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08AITTAIPEI1776 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DESIGNATION OF UNION OF GOOD [...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on December 22, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's designation of the Union of Good, a Saudi Arabia-based organization, as a supporter of t [...] | 2008-12-24 05:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL UNSC ECON |
08AITTAIPEI22 | FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] Per ref A, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on December 25, 2007, providing all banking institutions and securities finance companies with copies of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) October 2007 statement and guidance on Iran [...] | 2008-01-07 23:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR |
08AITTAIPEI221 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SYRIA/LEBANON DESIGNATIONS [...] Per ref A, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on February 2, 2008, providing all banking institutions and securities finance companies with information on three individuals, Assaad Halim Hardan, Wi'am Wahhab, and Hafiz Makhluf designated by the U.S. Dep [...] | 2008-02-19 10:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR |
08AITTAIPEI222 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] Per ref A, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on February 2, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on four individuals (including Ahmed Foruzandeh) and one entity (Al Zawra Television Station) designated by the U.S. Department of Tre [...] | 2008-02-19 10:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR |
08AITTAIPEI226 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF IRAQI FORMER [...] Per ref A, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on February 2, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on seven individuals (including Fawzi Mutlaq Al-Rawi) with ties to the Iraqi insurgency and the former Iraqi regime. 2. The FSC a [...] | 2008-02-19 10:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR |
08AITTAIPEI261 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE KUWAIT-BASED [...] Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on February 18, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on three individuals --Hamid Al-Ali --Jaber Al-Jalamah, and --Mubarak Mushakhas Sanad Al-Bathali designated on January 16, 200 [...] | 2008-02-25 09:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL UNSC ECON TW KU |
08AITTAIPEI301 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE KUWAIT-BASED [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipt from or payment to the following three individuals designated on January 16, 2008 by UN 1267 Sanctions Committee in LIST 83: Hamid Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalamah, and Mubarak [...] | 2008-03-05 09:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL UNSC ECON TW KU |
08AITTAIPEI302 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] 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 four individuals and one entity designated by the U.S. Department of Treasury pursuant to US E.O.13438 on January 9, 2008: Four individu [...] | 2008-03-05 09:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL PARM MNUC ECON TW IR |
08AITTAIPEI303 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF IRAQI FORMER [...] 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 individual designated by the U.S. Department of Treasury pursuant to US E.O.13224 on December 6, 2007: --Fawzi Mutlaq Al-Rawi, and th [...] | 2008-03-05 09:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR |
08AITTAIPEI304 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SYRIA/LEBANON DESIGNATIONS [...] 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 individuals designated by the U.S. Department of Treasury pursuant to US E.O.13441 on November 5, 2007: --Assaad Halim Hardan, -- [...] | 2008-03-05 09:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR |
08ALGIERS1181 | ALGERIA REMAINS FIRM ON MAURITANIA, SEES SOME [...] (C) MFA Director General for African Affairs (A/S equivalent) Lounes Magramane told visiting NEA/MAG Director Stephanie Williams November 3 that Algeria remains firmly opposed to the unconstitutional removal of Mauritanian President Abdallahi from power as a result of the August coup. Magrama [...] | 2008-11-05 18:22:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ML MR AG |
08ALGIERS1231 | INCLUSION OF BURKINA FASO IN TSCTP: ALGERIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-18 16:58:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER XA XI AG |
08ALGIERS1320 | ALGERIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The security situation in Algeria was marked by a decrease in the number of high profile terrorist attacks throughout the country compared with 2007, although the overall number of attacks did not decline and ongoing low-level terrorist activities continued in the countryside. In the first [...] | 2008-12-20 17:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS1327 | ALGERIAN MFA WARY ON EVE OF ASAD VISIT [...] (S) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche December 21 to the MFA Director General for Arab Affairs on the eve of Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's expected visit. On foreign fighters, DG Abdelhamid Bouzaher said that the flow into Iraq had declined in recent years from a 2003-05 peak. He added [...] | 2008-12-22 16:42:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PTER SY AF IC LE AG |
08ALGIERS1328 | ALGERIAN MFA WARY ON EVE OF ASAD VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 17:04:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PTER SY AF IC LE AG |
08ALGIERS1350 | ALGERIAN MFA: DANGEROUS SPLIT BETWEEN REGIMES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Secretary General Madjid Bouguerra assured the Ambassador on December 31 that Algeria would continue to play a constructive role in formulating Arab League reactions to the situation in Gaza, avoiding inflammatory rhetoric. Bouguerra said that Algerians were shocked and traum [...] | 2008-12-31 18:48:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER PHUM MOPS KWBG IS AG |
08ALGIERS184 | ALGERIA RESPONSE ON 1267 COORDINATION SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 07:56:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC AG |
08ALGIERS221 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) Per reftel, Embassy Algiers has identified eleven critical infrastructure/key resource sites that if damaged or destroyed might negatively impact U.S. oil and gas supplies or U.S. military overflight and refueling. Algeria is a major source of oil and natural gas for the United States, se [...] | 2008-02-27 17:18:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON PTER PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS223 | BOUTEFLIKA LOOKS TO THE LEVANT WITH A/S WELCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a three-hour tour d'horizon with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika provided his candid opinions on a wide range of issues (septel),but spoke at length about the Levant. He revealed his personal views on Syrian interference in Lebanon, the [...] | 2008-02-29 10:11:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS251 | ALGERIAN LEADERSHIP TOWS WESTERN SAHARA LINE WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In February 26 and 27 meetings with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem emphasized their familiar line on self-determination for Western Sahara, as well as the need to find a way out that would allow Algeria [...] | 2008-03-03 13:21:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS252 | BOUTEFLIKA: LIBYA LOOKING TOWARDS U.S. [...] (S) In a February 26 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika SIPDIS stated emphatically that while Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi needs to protect his image with a sometimes defiant public discourse, his mindset is now firmly pro-U.S. Furthermo [...] | 2008-03-03 13:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS259 | BOUTEFLIKA: LIBYA LOOKING TOWARDS U.S. [...] (S) In a February 26 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stated emphatically that while Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi needs to protect his image with a sometimes defiant public discourse, his mindset is now firmly pro-U.S. Furthermore, accor [...] | 2008-03-03 15:52:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS261 | ALGERIAN LEADERSHIP TOWS WESTERN SAHARA LINE WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In February 26 and 27 meetings with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem emphasized their familiar line on self-determination for Western Sahara, as well as the need to find a way out that would allow Algeria [...] | 2008-03-03 15:52:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS318 | AQIM DEMANDS FOR THE RELEASE OF AUSTRIAN HOSTAGES [...] (SBU) On March 13 Al-Qaeda in the Lands of Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) posted a communique on a Jihadi website (www.shmo5alislam.net/vb/) with its conditions for the release of the two Austrian hostages Wolfgang Ebner and Andrea Kloiber (ref A). AQIM demanded the release of some of its members he [...] | 2008-03-17 11:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER KISL AG |
08ALGIERS37 | ALGERIAN MFA WELCOMES LIBYA IN TSCTP [...] (C) MFA Secretary General (number two) Bouguerra and MFA Director General (A/S equivalent) for Africa Chergui told Ambassador on January 13 that Algeria would not object to the U.S. including Libyan officials in future TSCTP programming. He opined that Algeria thought integrating Libya more a [...] | 2008-01-14 11:48:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL AG LY |
08ALGIERS396 | HAMAS OFFICIAL ASKS BOUTEFLIKA'S HELP IN RESOLVING [...] (SBU) The Algerian Arabic-language newspaper Ennahar reported April 5 that a representative from the Palestinian Hamas movement in Lebanon, Usama Hamdan, said during an April 4 press conference at the Hamas office in Algiers that he had asked the Algerian authorities to mediate between Hamas an [...] | 2008-04-07 13:00:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AG |
08ALGIERS422 | MFA OFFICIAL: SAHEL HEATS UP AS MALI PLAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 13 meeting, MFA Director General (Assistant Secretary equivalent) for African Affairs Ismail Chergui told Ambassador that Algeria perceives that the security situation in northern Mali and Niger is deteriorating. Chergui said Algeria was frustrated by the "unhelpful" [...] | 2008-04-14 17:55:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AG |
08ALGIERS448 | NEW AQIM VIDEOS ON THE INTERNET [...] (C) SUMMARY: After an absence of more than nine months, the AQIM video series "Shadows of the Sword" has made a return to the jihadi website community. On April 14, AQIM released a new video showing two attacks on Algerian targets in Dellys and Boumerdes (Kabylie region),demonstrating AQIM [...] | 2008-04-23 10:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC AG |
08ALGIERS449 | SECURITY UPDATE: AQIM NOT GETTING STRONGER IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to information collected from press reporting, the number of terrorist attacks remained approximately the same in March 2008 compared to previous months but there appear to have been fewer casualties. The majority of these March attacks have been attributed to Al-Qaeda [...] | 2008-04-23 10:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | ASEC PTER AG |
08ALGIERS464 | AFRICA UNION CENTER WANTS OUR HELP FOR ITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since early 2008 a number of U.S. official delegations have visited the African Center for the Research and Study of Terrorism (CAERT) in Algiers, all of which have departed leaving the impression that U.S. assistance in the form of training or seminars would be forthcoming. [...] | 2008-04-23 16:36:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC AG |
08ALGIERS465 | SLIPPING TOWARDS ADDICTION: ALGERIA'S EVOLVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria is evolving from primarily a transit point for drugs entering Europe into a destination and producer of drugs. The first few months of 2008 have featured a wave of front-page press reports on domestic drug production, announcing that areas of the southern Sahel region ar [...] | 2008-04-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EAGR PREL PTER ECON AG |
08ALGIERS501 | ALGERIA STILL NONCOMMITTAL ABOUT PASSENGER LIST [...] (S) Ambassador pulled aside Presidency Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Kamel Rezak-Bara during an April 30 reception to remind him that we still await a response to our suggestion that Algeria enable us to screen passenger lists for flights between Damascus and Algiers. Rezak-Bara remembered our [...] | 2008-05-04 16:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | EAIR PTER AG |
08ALGIERS523 | PROFILES OF ALGERIAN SUICIDE BOMBERS [...] SUMMARY: Since April 11, 2007, eleven suicide bombers have carried out attacks across Algeria. Through press reports, we have been able to piece together biographical vignettes of most of the bombers, which offer an insight into their motivations and socioeconomic circumstances. What stands o [...] | 2008-05-08 10:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL AG |
08ALGIERS589 | MALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS ALGERIA [...] (U) On May 20, the Algerian media reported that Malian Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane visited Algeria on May 19 to secure Algerian re-engagement on negotiations between the Malian government and Tuareg rebels in Northern Mali. According to press reports, after Ouane met with President Abdelaz [...] | 2008-05-23 10:21:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL AG ML MR NG |
08ALGIERS590 | MALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS ALGERIA [...] (U) On May 20, the Algerian media reported that Malian Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane visited Algeria on May 19 to secure Algerian re-engagement on negotiations between the Malian government and Tuareg rebels in Northern Mali. According to press reports, after Ouane met with President Abdelaz [...] | 2008-05-23 10:21:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL AG ML MR NG |
08ALGIERS663 | ALGIERS CORE EAC REVIEWS LATEST BOMBINGS AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Core EAC met on June 5, 2008 to discuss the double bombings that occurred on June 4 and to determine what implications, if any, this incident has on the upcoming International Trade Fair being held from June 7-13 at the SAFEX Exhibition Palace in Algiers. Present for the m [...] | 2008-06-05 16:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET//NOFORN | AG ASEC CASC PTER |
08ALGIERS685 | AQIM LEADER: DON'T TOUCH OUR WOMEN [...] (SBU) On June 5, Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) posted a communique on a Jihadi website (www.shmo5alislam.net) entitled "in your honor, our sister." The communique, signed by AQIM leader Abdeloudoud Droukdal, referred to a Moroccan woman named "Fatiha" who was allegedly be [...] | 2008-06-11 08:57:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL AG |
08ALGIERS704 | SAHEL SECURITY: MFA SAYS ALGERIA REENGAGING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 18 discussion with a visiting U.S. delegation led by Bureau of African Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Todd Moss, MFA Director General (Assistant Secretary equivalent) for African Affairs Ismail Chergui highlighted Algeria's commitment to the Algiers Accords, but onl [...] | 2008-06-19 11:10:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AG ML NG |
08ALGIERS739 | BOUTEFLIKA SAYS HE WANTS BETTER U.S. TIES [...] (S) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's farewell call June 24, a reasonably healthy-looking President Abdelaziz Bouteflika wistfully wondered why American relations with Algeria couldn't be more like those the U.S. enjoys with Morocco and Tunisia. The Ambassador noted that as Algeria opened up [...] | 2008-06-28 17:35:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PHUM PTER MARR AG |
08ALGIERS77 | ALGERIAN SECURITY ROW WITH UN GETS PUBLIC AND NASTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The dispute between the Algerian government and the UN over the investigation of the December 11 bombings has become public and bitter. The Algerians, in public and in private, claim they have been transparent and shared the results of their own investigation, while the senior UN [...] | 2008-01-22 18:04:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER PGOV UN AG |
08ALGIERS774 | ENHANCING ALGERIA'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING CAPACITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Algeria's still nascent financial intelligence unit is ready to cooperate on a technical assistance program to be offered through the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) at the U.S. Department of Treasury in the area of anti-money laundering and terrorist finance (AML/TF). Bo [...] | 2008-07-08 15:58:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECIN KTFN KCRM KJUS PREL PTER ECON AG |
08ALGIERS782 | BOUTEFLIKA SEEKS TO RECONCILE THE UNRECONCILED [...] (U) During his July 5 Algerian independence day speech to the military leadership, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika revisited the theme of national reconciliation, calling on Algerians to unite against extremism and "to put down the fire of Fitna." He underscored the need to pursue security and [...] | 2008-07-12 06:24:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM KISL AG |
08ALGIERS793 | FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LISTING - ARMED [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, according to available information the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) has not been involved in terrorist activity during the period 2003-2008. Algerian sources share GRPO analysis that the GIA no longer has a formal leadership structure; however, they tell us that GIA [...] | 2008-07-14 16:59:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL KCRM KJUS AG |
08ALGIERS913 | ALGIERS EAC ON RECENT SUICIDE ATTACKS AND CURRENT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Charge convened a full EAC July 17 to discuss recent Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) attacks and threat reports. In attendance were RSO, MGT, GRPO, PAO, CONS, DAO, LEGATT, MSG, POLEC, TREASURY and GSO. RSO and GRPO reviewed current AQIM threat reports. RSO provided s [...] | 2008-08-17 17:39:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PTER AG |
08ALGIERS925 | SUICIDE CAR BOMB TARGETS FOREIGN COMPANY BUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Twelve people were killed and at least 31 wounded in twin car bombings in Bouira (75 miles east of Algiers) the morning of August 20. The first bomb, which detonated at approximately 0545 hrs, targeted Bouira's regional military command and injured six soldiers. Minutes later, [...] | 2008-08-20 17:30:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC AG |
08ALGIERS97 | SUPPORT FOR AQIM MAKES ALI BENHADJ ONCE AGAIN A [...] (C) Ali Benhadj, the former leader of the outlawed Islamic Salvation Front (FIS),has lent his name and support to the recruiting efforts of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Contacts tell us that the government views Benhadj as a threat to its anti-AQIM efforts, but believes putting him [...] | 2008-01-28 06:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS KISL AG |
