poloff referred to talking points provided in reftel, and told Charles that President Bush has signed into law the 9/11 Act of 2007, which mandates t [...] | 2007-09-24 18:53:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER |
07PORTAUPRINCE1831 | HAITI RESPONSE: INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The following information on Haiti's government practices concerning collection, screening and sharing in items (A-K) was collected from authorities within the government of Haiti's Office of Immigratio [...] | 2007-11-19 16:22:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PTER KHLS HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE792 | HAITI IN NO POSITION TO HELP IN IRAQ [...] Haiti has no armed forces and suffers from a lack of capacity in nearly every aspect of governance: thus it is not in a position to contribute to the Iraq coalition. Since June 2004, Haiti has itself benefitted from the presence of a UN peacekeeping mission. SANDERSON [...] | 2007-04-30 15:26:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE861 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SAMOA GRADUATION FROM ECOSOC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-10 18:04:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE939 | DEMARCHE ON IRAN/VENEZUELA [...] (C) The Ambassador on May 21 delivered the points contained in reftel to Foreign Minister Clerisme regarding the regional impact of Iran and Venezuela's growing relationship. She emphasized that Iran represented a danger to the region and that Iran and Venezuela together threatened to underm [...] | 2007-05-23 17:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS MARR PTER PHUM HA VE IR |
07PORTLOUIS568 | MAURITIUS TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR RED [...] (C/REL to Argentina) Embassy Port Louis delivered reftel demarche on October 26, 2007, in a meeting with Mauritius' Commissioner of Police, Ramanooj Gopalsingh. Gopalsingh stated that he would support Argentina's position at the Interpol General Assembly Meeting in Morocco. 2. (C/) The Com [...] | 2007-10-30 07:11:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR MP |
07PORTOFSPAIN1019 | SCENESETTER FOR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PRE-ASSESSMENT VISIT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On behalf of Embassy Port of Spain, I look forward to welcoming your delegation to Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) October 10-12. The Ambassador unfortunately is out of the country but also wishes to express his [...] | 2007-10-10 11:25:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EPET SENV PREL PGOV PTER ASEC TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1099 | PRACTICES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (SBU) This cable responds to questions in ref A. Questions in ref B were previously answered in ref C. Watch listing ---------------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) maintains both an &alert list8 of individuals who should be immediately detained upon entry and a [...] | 2007-11-01 17:43:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PREL PTER TD KHLS |
07PORTOFSPAIN138 | AMID THE TRAGEDY OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN T&T, A TROUBLED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-08 17:54:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PHUM KCRM TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN436 | T&T NOT WILLING TO ASSIST NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] (C) Embassy Port of Spain believes the GOTT would not respond favorably to any USG requests for troops to supplement the coalition forces in Iraq. This country has historically been opposed to sending its troops, however few in number, on military missions overseas and, even within the regio [...] | 2007-05-02 18:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MARR MAS MOPS PREL PTER TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN545 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO GOVERNMENT REACTS TO JFK TERROR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Patrick Manning requested a meeting with Ambassador Austin June 4 to pledge continued assistance in all law enforcement and legal matters to fight terror, including efforts to extradite two of the JFK bomb plotters currently being held in Trinidad. Manning had a [...] | 2007-06-05 15:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL CVIS TT |
07PORTOFSPAIN772 | ISLAMIC EXTREMIST GROUP CELEBRATES 1990 ATTEMPTED [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 27, the 17 annual wreath-laying ceremony occurred outside the Red House (Parliament) with Prime Minister Manning conspicuous by his absence. A former Minister with the National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR),the then governing party, complained publicly that no one r [...] | 2007-08-06 17:10:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV PTER TD |
07PRAGUE1085 | CZECH REPUBLIC SUPPORTS NEED FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (SBU) Embassy political officer spoke with Czech desk officers for Syria and Lebanon regarding the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to try those responsible for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. These Czech officials indicated that the EU is generally supportive of this tri [...] | 2007-09-20 12:25:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU EZ IS SY LE UNSC PTER PGOV |
07PRAGUE1180 | CZECHS INFORM ARGENTINES OF SUPPORT FOR INTERPOL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV EZ XG AR |
07PRAGUE1196 | CZECHS VIGILANT ON PKK; NO DOMESTIC PRESENCE KNOWN [...] (SBU) Czech MFA Director of Southern Europe and Eastern Europe, Tomas Szunyog, thanked us for our comments related to the PKK (reftel). Szunyog noted that the Czech government takes this topic seriously and acknowledged that the Czechs have been in touch with the Turkish Embassy to discuss the [...] | 2007-11-02 14:02:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EZ EUN |
07PRAGUE1278 | CZECH REPUBLIC: DESIGNATED TERRORISM FINANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 09:51:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC EZ PTER KTFN |
07PRAGUE289 | U.S. AND RUSSIANS JOINTLY DEMARCHE CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (C) On March 16, DCM and Russian DCM Oleg Lushnikov presented the points outlined in reftel to Jan Kara, director of the United Nations Department of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kara was very receptive to the message, and responded that he was "nearly 100 percent sure" the Czechs w [...] | 2007-03-19 14:40:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PREL PINS PARM PGOV EZ RU |
07PRAGUE321 | CZECHS ON RELEASE OF TALIBAN PRISONERS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-26 15:18:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF IT EZ |
07PRAGUE367 | CZECH RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES DOUBTFUL [...] (C) DCM met with Deputy Foreign Minister Pojar on April 6 to request resettlement of Guantanamo detainees in the Czech Republic. Pojar thought it was "doubtful" the Czechs would accept the detainees, but agreed to consider the request. (The Czechs declined a similar request when it was posed by [...] | 2007-04-06 11:48:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC AU BE BU CA DA EN |
07PRAGUE467 | CZECHS ARE COMMITTED TO IRAQ THROUGH 2007 [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Deputy Director of the Security Policy Department Daniel Kostoval April 26 to discuss Iraq troop contributions and deliver ref A. Kostoval confirmed the Czechs will maintain current troop levels through 2007, and will continue their multi-faceted efforts to stabilize Ira [...] | 2007-04-30 15:45:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ EZ |
07PRAGUE472 | ACTION REQUEST: CZECH REPUBLIC ENDORSES STATEMENT [...] This is an action request. 2. On April 27, The Embassy received diplomatic note 113582/2007-OSN saying the Czech Republic endorses the principles of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and supports the objectives of the Initiative. A copy of the diplomatic note has been faxe [...] | 2007-05-02 12:34:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PREL PINS PARM PGOV EZ RU |
07PRAGUE579 | CZECHS ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On May 18, Political Economic Counselor and Russian Political Counselor for External Affairs Denis Grishchenko met with Jan Kara, Director of the United Nations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver [...] | 2007-05-21 17:19:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC EZ |
07PRAGUE580 | CZECH REP: DEMARCHE ON JOINT U.S.-RUSSIAN EFFORT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On May 14, Poloff and Russian Political Counselor for External Affairs Denis Grishchenko delivered reftel demarche to Ivan Pinter, Acting Director of the United Nations Department, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [...] | 2007-05-22 05:35:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN EZ |
07PRAGUE863 | CZECH REPUBLIC: FINAL APPROVAL ON AFGHANISTAN PRT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Czech government approval to deploy a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to a U.S. base in Logar Province, Afghanistan is expected by mid-August 2007. The Czech-led PRT of approximately 130-150 personnel will begin arriving in Logar in January 2008 with a goal of being fully op [...] | 2007-07-23 13:54:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EXIM NATO PARM PREL PTER AF EZ |
07PRETORIA1961 | SAG INTELLIGENCE MINISTER LED OFFICIAL DELEGATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SAG INTELLIGENCE MINISTER RONNIE KASRILS LED AN OFFICIAL SAG DELEGATION TO PALESTINE IN EARLY MAY AND MET PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS AND PRIME MINISTER ISMAIL HANIYAH, AMONG OTHERS. KASRILS MADE COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND THE APARTHEID ERA, CHARACTERIZING [...] | 2007-05-31 10:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER IS KPAL SF |
07PRETORIA3587 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE WORKSHOP ON MO-99 INVITATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-11 13:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG PARM PREL KNNP PTER TRGY SF |
07PRETORIA4201 | SAA PILOT ASHRAFF VARDALIA SEEKING REDRESS FOR TSA NO-FLY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-14 11:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA KHLS NL SF |
07PRETORIA568 | WMD FOREIGN CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT MOU [...] (C) Despite South Africa's deep commitment to nonproliferation, we anticipate that the proposed bilateral MOU will be met with "principled" skepticism from the SAG. Pretoria has a strong preference for multilateral structures and instruments, especially in the area of proliferation. Long befor [...] | 2007-02-15 15:22:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER KTIA SF |
07PRISTINA300 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MR. DANIEL FURLONG [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to TSA Representative Daniel Furlong to visit Pristina April 23 - April 27, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to meet with mission and government officials to discuss aviation security matters. Control Officer for this visit will be Ec [...] | 2007-04-17 08:22:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ASEC PTER ECON OTRA KHLS KO |
07PRISTINA810 | KOSOVO: EFFECTS OF POSSIBLE SERBIA ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite negative consequences for its own economy, Serbia appears determined to implement an economic blockade against Kosovo when independence is declared. While the length and degree of a blockade is impossible to predict, complete closure of every Serbia-Kosovo checkpoint to a [...] | 2007-12-07 17:53:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
07PRISTINA829 | KOSOVO'S WATER SYSTEM: INTERDEPENDENCE OF NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gazivoda reservoir, located in the northern Serb-majority municipality of Zubin Potok, is Kosovo's largest body of water and a vital resource for both Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Serb communities. The lake supplies drinking water to areas of northern Kosovo and essential cooling [...] | 2007-12-20 16:34:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
07QUITO1046 | AMBASSADOR AND FORMIN CLEAR THE AIR; PREPARE FOR D [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Maria Espinosa on May 8 to discuss the Deputy Secretary's May 9 visit, probe the ForMin on her harsh comments about the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT),and to clarify the USG position on the 2007 UNITAS move. She expressed USG hope tha [...] | 2007-05-08 23:11:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO1180 | UN HEALTH RAPPORTEUR SIDES WITH GOE ON SPRAYING [...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations Rapporteur for Human Health Rights Paul Hunt visited Ecuador May 14-18 at the invitation of the GOE to conduct a "non-scientific" study of the impact of Colombia's aerial fumigation program on Ecuadorian residents in the border region. Hunt met with residents, NG [...] | 2007-05-22 20:20:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO1238 | ECUADOR -- DEMARCHE ON COUNTERTERRORISM OBJECTIVES [...] On May 23 post delivered reftel points to Lourdes Puma Puma, Director of Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Puma said the GOE understands the importance of strengthening its ability to monitor financial transactions in order to stop individuals or entities suspected of [...] | 2007-05-30 14:06:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC EC |
07QUITO1258 | NEW COLOMBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS ECUADOR [...] (U) Summary: Colombian Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo made his first official visit to Ecuador on May 28. During the visit, Araujo stressed the need for continued anti-narcotics cooperation; communicated GOC willingness to compensate border residents for damage caused by aerial fumigations [...] | 2007-05-31 22:59:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO1302 | CORREA AND GARCIA TALK BORDER DEVELOPMENT; DENY [...] (U) Summary: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and Peruvian President Alan Garcia met on June 1 in Tumbes, Peru for the presidents' first binational meeting on border issues. Correa stressed the need for continued investment by Ecuador, Peru, and the international community in the border re [...] | 2007-06-06 20:15:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC |
07QUITO1553 | GLYPHOSATE TAKES ANOTHER HIT IN ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ecuadorian Commission studying the health and environmental impacts of Colombia's aerial coca eradication program on Ecuador's north released its findings on July 2. The Commission argues that the chemical mixture used by the GOC since 2000 is highly toxic and has caused e [...] | 2007-07-09 20:11:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO1634 | ECUADOR -- DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UN CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS PTER SNAR EC |
07QUITO175 | NEW MINDEF EMPHASIZES SOCIAL MISSION [...] (C) Summary: In her initial call on Minister of Defense Guadalupe Larriva on January 18, the Ambassador expressed USG willingness to deepen security cooperation, and highlighted successful U.S. led development projects and military humanitarian exercises. Larriva welcomed USG support for ci [...] | 2007-01-22 19:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO1904 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: PRESSING FOR UNIVERSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-22 11:39:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL EC |
07QUITO1945 | USNS COMFORT VISIT TO ECUADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The USNS Comfort stopped in Manta, Ecuador, on August 15-21 during its humanitarian assistance deployment in the region. In coordination with Mission Ecuador personnel, NGOs and Ecuadorian authorities, members of the medical ship provided some 51,000 instances of medical, dent [...] | 2007-08-24 11:39:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO1947 | USNS COMFORT VISIT TO ECUADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The USNS Comfort stopped in Manta, Ecuador, on August 15-21 during its humanitarian assistance deployment in the region. In coordination with Mission Ecuador personnel, NGOs and Ecuadorian authorities, members of the medical ship provided some 51,000 instances of medical, dent [...] | 2007-08-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO211 | HELICOPTER COLLISION KILLS MINDEF AND DAUGHTER [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian Minister of Defense Guadalupe Larriva, her 17-year-old daughter Claudia Avila Larriva, and five Ecuadorian Army officials were killed in a collision of two helicopters at 8:19 pm on January 24 in Manta, Manabi province. While details on the exact cause of the collision [...] | 2007-01-25 21:36:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO216 | US JURISDICTION OF VISITING US MILITARY PERSONNEL [...] (C) Summary: The Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 28 September 2006 approved U.S. military training activities in Ecuador from 01 October 2006 through 30 September 2007. Post, per RefTel request, exchanged diplomatic notes with the MFA as has been done each year since 1999 in lieu [...] | 2007-01-26 21:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO2205 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (C) PolOff met with Lourdes Puma Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, on September 25, and shared U.S. objectives on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Puma expressed her understanding of the need to support the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, adding that Ecuador generally suppor [...] | 2007-09-26 20:43:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PTER EC LE |
07QUITO2398 | ECUADOR'S RESPONSE TO FARC LETTER [...] (SBU) On October 18, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Secretariat member Raul Reyes sent a public letter to President Correa expressing the FARC's desire to establish peaceful political and diplomatic relations with the GOE and avoid any confrontation with the Ecuadorian military. [...] | 2007-10-26 20:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL SNAR EC CO |
07QUITO2570 | ECUADORIAN ARMY'S 4TH DIVISION OPERATIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. The Ecuadorian Army's Fourth Division has engaged the FARC along the border with Colombian since November 19, 2007. This series of operations demonstrates previously uncharacteristic resolve and coordination by the Ecuadorian military to press the attack and to continue surveill [...] | 2007-11-29 20:26:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET | MOPS MCAP MASS PTER SNAR PREL EC CO |
07QUITO280 | ARMY COMMANDER CANNED; NEW MINDEF NAMED [...] (U) Summary: Fulfilling his promise to replace deceased MinDef Guadalupe Larriva (RefTel) with a female civilian from the southern highland city of Cuenca, President Correa on January 30 named Lorena Escudero as the new Minister of Defense. Escudero, who assumed control of the Ministry of De [...] | 2007-02-05 12:13:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO347 | MOD DEATH - MECHANICAL FAILURE RULED OUT; MILITARY [...] (U) Summary: The congressional investigatory commission studying the helicopter collision that killed former MinDef Guadalupe Larriva and her daughter on January 24 announced on February 7 that human error, not technical malfunction nor any kind of deliberate conspiracy, was to blame for the cr [...] | 2007-02-09 22:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC |
07QUITO537 | AMBASSADOR AND NEW MINDEF DISCUSS COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In her initial call on newly appointed Minister of Defense Lorena Escudero on March 1, the Ambassador highlighted successful U.S. military led humanitarian and security projects, and stressed the importance of continued cooperation. She conveyed USG concern over reports that Esc [...] | 2007-03-07 22:44:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC |
07QUITO704 | GOE TO LAUNCH "PLAN ECUADOR"; BACKS OFF [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Espinosa, Defense Minister Escudero, and Minister Coordinator Bustamante on March 20 announced vague plans to develop a "Plan Ecuador" to promote peace, attack poverty, and manage negative impacts on Ecuador of Colombia's internal conflict, and solicited internati [...] | 2007-03-23 21:58:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EAID EC CO |
07QUITO767 | GOE PROTESTS ALLEGED INCURSION; GOC FIRES BACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Espinosa on March 29 announced that Ecuador had proof that Colombian military units entered Ecuador on March 22 in pursuit of two suspected FARC members. She said that the GOE would immediately send a diplomatic note protesting the incursion, and calling on Co [...] | 2007-03-30 21:58:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO796 | US-LATIN AMERICA PRIVATE SECTOR DIALOGUE [...] (U) Post delivered reftel invitations on March 20 to Ecuadorian Central Bank General Manager Mauricio Pareja, Superintendent of Banks Alfredo Vergara, and Minister of Economy and finance Ricardo Patino Aroca. As of April 3, the latter two declined citing prior official engagements, and the fo [...] | 2007-04-04 21:34:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETTC KCRM KTFN PREL PTER |
07QUITO851 | ECUADOR CONSIDERING GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Russian First Secretary Viatcheslav Ulasik and PolChief jointly presented RefTel demarche in favor of GOE participation in the Global Initiative (GI) to MFA DirGen for Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma Puma on April 13. Puma said the GOE was considering joining the initiative based on [...] | 2007-04-16 16:15:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL EC |
07QUITO916 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNCAC CONVENTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 21:12:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS PG PTER SNAR EC |
07QUITO953 | PLAN ECUADOR FOR PEACE, JUSTICE, AND EQUITY [...] (C) Summary: President Rafael Correa on April 24 unveiled "Plan Ecuador for Peace, Justice, and Equity," aimed at countering the negative impacts of Colombia's internal conflict on Ecuador. The plan purports to guide GOE and international donor development activity in the northern border re [...] | 2007-04-26 20:27:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO956 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO REMOTE ARMY POST ON COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited a remote Ecuadorian military post located in Puerto El Carmen, Sucumbios province, on April 23. While there, she discussed illegal armed group activity with Ecuadorian military officials, viewed USG funded military projects, and met with the beneficiarie [...] | 2007-04-26 22:04:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO985 | GOE WOULD NOT LIKELY SUPPORT IRAQ COALITION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-30 22:07:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UN BO EC MARR MOPS PTER IZ |
07RABAT101 | MOROCCO: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION [...] (S) Following are Embassy Rabat's comments on the Section 1206 FY07 proposals involving Morocco. 2. (S) Post supports the Maritime Security and Safety Information System (MSSIS) portion of the "African Maritime Security Capability and Capacity Improvements" proposal, as long as activitie [...] | 2007-01-22 15:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | MASS PARM PTER MO |
07RABAT1034 | SCENESETTER FOR DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) My staff and I are delighted to welcome you to Morocco at a time of increased focus on the terrorist threat in North Africa. The U.S. finds in Morocco a capable and active partner in the war against terror, though there is still room for closer cooperation and enhanced support from our sid [...] | 2007-06-21 16:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO |
07RABAT1046 | BRIEFING MOROCCO ON AFRICOM [...] (C) Summary: The visit of an interagency delegation headed by PDUSD Ryan Henry to Morocco June 11 to brief on AFRICOM helped reassure the government and provided the opportunity to alert the public to the proposed new command. The delegation briefed a GOM interagency group headed by MFA Dire [...] | 2007-06-22 16:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MO PTER PREL |
07RABAT1050 | SENIOR JCO LEADER SOUNDS OFF ON ELECTIONS AND GOM [...] (C) Summary: During a June 20 meeting, a senior leader of "Al-Adl wal Ihsane" - the Justice and Charity Organization (JCO),Morocco's large quasi-legal Islamist political organization, told poloQ that the group was adhering to its rejection of participation in the political system but was not [...] | 2007-06-25 12:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER PGOV PHUM MO |
07RABAT1062 | MOROCCO: GOM STRONGLY BACKING FATAH, BUT PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI wrote to Palestinian President Abbas on June 15 to express the GOM's support. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the letter to us as "the highest expression of support for Abu Mazen we can provide." Despite the Moroccan government's firm support for Abbas [...] | 2007-06-26 13:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MO XF |
07RABAT1105 | SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) My staff and I are delighted to welcome you to Morocco at a time of increased focus on the terrorist threat in North Africa. The U.S. finds in Morocco a capable and active partner in the war against terror, though there is still room for closer cooperation and enhanced support from our sid [...] | 2007-07-03 18:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO |
07RABAT1119 | FBI DIRECTOR AND GOM DISCUSS TERRORISM, TRAINING [...] (S) In separate June 29 meetings, FBI Director Mueller met with Justice Minister Mohammed Bouzoubaa, Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa and other top security officials to encourage continued cooperation between the USG and the GOM in combating terrorism. Bouzoubaa said that Morocco is a targe [...] | 2007-07-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | KCRM MO PGOV PREL PTER |
07RABAT1145 | MOROCCO MOVES TO HIGHEST LEVEL OF TERRORISM ALERT [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior Benmoussa proclaimed on July 6 a "maximum state of alert" citing a "serious threat of terrorist attack" based on "reliable intelligence." Despite a flurry of speculation in the domestic and international press, the alert is not based on specific threat informa [...] | 2007-07-13 14:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL ASEC MO SP |
07RABAT1229 | APHSCT TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (S/NF) Summary: During her July 6-8 visit to Morocco, Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, met with the chiefs of Morocco's intelligence service, the internal security service, the chief of the national police, the Minister of Interior [...] | 2007-07-31 15:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL KISL MO IZ XF XA |
07RABAT1234 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL LOWEY [...] (SBU) Representative Lowey, My staff and I are delighted to welcome you and your delegation to Morocco. Your visit will help underscore the importance of our relations with Morocco. Morocco is a paragon of reform in the region and relations are good enough that it has been designated a [...] | 2007-07-31 16:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON PTER MA |
07RABAT1478 | MOROCCO RAMPS DOWN SECURITY THREAT LEVEL [...] (SBU) Morocco's Interior Ministry announced September 15 that it was lowering its state of alert from "maximum" to "medium." The Interior Minister was subsequently quoted in the press explaining that the decision to ramp down was made for the same reasons that they had initially raised the th [...] | 2007-09-17 16:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MO |
07RABAT1672 | MOROCCO - INFORMATION COLLECTION, SCREENING, AND [...] (C) The U.S. mission in Morocco continues to pursue the expansion and enhancement of counterterrorism (CT) cooperation with the GOM. The GOM has been an active partner in combating international terrorism and routinely provides biometric data on persons of interest to us. Post's CT working g [...] | 2007-10-31 12:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PTER KHLS MO |
07RABAT1676 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST [...] (S) Poloff and A/LEGAT met on October 29 with Argentine Embassy Minister-Counselor Pablo Pineiro Aramburu at the Argentine Embassy to convey reftel points concerning the Government of Argentina,s (GOA) request for assistance in lobbying the GOM to support the INTERPOL Executive Committee deci [...] | 2007-10-31 13:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV MO |
07RABAT1699 | MOROCCO LAUNCHES AGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN TO PUBLICIZE [...] (U) Summary: The Moroccan government on October 31 launched an aggressive campaign to publicize the country's new anti-money laundering statute and to educate concerned institutions about their responsibilities under the legislation. Moroccan Central Bank Governor Abdellatif Jouahri was join [...] | 2007-11-05 17:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER PGOV MA |
07RABAT1719 | MOROCCO - FOLLOW-UP ON ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] (SBU) The U.S. mission in Morocco continues to pursue the expansion and enhancement of counterterrorism (CT) cooperation with the GOM, which includes combating terrorism finance, cash couriers, and money laundering. Post's CT working group coordinates numerous CT related programs managed by t [...] | 2007-11-08 13:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KCRM PTER KTFN MO |
07RABAT1723 | ARGENTINE EFFORT TO ISSUE RED NOTICES TO IRANIANS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 18:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV MO |
07RABAT1774 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-21 18:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL PINR PINS KNNP |
07RABAT1838 | AL-ADL WAL IHSANE: MAJOR MOROCCAN ISLAMIST GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Al-Adl wal-Ihsane, widely assessed as Morocco's largest Islamist organization, concluded its recent annual meeting warning of a "catastrophic" political and economic crisis in Morocco and calling for comprehensive reform, while flatly rejecting violence and terrorism. A prominent [...] | 2007-12-13 18:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER MO |
07RABAT1850 | G-8 COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP REVIEWS THREAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rabat,s G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) met on December 12 to review the threat environment and to take stock of G-8 member, EU and Moroccan efforts to counter the threat. G-8 Ambassadors and DCMs agreed that the threat of terrorism in Morocco is real but see no imminen [...] | 2007-12-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINS MO |
07RABAT1895 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARTINEZ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: My staff and I are delighted to welcome you and your delegation to Morocco. Your visit will help underscore the importance of our relations with Morocco. Morocco is a paragon of reform in the region and relations are so strong that it has been designated a "major, non-NATO al [...] | 2007-12-31 12:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EAID ECON PGOV PREL PTER MO |
07RABAT257 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (U) Further to reftel A, Post informally received on February 8 details regarding Morocco's delegation to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism meeting scheduled in Ankara, Turkey on February 12-13, 2007. Morocco will send a nine-member group consisting of the following individua [...] | 2007-02-08 16:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KGIC KNNP PTER PREL MO |
07RABAT277 | MOROCCO ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff on February 9 informed Azzedine Farhane, Chief of the United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of the U.S.-Russia joint outreach plan for seven prospective partner n [...] | 2007-02-09 18:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP PREL KGIC MO |
07RABAT289 | MOROCCAN PRESS REPORTS: SECURITY LEADERS MEET, [...] According to Moroccan Arabic dailies, Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa, Minister-Delegate Fouad Ali Himma, Intelligence Directors Yassine Mansouri and Abdellatif Hammouchi, and other senior police and security officials met over the weekend of February 10 to discuss the creation of a "nation [...] | 2007-02-12 14:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV MO |
07RABAT329 | TERRORIST FINANCE: USG CONCERN OVER ILLICIT CASH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 17:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC MO PREL PTER KTFN |
07RABAT362 | AMU INCREASING CT FOCUS, ADVANCING TRADE DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Foreign Ministers from Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, Tunisia, and Libya gathered in Rabat February 10-11 for the 26th Ministerial Council meeting of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU). A senior AMU contact told us discussions among the Ministers reflected increased focus in AMU fora on stemming [...] | 2007-02-26 09:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL ETRD MO LY AG TS XA XF |
07RABAT403 | MFA DISCUSSES REFORM AND COUNTERTERRORISM WITH [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On February 28, a visiting CAPSTONE delegation, led by Admiral (Ret.) Henry Chiles, met with MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale to discuss bilateral and SIPDIS security issues. Highlighting Mor [...] | 2007-03-02 09:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER MO |
07RABAT419 | GOM SAYS NIGER ASKS FOR HELP VS TERROR GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 20:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PTBS MOPS AL MO NG |
07RABAT458 | MOROCCO ON INTERPOL'S AMIA PROPOSAL FOR EXECUTIVE [...] (C) On March 7, poloff met with Karim Halim, Bilateral Affairs and Counterterrorism Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the Interpol Secretariat's recommendation to issue six Red Notices related to the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (reftel). Reca [...] | 2007-03-12 10:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL IR MO AR |
07RABAT496 | MOROCCO: FRIDAY SERMON USES ISLAM TO BLAST [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 16 Friday sermon, heard at mosques throughout Morocco (and broadcast nationally),concentrated scathing criticism on the phenomenon of terrorism in general and suicide bombing in particular, obviously prompted by the (abortive) March 11 terrorist incident in Casablanca [...] | 2007-03-19 09:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KISL MO |
07RABAT549 | MOROCCO: (ISLAMIST) PJD LEADER DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Abdallah Baha, Deputy Secretary-General of Morocco's (Islamist) Party of Justice and Development (PJD),complained to poloff during a mid-March meeting that the party believed the electoral system was unfairly tilted against them. He said the party nonetheless expects to do well [...] | 2007-03-27 10:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL MO |
07RABAT656 | SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1130 GMT 14 APRIL 2007: [...] (SBU) At approximately 0900 GMT on Saturday April 14 two suicide bombers detonated the explosives they were carrying at two locations on Boulevard Moulay Yousef in central Casablanca. One detonation occurred near a police van stationed diagonally across the street from the Consulate General. [...] | 2007-04-14 11:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC CASC AMGT |
07RABAT657 | SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1500 GMT 14 APRIL 2007: [...] (SBU) The DCM convened the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee at 1145 GMT to review information and next steps following the detonation of two suicide bombs near the U.S. Consulate General and the American Language Center in Casablanca at approximately 0900 GMT on April 14. Consul-General Ca [...] | 2007-04-14 15:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER CASC AMGT MO |
07RABAT658 | SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1945 GMT 14 APRIL 2007: [...] (SBU) At 1700 GMT, DCM convened the Embassy's full EAC, including (via telephone) members of Casablanca's core EAC, to review the latest information, steps taken, and next steps in light of this morning's suicide attacks near the U.S. Consulate-General and American Language Center (ALC) in Cas [...] | 2007-04-14 19:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER CASC AMGT MO |
07RABAT660 | MOROCCO: AMBASSADOR RILEY MEETS WITH WALI IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-16 10:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MO |
07RABAT701 | MOROCCO TERRORISM: STATE OF "HIGH ALERT," [...] (C) Summary: Morocco is on a "state of high alert" in the wake of recent terror attacks in Casablanca, said GOM spokesman and Communications Minister Nabil Benabdellah in a press conference on April 18. Responding to recent NGO criticism, the Minister asserted that the GOM would take human ri [...] | 2007-04-20 18:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PHUM MO |
07RABAT745 | PJD LEADERS AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS TERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary: The leadership of the Islam-oriented Party of Justice and Development told the Ambassador on April 17 that all Moroccans condemned the recent terrorist attacks against U.S. facilities in Casablanca, but said that feelings of "injustice" prompted by U.S. policies in the region were [...] | 2007-04-26 14:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PTER PREL MO |
07RABAT751 | MOROCCO TERRORISM: MINISTER BRIEFS ON CT STEPS, [...] (C) In remarks before parliament on April 25, Minister of Interior Benmoussa warned that the threat from terrorism is real and always present. He detailed efforts to upgrade security across the country and said there have been 59 terror-related arrests since March 11. A parliamentary contact [...] | 2007-04-26 17:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PGOV MO |
07RABAT889 | AML: MOROCCO'S NEW LAW ENTERS INTO FORCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's long-awaited anti-money laundering statute officially entered into force on May 3, 2007, with its publication in the country's "Bulletin Officiel." Moroccan officials tell us they are currently working to finish the decrees that will implement the new law, and that th [...] | 2007-05-18 12:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER PGOV MA |
07RABAT890 | S/CT DEPUTY COORDINATOR PALMER VISITS MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: During a May 8-10 visit, S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer and senior Moroccan officials discussed the GOM's holistic approach to combating terrorism and countering extremist ideology as well as ways to enhance CT efforts. The Moroccans welcomed Palmer's visit in the contex [...] | 2007-05-18 16:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL KISL ASEC MO |
07RABAT909 | RE-PROGRAMMING FY2007 AML RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC [...] (SBU) With confirmation from Moroccan Finance Ministry officials that planned USG assistance to help establish Morocco's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and train its personnel would be most effective if provided in 2008, after the unit is up and running, post recommends that a portion of th [...] | 2007-05-24 11:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER PGOV MA |
07RABAT935 | MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT CONFRONTS EXTREMIST THEOLOGY [...] (C) Summary: In late May, Morocco's Ministry of Islamic Affairs convened more than 1200 Moroccan religious scholars and prayer leaders to rebut and condemn the use of religious pretexts for acts of terrorism. The event, which received high profile coverage in Moroccan media, came in the wake [...] | 2007-05-30 17:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL MO |
07RABAT942 | MOROCCO SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. (C) During a May 31 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Division Chief for United Nations Affairs Azzedine Farhane told poloff that Morocco is interested in potential USG assistance for Morocco,s planned Global Initiative to Combat [...] | 2007-06-01 13:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PTER PREL KGIT MO |
07RABAT955 | U/S LEVEY CONGRATULATES MOROCCO ON NEW AML LAW AND [...] (S) Summary: In a series of meetings on May 29, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey congratulated GOM officials on the recent passage of Morocco's long-awaited anti-money laundering law and emphasized USG readiness to help with its implementation. He [...] | 2007-06-06 08:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PGOV MA |
07REYKJAVIK1 | Iceland: Defense Bilats with NATO Allies Reflect Maturing [...] (U) Summary: Following the closure of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik in September 2006, the Government of Iceland has begun reaching out to other NATO allies to solicit interest in security cooperation - and demonstrate to the public, in an election year, that it will protect them. December [...] | 2007-01-05 09:10:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PTER NATO DK IC NO |
07REYKJAVIK151 | ICELAND: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM POST [...] (U) On May 18 Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ambassador for Arms Control Issues Petur Thorsteinsson informed PolOff that the Icelandic Embassies in Washington and Moscow would soon be delivering diplomatic notes reporting Iceland's desire to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear [...] | 2007-05-21 15:58:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIT PARM PREL IC |
07REYKJAVIK203 | Icelandic MFA announces inquiry into alleged [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs announced on June 27 that her ministry will conduct an inquiry into allegations of CIA detainee flights transiting Iceland. The announcement comes in response to the June 27 Council of Europe discussion of Special Rapporteur Dick Marty's la [...] | 2007-07-13 16:44:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL PHUM NATO KPAO IC |
07REYKJAVIK313 | Icelandic MFA "confirms" CIA detainee flights through [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs told the press on October 27 that an internal ministry review had confirmed that aircraft linked to CIA rendition operations had transited Iceland on a number of occasions since 2001, including as recently as July 2007. The Minister noted t [...] | 2007-10-30 17:38:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM NATO KPAO IC |
07REYKJAVIK76 | Demarche on Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism [...] (SBU) On March 19 DCM and the Acting Political Officer presented points contained reftel plus text of Global Initiative Statement of Principles to MFA Arms Control Representative Petur Thorsteinsson. Russian DCM was informed of our planned demarche but did not participate since he had approache [...] | 2007-03-22 12:55:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL IC |
07REYKJAVIK81 | ICELAND DISAPPROVES OF PRISONER EXCHANGES [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Valgerdur Sverrisdottir and advisor Jorundur Valtysson on March 26 and conveyed reftel message, noting the presence of Icelandic government employees in Afghanistan. Valtysson stated the Icelanders shared our views and they did not support prisoner exch [...] | 2007-03-26 17:25:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER AF IT IC |
07REYKJAVIK82 | ICELAND NON-COMMITTAL ON RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) On March 26 Ambassador discussed resettlement of Guantanamo detainees in a meeting with Foreign Minister Valgerdur Sverrisdottir and MFA advisor Jorundur Valtysson. Sverrisdottir said she would welcome the eventual closing of the detention facility but her government would need to study clo [...] | 2007-03-26 17:30:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC IC |
07REYKJAVIK92 | ICELAND UNABLE TO TAKE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 10:03:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC IC |
07RIGA167 | LATVIA TO CONSIDER REQUEST TO JOIN GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-06 12:41:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL LG |
07RIGA366 | LATVIA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1267 CT OBJECTIVES, WILL [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points May 16 to Liga Rozeniece, Head of International Organizations Division at the MFA. Rozeniece responded that the GOL agrees that both UNSCR 1267 and UNSCR 1735 are important and effective counter-terrorism instruments. She added that the cover sheet prov [...] | 2007-05-17 14:46:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC LG |
07RIGA422 | LATVIA'S FIU REPORTS HISTORIC SUCCESS FOR 2006 [...] (U) Summary: Over the past nine years, the Latvian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has grown both in size and experience and is considered on of the most sophisticated in the region. The number of suspicious activity reports turned over to the FIU from looking forward has nearly doubled [...] | 2007-06-01 13:10:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EFIN PGOV PTER KCRM LG |
07RIGA584 | POST SUPPORTS USAREUR G2 1206 PROPOSAL FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-02 11:09:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MOPS PREL PTER LG |
07RIGA700 | LATVIA TO FOLLOW EU'S LEAD ON NEW U.S. LAW ON MARITIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Latvia is seeking guidance from the European Union in response to the new U.S. law requiring 100 percent scanning for all U.S.-bound maritime cargo prior to loading at a foreign port by 2012. GOL representatives expressed concern about the cost of meeting the new requirement and [...] | 2007-09-20 10:26:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER LG |
07RIYADH1028 | JOINT WORKING GROUP ON CRITICAL ENERGY [...] (U) This is an action request for S/CT, DS/ATA, and DOE/Office of Energy Reliability. Please see paragraph three. -------- Summary -------- 2. (S) In a May 15 meeting with Ministry of Interior (MOI) Chief of Staff Saad al Jabri, Joint Working Group (JWG) Co-Chair Dr. Saud al-Semar [...] | 2007-05-16 15:25:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | EPET ENRG PTER SA |
07RIYADH1062 | NEW H5N1 DISCOVERED IN PREVIOUSLY UNINFECTED AREA [...] (C) Summary: Two highly pathogenic H5N1 cases were discovered in Hail during a recent joint FAO-USDA rapid deployment mission to Saudi Arabia. While Saudi officials claim to have conducted bird culls within a 5 kilometer radius of the infected farm, the Ministry of Agriculture failed to prov [...] | 2007-05-21 04:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | AMED EPET IO PGOV PTER SA |
07RIYADH1388 | JOINT WORKING GROUP MARITIME TEAM DEBRIEFS SAUDI [...] (S) On June 23, an assessment team in Saudi Arabia from the Joint Working Group (JWG) on Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) debriefed members of the Saudi Coast Guard on a four-day visit to Coast Guard facilities at and near oil facilities in the Eastern Province. While the maritime [...] | 2007-06-28 12:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | EPET ENRG ECON PTER DHA SA |
07RIYADH1438 | NEW SUMMER CAMP REGS-- NO NEW PROTECTIONS AGAINST [...] (U) The Ministry of Education (MOE) announced new regulations for youth summer camps in late February and, on June 26, the creation of an oversight committee composed of 45 members from the MOE to monitor these new regulations. The new regulations state that the Ministry must approve all requ [...] | 2007-07-08 08:00:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KISL SCUL KOCI SA |
07RIYADH1525 | MOVING FORWARD ON THE JOINT WORKING GROUP: [...] This is an action request. S/CT, DS/ATA, and DOE/OE please see paragraphs 3 4, and 5. 2. (C) In a July 17 meeting with Ministry of Interior (MOI) Joint Working Group (JWG) Co-Chair Dr. Saud al-Semari and MOI Industrial Security Director Khalid al-Ageel, the U.S. JWG Co-Chair/Economic Co [...] | 2007-07-18 12:28:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PTER ASEC SA |
07RIYADH1526 | THANK YOU FOR DBT WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-18 12:29:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PTER ASEC SA |
07RIYADH1632 | SAUDIS UNDECIDED ON SUBMITTING IRAQIS TO UN 1518 [...] (S) The Saudis are still considering whether to support the submissions to the UN 1518 and 1267 Sanctions Committees requested in reftel. Abdulrahman Al-Ahmad, a First Secretary in the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs working on terrorism issues, repo [...] | 2007-08-05 13:34:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | EFIN PTER ETTC KTFN PREL SA |
07RIYADH1787 | MAY 27 - JUNE 5, 2007 VISIT BY U.S. COMMISSION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members and staff of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visited the Kingdom from May 27 to June 5, 2007, traveling to Jeddah (Ref A),Dhahran, and Riyadh. Describing itself as independent -- but part of the USG, the Commission met with SAG ministries [...] | 2007-08-26 13:52:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PTER SA |
07RIYADH1889 | GCC "100 PERCENT" BEHIND PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers met on September 1, 2007, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for their 104th session, which was led by Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar Madani. The resulting communiqu renounced terrorism, reiterated the GCC's position t [...] | 2007-09-10 14:30:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECIN PTER IZ IS SA |
07RIYADH1891 | FOLLOW-UP ON SAUDI "REFORMERS" [...] (S//NF) The international media recently published several articles about a ten-page petition addressed to King Abdullah demanding that the SAG release a group of nine "reformers" arrested on February 2-3, 2007 in Jeddah. The articles focused on the legitimate fundraising efforts of certain [...] | 2007-09-10 14:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KTFN KDEM PHUM SA |
07RIYADH1894 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE SAUDIS [...] (S/NF) Summary: On September 5, Post's Terrorism Finance Coordinator delivered reftel A points to the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressing USG's interest in submitting a request to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee on or about September 12. Embassy Riyadh fully supports the objectives o [...] | 2007-09-11 08:24:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER SA |