08ALGIERS984 | THE KABYLIE: RELUCTANT REFUGE FOR TERRORISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A string of suicide bombings just east of Algiers (ref A) has brought renewed focus on the Kabylie mountains and the disproportionate amount of terrorist activity occurring there. A fiercely independent center of Berber culture and tradition for centuries, the Kabylie region has [...] | 2008-09-12 11:30:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL AG |
08AMMAN1057 | JORDANIAN MFA PREVIEWS BORDER SECURITY WORKING [...] (C) Poloff outlined reftel objectives for the April 13 meeting of the Border Security Working Group (BSWG) in Damascus with Nawaf Tell, the MFA's Negotiations Bureau Director. According to Tell, the GOJ delegation will be headed by Ministry of Interior Secretary General Mukhaimer Abu Jammous [...] | 2008-04-10 15:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PINS PREL PTER BA EG IR IZ JO KU SA |
08AMMAN1208 | JORDAN: DEMARCHE ON ANNUAL PKK MEETING DELIVERED [...] (S) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche April 21 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, Director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Shamayleh said he would inform the Minister and advise his counterpart at the General Intelligence Directorate (GID). 2. (S) Post is following up directly with GID. HA [...] | 2008-04-21 15:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KTFN PREL PTER IZ TU JO |
08AMMAN1458 | JORDAN COURT OVERTURNS FOLEY KILLING CONSPIRATOR [...] (U) Jordan's al-Dustour newspaper reported on May 13 that the Court of Cassation - Jordan's Supreme Court - has overturned the 10-year sentence of Muammar Ahmad Yusuf al-Jaghbir, who had been convicted for his role in the 2002 murder of USAID official Laurence Foley in Amman. According to th [...] | 2008-05-13 12:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JO |
08AMMAN1459 | JORDAN COURT OVERTURNS FOLEY KILLING CONSPIRATOR [...] (U) Jordan's al-Dustour newspaper reported on May 13 that the Court of Cassation - Jordan's Supreme Court - has overturned the 10-year sentence of Muammar Ahmad Yusuf al-Jaghbir, who had been convicted for his role in the 2002 murder of USAID official Laurence Foley in Amman. According to th [...] | 2008-05-13 14:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC JO |
08AMMAN1525 | AVIATION SECURITY PANEL DEMARCHE DELIVERED - JORDANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-19 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER JO |
08AMMAN1613 | U.S. AND RUSSIAN AMBASSADORS DELIVER GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador Hale and Russian Ambassador Alexander Kalugin jointly delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Salaheddin al-Bashir on May 27. Bashir said he was unaware of the reasons behind Jordan's earlier decision not to endorse the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Kal [...] | 2008-05-28 08:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC PTER KNNP JO |
08AMMAN1657 | JORDAN HOPES TO ATTEND MADRID CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Foreign Minister Salah al-Bashir told Ambassador on June 1, and Director of Bashir's Private Office Jamal Shamayleh later informed A/DCM and PolCouns, that the MFA's legal department is reviewing expeditiously the Global Init [...] | 2008-06-02 15:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC PTER KNNP JO |
08AMMAN1665 | JORDAN WILL JOIN GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Jamal Shamayleh, Director of Foreign Minister Bashir's private office, told Polcouns June 3 that Bashir has endorsed Jordan's joining the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (reftels). The MFA is seeking a final, seemingly pro-forma approval from the Prime Ministry, which it h [...] | 2008-06-03 14:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC KNNP JO |
08AMMAN1723 | EMBASSY BAGHDAD DELEGATION BRIEFS GOJ ON PROPOSED [...] (S) SUMMARY: An Embassy Baghdad delegation briefed senior Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials on the proposed site of the new Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad following King Abdullah's announcement that the GOJ would send an ambassador to Iraq. In separate meetings on June 5, Embassy Baghdad Man [...] | 2008-06-09 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ASEC PGOV PINS PTER IZ JO |
08AMMAN2004 | JORDAN WELCOMED AS PARTNER TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and accompanying documents to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Ayman Al-Aamiry on July 7. Post was unable to coordinate delivery with the Russian Embassy before the due date, but will inform contacts there that we have [...] | 2008-07-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP RS JO |
08AMMAN2015 | ENGAGING HOST GOVERNMENTS ON CERTAIN TERRORIST [...] (SBU) Post contacted the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology to follow up on reftel demarche. Jordan currently serves as a rotating member on the Arabsat board. Its representative there is Mr. Afram Jameel, who works for the Ministry. 2. (SBU) Embassy point of conta [...] | 2008-07-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER JO |
08AMMAN2161 | AMMAN EAC ON 17 JULY 2008 [...] (SBU) CDA convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 17 July 2008 to review the Mission's security posture in light of a shooting incident that occurred last night at Al Hashimiyah Square in Amman. All agencies and sections were represented. 2. (SBU) RSO briefed the EAC on the event [...] | 2008-07-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PTER JO |
08AMMAN2292 | "WHAT ABOUT OUR PRISONERS?" JORDANIANS ASK AFTER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Jordan's front pages have been crowded over the past two weeks with demands from local figures and advocacy groups for the release of four Jordanians, currently detained in Jordanian jails, who were turned over by Israel in July of 2007 (Ref A). These groups, includi [...] | 2008-07-31 13:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER JO IS |
08AMMAN2356 | INFORMING JORDAN THAT MAURITIUS AND UZBEKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-12 06:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP MR UZ JO |
08AMMAN2414 | IN REVERSAL, JORDAN SET TO RELEASE "QAFQAFA FOUR" [...] (C) Summary: The Jordanian government appears set to release soon the four prisoners whom Israel turned over to Jordan in July 2007. The government justifies the move - which on the surface seems to contradict a bilateral Israeli-Jordanian understanding that they were to remain in jail for 1 [...] | 2008-08-18 15:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER JO IS |
08AMMAN2788 | JORDAN SAYS QATARI NATIONAL AL-SUBAYI HAS NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 10:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PTER PREL JO |
08AMMAN2823 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 13:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC JO |
08AMMAN2852 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-14 06:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC JO |
08AMMAN3164 | JORDAN FEARS IT WILL BEAR BURDEN OF FAILURE (OR [...] (S) Summary and Comment: With some frequency over the past several months the local commentariat has expressed anxiety that Jordan risks becoming the alternative Palestinian homeland, given Palestinian disunity and perceived Israeli and U.S. duplicity. Officials have publicly reaffirmed thei [...] | 2008-11-20 13:11:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN3266 | AMMAN EAC OF 12/06/2008 [...] (S) Ambassador convened a core meeting of the Amman Emergency Action Committee on December 6, 2008, to discuss new information regarding the threat described in reftel A and courses of action for Post. 2. (S/NF) GRPO presented the EAC with tearline language which they will pass to the Gener [...] | 2008-12-08 12:22:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER JO |
08AMMAN3360 | JORDAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) In its public statements and security measures, the Government of Jordan continued to place a high priority on its fight against violent extremism in 2008. This occurred against a backdrop of low support among Jordanians for terrorism. The Pew Research Center Global Attitudes survey of 200 [...] | 2008-12-23 04:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JO |
08AMMAN3370 | JORDAN TO CONSIDER ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 14:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MOPS PTER PBTS PHSA JO |
08AMMAN390 | HABASH DEATH DRAWS JORDAN'S GAZE BRIEFLY; SOME SEE [...] (C) Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine founder George Habash, whose calls for the overthrow of the Hashemites and brazen, terrorist airline hijackings here in 1970 ran afoul of the Jordanian Government and precipitated the crackdown on Palestinian groups known as Black September, d [...] | 2008-02-06 13:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KPAL PTER JO IS |
08AMMAN626 | ELECTRONIC JIHAD: MAINSTREAM ISLAMIST WEBSITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A year-old Jordanian web site, Islamouna, conveys strong criticism of U.S. foreign policy in Iraq and the Middle East, while simultaneously criticizing al-Qaeda and takfirism for "distorting Islam" and "confusing Muslims about their religion." According to Islamouna,s editor, the [...] | 2008-02-27 09:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER KPAO SOCI JO |
08AMMAN755 | NEW JORDANIAN WEEKLY STRESSES ITC INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new Jordanian weekly newspaper known for running feature stories and investigative reports, al-Sijjl ("The Record"),hit newsstands in November, 2007. Al-Sijjl's executive managing editor told us recently that his publication aims to provide an alternative to a Jordanian press [...] | 2008-03-09 14:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PTER SOCI JO |
08AMSTERDAM53 | AUGUST VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of AmEmbassy The Hauge and ConGen Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The August Visas Viper meeting was held on September 4, 2008. In the absence of the Acting DCM in The Hague and the PO in Amsterdam, the meeting was chaired by RSO John [...] | 2008-09-11 13:37:00 | Consulate Amsterdam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL |
08ANKARA1002 | Update on PKK Violence (May 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 16-23, 2008 reporting period, four security [...] | 2008-05-29 07:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1024 | Update on PKK Violence (May 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 24-31, 2008 reporting period, one security [...] | 2008-06-03 07:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1036 | TURKEY CLAIMS GLOCKS SEIZED IN ANTI-AL QAEDA RAIDS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Foreign Ministry provided us June 3 the serial numbers of five Glock pistols recently seized by Turkish authorities. Four of the Glocks were reportedly seized during Turkish law enforcement raids against al Qaeda cells in Gaziantep, Istanbul and elsewhere on January [...] | 2008-06-04 11:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC KCRM OIG IZ TU |
08ANKARA1046 | SECRETARY CHERTOFF URGES INCREASED [...] (C) Summary. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff urged more interactive and continuous counterterrorism cooperation with Turkey in May 28 meetings with senior Prime Ministry, Foreign Ministry (MFA),Interior Ministry (MOI),Justice Ministry (MOJ),Jandarma General [...] | 2008-06-05 12:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU |
08ANKARA1048 | TURKEY: BUGGING INCIDENT BOOMERANGS ON OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Hastily condemned as Turkey's own Watergate, an alleged government bugging incident is looking increasingly like a technical blooper by the supposed "victim". Despite evidence to the contrary, opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Deniz Baykal stands by his man, Se [...] | 2008-06-05 13:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
08ANKARA1049 | TURKEY WILL ATTEND 4TH GI MEETING, UNCLEAR AT WHAT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 14:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1055 | CODELS TANNER AND LEAHY MEET WITH PM ERDOGAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: In May 29 meetings with Codels Tanner and Leahy, President Gul and Prime Minister Erdogan lauded improved U.S.-Turkey relations and expressed gratitude for U.S. support against PKK terrorism. Erdogan complained of Congressional resolutions introduced on Cyprus and the Aegean t [...] | 2008-06-06 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR PTER ENRG ETTC IR IS TU |
08ANKARA1065 | Update on PKK Violence (June 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 1-7, 2008 reporting period, no security of [...] | 2008-06-10 06:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1075 | TURKEY: 1267 NOTIFICATION ON AL RASHID TRUST AND [...] (SBU) On June 6, we shared reftel points with Metin Ergin, Office Director for Security Affairs at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ergin thanked us for the information, and said he would share it promptly with all appropriate parties in the Government of Turkey. 2. (S) In Reftel [...] | 2008-06-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR PREL |
08ANKARA1076 | TURKEY: EXBS AGREEMENT ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] (SBU) On June 10, Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Affairs Ahmet Muhtar Gun presented us with a diplomatic note (e-mailed to EUR/SE),dated June 9, advising that the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of [...] | 2008-06-10 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC PTER KNNP PARM TU |
08ANKARA11 | TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL'S JANUARY VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) Abdullah Gul is Turkey's first president to visit Washington since 1999. He took office in August following a sharp confrontation between the government and military in April and an overwhelming Justice and Development Party (AKP) victory in parliamentary elections in July. Gul's move f [...] | 2008-01-03 13:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL PTER ENRG TU |
08ANKARA1126 | Update on PKK Violence (June 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 8-15, 2008 reporting period, two security [...] | 2008-06-18 09:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1178 | Update on PKK Violence (June 16 - 23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 16 - 23, 2008 reporting period, one securit [...] | 2008-06-27 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1209 | Update on PKK Violence (June 24-30, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 24-30, 2008 reporting period, no security [...] | 2008-07-03 08:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1212 | TURKEY: ERGENEKON ARRESTS AND MILITARY SUCCESSION [...] (U) The Turkish General Staff's (TGS) official reaction to the July 1 "Ergenekon" arrests (ref a),which netted two retired army four-star generals and other former military personnel, has been limited to an official website posting clarifying that searches of military property related to the [...] | 2008-07-03 11:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KCRM PREL TU |
08ANKARA122 | Update on PKK Violence (January 8-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 8-15, 2007 reporting period, no GOT sec [...] | 2008-01-23 05:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1232 | TURKEY: TERRORISM FINANCE: VENEZUELA-BASED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 07:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER PREL CVIS VE TU |
08ANKARA1242 | TURKEY: REACTIONS TO ATTACK ON ISTANBUL CONSULATE [...] (U) Following the attack in front of Consulate General Istanbul at approximately 1100 on July 9, at 15:28 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement (unofficial Embassy translation): "We strongly denounce the heinous armed attack that occurred in front of the US Consulate [...] | 2008-07-09 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PREL PTER TU |
08ANKARA1245 | TURKEY: INFORMATION STILL INCOMPLETE ON ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Turkish National Police (TNP) officials this morning passed the Embassy, unofficially, the names of the assailants in yesterday's attack on the Consulate General in Istanbul: Raif Topcil, born in 1988; Erkan Kargin, born in 1982; Bulent Cinar, born in 1985. (Note: Several newspape [...] | 2008-07-10 10:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PREL PTER TU |
08ANKARA125 | TURKEY APPEALS FOR USG HELP TO KEEP PKK ON EU [...] (C) MFA DDG for Security Affairs Sakir Torunlar appealed for U.S. support against PKK efforts to be removed from the European Union's list of terrorist organizations during a January 22 meeting with Regional Counterterrorism Coordinator. Reiterating points made by DG Hayati Guven to the Amba [...] | 2008-01-23 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EU UK TU |
08ANKARA1290 | Update on PKK Violence (July 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 1-7, 2008 reporting period, one security o [...] | 2008-07-18 07:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1291 | Update on PKK Violence (July 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 8-15, 2008 reporting period, three security [...] | 2008-07-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1304 | TURKEY: DTP'S YEAR OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) Summary and comment. The results of the 2007 parliamentary elections raised hopes that Turkey could achieve progress on the Kurdish issue. Some 20 pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) MPs, elected as independents in districts throughout the Southeast, gave the party parliamentary r [...] | 2008-07-22 09:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TU |
08ANKARA1306 | TERRORIST EXTRADITION ROUNDTABLE IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Top terrorism prosecutors and judges from Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Iraq, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland met in Istanbul, Turkey June 24-26, 2008 to discuss their respective practices and overcome obstacles in extraditing terrorists. The meeting, co-hosted [...] | 2008-07-22 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1311 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen on July 22. She reiterated GOT's reticence in participating in Global Initiative activities, even technical, working-level events, since Cyprus became a partner in 2007. She offered to circulate the information she [...] | 2008-07-23 11:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL |
08ANKARA132 | S/I SATTERFIELD CONSULTATIONS ON IRAQ/PKK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with FM Babacan, MFA U/S Apakan, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu, Iraq Coordinator Celikkol, Presidency foreign affairs advisor Turkoglu, and D/CHOD Gen. Saygun January 18, S/I Satterfield noted progress made in Iraq on security and the economy, but characterized gains a [...] | 2008-01-23 17:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV ECON TU IZ IR KU |
08ANKARA1338 | DEMARCHE REQUEST ON NATO MEMBERS AND ASPIRING [...] (c) Ambassador spoke July 25 with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan to inquire about FM Babacan's plans to attend the Tehran NAM ministerial and to carry out the demarche in reftel. The Turkish press has been reporting for some days that Babacan may attend, and lower-level MFA staff had previously sugge [...] | 2008-07-25 13:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PHUM PTER IR TU |
08ANKARA134 | TURKISH DEPUTY CHOD GEN. SAYGUN'S VISIT TO US [...] (S) Summary: US-Turkish military-to-military relations are stronger now than at any time since 2003. GEN Saygun's January 15 visit to Baghdad has improved prospects for Turkey-Iraq cooperation on PKK terrorism and given impetus to bilateral dialogue. During January 29-30 High Level Defense G [...] | 2008-01-24 08:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER TU |
08ANKARA1345 | Update on PKK Violence (July 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 16-23, 2008 reporting period, two security [...] | 2008-07-28 09:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA136 | TURKEY-U.S. RELATIONS: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador and Turkish MFA U/S Apakan reviewed developments in bilateral relations in the wake of President Gul's January 8-9 talks in Washington. They agreed to coordinate measures for a set of high-level meetings in Washington in mid-April. END SUMMARY. STRENGTHENING U.S.- [...] | 2008-01-24 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM PHUM ENRG EPET ECON TU |
08ANKARA1407 | TURKEY'S TERRORISM LAWS: UNORTHODOX BUT WORKABLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent extended discussions with Turkish Ministry of Justice (MOJ) officials, we reviewed Turkey's legal framework for prosecuting terrorism activities. In response to our concern that Turkey's current terrorism law too narrowly focuses on domestic terrorism and does no [...] | 2008-08-06 15:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1452 | Update on PKK Violence (July 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 24-31, 2008 reporting period, five security [...] | 2008-08-13 08:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1453 | Update on PKK Violence (August 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 1-7, 2008 reporting period, five village [...] | 2008-08-13 08:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1490 | Update on PKK Violence (August 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 8-15, 2008 reporting period, eleven secu [...] | 2008-08-18 12:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA153 | Update on PKK Violence (January 16-23, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 16-23, 2008 reporting period, no GOT se [...] | 2008-01-25 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1546 | Update on PKK Violence (August 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 16-23, 2008 reporting period, one securit [...] | 2008-08-27 09:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA157 | TURKEY RELUCTANT TO RECEIVE, SHARE INFORMATION [...] (S) Anticipating the flow through Turkey of foreign fighters and others affiliated with known terrorist organizations will increase in the future, the FBI has proactively reached out to Turkey's law enforcement and intelligence communities to initiate formal information sharing on known or su [...] | 2008-01-25 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER ASEC TU |
08ANKARA158 | CLOSING MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP: HOW REALISTIC A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Efforts to re-energize negotiations to close Makhmour refugee camp in northern Iraq will continue to be hindered by GOT and UNHCR security concerns related to the camp. Working level GOT officials believe radical PKK elements continue to control the camp. They believe a permanen [...] | 2008-01-25 17:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PTER PGOV PHUM TU IZ |
08ANKARA1588 | Update on PKK Violence (August 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 24-31, 2008 reporting period, eight secu [...] | 2008-09-04 06:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1623 | Update on PKK Violence (September 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 1-7, 2008 reporting period, 13 securit [...] | 2008-09-10 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1665 | Update on PKK Violence (September 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 8-15, 2008 reporting period, two secu [...] | 2008-09-18 11:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1689 | CJCS ADMIRAL MULLEN CALL ON PRESIDENT GUL [...] (C) Summary: President Gul told CJCS Admiral Mullen September 15 that Turkey wanted our close counterterrorism cooperation to continue and that U.S. success in Iraq is critical for Turkey. Admiral Mullen pledged U.S commitment to sustaining intelligence cooperation. Gul said Turkey continue [...] | 2008-09-22 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ GG IR PK AF TU |
08ANKARA1715 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-26 11:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KNNP |
08ANKARA1718 | Update on PKK Violence (September 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 16-23, 2008 reporting period, one sec [...] | 2008-09-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1740 | Update on PKK Violence (September 24-30, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 24-30, 2008 reporting period, three s [...] | 2008-10-06 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1770 | TURKEY: KURDISH LAWYER CLAIMS PKK BEING WEAKENED [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Hamza Yilmaz, a former lawyer for Abdullah Ocalan, told us he believes the PKK is losing the battle for the hearts and minds of the Kurdish community as the AKP has used religion to appeal to rural Kurds and the PKK/DTP's violent tactics and internal confusion have t [...] | 2008-10-10 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1791 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS [...] On October 14, we shared reftel information with Can Oguz, Office of the Special Envoy for Iraq, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Oguz thanked us for the information, said he would promptly share it with the appropriate parties, and made no substantial additional comment. Visit Ankara's [...] | 2008-10-15 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC TU IZ IR SY |
08ANKARA1793 | Update on PKK Violence (October 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 1-7, 2008 reporting period, 19 security [...] | 2008-10-16 06:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA18 | TURKISH AIR STRIKES AGAINST PKK TERRORISTS IN [...] (S) Summary: Between December 16 and 26, Turkey launched four air strikes against PKK terrorist targets in northern Iraq. The first attack on December 16 had the largest number of targets and struck the furthest south, hitting locations on south Qandil Mountain. Prior to the first attack, Tur [...] | 2008-01-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS PTER IZ TU |
08ANKARA182 | TURKEY'S OUTREACH TO THE KURDS OF THE SOUTHEAST: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish military operations in northern Iraq have opened new space in Turkey's political discourse. In sharp contrast to the situation throughout most of 2007, topics such as a focused economic development plan for southeastern Turkey, expanded Kurdish language broadcasting and e [...] | 2008-01-31 16:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ |
08ANKARA1843 | PJAK STATEMENT ACCUSES U.S. OF SUPPORTING [...] (U) The Freedom Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK),the terrorist, anti-Iran affiliate of the PKK, released a statement threatening U.S. interests on October 18. It claims that U.S.-Turkey intelligence cooperation has prompted Turkey-Iran cooperation and coordinated joint attacks on "libertarian [...] | 2008-10-22 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR PINS PROP MOPS IR IZ TU |
08ANKARA1877 | Update on PKK Violence (October 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 16-23, 2008 reporting period, one securi [...] | 2008-10-28 10:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1878 | Update on PKK Violence (October 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 8-15, 2008 reporting period, nine securi [...] | 2008-10-28 10:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1899 | Update on PKK Violence (October 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 24-31, 2008 reporting period, no securit [...] | 2008-11-03 11:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1917 | FM BABACAN IN AFGHANISTAN; GILLANI, KARZAI IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Babacan stressed Turkey's commitment to Afghanistan during his October 26-27 visit to Kabul, Wardak and northern Afghanistan. The Turks are pressing forward on infrastructure and education projects, but face obstacles from local and national authorities in Kabul. Turkey has [...] | 2008-11-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER MARR EAID EINV AF PK TU |
08ANKARA1938 | HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG: TURKEY'S NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bureaucratic turf battles and finger pointing continue to frame Ankara's recent announcement of a new civilian structure to manage GoT efforts against the PKK in southeastern Turkey. That announcement came after extensive discussion on a new counterterrorism approach, amid mount [...] | 2008-11-07 17:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR TU |
08ANKARA1939 | HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG: TURKEY'S NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bureaucratic turf battles and finger pointing continue to frame Ankara's recent announcement of a new civilian structure to manage GoT efforts against the PKK in southeastern Turkey. That announcement came after extensive discussion on a new counterterrorism approach, amid mount [...] | 2008-11-10 05:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR TU |
08ANKARA1948 | TURKEY TO SEND MOI OFFICIAL TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) The MFA confirmed on November 10 that the GOT will be represented at the November 13-14 Global Initiative Exercise Planning Group meeting (ref a) by Hasan Huseyin Gercek, a superintendent from the Ministry of Interior's Directorate General for Security Affairs. 2. (C) Comment: To our [...] | 2008-11-10 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KNNP |
08ANKARA1953 | Update on PKK Violence (November 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the November 1-7, 2008 reporting period, no security [...] | 2008-11-12 10:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1972 | FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN: TURKEY TO FOCUS ON [...] (C) We conveyed ref A points on the "Friends of Pakistan" meeting in Abu Dhabi to MFA South Asia Section Head Emre Karagol November 13. Karagol, who will accompany MFA DG for South Asia and Iran Huseyin Dirioz to the November 17 meeting, told us Turkey plans to concentrate on the security and [...] | 2008-11-14 08:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON EAID AF PK TU |
08ANKARA2016 | TURKEY: MFA DEPUTY U/S SINIRLIOGLU ON IRAQ, [...] (S) Summary: MFA Deputy Undersecretary for the Middle East and South Asia Feridun Sinirlioglu provided CDA with an overview of pressing regional issues November 19. He reported that President Gul intends to visit cities outside Baghdad in addition to the capital during his upcoming Iraq visit [...] | 2008-11-20 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS PINS PGOV TU IZ IR |
08ANKARA2041 | TURKEY: POLICE LIFT CURTAIN ON ERGENEKON PROBE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish National Police on November 21 gave the Embassy an extensive briefing on their investigation into Ergenekon, the shadowy group alleged to have plotted an overthrow of the AKP government. The briefing presented a seamless informational overview, underscoring that Ergeneko [...] | 2008-11-24 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV TU |
08ANKARA2044 | Update on PKK Violence (November 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the November 8-15, 2008 reporting period, no securit [...] | 2008-11-25 07:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA2045 | TURKEY WELCOMES U.S. CT DIALOGUE PROPOSAL, URGES [...] (S) Summary. S/CT Dell Dailey urged Turkey November 14 to agree to an annual high-level counterterrorism (CT) dialogue, pressed it to use its influence with Syria to halt the transit of foreign terrorists and asked it to positively respond to earlier U.S. information-sharing proposals. Inter [...] | 2008-11-25 12:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV IZ SY EU TU |
08ANKARA2068 | Update on PKK Violence (November 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the November 16-23, 2008 reporting period, three se [...] | 2008-12-01 13:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA21 | TURKEY: DIYARBAKIR BOMBING KILLS FIVE, INJURES [...] (U) This is a joint Consulate Adana - Embassy Ankara cable. 2. (U) On January 3 at approximately 1650 hours local, an explosion in Diyarbakir's busy Yenisehir district rocked an area adjacent to the upscale Dedeman Hotel, a shopping mall, and military barracks, shattering windows in neighbo [...] | 2008-01-04 13:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV TU |
08ANKARA2115 | Update on PKK Violence (November 24-30, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the November 24-30, 2008 reporting period, no securi [...] | 2008-12-16 07:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA2116 | Update on PKK Violence (December 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 1-7, 2008 reporting period, no security [...] | 2008-12-16 07:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA2151 | TURKEY: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Domestic and transnational terrorist groups have targeted Turkish nationals and foreigners in Turkey, including, on occasion, USG personnel, for more than 40 years. Terrorist groups that operated in Turkey have included Kurdish separatist, Marxist-Leninist, radical Islamist, and pro-Chechen gr [...] | 2008-12-22 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PTER TU |
08ANKARA2174 | TURKEY/ISRAEL/SYRIA: OLMERT REMAINS POSITIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Israeli PM Olmert visited Ankara December 22 in what was billed a "farewell" call, meeting privately with PM Erdogan (we believe PM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu translated) and, with delegations, President Gul. Syria and Gaza dominated the agenda. According to Israeli Embass [...] | 2008-12-24 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV PTER IS SY TU |
08ANKARA218 | Update on PKK Violence (January 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 24-31, 2008 reporting period, no GOT se [...] | 2008-02-07 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA2190 | TURKEY CONDEMNS GAZA ATTACKS [...] (U) Turkey has reacted strongly to Israeli attacks in Gaza. PM Erdogan has called the attacks a "crime against humanity," a "blow to world peace," and complained they showed a "lack of respect" for Turkey, which has been exerting great efforts to restore peace in the region. President Gul wa [...] | 2008-12-30 17:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS PGOV PTER IS TU |
08ANKARA2196 | TURKEY: INFLUENTIAL THINKERS LOOK AHEAD TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Influential Ankara-based opinion makers told visiting EUR/SE Deputy Director Brink that: -- Continuation of US support for the fight against the PKK and the prevention of an Armenian Genocide Resolution (AGR) will be the key early bell-weather for Turkish-U.S. relations under th [...] | 2008-12-31 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CY TU |
08ANKARA226 | SCENESETTER FOR ASD SO/LIC/IC VICKERS' FEBRUARY [...] (S) Summary: US-Turkish mil-to-mil relations are stronger now than at any time since 2003. Both the political and military leadership welcome US intelligence support for Turkish military efforts against PKK terrorists in northern Iraq. This positive environment has helped revitalize the hist [...] | 2008-02-07 15:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER TU |
08ANKARA234 | TURKEY - TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] On February 8, we shared reftel information and points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Sakir Torunlar. He promised to share the information with relevant GOT ministries and offices promptly. He expressed appreciation for the notification and will follow up with us i [...] | 2008-02-08 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL |
08ANKARA235 | TURKEY : TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] On February 8, we shared reftel information and points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Sakir Torunlar. He promised to share the information with relevant GOT ministries and offices promptly. He expressed appreciation for the notification and will follow up with us i [...] | 2008-02-08 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC |
08ANKARA252 | TURKEY: TSA MOVES FORWARD ON PROVIDING SECURITY TRAINING [...] (SBU) During a January 22 meeting, Embassy Athens Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Representative Daniel Furlong and Turkish Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) Deputy Director General for Security Haydar Yalcin discussed various training programs previously requested by t [...] | 2008-02-11 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR TU |
08ANKARA266 | TURKEY: SE KURDS SKEPTICAL OF ANKARA'S NEWFOUND [...] (U) This is an AmConsul Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary. Despite increasing hints in Ankara that the GOT is considering proposals to start addressing the root causes of the Kurdish issue, leaders in southeastern Turkey are skeptical the GOT is committed to the reforms needed for a lasting solut [...] | 2008-02-13 07:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL TU IZ |
08ANKARA270 | Update on PKK Violence (February 1 - 7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 1 - 7, 2008 reporting period, no GOT s [...] | 2008-02-13 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA302 | Update on PKK Violence (February 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 8-15, 2008 reporting period, no GOT se [...] | 2008-02-19 09:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA31 | TURKEY: GOT ON NON-MILITARY SOLUTIONS TO PKK [...] (C) Summary and comment. The GOT is taking preliminary steps to address the political and economic demands of its Kurdish population, in conjunction with recent military attacks against terrorist PKK targets in northern Iraq. Both PM Erdogan's government and the Turkish General Staff (TGS) u [...] | 2008-01-08 06:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV IZ TU |
08ANKARA313 | TURKEY: SOLDIERS CAPTURED BY PKK ON TRIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The trial of the eight Turkish soldiers captured and subsequently released by the PKK in October 2007 began on February 1 in the Jandarma Command Military Court in Van. Following the hearing, the soldiers were released and will return to court April 25. The trial has been belo [...] | 2008-02-19 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PTER TU |
08ANKARA32 | Update on PKK Violence (December 24-31, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 24-31, 2007 reporting period, no GOT s [...] | 2008-01-08 07:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA324 | TURKEY/IRAQ: ASSISTING TURKEY WITH BORDER SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: U.S. intelligence cooperation in support of Turkish operations against the PKK has transformed our bilateral relations. As we look for ways to lower Turkey's reliance on purely military means to protect its borders, Turkey has expressed an interest in intelligence, surveillance [...] | 2008-02-21 12:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER KCRM MARR MOPS TU IZ IR |