07RIYADH1981 | PROMINENT SAUDI SCHOLAR PUBLICLY CRITICIZES BIN [...] (U) On the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, Saudi Arabian Sheikh Salman bin Fahd al-Awdah posted a letter on his popular internet website, www.islamtoday.com, strongly criticizing Al-Qa'ida for its militant ideology and targeting of innocent civilians. In [...] | 2007-09-25 13:58:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KTFN KDEM KPAO PHUM SA |
07RIYADH1987 | JOINT WORKING GROUP ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE [...] This message has been cleared by DOE A/S Kolevar. ---------- Summary ---------- 2. (S) On September 11, the US-Saudi Joint Working Group (JWG) on Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) met at the Ministry of Interior (MOI) in Riyadh, co-chaired by the MOI Director of Modernization [...] | 2007-09-26 09:42:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | KCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA |
07RIYADH2049 | SAUDI,S GRAND MUFTI DISCOURAGES SAUDI YOUTH FROM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Saudi press gave extensive coverage to an October 1 sermon given by Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Muhammed al-Asheikh, Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia warning young "zealous" Saudis against traveling abroad under the pretext of jihad. Furthermore, he cautioned Muslims agains [...] | 2007-10-03 14:51:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KISL KPAO SA |
07RIYADH2080 | MORE SUPPORT FOR GRAND MUFTI'S FATWA DISCOURAGING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Commentary from the Saudi press on the October 1 sermon of Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Muhammed Al-Asheikh, the most senior Wahhabi cleric and the Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, continues to be strongly positive. Saudi Islamic scholars and officials are voicing full suppor [...] | 2007-10-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL KPAO SA |
07RIYADH212 | SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI [...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcome you back to Riyadh. As you have witnessed during the course of your many visits to the Kingdom, our bilateral relationship is developing into robust, multi-faceted cooperation. One indication of this was King [...] | 2007-02-01 12:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EFIN CVIS KTFN PTER GCC SA |
07RIYADH2176 | SAG RESPONSE: ISTANBUL MINISTERIAL SIDE MEETING ON [...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Talal Berri from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 30. Ambassador Berri remarked that although he cannot immediately confirm the Foreign Minister's acceptance of this invitation, he is optimistic that Foreign Minister Princ [...] | 2007-10-30 14:16:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE SA |
07RIYADH22 | FOLLOW UP ON AL MANAR AND AL AKSA TELEVISION; ARMS [...] (C) Charge' met with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Dr. Nizar Obaid Madani on January 7 to follow up on several demarches delivered during the Hajj and 'Eid holiday. Charge' asked for the SAG's support in discontinuing broadcasts of Al Manar television on Arabsat, as well as [...] | 2007-01-08 11:30:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID PARM KPAO ASEC KPAL LE SA |
07RIYADH2224 | MFA OFFICIAL APOLOGIZES FOR PRINCE BANDAR BIN [...] (S/NF) On November 6, the DCM met with Doctor Prince Turki Saud al-Kabeer, the Deputy Minister for Political Affairs and International Organizations and the highest ranking MFA official in-country, to deliver reftel remarks regarding recent comments by Secretary General of the Saudi National [...] | 2007-11-06 15:12:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PINR SA |
07RIYADH2264 | MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES SUDAN AND NUCLEAR [...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 13 the A/DCM met with Ambassador Khalid Jindan, the Director of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the MFA, to deliver a demarche about Sudan (ref A) and discuss nuclear issues. The Ambassador said that the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) would do everything it can to he [...] | 2007-11-13 14:50:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PTER SA |
07RIYADH2320 | SAUDI ARABIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE US ON PAKISTANI [...] (S) On November 20, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the US Adel al-Jubeir invited the Charge d'Affaires and Executive Office Staff Assistant (note taker) to his residence for lunch. During the meal, Ambassador al-Jubeir said that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf arrived in Saudi Arabia, today, Nove [...] | 2007-11-20 16:17:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER SA |
07RIYADH2321 | PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN NAYIF CALLS PRINCE BANDAR'S [...] (S) On the evening of November 19, Prince Mohammed Bin Nayif (MbN),the Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs, called the Charge d'Affaires to personally apologize for Prince Bandar's comments, in which he said that the USG could have prevented 9/11 if it had consulted with the [...] | 2007-11-20 16:17:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PINR SA |
07RIYADH2322 | SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO THE US ON IRAN, SANCTIONS [...] (S) Summary: In remarks November 20 to the Charge' d'Affaires, Saudi Ambassador to the US Adel al-Jubeir adopted a very harsh tone on Iran. Al-Jubeir asserted that Iran is behind most of the difficulties facing the US and Saudi Arabia in the region at present. He claimed that recent US-Irania [...] | 2007-11-20 16:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR ENRG PTER SA |
07RIYADH2356 | THE "SAUDIZATION" OF SERMONS IN THE EP [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to conversations with worshippers at various Eastern Province mosques, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs (MOIA) began a policy of "Saudizing" the delivery of the Friday sermon during the late summer of 2007. The alleged policy allows only Saudi citizens licensed by the [...] | 2007-11-27 09:16:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KISL PGOV PREL PTER SOCI SA |
07RIYADH2474 | INTERAGENCY VISIT TO LAUNCH DEEPER MOI COOPERATION [...] This cable has been cleared by Deputy Assistant Secretary Gray, Assistant Secretary Kolevar, and S/CT Deputy Coordinator Feierstein. -------- Summary -------- 2. (S) An interagency team traveled to Riyadh on December 3-5 to signal the USG's strong support for the Ministry of Interio [...] | 2007-12-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | KCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA |
07RIYADH2475 | MOHAMMED BIN NAYIF UNDERSCORES NEED FOR MOI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 14:53:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | KCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA |
07RIYADH2476 | MOI DISCUSSES DE-RADICALIZATION PROGRAMS DURING [...] This cable has been cleared by S/CT Deputy Coordinator Feierstein. ------- Summary -------- 2. (C) During a December 3-5 Interagency visit (ref A) to discuss greater USG cooperation with the Ministry of Interior (MOI) on its modernization drive, Dr. Hadleg, Director of the MOI's [...] | 2007-12-12 14:59:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | KCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA |
07RIYADH2486 | FOLLOW ON MEETING TO INTERAGENCY VISIT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs two and three. ------ Summary -------- 2. (S) Embassy Riyadh notes the impending January POTUS visit provides a unique opportunity to help us move approval for a high-priority Ministry of Interior(MOI)-inter-agency cooperation a [...] | 2007-12-13 10:54:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | KCIP EPET ENERG PTER SA |
07RIYADH2501 | SAUDI GRAND MUFTI CALLS FOR TERRORISTS TO BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi Interior Ministry announced on November 28 the arrest of 208 suspected terrorists. The Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Al-Alsheikh declared two days later during his Friday November 30 sermon (translated text attached) that deviant groups are corrupting [...] | 2007-12-15 14:39:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CVIS KISL SA |
07RIYADH2515 | SAUDIS REHABILITATE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Saudi Ministry of Interior (MOI) presented a two-day orientation of its de-radicalization and rehabilitation program for extremists to an inter-agency delegation (NSC/DOS/DOD/DOJ),Embassy Pol-Mil, LEGAT, BPM and Pol staff. The SAG has invested considerable resources personne [...] | 2007-12-17 09:42:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | CIA KCRM PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA |
07RIYADH2519 | RIYADH EAC - 16 DECEMBER 2007 [...] (S) The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on Sunday, December 16, to review the Embassy's security posture, special security considerations of the Hajj season, and the handling of a security threat on Consulate General Jeddah. Also present were DCM, ECON, POL-MIL, BPM, MGT, LEGAT, DAO, and [...] | 2007-12-17 12:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | AMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PTER PREL SA |
07RIYADH289 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH SAUDI [...] (S) On January 30, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) James C. Oberwetter, and the DCM met with Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs HRH Prince Mohammed bin Naif to discuss recent developments in, and SAG views on, Ir [...] | 2007-02-12 09:53:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS SA IZ IR LE |
07RIYADH299 | HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL: POST RESPONSE TO [...] (S/NF) Mission Saudi Arabia appreciates the opportunity to comment on the potential UNSCR 1267 designation of the NGO Human Appeal International (HAI). After consulting internally within Embassy Riyadh, we have concerns with the reliance of evidence of this case on Hamas, which is not sanctiona [...] | 2007-02-12 16:28:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER SA |
07RIYADH305 | TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST FOR POST ASSISTANCE IN [...] (S/NF) Embassy Riyadh appreciates the opportunity to comment on the effectiveness of tranche I designations under the Terrorist Facilitators and Inciters Initiative. While the Mission of Saudi Arabia fully supports the objective of this initiative - to sanction individuals that both financially [...] | 2007-02-13 16:00:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER SA |
07RIYADH347 | GWOT: BIOMETRICS AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE IN SAUDI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-21 13:34:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS |
07RIYADH366 | APHSCT TOWNSEND FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH CROWN PRINCE SULTAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Townsend met on February 6 with Crown Prince Sultan at the Crown Prince´s offices in Jeddah. Both parties reiterated the positive cooperation between the U.S. and Saudi governments, and the Crown Prince expressed [...] | 2007-02-24 12:19:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL PINR EFIN KTFN KWMN GCC SA |
07RIYADH367 | APHSCT TOWNSEND FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Francis Fragos Townsend covered both counterterrorism cooperation and regional political issues in her meeting with Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal at his home in Jeddah on February 6. Saud described the Feb [...] | 2007-02-24 12:20:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL PINR EFIN KTFN MEPP KPAL SA |
07RIYADH369 | APHSCT TOWNSEND'S FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH SAUDI [...] (C) Summary: On February 6 in Jeddah, Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim Al Assaf told Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Frances Fragos Townsend that the SAG would implement the Royal Decree requiring individuals carrying those funds in excess of $16,000 to decl [...] | 2007-02-24 12:59:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN KTFN CVIS GCC SA |
07RIYADH37 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SAG RESPONSE TO AL-TAIBA UN [...] (SBU) On January 6, 2007 Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the addition of Lashkar al-Taiba to the UN 1267 Sanctions list of individuals/entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or Al Qaida. Complimentary opening -- Th [...] | 2007-01-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER SA |
07RIYADH475 | CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETS [...] (S) On March 4-5, the US-Saudi Joint Working Group on Critical Infrastructure Protection met in the MOI Officers Club in Riyadh, co-chaired by the Ministry of Interior's Director of Modernization Saud al-Semari, and Embassy Economic Counselor. The two government delegations met March 4, fol [...] | 2007-03-07 13:12:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | EPET PTER PGOV SA |
07RIYADH497 | ARREST OF SAUDI "REFORMERS" [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: On February 2-3, the SAG internal security service (Mabahith) arrested ten men in Jeddah on the suspicion that they were collecting donations illegally and distributing them to unspecified "suspicious" persons (reftel). The Mabahith initially charged these individuals with [...] | 2007-03-12 07:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KTFN KDEM PHUM SA |
07RIYADH507 | SAUDI MFA INFORMATION DIRECTOR ON ARABSAT [...] (C) Saudi MFA Director of Information Osama Ahmed Nugly told PolOff on March 10 that while the Saudis are concerned about the possible transmission via Arabsat of Al-Zawraa television, the SAG cannot unilaterally take steps to block the transmission of any licensed provider's broadcasts. Nugly [...] | 2007-03-13 16:00:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO PTER ETTC ASEC IZ SA |
07RIYADH523 | MARCH 12 JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING WITH PRINCE [...] (U) Action Request: This is an action request. Please see paragraph nine. --------- SUMMARY --------- 2. (S) After two weeks of meetings and site visits, USG experts from the Joint Working Group (JWG) on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) capped off their visit with a highly [...] | 2007-03-14 15:55:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | EPET PTER PGOV SA |
07RIYADH550 | FROM QASSIM - ONE VIEW ON EDUCATIONAL REFORM AND [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Governor of Qassim Province Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and his advisor, Dr. Yousef Al Romaih, a professor at the University of Qassim, told Ambassador during their March 6 meeting that the merger of Imam College and Qassim University was a positive step that [...] | 2007-03-19 15:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PINR PREL PHUM |
07RIYADH556 | VIGNETTES FROM AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO CONSERVATIVE [...] (SBU) Ambassador traveled to Qassim Province, often referred to as the heart of conservatism in Saudi Arabia, on March 6 and 7. In addition to his meeting with the Governor of Qassim Province Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz (septel),Ambassador attended a dinner meeting with the Qassim [...] | 2007-03-20 09:00:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PTER SA |
07RIYADH56 | USG'S SUCCESSFUL TRAINING FOR SAUDI ARABIA'S [...] (U) Summary. On December 20, 2006, EconOff and FBI representative to the Terrorist Financing Operations Section (TFOS),offered a one-day seminar to the Saudi Arabian Financial Intelligence Unit (SAFIU) geared towards basic analytical and investigative techniques for terrorism finance and m [...] | 2007-01-10 15:30:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA |
07RIYADH873 | MINISTRY OF INTERIOR CONTINUES TO UNDERSCORE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph five. --------------------------------------------- Iranian Threat Weighs on MOI; MOI Requests Threat Brief and Addition to Agenda for JWG -------------------------------------------- 2. (S) During an April 21 meeting, Ministry of [...] | 2007-04-25 16:03:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | EPET PTER PGOV INR SA |
07RIYADH881 | CODEL PELOSI APRIL 5 MEETING WITH MAJLIS AL-SHURA [...] (C) U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and delegation met on April 5 with Majlis Al-Shura Chairman Sheikh Dr. Salih bin Humaid, several other Shura Council members, and Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Adel Al-Jubeir. During a lively exchange of information and ideas, Humaid expl [...] | 2007-04-28 13:45:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG PTER CVIS IS IR SA |
07RIYADH922 | A VICTORY IN THE SAUDI WAR ON TERROR [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Saudi Ministry of Interior (MOI) recently reported to the press that it detained 172 suspected terrorists, dismantled seven terror cells, and seized large amounts of weapons and explosives, along with SR 20 million (USD 5.3 million). The arrests and seizures occurred over [...] | 2007-05-02 15:12:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR PGOV PREL KISL ASEC SA |
07RIYADH955 | TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Post delivered several terrorism finance demarches to the SAG on the following dates: --ref A, "Designation of Additional Syrian Entities," on 13 February via diplomatic note 07-248; --ref B, "Designation of Five Terrorist Facilitators and Inciters," on 13 February via diplomatic [...] | 2007-05-08 04:50:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KTFN PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA |
07RIYADH976 | TREASURY A/S PATRICK O'BRIEN MEETS WITH SAUDI [...] (U) On April 23, the newly-appointed Saudi Customs Director General Saleh bin Manea Al-Khilwey told Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Patrick O'Brien that the implementation of new cash declaration procedures is imminent. The SAG has relayed the same m [...] | 2007-05-09 12:44:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER SA |
07ROME1 | TERRORIST FINANCE - ITALY: DOCKRAT PRENOTIFICATION [...] (S) Econoff met with Giampaolo Cantini, Head of the Counter Terrorism Policy Unit at the MFA's Department for Multilateral Political Affairs on December 28 to discuss reftel points. Cantini stated that the GOI Financial Security Committee (FSC) would research the individuals listed in refte [...] | 2007-01-03 17:19:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZU IT |
07ROME1015 | LEBANON: ITALY CAUTIOUS ON HARIRI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Poloffs delivered Ref A demarche May 10 separately to MFA Near East Deputy Office Director Danielle Bosio, UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini, and the Prime Minister's Middle East Advisor Marco Carnelos, encouraging GOI support for a UNSCR to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Bo [...] | 2007-05-14 14:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC LE IT |
07ROME1109 | DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT FOR LEBANON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador May 23 made the points on the Special Lebanon Tribunal to FM Massimo D'Alema. D'Alema said he had spoken to both the Lebanese PM and French FM. The French were pushing hard for immediate action. However, while the GOI favored the resolution, it advocated waiting fo [...] | 2007-05-23 15:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PTER LE IT |
07ROME1112 | ITALY MONITORING IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Poloffs conveyed Ref A points to MFA Gulf Countries Acting Office Director Lorenzo Klutzer May 10 and MFA South Africa Acting Office Director Paolo Campanini May 23, emphasizing U.S. concerns about implications of the growing Iran-Venezuela alliance for terrorism and proliferation activiti [...] | 2007-05-24 10:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER KNNP PARM VE |
07ROME1132 | G-6 AND DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary. Italy hosted a meeting of the six larger EU nations in Venice May 11-12 to discuss strategies and share experiences on ways to better cooperate in the fight against radicalization and terrorism. Known as the "G6" meetings of EU interior ministers, this year's meeting included DH [...] | 2007-05-25 12:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KHLS PTER CVIS PREL PGOV IT |
07ROME120 | ITALY - DESIGNATIONS OF ADDITIONAL SYRIAN ENTITIES UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-18 16:01:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PTER KTFN KNNP EFIN ETTC SY IT PARM |
07ROME1789 | ITALY AGREES IN PRINCIPLE ON UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE [...] (C) Acting PolMinCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Arms Control and Nonproliferation Office Director Filippo Formica and Acting UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini August 22. A/PolMinCouns explained that South African and Indonesian efforts to prevent the internet posting of country ma [...] | 2007-08-22 11:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP ID SF IT |
07ROME1793 | ITALIAN INTELLIGENCE REFORM: EXTERNAL/INTERNAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: On August 1, the Italian parliament approved an intelligence reform law that will become effective October 12, 2007. The new law more clearly delineates domestic and external intelligence services while creating a DNI-like coordinator and giving ultimate political authority/re [...] | 2007-08-22 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL PTER IT |
07ROME1800 | ITALY CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR U.S. POSITION ON UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-23 10:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP ID SF IT |
07ROME1994 | LEBANON: ITALIAN CONTRIBUTION TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN Desk Officer Gabriella Biondi and Lebanon Desk Officer Michele Tommasi September 17 and urged Italy to contribute to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Poloffs emphasized that given Italy's significant presence on the ground in UNIFIL, Italy had [...] | 2007-09-18 10:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PTER IT |
07ROME2095 | ITALIAN OFFICIALS AGREE TO MONITOR NEW IRANIAN [...] (S) Summary: A senior Italian Ministry of Finance official agreed to carry out increased vigilance over new Iranian Central Bank (Bank Markazi) accounts in Italy (Ref A). The official told us that he has not met with the Iranian Embassy in Washington to discuss possible Financial Action Task Fo [...] | 2007-09-28 16:10:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL EFIN ECON UNSC KNNP PTER IR IT |
07ROME2143 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ITALIANS STILL NOT ON BOARD [...] (S) Summary: An Italian Ministry of Finance official predicted lengthy discussions on UNSCR 1737 (Iran) implementation at the October 12 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary in Paris. Italian officials are also close to announcing a decision to approve delisting Italian national Nasredd [...] | 2007-10-05 16:56:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER IT IR |
07ROME2166 | IDENTIFYING CREDIBLE VOICES: MISSION ITALY RESPONSE [...] (U) This cable is Mission Italy's response to reftels. 2. (S/NF) Embassy Rome is providing these carefully vetted names -- individuals who are already well known and who have taken public stands in favor of moderation or against extremism. The individuals named below are well-known pro-wes [...] | 2007-10-11 14:56:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SCUL SOCI IT |
07ROME2279 | AMIA CASE: ARGENTINA REQUESTS NO ASSISTANCE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 16:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR AR AL MT SM IT |
07ROME2293 | LEBANON: ITALIAN RESPONSE TO USG POSITION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-05 11:20:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IT LE SY |
07ROME2313 | ITALY: FOLLOW-UP ACTION REQUEST ON ILLICIT CASH [...] (C) Summary. Italian officials are making progress on combating illicit cash couriers. The GOI has recently issued a ministerial decree to bring its own regulations on cash transactions in compliance with EU norms and is drafting a law to update enforcement provisions. Seizures of bulk cash i [...] | 2007-11-08 17:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KTFN KCRM EFIN ETTC PREL PTER |
07ROME2452 | ITALY: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] (SBU) The following are Embassy Rome's answers to the questionnaire on host government information collection, screening and sharing practices contained in Reftel. 2. (SBU) Section A: Watchlisting -------------------------------- Question: If host government maintains a "watchlist," how [...] | 2007-12-10 16:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS IT |
07ROME2453 | ITALY: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] (SBU) The following are Embassy Rome's answers to the questionnaire on host government information collection, screening and sharing practices contained in Reftel. 2. (SBU) Section A: Watchlisting. --------------------------------- Question: If host government maintains a "watchlist," how [...] | 2007-12-10 16:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS IT |
07ROME2494 | ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE NUCLEAR [...] (U) Poloff followed up on Reftel Non-Paper and invitation with the Italian MFA Special Adviser on Nonproliferation Finance and Acting Coordinator for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, Gianluca Alberini, on December 18. (Note: Alberini is slated to replace outgoing GI Coordinato [...] | 2007-12-19 17:04:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL PINR PINS KNNP |
07ROME2504 | ITALY: 2007 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The following is post's proposed text for the Italy portion of the 2007 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. (U) There were no successful large-scale terrorist attacks in Italy in 2007. Italy aggressively investigated and prosecuted terrorism suspects, dismantled terrorist-related cells wi [...] | 2007-12-21 14:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR |
07ROME2513 | PKK TERRORISM: ITALIAN RESPONSE TO UPDATED [...] (S) Poloff followed up on Ref A and B demarches with Italian MFA Counterterrorism Officer Stefania Fancello on December 21, stressing that U.S. concern over PKK activities in Europe has grown since our first demarche on the Riza Altun case (Ref C) given increased tensionspQsdoD5EL5Q( Europe tha [...] | 2007-12-27 17:21:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN IT |
07ROME2517 | ITALY - UPDATE ON TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-28 17:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER IT |
07ROME256 | IRAN: REPORTS OF LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ITALY [...] (C) Iran Daily reported online (in English) January 30 and 31 that the Government of Iran will "take legal action against Italy,s decision to suspend its banking cooperation with Iran." Government of Italy contacts believe the proposed legal action by Iran is not linked to UNSCR 1737 or rec [...] | 2007-02-08 09:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON EFIN IR IT |
07ROME263 | ITALIAN NOMINEES FOR EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Rome nominates the following individuals to participate in the March 26-27 European conference on insurgency, "A Comprehensive Approach to Modern Insurgency: Afghanistan and Beyond." a.) RADM (0-8) Mario Rino ME', Deputy Chief, 3rd Reparto (J-3/J-5 equivalent),[...] | 2007-02-08 15:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PINS PREL PROP PTER NATEU MARR MOPS KISL |
07ROME267 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-09 09:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER IT |
07ROME275 | INTERIOR OFFICIAL ON ANTI-AMERICAN VIOLENCE AND [...] (S/NF) Vice Minister of Interior Marco Minnitti says that anti-Dal Molin demonstrations scheduled for February 17 could be a decisive moment for anti-American activities, either leading to a calming-down or possibly fueling more activity. He told Pol M/C February 7 that both sides should work t [...] | 2007-02-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL IT |
07ROME289 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ASSESSMENT OF TERRORIST [...] (S) Econoff discussed reftel points with contacts at the Ministry of Finance (MOF) Office of Financial Crimes and the MFA Office of Counterterrorism Policy February 8. Our contacts reported that their offices referred the UN 1267 designations to the GOI Financial Security Committee (FSC) to [...] | 2007-02-12 14:26:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC IT |
07ROME291 | TERRORIST FINANCE: HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL [...] (S/NF) Post convened its bi-weekly law enforcement meeting February 9 to discuss reftel. The following represents both the views of those USG law enforcement agencies at post attending the meeting and the views of ConGen Milan, where one HAI branch is reportedly located. 2. (S/NF) To be [...] | 2007-02-12 16:03:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PTER ECON IT |
07ROME384 | TERRORIST FINANCE: CASH COURIERS IN ITALY [...] (C) Summary: GOI officials have demonstrated a commitment to combating bulk cash smuggling by putting into place effective controls to monitor financial activity. However, challenges remain. Limited resources hamper Italian law enforcement's ability to investigate illicit cash courier acti [...] | 2007-02-26 15:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER IT |
07ROME478 | ITALY SYMPATHETIC TO ARGENTINA'S INTERPOL PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-11 15:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC PRT KFTFN |
07ROME571 | ITALY IN FAVOR OF LEBANON CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Near East Office Director Luciano Pezzotti March 22. Pezzotti appreciated the follow-up to NEA DAS Danin's February 23 visit and his suggestion to increase intelligence sharing through diplomatic channels and agreed that evidence of continued weapons [...] | 2007-03-22 15:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER UNSC LBAR IR IT |
07ROME634 | ITALY AND GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: AMBASSADOR WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 12:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG IT |
07ROME651 | FUNDING DECREE FOR ITALIAN MILITARY MISSIONS [...] March 27, the Italian Senate approved a government decree authorizing calendar year expenditures for "Italian Participation in Humanitarian and International Missions," all of Italy's military missions abroad The full Italian language text of the decree and a detailed English summary are avai [...] | 2007-03-30 11:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS EAID PTER NATO UN AF AL LN SU SO |
07ROME703 | WORKING WITH ITALY TO BETTER COMBAT FINANCIAL CRIME [...] (SBU) Italy has made significant strides over the past several decades in investigating and combating financial crimes, such as terrorism finance and money laundering. The government's highly public fights against the Sicilian Cosa Nostra mafia and the "Tangentopoli" ("Bribery-gate") scandal [...] | 2007-04-05 15:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER PGOV IT |
07ROME899 | ITALIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION [...] (C/NF) Summary. Although Italy withdrew its troop presence from Iraq in late 2006, Italy remains a committed partner in the political and economic development of Iraq through its PRT presence in Dhi Qar and its participation in the Iraq Compact and NTM-I. Italian political realities make it h [...] | 2007-04-30 14:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MAS MOPS PTER IZ IT |
07SANAA1142 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING ARABSAT BROADCAST OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-20 11:39:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KPAO ETTC PREL PTER YM |
07SANAA1145 | TRANSFER OF GTMO DETAINEES TO YEMEN, JUNE 2007 [...] (S/NF) Post confirms that on 19 June at between 1900 and 2100 local (1600 - 1800Z) Pol/Econ Officer Jed T. Dornburg signed change of custody paperwork for the four GTMO detainees listed below who were then transferred to the control of the Yemeni Government through MFA official Hadi HAIDRA. [...] | 2007-06-20 14:07:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER KAWC YM |
07SANAA1352 | EAST AFRICA REGIONAL SECURITY INITIATIVE IVLP [...] This cable has been cleared by US Embassies Addis Ababa, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam, and Sana'a. -------------------------- SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. Embassies Sana'a, Addis Ababa, Djibouti, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam and Port Louis request the crea [...] | 2007-07-17 10:58:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KSEP OEXC PHUM PREF PTER SCUL YM |
07SANAA1360 | HUMANE TREATMENT OF GTMO RETURNEES VERIFIED BY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-18 14:43:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | KAWC PHUM PREL PTER YM |
07SANAA1418 | PART ONE OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS [...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen,s capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. Yemen is [...] | 2007-07-24 07:39:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM |
07SANAA1423 | PART TWO OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS [...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen,s capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. This secon [...] | 2007-07-24 09:08:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM |
07SANAA1424 | PART THREE OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS [...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen,s capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. This thir [...] | 2007-07-24 10:02:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM |
07SANAA1425 | PART FOUR OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS [...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Tean (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen's capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. This four [...] | 2007-07-24 10:09:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM |
07SANAA1527 | TERRORISM FINANCE: MARTYRS FOUNDATION AND AL-QARD [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. 2. (SBU) On August 1, EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Abdulrahman Khamees, the ROYG Foreign Minister's Office Director. 3. (SBU) Khamees responded that Iranian foundations neither operate nor support humanitarian causes in Yem [...] | 2007-08-06 06:39:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER YM |
07SANAA1549 | HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER SUPPORTS FORUM FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER YM |
07SANAA1586 | YEMEN: GOVERNMENT INTIMIDATING JOURNALISTS TO CURB [...] (C) In two separate incidents ROYG forces harassed journalists of an independent Yemeni weekly, "al-Shar'e" (The Street). On July 20 security forces arrested and detained an al-Shar'e reporter, and ten days later security forces entered the paper's offices, damaged property, and brought charg [...] | 2007-08-18 14:08:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL YM PTER |
07SANAA1693 | DETAINED PROTEST LEADER TRANSFERRED TO SANAA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Unconfirmed media reports claim that retired Brigadier General Nasir al-Nawba has been transferred from Aden to Sanaa for prosecution by the ROYG on charges of high treason. Al-Nawba, head of the United Retired Military Officers Coordination Council, lead the 1 September Southern [...] | 2007-09-10 12:53:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER PGOV PINS PNAT YM |
07SANAA175 | REAR ADMIRAL HUNT DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On January 22, visiting Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander Admiral Richard Hunt traveled to Aden to meet with the governor and local security officials. Governor Ahmed al-Kohlani expressed appreciation for USG support to the Yemeni Coast Guard, sayin [...] | 2007-01-31 13:13:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PTER PARM SO YM |
07SANAA1906 | FOUR GTMO DETAINEES RELEASED [...] (C) Yemeni online news outlets reported on October 9 and 10 that four prisoners who had previously been detained at Guantanamo Bay had been released. According to the pro-government website 26 September.net, the four, Fawaz Noman Hamoud, Ali Muhsen Nasser, Sadiq Mohamed Saeed Ismael and Han [...] | 2007-10-15 09:54:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC YM |
07SANAA1910 | ROYG FORCES KILL SEVEN IN SOUTH YEMEN IN SEPERATE [...] (C) Press reports indicate that four people were killed and another 15 were injured on October 13 when police opened fire on a large group of Yemenis preparing a demonstration to mark the 44th anniversary of the 1963 uprising in Southern Yemen against British occupation. The event took place [...] | 2007-10-17 09:10:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PTER YM |
07SANAA1954 | ROYG INNER CIRCLE CONSIDERING STRAWMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-28 13:46:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER YM |
07SANAA1989 | TOWNSEND-SALEH MEETING PROVIDES OPENING FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 06:37:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER YM |
07SANAA2028 | YEMENI DELEGATION HEAD SAYS YEMEN WILL SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 12:47:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR YM |
07SANAA2044 | SALEH ADVISOR TELLS AMBASSADOR THE PRESIDENT NOW [...] (S) The Ambassador met November 3 with senior Presidential advisor AbdulKarim al-Eryani to discuss the case of Jamal al-Badawi and the recent meeting between the Ambassador and President Saleh. Eryani emphasized that the meeting was important insofar as it clarified for Saleh the magnitude of [...] | 2007-11-04 09:23:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL KMCA EAID EFIN ECON YM |
07SANAA2045 | FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche on October 31 to the ROYG National Anti-Money Launderng Committee (NAMLC) Chairman Ahmed Ghaleb. Also attending the meeting were Mohammed Al-Wareeth of the Yemen Bankers Association, Said Al-Khamery of the Ministry of Interior, Omer Ibrahim of the Minist [...] | 2007-11-04 09:23:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN KTFN PTER YM |
07SANAA2055 | EXPLOSION OF OIL PIPELINE NEAR MARIB [...] (C) An oil pipeline explosion occurred at approximately 0500 AM on November 5 in the Watada area, southwest of Sirwah Disrict in the area bordering al-Kholan and al-Bida tribal areas in the Ma'rib Governorate (ref A). According to media reports, there were no casualties. The explosion shut [...] | 2007-11-06 12:44:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PTER YM |
07SANAA2065 | SCENESETTER FOR THE TRAVEL OF AMBASSADOR DAILEY TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 12:16:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL OTRA YM |
07SANAA2066 | SCENESETTER FOR THE TRAVEL OF AMBASSADOR DAILEY TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 12:40:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL OTRA YM |
07SANAA2067 | SCENESETTER FOR THE TRAVEL OF AMBASSADOR DAILEY TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 12:52:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL OTRA YM |
07SANAA2082 | FM AL-QIRBI HOPES COURT WILL "CORRECT" MOA'YAD [...] (U) On November 9, several mainstream Yemeni press outlets ran stories on the announcement by Deputy Director of the National Organization for Rights and Freedoms (HOOD) Khaled al-Anesi, that attorneys for imprisoned terrorist financier Sheikh Mohamed Ali al-Moa'yad and his companion Zayed in [...] | 2007-11-12 14:59:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV YM |
07SANAA2091 | EMBASSY SHOOTER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS [...] (C) On November 12, a Yemeni state security court sentenced Saleh Mohammad Salim al-Ammari to five years in prison for opening fire on the US Embassy in Sana'a on December 5, 2006 (ref a). (Note: Original reports listed the shooter's name as Saleh Mohammed Salem Alawi. End note.) Lawyers [...] | 2007-11-13 13:38:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV KISL YM |
07SANAA2096 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTRY ON BADAWI CASE [...] (S) Per reftel, the Ambassador met on November 14 with the Deputy Foreign Minister to discuss the Badawi case. The Ambassador thanked him for the steps the ROYG has taken to ensure access for FBI investigators and reiterated strong USG interest in having Badawi in US custody. He said the USG [...] | 2007-11-14 15:20:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV KISL YM |
07SANAA2098 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR: SALEH 'INCAPABLE' OF GIVING [...] (C) Summary. Abdul Karim al-Eryani, a close advisor to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, told the Ambassador November 16 that Saleh is "incapable" of surrendering convicted USS Cole perpetrator Jamal al-Badawi to U.S. custody and asserted that we would do much better to focus our energy on winn [...] | 2007-11-16 12:44:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV YM |
07SANAA2151 | BADAWI INTERVIEWS CONCLUDE -- TIME TO CONSIDER [...] (S) On November 26, a team of FBI investigators will conduct their final interview with convicted USS Cole bombing conspirator Jamal al-Badawi. With the end of these regular interviews, we now face the issue of how to ensure that Badawi remains in jail in Sana'a while inter-agencey discussio [...] | 2007-11-26 14:27:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV YM |
07SANAA2214 | BADAWI RERELEASE RUMORS UNTRUE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 15:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL YM |
07SANAA2298 | USG DELEGATION REQUESTED TO PUSH BADAWI ISSUE [...] (C) Summary. Reftel included Post recommendation for a senior-level ROYG delegation to travel to Washington for discussions on options for - and obstacles to - resolving the Badawi case. On reflection, we have concluded that it would be far more valuable for a USG delegation to travel to Yeme [...] | 2007-12-11 14:17:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV OTRA YM |
07SANAA2325 | LATEST ROYG THINKING ON BADAWI, FORUM [...] (C) Summary. Taking advantage of scheduled meetings at the MFA for visiting Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Rickman, Ambassador met privately with Foreign Minister Qirbi and Deputy Foreign Minister al-Dhabbi December 17 to reinforce the message delivered last week to [...] | 2007-12-17 14:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL YM |
07SANAA2333 | YEMENI-AMERICAN AWLAQI RELEASED FROM ROYG CUSTODY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-18 14:00:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL YM |
07SANAA2362 | AMBASSADOR PUSHES AGAIN ON BADAWI BUT FM DOESN'T [...] (C) On December 30, the Ambassador reiterated to Foreign Minister al-Qirbi that US custody of Jamal al-Badawi is non-negotiable. Al-Qirbi responded again that such a resolution is "politically and legally impossible" and stated that the ROYG would await what it understood would be a POTUS de [...] | 2007-12-30 14:43:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV YM |
07SANAA2364 | YEMENIS CONTINUE TO HOPE FOR THE RETURN OF SHEIKH [...] (C) Sheikh al-Moayed recently sent a letter to President Saleh asking him to sign an "extradition treaty" with the United States. A ROYG source clarified that, if al-Moayed understood the meaning of extradition and its illegality under the Yemeni constitution, he would not have requested it. [...] | 2007-12-31 10:24:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER YM |
07SANAA297 | (C) YEMENIS ASK CODEL FOR HELP IN SAADA; PRESENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh asked CODEL Reyes on February 19 to support on an urgent basis the Yemeni Government's military campaign against insurrectionists in Saada with intelligence, equipment and armored vehicles. Interior Minister Rashad al-Alimi warned that anti-government fighters in [...] | 2007-02-26 06:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS MASS SO YE |
07SANAA770 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-23 12:55:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PARM PREL YM |
07SANAA857 | RESPONDING TO POTUS DIRECTIVE: TRANSPORT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Saleh,s May 2 meeting with President Bush, during which he requested more military assistance, and in preparation for a Policy Coordination Committee meeting scheduled for May 10, post proposes several ideas in line with Yemen,s current and future security ch [...] | 2007-05-08 13:31:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL MASS MCAP MARR PTER YM |
07SANAA882 | (S) EMIO PERMISSION RECEIVED; COORDINATION BEGINS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-14 08:22:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | MOPS MARR PREL PTER SNAR YM |
07SANAA905 | MINISTER PREACHES RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE, SHEIKH [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On May 1, the CDA, accompanied by poloff and Damon Stevens from the Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, met with Minister of Religious Affairs Judge Hamoud al-Hitar to discuss tolerance and dialogue between faith [...] | 2007-05-16 14:33:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER YM |
07SANAA907 | SAADA HISTORY: HUSSEIN AL-HOUTHI - PARLIAMENTARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since 2004, the ROYG has fought three wars in the Saada governorate with the al-Houthis, with each round more intense and prolonged than the last. History is key to understanding why this conflict began and continues to reemerge. The roots of the conflict lie with the late Hussein [...] | 2007-05-19 05:16:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER |
07SANAA96 | ADMIRAL HUNT DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: On January 21, visiting Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander Rear Admiral Richard Hunt and Ambassador met with Defense Minister Mohammad Nasser Ahmed Ali to discuss Somalia and military-military cooperation. Ali expressed concern that violence in Somal [...] | 2007-01-27 13:33:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PTER PARM SO YM |
07SANJOSE1053 | COSTA RICA: DEMARCHE ON IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) On May 31st, PolCoun and PolOff met with Alejandro Solano, sub-director of the Foreign Policy Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss the growing Iranian-Venezuelan relationship (Ref a). Solano was receptive and expressed concerns, particularly in the area of the loose [...] | 2007-06-04 16:08:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS MARR PTER IR ECON VE CS |
07SANJOSE1317 | COSTA RICA FOILS COLOMBIAN CARTEL ASSASSINATION [...] (S) SUMMARY. In late June, the GOCR foiled a plan by traffickers linked to the Colombian Norte del Valle cartel to assassinate Minister of Public Security Fernando Berrocal, apparently in retaliation for the recent (and notable) counternarcotics successes of the Arias administration. Elements [...] | 2007-07-10 19:20:00 | Embassy San Jose | SECRET | PINR PREL PTER SNAR XK |
07SANJOSE1349 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNCAC CHECKLIST AND APPLICATION [...] On July 13, PolOff conveyed reftel information and request to Carlos Cordero Madrigal, head of the Disarmament, Terrorism, and Organized Crime Section within the Foreign Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FMA). 2. Cordero advised that his office had already prepared the res [...] | 2007-07-16 22:54:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | CS KCRM KJUS PG PTER SNAR |
07SANJOSE1498 | NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION: COSTA RICA PLANS TO [...] On August 8, PolOff conveyed reftel request and information to Randolph Coto, Assistant Director of the Disarmament and Terrorist Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Guisella Sanchez Castillo, Human Rights Director at the Multilateral Policy Section of the MFA. 2. They advi [...] | 2007-08-13 14:53:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CS |
07SANJOSE1519 | USG CONCERN OVER ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] On August 9, PolOff conveyed reftel information and concerns to Randolph Coto, Assistant Director of the Disarmament and Terrorism Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. Mr. Coto advised the GOCR is aware of these concerns which are troubling to Costa Rica as well. He indicat [...] | 2007-08-15 20:28:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER CS |
07SANJOSE1618 | ASSESSMENT OF COSTA RICAN SECURITY REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Costa Rica remains a significant transshipment point for drugs, people, currency and weapons. A successful comprehensive regional security strategy for Central America must include appropriately trained and equipped Costa Rican forces, willing and able to cooperate with counterpa [...] | 2007-08-30 12:11:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | CS KJUS PGOV PINS PREF PREL PTER SNAR |
07SANJOSE1682 | US-COSTA RICA PARTNERSHIP AGAINST NARCOTRAFFICKERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Close bilateral cooperation and improved intra-GOCR coordination yielded impressive counter narcotics successes since early July. Joint USG-GOCR efforts intercepted four go-fast boats and forced a fifth to turn back towards Panama. Ashore, a probable fuel depot for go-fasts an [...] | 2007-09-10 16:56:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PTER SNAR XK CS |
07SANJOSE1691 | US-COSTA RICA PARTNERSHIP AGAINST NARCOTRAFFICKERS [...] This is a corrected version of San Jose 01682. See paragraphs 2, 3 and 12 2. (C) SUMMARY: Close bilateral cooperation and improved intra-GOCR coordination yielded impressive counter narcotics successes since early July. Joint USG-GOCR efforts intercepted four go-fast boats and forced a [...] | 2007-09-11 20:55:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PTER SNAR XK CS |
07SANJOSE1786 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] On September 25, PolOff met with Carlos Cordero Madrigal, head of the Disarmament and Terrorism Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Viviana Tinoco, Chief of the Human Rights Section of the MFA and delivered the reftel talking points. 2. Both Officers assured PolOff that the [...] | 2007-09-28 14:05:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC LE PTER CS |
07SANJOSE2063 | NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICERS TO COORDINATE TERRORISM [...] Embassy San Jose nominates Mark Kissel of the Economic section to be the Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Rob Andrew of the Political section to be the Deputy TFCO. 2. The contact information for the proposed TFCO and Deputy TFCO follows below: TFCO Name: Mark Kissel T [...] | 2007-12-17 23:38:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN |
07SANJOSE2074 | COSTA RICA: UPDATED SECURITY REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOCR's most pressing, non-lethal police equipment needs center on communications, transportation, technology, K-9 support, and surveillance equipment (in that order, see para 5). Coast Guard modernization remains on top of the list of other initiatives to be funded by the pend [...] | 2007-12-20 23:03:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PTER SNAR CS KJUS PREF |
07SANJOSE69 | THE COLOMBIAN CONNECTION: FORMER GUERRILLAS TURNED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Costa Rican authorities are increasingly worried about the criminal activities of former Colombian guerrillas operating in Costa Rica and, as a result, have stepped up efforts to extradite/deport them. On December 21, FARC member Hector Orlando Martinez Quinto was delivered to [...] | 2007-01-12 22:43:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR PREF PHUM SNAR CS XK |
07SANSALVADOR1070 | EL SALVADOR: DAS COULTER VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Political Military Bureau's Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Coulter visited El Salvador May 7-8 to hold bilateral discussions with the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs. He also made a speech to the Salvadoran Armed Forces' equivalent to the War College, had dinn [...] | 2007-05-31 20:48:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV PTER ES |
07SANSALVADOR1071 | EL SALVADOR ON VENEZUELA/IRAN RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) On May 31, poloff raised reftel C points with MFA Multilateral Affairs Chief Mario Rivera. (Note: The GOES has repeatedly raised with Post their misgivings about the growing Iran-Venezuela relationship, as well as potential Iran-Nicaragua ties; see reftels A and B. End note.) Rivera s [...] | 2007-05-31 20:48:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR ES |
07SANSALVADOR1286 | EL SALVADOR: POLICE CAPTURE JULY 5 POLICE ASSASSIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jose Mario Belloso Castillo, the sniper identified in press photographs as the assassin of riot police (PNC/UMO) during July 5, 2006 disturbances at the National University (UES),was apprehended by police early July 2 after an all-night dragnet that led through the city's sto [...] | 2007-07-03 19:23:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL PTER |
07SANSALVADOR1287 | SALVADORAN READOUT OF BELIZE SICA SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Meeting on Belize's San Pedro Island, leaders of member states of the Central American Integration System (SICA) discussed and approved a GOES proposal to enhance cooperation and coordination among the Central American countries regarding regional security and crime. The proposal was d [...] | 2007-07-03 22:30:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EFIN PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR KCRM |
07SANSALVADOR1375 | EL SALVADOR: CONCURRENCE WITH 1206 FUNDING [...] (C) I am writing in support of the following three 1206 funding proposals that relate to El Salvador. The three proposals for 1206 funding include: 2. (C) Four High Speed Interceptor Patrol Craft: Providing four high speed Interceptor Patrol Craft (along with trailer and vehicle to move [...] | 2007-07-13 22:23:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER PINS ES |
07SANSALVADOR1458 | SALVADORAN RESPONSE TO UIGHUR RESETTLEMENT REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-30 22:55:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER ES |
07SANSALVADOR1526 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON ADOPTION OF NUCLEAR [...] (U) Poloffs raised reftel A points during a July 23 meeting with Mario Rivera, Director of Multilateral Affairs for the Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Felix Ulloa, MFA advisor. Rivera pointed out that El Salvador was a signatory to twelve of the thirteen counter-terrorism co [...] | 2007-08-08 23:09:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL ES |
07SANSALVADOR1555 | ACTION REQUEST: SAN SALVADOR ASSESSMENT OF CENTRAL [...] (U) Introduction: There are numerous policy actions and USG-funded assistance that the government of El Salvador (GOES) could effectively use as part of a comprehensive regional security strategy for Central America. The proposed GOES policy actions discussed below, some of which could prove [...] | 2007-08-10 23:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PINS PREL PTER |
07SANSALVADOR1646 | EL SALVADOR TOUGHENS PUBLIC DISTURBANCE LAWS [...] (U) Summary: On August 16, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly passed amendments to key crime legislation that will increase penalties for public disturbance. The party-line vote was contentious, and the ruling ARENA party, which promoted the legislation, was unable to garner the support of i [...] | 2007-08-22 14:49:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM PTER ES |
07SANSALVADOR1911 | EL SALVADOR: TERRORIST FINANCE: USG CONCERN OVER [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to Jose Rolando Monroy Sintigo, Director of the Unidad de Investigacion Financiera, Fiscalia General de la Republica (El Salvador's Financial Intelligence Unit) on September 21. 2. (SBU) Monroy replied that his organization was eager to fully implement th [...] | 2007-09-21 23:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFIN PTER PREL ES |
07SANSALVADOR2402 | EL SALVADOR: UPDATED ASSESSMENT OF CENTRAL [...] (U) As requested ref. A, post has reviewed the security assessment contained in San Salvador 1555 (ref. B). We revalidate the original security needs identified in that cable as well as the priority focus areas for targeted U.S. law enforcement assistance and institution building in El Salvad [...] | 2007-12-13 21:18:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES PINS PREL PTER SNAR EAID |
07SANSALVADOR2404 | SAN SALVADOR TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-14 19:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN ES |
07SANSALVADOR822 | EL SALVADOR TO STAY IN IRAQ [...] (C) In recent months post has raised points similar to those contained in reftel A, encouraging the GOES to maintain its presence in Iraq with at least the continued deployment of the current composition of the Cuscatlan Battalion. Though the negotiations with the Legislative Assembly in late [...] | 2007-04-30 22:19:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ ES |
07SANTIAGO1 | MEDIA REACTION - SADDAM'S EXECUTION [...] On January 3, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) ran an editorial entitled "Saddam Hussein: A Bad Solution" ("Peor que el fondo") Quote: "Almost 60 years after the Nuremburg process took place, the same impossibility of having a truly exemplary justi [...] | 2007-01-03 16:32:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR |
07SANTIAGO10 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] On January 4, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) ran an editorial entitled "Iran Sanctions." Quote: 2. "The U.N. Security Council adopted resolution 1737.... The crisis between the international community and Iran has deepened due to (Iran's) nuclea [...] | 2007-01-04 15:02:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR |
07SANTIAGO1004 | TAKING THE GOOD (AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST) WITH THE [...] (S) Ricardo Ortiz, the MFA's Acting Director for the Middle East and Africa, confirmed to E/Pol Counselor on June 21 that Iran would open an embassy in Santiago, as MFA Director General Portales told the Ambassador June 15 (ref A). Ortiz said Chile and Iran had always maintained diplomatic re [...] | 2007-06-22 14:30:00 | Embassy Santiago | SECRET | IR PINR PREL PTER CI |
07SANTIAGO104 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] On January 18, Megavision's morning news program featured a commentary by international pundit Libardo Buitrago on Iran's President Ahmadinejad to Latin America. He said, "He is a very controversial President of a Muslim, religious, Shiite nation.... He has a particular relationship with Hugo [...] | 2007-01-19 16:28:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR |
07SANTIAGO1098 | MEDIA REACTION - U.S. AND LATIN AMERICA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-12 18:47:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI |
07SANTIAGO11 | MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ [...] On January 4, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) carried a column by international analyst Karin Ebensperger entitled "Iraq: The World is Waiting." Quote: 2. "Since my early studies of Political Science I have admired the values chosen by the America [...] | 2007-01-04 15:05:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR |
07SANTIAGO1112 | MEDIA REACTION - U.S. AND LATIN AMERICA [...] On July 14, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (Sat. circ. 195,626) ran an editorial entitled, "The U.S. and Latin America: A Strategic Relation." Quote: 2. "In recent days several high-ranking U.S. government officials have visited several countries in Latin America, including Chile. [...] | 2007-07-17 19:12:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI |
07SANTIAGO1336 | MEDIA REPORT - EDITORIAL ON U.S.-CHILE SCHOLARSHIP [...] On August 14, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) ran an editorial entitled "Educational Cooperation." Full translation follows: 2. "The university scholarships agreement signed by Minister Foxley and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice represent [...] | 2007-08-14 21:51:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI |
07SANTIAGO1501 | MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHILE RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-13 13:16:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI |
07SANTIAGO1859 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM - DVC WITH [...] Summary: U.S. Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ambassador Greg Schulte, briefed via Digital Video Conference (DVC) Chilean TV and radio commentators, think tank analysts, and university academics on the danger of Iran's nuclear program and the need for Iranian complian [...] | 2007-11-23 10:48:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PREL PGOV OPRC PTER CI IR |
07SANTIAGO199 | MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND THE ROLE OF IRAN [...] On February 3, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (Sat. circ. 195,626) carried an editorial entitled "The Strategy that the Conflict in Iraq Calls For." Quote: 2. "It is clear that the original U.S. goal to make post-Hussein Iraq the center from which to expand democratic values is no [...] | 2007-02-05 20:58:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER IR CI |
07SANTIAGO20 | MEDIA REACTION - SADDAM'S EXECUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-05 15:08:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IZ |
07SANTIAGO348 | MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND THE ROLE OF IRAN [...] On February 28, business and financial "Diario Financiero" (circ. 30,000) carried a column by Gabriela Mistral University assistant dean Ricardo Riesco, entitled, "Failing in Iraq Would be a Disaster." Quote: 2. "The collapse that characterizes any territorial fragmentation could have very [...] | 2007-02-28 18:32:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER IR CI |
07SANTIAGO418 | MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN TIES WITH VENEZUELA [...] On March 11, conservative, influential, newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (Sun. circ. 260,108) carried an editorial entitled "Iran's Diplomacy in Latin America." Quote: 2. "Iran is actively engaged with the President of Venezuela to increase its influence in Latin America.... An eventual [...] | 2007-03-13 13:55:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER IR CI |
07SANTIAGO443 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (U) Ambassador Kelly, joined by Yuriy Filatov, his Russian counterpart, delivered reftel demarche on March 16, to Ambassador Luis Winter, Director of the MFA's Office for Special Projects (DIPESP). Also present were Rodrigo Hume of DIPESP, E/POL Counselor, and the Russian embassy's political [...] | 2007-03-16 20:23:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER CI |
07SANTIAGO476 | ON THE SAME PAGE: INFLUENTIAL CHILEANS SEEKING [...] (C) Foreign Minister Foxley told the Ambassador Chile wants to increase cooperation with the USG on counter-terrorism and will advocate for Peru and Colombia as they negotiate FTA's with the U.S. A Foxley confidante expanded on the theme, arguing that Chile, feeling itself somewhat isolated i [...] | 2007-03-23 15:49:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL PTER CI |
07SANTIAGO635 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN AND ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] On April 18, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) carried an editorial by political scientist Boris Yopo entitled "The United States and the Threat of War with Iran." Quotes: 2. "Iran's intentions are clear. It wants...the international community to recognize its status a [...] | 2007-04-18 18:56:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR |
07SANTIAGO72 | MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 19:40:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR |
07SANTIAGO796 | DEMARCHE IN THE GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (S) E/Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche on May 15 to Ambassador Juan Pablo Lira March, head of the MFA's Division for South America, stressing following points: 1) Growing diplomatic links between Caracas and Tehran undermined international efforts to find a solution to Iran's nuclear effo [...] | 2007-05-15 21:16:00 | Embassy Santiago | SECRET | ECON MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER VE |
07SANTIAGO85 | MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-17 19:52:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR |
07SANTODOMINGO1207 | IRAN-VENEZUELA TIES: MEASURED DOMINICAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Dominican Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alejandra Liriano, emphasizing the talking points on nuclear ties, weapons technology cooperation, and terrorism concerns. 2. (C) In her reply, Liriano commented that Venezuela has close bilateral relatio [...] | 2007-05-22 19:34:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR VE IR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1218 | DEMARCHES ON UNSC RESOLUTIONS 1267 AND 1747: [...] POLOFF delivered ref A talking points on "the importance of international support for counter-terrorism objectives" and ref B points on "implementing UNSCR 1747 (Iran nuclear program)" to the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but [...] | 2007-05-23 16:39:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN PTER IR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1679 | DOMINICANS SIGN 505 AGREEMENT, INTERCEPTOR BOATS [...] (U) On June 28, Embassy received from the Dominican MFA diplomatic note DEJ/STI 16058 agreeing to the terms of a "505 agreement" first proposed in REFTELS B and C and most recently relayed to the Dominican Government via Embassy diplomatic note 90 of May 17, 2007. Electronic copies of both no [...] | 2007-07-12 15:51:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PTER SNAR KCRM SMIG DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1757 | EMBASSY SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO IMPROVE DOMINICAN AIR [...] (SBU) Embassy concurs with and supports the aircraft procurement program (termed RAMP) proposed by U.S. Air Force Southern Command (AFSOUTH) designed to provide partner nations such as the Dominican Republic with the ability to work jointly with the United States to secure national borders and [...] | 2007-07-20 20:40:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PTER DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1758 | EMBASSY SUPPORTS SPECIALIZED 1206-FUNDED CT [...] (S) Embassy concurs with and supports the concept of specialized counter-terrorism training for Dominican forces as proposed by the U.S. Special Forces Command (SOCSOUTH) and termed OEF-CCA Dominican Republic. This training will enable Dominican forces to effectively conduct unilateral/combine [...] | 2007-07-20 20:40:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | SECRET | MARR PTER DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1759 | EMBASSY SUPPORTS SOUTHCOM EFFORTS TO INCREASE [...] (SBU) Embassy concurs with and supports efforts undertaken by the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) to improve Dominican maritime counter-terror capabilities through provision of naval interceptors (i.e., "go-fast boats),communications and other equipment, and training through the "Enduring Fr [...] | 2007-07-20 20:41:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PTER DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1782 | DOMINICAN REPLY ON RESETTLEMENT OF CHINESE UIGHUR [...] (C) Political Unit Chief delivered Reftel talking points on the resettlement of Uighur detainees to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Undersecretary for Judicial Affairs Miguel Pichardo Olivier expressed concern regarding the possible security threat posed by the detainees. He also commented [...] | 2007-07-25 21:22:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER PINR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO2176 | DOMINICANS PAUSE DISCUSSION OF GTMO MEDEVAC [...] (C) Per REFTEL, Embassy demarched Under Secretary for Consular and Migratory Affairs Rosario Graciano de los Santos on September 19 regarding the possibility of establishing an emergency medevac standby arrangement. Graciano personally supported further, coordinated discussion of this initiati [...] | 2007-09-19 20:36:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR DO |
07SANTODOMINGO2432 | SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL RED [...] (SBU) Per Reftel instructions, POLOFF contacted the Embassy of Argentina in Santo Domingo to offer United States support for Argentina's request for the issuance of INTERPOL Red Notices for the Iranian officials charged in the 1994 AMIA bombing. Counselor Fernando Ricci replied that his Embas [...] | 2007-10-29 13:07:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC KJUS PREL IR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO2746 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE ON CASH COURIER [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points to the Director of the Superintendent of Banks' Financial Investigation Unit, Heiromy Castro, as well as to the Director of the country's Financial Analysis Unit (located within the National Counsel on Drugs),Maximo Gorqui Melo, both of whom took our view [...] | 2007-12-14 16:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV PTER ASEC KTFIN DR |
07SAOPAULO966 | CODEL REID'S VISIT TO FOZ DO IGUACU, BRAZIL [...] (U) During a November 27-28 visit to Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, Codel Reid met with the Ambassador and Embassy Brasilia and ConGen Sao Paulo officers, visited Federal Police headquarters and an operating center of the Maritime Federal Police, and toured Itaipu Dam. The delegation dined with three [...] | 2007-12-12 09:23:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KCRM OPRC BR |
07SAOPAULO991 | JUDGES WARN THAT BRAZIL MUST DO MORE TO BATTLE [...] (C) Sao Paulo Supreme Court justices are concerned about the possibility of growing ties between organized crime and terrorism in Brazil. During a December 5-7 visit to Sao Paulo by Greg West, Assistant United States Attorney and Organized Crime and Terrorism Section Chief for the Northern D [...] | 2007-12-19 18:07:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV OEXC OIIP KCRM BR |
07SARAJEVO1071 | BOSNIA: SADOVIC POLITICIZES MINISTRY OF SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Since his January appointment, Tarik Sadovic has adopted a highly political approach to his role as Minister of Security and worked almost exclusively to advance Bosniak ethnic interests. Sadovic has excluded non-Bosniak Ministry officials, including the Deputy Minister, from pol [...] | 2007-05-17 11:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM PTER BK |
07SARAJEVO1127 | BOSNIA: MILETIC IN JEOPARDY AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: Attempts to oust Federation Police Chief Zlatko Miletic continue. On May 29 the Federation Parliament plans to vote on the legality of the last-minute mandate extension of the current Independent Supervisory Review Board (ISRB) and its decision to re-appoint Federation Police Dir [...] | 2007-05-24 11:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS PINR KCRM BK |
07SARAJEVO121 | MILETIC MANDATE RENEWED [...] (C) On January 18 an independent personnel board reconfirmed its decision to appoint Zlatko Miletic as Federation Police Chief. The Federation parliamentary committee charged with administrative oversight upheld the legality of the decision thus overruling the opposition of Miletic opponents i [...] | 2007-01-18 16:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BK KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL PTER |
07SARAJEVO1405 | TERRORISM CONVICTIONS UPHELD BUT SENTENCES [...] (U) On June 15, the State Court appellate panel affirmed the terrorism convictions of Mirsad Bektasevic and three others (REF A). While rejecting all of the defense's claims for acquittal, the court significantly reduced the sentences, ruling that the original sentences were disproportionate t [...] | 2007-06-25 08:05:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PGOV BK |
07SARAJEVO162 | BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC RAISES ALGERIAN 6 GUANTANAMO [...] (S) SUMMARY: At a January 18 meeting, Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency raised the Algerian 6 with the Ambassador. Silajdzic said that his impression was that the U.S. planned to release the six men and posed several questions about how their citizenship might impact that decision. We foll [...] | 2007-01-23 15:22:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL PINR BK |
07SARAJEVO1822 | BOSNIA - AMBASSADOR PRESSES USG LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador August 22 raised the issues of civil protection, our upcoming law enforcement agenda, defense reform, and the increase in nationalist rhetoric during an August 22 meeting with Council of Ministers (CoM) Chair Nikola Spiric. Using recent fires as an example, Ambassador [...] | 2007-08-24 11:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SENV HR BK |
07SARAJEVO1986 | BOSNIAN SECURITY AGENCY HEADS PLEDGE COOPERATION [...] (C) DCM, September 10, hosted heads of security and law enforcement agencies to lunch to discuss maximizing interagency cooperation. Agency heads stressed their commitment to interagency cooperation but complained that political leaders make effective police and intelligence work difficult. [...] | 2007-09-19 06:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | BK KCRM PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
07SARAJEVO199 | BOSNIA: NEW PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKERS PLEDGE SUPPORT [...] (C) DCM, along with Political and Economic section representatives, met January 25 with new co-speakers of the BiH House of Representatives Niko Lozancic (HDZ-BiH) and Milorad Zivkovic (SNSD) to discuss legislative priorities in the months ahead; a key focus of the discussion was the need for [...] | 2007-01-26 16:25:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | PGOV PTER BK |
07SARAJEVO1990 | BOSNIA - YOUTUBE, FORMER BOSNIAN COMMANDER DELIC, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 14, a video clip of Rasim Delic, the highest ranking Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) indicted by the International War Crimes Tribunal (ICTY),addressing mujahedeen surfaced. Delic is accused of not preventing war crimes committed by mujahedeen during the 1992-1995 war. [...] | 2007-09-19 10:56:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KAWC KCRM BK |
07SARAJEVO2082 | YOUTUBE THREATS TO BOSNIAK LEADERS [...] (U) On September 29, a user identified as Hattab 72 posted a nine-minute video clip on YouTube threatening President Haris Silajdzic, Islamic Community President Reis Ceric, and SDA President Sulejman Tihic with &political, moral, and religious assassination8 if they continue to support the [...] | 2007-10-01 18:25:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KAWC KCRM BK |
07SARAJEVO2663 | BOSNIA - FIRST DEPORTATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL [...] (C) On December 9, Bosnian authorities deported Algerian native Atau Mimun, who was stripped of Bosnian citizenship by the Citizen Review Commission (CRC). The CRC was established in 2006 to review the status of individuals who had fraudently obtained Bosnian citizenship between 1992 and ear [...] | 2007-12-14 11:30:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KCRM BK |
07SARAJEVO348 | BOSNIA - BIH HELSINKI ERRONEOUSLY ATTACKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The BiH Helsinki Committee released its "Report on the Status of Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina" on February 12. The report raises the traditional range of human rights concerns, but also makes several erroneous accusations about the work of the Citizenship Review Commiss [...] | 2007-02-13 14:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER BK |
07SARAJEVO500 | BIH STATE COURT UPDATES PART TWO: TERRORISM, [...] INTRODUCTION: This is the second of two cables summarizing cases currently before the BiH State Court. This cable summarizes organized crime, corruption and terrorism cases underway in the BiH State Court. Cases underway in the War Crimes Chamber were reported previously (REF. B). These cab [...] | 2007-03-05 14:24:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KCRM KJUS KCOR KAWC PHUM PINR BK |
07SARAJEVO510 | BOSNIA - NEW BATTLE BEGINS OVER CITIZENSHIP LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The opening salvo in what could prove to be an ugly political battle over amendments to the Bosnian Law on Citizenship came on February 27, when FM Sven Alkalaj (Party for BiH (SBiH)) sent a diplomatic note to the Serbian MFA informing it that the bilateral agreement on dual cit [...] | 2007-03-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER BK |
07SARAJEVO650 | BOSNIA - WAHHABISM THREATENS TRADITIONAL BOSNIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Islamic Community (IC) is on the defensive as Bosnian Islam undergoes an identity crisis. While the scope of the problem remains unclear, there is a general recognition that more extreme believers (foreigners and nationals) are deliberately disrupting Bosnian Muslim communiti [...] | 2007-03-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KISL SCUL BK |
07SARAJEVO931 | BOSNIA BEHIND CONTINUED COALITION PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 12:40:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER BK IZ |
07SARAJEVO932 | BOSNIA: NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE TO ATTEND [...] (SBU) Newly-installed Bosnian Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic, along with Deputy Defense Minister Igor Crnadak and Deputy Commander of the Armed Forces' Operational Command BG Mirko Tepsic, will attend the Coalition Conference in Tampa, Florida April 30-May 2. Cikotic, who assumed his duties [...] | 2007-04-27 12:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER BK IZ |
07SEOUL1413 | ROKG COMMENTS ON REVISED U.S. ARF PROPOSALS [...] (C) On May 11, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Kim Jong-min of the Security Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Kim said the revised U.S. proposals were appreciated, but noted that ROKG comments on previous drafts had just been sent to the ROK representati [...] | 2007-05-11 06:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ARF KNNP PTER KS |
07SEOUL1532 | ROKG SUPPORTS USG ARF PROPOSALS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) On May 18, Kim Jong-min of the Security Policy Division and Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),delivered the ROKG official response to [...] | 2007-05-18 06:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ARF KNNP PTER KS |
07SEOUL1710 | ROKG ON VENEZUELA-IRAN RELATIONSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-05 09:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL ECON PTER VE IR KS |
07SEOUL1738 | ROKG TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE CONFERENCE IN [...] (SBU) On June 1 poloff met with Park Chul-min, MOFAT's Disarmament and Nonproliferation Director, to formally welcome the ROKG into the Global Initiative (GI) as a new partner nation; deliver ref a points including a request for a government-wide GI point-of-contact (POC); and encouraging act [...] | 2007-06-07 08:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PTER KGIC KS |
07SEOUL1975 | ROKG INFORMED OF WEB-BASED INFORMATION PORTAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-02 06:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC KS GM |
07SEOUL2146 | AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ: WHAT THE ROK WILL/WON'T DO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 16, MOFAT North America DG Cho Byung-jae conveyed the following ROKG decisions to POLMC regarding South Korea's planned 2008 role in Iraq and Afghanistan. -- The ROK will withdraw all of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2007. -- In place of those troops, the R [...] | 2007-07-18 07:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PTER PREL AF IZ KS |
07SEOUL2157 | AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ: WHAT THE ROK WILL/WON'T DO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 16, MOFAT North America DG Cho Byung-jae conveyed the following ROKG decisions to POLMC regarding South Korea's planned 2008 role in Iraq and Afghanistan. -- The ROK will withdraw all of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2007. -- In place of those troops, the R [...] | 2007-07-18 08:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PTER PREL AF IZ KS |
07SEOUL2209 | ROK DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES HOSTAGE [...] (C) In a July 23 meeting with the CDA, ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Shim Yoon-joe expressed ROKG appreciation for USG cooperation and information sharing in handling the Taliban kidnapping of Korean civilians in Afghanistan. In particular, Shim said that the ROKG appreciated USG assurances th [...] | 2007-07-23 09:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MARR AF KS |
07SEOUL2336 | AFGHAN HOSTAGE SITUATION: MISSION'S ASSESSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fifteen days after 23 Korean hostages were kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan, emotions are running high in Korea. Especially after two hostages were killed, pressure is mounting on the ROKG to ensure the remaining hostages are saved. Some politicians and leftist groups are [...] | 2007-08-03 08:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PGOV PREL PTER AF KN KS |
07SEOUL2337 | ROK EMPHASIZES AFGHANISTAN HOSTAGE CRISIS DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The current hostage crisis in Afghanistan dominated the agenda of meetings with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) David S. Sedney during his SIPDIS orientation trip to the ROK on August 2. ROKG officials in the Ministry fo Froiegn Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),Ministry [...] | 2007-08-04 06:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS KS AF |
07SEOUL2361 | KOREAN MEDIA TAKES THE RIGHT LINE ON AFGHAN HOSTAGE CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an August 6 meeting with Embassy Seoul PAO, a senior writer for one of Korea's three largest and most influential national dailies explained that the mainstream media have made a conscious editorial decision to advise Koreans not to blame the hostage crisis on the United Sta [...] | 2007-08-07 07:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PROP PTER KS AF |
07SEOUL2368 | ROK EMPHASIZES AFGHANISTAN HOSTAGE CRISIS DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The current hostage crisis in Afghanistan dominated the agenda at meetings Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) David Sedney had with several ROK officials on August 2. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),Ministry of National Defense (MND),and Blue House's Nati [...] | 2007-08-07 08:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS KS AF |
07SEOUL2444 | MOFAT DEPUTY MINISTER PARK TO TAKE LEAD ON [...] (C) On August 14, Park In-kook, Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations at MOFAT, met with the Charge d'Affaires to inform him he would be leaving the next day for Afghanistan where he would take over as lead official for the South Korean government's handling of th [...] | 2007-08-14 10:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MARR MOPS KS AF |
07SEOUL2445 | MOFAT DEPUTY MINISTER PARK TO TAKE LEAD ON [...] (C) On August 14, Park In-kook, Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations at MOFAT, met with the Charge d'Affaires to inform him he would be leaving the next day for Afghanistan where he would take over as lead official for the South Korean government's handling of th [...] | 2007-08-14 10:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MARR MOPS KS AF |
07SEOUL2560 | SOUTH KOREAN MILITARY VEHICLES SALE TO IRAN [...] (C) During a meeting on August 23 with Park Chul-min, Director of the Disarmament and Non-proliferation Division at the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),Park inquired whether the U.S. Government would have any objection to the following sale of Kia Motors vehicles to [...] | 2007-08-24 06:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PINS PTER MASS KS IR AF IZ |
07SEOUL2574 | ROK OPTIMISTIC TALIBAN WILL RELEASE KOREAN [...] (S) The Ambassador was called in to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) late in the day on August 27 to receive an upbeat report on the status of the Korean hostage negotiations in Afghanistan. Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Shim Yoon-joe, who was serving as acting forei [...] | 2007-08-27 10:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR MARR MOPS KS AF |
07SEOUL2653 | HOSTAGES AND RAMIFICATIONS ARE COMING HOME TO KOREA [...] (S) SUMMARY: On August 30, all of the remaining Korean hostages held by their Taliban captors in Afghanistan were turned over to the International Committee of the Red Crescent in Ghazni. Out of the 23 Koreans kidnapped by the Taliban, two were killed, two were released on August 13, and th [...] | 2007-08-31 08:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR MARR MOPS AF KS |
07SEOUL2842 | AFGHANISTAN: HOSTAGE CRISIS DOES NOT AFFECT ROKG [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On September 17, Cho Byung-Jae, Director General for North American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),told Pol M/C that the ROKG had decided to move forward with its pre-ROK hostage crisis pla [...] | 2007-09-17 08:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER PGOV MASS KS AF IZ |
07SEOUL3266 | ROK WILLING TO PROSECUTE PIRATES, SEEKS [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche and non-paper, Park In-kook, Deputy Foreign Minister for International Organizations and Global Issues, agreed on the need for stronger multilateral enforcement mechanisms against piracy. In a November 6 meeting with the DCM, Park asked in particular about th [...] | 2007-11-06 06:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCSY PHSA PTER PREL EWWT UN UNSC IMO PM |
07SEOUL3319 | ROKG ENDORSES GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) The ROKG endorses the principles of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and plans to participate in the June 11-12 meeting in Kazakhstan, MOFAT Director for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Park Chul-min told Poloffs from the U.S. and Russian Embassies at a May 22 meeting. [...] | 2007-05-22 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PARM PINR PINS KNNP MCAP KS |
07SEOUL406 | ROKG CONSIDERING GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) On February 9, Deputy POL M/C delivered reftel points encouraging the ROK to consider becoming a partner nation of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (Global Initiative) to Park Chul-min, MOFAT's Director of the Disarmament and Non-proliferation Division. Park said that [...] | 2007-02-11 22:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KGIT KNNP IAEA SK |
07SEOUL550 | MOFAT RESPONDS FAVORABLY TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) On February 26, POL M/C and Russian DCM Alexander Timonin delivered ref A points encouraging the ROKG to participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to Song Young-wan, MOFAT's Director-General for International Organizations. Song agreed that the Initiative was imp [...] | 2007-02-26 08:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PARM PINR PINS KNNP MCAP KS |
07SEOUL617 | ROKG INFORMED OF FBI-HOSTED GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-05 05:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PARM PINR PINS KNNP MCAP KS |
07SINGAPORE1018 | U/S LEVEY WARNS AGAINST IRANIAN FINANCIAL [...] (S) Summary. Singapore officials assured Treasury Under Secretary Levey that they were taking the necessary steps to SIPDIS thwart any attempt by the Iranian government or Iran-linked entities to exploit Singapore for terrorism and proliferation-related activities. U/S Levey underscored t [...] | 2007-05-25 09:10:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN ETTC KCRM EFIN PTER ECON EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE118 | SINGAPORE SUPPORTS PRESIDENT'S IRAQ POLICY [...] (SBU) Ambassador Herbold briefed MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho on the elements of the President's new Iraq strategy on January 17, and thanked Singapore for its continuing support in Iraq (reftel). Peter Ho told the Ambassador that Singapore strongly supports our Iraq policy and that it wou [...] | 2007-01-17 10:10:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS MARR IZ SN |
07SINGAPORE1612 | GOS LETTER TO DHS REGARDING NEW CARGO SCANNING LEGISLATION [...] (U) Transportation Minister Raymond Lim recently sent the letter in paragraph 2 to Secretary Chertoff highlighting Singapore's concerns about our new cargo scanning legislation. Per State 119837, we will report other local reactions septel. 2. (SBU) Begin text of letter: MINISTER FOR T [...] | 2007-08-31 00:20:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHSA ETRD EWWT SN |
07SINGAPORE1637 | ASEAN CHARTER ON TRACK, SINGAPORE MFA TELLS EAP [...] (C) Summary: The ASEAN Charter should be ready for leaders to sign at the group's November Summit in Singapore, MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan told EAP DAS Scot Marciel and the Ambassador August 25. Kausikan offered a downbeat assessment of developments in Indonesia, Malaysi [...] | 2007-09-04 08:36:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PTER ETRD EFIN SN |
07SINGAPORE1668 | COALITION FORCES ESSENTIAL TO IRAQ'S REBUILDING, [...] (U) A premature withdrawal of Coalition forces from Iraq would harm the situation in Iraq, Iraqi Foreign Ministry Deputy Minister for Policy Planning, Labeed Majeed ABBAWI told a Singapore audience on September 6 at a forum on Iraq's foreign policy. A major goal for the GOI is to convince its [...] | 2007-09-07 07:26:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI ECON ETRD PGOV PTER IR XF IZ SN |
07SINGAPORE2005 | SINGAPORE TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Singapore will support the decision by INTERPOL's Executive Committee to issue Red Notices for five current and former Iranian officials and one Lebanese national at the INTERPOL General Assembly Meeting in Morocco on November 5-8, MFA International Organization Directorate Deputy Directo [...] | 2007-11-02 08:57:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR SN |
07SINGAPORE2037 | SINGAPORE 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter on Singapore for the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II - Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. We also have emailed to INL the text of the draft report in MS Word format showing chan [...] | 2007-11-13 07:13:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN KTFN PTER KSEP ETTC SNAR SN |
07SINGAPORE2150 | 100-PERCENT SCANNING "UNWORKABLE," SAYS SINGAPORE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Singapore government remains opposed to the "100-percent" scanning provision of the 9/11 Act, calling it "unworkable" in its current form. Senior GOS officials have urged in meetings, formal letters, and public fora that the USG reconsider the legislation. Singapore-based [...] | 2007-12-05 06:36:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EWWT ETTC PTER ECON USTR SN |
07SINGAPORE2205 | SINGAPORE-U.S. SIGN SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE DECLARATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 13:30:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD ECON ETTC PTER SN |
07SINGAPORE318 | DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) In conjunction with the Russian Federation's Deputy Chief of Mission, Igor Evdokimov, Econoff described the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) and delivered Ref A documents on February 13 to Vanessa Chan, MFA International Organizations Deputy Director. Chan expressed [...] | 2007-02-14 04:33:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIT KNNP ETTC PREL SN |
07SINGAPORE480 | DEMARCHE ON INTERPOL'S AMIA PROPOSAL DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 06:33:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | IR AR PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC KTFN KISL |
07SINGAPORE585 | DPM WONG RESPONDS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs WONG Kan Seng told the Ambassador on March 23 that he planned to discuss recent law enforcement cooperation developments during his upcoming visit to Washington. He acknowledged that much effort was required to conclude a Mutu [...] | 2007-03-23 08:46:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC SNAR KTFN KCRM PREL PTER ECON SN |
07SINGAPORE745 | SCENESETTER FOR DPM WONG KAN SENG'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs WONG Kan Seng is Singapore's key figure for domestic security, law enforcement, and intelligence cooperation. His April 19-22 visit to Washington and New York offers an excellent opportunity to expand the programmatic [...] | 2007-04-13 06:08:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | KCRM PTER SNAR KTFN ETTC EFIN KWMN SN |
07SINGAPORE933 | FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION BETTER, ALBEIT [...] (C) Summary: GOS officials told Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Regional Specialist Rena Miller April 18 that they expected to process 4,000 to 5,000 Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) in 2007, up from about 1,760 in 2004. Miller noted that information sharing had improved [...] | 2007-05-14 09:16:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR ECON EINV SN |
07SKOPJE135 | MACEDONIAN NOMINEES FOR MARCH CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 10:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PROP PTER PINS EAID NATEU MARR MOPS KISL |
07SKOPJE250 | MACEDONIA TO SUPPORT GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 16:03:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL MK |
07SKOPJE256 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON RELEASE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-29 15:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PTER AF IT MK |
07SKOPJE350 | MACEDONIA: TO ATTEND CONFERENCE ON THE GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL MK |
07SKOPJE392 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1267 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC MK |
07SKOPJE695 | MACEDONIA: A/S O'BRIEN VISIT HIGHLIGHTS TERRORISM [...] (SBU) During his June 11-12 visit, A/S Patrick O'Brien encouraged Macedonian government officials to continue strengthening the country's counter-terrorism financing and anti-money laundering law, as well as those institutions responsible for implementation of the law. O'Brien applauded the [...] | 2007-08-22 08:27:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN PTER EFIN PREL MK |
07SKOPJE698 | MACEDONIA: GOM SUSPECTS ESCAPED KOSOVO CRIMINALS [...] (S) On August 23, Macedonian Ministry of Interior (MOI) Director of Public Security, Ljupco Todorovski, told us that according to GOM intelligence sources, at least two of the criminals who escaped from a Kosovo prison (ref) are in Macedonia near the border with Kosovo. He also said the esca [...] | 2007-08-23 17:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET | PGOV KCRM PINR PTER ASEC KV MK |
07SKOPJE780 | MACEDONIA CONSIDERS SYMBOLIC CONTRIBUTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-24 09:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSCE LE PTER MK |
07SKOPJE864 | SHOTS FIRED AT POLICE IN NORTHERN MACEDONIA ALMOST [...] (SBU) The shots fired on October 24 at a three person Macedonian border police patrol near the town of Kodra Fura sparked media speculation that the incident was a politically motivated attack by ethnic Albanians. Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials told us, and OSCE monitors confirmed, howe [...] | 2007-10-26 15:19:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PREL PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE887 | MACEDONIA: MAJOR POLICE ACTION AGAINST CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Interior (MOI) informed us today that a police operation began early this morning against a group of 30-40 armed ethnic Albanian criminals who have been holed up outside of the northwest village of Brodec near the Kosovo border since July. The group includes escapees from [...] | 2007-11-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM PTER ASEC MK |
07SKOPJE892 | MACEDONIA: CALM AFTER THE STORM -- POLICE [...] (SBU) A major police action against a group of ethnic Albanian criminals in a village in northwest Macedonia (reftel) concluded November 8, with six criminals killed and more than a dozen arrested. The operation appeared to have been conducted properly, with mixed ethnic patrols conducting th [...] | 2007-11-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM PTER ASEC MK KS |
07SOFIA1149 | BULGARIA TO CONSIDER US CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-24 05:01:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC LE PTER AU |
07SOFIA1160 | BULGARIAN REACTION TO NEW U.S. LAW ON MARITIME CARGO [...] (SBU) Post sent reftel guidance on the new U.S. law on maritime cargo scanning to the MFA, Maritime Administration, Nuclear Regulatory Agency, Customs, as well as AmCham and the Association of Cargo Carriers. We received one response -- from the Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NRA) -- which stated [...] | 2007-09-25 10:29:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER BU |
07SOFIA1182 | GOB VIGILANT ON PKK IN EUROPE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-02 14:42:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN OSCE TU IZ EU BU |
07SOFIA12 | BULGARIA READY TO EXTEND IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) In a January 5 meeting, Ministry of Defense International Cooperation Director Yordan Bozhilov officially informed Charge and Defense Attache of Bulgaria's readiness to extend for an additional year its mission at Camp Ashraf - [...] | 2007-01-05 09:52:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS IZ BU |
07SOFIA1270 | ARGENTINE EMBASSY SOFIA UNSURE OF RED NOTICE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-29 14:23:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | IR PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV BU |
07SOFIA1274 | ADDITONAL BULGARIAN RESPONSE TO NEW U.S. LAW ON MARITIME [...] (SBU) As reported in ref B, Post sent ref A guidance on the new U.S. law on maritime cargo scanning to the MFA, Maritime Administration, Nuclear Regulatory Agency, Customs, as well as AmCham and the Association of Cargo Carriers. On October 3 we received an additional response -- from the Bulg [...] | 2007-10-30 15:00:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER BU |
07SOFIA1284 | BULGARIA: INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT [...] (U) This cable provides information on Bulgarian Government practices on information collection, screening, and sharing. Responses correspond to questions listed in REF A. WATCHLISTING 2. (SBU) According to our contacts at the Financial Intelligence Agency and other Bulgarian gover [...] | 2007-11-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KVPR PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS BU |
07SOFIA1285 | BULGARIA STRONGLY CONDEMNS PKK USE OF VIOLENCE. [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 15:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN BU |
07SOFIA163 | BULGARIA: NOMINEES FOR MARCH 26-27 INSURGENCY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-07 14:08:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PINS PROP KISL MARR MOPS EAID NATO |
07SOFIA424 | BULGARIA IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747 AND TARGETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP IR BU |
07SOFIA474 | BULGARIA NON-COMMITTAL ON GITMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 16:57:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC BU |
07SOFIA827 | BULGARIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON FOREIGN [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche to Petko Doykov, Director of the MFA's Middle East directorate, on July 5. Tailoring the demarche to Bulgaria's circumstances, we urged in particular that the GOB approach Syria and insist that it stop the flow of foreign fighters entering Iraq from Syria. Doyk [...] | 2007-07-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | PREL PTER SY IZ BU |
07SOFIA87 | BULGARIA AND OPERATION BLACK SEA HARMONY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Despite persistent U.S. lobbying and a high-level push from official visitors, GoB officials are not yet sold on membership in Turkish-led Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH). Credible doubts about Turkey's willingness to share information have fed into deep-seated mistrust of [...] | 2007-01-18 13:10:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER NATO MARR MOPS TU BU |
07STATE11550 | DEPUTIES BRIEFING ON DETAINEE LEGAL [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 4. 2. (S) The Deputies Committee (DC) tasked the State Department with the following action in its November 29 Summary of Conclusions (SOC): "Embassy Kabul will obtain from the Afghan Ministry of Justice its written articulation of the legal b [...] | 2007-01-30 17:06:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PHUM PINS PREL KAWC AF |