08ANKARA327 | TURKEY: TERRORIST TAK THREATENS NEW WAVE OF VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The terrorist organization TAK (Kurdistan Freedom Falcons),close affiliate of the PKK terrorist group, announced February 19 it will initiate an extensive new wave of violence against military and civilian targets inside and outside Turkey. END SUMMARY. 2. (S) TAK, a deadly terrori [...] | 2008-02-21 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA331 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 1: TURKEY LAUNCHES GROUND [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) has publicly announced that Turkish forces have launched a ground operation into northern Iraq, which began at 1700 hours Zulu on February 21. Predator imagery has identified two columns of approximately 800 dismounted infantry six kilometers in [...] | 2008-02-22 10:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA332 | TURKEY: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) A strict reading of the criteria outlined in reftel paras 2 and 8 could lead to the conclusion that Turkey does not possess critical infrastructure (CI) or key resources (KR) whose incapacity or destruction would have a "debilitating impact on (U.S.) security, national economic security, [...] | 2008-02-22 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ECON ASEC PREL ETTC TU |
08ANKARA337 | AS TROOPS GO AFTER PKK, TURKEY LOOKS TO INCREASE [...] (S) SUMMARY: GOT officials are considering ways to increase engagement and cooperation with Iraqi counterparts, even as Turkish troops move across the Iraqi border to root out the PKK presence from areas through which they routinely access Turkish territory. Murat Ozcelik, the GOT's new Actin [...] | 2008-02-22 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA340 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 2: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (C) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue. According to press reporting, the Turkish ground units involved are two brigades from the Second Army based in Malatya. U.S. military logistics personnel at the Habur Gate crossing between Turkey and Iraq reported traffic flowing [...] | 2008-02-22 17:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA341 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 3: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (U) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. 2. (U) In a public announcement late on February 22, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) reported that operations are being carried out by J [...] | 2008-02-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA342 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 3: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (U) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. 2. (U) In a public announcement late on February 22, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) reported that operations are being carried out by J [...] | 2008-02-23 12:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA343 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 3: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (U) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. 2. (U) In a public announcement late on February 22, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) reported that operations are being carried out by J [...] | 2008-02-23 12:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA345 | PM ERDOGAN TELLS CODEL BIDEN TURKEY CAN DO MORE IN [...] (C) Summary. Turkish PM Erdogan briefed visiting Senators Biden, Kerry and Hagel February 22 on GOT efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq, the fight against terrorism and Turkey's relations with Armenia. Noting the senators' previous stop in Afghanistan, Erdogan said Turkey can do more in Afghanistan [...] | 2008-02-25 07:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PTER PGOV AF IZ TU |
08ANKARA348 | Update on PKK Violence (February 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 16-23, 2008 reporting period, two secu [...] | 2008-02-25 08:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA354 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 4: GROUND OPERATIONS, MILITARY [...] (SBU) Turkish ground operations in the Zap-Metina area of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. Weather in the objective area is expected to deteriorate significantly over the next 24-48 hours, limiting air operations [...] | 2008-02-25 12:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA355 | TURKEY: ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEY URGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Attorney General Mukasey discussed counterterrorism and law enforcement cooperation with Turkish Justice Minister Sahin and Interior Minister Atalay during his February 14-15 visit to Ankara, apparently the first official visit by a U.S. Attorney General. Both sides reaffirme [...] | 2008-02-25 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CJAN OVIP PGOV PREL PTER SNAR KCRM TU |
08ANKARA357 | TURKEY: DPM CICEK,S HARSH RHETORIC SETS BACK CT [...] (C) Summary. In separate February 19 meetings with the Belgian Ministers of Justice and the Interior, Turkey's DPM Cemil Cicek used very blunt language to insist that Belgium crack down on terrorism, according to both Turkish MFA and Belgian Embassy sources. Cicek implied Belgium should not [...] | 2008-02-25 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL BE TU |
08ANKARA360 | TURKS TERM INAUGURAL TURKEY-EU CT TALKS "GOOD [...] (C) Summary. The first Turkey-EU bilateral counterterrorism talks held February 19 in Brussels were generally positive, according to MFA officials. Although the Euros continue to be focused on Al Qaeda and counter radicalization, new CT mechanisms can also be applied to the PKK, they noted. [...] | 2008-02-25 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EU TU |
08ANKARA366 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 5: GROUND OPERATIONS CONTINUE, [...] (C) Turkish ground forces continue to engage PKK terrorists in the Zap Metina region of northern Iraq, supported by air and artillery strikes. Deteriorating weather conditions in the objective area will likely hamper operations over the next 24 hours. Normal logistics and customs operations [...] | 2008-02-26 12:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA376 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 6: DAY 5 OF GROUND OPERATIONS [...] (C) Turkish ground troops continued to receive air and artillery support on February 26, despite poor weather conditions. Weather in the objective area is expected to improve over the next 24-48 hours. Normal logistics and customs operations continue at Habur Gate. 2. (U) A Turkish Genera [...] | 2008-02-27 11:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA384 | CODEL BIDEN MEETS WITH FM BABACAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Biden discussed with Turkish FM Babacan ongoing U.S.-Turkey cooperation and efforts to promote stability in the region, notably in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, during a February 22 meeting. Babacan described the EU accession process as integral to Turkey's ongoing dem [...] | 2008-02-27 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV TU |
08ANKARA385 | Codel Biden talks Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan with [...] (SBU) Summary: President Gul, in a February 22 meeting with Codel Biden, focused on political realism and participation as the key to stability in Iraq. Maximalist demands were counterproductive. The surge was working. Passage of important legislation would further enhance political integra [...] | 2008-02-27 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV PK BM AF EUN TU |
08ANKARA386 | CODEL BIDEN MEETS WITH FM BABACAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Biden discussed with Turkish FM Babacan ongoing U.S.-Turkey cooperation and efforts to promote stability in the region, notably in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, during a February 22 meeting. Babacan described the EU accession process as integral to Turkey's ongoing dem [...] | 2008-02-28 07:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV TU |
08ANKARA387 | Codel Biden talks Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan with [...] (SBU) Summary: President Gul, in a February 22 meeting with Codel Biden, focused on political realism and participation as the key to stability in Iraq. Maximalist demands were counterproductive. The surge was working. Passage of important legislation would further enhance political integra [...] | 2008-02-28 07:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV PK BM AF EUN TU |
08ANKARA389 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 7: DAY 6 OF GROUND OPERATIONS [...] (C) Turkish forces continued to engage PKK in the Zap Metina region of northern Iraq, backed by close air support and artillery. Operations at the Habur Gate crossing remained normal. 2. (U) A Turkish General Staff (TGS) statement on February 27 reported 77 terrorists and 5 Turkish soldier [...] | 2008-02-28 09:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA39 | TURKEY: ONGOING PKK VIOLENCE TAKES A NEW TACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: PKK violence has continued since 2004, when the terrorist group ended a ceasefire it had observed following the capture of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in 1999. In 2007, the PKK was responsible for the deaths of at least 139 security personnel and 27 civilians. Another 216 security [...] | 2008-01-09 11:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA394 | S/CT PDAS URBANCIC'S ANKARA VISIT: PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary. Ankara-based diplomats expressed frustration in dealing with Turkish prosecutors and described successes in tackling the PKK during a February 12 meeting with S/CT PDAS Urbancic. The Belgian police liaison reported establishment of a new federal prosecutor dedicated to PKK crime [...] | 2008-02-29 08:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV EU TU |
08ANKARA395 | TURKEY WELCOMES U.S. EFFORTS AGAINST PKK, WANTS [...] (C) Summary. European officials are starting to treat the PKK as both a terrorist organization and an organized crime operation that poses a danger to Europe, S/CT PDAS Urbancic told a February 12 interagency meeting of Turkish officials lead by MFA Security Affairs Director General Hayati Guv [...] | 2008-02-29 08:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV EU TU |
08ANKARA398 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 8: DAY 7 OF GROUND OPERATIONS [...] (S//REL TO USA, GBR) Although we have received no formal TGS notification, elements of the Turkish forces involved in the cross-border operation in northern Iraq appear to have begun withdrawing from their forward operating bases. Turkish air force and artillery units conducted cross-border C [...] | 2008-02-29 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA41 | TURKEY'S PM DISCUSSES TERRORISM, ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary. In a January 7 meeting with Codel Martinez, Prime Minister Erdogan said he hopes for continued, vigorous bilateral cooperation against terrorism and stressed Turkey wants to contribute positively to Iraq's welfare. He said the House's Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.R.106) had [...] | 2008-01-09 13:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV AM IZ TU |
08ANKARA417 | TURKEY: MEDIA COVERAGE OF MILITARY OPERATION IN [...] (U) Summary: Civilian and military officials have had to respond to criticism from the opposition, reflected both in the mainstream and opposition press, that Turkey bowed to U.S. pressure to withdraw its troops from northern Iraq. The withdrawal occurred the day after Defense Secretary Gates' [...] | 2008-03-03 14:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA431 | AFTERMATH OF TURKEY'S REDEPLOYMENT FROM IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: As reported in reftel, the military and government have come under public criticism here for having withdrawn Turkish troops from northern Iraq "in response to US pressure" that was conveyed in remarks Secretary Gates and the President made on February 28. One senior officer com [...] | 2008-03-05 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS IZ US TU |
08ANKARA432 | Update on PKK Violence (February 24 - 29, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 24-29, 2008 reporting period, 17 securi [...] | 2008-03-05 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA436 | TURKEY: KURDISH REACTIONS TO THE CROSS-BORDER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 05:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER OSCE TU IZ |
08ANKARA442 | SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Since your 2002 visit, US-Turkey relations have been buffeted by differences over Iraq, combatting the PKK, and the House Armenian genocide resolution. We are pulling out of that tailspin, largely due to recently expanded cooperation against the PKK. Anti-Americanism is easing and we are [...] | 2008-03-06 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV PTER ECON IZ TU |
08ANKARA461 | TALABANI GOES TO ANKARA: A BREAKTHROUGH VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's March 7-8 visit to Ankara, hailed by President Gul as the first ever by a democratically-elected Iraqi head of state to Turkey, should help to repair bilateral relations. It is remarkable for having occurred only one week after the return of Turkis [...] | 2008-03-10 09:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA483 | TURKEY/IRAQ: DIPLOMACY MUST COME FIRST [...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior GOT officials are committed to following through with efforts to transform Turkey's relationship with Iraq and set a new course focused principally on diplomacy. Jalal Talabani's successful March 7-8 visit to Ankara, the first by a democratically elected Iraqi head of stat [...] | 2008-03-12 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA487 | TURKEY: MORE ATTENTION TO AL-QA,IDA, GLOBAL [...] (S) Summary. S/CT PDAS Urbancic, during February 12 meetings in Ankara, briefed a Turkish interagency group on Al-Qa'ida and its wider network (AQN) and the findings from the AQ documents obtained through Objective Massey, urging Turkey to strengthen its fight against Al-Qa'ida and other terr [...] | 2008-03-12 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL TU |
08ANKARA488 | Update on PKK Violence (March 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the March 1-7, 2008 reporting period, no Turkish se [...] | 2008-03-13 03:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA525 | Update on PKK Violence (March 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the March 8-15, 2008 reporting period, no Turkish s [...] | 2008-03-19 10:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA553 | TURKEY: THE UPS AND DOWNS OF GOVERNMENT-MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Turkish military operations against PKK terrorists in northern Iraq over the past three months have lent a facade of unity to the contentious relationship between the military leadership and Prime Minister Erdogan's governing Justice and Development Party (AKP). The Turkish Gener [...] | 2008-03-21 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PSEC MOPS PTER TU |
08ANKARA559 | TURKEY: SE KURDS HOPE REFORM MOMENTUM WILL [...] (C) Optimistic voices in the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) and Diyarbakir NGO community view the combination of Western pressure, alleged Turkish military set-backs against the PKK, and the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP's) self-interest in expanding democratic refor [...] | 2008-03-24 10:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA56 | Update on PKK Violence (January 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 1 - 7, 2008 reporting period, no GOT se [...] | 2008-01-11 07:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA566 | Update on PKK Violence (March 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the March 16-23, 2008 reporting period, no Turkish [...] | 2008-03-26 09:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA574 | TURKEY-DENMARK C/T COOPERATION AND ROJ-TV [...] (C) During Danish FM Per Stig Moller's March 25-26 visit, he and Turkish FM Ali Babacan signed an MOU (reported septel) which, among other things, agreed to enhance "bilateral cooperation in the field of the fight against terrorism," Danish DCM Soren Jacobsen told us March 27. A separate add [...] | 2008-03-27 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER DE TU |
08ANKARA577 | TURKEY STRESSES TO FM SPANTA ITS CONTINUED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Afghan FM Spanta, visiting Ankara March 18, did not ask for more troops from Turkey, saying it was a NATO decision. He did, however, ask for more military training. Turkey is prepared to respond; FM Babacan will take up the issue with the Turkish General Staff (TGS). Spanta als [...] | 2008-03-27 15:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NATO AF PK TU |
08ANKARA588 | C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 ANKARA 000588 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 17:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREL PTER |
08ANKARA627 | TURKEY/IRAQ: S/I SATTERFIELD CONSULTS GOT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with MFA U/S Apakan, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu, GOT Iraq Coordinator Ozcelik, Presidency foreign affairs advisor Turkoglu, and D/CHOD Gen. Saygun March 31, S/I Satterfield warned of the political situation in which Iraq PM Maliki finds himself as a result of the se [...] | 2008-04-03 12:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS PINS PGOV TU IZ IR |
08ANKARA63 | TURKEY: PKK DEMOBILIZATION IN THE SPOTLIGHT [...] (C) Summary: The idea of an amnesty as part of a comprehensive plan to deal with the PKK issue is under broad discussion in Turkey (reftel). Suggesting leniency, even for PKKers without blood on their hands, poses political risks. But for Turkey to resolve this decades-old insurgency, it must [...] | 2008-01-11 16:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL TU IZ |
08ANKARA636 | Update on PKK Violence (March 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the March 24-31, 2008 reporting period, three Turkis [...] | 2008-04-04 07:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA64 | TURKEY: PM, OPPOSITION TRIPS TO DIYARBAKIR MOVE [...] (C) Summary and comment: The tragic January 3 PKK bombing in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, which prompted condolence visits to the city by PM Erdogan and opposition head Deniz Baykal as well as CHOD Buyukanit, provided a platform for Turkey's highest ranking politicians to hear ordina [...] | 2008-01-14 06:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON TU IZ |
08ANKARA645 | EL KADI'S ASSETS REMAIN FROZEN IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) On April 2, the Administrative Court Council rejected the appeal of Saudi national Yassin el Kadi to release his frozen assets. El Kadi had appealed to vacate an earlier decision by the Danistay, or Council of State, that reconfirmed the authority of the Turkish Government to freeze hi [...] | 2008-04-04 15:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN TU |
08ANKARA675 | TURKEY: TNP COUNTERS TERRORIST RECRUITMENT IN THE [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish National Police (TNP) in Ankara are countering efforts by terrorist groups to recruit in high schools, according to TNP sources. The terrorist groups typically befriend vulnerable youth through "innocent" activities and gradually introduce anti-government comments an [...] | 2008-04-09 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC TU |