07STATE125277 | TRAVEL WARNING - SUDAN [...] This Travel Warning for Sudan alerts U.S. citizens to the threat from armed conflicts and warns of continued threats from terrorism in Sudan. This supersedes the Travel Warning issued for Sudan on October 5, 2006. 2. The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens against all trave [...] | 2007-09-06 19:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC KPAO PTER PREL AF SU |
07STATE126128 | PRST ON TERRORIST EVENT IN ALGERIA [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. (U) USUN is instructed to join consensus on the Security Council Presidential Statement on the Terrorist Attacks in Algeria that follows: Begin text The Security Council condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attack that occur [...] | 2007-09-07 23:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER PREL XI AG |
07STATE129919 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENCOURAGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (U) Department requests Posts encourage host governments to make a financial contribution to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon charged with trying those responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Raf [...] | 2007-09-14 23:42:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PTER |
07STATE130600 | BLACKWATER PERSONNEL SECURITY DETAIL INVOLVED IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-17 20:21:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC IZ PREL PTER |
07STATE130626 | (C) DEMARCHE REQUEST: GTMO DETAINEE EMERGENCY MEDEVAC [...] (C) Department requests that Embassies Santo Domingo, San Jose, Panama City, and Mexico City approach the Governments of the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Panama, and Mexico about a standby arrangement that would enable DoD to transport Guantanamo detainees in need of critical care to a medic [...] | 2007-09-17 20:58:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR DR CS PM MX |
07STATE131452 | TUNISIA: NEXT STEPS ON GTMO DETAINEE TRANSFERS [...] (S) The Deputies Committee concluded on August 23 that detainee transfers to Tunisia could continue if either (a) the USG obtains directly from the Minister of Interior the same humane treatment assurances that the USG previously obtained from Presidential Advisor Ben Dhia (including with respe [...] | 2007-09-18 20:07:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM PINS TU |
07STATE133852 | U.S.-CANADA BILATERAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP (BCG) [...] (U) This is an action message, please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) Ambassador Dell L. Dailey, U.S. Counterterrorism Coordinator, looks forward to hosting the U.S.-Canada Bilateral Consultative Group (BCG) meeting this fall in Washington. This cable outlines our proposals for the BCG agenda an [...] | 2007-09-21 22:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA PTER KCRM PGOV PINR PINS PREL |
07STATE135198 | TERRORISM FINANCE: MALAYSIAN QUESTIONS [...] Washington agencies appreciate post's dialogue with the Malaysian FIU and provide the following response keyed to questions raised by FIU head Jeremy Lee. 2. Post may relay the following response to the GOM: (1) If a designee,s assets are frozen and he believes his designation was in e [...] | 2007-09-25 19:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL MY |
07STATE135205 | LIBYA: TRANSFER OF GTMO DETAINEE [...] (U) This is an action cable; please see paragraph six. 2. (S) Summary: The Deputies Committee (DC) concluded on August 23 that DoD should transfer Guantanamo detainee Ben Qumu Abu Sufian Ibrahim Ahmed Hamouda (ISN-557) to Libya on the next Detainee Movement Operation (DMO),which is schedul [...] | 2007-09-25 19:37:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM PINS LY |
07STATE138346 | (U) ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH'S SEPTEMBER 28, [...] (U) September 28, 2007, 3:00 p.m., New York. 2. (U) Participants: United States A/S David Welch, NEA Randall Kaailau, NEA/MAG (note taker) Morocco FM Mohamed Benaissa Amb. El Mustafa Sahel, Ambassador to the United Nations Amb. Youssef Amrani, DG of Bilateral Relations Mr. Nasser [...] | 2007-10-01 20:07:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINS KPKO XI UN |
07STATE139684 | ENGAGING THE G7 PLUS LIECHTENSTEIN ON NASREDDIN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Ahmed Idris Nasreddin (an Eritrean-born Italian citizen) applied on April 13 for de-listing for himself and 12 entities associated with him from UNSCR 1267 (al Qaida Taliban Sanct [...] | 2007-10-03 21:48:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN KTFN LS PREL PTER USUN |
07STATE142289 | CTC CHAIRMAN ARIAS TO BRIEF UNSC ON [...] Counter-terrorism Committee (CTC) Chairman Arias will provide on, October 10, an informal briefing to the Security Council updating the UNSC on Member States' implementation of UNSCR 1373. The basis for the briefing is to report progress on Preliminary Implementation Assessments (PIAs),which h [...] | 2007-10-10 16:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KTFN UNSC |
07STATE145586 | ALGERIA: PUSHING FOR THE RETURN OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (U) This is an action cable; please see paragraph six. 2. (S) Summary: It is extremely unlikely that any third country would agree to accept the transfer of Algerian nationals detained at Guantanamo and to negotiate their return to Algeria, as proposed by the GOA (reftels). The USG, howeve [...] | 2007-10-17 21:41:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM PINS AG |
07STATE145621 | NON-COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1267 OBLIGATIONS: [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys was listed in November 2001 pursuant to UNSCR 1267 (Al-Qa'ida/Taliban sanctions) and subsequent resolutions. The 1267 sanctions r [...] | 2007-10-17 23:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XA ER |
07STATE146856 | 2007:COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] This message provides preparation guidance for preparing the 2007 Country Reports on Terrorism (CRT). 2. We recommend that "Country Reports on Terrorism 2006" be the starting point for this year's exercise. Per reftel, the Department requests that posts draft narrative submissions, as oppos [...] | 2007-10-19 23:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR |
07STATE147330 | INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRST ON PAKISTAN [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the following presidential statement regarding the bombing attacks in Pakistan on October 17. 2. Begin Text: The Security Council condemns in the strongest terms the bomb attacks that occurred in Karachi, Pakistan, on 18 O [...] | 2007-10-22 23:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER PREL PA |
07STATE149594 | GUIDANCE FOR CTC'S FIFTH SPECIAL MEETING IN [...] The UNSC's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) will hold its Fifth Special Meeting with International and Regional Organizations on the Prevention of Terrorist Movement and Effective Border Security on October 29-31 in Nairobi, Kenya. This event will address key issues related to the need to se [...] | 2007-10-26 20:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PREL PTER KE XA |
07STATE150670 | PERMISSION GRANTED FOR EMBASSY BAKU TO REOPEN TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 21:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC PTER AJ |
07STATE151231 | USG POSITION ON LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. 2. (C) The Department requests posts' and other agencies' assistance to bolster international support for Lebanon's pro-sovereignty March 14 majority in its ongoing negotiations with the pro-Syrian opposition over a successor to current President Emile Lahou [...] | 2007-10-31 23:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PGOV PREL PTER SY EUN |
07STATE152279 | SUDAN: MFA AMENDMENTS TO DETAINEE TRANSFER [...] (C) In its ref B note verbale, the GOS proposes three amendments to the detainee transfer framework that the USG proposed in the Embassy,s ref D note. The USG seeks clarification of the reasons for the amendments and, more importantly, seeks to persuade the GOS to accept the language propose [...] | 2007-11-02 23:48:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREL PTER SU |
07STATE152814 | RAISING NON-COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1267 [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys was listed in November 2001 pursuant to UNSCR 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban sanctions) and subsequent resolutions. The 1267 sanctions regim [...] | 2007-11-05 23:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XA ER |
07STATE155683 | 2007: COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] This message provides guidance on potential problems accessing the 2007 Country Reports on Terrorism on Intellipedia. 2. Some posts have experienced problems accessing Intellipedia or registering for an Intelink Passport account. Access to both sites is required to complete submission of [...] | 2007-11-13 18:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR |
07STATE162031 | AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR [...] As requested in reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and, of this date, finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following members of the Government of Azerbaijan, nominated to attend the Financial Crimes, Money Laundering, and Terror Financing Seminar [...] | 2007-11-30 16:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AJ PGOV PHUM PTER |
07STATE163088 | MEETING OF U.S.-EU SENIOR OFFICIALS ON DATA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-04 17:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER EUN |
07STATE163961 | LIBYA: FOLLOW-UP ON DETAINEES AND THE GOL'S REQUEST TO VISIT [...] (S/NF) Department requests that Post continue to seek additional information regarding returned Libyan detainee Muhammad Abdallah Mansur al-Rimi's (ISN 194) injuries and ongoing treatment in the GOL's custody. DoD confirms that the detainee did not sustain the arm injury at Guantanamo, as the [...] | 2007-12-05 23:26:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PHUM PINS LY |
07STATE165918 | INITIATING ASSURANCE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THREE [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: Post is requested to make the points in paragraph 6 to appropriate interlocutor(s) in the Rwandan Government. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Rwandan citizens Leonidas Bimenyimana, Gregoire Nyaminani, and Francois Karake were brought to the United States in 2003 for cr [...] | 2007-12-11 21:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PTER |
07STATE168141 | TRILATERAL CT APPROACH TO MALAYSIA/SEARCCT ON BIOTERRORISM [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) In the follow-up from the successful October 23-25, 2007 U.S.-hosted Trilateral Counterterrorism (CT) Meeting on Regional Cooperation on Combating Bioterrorism, the Government of Australia (GOA) has proposed reaching out to Malaysia [...] | 2007-12-18 18:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PTER MY AU JP |
07STATE170925 | DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C/Rel UN) The Department of Justice (DOJ),in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney,s Office for the Western District of Missouri, is conducting a criminal investigation regarding the Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA) and its alleged f [...] | 2007-12-28 21:50:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER UNSC XA XD PK |
07STATE170928 | BHUTTO ASSASSINATION AND US POLICY FOR PAKISTAN'S [...] The tragic December 27 assassination of Benazir Bhutto has reinforced urgent goals vis-a-vis Pakistan , U.S. believes that Pakistan must continue on a path leading to a civilian-led democratic government. We continue to support Pakistan,s moderate majority in its struggle against a violent e [...] | 2007-12-28 23:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK |
07STATE171256 | OBSTACLES TO MANAGING CLC ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Per Post's request (reftel),the Secretary of State has concurred with the Department of Defense's spending plan for $155 million from the FY07 Iraqi Security Forces Fund to support DOD's Concerned Local Citizens (CLC) program. DOD subsequently submitted a notification to Congress and has [...] | 2007-12-31 20:01:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MARR PTER IZ |
07STATE18300 | COMMUNIQUE OF FEBRUARY 9 INTERNATIONAL CONTACT [...] The International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia met on February 9 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, co-chaired by Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer and Norwegian Ambassador Kjell Harald Dalen. Tanzanian Foreign Minister Bernard Membe hosted the ICG meeting. Details of the meeting will follow se [...] | 2007-02-13 19:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS EAID PGOV PTER SO |
07STATE24249 | INTERIM REPLY TO MARITIME POLICE UNIT FUNDING [...] (U) This is an action request cable. See paragraphs 12 through 16. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Post requested via reftels two million USD to purchase boats and ancillary items for a maritime security unit. In 2005 the USG conducted an assessment of the Philippines National Police (PNP) and made r [...] | 2007-02-27 20:52:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM PTER PGOV RP |
07STATE26759 | GUIDANCE ON DRAFT INTELLIGENCE AND NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: (C) A review by representatives of several agencies indicates some areas of confusion and potential problems with Iraq's draft Intelligence and National Security Law. These issues include unclear definitions, ill-defined parameters of responsibility, and overly-restrictive regula [...] | 2007-03-02 22:10:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | IZ MOPS PGOV PTER |
07STATE29082 | DEMARCHE REQUEST - ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR USG [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5, and 12. (U) SUMMARY ----------- 2. (C) Argentina has asked for USG assistance in persuading Interpol to issue six Red Notices for five current and former Iranian officials and one Lebanese national thought by Argentina [...] | 2007-03-08 04:59:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IR AR LE PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC PRT |
07STATE31244 | RESPONDING TO GOF REQUEST TO CO-SPONSOR LISTING [...] (U) This is an action request for USUN and Embassy Paris. See paragraph 3. 2. (S) Summary: France is considering whether or not to request a listing of detained senior al-Qaida leader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) under UNSCR 1267.(Ref) KSM, considered the "principal architect of the 9/11 a [...] | 2007-03-13 00:21:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN FR KTFN PREL PTER |
07STATE36625 | UNSCR 1267: UPDATING TALIBAN NAMES ON THE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: Per reftel, updating the Taliban entries on UN 1267 Consolidated List is an important measure to implement UNSCR 1735, a resolution drafted by the USG which calls for updating the Taliban sanctions list to enhance its utility as [...] | 2007-03-22 18:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EFIN ETTC FR KTFN PGOV PREL PTER UK UNSC |
07STATE37360 | INSTRUCTIONS ON RESOLUTION REQUESTING OBSERVER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (S) Per reftel, USUN was instructed on March 16 to join consensus on the resolution granting UNGA observer status to the Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB). Following receipt of reftel, USUN was approached by the Israeli Mission to the [...] | 2007-03-23 17:08:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | OFDP PTER UN |
07STATE43312 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNSCR 1701 CONSULTATIONS, [...] (C) This is an action request, see para 2 below. Department requests that USUN encourage the Secretary General to include a strong statement verifying non-compliance with the arms embargo and clarifying the SYG's process on Sheba'a delineation during his briefing of the UN Security Council on [...] | 2007-04-03 20:53:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE IS PREL PTER |
07STATE48491 | MEDIA GUIDANCE FOR MUSLIM CLERIC DENIED ENTRY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-12 16:28:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KISL PREL PTER SCUL IN PK |
07STATE53329 | NEXT STEPS ON HARIRI TRIBUNAL [...] (U) This is an action request, see paras 2, 3, 4, and 5. Department is preparing a draft text for a Chapter VII resolution that could be used to bring the Special Tribunal for Lebanon into force, which we will forward to USUN early in the week of April 23. Because of the need to move forwar [...] | 2007-04-20 22:16:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PREL PGOV PTER |
07STATE55705 | PERMISSION GRANTED FOR EMBASSY ATHENS TO REOPEN TO THE PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Per Embassy Athens' request this cable is being transmitted as a NIACT to ensure Embassy can resume normal operations at the appropriate time on April 26, 2007. 2. (SBU) Per Embassy Athens' request in REFTEL A, the Department grants approval to return to normal status. RICE [...] | 2007-04-25 22:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KLFLO PINS PTER GT |
07STATE57533 | DEMARCHE: DISCUSS HARIRI TRIBUNAL CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Department requests USUN urge UN OLA's Nicolas Michel to deliver a strong statement in support of Council action to establish the Hariri Tribunal to the UN Security Council during consultations on Lebanon, currently scheduled for May 2, 2007. End Summary. 2. (C) OBJECTIVE [...] | 2007-04-30 15:32:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | LE UNSC PREL PTER |
07STATE58678 | CANVASSING SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS' FOR VIEWS ON [...] (C) This is an action request. Department requests USUN to canvass the Missions of Italy, Belgium, Slovakia, Peru, Panama, Congo-B, China, Indonesia, and Ghana about their views on establishing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, given the impasse in Lebanon. The information will be used to [...] | 2007-05-01 21:36:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PREL PTER |
07STATE63229 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENCOURAGE SUPPORT FOR COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Department requests Embassies encourage host governments to support UN Security Council action to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. In New York, Belgium, Italy, Peru, and Slovakia have been generally supportive of the P-3's call for Council action, via a Chapter VI [...] | 2007-05-09 21:04:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE SY IT BE PE LO PREL PTER CF GH SF |
07STATE63310 | GUIDANCE: ENGAGING ON A DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE [...] (C//REL UK and France) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The U.S. agrees with the French that a Chapter VII resolution should establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on the basis of the Agreement and Statute already negotiated and signed by the UN and GOL. It is important that the Council est [...] | 2007-05-09 22:21:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PREL PTER |
07STATE67046 | INSTRUCTIONS: P-3 NEGOTIATIONS ON SPECIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-16 17:22:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PREL PTER |
07STATE67683 | MISSING AMERICAN CITIZEN IN IRAN [...] (U) This is an action message ) please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services targeted and detained retired FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson on March 8, 2007, during a trip to Kish Island. Iranian authorities may have believed he was sti [...] | 2007-05-17 14:51:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | AR KISL KJUS LE PGOV PREL PTER FBI PRT KTFN ASEC IR |
07STATE70478 | URGENT DEMARCHE: URGE SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Department instructs Ambassadors (or Chiefs of Mission) to seek urgent meetings with host governments at the highest level possible to press for support for immediate UN Security Council action to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. The P-3 shared [...] | 2007-05-23 00:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC LE PREL PTER |
07STATE74047 | VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote for and co-sponsor the resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. USUN may draw from the explanation of vote (EOV) in para 2 below. End action request. 2. (U) Begin EOV text. I would now like to make a few remarks in my [...] | 2007-05-30 16:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC LE PTER |
07STATE74373 | VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote for and co-sponsor the resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. USUN may draw from the explanation of vote (EOV) in para 2 below. End action request. 2. (U) Begin EOV text. I would now like to make a few remarks in my nation [...] | 2007-05-30 21:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC LE PTER |
07STATE81232 | EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON INSURGENCY OPENS DIALOGUE; [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: As part of the U.S. Government Interagency Counterinsurgency Initiative, the State Department collaborated with the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) to deliver a European conference on [...] | 2007-06-11 23:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS EAID EUN PGOV PINS PREL PTER PROP |
07STATE93926 | DEMARCHE ON JIRGA PREPARATIONS [...] This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Proposed dates for the Afghanistan-Pakistan Crossborder Peace Jirga are less than four weeks away. Washington remains concerned that the two sides have not come to agreement on several key outstanding issues. It was hoped that the Bilat [...] | 2007-07-06 00:37:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER AF |
07STATE97237 | U.S., EUROPEAN UNION CONCLUDE NEGOTIATIONS ON A [...] (U) Summary: On Thursday June 28, 2007, the United States and the European Union (EU) concluded negotiations on a Passenger Name Record (PNR) Agreement. This new agreement will replace an interim agreement concluded in 2006 between the United States and the EU that was set to expire on July 3 [...] | 2007-07-12 18:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL EAIR PINR KTIA KHLS CVIS EUN |
07STOCKHOLM1311 | SWEDEN: SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 09:04:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR SW |
07STOCKHOLM221 | SWEDEN: EGYPTIAN DEPORTED IN CIA PLANE CASE MAY [...] (u) The Swedish Government reached and published a decision March 1 overturning their decision of December 18, 2001, expelling from Sweden Mohamed Alzery, one of the Egyptians involved in the much-publicized "CIA Planes" case in Sweden. According to the terms of the decision, Alzery can now [...] | 2007-03-01 11:57:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SW |
07STOCKHOLM315 | SWEDEN: REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO [...] (c) DCM accompanied by Polcouns met 3/23 with MFA Political Director Olof Skoog to urge Sweden to consider resettlement of Guantanamo refugees (refs A and B). Skoog said the GoS would study the request, and noted that Sweden had received and seriously considered (but ultimately declined) a p [...] | 2007-03-23 15:32:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG SW |
07STOCKHOLM368 | SWEDEN SAYS NO TO ACCEPTING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (c) MFA Political Director Olof Skoog told Polcouns 4/5 that the GoS had carefully considered but could not agree to the U.S. request to accept Guantanamo detainees (refs A-D). Skoog said the request had been reviewed by all relevant elements of the Swedish government, and there were compellin [...] | 2007-04-05 12:50:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KAWC PTER XG SW |
07STOCKHOLM370 | SWEDEN: [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-05 13:28:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PTER KTFN PREL PGOV TU IZ SW |
07STOCKHOLM696 | SWEDEN DECLINES TO ACCEPT UZBEK NATIONALS SAMADOV [...] (s) MFA Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Cecilia Ruthstrom-Ruin told Polcouns June 8 that the GoS had reviewed our request to accept Uzbek nationals Yusupov and Samadov (refs A and B) and would not be able to accept them. There was no mechanism, she said, for doing so, and their rese [...] | 2007-06-08 13:55:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PGOV PTER KHLS UZ PREL SW |
07SURABAYA43 | MANADO--ALL BROTHERS [...] (SBU) Summary: North Sulawesi has long maintained a reputation for tolerance and calm, despite being surrounded areas best known for ethnic and religious conflicts. During a September 25-27 visit to Manado, Surabaya Principal Officer discussed with local leaders, academicians, and the media Nor [...] | 2007-10-01 07:06:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM KISL KCOR ID |
07SURABAYA85 | CENTRAL SULAWESI: POST-CONFLICT TENTENA AND POSO -- SAVING [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 3, Syaiful Anam and Amril Ngiode were sentenced to 18 years and 15 years respectively for bombing a market in Tentena on May 29, 2005. The bombing, which killed 22 and wounded 40, was only one horrifying episode during an extended period of violent inter-religious co [...] | 2007-12-06 03:33:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO EAID SOCI PTER SCUL |
07SUVA236 | NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: DEALING WITH TONGA [...] (S) Ref A seeks additional efforts to secure continued participation by troop-contributing countries to the new way forward in Iraq. The cable asks Embassy Suva to engage with the Government of Tonga. Per previous reporting, the Tonga Defense Service (TDS) is now gearing up for its second de [...] | 2007-04-25 11:54:00 | Embassy Suva | SECRET | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ TN |
07SUVA397 | KIRIBATI'S SHIP REGISTRY SYSTEM -- MORE DETAIL [...] (SBU) The Republic of Kiribati has hired a Singapore company as agent to license commercial ships under the Kiribati flag. When we raised the matter with Kiribati President Tong on July 20, he acknowledged that traditionally Kiribati had handled its own ship-registry service which only dealt [...] | 2007-08-07 16:47:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT PTER KCRM ASEC KR |
07TAIPEI1014 | MEGAPORTS KAOHSIUNG - PROGRESS SO FAR AND PROSPECTS FOR THE [...] (U) Summary: The Megaports Program in Kaohsiung has made notable progress toward implementation over the last year. Support for the program is strong among Taiwan agencies, and AIT sees no substantial obstacles to successful implementation in the near future. As the world's sixth busiest cont [...] | 2007-05-04 08:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ETTC ENRG KNNP PARM PTER TW |
07TAIPEI1550 | Anti-Money Laundering Legislation Becomes Law [...] On July 11, the President signed the amendment to Taiwan's Money Laundering Control Act which was passed by the Legislative Yuan on June 14. It went into effect immediately. 2. The legislation (Ref C) is designed to combat terrorist financing (Ref B),strengthen reporting of cross-border [...] | 2007-07-11 08:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TALLINN121 | ESTONIA'S STANCE ON ILLEGAL CASH COURIERS [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to Jaap Ora, Director of the 1st Division of the MFA's Policy Planning Department - which is responsible for coordinating Terrorist Financing issues for the GOE. 2. (U) Estonia's main legal instrument in the fight against terrorist financing and illeg [...] | 2007-02-26 15:06:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER EN |
07TALLINN122 | ESTONIA CONSIDERING PARTNERSHIP IN COMBATING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-27 07:07:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL EN |
07TALLINN203 | ESTONIA QUIETLY DISAPPOINTED IN ITALY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-27 14:32:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER AF IT EN |
07TALLINN215 | ESTONIA CONSIDERING GUANTANAMO DETAINEE REQUEST [...] (C) On March 23, we delivered (Ref A) points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Security and Arms Control, on the possibility of Estonia accepting Guantanamo detainees. The issue is currently under review by the MFA's Undersecretary for Legal Affairs, who is "seriously considering" our request. [...] | 2007-03-29 14:49:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC EN |
07TALLINN219 | ESTONIA DECIDES NOT TO JOIN PARTNERSHIP IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 04:36:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL EN |
07TALLINN281 | ESTONIA TO DECIDE LATER ON IRAQ MISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 14:03:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER EN |
07TALLINN327 | ESTONIA: IRAN-VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-21 07:59:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR EN |
07TALLINN332 | ESTONIA TO PARTICIPATE IN OSCE MAY 31-JUNE 1 [...] (SBU) On May 18, Poloff and Russian Embassy First Secretary Vadim Vasiliev, jointly delivered reftel SIPDIS points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Security and Arms Control Director, and Kristjan Prikk, Acting Counter Terrorism Desk Officer, on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (O [...] | 2007-05-21 11:46:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS EN |
07TALLINN485 | STATUS OF ESTONIA AND NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-26 04:38:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL |
07TALLINN642 | ESTONIA UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO UN LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-03 10:47:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC LE PTER EN |
07TALLINN703 | ESTONIA: CONDEMN PKK USE OF VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) On October 29, Polecoff met with Kadri Jogi, Middle East Desk Officer and Annilee Poolekese, Terrorism and Cyber Security Desk Officer to discuss reftel. According to Jogi, the Government of Estonia (GOE) strongly condemns PKK activities, in particular those which have resulted in the de [...] | 2007-10-31 12:14:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN EN |
07TALLINN711 | SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL [...] (U) AmEmbassy Tallinn provides the following responses to REFTEL. 2. (SBU) The Government of Estonia (GOE) will send Central Criminal Police (KKP) Superintendent Reijo Valgjarv to the INTERPOL General Assembly meeting being held from 5-8 November, 2007 in Marrakech, Morocco. 3. (U) [...] | 2007-11-01 11:50:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC IR KJUS PGOV PREL PTER |
07TALLINN728 | ESTONIA: AGREEMENT REACHED ON HSPD-6 TEXT [...] SUMMARY: On October 30, a visiting Washington delegation representing the CA Bureau and the Terrorism Screening Center reached agreement with GOE interlocutors on the text of a Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 (HSPD-6) Arrangement to share terrorist-screening information. Substantiv [...] | 2007-11-07 14:34:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS PREL PTER EUN EN |
07TALLINN778 | ESTONIA: HSPD-6 AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] On December 6, 2007, Ambassador Phillips and Aldis Alus, Director General of the Estonian Security Police Board, signed the "Arrangement between the Terrorist Screening Center of the United States of America and the Security Police Board of the Republic of Estonia for the Exchange of Screening [...] | 2007-12-07 15:14:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS PREL PTER EUN EN |
07TASHKENT1196 | GOU SUSPENDS PORTIONS OF MONEY [...] (SBU) In late spring, President Karimov signed legislation suspending aspects of Uzbekistan's 2004 law on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing until 2013. The new legislation suspends the authority of the Department on Combating Tax, Currency Crimes, and Legalization of Criminal [...] | 2007-06-25 10:54:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PTER KTFN UZ |
07TASHKENT1481 | PASSING THE BUCK ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) Government of Uzbekistan officials provided little information on anti-money laundering efforts during a roundtable with international donors on August 7. Donors expressed concern at the suspension of Uzbekistan's money laundering law, warning that the decision makes Uzbekistan's particip [...] | 2007-08-14 08:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PTER KTFN UZ |
07TASHKENT1659 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (SBU) On September 17, 2007 poloff delivered demarche to the Division Chief of the Uzbekistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk, Ismat Fayzullaev. Mr. Fayzullaev responded that Uzbekistan is a small country and is not generally involved in affairs of the Middle East. He added that Uz [...] | 2007-09-19 04:32:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC LE PTER |
07TASHKENT1927 | UZBEK OFFICIAL CALLS THE ELECTION, HOPES FOR [...] (C) Summary. On November 2, poloff spoke at length with Furqat Sidikov, an Uzbek Diplomat who recently completed a five-year tour as Press Attache at the Uzbek Embassy in Washington, DC, and now works at the state-run International Center for Strategic Studies and Inter-regional Cooperation i [...] | 2007-11-06 09:00:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER EAID UZ |
07TASHKENT1998 | DEPUTY HOKIM OF UZBEKISTAN'S KHOREZM PROVINCE: [...] (U) Summary: On November 5, Poloff met with Usmonboy Jumagaldiyev, the Deputy Hokim (Deputy Governor) for Economic and Public Development Issues in Uzbekistan's Khorezm province. He painted a very rosy picture of economic development and political stability in Khorezm. While some of his clai [...] | 2007-11-20 07:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV ECON ECIN EAGR PTER SOCI UZ |
07TASHKENT2023 | GOU CONTINUES TO EXPAND CONTROLLED ACCESS TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Embassy personnel, and in particular Ambassador Norland, have been afforded expanded, though carefully controlled, access to GOU officials. Over the past several weeks, Ambassador Norland has met twice with President Karimov, and once each with National Security Service Chairman [...] | 2007-11-23 13:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ECON ECIN EAGR KPAO OEXC PGOV PTER SCUL |
07TASHKENT2063 | WMD PORTAL DETECTION IN UZBEKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-03 11:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ |
07TASHKENT2072 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SYRIA/LEBANON DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-04 11:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KTFN EFIN PREL PTER UZ |
07TASHKENT2081 | UPDATE ON WMD PORTAL DETECTION IN UZBEKISTAN REF: A. STATE 163194 B. TASHKENT 2063 Classified By: DTRA Fred Carter and Poloff Steven Prohaska for reasons 1.4 (b, d). [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 11:17:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ |
07TASHKENT2090 | MFA PLEDGES TO FOLLOW UP ON WMD PORTAL DETECTION [...] (S/NF) Charge met with First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov on December 6 to discuss the WMD portal detection incident of November 30 in Uzbekistan (reftels B and C). He delivered a diplomatic note and questionnaire requesting additional information about the detection. Nematov explained th [...] | 2007-12-06 13:03:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ |
07TASHKENT2162 | HIGH-LEVEL GOU ATTENDANCE AT BORDER SECURITY [...] (U) Summary: On December 18, representatives of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC),Government of Uzbekistan (GOU),American and British Embassies, and the Asian Development Bank took part in a border project dedication ceremony at Hayraton checkpoint on the Uzbekistan-Afghan [...] | 2007-12-26 12:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PREL SNAR PTER AF UZ |
07TASHKENT2171 | WMD PORTAL DETECTION UPDATE: LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON OPENING THE RAIL CAR REF: A. STATE 163194 B. TASHKENT 2063 C. TASHKENT 2081 D. TASHKENT 2090 Classified By: DTRO Chief Fred Carter and Poloff Steven Prohaska for re asons 1.4 (b, d). [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-27 11:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ |
07TASHKENT394 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: NO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-12 09:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL UZ |
07TASHKENT503 | TERRORIST FINANCE: INITIAL GOU RESPONSE TO USG [...] (C) Poloff conveyed reftel information on USG concern over the increasing use of cash couriers to finance criminal organizations and terrorist groups to MFA U.S. Division Chief Ismat Fayzullaev on March 28. Fayzullaev said that the Government of Uzbekistan was concerned about the movement of [...] | 2007-03-28 10:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER UZ |
07TASHKENT523 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) On April 2 the Ambassador, jointly with his Russian counterpart, invited the GOU to endorse the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Statement of Principles and to participate in future meetings (ref A). Deputy Foreign Minister Anvar Salikhbaev said that Uzbekistan understands [...] | 2007-04-02 09:14:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL KNNP UZ |
07TASHKENT913 | GERMANS DISCUSS "STAGNANT" CT RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (C) Summary: According to the German Ambassador, the German-Uzbek counterterrorism relationship is "stagnant," with no real dialog taking place. In addition to providing little credible information, the Government of Uzbekistan allows little access to the Islamic community, thus impeding Ger [...] | 2007-05-08 03:00:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL GM UZ |
07TASHKENT967 | DEMARCHE ON MAY 22 UNSC CT BRIEFING DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTNF UNSC UZ |
07TASHKENT968 | UZBEKISTAN URGED TO SEND HIGH-LEVEL PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 16 to MFA U.S. Division Chief Ismat Fayzullaev. Fayzullaev said that he would pass the information to appropriate authorities. 2. (C) Post attempted to coordinate delivery of a joint demarche with the Russian Embassy. However, the Russians told us [...] | 2007-05-16 11:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER OSCE UZ |
07TASHKENT980 | UZBEKS ACKNOWLEDGE BALL IN THEIR COURT ON [...] (C) Working-level government contacts told a visiting S/CT Regional Affairs Officer that Uzbekistan is ready to cooperate with the United States on terrorism issues. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) U.S. Division Chief said that he understands that the ball is in the Uzbeks' court for r [...] | 2007-05-18 10:35:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL UZ |
07TBILISI2892 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-19 13:55:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA GG |
07TEGUCIGALPA1258 | HONDURAS SUPPORTS SPECIALIZED 1206-FUNDED CT [...] (S) Embassy Honduras fully endorses the two FY08 funding proposals submitted in support of the Honduran Armed Forces under Section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). These two proposals are: (1) Operation Enduring Friendship (OEF),submitted by USSOUTHCOM; and (2) Operation [...] | 2007-07-23 21:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | MARR PTER HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA1300 | HONDURAS SUPPORTS ADDITIONAL SPECIALIZED [...] (S) In addition to the two proposals detailed in reftel, Embassy Honduras fully endorses the following FY08 funding proposal submitted in support of the Honduran Armed Forces under Section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): the Regional Aircraft Modernization Program (RAMP). [...] | 2007-07-31 23:23:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | MARR PTER HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA1336 | HONDURAS'S ASSESSMENT OF CENTRAL AMERICA SECURITY [...] SUMMARY. (C) Post's assessment of the regional security requirements from Honduras focuses on two strategies: a transit zone strategy to disrupt the flow of contraband through Central America, and an anti-crime strategy to reduce the level of violence and address the issues of organized crime, [...] | 2007-08-08 15:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PTER HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA1856 | HONDURAS RECEPTIVE TO CASH COURIER INITIATIVE [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 29 to Ambassador Roberto Ramos Bustos, head of the office of Special Affairs at the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ramos was enthusiastic about the U.S. proposal and said Honduras shares the U.S. and G-8 concerns about cash smuggling and other [...] | 2007-12-03 22:09:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER ASEC |
07TEGUCIGALPA1894 | HONDURAS: UPDATED ASSESSMENT ON SECURITY [...] Honduran Vice Minister of Security, Jorge Rodas Gamero, provided Post with immediate prioritized police equipment needs. These include motor vehicles, a helicopter, office equipment, furniture, communications equipment, reproduction of instruction manuals, prison security equipment, and vehicl [...] | 2007-12-12 15:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PTER SNAR HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA509 | HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT [...] (SBU) Summary: After 14 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...] | 2007-03-22 22:59:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA584 | HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: After 15 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...] | 2007-04-09 20:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA585 | HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON [...] (SBU) Summary: After 15 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...] | 2007-04-09 20:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA701 | HONDURAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH DHS DEPSEC JACKSON AND CODEL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales expressed a desire to increase law enforcement cooperation with the United States, his support for CAFTA and comprehensive immigration reform during a bilateral meeting with DHS DepSec Jackson and a CODEL consisting of 9 members of the Hous [...] | 2007-04-25 21:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS OREP OVIP PGOV PREL PTER |
07TEGUCIGALPA703 | HONDURAS UNWILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-26 12:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ HO |
07TELAVIV1086 | CODEL ACKERMAN'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT [...] (C) SUMMARY. REPRESENTATIVE GARY ACKERMAN (D, NEW YORK),CHAIRMAN OF MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMBASSADOR, CALLED ON PRIME MINISTER EHUD OLMERT APRIL 11. THEY DISCUSSED OLMERT'S APPROACH TO HIS UPCOMING MEETING WI [...] | 2007-04-13 10:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV1147 | DID MK AZMI BISHARA PASS SECRETS TO HIZBALLAH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Israeli-Arab MK and Balad party leader Azmi Bishara left Israel in early April amid rumors that the security services were preparing a case against him for unspecified security offenses. While a gag order prevents public discussion of the case by GOI officials, contacts have t [...] | 2007-04-19 13:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IS LE |
07TELAVIV1212 | MK BISHARA RESIGNS FROM KNESSET; REPLACED BY DRUZE [...] (U) MK Azmi Bishara, leader of the Arab nationalist Balad Party, resigned his Knesset seat at the Israeli Embassy in Cairo on April 22. According to press reports, Bishara entered the Embassy unannounced and, accompanied by fellow Balad MK Wasil Taha, presented Israeli Ambassador Shalom Cohen [...] | 2007-04-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IS LE |
07TELAVIV1213 | MOD DECLARES IDF HAS "FREEDOM OF ACTION" IN GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Sneh publicly announced April 25 that the IDF now has "freedom of action" in the Gaza Strip as a result of Hamas taking responsibility for firing rockets and mortars from Gaza April 24. He added that Israel is not interested in seeing an escalati [...] | 2007-04-25 09:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV1288 | CODEL PELOSI DISCUSSES TWO-STATE SOLUTION, SYRIA, AND IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY FM Livni met with CODEL Pelosi and emphasized that Israel and the U.S. share challenges and values. Speaker Pelosi and the Representatives reaffirmed their commitment to an Israel at peace with its neighbors. Livni stressed that the missing soldiers and the trafficking of arms to [...] | 2007-05-01 14:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAL IS SY LE IR IZ |
07TELAVIV1330 | BENCHMARKS LEAKED TO HA'ARETZ [...] (SBU) The May 4 edition of the intellectual, left-leaning daily Ha'aretz featured a front page article on the benchmarks, including criticism of them by unnamed sources in the Prime Minister's office and security establishment, along with an inside page leak of the verbatim text. The focus of [...] | 2007-05-04 14:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON MOPS KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV1351 | ISRAELI POCS FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Responding to ref A request for Global Initiative (GI) point-of-contact (POC) information, Israeli MFA Strategic Affairs Division Minister Counselor Eyal Propper informed polmiloff May 8 that Israel's points of contact for the GI will be the following persons: A. Overall GOI POC / Dip [...] | 2007-05-08 14:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIT PARM PREL PINR PINS KNNP IS |
07TELAVIV1436 | ISRAEL AGREES WITH USG POINTS ON UNSCR 1267; TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-16 11:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC IS |
07TELAVIV1483 | GOI RESPONSE TO ROCKET ATTACKS [...] (C) FOLLOWING A SECURITY CABINET MEETING MAY 16, PM EHUD OLMERT ANNOUNCED THAT THE IDF WOULD CARRY OUT STRIKES AGAINST QASSAM LAUNCHERS, HAMAS MILITARY COMMANDERS AND "TERRORIST INFRASTRUCTURE." THE PM'S SPOKESPERSON ANNOUNCED THAT "ISRAEL CANNOT CONTINUE TO SHOW RESTRAINT WHEN ITS CITIZENS A [...] | 2007-05-17 16:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAL KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV1546 | ISRAELI MFA INFORMED OF URGENT REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-24 15:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL LE IS |
07TELAVIV1558 | NEW ISRAELI MOD DG BUCHRIS SHARES HIS PRIORITIES [...] (S) ON MAY 22, AMBASSADOR JONES HELD HIS FIRST MEETING WITH NEW ISRAELI MOD DIRECTOR GENERAL PINCHAS BUCHRIS. BUCHRIS, WHO HAD BEEN IN OFFICE ONLY 14 DAYS, FOCUSED HIS COMMENTS ON THE U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP, STRESSING HIS PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO SEEING THE RELATIONSHIP PUT "BACK ON TRACK," AN [...] | 2007-05-25 15:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR MARR MASS ETTC KNNP KWBG KPAL |
07TELAVIV1705 | ISA CHIEF DISKIN OPPOSED TO BENCHMARKS, PROPOSES [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 11 discussion of the security situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (septel),Israeli Security Agency (ISA) Head Yuval Diskin told Ambassador Jones he personally opposes the benchmarks, viewing them as "a very dangerous plan" that could be easily agreed upon by Israe [...] | 2007-06-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWPB EG IS |
07TELAVIV1732 | ISA CHIEF DISKIN ON SITUATION IN THE GAZA STRIP [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 11 meeting that entailed discussion of the benchmarks (reftel),Israeli Security Agency (ISA) Head Yuval Diskin shared his assessment of the current situation in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, painting a picture of a desperate, disorganized, and demoralized Fatah in the G [...] | 2007-06-13 16:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM MARR MASS KPAL KWBG EG IS |
07TELAVIV1733 | MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR YADLIN COMMENTS ON [...] (S) Summary. During a June 12 meeting with the Ambassador, IDI Director MG Amos Yadlin said that Gaza was "number four" on his list of threats, preceded by Iran, Syria, and Hizballah in that order. Yadlin said the IDI has been predicting armed confrontation in Gaza between Hamas and Fatah since Ham [...] | 2007-06-13 16:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS KWBG LE SY IS |
07TELAVIV1750 | A/S SILVERBERG DISCUSSES LEBANON AND UNSCR 1701 [...] (C) Summary: IO A/S Kristen Silverberg discussed Lebanon and UNSCR 1701 issues with MFA IO Deputy Director General Roni Leshno-Ya'ar and his staff on June 7 in Jerusalem. Ya'ar reiterated Israeli concerns over the rearmament of Hizballah, noting Israeli plans to meet with the UN border assessm [...] | 2007-06-14 14:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV PTER SY LE IS |
07TELAVIV1918 | ISRAEL WEIGHING ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES TO HAMAS [...] (S) Summary. PM Olmert on June 24 will chair the first cabinet discussion of how to respond to the new situation in the Palestinian territories since Olmert's visit to Washington. Senior policy advisers in the MFA, NSC, and MOD have described for us the sub-cabinet discussion of options thi [...] | 2007-06-22 14:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EAID KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV2082 | NATO A/SYG COLSTON'S JUNE 24-26 VISIT SEES [...] (S) NATO Assistant Secretary General (Defense Policy and Planning) John Colston told NATO embassy representatives in Tel Aviv June 26 that his 3-day visit to Israel resulted in progress on implementation of five chapters of Israel's Individual Cooperation Program (ICP). Observing NATO and Isr [...] | 2007-07-06 10:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL NATO PTER MASS MARR IS |
07TELAVIV2097 | ISRAELI NGO SUES TERRORISTS, TIES UP PA MONEY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-09 13:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | EFIN EAID PTER KWBG IS IR |
07TELAVIV2112 | CODEL ISRAEL'S MEETING WITH AMOS GILAD: REGIONAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. CODEL Israel on July 5 discussed with the MOD's political-military bureau chief MG (Ret) Amos Gilad the evolving relationship between Iran, Syria, and Hizballah, Egypt's role in working to broker the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, and curbing weapons smuggling [...] | 2007-07-10 11:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER KNNP MNUC EG IS SY |
07TELAVIV2280 | APHSCT TOWNSEND TAKES STOCK OF BMENA REGION WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (AFHSC),met Mossad Director Meir Dagan on July 12 for a general discussion of regional security threats. On the Iranian nuclear program, Dagan proved surprisingly optimistic about the [...] | 2007-07-26 13:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PTER PREL KNNP KWBG EFIN IR IS |
07TELAVIV2281 | APHSCT TOWNSEND RECEIVES ACTION PLAN ON PALESTINIANS FROM ISRAELI NSC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-26 13:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PTER PREL KNNP KWBG EFIN IR IS |
07TELAVIV2460 | ISRAELIS ASSIST THE RETURN OF MORE THAN 6,000 [...] (S) Cooperating with Egyptian counterparts across the border and the Palestinian Authority, since July 29 Israeli security forces have returned to the Gaza Strip over 6,000 Palestinians who were trapped in Egypt and the Sinai as a result of the June Hamas takeover in Gaza. The Palestinians ar [...] | 2007-08-13 16:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PHUM PINS PTER KWBG KPAL EG IS |
07TELAVIV252 | GOI CAUTIOUSLY IN FAVOR OF INFORMAL UNSCR 1701 [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a January 22 meeting with NEA DAS Robert Danin, Aharon "Ronny" Yaar (MFA Deputy Director General and Head of the UN and International Organizations Division) and Tal Becker (Advisor to Foreign Minister Livni) observed that smuggling of weapons, including hundreds of long-ra [...] | 2007-01-24 06:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV LE SY IS FR |
07TELAVIV2557 | U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER LIVNI [...] (S) Summary. In their August 16 meeting, U/S Nicholas Burns and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni discussed the just-signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on U.S. Foreign Military Financing (FMF) assistance to Israel and arms sales to the Gulf states, Iran, the situation in Gaza, Lebanon, and A [...] | 2007-08-23 09:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MASS IR LE KPAL IS |
07TELAVIV2576 | U/S BURNS' MEETING AT ISRAEL'S MFA ON LEBANON, [...] (S) After the August 16 signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on U.S. Security Assistance to Israel and the press conference that followed, Under Secretary Burns and his delegation participated in a roundtable discussion of issues with an Israeli MFA delegation led by MFA Director G [...] | 2007-08-24 04:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL MASS NATO PTER KNNP UNSC SY IR EG LE IS |
07TELAVIV2635 | U/S BURNS' AUGUST 15 MEETING WITH ISRAELI DEPUTY [...] (S) In an August 15 meeting, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz and Under Secretary Burns discussed the Memorandum of Understanding on security assistance to Israel that would be signed the following day, U.S. efforts to ensure that security assistance to Arab partners would not jeopard [...] | 2007-08-30 07:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MASS MARR KNNP UNSC SY LE IS |
07TELAVIV2636 | ISRAELI NGO SUES TERRORISTS, TIES UP PA MONEY [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Government of Israel (GOI) recently reached an agreement with the Palestinian Authority (PA) to release portions of withheld Palestinian customs revenue (ref A),but a substantial portion of these funds remains frozen by court order. Israeli courts are in the process of deci [...] | 2007-08-30 07:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | EFIN EAID PTER KWBG IS IR |
07TELAVIV2640 | DAS DANIN'S AUGUST 29 MEETING WITH ISRAELI DEFMIN [...] (S) In an August 29 meeting, Michael Herzog, the Chief of Staff to Israeli Defense Minister Barak, told visiting NEA DAS Robert Danin that Israel is not looking for a fight with either Hizballah or Syria, but needs to prepare for one just in case. Earlier concerns within government circles abo [...] | 2007-08-30 13:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MASS KPAL KWBG UNSC SY EG LE IS |
07TELAVIV2652 | U/S BURNS' AUGUST 17 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOSSAD [...] (S) In an August 17 meeting, Israeli Mossad Chief Meir Dagan thanked Under Secretary Burns for America's support of Israel as evidenced by the previous day's signing of an MOU that provides Israel with USD 30 billion in security assistance from 2008-2018. Dagan provided his assessment of the [...] | 2007-08-31 12:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR MASS KNNP UNSC PK IR IZ ZP |
07TELAVIV2671 | DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER VILNAI COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary. During a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai described his close working and personal relationship with Defense Minister Barak. Vilnai described his key areas of responsibility at MOD as improving the defense of the homefront; serving a [...] | 2007-09-04 14:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV2688 | DAS DANIN AND MFA DDG'S YAAR AND HADAS-HANDELSMAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Over breakfast August 30, NEA DAS Robert Danin discussed the peace process and other regional issues with MFA DDG for International Organizations Ronny Yaar, MFA DDG for the Middle East Yacov Hadas-Handelsman, and MFA UN Political Affairs Director Rony Adam. Yaar noted the GOI's [...] | 2007-09-06 08:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KWBG PTER EG LE MO IS |
07TELAVIV2690 | DAS DANIN AND IDF INTEL CHIEF MG YADLIN DISCUSS [...] (S) SUMMARY. During a meeting August 30, Israel Defense Intelligence (IDI) Chief MG Amos Yadlin analyzed the ongoing possibility of war with Syria for visiting NEA DAS Robert Danin. While tensions have eased somewhat from their mid-summer high, and while neither side wanted a fight, Yadlin s [...] | 2007-09-06 09:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPPS PINR SY IR LE IS |
07TELAVIV2707 | PRESSURE BUILDING ON ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS [...] (C) Recent Kassam launches from the Gaza Strip into bordering Western Negev communities and the town of Sderot have ratcheted up the pressure on Israeli political and military leaders to react, especially as at least one Kassam landed near a kindergarten on the second day of school in Israel. [...] | 2007-09-07 12:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PREL PINS KPAL KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV2742 | KASSAM ROCKET STRIKES IDF BASE; IDF LIKELY TO [...] (C) Israel Defense Force (IDF) sources confirmed to Embassy Tel Aviv's Defense Attache early September 11 that a Kassam rocket launched from Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip struck an IDF training center located one kilometer north of the Gaza Strip in Zikim. According to the IDF's repo [...] | 2007-09-11 11:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PINS KPAL KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV2810 | SECURITY CABINET DECLARES HAMAS-RULED GAZA A [...] (U) The Israeli security cabinet, meeting shortly before the Secretary's arrival on the morning of September 19, decided to declare Hamas-ruled Gaza a "hostile entity." The full range of measures this designation entails is not yet clear, (and according to the Foreign Minister not yet decide [...] | 2007-09-20 15:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV2893 | POST RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR IDENTIFICATION OF [...] (SBU) In response to the Department's request to identify "credible voices" in the Muslim community who reject extremist interpretations of Islam (reftel),post submits the following three names for consideration: A) SHEIKH ABDELLAH NIMER DARWISH (born 1948): Sheikh Darwish is the founder [...] | 2007-10-02 12:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PTER KISL IS |
07TELAVIV2909 | MOD BLAMES EGYPT FOR FACILITATING THE RETURN OF [...] (S) During an October 3 meeting with PolCouns, Arab affairs adviser to MOD Barak David Hacham confirmed that the GOI had formally protested to the GOE the crossing on September 30 of a group of approximately 85 Hamas members from Sinai into Gaza. The Hamas members reportedly included senior [...] | 2007-10-05 14:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER KPAL EG IS |
07TELAVIV2984 | GOI LOOKS TO POSTAL BANK FOR CONTINUED FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of the Government of Israel's (GOI) recent designation of Gaza as a "hostile territory," Israel's commercial banks announced plans to discontinue correspondent services to banks in Gaza. This decision may represent the first step in the complete termination of relations [...] | 2007-10-15 14:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN KWBG PTER IS |
07TELAVIV317 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEBRUARY 4-9, 2007 VISIT OF [...] (SBU) Embassy Tel Aviv warmly welcomes the February 4-9 visit to Israel of Mr. Ralph Hager and Mr. Gerald Davis, representing the S/CT-chaired Technical Support Working Group (TSWG). Please note that all message traffic concerning travel to Israel and the Occupied Territories should be sent t [...] | 2007-01-29 15:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER OTRA ASEC AMGT IS |
07TELAVIV3172 | IDF RATCHETS UP PRESSURE ON HAMAS IN THE GAZA STRIP [...] (SBU) Late October 30, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) bombed a Hamas police position in the southern Gaza Strip, killing four Hamas policemen and wounding five, according to media reports. An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman confirmed the strike, noting that it was in response to the firing [...] | 2007-10-31 16:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PINS PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV319 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON HAMAS, SYRIA, IRAQI KURDS, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with his new Turkish counterpart, former MFA spokesman Namik Tan, in Tel Aviv on January 26. Tan maintained that Turkey's policy of engagement with Hamas and Syria is intended to split them from Iran. He reiterated Ankara's opposition to the Iranian nuclear we [...] | 2007-01-29 15:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON KWBG KPAL TU SY IR IZ IS |
07TELAVIV3303 | OLMERT, BARAK AND LIVNI HEADING FOR ANNAPOLIS, [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli cabinet met the morning of November 19 to discuss the Annapolis Conference. In a reportedly contentious session, the cabinet agreed to the release of 441 Palestinian prisoners, although several key ministers, including Avigdor Lieberman and Shaul Mofaz, opposed the [...] | 2007-11-19 15:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL IS EG SY |
07TELAVIV3342 | USSC DAYTON BRIEFS IDF CENTRAL COMMANDER ON STEPS [...] (S) U.S. Security Coordinator Lieutenant General Keith Dayton briefed IDF Central Command Commander Major General Gadi Shamni November 18 on efforts to date and future steps to strengthen the capabilities of Palestinian National Security Forces (NSF) and Presidential Guard (PG) units in the We [...] | 2007-11-26 13:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | MOPS MASS KPAL KWBG PTER JO EG IS |
07TELAVIV3385 | PDAS MCNERNEY'S OCTOBER 24 MEETING AT THE ISRAELI [...] (S) In an October 24 meeting at the MFA, an Israeli government interagency team led by MFA Deputy Director General (Strategic Affairs) Miriam Ziv shared its assessment of the internal situation in Iran with a U.S. team led by ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney. The Israeli side made the following points: ( [...] | 2007-11-29 07:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR IS |
07TELAVIV3386 | PDAS MCNERNEY'S OCTOBER 24 MEETING AT THE ISRAELI [...] (S) In an October 24 meeting at the Israeli MFA, an Israeli government interagency team led by MFA Deputy Director General (Strategic Affairs) Miriam Ziv shared its assessment of the technical status of Iran's nuclear program with a U.S. team led by ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney. The Israeli sid [...] | 2007-11-29 07:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR IS |
07TELAVIV3455 | ISRAELIS ANGRY ABOUT EGYPTIAN COOPERATION WITH [...] (S) Summary. MOD and IDF contacts tell us that Egypt cooperated with Hamas in allowing hundreds of Gazan Hajj pilgrims selected by Hamas to cross through the Rafah Crossing this week. MOD Arab Affairs adviser Hacham, who conducts the MOD's day to day contacts with Egyptian General Intellige [...] | 2007-12-05 12:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS EG KPAL IS |
07TELAVIV3514 | PDAS MCNERNEY'S OCTOBER 24 MEETING AT THE ISRAELI [...] (S) In an October 24 meeting at the Israeli MFA, an Israeli government interagency team lead by MFA DDG (Strategic Affairs) Miriam Ziv shared its assessment of the current situation in the IAEA and UN Security Council, and the likelihood of key UNSC members supporting a third UNSC sanctions resolut [...] | 2007-12-13 16:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR IS |
07TELAVIV3515 | PDAS MCNERNEY'S OCTOBER 24 DISCUSSIONS ON COUNTERPROLIFERATION FINANCE AND IRAN WITH THE ISRAELI MFA (CABLE 4 OF 5) REF: A. TEL AVIV 03385 B. TEL AVIV 03386 C. TEL AVIV 03514 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 16:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER KNNP MNUC IR IS |
07TELAVIV3526 | D/S KIMMITT AND PM OLMERT DISCUSS IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 7, Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt and the Ambassador discussed the recent release of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Political Advisor Shalom Tourgeman. Olmert was satisfied by Kimmitt,s statements that Treasu [...] | 2007-12-14 16:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN KNNP KWBG IR IS PINR |
07TELAVIV3528 | DG ABRAMOVICH DISCUSSES STRATEGY WITH D/S KIMMITT: [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 7, Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt and the Ambassador met with Foreign Ministy Director General Aaron Abramovitch. The DG emphasized the need for Palestinian economic development, but emphasized that Israeli security forces would be required in the West Ba [...] | 2007-12-14 16:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PTER KNNP KWBG IR IS |
07TELAVIV3586 | GENERAL JAMES L. JONES' FIRST MEETINGS IN ISRAEL [...] (S) Summary. Special Envoy for Middle East Security, retired General James L. Jones, met with Prime Minister Olmert, Defense Minister Barak, IDF Chief of General Staff Ashkenazi and members of the General Staff, Foreign Minister Livni, and Israel Security Agency head Diskin December 18. In all of h [...] | 2007-12-20 16:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS KPAL IS |
07TELAVIV3626 | ISRAEL NUCLEAR COMMISSION LEADERS DISCUSS IRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 19, Ambassador Jones met with the new Director General (DG) of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC),Shaul Shorev. Former DG and current Vice Chairman (VC) Gideon Frank (NOTE: PM Olmert is the IAEC Chairman.) and the recently appointed Deputy Direct General for [...] | 2007-12-28 08:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR IS |
07TELAVIV3631 | CODEL SPECTER'S MEETING WITH BINYAMIN NETANYAHU [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-28 12:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PAL KWBG IR IS |
07TELAVIV394 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEBRUARY 17-23 VISIT OF TSWG [...] (SBU) Embassy Tel Aviv warmly welcomes the February 17-23 visit to Israel of Ms. Christine MacKenn, Ms. Shana Yakobi, and Messrs. Raymond Carr, Robert Koch, Jestin Matthew, LaMar Thompson, and Lu Ting representing the S/CT-chaired Technical Support Working Group (TSWG). Please note that all me [...] | 2007-02-06 14:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER OTRA ASEC AMGT IS |
07TELAVIV421 | ISRAEL-SYRIA: FORMER MFA DG DESCRIBES TRACK-TWO [...] (C) Summary. Former MFA Director General Alon Liel briefed DCM, PAO, and PolCouns February 5 on track two peace negotiations with Syria that lasted from January 2004 until a final meeting in July 2006 during the fighting in Lebanon. The track two discussions were initially sponsored by the T [...] | 2007-02-07 16:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SY IS TU |
07TELAVIV553 | IRAN: U/S JOSEPH'S JANUARY 30 DINNER WITH ISRAEL [...] (S) During his January 30 - February 2 visit to Israel, Under Secretary Robert Joseph participated in talks with Israeli representatives from the MFA, MOD, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) and affiliated research centers, IDF intelligence, and the Mossad. Discussions focused on the thr [...] | 2007-02-22 06:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR RU IS |
07TELAVIV554 | IRAN: UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (S) During his January 30 - February 2 visit to Israel, Under Secretary Robert Joseph participated in talks with Israeli representatives from the MFA, MOD, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) and affiliated research centers, IDF intelligence (IDI),and the Mossad. Discussions focused on t [...] | 2007-02-22 06:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR RU IS |
07TELAVIV555 | IRAN-IAEA: UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S DISCUSSIONS [...] (S) During his January 30 - February 2 visit to Israel, Under Secretary Robert Joseph participated in talks with Israeli representatives from the MFA, MOD, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) and affiliated research centers, IDF intelligence (IDI),and the Mossad. Discussions focused on t [...] | 2007-02-22 06:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA UNSC PTER IR RU IS |
07TELAVIV556 | IRAN-RUSSIA: UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH’S DISCUSSIONS [...] (S) During his January 30 - February 2 visit to Israel, Under Secretary Robert Joseph participated in talks with Israeli representatives from the MFA, MOD, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) and affiliated research centers, IDF intelligence (IDI),and the Mossad. Discussions focused on the thr [...] | 2007-02-22 06:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR RU IS |
07TELAVIV557 | IRAN-UNSC: UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S DISCUSSIONS WITH ISRAELI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-22 07:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | IR IS KNNP MNUC PREL PTER RU UNSC |
07TELAVIV605 | IRAN: REPRESENTATIVE HARMAN'S FEBRUARY 20 MEETING [...] (S) During a February 20 meeting with Representative Jane Harman (D-CA),Israeli Deputy DefMin Ephraim Sneh said that he believes that the installation of a pro-American, secular, democratic government in Iran can be far more easily accomplished than many observers think. Saying that regime c [...] | 2007-02-27 06:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IR IS |
07TELAVIV64 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 13-15 [...] (S) Madam Secretary, internal tensions among GOI leaders have intensified since your last visit and have reached the point that there appears to be little coordination or even dialogue among the key decision makers. Therefore, we will need to be sensitive to perceptions that we are favoring o [...] | 2007-01-08 16:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV IS KWBG |
07TELAVIV690 | ISRAEL STUDYING STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES FOR THE [...] (C) PolCouns called on MFA Deputy Director General (A/S equivalent) for Strategic Affairs Miriam Ziv March 1 to convey reftel request for Israel to become a partner in the Global Initiative. (Note: Given current tensions in Israel's relations with Russia, we decided not to coordinate our de [...] | 2007-03-02 13:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL IS |
07TELAVIV736 | ISRAEL MFA INFORMED OF USG INTEREST IN AMIA CASE [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche, Israeli MFA Nonproliferation and Counterterrorism Department Director Yehuda Yaakov expressed appreciation for the update on the USG interest in the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) bombing case, calling it a "front and center" issue for the MFA. [...] | 2007-03-08 13:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL FBI KJUS ASEC KTFN KISL KIRF |
07TELAVIV739 | IRAN: CODEL KYL AND HARMAN'S BREAKFAST WITH [...] (U) During the visit of CODELs Kyl and Harman to Israel, February 18-20, the two CODELs -- led by Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) -- held a series of meetings with GOI officials and Knesset members according to a program drawn up by Knesset Member Yuval Steinitz, th [...] | 2007-03-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MASS KPAL KWBG IR SY IS |
07TELAVIV740 | CODEL KYL AND HARMAN'S LUNCH WITH KNESSET MEMBERS [...] (S) 1. (C) During the visit of CODELs Kyl and Harman to Israel, February 18-20, the two CODELs -- led by Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) -- held a series of meetings with GOI officials and Knesset members according to a program drawn up by Knesset Member Yuval Stei [...] | 2007-03-08 14:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINR PTER KPAL KWBG MASS IR SY LE IS |
07TELAVIV741 | IRAN: CODEL KYL AND HARMAN'S DINNER WITH SHARANSKY [...] (C) During the visit of CODELs Kyl and Harman to Israel, February 18-20, the two CODELs -- led by Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) -- held a series of meetings with GOI officials and Knesset members according to a program drawn up by Knesset Member Yuval Steinitz, th [...] | 2007-03-08 15:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC KNNP KPAL KWBG IR IS |
07TELAVIV858 | U/S JOSEPH REVIEWS ACTIVITIES OF SOREQ AND NEGEV [...] (S) On February 1, Under Secretary Robert Joseph, Assistant Secretary John Rood, DOE/NNSA Deputy Administrator William Tobey, and T Senior Advisor James Timbie visited the Soreq Nuclear Research Center (NRC) to discuss Iran's nuclear program and next steps with Israeli officials from the Israe [...] | 2007-03-20 09:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MNUC KNNP IS |
07TELAVIV867 | ISRAELI TRANSPORTATION MINISTER MOFAZ ON IRAN AND [...] (S) During a March 14 meeting devoted to a variety of issues, Israeli Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz praised the latest session of the U.S.-Israel Strategic Dialogue, and noted that he would soon begin preparing for the next session scheduled for May 7-8 in Washington. Mofaz, who has the GOI l [...] | 2007-03-21 06:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR KPAL KWBG SY LE IR IS |
07TELAVIV918 | ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS: EU ENVOY ON PEACE TALKS, NUG [...] (C) Summary: During a March 22 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, Deputy Legal Adviser Schwartz, and the Ambassador, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Marc Otte said he believes Israelis are uneasy with political horizon discussions, nervous about U.S. intentions, and uncer [...] | 2007-03-26 07:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG PTER EFIN IS |
07THEHAGUE1158 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SLAHI REMOVAL DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points June 4 to Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Anne Chris Visser, Senior Advisor, Integrity Division, Dutch Ministry of Finance. 2. (SBU) Both officials said they had no information o [...] | 2007-06-15 15:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EUN PREL PTER NL |
07THEHAGUE1386 | ROTTERDAM PORT RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING SYSTEM IN PLACE [...] Summary: The port of Rotterdam recently completed the installation of 40 new radiation portal monitors (RPMs) at all container terminals. Dutch Customs, which operates the monitoring program, demonstrated the new system July 10 for officials from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Megaport [...] | 2007-07-20 15:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KHLS KRAD PTER NL |
07THEHAGUE1440 | DUTCH GOVERNMENT SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. - EU PNR AGREEMENT [...] Summary. In a July 7 letter to Parliament, Minister of Justice Ernst Hirsch Ballin and MFA State Secretary for EU Affairs Frans Timmermans gave a positive assessment of the new U.S. - EU PNR Agreement. The letter provided an overview of the agreement, which it said was "balanced," and provid [...] | 2007-08-01 12:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER EAIR ETRN EUN NL |
07THEHAGUE1452 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH NONCOMMITTAL ON [...] (S) On July 31, Econoffs delivered points concerning USG request for co-sponsorship of the submission of six Iraqi individuals listed in reftel to the UN 1518 and 1267 Committees to Onno Kervers, Head of Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Political Affairs Department, Dutch Ministry of Foreign A [...] | 2007-08-06 05:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC NL |
07THEHAGUE1478 | EMBASSY THE HAGUE LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING GROUP [...] Post Law Enforcement and Counterterrorism Working Group has been meeting regularly since 2001. The LE/CT Working Group is chaired by DCM Michael Gallagher and coordinated by Global Issues Section Chief Susan Garro. In addition to all law enforcement agencies at post (FBI, DEA, ICE, CBP, U.S. [...] | 2007-08-10 05:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM SNAR NL |
07THEHAGUE1505 | SWIFT/INFORMATION EXCHANGES: DUTCH RELEASE REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A June report to Parliament by the Dutch Ministries of Finance and Justice provided the results of the ministries' review of the SWIFT program and four cases of reported direct contact between Dutch financial institutions and the USG. SWIFT's recent registration with the Depart [...] | 2007-08-16 14:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ECON PTER PGOV KCRM NL |
07THEHAGUE1514 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION OF [...] (U) This message includes an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Econoff delivered on August 9 reftel points and background information concerning the USG domestic designation -- under E.O. 13224 -- of the Al-Salah Society and the Al-Salah Society's Ahmad Al-Kurd to Erik Ligtha [...] | 2007-08-20 08:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN NL |
07THEHAGUE1624 | TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE PRE-NOTIFICATION [...] (S) Econoff delivered on August 29 reftel points and background information concerning the USG intention to submit the names of five Saudi terrorist financiers to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to Wendela Haringhuizen, Senior Policy Officer in the Terrorism and New Threats Unit at the Dutch [...] | 2007-09-04 15:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER ETTC NL |
07THEHAGUE163 | SWIFT/TFTP: TREASURY EXPLORES NEXT STEPS WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Dutch interagency group told visiting Treasury officials that there is a general consensus within the GONL and the Dutch Central Bank on the need to shift the current debate on SWIFT procedures away from only data privacy issues to broader national security interests. Treasur [...] | 2007-01-29 16:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN ECON PTER PGOV EUN NL |
07THEHAGUE171 | TFTP/SWIFT: DUTCH MOF MEETS WITH NATIONAL DATA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In its reply to the EU Commission query on SWIFT and the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP),the GONL will propose a short term solution that addresses data privacy concerns and a long term approach that addresses implications to the broader global financial system. Dutch F [...] | 2007-01-30 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER ECON NL |
07THEHAGUE186 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DUTCH TO MONITOR DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered ref A points December 8 regarding domestic designation, and submission to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee, of five terrorist facilitators (list 83) to Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and Anne-Chris [...] | 2007-02-01 12:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER NL |
07THEHAGUE1977 | NETHERLANDS/CASH COURIERS: DUTCH ANTI-CASH [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch implemented on June 15 cross-border reporting requirements for travelers carrying currency in excess of 10,000 euros. GONL deployment of dogs at road checks and key air and sea ports to interdict cash smuggling had already been catching some 30 cash smugglers annua [...] | 2007-11-08 16:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN NL |
07THEHAGUE2056 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER AT EMBASSY [...] Embassy The Hague's TFCO is Economic Officer Jason (Jay) Heung, 31-70-310-2339, heungjx@state.sgov.gov, heungj2@state.gov. 2. Embassy The Hague's TFCO backup is Economic Section Chief Karen Enstrom, 31-70-310-2773, enstromkx@state.sgov.gov, enstromkl@state.gov. Arnall [...] | 2007-12-12 15:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER NL |
07THEHAGUE2086 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: LEVINSON DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-21 16:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM KJUS KDEM CASC NL IR |
07THEHAGUE297 | NETHERLANDS/NEW CABINET: INCOMING FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister-designate Maxime Verhagen told Ambassador Arnall on February 15 that becoming foreign minister was the fulfillment of a "boyhood dream." He stressed that maintaining and strengthening U.S.-Dutch relations will be among his highest priorities as foreign mini [...] | 2007-02-16 12:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER EUN NL |
07THEHAGUE33 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 07-28/29 R62 to travel to the Netherlands from February 4-29, 2007 to deter criminal acts targetting civil aviation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who nee [...] | 2007-01-08 15:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL |
07THEHAGUE345 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH ON ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] (SBU) The Dutch Ministry of Finance (MOF) is hopeful that a soon to be implemented EU regulation will help detect and prosecute bulk cash smugglers. In a February 22 conversation, MOF official Paul ten Westeneind, Policy Officer, Integrity Division, told Econoff that the environment for combati [...] | 2007-02-23 15:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER KCRM NL |
07THEHAGUE526 | NETHERLANDS: FOREIGN MINISTER VERHAGEN CONDEMNS [...] (SBU) On March 21 during a press conference in Kabul, Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen condemned the release of Taliban prisoners in exchange for Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo. Verhagen said governments should not accommodate hostage-takers, and added that the Dutch governmen [...] | 2007-03-23 10:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER AF IT NL |
07THEHAGUE54 | TERRORIST FINANCE: REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC HERITAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 10:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KTFN ETTC PREL EFIN NL |
07THEHAGUE566 | UNSCR 1737/IRAN: DUTCH RECEPTIVE TO TREASURY UNDER [...] (S) SUMMARY. In meetings March 8 in The Hague, senior GONL officials told visiting Treasury Under Secretary Levey that a nuclear-armed Iran would be unacceptable. While supporting USG aims for a second UN resolution on Iran, these officials stressed the need for practical and non-discriminatory mea [...] | 2007-03-27 15:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IR NL |
07THEHAGUE642 | NEW DUTCH FINANCE MINISTER READY TO TACKLE THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Only one month in the job, new Dutch Finance Minister Bos is clearly not afraid to take on some of the politically sensitive issues handled by his ministry. He recently told Ambassador Arnall that his ministry's investigation into the transfer of data from Dutch banks to U.S. [...] | 2007-04-05 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PGOV PINR EUN NL |
07THEHAGUE658 | NETHERLANDS: DUTCH ACCEPT GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) Per reftels, MFA Director for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Henk Cor van der Kwaast reported April 10 that the Dutch have decided to accept the invitation to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Van der Kwaast said Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen approved the [...] | 2007-04-11 08:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NL |
07THEHAGUE767 | NETHERLANDS/PKK: DUTCH AWARE OF PKK CONGRESS [...] (S) Emboffs have communicated reftel demarches to Dutch Foreign Ministry, law enforcement and intelligence officials. Dutch intelligence officers confirmed their awareness of the upcoming PKK meetings and potential participants. MFA officials acknowledged the importance of closely monitoring [...] | 2007-04-24 14:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PTER PREL KTFN NL |
07THEHAGUE789 | NETHERLANDS: PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COALITION [...] (C) The Dutch are not currently contributing troops to the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I). The Dutch military mission to Iraq ended in March 2005. The 1,100-strong military mission was part of the Iraq Stabilization Force (SFIR) and was stationed in the province of Al-Muthanna. Dutch i [...] | 2007-04-27 12:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ NL |
07THEHAGUE838 | NETHERLANDS: ENDORSEMENT OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] Post received the following note verbale from the Dutch MFA endorsing the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Statement of Principles: BEGIN TEXT: No: DVB/NN-223/07 NOTE VERBALE The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the Unite [...] | 2007-05-04 11:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NL |
07THEHAGUE856 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 07-06 R66 to travel to the Netherlands from May 27- June 24, 2007 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors w [...] | 2007-05-07 09:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAIR KHLS NL OTRA PTER HLSX |
07THEHAGUE86 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DELAY IN DOCKRAT DESIGNATION [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel A points on December 21 regarding Dockrat prenotification and reftel B points on January 8 regarding a delay in Dockrat designation to Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior [...] | 2007-01-18 15:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN NL |
07THEHAGUE860 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team SD 07-01/19/29/34 R66 to travel to The Netherlands from May 29 - June 24, 2007 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. V [...] | 2007-05-07 14:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA KHLS HKSX NL |
07THEHAGUE87 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH TO MONITOR DOMESTIC USG [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered on December 8 reftel points and background paper on the USG designation of Hizballah-related entities in the tri-border area to Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor Inte [...] | 2007-01-18 15:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN NL |
07THEHAGUE894 | NETHERLANDS: PARTICIPATION IN OSCE [...] The GONL will participate in the OSCE Political Public-Private Partnership Conference focused on counterterrorism in Vienna from May 31 to June 1, 2007. However, the GONL has yet to decide at what level to send its delegation. Either an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or office [...] | 2007-05-11 13:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS SP NL |
07THEHAGUE936 | TERRORIST FINANCING/NETHERLANDS: DISRUPTING [...] (U) This message includes an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) Econoff delivered reftel points on May 1 to Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor, Financial Markets Policy Directorate, Ministry of Finance, and on May 2 to Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Un [...] | 2007-05-16 14:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | KTFN PTER EFIN KPAO NL |
07TIRANA963 | ALBANIA WILL SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR [...] (C) POLOFF delivered ref demarch to the Director of Albanian State Police (ASP) Ahment Prenci on 30 October 2007. Albania plans to send three representatives from the ASP to the INTERPOL General Assembly in Marrakech, Morocco, including Deputy Director of ASP Argon Kalicaj, INTERPOL chief Pe [...] | 2007-11-01 14:59:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KJUS AL IR |
07TOKYO1211 | DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR CROUCH'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is committed to ballistic missile defense and working toward early deployment of the missile defense agreement, DFM Yachi told DNSA Crouch that during February 26-27 meetings. Japan is troubled by the lack of transparency in China's military development and developmental as [...] | 2007-03-19 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER PHUM ECON ETRD EAID MARR KWBG |
07TOKYO1413 | JAPANESE PARTICIPANTS FOR THE FBI-SPONSORED GLOBAL [...] Japan welcomes the opportunity to participate in the FBI hosted Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Law Enforcement Conference in Miami, Florida, June 11-15, 2007. Please find below the names of the three participants MOFA forwarded to Embassy EST on 29 March: --Mr. Kentaro Goto T [...] | 2007-03-30 09:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL |
07TOKYO147 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO DELAY IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 06:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | EFIN EMIN ETTC JA KTFN PREL PTER ZU |
07TOKYO161 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 09:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC JA IR KNNP PARM PREL PTER |
07TOKYO1857 | CHARGE URGES INCREASED COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Charge discussed a list of specific areas for enhanced bilateral and trilateral counterterrorism cooperation with MOFA Ambassador for Counterterrorism Cooperation, Akio Suda, on April 24. Using reftel points, the Charge raised initiatives aimed at improving: access to terroris [...] | 2007-04-25 10:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV JA |
07TOKYO1895 | MAINTAINING PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Japanese Diet April 24 began debating government proposed legislation to extend the deployment to Iraq of Japanese Air Self Defense Forces (ASDF) for an additional two years beginning at the end of July. Although the law is expected to be passed, the issue of Japanese forces [...] | 2007-04-27 02:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS PTER IZ JA |
07TOKYO2154 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST: JOINT [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) Embassy political officer delivered Reftel on May 11 to MOFA International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division officer Mikiko Masuda. Masuda asked if Japan would be expected to provide a keynote speaker, or be responsible for leading discussions d [...] | 2007-05-14 05:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PTER JA |
07TOKYO2185 | JAPAN SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officers delivered reftel demarche May 10 to MOFA Second Middle East Division Iran Desk Officer Junichi Sumi and May 14 to MOFA South America and Caribbean Division Principal Deputy Director Akifumi Mizuguchi. Mizuguchi said Japan shares the U.S. concerns that Ven [...] | 2007-05-15 07:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR JA |
07TOKYO2189 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO SE ASIA REGIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-15 08:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER JA |
07TOKYO2234 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNSC JA |
07TOKYO2531 | JAPAN ARRESTS MAN LINKED TO RED ARMY HIJACKERS [...] (C) Japanese police arrested Kuniya Akagi, a man linked to the radical Red Army Faction, on June 5 upon his arrival at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, MOFA Northeast Asia Division Deputy Director Yutaka Kashiwabara confirmed to Embassy Tokyo Political Officer June 6. Akagi had just ret [...] | 2007-06-06 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL JA NK |
07TOKYO3075 | IRANIAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER SAFAR'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Maintaining a positive relationship with Iran would be difficult unless Iran heeds the international community's concern about its uranium enrichment program, Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka told Iranian Vice Foreign Minister Mahdi Safari in Tokyo on June 28. Safari claimed [...] | 2007-07-05 08:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER JA IZ |
07TOKYO3078 | SENIOR VICE MINISTER ASANO'S SYRIA MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. Syria must tighten its border controls and use its influence to help resolve internal strife in Lebanon, Senior Vice Minister Asano told Syrian President Al-Asad in Damascus on June 25. Asano delivered a "strong message" from Prime Minister Abe during his visit, according to a J [...] | 2007-07-06 01:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE IZ TU JA |
07TOKYO3376 | JAPAN GEARED TO RATIFY THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-24 22:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL JA |
07TOKYO3595 | TERRORISM FINANCE: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC [...] (U) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Miyako Ishimura and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on July 27, 2007. Both counterparts thanked Embassy O [...] | 2007-08-06 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL PTER JA |
07TOKYO3596 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO TERRORIST FINANCE: [...] (S) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Officer Mikiko Masuda and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on July 31, 2007. Both counterparts thanked Emba [...] | 2007-08-06 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN FI PREL PTER UNSC JA |
07TOKYO4053 | JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE [...] (S) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer and Deputy Financial Attache conveyed reftel demarche on August 30 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division official Miyako Ishimura and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima. S [...] | 2007-08-31 06:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER JA |
07TOKYO4283 | JAPANESE REQUEST FOR LANGUAGE IN COMMUNIQUE OF THE [...] (C) Following up on Foreign Minister Machimura's message to the Ambassador that Japan seeks to strengthen the international reasons to continue to provide Maritime Self Defense Forces support to Operation Enduring Freedom (Ref A),MOFA National Security Division Principal Deputy Director Shing [...] | 2007-09-13 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN AF JA |
07TOKYO43 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TERRORIST INTERDICTION [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 18-20, 2007 visit to Japan by Robin Reichenbach, S/CT Terrorist Interdiction Program (TIP) representative. Post understands, per reftel, that no further assistance is required. 2. (U) Point of Contact for the Tokyo portio [...] | 2007-01-09 05:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KFRD ASEC OTRA AEMR TH RP JA |
07TOKYO4316 | SAFE AND SECURE SOCIETY: MEXT FUNDS PROJECTS FOR JFY2007 [...] Summary -- The Office of Science and Technology for a Safe and Secure Society in Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has selected five science and technology related "Safe and Secure Society" projects to receive Yen 405 million (USD 3.5 million) in JFY [...] | 2007-09-14 07:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TNGD PTER JA |
07TOKYO4374 | JAPAN UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Japan is disinclined to make financial contributions to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, although it is still considering a U.N. request to nominate judges for the tribunal, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Director Hideo Sato. His remarks were confirmed separately by U.N. Po [...] | 2007-09-19 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC LE JA |
07TOKYO4682 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-05 04:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC JA KTFN PREL PTER SA |
07TOKYO4702 | U.S. STATEMENT ON JAPAN'S OEF REFUELING OPERATION [...] (C) On October 5 Charge spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Chikao Kawai to discuss U.S. plans to clarify press allegations of misuse of Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) fuel contributions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). K [...] | 2007-10-05 09:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PTER JA |
07TOKYO4703 | MIXED PRESS REACTIONS TO LATEST SIX-PARTY AGREEMENT [...] SUMMARY: Official comments on the six-party accord and the accompanying abduction issue have been generally favorable, with Japan being satisfied that its views were reflected in the final document, namely, that delisting would be considerably difficult unless the nuclear and humanitarian is [...] | 2007-10-06 02:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER OIIP KPAO KMDR KN KS JA |
07TOKYO500 | JAPAN NEGOTIATING TO RESUME ASSISTANCE TO SYRIA [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is engaged in discussions with the Syrian Ministry of Transport and the Latakia Port General Company about entering into a technical assistance agreement to provide training and equipment to upgrade cargo handling facilities at the [...] | 2007-02-02 09:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL EAID PTER SY JA |
07TOKYO5072 | HATOYAMA APOLOGIZES FOR LINKING HIMSELF TO AL-QAIDA [...] (C) Summary. Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama publicly retracted his claim of having a friend who is an al-Qaida member and told reporters he in fact did not have prior knowledge of the October 2002 Bali bombings. Hatoyama explained that a "friend of a friend" is a member of al-Qaida - whom h [...] | 2007-11-01 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER JA |
07TOKYO5194 | RESPONSE TO: TERRORIST FINANCE: FOLLOW-UP ACTION [...] (C) Summary. ICE Attach and FINATT in separate meetings discussed bulk cash smuggling and currency transportation reporting requirements with Ministry of Finance (MOF),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and National Police Agency (NPA) officials. The officials we spoke to are aware of Finan [...] | 2007-11-09 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN KCRM EFIN ETTC PREL PTER JA |
07TOKYO5221 | STAS MEETING ON U.S.-JAPAN FRAMEWORK INITIATIVE FOR A SAFE [...] Summary. Dr. Nina Fedoroff, S&T Advisor to the Secretary of State and Mr. Yasutaka Moriguchi, Director-General, Science and Technology Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) co-chaired a meeting on October 10 to discuss the U.S.-Japan Frame [...] | 2007-11-13 07:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TNGD PTER TBIO TSPL KSCA JA |
07TOKYO5346 | JAPAN WILL NOT PRESENT AT G8 KIDNAPPING CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-27 08:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM JA |
07TOKYO5491 | ACTING U/S ROOD'S NONPROLIFERATION MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, John C. Rood, conducted a series of successful and substantive nonproliferation meetings with senior GOJ officials November 9 on the margins of the U.S.-Japan Commission on Arms Control, Disarmament, Non- [...] | 2007-12-07 07:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | KNEP MNUC PARM PINS PREL PTER IAEA JA |
07TOKYO5492 | TENTH U.S.-JAPAN COMMISSION MEETING ON NOVEMBER 8, 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 07:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PTER TRGY KGIC IAEA |
07TOKYO5568 | (S) JAPANESE RAISE LEVINSON CASE WITH IRANIAN [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 4. 2. (S) Per reftel, Embassy Tokyo Political Officer December 13 delivered non-paper concerning missing AmCit Robert A. Levinson to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano, along with a request that Japan 1) r [...] | 2007-12-14 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | CASC PREL PTER IR JA |
07TOKYO5609 | JAPANESE AGAIN RAISE LEVINSON CASE WITH IRANIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: MOFA Director General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Norihiro Okuda lunched December 19 with Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Moshen Talaeli and urged him again to help resolve the case of missing American Citizen Robert Levinson. Other topics discussed included Iran's nuclear [...] | 2007-12-19 09:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | CASC PREL PTER PARM IR IZ JA |
07TOKYO5649 | JAPAN: 2007 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Japan continued to increase efforts to prevent terrorism and there were no terrorist attacks in Japan in 2007. Domestically, Japan bolstered its defenses against terrorism by improving crisis management and first responder capabilities and took steps to strengthen border security. By December [...] | 2007-12-21 06:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER |
07TORONTO118 | HOUSE ARREST FOR SECURITY CERTIFICATE DETAINEES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a result of Canada's Supreme Court having struck down Canada's security certificate program on February 23, two men who are currently alleged to be security threats have been or will be released from custody and join other released detainees on house arrest. These men will b [...] | 2007-03-16 20:02:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PTER CA |
07TORONTO139 | UPDATE ON TORONTO TERRORISM SUSPECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since June 2, 2006, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has arrested 18 men with suspected connections to a Toronto-based terrorist group. The terrorist group is most notorious for its plot to behead the Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. Currently, 14 adults and 3 youths [...] | 2007-04-02 20:48:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER CVIS CA |
07TORONTO439 | FORMER CANADIAN KANDAHAR COMMANDER MAKES CASE FOR AFGHAN [...] (SBU) Speaking before the Toronto-based Canadian Institute for International Affairs on November 2, Major General Tim Grant, recently returned from a stint as commander of Canadian Forces troops in Afghanistan, encouraged patience and highlighted progress in Canada's mission in Afghanistan. Gr [...] | 2007-11-02 18:57:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PREL PTER CA AF |
07TORONTO440 | TORONTO TERROR PLOT BAIL HEARINGS RESUME, NEW CHARGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an unusual move, Canadian prosecutors terminated preliminary hearings in September and decided to move the defendants in the 2006 Ottawa and Toronto terrorism plots directly to trial. Ontario courts will now revisit the confinement conditions of each of the suspected terrori [...] | 2007-11-02 19:43:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER CA |