08ANKARA695 | Update on PKK Violence (April 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 1-7, 2008 reporting period, one village g [...] | 2008-04-14 08:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA724 | Update on PKK Violence (April 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK-related violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 8-15, 2008 reporting period, two s [...] | 2008-04-18 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA747 | TURKEY-IRAN SECURITY DIALOGUE: COOPERATION REMAINS [...] (C) Turkey-Iran security cooperation was not advanced substantially at the 12th Turkey-Iran Supreme Security Commission meeting, held in Ankara, April 15-16, MFA Security Affairs Head of Department (bilateral and multilateral security cooperation) Metin Ergin told us April 21. Ergin describe [...] | 2008-04-22 09:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PREL PGOV PTER IR TU |
08ANKARA748 | TURKEY: STOPPING TRAVEL TO ANNUAL PKK TERRORIST [...] (S) Turkey is appreciative of USG efforts to raise the level of attention paid by European and regional governments to the potential for PKK members to travel to northern Iraq to participate in the group's annual conference, as instructed in ref a. MFA Department Head for the PKK Ceren Etiz t [...] | 2008-04-22 09:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KTFN PTER PREL IZ TU |
08ANKARA772 | TURKISH MFA ON IRAQ MEETINGS IN KUWAIT [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu briefed Ambassador April 24 on Turkish FM Babacan's talks with PM Maliki in Kuwait earlier this week. He said the Turks found Maliki more confident after the Basra confrontation. Both sides were pleased with progress on the mil-mil front, economic coope [...] | 2008-04-24 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ US TU |
08ANKARA778 | Update on PKK Violence (April 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK-related violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 16-23, 2008 reporting period, six [...] | 2008-04-25 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA825 | TURKEY-IRAQ: SPRING WEATHER BRINGS UPSWING IN [...] (S) Summary: Turkish security operations against PKK terrorists in Turkey and in northern Iraq have increased with the onset of spring. Meanwhile, clashes within Turkey have occurred as far north as Kars and have claimed up to eleven Turkish dead this month. Turkish forces conducted the lar [...] | 2008-04-30 07:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ TU |
08ANKARA861 | Update on PKK Violence (April 24-30, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 24-30, 2008 reporting period, seven securi [...] | 2008-05-05 14:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA87 | TURKEY: OPPOSITION TO DIALOGUE WITH KRG SLOWLY [...] (S) Repeated and ongoing efforts to convince the GOT to engage directly with Iraqi Kurds, beginning with President Talabani and eventually include Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) officials, appear gradually to be gaining traction. GOT Deputy Iraq Coordinator Murat Ozcelik (please protect) is [...] | 2008-01-16 09:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA887 | TURKEY: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) During April 28-29 meetings in Ankara with MFA Undersecretary Apakan, Presidency advisor Turkoglu, PM advisor Davutoglu, Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) president Cakiroglu, six members of parliament, and Turkish General Staff J-5 LTG Zorlu, UNVIE Ambassador Schulte urged continued [...] | 2008-05-08 09:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KNUC UNSC IR TU |
08ANKARA901 | TURKEY: IRAQ SPECIAL REP. OZCELIK LOOKS AT NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish MFA Special Representative for Iraq Murat Ozcelik plans to return to Baghdad May 13 to resume consultations with the GOI and has the green light from President Gul and the Turkish military to meet with Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) president Massoud Barzani in Baghdad. [...] | 2008-05-09 16:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON ENRG TU IZ |
08ANKARA903 | LEBANON NEEDS ITS FRIENDS - TURKEY [...] (c) We spoke separately on May 9 with Turkish Presidency/Prime Ministry foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu, MFA U/S Apakan and MFA Syria desk officer Cem Ulusoy regarding Lebanon. Drawing on reftel points, we emphasized the need for Turkey to be as fully supportive now as possible of the [...] | 2008-05-09 16:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE TU |
08ANKARA906 | THREATS AGAINST U.S. INTERESTS UNDERSCORE NEED TO [...] (SBU) A spokesperson for the Party of Free Life for Kurdistan (PJAK) stated May 4 that PJAK had "changed its mind about the United States Government and we are standing against them now," AP reported May 5 from Qandil in northern Iraq. Peritan Derseem, described as a senior PJAK official, cla [...] | 2008-05-12 07:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER TU |
08ANKARA911 | TURKEY-IRAQ: TURKEY RETALIATES AGAINST PKK ATTACK [...] (S) Following a May 9 PKK attack against a Turkish jandarma border post in Hakkari province that killed several Turkish soldiers, Turkish artillery and warplanes launched strikes on May 10 targeting suspected PKK facilities and PKK elements fleeing into northern Iraq following the attack. Turk [...] | 2008-05-12 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ TU |
08ANKARA920 | TURKEY: SOUTHEAST CONTACTS HOPEFUL ON GOT-IRAQ [...] (U) This is a joint Consulate Adana-Embassy Ankara message. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Kurdish leaders in Turkey's southeast are pleased that Ankara has initiated formal contacts with northern Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government (KRG),reflecting a more pragmatic Turkish approach to the reg [...] | 2008-05-13 08:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON TU IZ |
08ANKARA926 | TURKEY-IRAQ: TURKEY RETALIATES AGAINST PKK ATTACK [...] (S) Following a May 9 PKK attack against a Turkish jandarma border post in Hakkari province that killed several Turkish soldiers, Turkish artillery and warplanes launched strikes on May 10 targeting PKK elements fleeing into northern Iraq following the attack and other suspected PKK facilities [...] | 2008-05-13 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ TU |
08ANKARA932 | TURKISH RESPONSE ON UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (S) Summary. We met May 14 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Inan Ozyildiz and Section Chief Metin Ergin. Ozyildiz promised to share reftel A information promptly with appropriate e [...] | 2008-05-14 14:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL BA QA TU |
08ANKARA947 | Update on PKK Violence (May 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 1-7, 2008 reporting period, one security of [...] | 2008-05-16 11:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA956 | Update on PKK Violence (May 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 8-15, 2008 reporting period, seven security [...] | 2008-05-20 07:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA965 | TURKEY: STOPPING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO [...] (C) Summary. Turkey is acutely aware of the Al Qaeda Network (AQN) threat and is actively collecting against it, an MFA official told us May 20. Turkey cannot, however, engage in broad "profiling" of young male travelers. Urged to consider new border security and information-sharing arrange [...] | 2008-05-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC IZ SY TU |
08ANKARA970 | TURKS SEEK ELECTORAL EQUALITY IN KIRKUK [...] (S) SUMMARY: GOT officials are seeking to gain traction on a proposal to amend Iraq's draft provincial elections law to incorporate a guaranteed power-sharing arrangement for Kirkuk that would help protect Turkmen equities. Acknowledging they are late, since the draft law is already far along, [...] | 2008-05-21 18:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA971 | TURKS SEEK ELECTORAL EQUALITY IN KIRKUK [...] (S) SUMMARY: GOT officials are seeking to gain traction on a proposal to amend Iraq's draft provincial elections law to incorporate a guaranteed power-sharing arrangement for Kirkuk that would help protect Turkmen equities. Acknowledging they are late, since the draft law is already far along, [...] | 2008-05-22 04:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA99 | TURKEY AT A CROSSROADS ON SOUTHEAST, [...] (C) Summary and comment: Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat (please protect),ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) vice chair, political veteran and ethnic Kurd, believes President Gul and PM Erdogan's recent White House meetings created an opportunity for progress on Turkey's Kurdish issue. It [...] | 2008-01-17 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM TU IZ |
08ANKARA996 | ERDOGAN'S GAP PLAN - LONG ON RHETORIC, SHORT ON [...] (C) Summary. During a May 27 visit to Diyarbakir, Prime Minister Erdogan turned an official speech into a two-hour political rally. His aim was to detail plans to complete the Southeast Development Project (GAP, in Turkish). After 90 minutes of platitudes about his administration's contribu [...] | 2008-05-28 04:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PREL PTER TU |
08ANTANANARIVO759 | COMORAN PRESIDENT SAMBI'S IRAN TIES ARE UNPOPULAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Union of the Comoros President Sambi faces criticism at home for his efforts to enhance ties with Iran, mostly because moderate Sunni Comoros is wary of Shi'ism. Iran has opened a "foundation" office in Moroni to fund schools and an Iranian Red Crescent clinic. Most Comorans and [...] | 2008-11-12 09:00:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PTER CN IR |
08ANTANANARIVO831 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE MODEL [...] (SBU) On December 11, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche and associated documentation to Ms. Harifera Rabemananjara, Acting Director of Multilateral Cooperation, and GOM POC on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In contrast to previous [...] | 2008-12-11 14:25:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PTER PREL KGIC MA |
08ANTANANARIVO832 | MADAGASCAR: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] International terrorism remained a concern in Madagascar in 2008 due to the island nation's inadequately monitored 3,000 mile coastline. Despite limited resources, government officials were eager to cooperate with the United States and the international community to implement counterterrorism [...] | 2008-12-12 08:38:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC MA |
08ANTANANARIVO850 | GOM NOTIFIED OF LASHKAR-E-TAYYIBA TERRORIST [...] (SBU) The names and talking points provided in reftel were delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Malagasy financial intelligence unit (SAMIFIN),and the Central Bank on December 18. Post will report any substantive responses received from the GOM. MARQUARDT [...] | 2008-12-19 07:53:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC MA |
08ANTANANARIVO871 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE INVITATION [...] (U) On December 23, the Charge and Russian DCM Dmitri Kirizliev delivered reftel joint demarche to MFA Secretary General Mboara Andrianarimanana, inviting Malagasy participation in the 2009 Global Initiative plenary meeting in The Hague. He responded that the GOM intends to be present, most l [...] | 2008-12-23 14:58:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MA |
08ASHGABAT1209 | TURKMENISTAN: SHOOTING INCIDENT IN KHITROVKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on September 9, two men, one armed with an AK-47, killed a soldier in a three-person foot patrol and wounded another soldier and the policeman with him. The suspects escaped. Police sources claim the suspects were extremists or at least influenced by outsiders. It is unc [...] | 2008-09-11 14:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SOCI KCRM TX |
08ASHGABAT1229 | TURKMENISTAN: KHITROVKA - - INITIAL HOTWASH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Police were in a gun battle September 12 at a bottled water factory north of town with a group of men linked to the two suspects who escaped following the shooting of peace officers on September 8. Starting late on September 12 and extending until the afternoon of September 13, po [...] | 2008-09-15 13:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PTER KCRM KISL SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1238 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE SECURITY COUNCIL CONVENED IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On September 15, President Berdimuhamedov held a session of Turkmenistan's State Security Council. During the proceedings, the president acknowledged that there had been significant casualties during last weekend's arme [...] | 2008-09-16 14:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER KCRM TX |
08ASHGABAT1359 | TURKMENSITAN'S RESPONSE TO LONDON PLENARY SESSION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent the following diplomatic note, dated September 29, 2008, addressed to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of countries-participants of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF): Begin Text: [...] | 2008-10-15 09:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ECON KNNC TX |
08ASHGABAT1374 | TURKMENISTAN: UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY CENTER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN's Preventive Diplomacy Center in Ashgabat hosted the Central Asian deputy foreign ministers in a one-day forum to discuss regional challenges that include water, energy and Afghanistan, and to negotiate the e [...] | 2008-10-17 14:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER SNAR UN TX |
08ASHGABAT146 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: LOGISTICS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER EWWT TX |
08ASHGABAT311 | DESIGNATION OF FOUR ABU GHADIYAH NETWORK MEMBERS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 11:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT426 | TURKMENISTAN: NOT INTENDING TO SEND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-04 12:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PARM MCAP TX |
08ASHGABAT473 | BAHRAIN ENDORSES GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-15 12:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER DTRA KGIC KNNP BA TX |
08ASHGABAT477 | DATE AND MEETING DETAILS FOR A GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-15 14:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC PARM PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT602 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV INCREASES [...] (C) Over recent months, there has been a noticeable increase in security around President Berdimuhamedov. For example, both RSO and defense attaches from various embassies have noticed that there are more police (including plainclothes officers) on the street when the president moves around [...] | 2008-05-09 06:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PTER SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT648 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-20 11:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PTER KGIC PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT711 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: ENCOURAGING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-03 12:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP TX |
08ASHGABAT742 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR LET OPERATIVES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 02:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC |
08ASHGABAT751 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 06:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC BA QA TX |
08ASHGABAT757 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 11:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP TX |
08ASHGABAT781 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF NINE NAMES DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 12:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR UNSC BA QA TX |
08ASHGABAT809 | TERRORISM FINANCE: INFORMATION ON U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 12:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER EFIN KTFN ETTC UNSC TX |
08ASHGABAT813 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 04:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN TX |
08ASHGABAT927 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE CONFERENCE ON LEGAL AND REGULATORY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-22 06:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT975 | MAURITIUS AND UZBEKISTAN ENDORSE GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-29 07:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP TX |
08ASHGABAT976 | MAURITIUS AND UZBEKISTAN ENDORSE GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-29 07:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP TX |
08ASHGABAT978 | INFORMATION ON DESIGNATION OF AL-QUAIDA-AFFILIATED TERROR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-29 09:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL AG TX |
08ASMARA155 | ARS ON AL-SHABAAB, SOMALI RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: Senior members of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) warned the ambassador March 19 that the unpopular Ethiopian "occupation" of Somalia is causing Somalis to hail al-Shabaab gunmen as heroes and freedom fighters. The ARS members stressed that al-Shabaab's value [...] | 2008-03-24 12:18:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER SO ER |
08ASMARA20 | SUSPICIOUS NASAIR [...] (C) An Asmara-based European ambassador told the ambassador January 11 that Nasair, a relatively new and shadowy airline based in Massawa, Eritrea, is owned and controlled by Sudanese intelligence. Nasair, which operates scheduled flights to Kenya, Sudan, Chad, and UAE, is a registered Eritre [...] | 2008-01-14 10:18:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PTER PREL ER SU XW |
08ASMARA27 | CODEL PAYNE MEETS SOMALI ARS REPRESENTATIVES [...] (U) Summary. On January 4 CODEL Payne met with five representatives of the Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia (ARS) at the Intercontinental Hotel in Asmara. ARS members stated their views of U.S. policies in the Horn of Africa, the reasons for and consequences of the Ethiopian invasion [...] | 2008-01-17 08:19:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL PTER ER SO |
08ASMARA348 | A RARE, CIVIL CT RESPONSE FROM ERITREA [...] (SBU) Like NASA firing blind probes into Deep Space, Embassy Asmara dutifully transmits counter-terrorism designations and related demarches to the government of Eritrea. It has been several years since Post has received even acknowledgement, let alone a response, from our non-communicative h [...] | 2008-07-10 12:18:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL ER |
08ASMARA408 | ARS HARD-LINER ADMITS DISSENTION IN RANKS [...] (C) PolOff met on August 12 with Mahad Yusuf, Inspector General and Central Committee member of the hard-line branch of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS). Yusuf explained that the hard-liners have now consolidated their beliefs into two quarreling ideologies: patriotic and Is [...] | 2008-08-15 07:39:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SO ER |
08ASMARA531 | ERITREAN GOVERNMENT FEARS OF AL QAEDA POTENTIAL IN [...] (S/NF) Eritrean Minister of Defense Sebhat Ephrem told the French ambassador he was concerned about the possibility that Al Qaeda could establish a presence in Djibouti. He cited five factors he thought made Djibouti vulnerable to Islamist extremism: 1) Djibouti's proximity to Yemen; 2) its [...] | 2008-11-04 11:19:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PGOV ER DJ |
08ASMARA540 | SHEIKH DAHIR HASSAN AWEYS SPOTTED AT LUNCH [...] (C) RSO observed Sheikh Dahir Hassan Aweys at the Lion Hotel restaurant in Asmara on 11/06/08. At approximately 1400 hrs, Aweys, accompanied by three unknown males entered the restaurant, which was empty of other patrons except for those at the RSO's table. Aweys looked at the RSO's table, w [...] | 2008-11-10 04:57:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV ER SO |
08ASMARA587 | DEMARCHE ON COOPERATION ON COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (S) Post has not received a response to demarche (ref) requesting Eritrea's cooperation on counter-terrorism issues. 2. (S) At Yemane Ghebreab's request, the ambassador and A/DCM met with him at the headquarters of the Peoples Front for Democracy and Justice December 11. The ambassador stat [...] | 2008-12-11 12:34:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET | ER PREL PTER |
08ASMARA602 | ERITREA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] In 2008, Eritrea experienced no major act of international terrorism. The Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs announced in August 2007 that the USG was compiling information in consideration of putting Eritrea on the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism for its alleged suppor [...] | 2008-12-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC ER |
08ASMARA89 | ERITREAN MFA ON UNMEE, COUNTER-TERRORISM, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fessehazion Petros, the second-ranking official in Eritrea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with the ambassador for ninety minutes February 21 and discussed UNMEE, regional dynamics, counter-terrorism, Kosovo, and bilateral issues. He reiterated a litany of perceived slights t [...] | 2008-02-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PTER ER |
08ASTANA1027 | KAZAKHSTAN WILL ATTEND FOURTH MEETING OF GLOBAL [...] Sergey Savelyev, Head of the MFA's International Security Section, told Poloff on June 3 that Kazakhstan will attend the fourth meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Kazakhstan's delegation will be led by Deputy Foreign Minister Nurlan Danenov. Savelyev will also part [...] | 2008-06-03 11:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA1500 | KAZAKHSTAN ASKS FOR GREATER USG ASSISTANCE ON GI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. (SBU) On August 12, we met with Sergey Saveliyev, MFA's Deputy Director of International Security Department, to discuss the upcoming seminar on battling nuclear terrorism organized under the auspices of Global Initiative. The semin [...] | 2008-08-12 10:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA1525 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING SUICIDE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-18 08:57:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR KDRG PREL KZ |
08ASTANA1567 | KAZAKHSTAN AGREES TO JOINT DEMARCHE ON [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) We delivered reftel points to Fairzarkhman Kasenov, Advisor at the MFA's International Cooperation Department. Kasenov gladly welcomed the USG proposal to pass the invitation for the upcoming GI exercise via a joint demarche [...] | 2008-08-25 10:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KGIT KGIC KZ |
08ASTANA1662 | KAZAKHSTAN DECLINES OFFER OF JOINT DEMARCHE ON GI [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points on the USG offer to do a joint demarche encouraging participation in Kazakhstan's upcoming Global Initiative event to Sergey Saveliyev, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of Multilateral Cooperation, on September 2. Saveliyev thanked the USG for its willi [...] | 2008-09-04 11:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KZ KNNP PARM PREL PTER |
08ASTANA1808 | KAZAKHSTAN - WHEAT EXPORTS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE IN [...] (C) According to the Egyptian Embassy, Kazakhstani wheat exports to Egypt are an important issue in Kazakhstan-Egypt bilateral relations and were a main topic of discussion for the August 29 visit to Astana of Egyptian Trade and Industry Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid. Egypt is interested in [...] | 2008-09-17 11:37:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAGR PTER KZ EG |
08ASTANA2161 | KAZAKHSTAN PROVIDES UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On October 21, we delivered reftel points requesting updated Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism contact information for Kazakhstan to Fairzarkhman Kasenov, Counselor in the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Cooperation. Kasenov expressed the Government of Kazakhstan,s continu [...] | 2008-10-31 12:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER MCAP KGIC KZ |
08ASTANA2262 | KAZAKHSTAN: LOCAL MEDIA FINALLY REPORT RETURN OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani media did not report the return to Kazakhstan of Guantanamo detainee Dolkun Kerimbakiyev until one week after his arrival. The government made no announcement about the return. Several media outle [...] | 2008-11-17 10:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PINR PHUM KDRG KAWC KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2267 | KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER TAZHIN BRIEFED ON [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on U.S. policy on Afghan reconciliation to Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin on November 18, stressing that reconciliation comes with strict conditions that insurgents must lay down their arms, return to normal life, recognize the democratically elected [...] | 2008-11-18 11:03:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF KZ |
08ASTANA2405 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism,s Model Guidelines Document for Nuclear Detection Architecture on December 2 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Cooperation. Savelyev said he would repo [...] | 2008-12-05 11:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KZ |
08ASTANA2538 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan continued to combat domestic terrorism and extremism aggressively and took tangible steps to continue cooperation and information-sharing with the United States and international organizations. Kazakhstan a [...] | 2008-12-23 09:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR ASEC KZ |
08ASTANA2583 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE FIFTH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In conjunction with the Ambassador from the Netherlands and a representative from the Embassy of the Russian Federation, PolOff delivered reftel A points on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism's upco [...] | 2008-12-31 09:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC KZ |
08ASUNCION181 | FORMER PPL MEMBERS ANNOUNCE EXISTENCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Free Fatherland Party (PPL) members announced March 17 the existence of the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP),an armed revolutionary group operating in Concepcion Department. Their comments followed a March 12 incident in which the EPP claimed responsibility for vandalizing [...] | 2008-03-25 13:34:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PINS PA |
08ASUNCION258 | BOMB THREAT AT OAS DELEGATES' HOTEL [...] (SBU) At 0815 on April 18, the hotel "La Mission," where the delegates of the Organization of American States (OAS) electoral mission for Paraguay's elections April 20 are staying, received a bomb threat. The hotel's administrative secretary received a call from an unidentified male who SIPD [...] | 2008-04-18 17:08:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC OAS PA |
08ASUNCION425 | PARAGUAYAN SENATE OVERRULES PRESIDENT ON PENAL CODE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paraguay's Senate overruled President Duarte's partial veto of the revised penal code June 25 and passed it into law, ending the penal code's 15-month journey through the legislative process. Final passage is a success for Paraguay, but it still has much to do to reform its le [...] | 2008-06-26 22:27:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM PREL PGOV ECON PA |
08ASUNCION62 | THREE PLUS ONE READOUT [...] (C) The January 10-11 Three-Plus-One Security Dialogue with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and the United States in Asuncion played out as expected, with fruitful coordination on the margins of the meeting, but plenary interventions from the three focused primarily on crime fighting and preserving [...] | 2008-01-29 17:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM PGOV GTIP SNAR PA BR AR |
08ASUNCION709 | PPL MEMBERS INDICTED FOR KIDNAPPING AS LAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguayan authorities indicted former Free Fatherland Party (PPL) members Manuel Cristaldo Mieres and Osvaldo Villalba September 23 for the kidnapping (and post-ransom release) of former Tacuati mayor and wealthy rancher Luis Alberto Lindstron. Whether politically or just finan [...] | 2008-10-20 13:49:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PTER ASEC PINS PGOV PA BR AR |
08ASUNCION722 | TENSIONS WITH BRAZIL INCREASE OVER LAND AND [...] (C) Paraguay's bilateral relations with Brazil soured in October over Brazilian military exercises on the Paraguayan border and an increase in invasions of land owned by Brazilian-Paraguayans. Although Brazil informed Paraguay of its plans to conduct military exercises, Paraguayan officials c [...] | 2008-10-24 18:41:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PINS PGOV PREL PA BR AR ES |
08ASUNCION814 | PARAGUAY SHAKES UP SECURITY FORCES LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lugo administration in late November appointed new leadership in the Military Forces and the National Police in the biggest change in Paraguay's security apparatus in decades. By retiring many scores of security officials and promoting a new cadre of leaders, the Lugo adm [...] | 2008-12-09 13:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MARR PINS PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION857 | AMBASSADOR IN CIUDAD DEL ESTE: REFORMS STILL [...] (C) Political, law enforcement, and private sector representatives told Ambassador in Ciudad del Este December 9-10 that the Paraguayan government needs significant political, economic, and judicial reform. Prosecutors, business leaders, and activists expressed concern over political corrupt [...] | 2008-12-23 14:38:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SNAR PTER PHUM PA |
08ATHENS1034 | KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE FARC POINTS DELIVERED [...] (C) A/Pol Counselor met July 21 with Christos Maniakis Grivas, Deputy Director of the MFA A-8 Department for Latin America and the Caribbean, to make reftel points on keeping the pressure on the FARC. Maniakis Grivas listened carefully and said that he would ensure that the MFA Political Dire [...] | 2008-07-21 15:24:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL COL VE HR EU PTER AF SNAR PGOV GR |
08ATHENS1120 | NEW GREEK DOMESTIC TERROR GROUP EMERGES [...] (SBU) Greek anti-terrorist investigators believe that a new terrorist group has emerged following bombing incidents on June 24 and July 28. In the first incident, a small explosion was set off outside an officAthens suburb of MarouQwQ In both incidents, "died improvised devic verified manner [...] | 2008-08-04 16:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER GR |
08ATHENS1122 | VISA WAIVER: GREEK FM BAKOYANNIS PRESSES FOR [...] (C) In separate conversations with Ambassador, FM Bakoyannis and her Chef de Cabinet Ambassador Halistanis pressed for the U.S. response to the Greek comments on the Visa Waiver (VWP) MOU draft from March and closely linked Greek signature and ratification of the HSPD-6 text on terrorist data [...] | 2008-08-05 09:43:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS PTER GR |
08ATHENS1143 | PERSONAL FROM AMBASSADOR SPECKHARD: RETAIN TERROR [...] (U) Personal from Ambassador Speckhard to S/CT Dell Dailey. 2. (S) BEGIN TEXT OF MESSAGE: Dell: I understand that the Greek terrorist group November 17 (N17) is being considered for removal from the Foreign Terrorist Organization list. I believe N17 may still retain the intent to eng [...] | 2008-08-08 13:01:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL GR |
08ATHENS1205 | ADDITIONAL REASONS NOT TO REMOVE 17N FROM FTO LIST [...] (S) Embassy Athens remains strongly opposed to the removal of the Greek terrorist organization 17 November (17N) from the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list. We offer the following new factual elements to supplement information provided in refs A, B, and C. 2. (S/NF) There are, as w [...] | 2008-08-26 16:07:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC KCRM KJUS GR |
08ATHENS128 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PRIVATE-SECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-28 15:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM PTER KGIC GR |
08ATHENS13 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PAKISTAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On December 31, 2007, poloff delivered reftel points to Ambassador Alexios Christopoulos, Director of the A10 Directorate for Asia and Oceania. 2. (SBU) On January 3, poloff spoke with Ms. Vassiliki Bafi, attache to Ambassador Christopoulos, who advised that Greece "shares the same vi [...] | 2008-01-03 13:37:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER GR |
08ATHENS1387 | GREEK SLANDS: A GATEWAY TO EUROPE FOR ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) ver-increasing numbers of illegal immigrants Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, and ohers) are using boats and rafts to travel fro Turkey to Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, making the islands the preferred route for these immigrants into the EU. The wave of newcomers has all but o [...] | 2008-10-02 05:39:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PRL PGOV PBTS PTER PHUM GR |
08ATHENS1408 | NEW DEMOCRACY MAJORITY UP SLIGHTLY WITH RETURN OF PRODIGAL [...] (SBU) Stavros Dailakis, the New Democracy deputy expelled from the parliamentary caucus for criticizing PM Karamanlis's personal aides on October 2 (reftels),has been reinstated by the PM. As a result, the GoG again has a majority of 152 seats in the 300-member Parliament. Dailakis had earl [...] | 2008-10-08 12:34:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER GR |
08ATHENS1490 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL- [...] (U) On October 30, A/Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the [...] | 2008-10-30 17:26:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC GR |
08ATHENS1528 | GREECE/TERRORISM: NOVEMBER 17 SOUNDS OFF, [...] (SBU) An imprisoned assassin from Greece's most famous domestic terrorist group, November 17 (17N),recently published an unrepentant manifesto in a Greek newspaper, while another group with a similar ideology, Revolutionary Struggle (RS),may have launched a new bomb attack, possibly its firs [...] | 2008-11-07 14:04:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC GR |
08ATHENS1643 | GREECE: UNPRECEDENTED ANARCHIST VIOLENCE FOLLOWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 6-7, anarchist rioters caused extensive damage in downtown Athens and other Greek cities following the shooting by police of a 15-year-old protester Saturday evening. Lower key protests continued on Monday, but the situation remained volatile. The Education Minister [...] | 2008-12-08 15:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SOCI GR |
08ATHENS1649 | GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 9 UPDAT [...] (SBU) Rioting continued in multiple cities on the evening of December 8 and further protests are expected December 9 as the funeral takes place for the 15-year-old student. In Athens, several businesses and public buldings, including the National Library and a uilding housing part of the For [...] | 2008-12-09 14:06:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC CASC PTER SOCI GR |
08ATHENS1667 | GREECE TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Greece is willing to increase its already active role in international efforts to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa. Greece informed us December 12 that it would become a founding member of our proposed contact group on piracy, and recommended that the UN urge all s [...] | 2008-12-12 12:58:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER UNSC EUN SO GR |
08ATHENS1668 | GREECE/TURKEY TALKS ON ILLEGAL MIGRANTS: LITTLE [...] (SBU) A Greek delegation visited Ankara in mid-November for the third round of discussions aimed at improving implementation of the protocol the two countries signed in 2001 on re-admission of illegal migrants. Over the last two years, the number of migrants using Greece's Aegean islands as a [...] | 2008-12-12 13:23:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM PTER TU IZ SO AF IT GR |
08ATHENS1671 | GREECE: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Embassy Athens provides the following submission for Greece for the "Country Reports on Terrorism (CRT) 2008." 2. Begin report: Greece Greece is increasingly an EU entry point for illegal immigrants coming from the Middle East. As such there is ongoing concern that it could be used as [...] | 2008-12-12 14:17:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC GR |
08ATHENS1680 | PM KARAMANLIS DEFENDS GOVERMENT, PASOK LEADER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite mounting domestic criticism of his handling of the recent demonstrations and violence, PM Karamanlis defended his government's restrained approach and criticized opposition parties for failing to come together during the crisis at a December 12 press conference in Bruss [...] | 2008-12-15 16:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER GR |
08ATHENS1717 | GREECE/PIRACY: GREECE WILL ATTEND CONTACT GROUP [...] (SBU) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel invitation and points on December 22 on the inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to Dimitrios Papandreou, Counselor for Non-proliferation and Security in the MFA's D1 (IO equivalent) Department. Papandreou immediately con [...] | 2008-12-23 15:57:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER GR |
08ATHENS1724 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.N. DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] (U) On December 29, A/Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of th [...] | 2008-12-30 07:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC GR |
08ATHENS1728 | GREEK FM URGES ACTIVE EU ROLE IN GAZA CONFLICT, [...] (SBU) SUMARY: Events in Gaza temporarily pushed domestic concerns, such as anarchist violence, the Vatopaidion scandal, and economic troubles, off Greek front pages, giving the Karamanlis government a much-needed breather after weeks of bruising criticism and declining poll figures (reftels). [...] | 2008-12-30 11:05:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SOCI GR IS |
08ATHENS216 | CT TASK FORCE: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) As requested in Reftel, this message contains Embassy Athens' assessment of critical infrastructure and key resources in Greece which, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. 2. (U) Greek Shipping Industry: Greek compan [...] | 2008-02-15 16:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN GR |