07TRIPOLI1039 | LIBYA: FOLLOW-UP ON ACCESS TO RETURNED GTMO DETAINEES REF: A) STATE 165729, B) STATE 127608, C) TRIPOLI 723, D) TRIPOLI 797 CLASSIFIED BY: Chris Stevens, DCM, Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 16:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | KDRG PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS LY |
07TRIPOLI1040 | GOL FURTHER PROTESTS PLANNED TRANSFER OF LIBYAN DETAINEE AT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 17:07:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | KDRG PTER PREL PHUM LY |
07TRIPOLI1058 | UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-23 12:22:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN |
07TRIPOLI1066 | QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION DIRECTOR SOUNDS WARNING ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-31 11:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR SOCI KPAO SCUL OEXC KISL LY |
07TRIPOLI420 | TEST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-01 09:04:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | ACOA PTER |
07TRIPOLI943 | REQUEST FOR EXPLANATION OF RETURNED DETAINEE ARM DISABILITY [...] (S/NF) Charge met November 1 with MFA Secretary for the Americas Dr. Ahmed Fituri and reiterated Post's request for timely access to returned Guantanamo detainee ISN-194 (Muhammad Abdallah Mansur al-Rimi) to follow up on ref A and B requests for further information on when and how al-Rimi susta [...] | 2007-11-07 09:14:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM PINS PINR LY |
07TRIPOLI945 | LIBYAN REACTION TO AQ-LIFG MERGER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-07 16:15:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | KISL PTER PREL PGOV LY |
07TRIPOLI964 | LIBYAN RESPONSE TO ARB III NOTIFICATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-13 16:42:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PHUM PINR PREL PTER LY |
07TUNIS1044 | MOHAMED ABBOU TO CONTINUE ACTIVISM FOR FREEDOM IN [...] (C) On July 31, EmbOffs met with Mohamed Abbou, a political prisoner released on July 24 after serving over two years of a three-and-a-half year sentence. He and his wife Samia expressed their appreciation for USG support of them and their family during Abbou's incarceration. Abbou discuss [...] | 2007-08-03 08:28:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KPAO KDEM TS |
07TUNIS1061 | SUPPORTING TUNISIA'S COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORT: A [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-06 11:44:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS KTIA PTER TS |
07TUNIS1068 | THE TUNISIAN SECULAR STATE: A MODEL FOR THE MUSLIM [...] (C) Following independence in 1956, Tunisia has witnessed the development of a largely secular system of government that maintains a strict separation of mosque and state. Former President Bourguiba implemented policies that, building on Tunisia's secular leanings, established Tunisia as one o [...] | 2007-08-07 14:59:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KISL PTER KDEM TS |
07TUNIS1095 | FRENCH AMBASSADOR,S VIEWS ON TUNISIAN POLITICAL [...] (C) French Ambassador Serge Degallaix told Ambassador Godec August 8 that the French Government believes the GOT is making progress on democracy and human rights, albeit slowly. Degallaix also said: -- President Sarkozy's visit to Tunisia was excellent, but major changes in French policy vis--v [...] | 2007-08-14 15:33:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PTER FR TS |
07TUNIS1157 | SECURING VIABLE ASSURANCES TO RESUME DETAINEE [...] (S) Serious allegations have been made regarding the treatment by Tunisian authorities of one of the two transferred Tunisians formerly detained at Guantanamo Bay. Before we can resume the transfer of detainees, the Embassy needs to review the allegations with senior GOT officials and obtain r [...] | 2007-08-22 15:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PTER KAWC PINR TS |
07TUNIS1159 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL JACKSON LEE [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Representative Sheila Jackson Lee and Representative Steve Chabot to Tunis from August 29 - August 30, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natural resources, [...] | 2007-08-22 15:36:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PHUM PTER TS |
07TUNIS1264 | IDENTIFYING "CREDIBLE VOICES" IN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES [...] (S) SUMMARY. In general, it is GOT officials who speak out against religious extremism and terrorism on a regular and open basis. President Ben Ali, GOT ministers and La Presse (the official media outlet of the GOT) regularly issue statements warning against the threat of extremist ideologies [...] | 2007-09-18 11:26:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | KISL KPAO PTER TS |
07TUNIS1328 | TUNISIA CHARGES 29 WITH PLOTTING TO COMMIT [...] (C) Twenty-nine Tunisians have been charged by the GOT for involvement in the disrupted December 2006/January 2007 terrorist plot, according to a lawyer for the accused. Among the charges filed against the suspects were: attempting to unseat the government, attempting to commit terrorist acts [...] | 2007-09-28 14:32:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PTER PGOV TS |
07TUNIS1345 | THE WAY AHEAD IN THE MAGHREB [...] (S) On Friday, September 14, we (Ambassadors Ford, Godec and Riley) met in Tunis to review developments in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, assess US policy, and chart a way ahead. While our three countries are different in important ways, they all face a difficult challenge from extremists and [...] | 2007-10-03 15:44:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PREL ECON KPAO KMPI PINS PTER SCUL XI |
07TUNIS1351 | (S/NF) TUNISIAN REGULATION OF EXPLOSIVE PRECURSORS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-04 16:07:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR TS |
07TUNIS139 | GOT ASSURANCES ON TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S/NF) On January 30, Ambassador raised GOT assurances related to the transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo with MFA Secretary of State for the Americas and Asia Saida Chtioui. Ambassador thanked Chtioui for the MFA diplomatic note of January 11 and requested additional clarification r [...] | 2007-01-30 15:53:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR KAWC TS |
07TUNIS1425 | FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS [...] (C) Former Tunisian Guantanamo detainee Lotfi Lagha appeared before the Tunis Court of First Instance on October 24 and was sentenced to three years in prison. Lagha,s attorney plans to file an appeal. During Lagha's trial, the judge questioned Lagha and then allowed Lagha's attorneys to p [...] | 2007-10-26 13:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PGOV PINR TS |
07TUNIS1439 | TUNISIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] There is no discernible money laundering or terrorist finance activity occurring in Tunisia. Tunisia is not considered an important regional financial center due in large part to the very strict control exercised by the Central Bank over financial transactions, particularly those involving fo [...] | 2007-10-30 10:15:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR PTER TS |
07TUNIS1443 | UNEMPLOYMENT IN TUNISIA: FOR WANT OF A JOB... [...] (C) Tunisia's official unemployment rate has hovered around 15 percent for almost forty years despite sustained GDP growth and continued GOT efforts to diversify the economy and promote investment that should spur new employment. Low domestic and international investment, as well as strict la [...] | 2007-10-30 13:04:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON SMIG PTER KDEM PGOV TS |
07TUNIS1448 | TUNISIAN TRIAL FOR FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (C) Former Guantanamo detainee Abdallah Ben Omar (al-Hajji) appeared briefly before Military Tribunal in Tunis on October 31. Due to his attorneys' request for access to additional information regarding Ben Omar's previous in absentia conviction, the judge agreed to postpone the case until [...] | 2007-10-31 17:29:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PGOV PINR TS |
07TUNIS1496 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL INOUYE [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Senators Daniel Inouye and Theodore Stevens and accompanying members of CODEL Inouye to Tunis from November 25 - 26, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natura [...] | 2007-11-21 06:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS |
07TUNIS1497 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL INOUYE [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Senators Daniel Inouye and Theodore Stevens and accompanying members of CODEL Inouye to Tunis from November 25 - 26, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natura [...] | 2007-11-21 06:26:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS |
07TUNIS1532 | CODEL INOUYE PROMOTES US-TUNISIAN TIES [...] (C) During their November 25-26 visit to Tunisia, Senators Daniel Inouye and Ted Stevens were warmly welcomed by Minister of National Defense Kamel Morjane and MFA Secretary of State Saida Chtioui. The GOT officials, who apologized President Ben Ali was unavailable to meet the Senators on a S [...] | 2007-11-29 15:41:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OREP ECON PTER MASS TS |
07TUNIS154 | THE GOT AND THE TERRORIST THREAT: SHAKEN, NOT [...] (S/NF) In the weeks following its reported disruption of a terrorist plot to attack US and UK embassies and diplomats, the GOT remains unresponsive to repeated USG -- and Tunisian public -- requests for further details on the incident. While there are reports of "hundreds" arrested and security [...] | 2007-01-31 15:23:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC CASC TS |
07TUNIS1548 | TUNISIAN ISLAMISTS CONCERNED BY EXTREMISM, SEEK [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting with PolOffs, former an-Nahdha leader Ziad Daoulatli said that the GOT has created a climate of fear that discourages Tunisians from political participation. The lack of freedom of expression and association, said Daoulatli, is increasingly driving Tunisians t [...] | 2007-12-03 14:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PTER TS |
07TUNIS1556 | EU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE GOT COOPERATION [...] (S/NF) EU Charge de Mission Bernard Philippe told the Ambassador on December 4 that the November 19 Association Council meeting with Tunisia, which was preceded by the November 12 Sub-Committee Meeting on Human Rights, had given a "boost" to EU-Tunisian relations. Philippe said the two meetin [...] | 2007-12-05 16:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM KDEM PGOV PTER ECON PREL TS |
07TUNIS1564 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 13:45:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER TS |
07TUNIS1579 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF IRAQI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 08:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER IZ TS |
07TUNIS1616 | MGPKO2: TUNISIA "FIRMLY CONDEMNS" BHUTTO [...] (SBU) Summary. Official and private Tunisians were quick to denounce the December 27 assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. On December 27, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs "firmly condemned" the assassination and reasserted Tunisia's rejection of all forms of terrori [...] | 2007-12-28 12:16:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PK TS |
07TUNIS1620 | 30 CONVICTED OF INVOLVEMENT IN DEC 2006/JAN 2007 [...] (C) On December 30, the Tunis Court of First Instance sentenced 30 Tunisians to punishments from death to five years in prison for their involvement in the December 2006/January 2007 terrorist incidents. Many of the defendants, known as the "Soliman Group," denied their involvement and allege [...] | 2007-12-31 16:09:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR TS |
07TUNIS180 | ARAB INTERIOR MINISTERS DISCUSS CT COOPERATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The January 30-31 Arab League Interior Ministers meeting in Tunis was focused on counter-terrorism cooperation. Voicing support for Lebanon and Iraq, the Council of Arab Interior Ministers also discussed narcotics trafficking, civil protection and road safety. President Ben Ali' [...] | 2007-02-05 15:26:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV IZ SY SU TS |
07TUNIS193 | UPDATE ON PROPOSED DETAINEE TRANSFER [...] (S/NF) Post provides an update on latest efforts to obtain necessary assurances related to the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay. As instructed in Ref B, Post has repeatedly engaged the GOT in an attempt to obtain confirmation of assurances related to the transfer of T [...] | 2007-02-08 07:59:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KAWC PINR TS |
07TUNIS196 | FOREIGN MISSIONS CONCERNED OVER GOT SILENCE ON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Following January's report by the GOT that it had disrupted a terrorist plot to attack US and UK embassies and diplomats (reftels),security and consular representatives from several Tunis-based embassies and international organizations met on February 7 to discuss the security [...] | 2007-02-08 14:56:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC CASC TS |
07TUNIS236 | AMBASSADOR PUSHES GOT FOR DETAINEE ASSURANCES [...] (S/NF) During a February 13 meeting on other topics, Ambassador pressed Foreign Minister Abdallah for confirmation of GOT assurances regarding the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay (Ref D). Abdallah noted the request. 2. (S/NF) Ambassador later continued the convers [...] | 2007-02-15 14:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR KAWC TS |
07TUNIS259 | MFA DIPNOTE ON DETAINEES: SAME ASSURANCES, POC [...] (S/NF) On February 26, Post received a MFA diplomatic note responding to Embassy's note of February 5 requesting specific assurances regarding the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay and information regarding detainee Lotfi Bin Swei Lagha. The MFA reiterated the position [...] | 2007-02-26 11:12:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KAWC PINR TS |
07TUNIS306 | MOI POC ON DETAINEES OFFERS NO ASSURANCES [...] (C/NF) On March 6, PolOff met with Ministry of Interior (MOI) Director of International Cooperation Tahar Fellous Refai to discuss the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo. Fellous was identified by the MFA (Ref A) as the GOT logistical point of contact on the proposed transfe [...] | 2007-03-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KAWC PINR TS |
07TUNIS31 | TUNISIAN SECURITY OPERATIONS: DETAILS BEGIN TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: According to local police contacts, the January 3 security operation that took place about 35 km southeast of Tunis (Reftel) resulted in the deaths of 12 perpetrators and the arrest of at least 25. The armed group, which was described as being comprised of Salafists and led [...] | 2007-01-04 17:37:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PREL PTER TS |
07TUNIS324 | G-8 AMBASSADORS TO SEEK JOINT MEETING WITH GOT [...] (C) Summary: The G-8 Ambassadors in Tunis have agreed to seek meetings with the GOT Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Interior to raise Tunisia's continuing lack of cooperation on counter-terrorism. Other subjects for discussion will include energy security and African development. A fin [...] | 2007-03-09 10:17:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV ENRG EAID XF TS |
07TUNIS381 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-26 15:29:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TS |
07TUNIS42 | AMBASSADOR BRIEFS FOREIGN MINISTER ON DETAINEE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-05 15:22:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KAWC PREL PTER TS |
07TUNIS44 | FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR SALAFISTS WERE [...] (S) SUMMARY: On January 5, Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah briefed Ambassador on the recent security situation in Tunisia (reftels). Abdallah said the group of very well trained "Salafists" involved in recent incidents with GOT security officials were targeting US and UK (and possibly Fr [...] | 2007-01-05 17:23:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL CASC TS |
07TUNIS45 | AMBASSADOR BRIEFS UK/FRENCH AMBASSADORS ON THREAT [...] (S) On January 5, Ambassador briefed British Ambassador Alan Goulty on the information Foreign Minister Abdallah had shared regarding the threat to US and UK interests in Tunisia (septel). Goulty said that his mission had been seeking further details on the recent security incidents from GOT [...] | 2007-01-05 17:23:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PTER ASEC CASC PGOV TS |
07TUNIS461 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR OFFERS GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (S) SUMMARY. During an April 12 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of State, Special Advisor to the President Abdelaziz Ben Dhia offered the most extensive and comprehensive assurances we have received to date on the repatriation of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay. These assurances includ [...] | 2007-04-13 08:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KAWC PINR TS |
07TUNIS53 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SAYS SALAFIST THREAT IN [...] (S) Summary: Minister of State and Special Presidential Advisor Ben Dhia today told the Ambassador with "quasi certitude" that the Tunisian security services had finished their operations against the armed Salafist group (reftels),which had been planning to target the US and British embassie [...] | 2007-01-08 18:56:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PREL PTER TS |
07TUNIS54 | COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER OF INTERIOR REVEALS FEW [...] (S) In a January 9 courtesy call, Minister of Interior and Local Development Rafik Belhaj Kacem revealed few new details about the recent Salafist threat in Tunisia (reftels). After initial introductions, the Ambassador broached the subject of the recent threat, underscoring the USG's concern [...] | 2007-01-09 17:36:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PREL PTER TS |
07TUNIS59 | MAKING SENSE OF THE RECENT THREAT IN TUNISIA [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the absence of credible, publicly available information, the rumor mills will continue to crank out speculative blather about the true nature of recent security threats. While person-on-the-street reactions will be reported septel, this cable will summarize what we have learn [...] | 2007-01-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV TS |
07TUNIS619 | FMF IS KEY TO TUNISIA'S COUNTERTERRORISM SUCCESS [...] (SBU) I noted with disappointment that the State Department,s Fiscal Year 2008 budget proposal to Congress included only $2.064 million in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for Tunisia. This figure is significantly lower than the Embassy Tunis Country Team request of $30 million in FMF for FY- [...] | 2007-05-18 12:54:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PTER MARR PGOV PREL TS |
07TUNIS621 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR BEN DHIA RESPONSE TO DEPUTY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Foreign Ministry Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah today provided Ambassador with a letter from Presidential Advisor Ben Dhia to the Deputy Secretary, in which Ben Dhia reiterates the GOT's willingness accept the three Tunisian detainees currently held at Guantanamo (reftels). The [...] | 2007-05-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KAWC PINR TS |
07TUNIS648 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL TANNER [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Representative John Tanner and accompanying members of CODEL Tanner to Tunis from May 30 - June 1, 2007. Tunisian government officials may wish to discuss the latest political, economic and security issues relevant to the US-Tunisian bilateral relationship, as [...] | 2007-05-24 12:52:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS |
07TUNIS65 | TUNISIA RESPONSE ON TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Post delivered reftel dipnote regarding the transfer of Tunisian detainees currently at Guantanamo to the MFA on January 5. Post received the following response on January 11 (informal translation): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United St [...] | 2007-01-12 07:58:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR KAWC PREL PTER TS |
07TUNIS67 | TERROR THREAT IN TUNISIA: WHAT HAPPENED, WHY AND [...] (S) Over a two-week period in late 2006 and early 2007, the Government of Tunisia conducted operations against a significant terrorist group, killing 12 and arresting 15. At least two GOT security personnel were killed and three wounded in the operations. The "Salafi" terror group, accordin [...] | 2007-01-12 10:36:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER TS |
07TUNIS698 | CODEL TANNER MEETINGS FOCUS ON COUNTERTERRORISM, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-05 12:07:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP TS |
07TUNIS699 | BEN ALI TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CODEL TANNER [...] (C) In a meeting May 31 with Congressman John Tanner (D-TN) and nine other Representatives, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali emphasized his commitment to close ties with the United States. He also: -- asked for more US economic engagement; -- insisted the ruling political party is too str [...] | 2007-06-05 12:11:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PTER TS |
07TUNIS70 | TUNISIAN GOVERNMENT SHARES SOME FURTHER [...] (S/NF) The GOT on January 12 passed to SIMO the names of US Embassy officers found on a piece of paper at one of the sites used by "Salafist" terror suspects (reftels). SIMO is reporting this information through other channels. 2. (S) While Post is pleased that the GOT has finally come for [...] | 2007-01-12 18:26:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER TS |
07TUNIS710 | CODEL TANNER MEETINGS FOCUS ON COUNTERTERRORISM, [...] (C) During their May 30 to June 1 visit to Tunisia, the ten members of CODEL Tanner were warmly welcomed by GOT officials who stressed the history of positive bilateral relations between the United States and Tunisia. Highlighting that Tunisia is a loyal friend, FM Abdallah and Defense Ministe [...] | 2007-06-06 12:37:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP TS |
07TUNIS722 | SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH'S VISIT [...] (C) FOREIGN MINISTER ABDELWAHEB ABDALLAH'S UPCOMING JUNE 11-15 VISIT TO WASHINGTON PRESENTS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE USG TO ENGAGE THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE GOT, AS OFFICIAL VISITS TO WASHINGTON ARE INFREQUENT. WHILE ABDALLAH WILL LIKELY TRY TO EMPHASIZE GENERALITIES ABOUT THE US-TUNISIAN L [...] | 2007-06-07 14:36:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MASS KDEM TS |
07TUNIS753 | TUNISIA: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CHAMBER OF ADVISORS [...] (C) In a June 8 courtesy call with the Ambassador, Chamber of Advisors President (and ruling RCD party Treasurer) Kallel focused on the necessity of taking an offensive posture in combating Islamic extremism. He noted that Tunisia had made great strides in promoting economic development, unive [...] | 2007-06-13 15:39:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ELAB SOCI TS |
07TUNIS774 | TWO TUNISIAN DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (S/NF) On June 18 at approximately 1300 local time, the Government of Tunisia accepted custody of two Tunisian nationals (Lufti Bin Swei Lagha (Partial ISN 660) and Abdullah Bin Omar (Partial ISN 721) formerly detained at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 2. (S/NF) COMMENT. During [...] | 2007-06-18 13:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KAWC PGOV PINR TS |
07TUNIS819 | IRAQI WMD SCIENTISTS REDIRECTION PROGRAM: TUNISIA [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S/NF) Further to Ref A response on the Iraqi WMD scientist redirection program, MFA Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah today told the Ambassador that the GOT is still considering the proposal, but that the GOT needs further information before making [...] | 2007-06-22 15:09:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR PINS PARM PREL PREF TS |
07TUNIS856 | TUNISIA: NOTIFICATION OF ARB PROCEEDINGS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-28 12:19:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PHUM TS |
07TUNIS889 | TUNISIAN MILITARY'S URGENT NEED FOR US SUPPORT [...] (S) In May, I conveyed the disappointment of the Tunis Country Team with the proposed cuts in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) funding for Tunisia in Fiscal Year 2008 (Ref C). Tunisia is facing an unprecedented regional terrorist threat, particularly from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM [...] | 2007-07-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | MASS PTER MARR PGOV PREL TS |
07TUNIS903 | STOPPING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-09 09:27:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PREL PTER SY IZ TS |
07TUNIS984 | FM ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS, REGIONAL VIEWS [...] (C) The July 12-14 visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki capped months of active GOT-GOI engagement. However, Foreign Minister Abdallah told Ambassador on July 24 that there is no change in Tunisia's position on Iran's nuclear ambitions. Abdallah said Mottaki made clear Iran th [...] | 2007-07-24 15:56:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PTER KNNP IR IZ TS |
07ULAANBAATAR156 | MONGOLIAN ARMED FORCES PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE 8TH [...] (S) On March 7, DATT was told by a tired-looking Chief of General Staff LTG Togoo that he would meet with senior government officials in late afternoon regarding the issue of an 8th rotation of 100 troops to Iraq. Togoo said he would need to meet with DATT after that meeting (note: most likel [...] | 2007-03-07 08:16:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | SECRET | MARR PREL PTER MG IZ PL |
07ULAANBAATAR169 | SENIOR LEADERS ENDORSE 3-MONTH EXTENSION OF TROOPS [...] (S) On March 13, Foreign Policy Advisor to the President Tsogtbaatar told Ambassador and ADCM that the National SIPDIS Security Council (the President, Speaker, and Prime Minister) had met on Friday, March 9, and recommended that the government decide to extend for three months Mongolia's 7 [...] | 2007-03-13 06:54:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | SECRET | MARR PREL PTER MG IZ PL |
07ULAANBAATAR173 | MONGOLIA EXTENDS CURRENT TROOP ROTATION IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-14 08:49:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | SECRET | MARR PREL PTER MG IZ PL |
07ULAANBAATAR284 | Mongolia's FIU Seeks FinCEN Link [...] (U) B. Tumurbat, head of Mongolia's Financial Information Unit (FIU),has written to James H. Fries, Director of the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),looking to develop closer ties between the two anti-money laundering agencies. (A copy of his letter has be [...] | 2007-05-15 08:58:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ECON PREL SNAR MG |
07ULAANBAATAR287 | Mongolia Endorses U.S. Proposal in ARF on UNSCR 1540 [...] (SBU) E/P Chief met on May 15 with MFA Director for Multilateral Relations Ms. Enkhtsetseg and drew on reftel points to urge that Mongolia support the three ARF initiatives the United States tabled in Helsinki in late March. Enkhtsetseg expressed appreciation for receiving copies of the revis [...] | 2007-05-16 06:15:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PTER ARF MG |
07ULAANBAATAR288 | Mongolia Not Sure of OSCE Counterterrorism Conference [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-16 06:16:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE PTER ABUD AFIN RS SP |
07ULAANBAATAR339 | DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS IRAQ ROTATION DECISION TO BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 12 call on Defense Minister Sonompil, the Ambassador emphasized that there is great interest in Washington in Mongolia's formal approval of the 8th rotation of troops to Iraq. Minister of Defense Sonompil responded that the Mongolian National Security Council (NS [...] | 2007-06-13 08:22:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PTER MG IZ PL CH RU |
07ULAANBAATAR480 | REGIONAL STRATEGIES TO COUNTER THE TERRORIST [...] (C) As requested in ref A, post would like to suggest that Washington consider how it can best retain and strengthen support by counter-terrorism allies and coalition partners such as Mongolia. Mongolia,s General Intelligence Agency's (GIA) has repeatedly pressed the USG for CT assistance and [...] | 2007-08-24 08:14:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | SECRET | PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL KPAO ASEC MG |
07USEUBRUSSELS1043 | U.S. - EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND [...] (C) The U.S.-EU Troika disarmament and nonproliferation consultations under the German presidency demonstrated many common interests and a willingness to engage frankly but cordially. They did not hide, however, the well known divergence of views on how to approach these key issues. In parti [...] | 2007-03-28 09:26:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL EUN PTER KN IR IN CH |
07USEUBRUSSELS1157 | UPDATE ON EU AND MEMBER STATE LOOKOUT SYSTEMS [...] (S) Summary. A recent survey of the European Union and Member States' terrorist and immigration lookout systems revealed a situation still in a state of flux (see reftels). While the EU develops its updated Schengen Information System II (SIS),and pursues an interim system (SIS One-4-All) th [...] | 2007-04-05 08:34:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | CVIS PTER BE EUN |
07USEUBRUSSELS3080 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY [...] (S) Mission International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Counselor, accompanied by Justice Department Senior Counsel and Department of Homland Security Attache, delivered the demarche on combating terrorism by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to newly-appointed Counter-Terrorism [...] | 2007-10-04 14:43:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET | PTER KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EU |
07USNATO113 | UPDATE ON NATO-QATAR TALKS ON STATUS OF ISAF [...] (C) SUMMARY: High level discussions between Qatar's military and NATO on the future of ISAF's support to the Coalition Air Operations Center (CAOC) at al-Udeid Airbase in Qatar are back on track after a number of miscommunications. However, the overall prospect for this dialogue is still fra [...] | 2007-02-23 12:07:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO REL PTER QA XF |
07USNATO117 | QATAR REQUESTS NATO PERSONNEL DEPART BY 4 MARCH [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. see para. 3. 2.(C) Summary: Qatari Ambassador to Belgium al-Dosari met with NATO D/SYG Ambassador Minuto Rizzo February 22 and hand delivered a Note Verbale (see para. 6) reporting that the presence of NATO personnel at al-Udeid Airbase would be illegal a [...] | 2007-02-23 19:24:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PGOV PTER QA XF |
07USNATO165 | AFGHAN SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT ASKS NAC FOR SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a March 12 coffee with Permreps the Speaker of Afghanistan,s Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament)Yanus Qanuni challenged NATO to provide a long-term commitment to Afghanistan. He said the Afghan Parliament and people did not want NATO and international military force [...] | 2007-03-14 11:34:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL PTER AF PK |
07USNATO186 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: RELEASE OF TALIBAN PRISONERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Anticipating reftel A, Ambassador Nuland, during the March 21 North Atlantic Council meeting, joined the UK in criticizing the evident Taliban-for-hostage exchange in the release of kidnapped Italian journalist Mastrogiacomo. She also raised the issue separately with SYG de Hoo [...] | 2007-03-22 14:28:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREF PTER PREL AF IT |
07USNATO189 | RFG: HOSTAGE TAKING IN AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (U) This cable contains a request for guidance in paragraph 3. 2. (C) As previewed in reftels, the Secretary General has placed the issue of hostage taking in Afghanistan on the agenda of the 3:30 p.m. Permanent Representatives' coffee on March 27. Specifically, he wishes to examine impl [...] | 2007-03-23 16:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREF PTER PREL AF |
07USNATO270 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT APRIL 25, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: NAC discussed &whither a NATO common hostage policy?8 and alleged Afghan mistreatment of detainees. Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) updated the NAC on NATO training support to the ANA and his recent trip to Pakistan. D/SYG urged the NAC to find a way ah [...] | 2007-04-25 15:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL PTER AF |
07USNATO384 | TERRORIST FINANCING/USNATO: DISRUPTING EXTERNAL [...] (C) In response to reftel, Mission has continuously raised the importance of denying all sources of support to the Taliban, including financial support, with NATO and other foreign officials. The issue of illicit financial support to the Taliban is highlighted particularly starkly during dis [...] | 2007-06-22 14:46:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN NATO PREL |
07USNATO72 | USNATO NOMINATIONS FOR MARCH 26-27 CONFERENCE IN [...] Per reftel, USNATO nominates the following individuals to participate in the March 26-27 European conference on insurgency, "A Comprehensive Approach to Modern Insurgency: Afghanistan and Beyond." a.) Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy Ambassador Martin [...] | 2007-02-06 15:06:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL MOPS EAID PINS PROP PTER KISL AF |
07USNATO95 | SUBJECT: BACKGROUNDER FOR NATO PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) We look forward to your visit to Brussels, where your presence will remind Allies once again of the strong Congressional support for the Alliance. Today, NATO is conducting operations on three continents bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan and the Balkans, while supporting peac [...] | 2007-02-14 17:26:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR NATO OREP PREL PTER |
07USNATO99 | FOLLOW-UP REQUEST FOR EXPENSES RELATED TO BLACK [...] Per Ref A, USNATO reports there are no outstanding expenses related to Black ICE. 2. Per Ref B, the airfare charged against the fiscal data for three NATO participants was 886.20 Euros for Mr. Axel Angeley; 856.49 Euros for Mr. Carsten Fausboll; and 856.45 Euros for Mr. Ayhan Batur. OLSON [...] | 2007-02-15 16:12:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC PTER TBIO |
07USOSCE258 | OSCE PPP CONFERENCE PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO [...] (U) Summary: At the OSCE's May 31-June 1 Conference to promote Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in countering terrorism, co-initiated by the U.S. and Russia, more than 300 participants from 58 participating States and Partners as well as several international organizations discussed the utili [...] | 2007-06-12 13:43:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER OSCE PREL RS |
07USUNNEWYORK1002 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CONVENES AN "INFORMAL [...] The Secretary General has circulated the following (para 2) letter convening a meeting to discuss implementation of the Counter-terrorism Strategy (Res 60/288). The discussion will take place in an "informal meeting" to permit participation by non-state actors. Action Request. Department gui [...] | 2007-11-12 15:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK1006 | INTERNATIONAL PROCESS ON GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary. At an informal gathering of approximately 30 UN member states representatives, the Swiss Mission presented a plan to consider ways of implementing the UN Counter-terrorism Strategy. This NGO driven effort is being launched to create a "process" to review the Strategy and produc [...] | 2007-11-12 21:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SZ |
07USUNNEWYORK1024 | UN/1267 SANCTIONS: RUSSIANS UNYIELDING ON REMOVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgian PermRep and Chairman of the 1267 (Taliban/Al-Qaida) Sanctions Committee Johan Verbeke convened P-5 ambassadors plus Afghanistan on November 8 to discuss the outstanding Afghan requests to remove from the 1267 sanctions list twenty individuals who have renounced their ties t [...] | 2007-11-15 19:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK1037 | UNSC 1540 COMMITTEE: NEW WEBSITE, PROGRESS ON 1673 [...] SUMMARY: On November 14, the Security Council's 1540 Committee discussed the Committee's new website, plans to inform regional groups about the Committee's recent letter requesting information from States and transmitting the Committee's implementation matrices to them, and the possibility o [...] | 2007-11-16 21:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK1042 | CHAIRMEN OF 1267, COUNTER-TERRORISM, AND 1540 [...] The Chairmen of the UN Security Council's 1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),and 1540 Committee on nonproliferation briefed the Council in a public meeting on November 14, 2007, in the eighth such meeting of its kind. The Chairmen, Ambassador Ve [...] | 2007-11-19 15:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK1043 | HOSTAGE TAKING CONVENTION: U.S. RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-19 20:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OPDC PREL PTER KTIA IR |
07USUNNEWYORK1046 | LEBANON: SYG BRIEFS ON VISIT TO BEIRUT [...] (C) During a meeting with Amb Khalilzad on November 19 (other issues covered septel),SYG Ban Ki-Moon said that he had emphasized during his November 15-16 visit to Beirut that Lebanon must hold presidential elections on time to elect a candidate "broadly acceptable" to all Lebanese. Ban said [...] | 2007-11-19 21:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1053 | LEBANON: SYG BAN PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTION SOLUTION [...] (C) During a luncheon with UNSC PermReps on November 20, SYG Ban Ki-Moon reported that he had telephoned Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at about 12:15 p.m. EST that day to urge him to work towards a solution in Lebanon's upcoming presidential election. Berri claimed he had not yet m [...] | 2007-11-20 21:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KDEM UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1059 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: UN BRIEFS KEY DONORS ON PLANS [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: In the UN's first meeting with major donors and potential donors to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ("Tribunal") on November 16, UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel briefed Ambassador Wallace, as well as representatives of the missions of Lebanon, The Netherlands, France, and the [...] | 2007-11-21 20:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1071 | 1540 COMMITTEE: OUTREACH, BRIEFING FOR REGIONAL [...] SUMMARY: On November 21, the Security Council's 1540 Committee reviewed outreach activities, discussed briefing the UN's regional groups on the Committee's letter to states transmitting its implementation matrices and seeking information on states' implementation of resolution 1540, and conti [...] | 2007-11-28 12:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK1090 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: TORTURE, IDPS, [...] (U) Summary: On October 29, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly heard reports on torture, on the human rights of internally displaced persons, on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, and on the situation of human rights in [...] | 2007-11-29 19:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PHUM PREF PTER SU |
07USUNNEWYORK1106 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ERIN CROWE AND JOHN [...] (U) In response to Reftel, USUN grants country clearance for Erin Crowe and John Sandage to participate in the informal meeting of the General Assembly on the implementation of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, to attend meetings of the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions) Committee, and to [...] | 2007-11-30 21:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK1116 | LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ DEPARTS UNIIIC WITHOUT THE [...] (C) Summary. During a bilateral meeting with Amb Khalilzad on December 3, departing head of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Serge Brammertz revealed that while he hoped to identify the "physical perpetrators" of the Hariri assassination "within a few months," [...] | 2007-12-05 00:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1133 | LEBANON: BELLEMARE WILL EMULATE BRAMMERTZ'S [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with Amb Wolff on December 5, incoming UNIIIC head and Prosecutor-designate of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Daniel Bellemare recognized the sense of frustration among Council members about not receiving much information on the state of UNIIIC's investigation. [...] | 2007-12-07 14:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1136 | GA MEETING ON UN GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY [...] SUMMARY: The General Assembly (GA) convened an informal meeting to review the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy on December 4. Member States expressed broad support for the Strategy and held a constructive debate that lacked the polemics of previous meet [...] | 2007-12-07 18:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK1138 | MAJOR DONORS TO LEBANON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL DECIDE ON [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: In the UN's second meeting with major donors and potential donors to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ("Tribunal") on December 5 (reftel),UN Under-Secretary for Legal Affairs Nicolas Michel announced that the UN and the Dutch had initialed the text of a Headquarters Agree [...] | 2007-12-07 20:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1141 | LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ PREDICTABLY TIGHT-LIPPED IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a December 5 open briefing to the UNSC and closed consultations with member states that followed, departing UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) head Serge Brammertz hewed closely to his written report to the Council and declined to provide more [...] | 2007-12-10 14:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1150 | LEBANON: DUTCH SEEK IMMEDIATE DECISION ON BUILDING [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: At the third meeting UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel hosted for major donors and potential donors to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ("Tribunal") on December 10 (reftel),Dutch PermRep Majoor asked representatives of Lebanon, France, UK, Germany, and [...] | 2007-12-11 15:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1151 | SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE [...] The Security Council, on December 10, unanimously adopted resolution 1787 (text below). The following countries co-sponsored the resolution: Belgium, Congo, France, Italy, Panama, Russia, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The resolution extends the initial period of the Co [...] | 2007-12-11 15:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNSC PREL UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK1156 | UNSC 1373: NEW CTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PLANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a courtesy call on December 10, Ambassador Michael Smith (Australia),the newly appointed Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee's Executive Directorate (CTED),told Ambassador Khalilzad and Ambassador Wolcott that CTED can perform its current functions better [...] | 2007-12-11 22:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PTER PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK1170 | NATO SEEKS COOPERATION WITH 1540 COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY: NATO Assistant Secretary General Martin Erdmann (Germany) delivered the first NATO briefing to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 ("1540 Committee") on December 11. Erdmann said 1540 issues were a central part of NATO counter-proliferation efforts [...] | 2007-12-14 18:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNSC PREL KPAO PTER KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK1177 | LEBANON: COUNCIL DEBATE ON UNSCR 1701 CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on December 12, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Geir Pedersen reported that Lebanon's continuing political impasse had prevented further progress on the implementation of resolution 1701. He called for presidential elections to be held as so [...] | 2007-12-17 16:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1184 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: EXPERTS FROM KEY AND LIKELY [...] SUMMARY: Following up on recent conversations held at ambassadorial level among major and likely donors to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) (see reftels),experts from USUN, France, Germany, the UK, and the Netherlands, as well as Lebanese PermRep Salam and representatives of the UN Off [...] | 2007-12-19 17:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1185 | LEBANON: TRIBUNAL COSTS RISING WHILE FUNDS STILL [...] (C) Summary. UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel convened a meeting of major donors to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (U.S., UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Lebanon) on December 18. Although Michel pressed for the Management Committee to be set up immediately, donors could not adopt [...] | 2007-12-19 20:22:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1186 | SOUTH AFRICA CRITICIZES 1540 TO UK EXPERT [...] (C) Begin Summary: Nick Low, Head of the Nuclear Issues Section in the United Kingdom's Counter Proliferation Department, recently discussed issues relating to resolution 1540 (2004) with Abdul Minty, Deputy Director General for non-proliferation issues in South Africa's Department of Foreig [...] | 2007-12-19 21:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK1195 | OUTGOING MEMBERS BRIEF COUNCIL ON SUBSIDIARY BODIES [...] SUMMARY: On December 17, outgoing Security Council members Congo, Ghana, Peru, Qatar, and Slovakia briefed the Council on the activities of the following Subsidiary Bodies under their chairmanship: the 1518(2003) Committee on Iraq; the 1132 (1997) Committee on Sierra Leone; the 1521 (2003) C [...] | 2007-12-20 19:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK1199 | 1540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ITS ROLE ON BIOSAFETY AND [...] SUMMARY: Members of the Security Council's 1540 Committee held a thematic discussion on biosafety and biosecurity on December 18, which the Committee's Chairman (Slovakia) scheduled to help determine how the Committee's April 2008 report to the Security Council would address these issues. S [...] | 2007-12-20 20:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK1216 | PRINCE TURKI RAISES POTUS VISIT AND CONCERN ABOUT [...] (S) Ambassador Khalilzad met Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal, former Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. and current head of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, on December 26 in New York. Al-Faisal underscored that Secretary Rice should accompany President Bush on his SIPDIS up [...] | 2007-12-26 20:03:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC IZ AF PK SA |
07USUNNEWYORK1222 | UNSC: SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) The Security Council December 27 adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) condemning the December 27 terrorist attack by extremists that caused the death of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and others. The statement also paid tribute to former Prime Minister Bhutto, called on [...] | 2007-12-28 17:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK127 | 1540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST OUTREACH, [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At an informal meeting February 7, the 1540 Committee discussed outreach activities; a proposed roadmap for implementing its program of work; and proposals for coordination among the Committee's experts, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) and th [...] | 2007-02-13 15:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL AORC PTER UNSC KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK128 | PAKISTAN UN PERMREP ON SANCTIONS ENFORCEMENT [...] (S) Although initially critical of U.S. efforts to raise in New York the issue of Pakistan's apparent lack of compliance with UNSCR 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban),following Ambassador Wolff's intervention (ref A),Pakistani PermRep Akram reported that he had advised Islamabad to "take steps" to addr [...] | 2007-02-13 17:58:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER KTFN PK |