08ATHENS250 | INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT: GREEK TERROR GROUP [...] (SBU) The domestic counterterrorism division of the Hellenic National Police (HNP) and FBI at Embassy Athens collaborated on a joint intelligence assessment of the Greek domestic terrorist group Revolutionary Struggle. Their assessment is summarized below: 2. (SBU) RS is the most domina [...] | 2008-02-25 09:14:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER GR |
08ATHENS369 | LEBANON: GREECE UNLIKELY TO ATTEND MARCH 14 BEIRUT [...] (C) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel points on encouraging attendance at the March 14, 2008 convention in Beirut to Georgos Ayfantis, Deputy Director of the MFA A6 Directorate for Arab Countries and the Middle East. Ayfantis said Athens was unaware of the convention, but after hearing [...] | 2008-03-11 08:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER MASS PARM SY IS LE |
08ATHENS509 | GREECE: REPRESENTATIVE WILL ATTEND GI INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-08 05:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC GR |
08ATHENS542 | GREEK QUESTIONS ON PKK CONFERENCE IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an ACTION request. SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (S) Poloff verbally delivered referenced demarche on the PKK conference in northern Iraq and provided the Europe-Erbil direct flight non-paper on April 16 to Deputy Director of the MFA A4 Directorate for Turkey, Katarina Nassika. Nassika [...] | 2008-04-16 12:17:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PTER KTFN IZ GR TU |
08ATHENS566 | MFA CITES THREE CONCERNS WITH OSCE ROLE IN [...] (C) On Aprl Poloff delivered reftel demarche and points to Mr. Sotirios Demestichas of the MFA D3 Directorate for the OSCE and the Council of Europe. Demestichas emphasized that any OSCE engagement with Afghanistan should address what the Afghan government cites as its priorities, and he look [...] | 2008-04-22 09:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BGMT OSCE PREL PTER GR AF |
08ATHENS631 | FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LIST: 17N, RN, AND [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel request seeking information on the activities of the Greek terrorist groups 17 November (17N) and Revolutionary Nuclei (RN) since their last re-designation as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) in 2003, Embassy Counterterrorism Task Force (CTTF) reviewed all av [...] | 2008-05-09 15:23:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS GR |
08ATHENS652 | TERRORISM FINANCE: GREEK MFA FAVORABLE TO LISTING [...] (S) On May 5, DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on the upcoming UNSCR 1267 listing request of three individuals linked to al-Qaida to MFA A6 Middle East Directorate deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. Ayfantis said he believed the GOG would have no difficulty with the listing and might co-spons [...] | 2008-05-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PTER PINR EFIN PREL KTFN GR |
08ATHENS660 | EMBASSY ATHENS RESPONSE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] (S) On May 14, Economic Section delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and to Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG). Both replied that they will pass along the information to appropriate offices w [...] | 2008-05-14 13:40:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL ECON GR |
08ATHENS661 | EMBASSY ATHENS RESPONSE: CO-SPONSORSHIP AND [...] (S) On May 14, Economic Section delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and to Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG). Both replied that they will pass along the information to appropriate offices w [...] | 2008-05-14 13:43:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR PREL ECON GR |
08ATHENS783 | GREECE AND US REACH ACCORD ON HSPD-6 DRAFT TEXT [...] (C) Summary: State Department and Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) representatives engaged in a marathon negotiating session with Greek Foreign Ministry and Hellenic police officials on May 28. After 11 hours, a mutually-acceptable draft of the Homeland Security Presidential Directive-6 (HSP [...] | 2008-06-05 13:10:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR ASEC CVIS GR KHLS KVPR |
08ATHENS803 | GREEK RESPONSE: PRE-NOTIFICATION FOR UPCOMING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-09 13:55:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR PREL ECON GR |
08ATHENS830 | EMBASSY ATHENS RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR LET [...] (SBU) On June 9, Acting Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel information to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and to Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG). Both replied that they will pass along the information t [...] | 2008-06-11 11:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC |
08ATHENS867 | TERRORISM FINANCE:U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 15:48:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC |
08ATHENS910 | ONE MORE TIME: 17 NOVEMBER TERRORISTS APPEAL - AGAIN [...] (SBU) Eight of 13 convicted members of the Greek terrorist organization "17 November," which was responsible for 23 murders including five U.S. Embassy employees during a twenty-year period from the mid-1970s to earlier this decade, filed appeal briefs with the Arios Paghos Supreme Court on Ju [...] | 2008-06-26 11:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL GR |
08BAGHDAD1005 | ANATOMY OF A BAGHDAD RECONCILIATION EFFORT: [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Introduction: Reconciliation movements in Baghdad quickly spread through the province following the surge of Coalition Forces and the success of the "Anbar Awakening." Unlike other areas in Iraq with more homogeneous populations, reconci [...] | 2008-04-01 15:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM PINR PHUM IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1006 | IRAQI NSA RUBAIE ON RECENT SAUDI VISIT [...] (C) In a March 30 meeting with S/I Satterfield and Polmilcouns Ries, National Security Advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie said his recent meetings in Saudi Arabia were "very good." During his meetings he outlined common Saudi - Iraqi interests, particularly in combating terror, and told his hosts th [...] | 2008-04-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ SA PTER PGOV |
08BAGHDAD1010 | ISF GENERAL ON SECURITY SITUATION IN BAGHDAD [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During a March 26 conversation, amid a crescendo of unrest in Baghdad, Major General Abdul Ameer, the Western Baghdad deputy commander and commanding general of the Iraqi Army Sixth Division, painted a bleak picture of the security situation. Abdul Ameer told several [...] | 2008-04-02 07:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1015 | RRT ERBIL: BARZANI ADVISOR SUPPORTS CRACKDOWN ON [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Fuad Hussein, a key advisor to Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani, told RRTOFF that Barzani voiced his support to PM Maliki's crackdown on criminal gangs and militia in Basra in a March 31 phone call. The call, the first conversation between the two [...] | 2008-04-02 09:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EPET IZ |
08BAGHDAD1017 | Koya's Mayor Shortchanged by KRG's Incomplete Government [...] (SBU) Koya's Mayor, Kurda Omar, told RRTOffs March 31 that her district had received only $2 million in Provincial Reconstruction Funds from Erbil since 2006. Omar explained that Koya district had shifted administratively from Sulaymaniah province to Erbil province in 2006 as a result of the U [...] | 2008-04-02 12:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1019 | MCNS ON MARCH 30 REVIEWS BASRAH, BAGHDAD, NINEWA [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: With PM Nouri al-Maliki still in Basra, Deputy PM Barham Salih chaired the March 30 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) foreshadowed by the sound of indirect fire (IDF) impacting in the International Zone as participants arrived at the meeting. The Commit [...] | 2008-04-02 14:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD1022 | NSA RUBAIE BLAMES IRAN FOR BASRAH CONFRONTATION; [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 06:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ SA |
08BAGHDAD1036 | JAM IN BAGHDAD -- HOW STRONG IS IT? [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy political-Baghdad PRT cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Jaysh Al-Mahdi's (JAM) show of force in Baghdad since March 23 has demonstrated its potential to bring Iraq's capital to a standstill for a limited period, but not without alienating large segments of the local popul [...] | 2008-04-04 19:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1043 | STUCK BETWEEN AN ARROGANT MAN AND A MAD MAN [...] (C) Summary: Wearing his mediator hat, Dr. Ahmed Chalabi spoke with PolCouns on April 3 to discuss Basra and the Iranian involvement in the conflict, as well as the subsequent Sadrist movement to oust Maliki. Chalabi urged the USG to take great caution in dealing with the Sadrists, and indic [...] | 2008-04-05 14:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1044 | IRAQI OFFICIALS ON MALIKI'S BASRAH CAMPAIGN [...] (C) In a series of March 30 conversations with Iraqi officials including Ali Merza, Director of the National Security Advisor's Joint Planning Committee (JPC),Saiid Jaber from the Crisis Action Cell (CAC) secretariat, and A'amer Al- Musawi, chief of staff to the National Security Advisor (pro [...] | 2008-04-05 14:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1047 | SAI LEADER SHEIKH AHMED SPEAKS ON HIS NEW [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, leader of the Iraq Awakening Movement, or Sahawa Al-Iraq (SAI),spoke to us on April 2 for over two hours about SAI's movement towards becoming a national political party, his personal attitude on th [...] | 2008-04-06 07:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS KDEM SOCI IZ |
08BAGHDAD1050 | GOI SUPPORT FOR PROPOSED UNSCR; LIBYA HOLD ON [...] EMIN, accompanied by Acting Economic Counselor and Deputy Treasury Attach, met with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Tuesday, April 1, to discuss GOI interest in either revising the scope of UNSCR 1518 or taking the lead to lobby for the passage of a new UNSCR that will target Iraqis and thir [...] | 2008-04-06 08:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ETTC IZ PREL PTER XF |
08BAGHDAD1054 | MEETING WITH KRG SECURITY DIRECTOR SINJARI AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: MNF-I DCS for Strategic Effects MG Bergner and D/PolMil Couns met with KRG security director Karim Sinjari March 19 to discuss closing Makhmour refugee camp. Sinjari supported closure of the camp, noting that absent any employment prospects, the younger residents would likely gra [...] | 2008-04-06 13:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREF PREL PTER IZ TU |
08BAGHDAD1063 | BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP: REQUEST FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR INSTRUCTIONS: Post requests the Department to instruct posts in capitals of participants in the Border Security Working Group (BSWG) to urge their host governments to support Iraqi efforts to secure agreement on concrete measures aimed at stopping the flow of terror [...] | 2008-04-07 02:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PINS PREL PTER BA EG IR IZ JO KU SA |
08BAGHDAD1093 | NSA RUBAIE ON CURRENT SECURITY ISSUES AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a meeting on April 6 with the Charge d'Affaires, Iraqi National Security Advisor (NSA) Rubaie called the April 5 Declaration by the Political Committee for National Security (PCNS) a breakthrough. It had isolated the Sadrists, he said, and forced them to choose whether or [...] | 2008-04-08 16:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1094 | BAGHDAD SITUATION REPORT: APRIL 8, 2200 LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: Muqtada Al-Sadr (MAS) announced on April 8 that he had postponed indefinitely a "million-strong" demonstration originally scheduled for April 9 in Sadr City. The march had been planned to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. News media also reported Sadr t [...] | 2008-04-08 20:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD1095 | I WAS KIDNAPPED BY A BUNCH OF AMATEURS [...] (C) Summary. Tahseen Sheikhly, Government of Iraq (GOI) spokesman for the Baghdad Security Plan, told USMI and MNFI personnel during an April 1 debriefing that his kidnappers were a gang of amateurish Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM) thugs. Released after 115 hours of captivity and reunited with his fami [...] | 2008-04-08 20:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1100 | DFM ABBAWI ON BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (S) SUMMARY AND REQUEST: In an April 7 call on Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi, Pol-Mil M/C discussed the upcoming Border Security Working Group, Iraq's preparations for the event, and what it could accomplish. Both agreed that a commitment to stopping the flow of weapons to criminal m [...] | 2008-04-09 07:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PBTS PREL PTER IR IZ KU SY TU |
08BAGHDAD1112 | APRIL 6 MCNS: BASRAH NEXT STEPS, SADR CITY [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: The April 6 session of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) featured upbeat assessments of the result of the GoI security operation in Basra, along with agreement on the need for job creation, development, and humanitarian initiatives to stabilize the [...] | 2008-04-09 18:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD1134 | GOI DELEGATION PREPARES FOR BORDER SECURITY [...] (S) On April 10, Pol-Mil M/C, DHS Attach, MNF-I analysts, and PolMilOffs attended a meeting with the GOI delegation to the Border Security Working Group (BSWG) in order to provide them with an intelligence briefing and USG recommendations for their course of action in Damascus (the latter deliv [...] | 2008-04-12 12:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PBTS PREL PTER IR IZ SY |
08BAGHDAD1209 | MALIKI'S MILITARY OPERATION IN BASRAH: LESSONS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Operation "Charge of the Knights" (OCK) - PM Maliki's campaign to wrest control of Basra from militias and criminals - demonstrated substantial deficiencies in Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) planning, logistics, command and control, individual loyalty and unit reliability. It als [...] | 2008-04-18 13:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ PINR MCAP MARR |
08BAGHDAD1218 | MCNS APRIL 13: BASRAH LESSONS LEARNED, MOSUL NEXT [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: PM Maliki chaired the 13 April Ministerial Committee on National Security, focusing on security operations in Basrah and Mosul. Discussion underscored the importance of analyzing recent operations in Basrah and elsewhere to correct deficiencies in Iraqi Army and Police [...] | 2008-04-20 02:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PINS PGOV PREL PTER IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1221 | MALIKI IMPATIENT TO BEGIN MORE INTENSIVE MILITARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: At an April 14 Crisis Action Cell (CAC) concerning operations in Ninewa province, Prime Minister Maliki complained that the operational plan briefing lacked substance; Vice President Hashimi and Deputy Prime Minister Salih concurred. Maliki--clearly frustrated by what he perceive [...] | 2008-04-20 07:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PINS PTER |
08BAGHDAD1240 | BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP IN DAMASCUS: DEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG MFA allowed the Iraqi delegation considerable latitude to pursue its agenda at Syria's second hosting of the Iraq Neighbors' Border Security Working Group (BSWG) April 13-14 (the first Damascus meeting was in August 2007). Surprisingly, given the state of Syrian Saudi relati [...] | 2008-04-22 02:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PTER IZ KU |
08BAGHDAD1250 | RUN-UP TO ANBAR PIC - WHO'S IN CHARGE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an occasionally animated three-hour meeting between representatives of Coalition Forces, the GOI and the leadership of Anbar province April 7, the senior provincial leaadership pushed back against what it believed to be central government efforts to take provincial security a [...] | 2008-04-23 01:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1251 | MCNS APRIL 20: RULE OF LAW, MOSUL AND BASRAH [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: Topics covered at the April 20 MCNS session included implementation of the Amnesty Law (cases are moving through the system - but there were concerns that some judicial review committees were approving too many); planning for military operations in Mosul (additional for [...] | 2008-04-23 01:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1258 | SADR CITY SHEIKHS EXPRESS INTEREST IN SOI IN ORDER [...] (C) Summary: Baghdad 3 EPRT Team Leader and the 3BCT/4th ID Commander met on April 19, 2008 with five leading tribal sheikhs from Sadr City. During the course of a cordial two and a half hour meeting and lunch, the sheikhs: -- Expressed strong interest in launching a SOI program in the Ja [...] | 2008-04-23 09:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PTER MARR IZ |
08BAGHDAD126 | BUDGET EXECUTION AND PRISON REFORM DOMINATE [...] (S) SUMMARY: During the January 13 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS),National Security Advisor (NSA) Rubaie led a discussion about capital improvement budget execution problems in the Ministries of Defense, Interior, and Justice. Both the IntMin and acting JusMin acknowledged pr [...] | 2008-01-17 12:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER |
08BAGHDAD1275 | GOI RESPONSES TO STOPPING TRAVEL TO ANNUAL PKK [...] (S/NF) Ambassador raised ref a points to President Talabani on April 14 and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister on April 17 (ref b and septel),both of whom pleaded ignorance of the event but promised to look into it. President Talabani said it was possible to put pressure on th [...] | 2008-04-24 11:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KTFN TU IZ |