07USUNNEWYORK129 | EVALUATION OF TERRORIST FACILITATORS/INCITERS [...] (S/NF) UNSC 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee members treated as normal the November 30 joint request by the United States and the United Kingdom to sanction five terrorist facilitators and inciters (TF and I). The Statements of Case demonstrated that these individuals were "associa [...] | 2007-02-13 19:18:00 | USUN New York | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER KU QA SW NO UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK136 | (S) SYG BAN KI-MOON CONSIDERING IRAQ VISIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a February 8 meeting with IO A/S Silverberg, UN DPA Middle East Advisor Michael Williams said SYG Ban Ki-Moon is considering a stopover in Iraq in connection with his participation in the March 28 Arab League meeting in Riyadh. SYG Ban is also considering visits to Egy [...] | 2007-02-15 22:29:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK139 | ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE UN SIXTH COMMITTEE AD HOC [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The eleventh session of the Ad Hoc Committee met on February 5, 6, and 15. Delegations discussed completion of the comprehensive convention; the proposal to convene a high-level conference on counter-terrorism; and the status of intersessional informal negotiations; and [...] | 2007-02-20 19:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK141 | UN SECRETARY GENERAL'S COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] Summary. At a February 17 briefing the Secretary General and members of his Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) reported to member states on progress in implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (A/RES/60/288) adopted last September. The CTITF also introduced the [...] | 2007-02-20 22:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK144 | AMBASSADOR WOLFF RAISES HIZBALLAH RE-ARMAMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie SIPDIS Guehenno on February 20, Ambassador Wolff and IO A/S Silverberg raised strong USG concerns of arms smuggling into Lebanon and claims by Hizballah SYG Nasrallah that his organization [...] | 2007-02-21 19:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK149 | A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH SLOVAK FM KUBIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 20 meeting with Slovak FM Jan Kubis, IO A/S Silverberg and Acting Permrep Wolff advised FM Jan Kubis that the U.S. would not look favorably on any Slovak action that undermined UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari's proposals on Kosovo in the Security Council. Kubi [...] | 2007-02-22 23:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK15 | SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH JAN ELIASSON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 5 meeting with Presidential Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, UN Special Envoy Jan Eliasson said his immediate priorities for addressing the Darfur crisis were reducing the ongoing violence and finding a way to restart the political process. Natsios listed actions by [...] | 2007-01-11 22:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK150 | SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACKS IN IRAQ [...] (U) The Security Council adopted a press statement February 22 condemning recent terrorist attacks in Iraq, including the chlorine gas bombing of February 21 (text in para 5). This step concludes a series of recent Council press statements condemning terrorist attacks in Lebanon (February 1 [...] | 2007-02-23 00:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK173 | MAKING TALIBAN SANCTIONS RELEVANT [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides a status report on implementation of UNSCR 1735, a resolution drafted by the USG which calls for updating the Taliban sanctions list to enhance its utility as a relevant and potent tool to combat the [...] | 2007-03-02 23:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV KTFN PTER AF |
07USUNNEWYORK179 | DDA, IAEA, OPCW, AND WCO BRIEF COUNCIL ON [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Representatives of the Department for Disarmament Affairs, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),and the World Customs Organization briefed the Security Council in a public meeting on February 23, concer [...] | 2007-03-06 18:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC PARM KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK182 | PROPOSED NEXT STEPS ON BRAMMERTZ COMMISSION AND [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz is scheduled to deliver his latest report on the Commission's activities March 14 and to brief the Security Council March 21. In order to foster UNSC support for the Commission and Tribunal, USUN recommends that Brammertz [...] | 2007-03-06 23:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK224 | ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization ("Charter Committee"),a sub-Committee of the General Assembly Legal Sixth Committee, held its annual meeting at UN Headquarters from February 7-15, 2007. [...] | 2007-03-20 22:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC PTER UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK240 | UNSC MEETING: BRAMMERTZ CAUTIOUS ON PROCEDURAL [...] (SBU) After a public briefing to the Security Council by UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz on March 21 that just reviewed the findings in his last report (ref A),UNSC members proceeded to closed consultations to discuss the Commission's work in more detail. Nearly all delegations supported the GOL [...] | 2007-03-24 22:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK241 | UNSC MEETING: BRAMMERTZ CAUTIOUS ON PROCEDURAL [...] (SBU) After a public briefing to the Security Council by UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz on March 21 that just reviewed the findings in his last report (ref A),UNSC members proceeded to closed consultations to discuss the Commission's work in more detail. Nearly all delegations supported the GOL [...] | 2007-03-24 22:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK253 | UNGA LEGAL COMMITTEE DEBATES REFORM OF UN SYSTEM [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: At a resumed session March 12-23, 2007, the General Assembly's Sixth (Legal) Committee discussed proposals to reform the UN's system of administration of justice, as well as a request of the Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB) for observer status in the General Assembly. [...] | 2007-03-29 19:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA UNSC PREL PTER OFDP |
07USUNNEWYORK271 | UNSCR 1701: SYG BAN FORWARD-LEANING ON ARMS [...] (SBU) Summary. During an April 5 closed briefing to the UN Security Council on his recent visit to Middle East and his March report on UNSCR 1701 implementation (other topics reported septel),UN SYG Ban Ki-Moon took a very forward-leaning approach on reports of arms smuggling into Lebanon an [...] | 2007-04-06 15:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK277 | MICHEL SHARES THOUGHTS ON ESTABLISHING HARIRI [...] (U) Ambassador Wolff, accompanied by Ambassador Chris Ross (USUN/POL) and USUN LegalOff, met with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel and two members of his staff April 9 to explore the UN's understanding of the state of play on establishment of the tribunal envisaged in UN Security Council Resol [...] | 2007-04-11 08:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV PTER KCRM SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK286 | CTC DEBATES VISITS, COUNTERTERRORISM INSTRUMENTS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At its 182nd meeting on April 5, the Security Council's Counterterrorism Committee (CTC) discussed the Counterterrorism Executive Directorate's (CTED) coordination with international, regional and sub-regional organizations; a CTED analysis of the status of adoption of th [...] | 2007-04-12 12:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK332 | USUN PRESENTS U.S. 1540 ACTION PLAN TO 1540 [...] Per ref A, Mission delivered the overview of the U.S. national action plan on implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) to the 1540 Committee Chairman, Slovak PermRep Peter Burian, on April 20. The UN Secretariat distributed copies of the U.S. national action plan to 1540 [...] | 2007-04-30 14:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC OSCE KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK338 | MICHEL PREVIEWS COUNCIL BRIEFING ON LEBANON [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: PER REFTEL, AMBASSADOR WOLFF URGED UN LEGAL COUNSEL MICHEL ON APRIL 30 TO USE HIS MAY 2 BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO CONVEY HIS CONCLUSION THAT THE LEBANESE PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS TO RATIFY THE TRIBUNAL AGREEMENT HAD REACHED AN IMPASSE AND TO EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR C [...] | 2007-05-01 00:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC LE |
07USUNNEWYORK346 | LEBANON: FRENCH INSIST BRAMMERTZ MUST SUCCEED [...] (SBU) During a P-3 meeting on May 1 (septel),French PermRep de la Sabliere reported that UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) head Serge Brammertz has informed France that he will leave his current position on June 15, 2007 and return to the International Criminal Co [...] | 2007-05-03 01:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNSC FR SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK347 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MICHEL BRIEFS COUNCIL AND [...] (C) Summary. In a forthright briefing to the Security Council on May 2, UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel said his April 17-21 trip to Beirut to help facilitate Lebanese ratification of the UN-GOL agreement and statute establishing the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon had yielded no concrete res [...] | 2007-05-03 02:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK349 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 PERMREPS MEET GOL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with P-3 PermReps on May 3, GOL senior foreign policy advisor Mohammad Chattah reported that while UNSC delegates with whom he had met were generally positive about the need to establish the tribunal, several expressed concerns about the international legal implic [...] | 2007-05-04 00:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK37 | 1540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES EXPERTS' PANEL [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The 1540 Committee met informally January 19 to discuss the appointment of three experts to fill vacancies on the Committee's panel of experts, as well as the extension of contracts of the five remaining experts. Committee Chairman Burian asked delegations to seek instru [...] | 2007-01-22 16:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER PREL KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK376 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 DISCUSS DRAFT RESOLUTION AND [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting on May 11, P-3 PermReps told SYG Ban that the Council should act on the tribunal as soon as possible after it receives a clear request from the GOL and the SYG endorses the GOL position. Noting he planned to speak with PM Siniora on May 14, Ban reported that Syri [...] | 2007-05-14 23:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK384 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 AGREE ON DRAFT UNSCR AND [...] (SBU) The U.S., France, and the UK (P-3) reached agreement on a draft Chapter VII resolution to establish the Special Lebanon Tribunal on May 17. P-3 Permanent Representatives will share the text with all UNSC delegations either bilaterally or in joint approaches by close of business on May 1 [...] | 2007-05-17 21:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK389 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-5 PERMREPS DISCUSS DRAFT UNSCR [...] (SBU) P-5 PermReps met on May 17 to discuss the P-3 draft Chapter VII UNSC resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (reftel). French PR de la Sabliere introduced the draft resolution, noting that the co-authors preferred the "light" approach of deciding that the tribunal agreement and s [...] | 2007-05-18 19:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK393 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 PERMREPS ENGAGE COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary. P-3 PermReps joined forces May 18 to canvass their Council counterparts to explain the draft Chapter VII resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (ref A) and seek their support. Most delegations said they had yet to receive instructions on the draft text and conceded tha [...] | 2007-05-19 01:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK401 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: CHATAH CONSULTS P-3 AND OTHERS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: P-3 Ambassadors met May 21 with GOL Foreign Policy Advisor Mohamad Chatah, who said the recent violence in Lebanon argued for accelerating action in the Security Council. Chatah said the GOL would prefer a vote on the tribunal May 25 even if it meant the resolution re [...] | 2007-05-22 00:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK408 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 AND CHATAH AGREE TO PUSH FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. P-3 PERMREPS AGREED ON MAY 23 TO TABLE THE RESOLUTION ON THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON IN THE COUNCIL ON THE MORNING OF MAY 25, PUT THE TEXT "IN BLUE" THE EVENING OF MAY 25, AND PUSH FOR A VOTE ON MAY 29. (NOTE: MAY 28 IS A UN HOLIDAY. END NOTE.) DURING A SEPARATE MEETING WI [...] | 2007-05-24 00:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK411 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: DRAFT UNSCR DOES NOT YET HAVE [...] (C) P-3 PermReps, joined by Slovakia, agreed mid-afternoon May 24 that we do not currently have nine confirmed votes in favor of the draft Chapter VII resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. (Although USUN subsequently learned that we have support from a majority of Security Council c [...] | 2007-05-24 23:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK423 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: VOTE SCHEDULED FOR MAY 30 [...] (C) The UN Security Council discussed the draft resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon for the second time during closed consultations on May 29. After P-3 PermReps explained the revisions made to the draft resolution in response to concerns raised during UNSC consultations on May 25, [...] | 2007-05-29 23:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK440 | SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1757 ON LEBANON [...] (U) THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL VOTED 10-0-5 ON MAY 30 TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 1757, WHICH DECIDES UNDER THE COUNCIL'S CHAPTER VII AUTHORITY TO BRING INTO EFFECT THE SPECIAL PAGE 02 RUCNDTA0440 UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000440 TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON. RUSSIA, CHINA, QATAR, SOUTH AFRICA, AND INDONESIA A [...] | 2007-06-04 11:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK458 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL - UN PREPARES TO SET IT UP [...] Summary. As June 10, the date of entry into force of the Lebanon Tribunal Agreement, approaches, the UN Secretariat is gearing up to put arrangements in place for its full implementation. In a June 6 meeting, UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) officials described preparations for the Tribunal [...] | 2007-06-07 21:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM LE PREL PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK485 | UN MOVES TO SET UP LEBANON TRIBUNAL [...] (U) Ref A described UN preparations for the Lebanese Tribunal. In a June 6 meeting, UN officials told USUN officers that they were working quietly to put arrangements in place for full implementation of resolution 1757 but were conscious of the fact that its provisions would not be effective [...] | 2007-06-15 00:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM LE PREL PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK492 | INDONESIA'S SUPPORT FOR AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy PolCouns delivered ON June 14 REFTEL demarche calling for Indonesian leadership on multilateral efforts in counterterrorism to Indonesian Deputy PermRep, Ambassador Hassan Kleib, who stressed that Indonesia's national interest due to repeated terrorist bombings ensures that [...] | 2007-06-15 22:20:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | KTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER ID |
07USUNNEWYORK519 | 1540: UPDATE ON COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel, USUN has solicited views from 1540 Committee Members on how to handle matrices more broadly and with specific regard to Iran. The Chair (Slovakia) has indicated that he intends to hold a meeting in late June to consider formally how matrices are handled. UNODA [...] | 2007-06-25 19:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC PARM |
07USUNNEWYORK555 | AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS AND THE INTERNET [...] (SBU) The Security Council 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee discussed on June 25 al-Qaida's misuse of the Internet to recruit, fundraise, train, spread propaganda, and plan terrorist attacks. The Committee Chairman structured the debate around a Monitoring Team paper on the issue ( [...] | 2007-07-06 20:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK574 | WEST AFRICAN STATES ASK FOR HELP IN COMBATING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) held an informal meeting on July 11 to address the technical assistance needs of West African states in fulfilling their counter-terrorism obligations under Security Council resolution 1373. Present at the meeting w [...] | 2007-07-13 19:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER XY KFTN KCRM |
07USUNNEWYORK575 | UPDATE ON UN EFFORTS TO SET UP LEBANON TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Summary. USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff met with UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorneys Mark Quarterman and Jerome de Hemptinne on July 12 to seek an update on efforts to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. USUN Legal Adviser met separately with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel [...] | 2007-07-13 21:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK576 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DR. LISA ROTZ AND [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Lisa Rotz and Dr. Carol Linden, both of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to participate as an expert and an observer in an informal technical consultative group in preparation for the development of a single comprehensive database on biolog [...] | 2007-07-13 21:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO UN PTER OTRA |
07USUNNEWYORK588 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE: JOHN SANDAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-18 19:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK590 | UNSC AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: FOCAL [...] (SBU) USUN Poloff met on July 9 with G7 counterparts and delivered REFTEL points regarding Ahmed Idris Nasreddin's delisting request. Nasreddin is currently under UN sanctions because of his association with al-Qaida. Nasreddin petitioned for delisting through the newly established focal poi [...] | 2007-07-18 21:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK6 | SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH UN DPKO GUEHENNO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 5 meeting with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, UN DPKO U/SYG Jean Marie Guehenno said the UN is making progress in implementing phases one and two of the Addis/Abuja framework. Full implementation, however, will require greater clarity on the UN/AU hybrid command ph [...] | 2007-01-09 22:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK601 | SECRETARIAT DELIVERS TOUGH UNSCR 1701/LIBAT [...] (C) Summary. During closed consultations on the SYG,s latest UNSCR 1701 report as well as the report of the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (LIBAT) on July 18, UNSCO Michael Williams spoke at length about the need for greater progress on the issue of prisoners, compliance with the a [...] | 2007-07-24 20:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK651 | COUNCIL ADOPTS LEBANON STATEMENT AFTER QATAR [...] (C) The UN Security Council adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) on August 3 in response to the Secretary-General's latest report on the implementation of SIPDIS resolution 1701 as well as the report of the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (full text of PRST below). The PRST w [...] | 2007-08-08 23:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO SY IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK666 | UN/1267 SANCTIONS: USUN SEEKING GUIDANCE ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) During an August 13 meeting with Algerian PermRep Youcef Yousfi, USUN Ambassador Jackie Sanders raised the Algerian Mission's August 3 request to the Al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee to designate for targeted sanctions Abd [...] | 2007-08-14 00:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AL ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK667 | FRENCH PERMREP PLEDGES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH USUN [...] (C) Amb Khalilzad greeted newly-arrived French PermRep Jean-Maurice Ripert for a courtesy call on August 10. Ripert began the meeting by declaring bluntly that U.S.-French relations "are not what they should be," and that although the two countries might disagree, the "ways of disagreement sh [...] | 2007-08-14 15:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC IR KO LE SU |
07USUNNEWYORK685 | DPKO REJECTS ISRAELI CLAIMS OF NEW WEAPONS FLOWS [...] (C) Summary. During UNSC consultations on UNIFIL's mandate on August 16, DPKO A/SYG Hedi Annabi acknowledged that the situation in south Lebanon had changed as a result of recent attacks against UNIFIL, but rejected Israeli claims of Hizballah refortification and illegal weapons transfers int [...] | 2007-08-16 23:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK688 | NETHERLANDS AGREES TO HOST SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (U) The UN Secretariat announced on August 17 that UN Secretary-General Ban had received a letter dated August 15 SIPDIS from Prime Minister Jan Balkenende informing him that the Government of the Netherlands is "favorably disposed" to hosting the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, created pursu [...] | 2007-08-17 22:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE NE |
07USUNNEWYORK697 | OLA LEGAL COUNSEL TO TRAVEL TO THE NETHERLANDS TO [...] Begin Summary: UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel will lead a high-level UN delegation to the Netherlands in the next two weeks to discuss practical arrangements for the Netherlands to host the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Michel's Special Assistant Mark Quarterman advised USUN August 21. The [...] | 2007-08-22 23:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC KCRM SY LE NE |
07USUNNEWYORK70 | 1540 COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN PROPOSES DIFFERENT [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At its informal meeting January 24, the 1540 Committee discussed, but did not reach decisions on several topics: (1) candidates to fill three current vacancies on the Committee's experts' panel; (2) disposition of the contracts of the Committee's five current experts (ref B),[...] | 2007-01-29 17:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER PREL KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK700 | 1540: UN SUBCOMMITTEE DEFERS CONSIDERATION OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (U) At an August 21 meeting, Sub-Committee B of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee") agreed to defer consideration of a matrix assessing Iran's implementation of resolution 1 [...] | 2007-08-23 22:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK717 | MONTHLY UNSC MIDEAST DEBATE: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM FOR [...] (U) Summary. During a seven-hour monthly UNSC debate on the Middle East on August 29 featuring over 30 speakers, UNSCO Michael Williams professed "guarded optimism" about recent developments in the Arab-Israeli peace process but was decidedly downcast about the reality on the ground. Amb Wol [...] | 2007-08-30 22:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO KPAL KWBG SY LE IS |
07USUNNEWYORK728 | 1540: COMMITTEE STILL DEBATING MATRICES [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: At the August 29 meeting of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee"),South Africa, Indonesia, and China agreed to seek instructions on a U.S. compromise concerning the posting of country-specific implementation matri [...] | 2007-09-06 20:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK729 | 1540: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At its August 29 meeting, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee") discussed its work program, technical assistance, outreach efforts, and a letter from Ambassador Khalilzad and Portuguese PermRep Salgueiro (on behalf of [...] | 2007-09-06 20:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK736 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST GRANTED FOR DEPT. OF [...] Country clearance is granted for the following personnel to travel to New York for the meetings described in paragraph 2 of reftel. John B. Sandage Chief, Counterterrorism and Sanctions Policy Bureau of International Organization Affairs Department of State Arrives o/a September 10, depar [...] | 2007-09-10 19:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK749 | UNIFIL COMMANDER GRAZIANO MAINTAINS THAT SOUTH [...] (C) During consultations in New York September 4-7 with the UN, troop contributing countries (TCC),members of the Security Council, and other interested delegations, UNIFIL Force Commander Graziano declared that Hizballah's arms pose the greatest threat to stability in Lebanon. But he mainta [...] | 2007-09-13 18:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK752 | 1540: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES WEBSITE, OUTREACH [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At an informal meeting September 12 of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee"),Slovak PermRep and Chairman Peter Burian announced that interested delegations were discussing proposals for reaching agreement on the langu [...] | 2007-09-14 13:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL PTER UNSC KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK759 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE: PAUL DERGARABEDIAN AND BRUCE [...] (U) Country Clearance request (reftel) granted for Paul Dergarabedian, Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime, Department of the Treasury and Bruce Miller, DHS, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to lead a training workshop on trade-based issues involving money launderin [...] | 2007-09-17 15:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KTFN PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK77 | UNSCR 1373: NEW CTC CHAIRMAN SEEKS U.S. INPUT [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At a January 29 meeting with newly appointed Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) Chairman, Panamanian PermRep Ricardo Arias, Ambassador Wolff and Ambassador Sanders offered U.S. views on the CTC's work and expressed support for Arias's leadership. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU [...] | 2007-01-31 16:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK821 | UN PROGRESSES ON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) officers told USUN October 3 and October 4 that the UN wants to move quickly this month to appoint the next Commissioner of the UN International Investigation Commission (UNIIIC),who would also serve as the Prosecutor for [...] | 2007-10-05 21:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV PTER KCRM SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK838 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED TO IO/PSC JOHN SANDAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-09 22:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK839 | AMBASSADOR DAILEY MEETS WITH UN COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Begin summary and introduction: On September 28, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Dell Dailey met with the United Nations' Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force Director Robert Orr; Counter Terrorism Committee Chair Amb. Arias; UNSCR 1267 Committee Chair Amb. Verbeke, an [...] | 2007-10-09 23:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK856 | HARIRI SATISFIED WITH PACE OF UN EFFORTS TO SET UP [...] (C) Summary. During an October 8-9 visit to New York, Lebanese MP Sa'ad Hariri held meetings with UN SYG Ban Ki-Moon, other Secretariat officials, and UNSC members that focused largely on the need to speed up the set up of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Ambassador Khalilzad met Hariri on [...] | 2007-10-11 22:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK866 | UNSC 1540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES OUTREACH ASSISTANCE [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: On October 10 the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004)("1540 Committee") discussed a strategy for further outreach and a draft matrix states could use to submit assistance requests. Committee members also welcomed the Committee's October 9 [...] | 2007-10-15 20:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK880 | UNGA/C6: POSITIVE REACTION TO U.S. COUNTER [...] SUMMARY: Seventy-four delegations addressed the Sixth Committee during the debate on counterterrorism on October 10 - 11. As in previous years, delegations strongly condemned acts of terrorism, called for measures to promote tolerance and eliminate the root causes of terrorism and rejected at [...] | 2007-10-17 23:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK888 | UN LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTS CONTINUING PROGRESS ON [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: UN Legal Counsel and Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs (OLA) Nicolas Michel updated Ambassador Wolff on October 17 on the UN's work to make the Special Tribunal for Lebanon operational soon. Michel reported that the selections panel for the judges and prosecutor w [...] | 2007-10-19 16:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK96 | UN COUNTER-TERRORISM TASK FORCE IN HIGH GEAR [...] Action Requests paras 7 and 8. 2. Summary: In a January 31 meeting with UN Assistant Secretary General Robert Orr, head of the Secretary General's SIPDIS Counter Terrorism Task Force (CTTF),Orr described current activities and future projects of the group. Orr said that he expects t [...] | 2007-02-02 20:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK971 | LEBANON: UNSC AGREES THAT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. During a private meeting of the Security Council November 5, UNSC Resolution 1559 Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen reported that the political crisis that had "paralyzed" Lebanon since November 2006 had made it very difficult to achieve further progress towards the implementatio [...] | 2007-11-07 22:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPKO SY LE IS |
07USUNNEWYORK978 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: UN PLANS TO APPOINT [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff on November 7, UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorney Mark Quarterman and Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Alma Saliu reported that the SYG plans to appoint the next UNIIIC chief and prosecutor-elect during the w [...] | 2007-11-08 22:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK979 | UN DISCOUNTS BRAMMERTZ COMPLAINTS ABOUT LACK OF [...] (C) Summary. During a November 7 meeting to discuss efforts to set up the Special Tribunal for Lebanon with UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorney Mark Quarterman and UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Alma Saliu (septel),USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff mentioned that in the c [...] | 2007-11-08 22:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK99 | CTC DEFERS DISCUSSION ON BORDER CONTROL MEETING IN [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Under the new chairmanship of Ambassador Arias of Panama, the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) held its 179th meeting February 1, discussing several topics: 1) the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate's (CTED) preliminary conclusions on its 2006 visits to [...] | 2007-02-05 17:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC |
07VATICAN102 | VATICAN: FORMER FOREIGN MINSITER TO BE ISLAM CZAR [...] (C) Pope Benedict XVI has appointed former FM Jean Louis Tauran as President of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, the lead Vatican department for relations with non-Christian faiths, including Islam. The move restores the autonomy of a Council that Benedict had placed und [...] | 2007-06-28 14:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI KIRF PTER LE VT |
07VATICAN33 | HOLY SEE COMMENTS ON MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT [...] (SBU) Per reftel, in October of last year post delivered points on the Military Commissions Act to various officials in the Holy See. On January 9 a reply was received from Cardinal Renato Martino, an influential and outspoken figure who heads the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Mar [...] | 2007-02-01 12:34:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL MOPS PTER KAWK PHUM VT |
07VATICAN59 | HOLY SEE APPRECIATES PROGRESS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Holy See MFA Director for Afghanistan Murphy received with interest several fact sheets on reconstruction efforts in the country and encouraged us to keep up our efforts to publicize the positive strides that have been made. With few Catholics and no diplomatic representation in Afghanis [...] | 2007-03-20 15:59:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PHUM SOCI PTER VT |
07VATICAN68 | HOLY SEE: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-04 07:59:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL VT |
07VATICAN8 | VATICAN: IRAQ AMBASSADOR ON IRAQ INTERNAL AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See Albert Yelda met with Embassy Officers along with a visiting Embassy Baghdad Officer December 29 to discuss a range of internal Iraqi matters. Yelda commented on the Saddam Hussein trial and execution, USG engagement with Syria, former PM Allawi, [...] | 2007-01-08 14:50:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ VT |
07VATICAN97 | EMBASSY VATICAN LINKS NGO SANT'EGIDIO WITH AFRICAN BUREAU [...] (SBU) Post hosted a digital video conference (DVC) May 25, linking the Community of Sant'Egidio, a Vatican-related NGO, with the Africa Bureau. Embassy Paris's Africa watcher and staff from S/WCI also joined the DVC. Sant'Egidio responded to questions raised by AF on issues related to confl [...] | 2007-06-20 08:00:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM SOCI UG IV VT |
07VIENNA1016 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CHANCELLOR GUSENBAUER [...] (C) In a cordial one-hour meeting with Ambassador McCaw on April 16, Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer said that the Balkans would remain Austria's top foreign policy priority. In particular, his government was committed to a robust participation in a prospective EU ESDP mission in Kosovo to implem [...] | 2007-04-18 14:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AU PTER IZ AF YI |
07VIENNA1088 | NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: POST VIEWS ON AUSTRIAN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Vienna assesses the prospects of Austrian participation in military missions in Iraq as nil. The Austrian government remains willing to participate in Iraqi police training (although not inside Iraq). The GOA also supports commercial engagement in the more secure areas [...] | 2007-04-27 11:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ AU |
07VIENNA1162 | DETAINEE RESETTLEMENT -- AUSTRIA: EXPAT [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to reftel information requests. 2. (C) Embassy Vienna POCs on resettlement issues are as follows: Deputy Chief of Mission Scott Kilner kilnersf@state.gov, kilnersf@state.sgov.gov 43-1 31339-2415 Economic Unit Chief Phillip Nelson nelsonpr@state [...] | 2007-05-04 15:33:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR AU |
07VIENNA1270 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points orally to Austrian MFA Americas Director Rudolf Lennkh and Latin America chief Andreas Melan. 2. (S) Lennkh said Austria follows the situatino in Venezuela very closely, and has also noted with concern the growing relationship between Venezuela a [...] | 2007-05-15 09:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR AU |
07VIENNA1279 | AUSTRIA ON MAY 31-JUNE 1 COUNTERTERRORISM [...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 14 to Klaus Famira of the Austria MFA's OSCE office. Fammira said he thought Austria would designate a senior Interior Ministry official as head of delegation to the May 31-June 1 Counter-Terrorism Conference. He did not yet know exactly who it [...] | 2007-05-15 11:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PTER RS SP AU |
07VIENNA1327 | GUANTANAMO DETAINEE RESETTLEMENT: UN RAPPORTEUR [...] (S) On May 10, DCM met with Manfred Nowak, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and the Director of the Vienna-based Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights, to discuss various human rights issues, including the possible resettlement of Guantanamo detainees. Noting that Nowak had publicly called fo [...] | 2007-05-21 15:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PTER PHUM EUN AU |
07VIENNA1804 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: SEEKING REGIONAL [...] (S) Acting EconPol Counselor delivered reftel background and talking points on July 6 to Ralph Scheide, Head of the MFA's Middle East and Africa Division (A/S-equivalent). EconPol Counselor urged Austria to approach regional Arab governments to put diplomatic pressure on the SARG to do more t [...] | 2007-07-09 10:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PREL PTER AU SY IZ |
07VIENNA1928 | AUSTRIA OFFERS LAME EXCUSES FOR RELEASE OF RIZA [...] (S) Following an initial run-around with GoA bureaucrats, the Minister of Justice's Chief of Staff, Albin Dearing, briefed the Charge and Acting EconPol Counselor July 19 on the Riza Altun case. Dearing acknowledged that there had been an internal GoA communication breakdown, as Austrian pol [...] | 2007-07-20 16:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV KTFN AU TU |
07VIENNA2304 | TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE PRE-NOTIFICATION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-31 08:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL AU |
07VIENNA2378 | SCENE-SETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO [...] Summary: The Ambassador and the rest of Embassy Vienna's team are looking forward to your visit. The Embassy's Legal Attache Office (Legat) has an excellent working relationship with its Austrian counterparts and routinely nominates and facilitates training for Austrian officials at the FBI [...] | 2007-09-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER KHLS AU |
07VIENNA244 | SWIFT: AUSTRIA IN HOLDING PATTERN [...] (C) On January 31, DCM and Econ Unit Chief met with Thomas Wieser, the Ministry of Finance's Director General for Economic Policy and Financial Markets, and Birgit Ertl, MoF Adviser, to inquire about Austria's latest thinking on SWIFT. Ertl, who is the MoF's POC for SWIFT, said that the GoA h [...] | 2007-02-02 09:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTFN PREL |
07VIENNA2446 | LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MUSLIM EXTREMIST SUSPECTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-19 15:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV AU |
07VIENNA2536 | NOMINATION OF PARTICIPANT FOR WORKSHOP ON [...] Embassy Vienna nominates the following officer to participate in the Workshop on Radicalization and Muslim Engagement scheduled for October 30-31, 2007 in Washington, DC. 2. Michael Spring, Economic-Political Officer, Human Rights, Religious Freedom, and Muslim Outreach. Top Secret secur [...] | 2007-10-01 06:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KISL KPAO PREL PTER SCUL SOCI XG AU |
07VIENNA2561 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION TO AUSTRIA OF [...] (S) On October 4, EconUnit Chief delivered ref A background paper and names to Angelika Schloegel in the Financial Markets Unit of the Ministry of Finance. Schloegel said she will distribute the information immediately, on a close-hold basis, to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of [...] | 2007-10-04 13:30:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL |
07VIENNA2687 | MUSLIM INTEGRATION IN AUSTRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 13:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER SMIG AU |
07VIENNA2688 | AUSTRIA: DELIVERY OF IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 13:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP PARM PTER EFIN IR |
07VIENNA2758 | AUSTRIA: 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-07 07:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SNAR AU |
07VIENNA2759 | GTMO DETAINEES: AUSTRIA SEES "RATHER BLEAK" [...] (C) DCM and Econ/Pol Counselor met 11/5 with Austrian Chancellor Gusenbauer's diplomatic advisor, Bernhard Wrabetz, to review Austrian thinking on accepting GTMO detainees. Wrabetz had accompanied Chancellor Gusenbauer to the EU Summit in Lisbon on October 18-19, on the margins of which both t [...] | 2007-11-07 07:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PHUM PREL AU |
07VIENNA2920 | U.S.-AUSTRIA C/T COOPERATION: INTERIOR MINISTRY [...] (C) USG and Austrian Interior Ministry officials met Nov. 10 to carry forward the discussions initiated by Austrian Interior Minister Platter during his Oct. 24-25 visit to Washington on enhanced U.S.-Austrian counter-terrorism (C/T) cooperation. The Austrian side also presented a series of p [...] | 2007-12-10 15:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL AU |
07VIENNA2921 | EMBASSY VIENNA TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-11 08:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN AU |
07VIENNA2945 | AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT FISCHER TO MEET ASSAD DECEMBER 17 IN [...] (SBU) Austrian President Heinz Fischer's Chief of Cabinet, Susanne Gaugl, informed Embassy Charge December 12 that Fischer will meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad December 17 in Damascus, following a visit to Austrian peacekeeping troops in the Golan Heights "this coming weekend." Gaug [...] | 2007-12-13 15:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV AU SL |
07VIENNA440 | ILLICIT CASH COURIERS: AUSTRIAN LAW IN COMPLIANCE [...] On February 15, EconUnit Chief delivered reftel nonpaper to Birgit Ertl and Elisabeth Ottawa in the Ministry of Finance's Financial Markets Division. Ottawa noted that in August 2006, Austria had implemented a domestic regulation, which already incorporates all provisions of the EU's Regulat [...] | 2007-02-20 11:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER AU |
07VIENNA509 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) On February 26, DCM delivered reftel points to Johannes Kyrle, MFA Secretary General, urging Austria to join and actively participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Kyrle received the information with interest, and promised to provide a considered response after [...] | 2007-02-28 10:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL AU |
07VIENNA774 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: RELEASE OF TALIBAN PRISONERS [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Peter Launsky, the Austrian MFA's point person in the case of Bert Nussbaumer, the Austrian hostage in Iraq. Charge stressed that we -- and many coalition countries -- were very upset about the resolution of the Italian hostage case. We see the deal w [...] | 2007-03-26 15:30:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PREF PTER AF IT AU |
07VIENNA858 | AUSTRIA ON GUANTANAMO PRISONERS [...] (C) Charge delivered refs (a) and (b) points on March 28 to Johannes Kyrle, Secretary General in the Austrian Foreign Ministry. Charge stressed that governments -- like Austria's -- that have been urging the U.S. to close guantanamo could help us do just that by accepting a small number of pr [...] | 2007-03-30 14:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG AU |
07VIENNA918 | AUSTRIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON STOPPING TRAVEL TO [...] (S) On April 5 EconUnit Chief met with Bettina Kirnbauer, Deputy Head of the Austrian Ministry of European and International Affairs' Justice and Home Affairs Division, to convey USG concerns about PKK leaders in Europe traveling to Iraq in the April/May period. EconUnit Chief noted that, wi [...] | 2007-04-05 15:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PTER KTFN PREL AU TU IZ |
07VIENNA970 | RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: AUSTRIA WILL [...] (C) During an April 11 meeting with Acting Econ/Pol Counselor, MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff said the GoA would consider accepting one or two Guantanamo detainees. Trauttmansdorff cautioned that it would be a difficult and long process, but there was a certain level of politica [...] | 2007-04-13 11:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PTER PREL KAWC PHUM AU |
07VIENTIANE290 | ILLICIT CASH COURIERS IN LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff met with Bank of Laos (BOL) Deputy Director General Mr. Leuane March 16, and NAS Director met with Lao Customs Deputy Director of International Relations Mr. Vongchan April 5 to discuss reftel and deliver nonpaper. DDG Leuane understands Financial Action Task Force (FA [...] | 2007-04-06 10:01:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER LA |
07VIENTIANE309 | HMONG-AMERICANS RECRUIT "TROUBLEMAKERS" FROM THAI [...] (C) Summary: Unidentified Hmong-Americans are said to be recruiting Hmong from the holding camp in Thailand's Petchabun Province to return to Laos to stage incidents apparently in support of the three-decade-old but failing Hmong insurgency. The Embassy is working to gather more information. [...] | 2007-04-17 08:52:00 | Embassy Vientiane | SECRET | ASEC LA PHUM PREF PTER SMIG TH |
07VIENTIANE338 | NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: MAINTAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-26 04:09:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ LA |
07VIENTIANE407 | VIENTIANE EAC MEETING - RENEWAL OF PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-16 08:48:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER CASC LA |
07VIENTIANE416 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL; HMONG ISSUES; ARF [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador used the opportunity of a farewell call on one of MFA's more sophisticated Vice Ministers, and the Lao Senior Official for ASEAN and ARF affairs, to present the most recent Department demarche on ARF issues. VFM Bounkeut expressed support for the USG ISM proposals, [...] | 2007-05-21 08:27:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KNNP LA PINR PREF PREL PTER ARF |
07VIENTIANE449 | UNODC REPORTS SECURITY SITUATION IN NORTHERN LAOS [...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Representative in Vientiane, Mr. Leik Boonwaat, told NAS that, during his travel over the past few weeks, he had observed indications that the overall security situation in northern Laos was decaying. He said that a higher [...] | 2007-05-29 10:35:00 | Embassy Vientiane | SECRET | PGOV PTER SNAR ASEC LA |
07VIENTIANE487 | HMONG-AMERICAN LEADER PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO COUP [...] (S) Summary: The politics of the Hmong communtiies in both Laos and the United States are extremely complex. As a result, a conversation with even a well educated Hmong (or Hmong-American) leader involves exaggeration and guess work and often raises more questions than it provides answers. Neverthe [...] | 2007-06-11 10:55:00 | Embassy Vientiane | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC LA PGOV PREL PTER |
07VIENTIANE52 | LAO VIEWS ON ASEAN'S CEBU SUMMITS [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA ASEAN Department Deputy Director General Songkane told P/E Chief the main Lao priorities at the recent ASEAN Summits in Cebu were to reinforce support for a proposed rail extension into Laos and for Lao hydropower projects. He welcomed a proposed third bridge across the Mek [...] | 2007-01-22 06:42:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ELTN ETRD LA PREL PTER SMIG |
07VIENTIANE599 | TERRORISM FINANCE: TELLING LAOS ABOUT DOMESTIC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-27 09:35:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN LA PREL PTER |
07VIENTIANE602 | PRESSING THE LAO FOR UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF THE [...] (SBU) Charge and A/DCM met with Mr. Saleumxay Kommasith, Acting Director General, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to deliver referenced demarche on July 25, 2007. Saleumxay said the issue of nuclear terrorism is new for the Government of Laos (GO [...] | 2007-07-27 09:35:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP LA MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER |
07VIENTIANE85 | CONSIDERING "MATERIAL SUPPORT" FOR THE HMONG; LIST [...] (C) The issue of determining who provided "material support" in the case of the Lao Hmong is very complicated. Below (para 5),we provide the Embassy's list of bombings and other attacks in Laos during the past several years. In virtually all cases, the identities of the perpetrators are diff [...] | 2007-02-02 08:04:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC LA MOPS PGOV PREF PREL PTER |
07VILNIUS247 | GUANTANAMO REFUGEES: LITHUANIA FAVORABLY DISPOSED [...] (U) This is an action request. See para five. 2. (C) Following up on his conversation with the Ambassador (ref a),MFA Under Secretary Pavilionis told CDA April 3 that the GOL has made the political decision to accept a small number of detainees from the Guantanamo facility as requested [...] | 2007-04-06 15:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC LH |
07VILNIUS309 | LITHUANIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE NEW WAY FORWARD IN [...] (C) We have been working intensely with the GOL to maintain the Lithuanian troop presence in Multinational Division South East (MND-SE) since the February announcements of British and Danish troop drawdowns from Basra. Following what appeared to be internal wrangling over what Lithuania's nex [...] | 2007-05-03 08:57:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ LH |
07VILNIUS312 | DETAINEE RESETTLEMENT CABLES FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION [...] (S) Summary: Lithuania remains interested in pursuing detainee resettlement, but is still waiting for answers from the USG before it can proceed. This message provides answers to questions posed in ref A. End Summary. 2. (SBU) As requested ref A, post designates Michael Dickerson as POC [...] | 2007-05-03 14:56:00 | Embassy Vilnius | SECRET | PTER PINR LH |
07VILNIUS361 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1267'S CT GOALS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-21 14:41:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNSC EFIN LH |
07VILNIUS494 | DETAINEE ISSUE ON TRACK [...] (S) MFA Under Secretary Zygimantas Pavilionis told the Ambassador on July 3 that Lithuania remains willing to accept some detainees from the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center. Pavilionis said that things were going smoothly. The only reason the process has slowed down is that the MFA needs to b [...] | 2007-07-05 09:06:00 | Embassy Vilnius | SECRET | PTER PINR LH |
07VILNIUS543 | LITHUANIA: RATIFIED NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-01 09:36:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM LH |
07VILNIUS709 | POST SUPPORTS EUCOM/USAREUR 1206 PROPOSAL FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-03 14:35:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MOPS PREL PTER LG |
07VILNIUS781 | LITHUANIA REPORTS NO PKK PRESENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 09:01:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN LH |
07VILNIUS783 | SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL [...] (C) Lithuania will send a representative to the INTERPOL General Assembly meeting in Morocco on November 5. Argentina's diplomatic representation for Lithuania is provided by its mission in Finland. We contacted Embassy Helsinki for help determining if our assistance would be beneficial. [...] | 2007-10-31 12:48:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV LH IR |
07WARSAW1165 | POLAND: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON THE GROWING [...] (C) Political Counselor delivered reftel on May 17 to Jacek Hinz, Deputy Director of the America,s Division responsible for Latin America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PolCouns reviewed U.S. concerns over increasing ties between Iran and Venezuela, emphasizing growing economic and poli [...] | 2007-05-17 14:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER IR VE PL |
07WARSAW1934 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: POLAND WILLING TO SCAN SHIP [...] Econoff presented Reftel points on August 29 to Tadeusz Gorecki, assistant director of the Department of Maritime Transportation. While noting that Poland shipped almost 38,000 containers directly to the U.S. in the year ending April 30, Gorecki said he foresaw no problems with Poland's abli [...] | 2007-09-13 05:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EWWT PL PTER |
07WARSAW1988 | POLAND CAN NOT CONTRIBUTE TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (C) Acting Econ Counselor delivered reftel talking points to Olga Zawadzka-Kucharska of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Development Assistance (Polish AID). Ms. Zawadzka-Kucharska explained that her department had already allocated all of its voluntary contributions for the 200 [...] | 2007-09-21 14:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PL PTER |
07WARSAW2349 | UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (U) Post provides the following information in response to reftel. Post's TFCO is Economic Counselor, Richard A. Rorvig. His office phone number is (48)(22)504-2711, cell number (48)(22)0608-338-330. His classified e-mail address is RorvigRA@state.class and unclassified RorvigRA@state.gov. [...] | 2007-12-10 15:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN PO |
07WARSAW2409 | 2007 COUNTERTERRORISM REPORT - POLAND [...] SUMMARY: There have been no reported terrorist groups or incidents in Poland. Despite this, Poland addresses counterterrorism issues domestically and internationally and is a firm partner of the United States in this sphere. Overseas, Poland provides about 1200 troops to the International Sec [...] | 2007-12-31 10:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR PL |
07WARSAW729 | FRONTEX: A PRIMER ON THE EU'S BORDER CONTROL AGENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Headquartered in Warsaw, the EU's external border control agency, FRONTEX, focuses on EU-level coordination of "intelligence driven operational cooperation" to strengthen security at the EU's external borders. In a meeting with Pol-Mil Officer, FRONTEX External Relations Officer [...] | 2007-03-23 15:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KNNP KSTCPL PL |
07WARSAW764 | POLES PONDER ACCEPTING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) Witold Waszczykowski, Under Secretary of State Polish MFA, indicated that Poland may be prepared to consider accepting Guantanamo detainees in response to DCM delivery of reftel demarche on March 28. Waszczykowski asked how many detainees we might want Poland to take and when. Without m [...] | 2007-03-30 06:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG PL |
07WARSAW797 | POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER CONSIDERING GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-04 14:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG PL |
07WARSAW865 | FM FOTYGA DECLINES TO TAKE TO-BE FREED GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR XG PL |
07WARSAW976 | POLAND: DELIVERY OF INVITATION TO THE COALITION [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel, we have been informed that Polish attendees at the Iraq Coalition Conference in Tampa, FL April 30-May 2 will be Juliusz Jacek Gojlo (Chief of the Iraqi Task Group, Department of Africa and the Middle East, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and Brigadier General Witold [...] | 2007-04-27 15:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER PL |
07WELLINGTON14 | COOK ISLANDS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHS/TSA SPECIALISTS [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gregory Kuver and Suzanne Ventura, DHS/TSA, to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands, from February 5 - 10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct airport and air carrier station assessments/inspections. 2. (SBU) Embassy point of co [...] | 2007-01-04 01:02:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHLS EAIR ASEC PTER OTRA NZ |
07WELLINGTON250 | MEDIA REACTION TO NEW ZEALAND'S AVIATION SECURITY [...] (U) This message contains an action request at paras 2 and 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: In compliance with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) requirements, the GNZ recently introduced Aviation Security Legislation which will enhance the powers of airport security officials and strength [...] | 2007-03-25 19:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV PTER KTIA PREL NZ |
07WELLINGTON270 | New Zealand - Prenotification Information Delivered [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-01 22:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NZ |
07WELLINGTON307 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PAUL FUJIMURA, APRIL 22 [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Homeland Security Director for Asia/Pacific Office of International Affairs Paul FUJIMURA to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 22 - 25, 2007. The purpose of this visit is for official consultations with Embassy an [...] | 2007-04-16 21:48:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC PTER AS NZ |
07WELLINGTON51 | TERRORIST FINANCE: POST VETTING OF ISLAMIC [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, Post country team has discussed the likely domestic NZ response to a potential U.S. and UNSCR designation of the Kuwait-based Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). We believe there would be little if any reaction to a designation. 2. (S/NF) Post is not a [...] | 2007-01-12 04:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN |
07WELLINGTON550 | NEW ZEALAND - TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-29 23:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER NZ |
07WELLINGTON57 | COOK ISLANDS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHS/TSA SPECIALIST [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Karen Lee Titherington, DHS/TSA, to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands, from February 5 - 10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct airport and air carrier station assessments/inspections. 2. (SBU) Embassy point of contact is Ec [...] | 2007-01-17 23:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHLS EAIR ASEC PTER OTRA NZ |
07WELLINGTON599 | NEW ZEALAND - TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-16 03:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER NZ |
07WELLINGTON657 | TERROROISM FINANCE: Saudi Five Pre-notification [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-03 23:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER ETTC NZ |
07WELLINGTON73 | FOLLOW-UP: NZ PARTICIPATION IN ARF WORKSHOP ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-24 04:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KNNP PREL PARM AORC PTER OSCE ETTC ASEAN |
07WELLINGTON79 | COOK ISLANDS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PENNY ANDERSON, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sydney TSA Representative Penny J. Anderson, to travel to Rarotonga, Cook SIPDIS Islands, from February 5 - 10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct meetings and accompany TSA Specialists planning to visit Rarotonga Internatio [...] | 2007-01-25 04:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ASEC PTER OTRA NZ |
07WELLINGTON791 | SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Pol/Econ Counselor spoke with an Argentine Embassy official, who related that the Government of Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs had discussed the issue of the red notices with the New Zealand Embassy in Buenos Aires. The Argentine Embassy in Wellin [...] | 2007-11-02 04:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL NZ |
07WELLINGTON830 | NZ'S TOP LAWYER THROWS OUT TERROR CHARGES [...] (U) Summary. In a landmark decision, New Zealand's Solicitor-General ruled on November 8 that the 17 people (Maori and other activists) arrested on terrorism charges during nationwide police raids on October 15 cannot be charged under the Terrorism Suppression Act (TSA),the country's 2002 a [...] | 2007-11-27 23:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM NZ |
07YAOUNDE1112 | CAMEROON LIKELY TO OBJECT TO COST OF MARITIME [...] (U) Poloff met with Chantal Nama, Sub-Director in the Bureau of UN Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on August 31 and to discuss reftel talking points. Nama promised to pass the information to the Department of Customs at the Ministry of Economy and Finance to assess Cameroon's capacity to adh [...] | 2007-09-10 13:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER CM |
07YAOUNDE1306 | ARGENTINA'S REQUEST RELATED TO AMIA BOMBING: [...] (S) Poloff met with Cameroon's head of Interpol, Marie Ndombol, on November 1 to deliver reftel demarche on Argentina's request to have the November 5 Interpol General Assembly uphold the executive committee's decision to issue red flag notices against Iranian officials charged in the 1994 A [...] | 2007-11-02 08:39:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR CM |
07YAOUNDE1374 | CAMEROON'S FIU SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH US [...] (SBU) This is an action request for INL. See para. 5. 2. (SBU) In a November 14 conversation with Poloff, Hubert Nde Sambone, the Director of Cameroon's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) said he was eager to build working relationships with USG counterparts and to begin the process of jo [...] | 2007-11-21 12:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EAID ECON EFIN KCOR PTER CM |
07YAOUNDE1391 | CAMEROON: GOVT PRACTICES ON INFO COLLECTION, SCREENING AND [...] (C) Below are responses to reftel information request on the Government of the Republic of Cameroon (GRC) information collecting, screening and sharing. A. Immigration Data Base ------------------------- 2. (C) The GRC does not have a computerized database system that tracks entry and [...] | 2007-11-26 06:24:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS SNAR CM |
07YAOUNDE927 | CAMEROON/DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESSING FOR [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires (CDA) a.i. delivered reftel demarche to Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Relations (MINREX) Martin Mpana during a July 24 meeting. Mpana recalled that Cameroon had updated the terrorism-related provisions of domestic law after the September 11th attacks and [...] | 2007-07-26 13:51:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CM |
07YEREVAN1008 | ARMENIA HAS SIGNED, STILL WORKING TO RATIFY, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-08 05:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PARM PINS PINT MCAP KNNP AM |
07YEREVAN1259 | SANCTUARY AND ECONOMIC HARDSHIP FOR ARMENIA'S [...] (SBU) Numbering 40,000, the Yezidi minority in Armenia has found sanctuary as well as economic hardship since taking refuge in Russian Armenia in the 1830s. Based on fieldwork by Dr. Mark Yoffe, a George Washington University researcher participating in the U.S. Embassy Policy Specialist Progr [...] | 2007-10-17 13:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC PTER PREF SMIG SOCI KWMN KIRF KFRD |
07YEREVAN1300 | ONE AND THE SAME? THE COMPLEX ETHNIC PICTURE OF YEZIDIS [...] (SBU) Self-identification as either Yezidi or Kurd largely depends on individual self-perceptions. While closely related, many Yezidis and Kurds in Armenia insist on being either/or. Almost all Yezidis and Kurds here observe the pagan, sun-worshipping Yezidi faith, and speak the same Kurdish [...] | 2007-10-30 13:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SOCI AM |
07YEREVAN150 | NOMINEE FOR CONFERENCE IN EUROPEN ON MODERN [...] 1. Post would like to nominate Armen Yedigarian, Director of the Arms Control and National Security Department at the MFA (roughly U.S. Assistant Secretary equivalent),for the Marshall Center European conference on insurgency March 26-27. Yedigarian is a knowledgeable, effective, and influen [...] | 2007-02-12 13:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PINS PREL PROP PTER NATEU MARR MOPS KISL |
07YEREVAN211 | ARMENIA SHARES USG CONCERN OVER ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Armenian Central Bank (CBA) Financial Monitoring Center Methodologist Armen Malkhasyan and Analyst Aram Zakaryan on February 22. Malkhasyan said that Armenia was very concerned about bulk cash transfers and was working to improve its compliance with rela [...] | 2007-02-27 13:34:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN AM |
07YEREVAN274 | KURDS' PRO-OCALAN PROTEST LUKEWARM [...] (C) About a dozen dilapidated buses bearing posters of Kurdish militant Abdullah Ocalan pulled into the capital March 9 to protest Ocalan's imprisonment. The passengers were Yezidis from villages not far from Yerevan. The National Security Service (NSS) was aware of the protest, but was unab [...] | 2007-03-09 14:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER AM |
07YEREVAN405 | ARMENIA JOINS THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] Post met with Head of Global Security at the MFA Arshak Manukyan to discuss the Global Initiative to Combat Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (GICANT) and conference scheduled for June 11-15, 2007 (refs). Manukyan confirmed that Armenia fully supports GICANT and the Statement of Principles. According [...] | 2007-04-04 12:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PARM PREL AM |
07YEREVAN502 | ARMENIA: POINTS OF CONTACT FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] Post delivered reftel points to MFA Global Security and Non-Conventional Issues Division chief Arshak Manoukian on April 20. 2. Armenian Government points of contact for Global Initiative issues are: Primary: Arshak Manoukian, Global Security and Non-Conventional Issues Division Chief, [...] | 2007-04-25 12:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PARM ETTC PREL KGIC AM |
07YEREVAN526 | NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 09:40:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER AM |
07YEREVAN528 | YEZIDI PROTEST AT EMBASSY [...] (S) About 15 Yezidis protested in front of the Embassy April 27, carrying Armenian-language signs that read "Stop the genocide of Yezidis" and "23 killed in Mosul." They were protesting the deaths of 23 Yezidi workers who were shot in Mosul, Iraq, on April 22. The protest was the first in re [...] | 2007-04-27 12:33:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PGOV PTER PHUM IR AM |
07YEREVAN551 | ARMENIA JOINS EUROGIRO MONEY TRANSFER NETWORK [...] (U) On April 27, the Armenian National Postal Operator "Haypost" signed a membership agreement with the Eurogiro Network, allowing Haypost offices to provide electronic money transfer services to and from more than 60,000 post offices across Europe. Under this agreement, accountholders will b [...] | 2007-05-03 04:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PTER KTFN AM |
07YEREVAN653 | ARMENIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN OSCE PPP CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 12:33:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS SP AM |
07YEREVAN688 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED: NEW GLOBAL INITATIVE PARTNERS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-30 04:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KGIT PARM PREL PTER IC NO SZ AM |
07YEREVAN723 | ARMENIA'S YEZIDI KURDISH MINORITY: A SMALL BUT [...] (S) The mayors of two Yezidi Kurdish villages, spoke openly to us during a May 31 visit about the fact of PKK (KGK) presence in Armenia, telling us that wounded PKK fighters from neighboring countries receive medical treatment in Armenia. We also discussed the complicated issue of Yezidi Kurd [...] | 2007-06-01 11:54:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PREL ASEC PTER PHUM AM |
07YEREVAN735 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (U) We delivered reftel information to Arshak Manukyan, head of the MFA's Division of Non-Conventional Arms and Global Security, who thanked us for the update. GODFREY [...] | 2007-06-05 10:25:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC PARM PREL FI PL PO SW AM |
07YEREVAN97 | TERRORIST FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF DOCKRATS - [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-30 09:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PTER EFIN KTFN PREL AM |
07ZAGREB1027 | CROATIA: RESPONSE FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] (SBU) Embassy Zagreb provides the following responses to reftel request for information regarding Croatia's policies toward and capabilities for collection of biographic and biometric data for terrorist screening purposes. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel. The information provided [...] | 2007-11-21 15:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC DHLS HR |
07ZAGREB1034 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE - DETECTION ARCHITECTURE [...] Post delivered reftel document to Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Pjer Simunovic November 20 and he repeated GoC support for the Global Initiative. Just ahead of November 25 Parliamentary elections, he was unable to name a definitive POC or commit to attendance at the proposed January w [...] | 2007-11-23 15:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL PINR PINS HR |
07ZAGREB1070 | ZAGREB TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 10:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN HR |
07ZAGREB422 | NEW FORWARD ON IRAQ: CROATIA'S CONTRIBUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: While politically unable to make direct troop contributions to operations in Iraq, the GoC has offered weapons and training courses to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) (ref C),provides police trainers to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) [...] | 2007-04-30 11:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ HR DEFENSE REFORM |
07ZAGREB481 | CROATIA UNDECIDED ON PARTICIPATION IN MAY 31-JUNE 1 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-17 13:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS HR |
07ZAGREB490 | CROATIA JOINS GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] The GOC has responded in the affirmative to reftel request. On May 15, 2007, Embassy received diplomatic note No. 2276/07 relaying Croatia's support for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. 2. Text of the note follows: (complimentary opening) The Republic of Croatia consid [...] | 2007-05-21 06:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL HR |
07ZAGREB530 | CROATIA AND THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] Pol Counselor delivered reftel information to Sanja Bujas-Juraga, Director of MFA PSI Non-proliferation Department on May 30, 2007. Explanatory notes, calendar and the plan of work (received by e-mail from ISN/WMDT on May 23) were delivered to the same office on May 24. Ms. Bujas-Juraga note [...] | 2007-05-31 14:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC PARM PREL HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
07ZAGREB713 | CROATIA PARTY TO NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-27 14:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL HR |
07ZAGREB714 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE GARMISCH MEETING: CROATIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-27 14:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC HR |
07ZAGREB722 | PAKISTAN SMALL ARMS SALE: GOC SEEKS ADVICE ON [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Head of MFA's Department for International Security Sanja Bujas-Juraga requested USG guidance from PolOff July 27 regarding a pending export license application from Croatian company "HS Produkt" to export 9mm pistols to the private [...] | 2007-07-30 15:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC PTER PK HR NON PROLIFERATION |
07ZAGREB985 | CROATIA WILL SUPPORT REQUEST FOR RED NOTICE [...] (C) Post delivered reftel to Chief of National Criminal Police at the Ministry of Interior, Darko Dundovic, who is Head of Delegation to the INTERPOL General Assembly. Dundovic was familiar with the case and told Post that the GOC would support the GOA request and EC position. He indicat [...] | 2007-11-05 07:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IR PREL PTER |
07ZAGREB992 | VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2007 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-05 12:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC PREL KVPR HR |
08ABIDJAN907 | U.S. TREASURY TRAINS WEST AFRICAN FINANCIAL [...] Summary. December 15-19, advisors from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) provided training in financial investigative techniques to 55 individuals from francophone and lusophone West Africa. Ambassador delivered opening remarks. On margins of the course, eco [...] | 2008-12-31 10:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER EFIN ECON KCRM KTFN IV |
08ABUDHABI1003 | UAE MFA ON CHINA'S WEAK NONPROLIFERATION COOPERATION [...] (S) During a September 4 meeting at which A/DCM and EconOff sought Emirati assistance with sensitive nonproliferation cases (interdictions),MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani expressed UAEG frustration with efforts to improve nonproliferation cooperation with China. [...] | 2008-09-05 15:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PTER PREL PGOV KNNP IR CH AE |
08ABUDHABI1046 | UAE ENGAGING CHINA ON PROLIFERATION-RELATED TRADE WITH IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-18 11:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM ENRG ECON EFIN PTER PINR PGOV IR AE |
08ABUDHABI1163 | MFA MINSTATE GARGASH ON KEY ISSUES IB US-UAE BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a 28 September meeting at which Ambassador presented copies of his credentials, MinState for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash outlined two key areas for the Ambassador to focus on in the bilateral relationship: visas and MLAT negotiations. Both agreed that the overall [...] | 2008-10-16 11:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV KCRM CVIS AE |
08ABUDHABI1189 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH YEMENI FM ABU BAKR AL-QIRBI [...] (S) Summary: Meeting on the margins of the October 19 Forum for the Future ministerial in Abu Dhabi, Deputy Secretary Negroponte heard from Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi that Yemen was committed to parliamentary elections in spite of the "headache" of democracy. He blamed the emer [...] | 2008-10-20 15:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL KDEM PTER YM |
08ABUDHABI1192 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH YEMENI FM ABU BAKR AL-QIRBI [...] (S) Summary: Meeting on the margins of the October 19 Forum for the Future ministerial in Abu Dhabi, Deputy Secretary Negroponte heard from Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi that Yemen was committed to parliamentary elections in spite of the "headache" of democracy. He blamed the emer [...] | 2008-10-20 16:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL KDEM PTER YM |
08ABUDHABI1218 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH UAE FOREIGN MINISTER: [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the Forum for the Future ministerial in Abu Dhabi October 19, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) recited to Deputy Secretary Negroponte UAE concerns about U.S. visas for medical cases, an irritant in the context of very favorable relations overall. O [...] | 2008-10-22 12:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CVIS PK IR IZ AE |
08ABUDHABI1318 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT [...] (C) General: we look forward to your first visit to the UAE in your capacity as CENTCOM Commander. ------------------------------ Punching above its Weight ------------------------------ 2. (C) Over the past five years, the UAE has emerged as a regional powerhouse, using its financial c [...] | 2008-11-18 04:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ PK AE |
08ABUDHABI1371 | PIRACY CONCERNS NOTED TO UAEG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 11:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PBTS PHSA MOPS AE |
08ABUDHABI1381 | U/S LEVEY PRESSES UAE ON IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (S) Summary. On 18 November 2008, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey and DCM Doug Greene (in Abu Dhabi) and Paul Sutphin, the Consul General (in Dubai) discussed with UAE counterparts recent U.S., international and UAE steps to increase financial pressure on Iran. In particular, Levey detai [...] | 2008-12-03 14:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | AE ECON IR KTFN PREL PTER |
08ABUDHABI1405 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-14 15:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PBTS PHSA MOPS AE |
08ABUDHABI1419 | MBZ OFFERS COUNTER PIRACY SUPPORT [...] (S) On December 14, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince (and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces) Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) discussed regional naval issues with OSD Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs Mary Beth Long in Abu Dhabi. MbZ said the UAE wanted to assist in the figh [...] | 2008-12-18 08:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER PBTS PHSA MOPS AE |
08ABUDHABI1420 | NOVEMBER 2008 MENAFATF PLENARY [...] (SBU) The Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) held a plenary session (MENAFATF VIII),working group meetings, and an FIU workshop from November 9-13, 2008 in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Fi [...] | 2008-12-18 09:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PTER PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI1434 | UAE NOTIFIED OF FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING IN JUNE [...] Following coordination with Dutch DCM, PolOff discussed reftel with MFA Director of International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani on December 21, 2008. Al-Hosani was appreciative of the timely notice and pleased with so much time to coordinate a "high level" delegation. He did ask for further i [...] | 2008-12-22 06:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC AE |
08ABUDHABI1439 | UAE REACTION TO PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 12:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PBTS PHSA MOPS AE |
08ABUDHABI159 | ADMIRAL FALLON'S UPCOMING VISIT TO ABU DHABI [...] (S) Admiral Fallon, Embassy Abu Dhabi again welcomes you for a visit to the UAE, where we look forward to your engagement with U.S. personnel on the ground and your discussions with the nation's top strategic defense planner, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Arme [...] | 2008-02-05 14:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR KPAL IR IZ AF LE |
08ABUDHABI160 | AIR FORCE SECRETARY WYNNE AND MBZ DISCUSS SHARED [...] (S) Summary: When Secretary of the Air Force Wynne met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince (and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces) Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) February 3, MbZ focused on Shared Early Warning and communication links as critical to defend against Iran. He pressed for advanc [...] | 2008-02-05 14:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER MCAP MOPS MASS IR AE |
08ABUDHABI174 | WELCOMING GENERAL MOSELEY BACK TO ABU DHABI [...] (S) General Moseley, your return visit to Abu Dhabi February 11-13 is most welcome, and we look forward to your conversation with Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) in particular. Your visit continues a series of senior level consultations with the UAE leadership, beginning with President Bush January [...] | 2008-02-07 14:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER MCAP MOPS MASS IR AE |
08ABUDHABI236 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] In the absence of MFA director for International Cooperation Yacoub Al-Hosani and other senior MFA officials, Econchief followed up on reftel message with senior America's Desk Officer Rowda Al-Otaiba and urged that the UAE consider signing on to the Global Initiative Statement of Principles. [...] | 2008-02-21 14:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC AE |
08ABUDHABI296 | MARCH 11 GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE AND MARCH 12 JOINT [...] (S) Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to the March 11 Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) and March 12 Joint Military Commission (JMC) as opportunities to renew our mutual commitment to shared strategic goals with the UAE, to remind the UAE military of U.S. appreciation for its support and i [...] | 2008-03-06 12:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ LE AE |
08ABUDHABI304 | MLAT STAGNANT WITHOUT CREATIVE APPROACH [...] (C) Post received a diplomatic note dated February 12 stating yet again that the UAE looked forward to negotiation of a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) in tandem with negotiation of an Extradition Treaty and a Treaty on Legal and Judicial Assistance in Civil and Commercial Matters. The [...] | 2008-03-09 17:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KCRM AE |
08ABUDHABI447 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM - UAE STILL [...] (SBU) Embassy passed ref a non-paper on the global initiative to MFA Director for International Cooperation Yacub Al-Hosani on April 1 and to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi's Executive Affairs Authority (EAA) on April 2. Econchief reiterated our desire to have the UAEG endorse the G-I Statement of P [...] | 2008-04-07 12:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KNNP KGIC DTRA AE |
08ABUDHABI460 | CNO VISIT TO UAE [...] (C) Admiral Roughead: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your April 16-18 visit to the UAE, arguably the most important facilitator of naval operations among the Gulf countries. We are seeking meetings with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Moh [...] | 2008-04-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS IR IZ AF AE |
08ABUDHABI497 | MBZ DISCUSSES EXTREMISM WITH CNO [...] (S) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) on April 16, in his first meeting with the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations (CNO),sounded out ADM Gary Roughead on missile defense and commented extensively on his concerns over extremism. The Crown Prince affirmed the UAE's commit [...] | 2008-04-21 10:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MASS IR AE |
08ABUDHABI543 | APRIL 2008 MENAFATF PLENARY SUMMARY [...] (SBU) The Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) held a plenary session (MENAFATF VII),and working group meetings from April 6-9, 2008 at the Hilton Hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Fi [...] | 2008-05-01 07:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KTFN PREL PTER AE QA YM |
08ABUDHABI581 | S/I SATTERFIELD BRIEF TO BAHRAIN ON IRAQI [...] (S) Special Advisor David Satterfield and four accompanying experts on Iraq and Iran briefed a Bahraini delegation in Abu Dhabi on May 7. Satterfield emphasized that the time is ripe for a substantive Arab diplomatic presence in Baghdad; Secretary General of the Bahraini National Defense Cou [...] | 2008-05-11 13:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER MASS IR IZ AE |
08ABUDHABI593 | S/I SATTERFIELD BRIEFS UAE FOREIGN MINISTER AND STATE SECURITY [...] (S) Special Advisor on Iraq David Satterfield held very productive meetings with UAE officials in Abu Dhabi May 7, an afternoon session with Director of Research and Analysis at State Security Directorate (SSD) Brigadier General Hamad al-Shamsi and an evening discussion with Foreign Minister A [...] | 2008-05-14 07:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER MASS IR IZ AE |
08ABUDHABI619 | ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE STRESSES EDUCATION IN [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince told Secretary of Education Spellings May 18 that education is vital to overcoming the influence of Islamic extremism in the Middle East. Youth immunized early in life with a balanced perspective are better able to adapt and contribute to a diverse yet [...] | 2008-05-20 08:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SCUL AE |
08ABUDHABI684 | TREASURY U/S LEVEY MEETING WITH UAE CENTRAL BANK [...] (S) Summary: On June 2, Treasury U/S Stuart Levey discussed Iran and the UAE's FATF mutual evaluation with UAECentral Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi. A-Suwaidi explained that he had not seen much groth in the portfolios of Iranian banks in the UAE In response to U/S Levey's question [...] | 2008-06-08 10:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER KTFN PREL IR AE |
08ABUDHABI711 | UAE-IRAQ RELATIONS ON THE EVE OF FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] (S) As the U.S. and Iraq prepare to co-host, on UAE soil, the Friends of Iraq Conference June 17-19, we offer a few thoughts on the UAE's policy vis-a-vis Iraq and potential opportunities to deepen mutual engagement between the two nations. The Conference follows closely after UAE Foreign Min [...] | 2008-06-15 15:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER IR IZ AE |
08ABUDHABI72 | UAE RELAYS IYAD ALLAWI'S REQUEST FOR PERSONAL [...] (C) During a January 17 farewell call by the Ambassador, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) passed a note and long list of names which he said followed up on a discussion Ambassador Crocker had while in Abu Dhabi last November (reftel). The document stresses Dr. Iyad Allawi's requ [...] | 2008-01-17 14:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS OVIP IZ AE |
08ABUDHABI745 | UAE FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAQ ISSUES [...] (S) Summary: On the margins of the Friends of Iraq Conference held in Abu Dhabi, Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus discussed potential UAE contributions to Iraq with Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) June 19, and used a subsequent lunch conversation with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince M [...] | 2008-06-25 04:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER IR IZ AE |
08ABUDHABI769 | UAE MFA ON NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUES [...] (S) On June 30, ECONCHIEF and TDY ECONOFF met with MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani to follow up on several non-proliferation related issues and to deliver ISN nonpapers, including reftel A relating to implementing robustly paragraph 11 of UNSCR 1803, and to discuss [...] | 2008-07-02 07:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP AE |
08ABUJA177 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: LIBYAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) On January 3, RAO Chief discussed Libyan participation in the Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership (TSCTP) with the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency Ambassador Tony Imohe per reftel. Ambassador Imohe expressed his appreciated for the consultation, and said he had [...] | 2008-01-26 07:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR NI |
08ABUJA184 | ALIYU WILL NOT PUBLICLY NAME FRAUDSTERS IN NASS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff and INLOff met with Nuhu Aliyu, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Security and Intelligence, to discuss his recent disclosure that he had overseen fraud investigations of current members of the National Assembly while he served as Deputy Inspector General of Police in cha [...] | 2008-01-30 08:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA1899 | NIGERIAN TERRORISM BILL PASSES 2ND SENATE READING, [...] (U) Summary: On September 16, the Nigerian Senate voted to send counterterrorism legislation to an ad-hoc committee comprised of members of the Senate National Security & Intelligence, Judiciary and Foreign Affairs committees, after passing its second reading. The ad-hoc committee, headed by [...] | 2008-09-22 12:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PINR PGOV KCRM KHLS KTFN EPET NI |
08ABUJA2204 | NIGERIA: BURKINA FASO TSCTP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche concerning the admission of Burkina Faso to the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) to Dr. Olawale Maiyegun, Deputy Director of the Second United Nations Division of the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Bureau of International Organizatio [...] | 2008-11-10 14:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER XA XI NI |
08ABUJA2397 | NIGERIA: USG PROVIDES SEARCH AND SECURE TRAINING AND [...] (C) Summary: U.S. experts from the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) Global Threats Reduction Initiative (GTRI),in collaboration with the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA),provided training on search and secure techniques for radioactive materials and the use of radiation [...] | 2008-12-12 09:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG PARM PTER TRGY PGOV NI |
08ABUJA403 | AMBASSADOR, AG DISCUSS COUNTERTERRORISM DURING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador and EconCouns met with Attorney General and Minister of Justice Chief Michael Kaase Aondoakaa and Solicitor General/Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice Prof. I.A. Ayua on February 7 to discuss the Pfizer case (reported ref A) and Nigerian counterterrorism (C [...] | 2008-02-29 13:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL PINR NI |
08ABUJA538 | NIGERIA: TERRORISM SUSPECTS GRANTED BAIL [...] (U) The Abuja Federal High Court granted bail March 12 to Muhammad Ashafa, who has been in police custody since 2004 when the GON extradited him from Pakistan for alleged ties to al-Qaeda. Ashafa's counsel Ifeyinwa Obegolu told PolOff March 12 that the Nigerian police and State Security Servic [...] | 2008-03-20 16:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PTER KJUS KISL NI |
08ABUJA574 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 10:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PGOV PREL PTER MARR PARM NI |
08ACCRA1035 | EMBASSY SUPPORTS 1206 WCA MARITIME EQUIPMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-12 14:57:00 | Embassy Accra | SECRET | MARR PTER GH |
08ACCRA337 | GHANA: DEMARCHE ON MARCH 14 BEIRUT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 16:51:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER MASS PARM SY IS LE |
08ACCRA86 | NEW DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL SECURITY TELLS DCI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-15 17:35:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH MARR PTER |
08ADANA12 | NEVRUZ 2008: BIG TURNOUT, ISOLATED VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) The pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) regards the large turnout as proof of its growing popularity - and sympathy for the PKK, which has been under attack from the Turkish military. Violence erupted in a number of cities where the authorities refused to grant permission for ce [...] | 2008-03-26 08:42:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER TU IZ |
08ADANA22 | TURKEY: CODEL TANNER DISCUSSES EU, TERRORISM AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) CODEL Tanner met with Adana Governor Ilhan Atis on May 30. During the meeting, participants discussed topics covering Turkey's European Union accession process, security and terrorism, and energy. Atis said Turkey's bid for the EU was motivated by a desire to improve technology and ec [...] | 2008-06-11 09:22:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL PTER ENRG TU |
08ADANA27 | TURKEY: PRIVATE KURDISH TV STATION FACING FINES, CLOSURE [...] (SBU) Turkey's sole Kurdish-language television station, Gun-TV, is facing prohibitive fines from regulators for airing reports of the activities of the pro-Kurdish DTP politicians on the grounds that such broadcasts "encourage violence or provoke hatred." Gun officials claim they were report [...] | 2008-08-13 11:36:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PTER IZ TU |
08ADANA39 | TURKEY: PUBLIC PROTESTS IN SOUTHEAST MULTIPLY TENSIONS OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Violent riots, organized marches, and rallies in major cities throughout southeast Turkey over the weekend of October 18 were sparked by an announcement made by Abdullah Ocalan's attorneys that the imprisoned PKK leader had been abused by Turkish soldiers. The Pro-Kurdish DTP pa [...] | 2008-10-21 09:48:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER TU |
08ADANA43 | TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO THE SOUTHEAST PROVOKES [...] (U) Summary: Thousands of Kurds turned out to oppose Prime Minister Erdogan's visit to the southeastern cities of Van and Hakkari and to protest AKP's lack of movement forward on the Kurdish issue. Suspension of municipal services such as garbage collection and public transportation accompani [...] | 2008-11-04 07:35:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
08ADANA46 | TURKEY: PKK CLAIMS ATTACK ON KIRKUK-CEYHAN PIPELINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A BOTAS official and local security contacts confirm press reports of a November 21 PKK-perpetrated terrorist attack on the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline approximately 50 miles from the Iraqi border. The alleged bomb explosion wrought a three-day inferno that was recently brought [...] | 2008-11-25 06:16:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON PTER PINS TU IZ |
08ADANA51 | TURKEY: KURDISH ACTIVIST LEYLA ZANA TO APPEAL 10-YEAR [...] (U) SUMMARY. A Diyarbakir court sentenced Kurdish activist Leyla Zana to ten years in prison for being a member of the terrorist PKK and disseminating propaganda for the organization. The court also banned her from participating in politics and voting. Zana's lawyer has announced plans to [...] | 2008-12-05 12:13:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER PGOV TU |
08ADDISABABA1054 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE ASSESSES SECURITY AFTER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-15 14:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC PTER ET |
08ADDISABABA1056 | ETHIOPIA: ARAB LEAGUE AMBASSADORS SAY ETHIOPIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 8, Ambassador Yamamoto and PolOffs attended a lunch hosted by the Yemeni Ambassador to Ethiopia to further dialogue concerning policy in the Horn of Africa between the Embassy and the resident ambassadors to Ethiopia from Arab League countries. Attendees included the a [...] | 2008-04-15 14:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ET SO XF |
08ADDISABABA1074 | SOMALIA: PUNTLAND PRESIDENT PLEADS FOR U.S. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Puntland President Mohamud Musse Hersi told Ambassador on April 9 that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) was the last hope of Somalia and he was concerned that the TFG was failing. President Hersi emphasized that Puntland was committed to a federal system of governm [...] | 2008-04-17 14:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS SO ET |
08ADDISABABA1493 | ETHIOPIA WILLING TO INCREASE COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassador-at-Large Coordinator for Counterterrorism Dell L. Dailey and Ambassador Yamamoto on May 21, 2008 that his government was grateful for the counterterrorism support it received from the United States and that Ethiopia was w [...] | 2008-06-02 08:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL SO ET |
08ADDISABABA1502 | Recent Improvised Explosive Device Incidents in Ethiopia. [...] (U) During the past several months there have been numerous apparent Improvised Explosive Device (IED) incidents in Ethiopia, with an increased number occurring in Addis Ababa. This appears to be a reoccurrence of the trend of approximately 35 to 40 similar IED incidents reported within Addis [...] | 2008-06-02 11:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC PTER ET |
08ADDISABABA1546 | LACK OF POLITICAL WILL PROMPTS TREASURY PROJECT SUSPENSION [...] SUMMARY: Seven months after the signing of the Terms of Reference (TOR) between the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) and the U.S. Treasury Department for an Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing (AML/CFT) program, the U.S. Department of Treasury has decided to suspend work on the [...] | 2008-06-06 05:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EAID ECON EFIN PTER PREL ET |
08ADDISABABA170 | ETHIOPIA ENGAGED IN PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin called in Ambassador January 19 to discuss Somalia. With legal advisor Minelik present, Seyoum told the Ambassador that Ethiopia has over the past several months approached moderate elements of the former Islamic Courts Union (ICU) of Somalia. Meetings ha [...] | 2008-01-22 14:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ET SO |
08ADDISABABA2223 | ADDIS ABABA RESPONSE - SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (SBU) POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND DEMONSTRATIONS ------------------------------------- A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? -Yes, there is a sizable Muslim population throughout Ethiopia as well [...] | 2008-08-12 12:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER ET |
08ADDISABABA3343 | EMBASSY CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 HORN OF AFRICA [...] (U) Embassy Addis Ababa has reviewed and supports S/CT's proposal to provide training in Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Counterinsurgency Operations to Ethiopia to help the Ethiopian government (GoE) build its capacity to perform these operations in an effective manner that respects hum [...] | 2008-12-12 08:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ET SO |
08ADDISABABA381 | (S) OGADEN: GOVERNMENT DETAINS NGOS BASED ON US [...] (S/NF) Since January 26, the Ethiopian Government (GoE) has imposed travel restrictions on two teams of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Holland and Switzerland NGO workers in Warder and Kebri Dehar towns respectively in the Ogaden region. While the restrictions were imposed at the beginning of [...] | 2008-02-14 08:58:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PHUM PGOV CASC PTER ET |
08ADDISABABA463 | (S) ETHIOPIA: EMBASSY ADDIS ABABA EAC CONVENES [...] (S) On February 21 the Ambassador convened the Embassy Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the Embassy's security posture in light of developments in the Ethiopia-Eritrea border dispute (Refs A, B and C). The EAC reviewed tripwires but did not take any new action (REF D). DCM, RSO, CO [...] | 2008-02-22 04:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | ASEC PREL PTER CASC ET |
08ADDISABABA821 | ETHIOPIA: DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS AN FTO [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post informed host government MFA Assistant Chief of the Minister's Cabinet Abdetta Dribssa of the USG decision to designate al-Shabaab as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group on March 18. Abdetta responded that his governmen [...] | 2008-03-26 13:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV KCRM SO BG |
08AITTAIPEI1088 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on July 21, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on an additional 11 Iranian entities and individuals under E.O.13382 for being involved in Iran's nuclear or missile programs. 2. [...] | 2008-07-24 00:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN FARM PTER PREL ETTC PINR UNSC ECON IR TW |
08AITTAIPEI1467 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS AND TWO [...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on October 3, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on an additional five individuals and two entities pursuant to E.O. 13438 for threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and the G [...] | 2008-10-14 10:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON IZ IR SY TW |
08AITTAIPEI1482 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS AND TWO [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following five individuals and two entities designated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury on September 16, 2008 pursuant to E.O. 13438 for thre [...] | 2008-10-17 09:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON IZ IR SY TW |
08AITTAIPEI1614 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA [...] Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on November 11, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on three Gulf-based al-Qaida financiers added on October 10, 2008 to its list of entities/individuals subject to targeted sanctions. [...] | 2008-11-14 03:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON BA QI TW |
08AITTAIPEI1645 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following three financiers designated by the UN 1267 Committee pursuant to resolution 1267 on October 10, 2008: --Khalifa Muhammad Turki Al-Subaiy, [...] | 2008-11-24 07:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON BA QI TW |
08AITTAIPEI1715 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on December 8, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on three members of al-Shabaab, designated by the U.S. under E.O. 13224 on November 20, 2008, for supporting terrorism. These three [...] | 2008-12-11 07:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC ECON ET KE TW |
08AITTAIPEI1744 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following three members of al-Shabaab, designated by the U.S. under E.O.13224 on November 20, 2008 for supporting terrorism: --Ahmed Abdi Aw-Moh [...] | 2008-12-17 08:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC ECON ET KE TW |