08BAGHDAD1276 | ISCI/SADRIST CONTEST IN BAGDHAD; LACK OF BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Baghdad province's uneasy power-sharing agreement between the Islamic Supreme Council in Iraq (ISCI) and the Sadrists appears to be unraveling. This cable analyzes how these two factions divvied up the choice positions in provinci [...] | 2008-04-24 14:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1296 | RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-27 03:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1299 | PROVINCIAL POLITICS IN BAGHDAD: ANOTHER KIND OF WAR [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: If we accept the adages that warfare is the expression of politics by other means, and that all politics is local -- it is clear why Baghdad's local political scene is looking more and more like a battlefield. The uneasy power-sha [...] | 2008-04-27 15:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1304 | NSA RUBAIE ON NEXT STEPS FOR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-27 15:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER ECON IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1308 | UK FOREIGN MINISTER: MOTTAKI IS COCKY [...] (S) Summary: Following his participation in the Neighbors Conference in Kuwait, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband met with Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus on April 24. The meeting covered a wide range of topics including Iranian influence in Iraq, the current security situation [...] | 2008-04-28 06:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1334 | ANBAR MODERATE CLERICS SHARE THEIR VIEWS ON [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: While largely misunderstood by outsiders, the role of the mosque was crucial in winning the battle against Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) in Anbar Province. Local contacts are firm in their belief that the re-taking of the mosques from ra [...] | 2008-04-30 08:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1347 | RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO THE [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil reporting cable. 2. (SBU) A tailored Financial System Assessment Team (FSAT) consisting of Gary Novis (Department of State, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT)-Head of Delegation),Robert Stapleton, (Department of Justice, Asset Forfeiture and Money [...] | 2008-05-01 09:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1348 | RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-01 09:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1381 | APRIL 27 MCNS: SADR CITY, MOSUL, BASRAH, DEFENSE [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: Topics covered at the April 27 MCNS session included preparation for operations in Sadr City and Mosul; opportunities to boost the role and capabilities of the Department of Border Enforcement and Iraqi Navy, particularly around Basrah; the future of the Facilities Prot [...] | 2008-05-03 12:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ PINR MCAP MARR |
08BAGHDAD142 | PRT ANBAR: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEMBERS MOVE AGAINST [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Several key members of the Anbar Provincial Council (PC) have moved to end the tenure of interim Provincial Chief of Police (PCOP) Tariq Yousif within a month, signaling the latest round in the struggle for the highly-contested Anbar [...] | 2008-01-19 14:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD1445 | RRT ERBIL: KRG LEADERSHIP WAITING FOR DE MISTURA [...] (C) Summary: KRG leadership told the Ambassador,s Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq and RRTOffs May 6 that they look forward to hearing SRSG de Mistura,s first cut at resolving boundary disputes, promised for delivery in mid-May. KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani said the KRG must &compro [...] | 2008-05-09 11:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1451 | KRG UPBEAT ON TALKS WITH TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: On May 5, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) provided the RRT an upbeat assessment of Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani,s May 1 meeting with the Turkish delegation in Baghdad. Both the KRG and GOT principals recalled positive periods in their relationship, criticized the me [...] | 2008-05-10 10:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IZ TU |
08BAGHDAD1465 | IESC MEETING MAY 9, 2008 [...] (C) Summary. In place of an absent PM Maliki, National Security Advisory Mowaffuk Rubaie chaired the 9 May 2008 Iraqi Executive Steering Committee (IESC) in support of Fardh Al Qanoon (FaQ ) the Baghdad Security Plan). The PM mandated the meeting be conducted with limited attendance, feature [...] | 2008-05-11 12:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1466 | BAGHDAD LEAGUE CREATES FORUM FOR MODERATES [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: The "Baghdad League," a nascent organization dedicated to supporting social, cultural and educational activities in Baghdad, met Sunday May 3 to review the organization's bylaws and plan the group's activities for the coming mon [...] | 2008-05-11 12:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1468 | MCNS ON MAY 4 REVIEWS BASRA SITUATION, BORDER [...] (S REL AS UK) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki chaired the May 4 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) that reviewed the Basrah situation, resources for MOI's Directorate of Border Enforcement (DBE),equipping and training MOD and MOI through Foreign Military Sales (FMS),and a Natio [...] | 2008-05-11 16:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD1477 | PRT ANBAR: ANBAR UNIVERSITY SEEKS LINKS TO US [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary: At a May 1 meeting, Anbar University (AU) President Dr. Khalil Ibrahim Al Dulemy requested Anbar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and Multinational Force ) West (MNF-W) assistance to establish relationships with U.S. universities [...] | 2008-05-12 14:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PTER SCUL SOCI IZ |
08BAGHDAD1483 | MALIKI DEMANDS HALT TO IRANIAN AND SYRIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: During his weekly security meeting on May 7 with the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus, Prime Minister Maliki cited increasing evidence of Iran's direct interference in Iraqi affairs and the backlash it has engendered among Iraqis at all levels of society. He said he [...] | 2008-05-12 16:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1503 | MCNS ON MAY 11 REVIEWS SADR CITY AND MOSUL [...] (S REL AS UK) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired the May 11 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS). The committee reviewed military operations in Sadr City (Baghdad) and in Mosul (Ninewa Province). Operations will continue in Sadr City, Maliki declared, until the crim [...] | 2008-05-14 11:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD1509 | IRAQ'S SWIRLING SUNNI STREET: UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (S) In a particularly encouraging development, the Sunni Arab community appears increasingly reconciled to competing in the formal political process, despite its many misgivings related to that process. Preparations for provincial elections later this year have set in motion a dizzying scram [...] | 2008-05-14 16:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM PTER PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1519 | SOLICITING KUWAITI ACTION AGAINST AL-QAEDA [...] (S/NF) This is an action message. Please see para two for action request. 2. (S/NF) ACTION REQUESTED: Per reftel, post requests that Department instruct Embassy Kuwait to demarche the GOK about the growing threat of Al Qaeda's activities in Kuwait. Post provides background infromation i [...] | 2008-05-15 17:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR IZ KU |
08BAGHDAD154 | PRT ANBAR: ANBAR HIGHER COMMITTEE ENGAGES GOI [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. The six members of the recently-established Anbar Higher Committee (AHC) visited Bagdad January 15-16 in their first engagement as a group with senior GOI officials. The proximate reason was to follow up on unfulfilled GOI commitme [...] | 2008-01-21 15:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1557 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON DISPUTED TERRITORIES/KIRKUK, [...] (C/NF) Summary: Turkish Ambassador Derya Kanbay told Senior Advisor May 18 that Turkey would reject any Kurdish "annexation" of Kirkuk because of concerns about Iraqi territorial integrity but also emphasized the GOT found UNAMI's efforts on disputed territories and the status of Kirkuk to be [...] | 2008-05-20 07:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
08BAGHDAD1558 | IT'S TRIBAL TIES THAT BIND IN NORTHERN BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a PRT Baghdad and e-PRT 5 reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Introduction: Reconciliation in Baghdad takes many shapes: it can mean dialogue between sects and tribes, acceptance of the Government of Iraq (GOI),and/or cooperation with Coalition Forces. The role of tribal leaders in al [...] | 2008-05-20 09:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1564 | RRT ERBIL: INFLUENTIAL KRG MINISTER EYES [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting May 6 with the Ambassador,s Senior Advisor and RRTOffs, KRG Minister of Finance Sarkis Aghajan (Sarkis) provided maps outlining the proposed zone, and said a decision must be made &now8 to save Iraq,s Christians. Since 2003, up to 40,000 Iraqi Christians have fled [...] | 2008-05-20 15:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KIRF VT IZ |
08BAGHDAD1598 | MAY 23 I-ESC MEETING FOCUSES ON SADR CITY [...] (C) Prime Minister Maliki chaired the May 23 meeting of the Iraq Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) in support of Fardh Al Qanoon (FaQ),the Baghdad Security Plan. Maliki declared that Iraqi Security Forces in Sadr City "will never leave," and said a quick plan is now needed to demonstrate [...] | 2008-05-24 18:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1605 | SHEIKH OMAR AL JABOURI WANTS TO BE THE NEXT SUNNI [...] (C) Summary: On May 20, PolOff, EPRT-2 Team Leader and CF met with Sunni leader Sheikh Omar al Jabouri (SOAJ) in order to discuss the founding of the Independent National Tribal Gathering (INTG),upcoming provincial elections and his break from the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP). SOAJ explained [...] | 2008-05-26 11:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1617 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: PROVINCIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Salah ad Din (SaD) provincial officials over the past six months have engaged in a series of PRT-BCT facilitated trips to various districts (Qadas) to listen to local government concerns. While the trips ar [...] | 2008-05-27 09:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS KDEM EAID IZ |
08BAGHDAD164 | CONCERNED LOCAL CITIZENS PROGRAM: SECURING [...] (C) Summary: The expansion of the Concerned Local Citizens (CLC) program in 2007 has augmented Multinational Force - Iraq (MNF-I) efforts to bring security to Iraq. CLCs are temporary arrangements that were organized by Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces in order to augment local force prote [...] | 2008-01-22 15:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV MOPS PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1650 | KDP - PUK RELATIONS: CABINET NEGOTIATIONS SHOW [...] (C) Through a broad range of discussions with party officials and a drawn out, public airing of party laundry in the press, RRT has learned that mistrust, greed, and political jockeying have greatly delayed decisions on the Kurdistan Region Government,s sixth cabinet. Despite six months of n [...] | 2008-05-30 04:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD166 | MALIKI ON CABINET SHAKE-UP, RETURN OF TAWAFAQ, AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging weekly security meeting on January 17, Prime Minister Maliki told Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus that a Cabinet shake-up was very possible within a few weeks which would likely result in a technocratic government with fewer ministries. Maliki expressed h [...] | 2008-01-22 16:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER TU |
08BAGHDAD167 | NINEWA: MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP -- STILL NO SOLUTION [...] (SBU) The director of the Makhmour refugee camp Ahmed Dzayee discussed the status and future of the camp with the PRT leader and representatives on January 15. He described the ways that people in the camp make a living, how the camp is supported and the security situation. New families moved [...] | 2008-01-23 03:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PHUM TU IZ |
08BAGHDAD1684 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: GOVERNORATE ELECTION OFFICER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-03 13:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS KDEM IZ |
08BAGHDAD1693 | NSC JUNE 1 REVIEWS ONGOING OPERATIONS, AMNESTY [...] (S REL MCFI) Summary: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chaired June 1 the National Security Council (NSC) that reviewed security operations in Basra, Sadr City, and Mosul. (Note: Deputy PM Barham Salih, National Security Advisor Mowaffak Rubaie, and Minister of State for National Security Shirwan [...] | 2008-06-04 11:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD177 | AMIDST THREATS, A GLIMPSE OF COURAGE IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a raw and revealing moment following the assassination of a colleague and direct threats against another, a close-knit group of Iraqi officials in Baghdad demonstrated January 22 their determination to continue fighting corruption and militia profiteering in an essential servi [...] | 2008-01-23 18:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1794 | RRT ERBIL: KDP INTEL DIRECTOR AND KRG PM BARZANI [...] (S) Summary: In a June 11 meeting with Senior Adviser Thomas Krajeski to discuss Kurdish reaction to initial UNAMI reports offering advice for the resolution of disputed internal boundaries (septel),Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Intelligence (Parastin) Director Masrur Barzani offered his [...] | 2008-06-14 14:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINR IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD180 | ERBIL: KRG PM DISCUSSES 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Secure as Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister for the foreseeable future, Nechirvan Barzani told RRTOFFS January 15 that 2008 will be a challenging year for the Kurds and for the KRG. He outlined a number of long pending reforms within the regional government (red [...] | 2008-01-24 08:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1830 | RRT ERBIL: NEA-I DIRECTOR DISCUSSES MINORITY [...] (C) Special Representative on Minorities in Iraq, NEA-I Director Richard Schmierer met June 11 and 12 Iraq with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials, Christian leaders, and other minority communities that have taken refuge in the KRG. Clear themes emerged, demonstrating the opportun [...] | 2008-06-17 13:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KIRF VT IZ |
08BAGHDAD1850 | RRT ERBIL: DOHUK'S PESHMERGA AND ASAYEESH [...] (C/NF) RRTOff and the MNC-I Liaison Officer to the KRG met on June 15 in Dohuk City with General Sheikh Ali, commander of approximately 30,000 peshmerga soldiers located in Dohuk province. General Ali's forces are also stationed in the disputed territories under peshmerga security control that [...] | 2008-06-19 08:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
08BAGHDAD1871 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: UN STEPS UP EFFORTS IN SAMARRA [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. The United Nations (UN) has dramatically increased its activity in Samarra over the last several months. The main focus of UN activities in Samarra has been on reconstruction of the Golden Mosque. While the increased activ [...] | 2008-06-20 14:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ |
08BAGHDAD1889 | MEK: GOI SEEKS TO ASSUME SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES [...] (S) The GOI has informed us over the past few days that it seeks to assume security responsibility for the MEK members located at Camp Ashraf. PM Maliki told MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus on June 15 the GOI's desire to see the MEK issue resolved, as their prolonged presence in Iraq would c [...] | 2008-06-22 11:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1893 | BANK SEPAH DEMARCHE [...] (S) During a June 10 meeting, Coordinator for the Economic Transition in Iraq Ambassador Charles Ries reiterated to Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih Iraq's obligation to comply with its international obligations regarding the operation of Iranian banks in Iraq, including Bank Sepah. Ambass [...] | 2008-06-22 15:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON EFIN KNNP PTER PARM IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1918 | DFM ABBAWI DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENTS IN BILATERAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 18 tour d'horizon, Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi told Pol-Mil M/C that Iraq's relationship with Syria was stalled due to Syrian mistrust and that Libya had not responded to Iraq regarding its hold on the 1267 designations of several Syria-based Al Qaeda in Iraq [...] | 2008-06-23 14:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER AE DA JO IR IZ SY SZ |
08BAGHDAD195 | NINEWA: MOSUL UNDER CURFEW AFTER MASSIVE JANUARY [...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. Mosul Tense After Explosion --------------------------- 2. (C/REL ACGU) On January 23, a large explosion in the Zanjali neighborhood in northwestern Mosul killed at least 25 Iraqi civilians, 3 Iraqi Army (IA) soldiers, an [...] | 2008-01-24 19:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD196 | PRT NINEWA: MOSUL UNDER CURFEW AFTER MASSIVE [...] (U) This is a PRT Ninewa reporting cable. Mosul Tense After Explosion --------------------------- 2. (C/REL ACGU) On January 23, a large explosion in the Zanjali neighborhood in northwestern Mosul killed at least 25 Iraqi civilians, three Iraqi Army (IA) soldiers, and wounded over 170 ci [...] | 2008-01-24 19:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD1965 | IRAQI NSC JUNE 22 REVIEWS RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS, [...] (S REL UK AS) Summary: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chaired June 22 the National Security Council (NSC) that reviewed reconstruction efforts in Basra, Sadr City, and Mosul. (Note: Minister of Defense Abdul Qadr, Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bulani, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari [...] | 2008-06-27 10:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER KCRM IZ |
08BAGHDAD1969 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: LOCALS CHAFE AT PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: The tight hold that the governing clique from the Juboori tribe keeps on the Salah ad Din (SaD) provincial capital project contracting process is a bone of contention for district officials and citizens in Salah [...] | 2008-06-27 13:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON KCRS IZ |
08BAGHDAD1974 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: VP HASHEMI VISITS SAMARRA [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: On June 22, Sunni Vice President Tareq Al-Hashemi made an unannounced visit to Samarra in southern Salah ad Din province to deliver a message of support for reconstruction efforts. Hashimi is the most senior GOI official to [...] | 2008-06-28 12:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ |
08BAGHDAD199 | NINEWA: MOSUL UNDER CURFEW AFTER MASSIVE JANUARY [...] (C/REL ACGU) On January 23, a large explosion in the Zanjali neighborhood in northwestern Mosul killed at least 25 Iraqi civilians, 3 Iraqi Army (IA) soldiers, and wounded over 170 civilians, according to local Ministry of Health (MOH) sources. The casualty total will likely change as recovery [...] | 2008-01-25 03:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD200 | NINEWA: MOSUL UNDER CURFEW AFTER MASSIVE JANUARY [...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) reporting cable. Mosul Tense After Explosion --------------------------- 2. (C/REL ACGU) On January 23, a large explosion in the Zanjali neighborhood in northwestern Mosul killed at least 25 Iraqi civilians, three Iraqi Army (IA) [...] | 2008-01-25 03:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD2035 | ANBAR PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN SHARES [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on July 1, Anbar Provincial Council Chairman Dr. Abdulsalam Abdullah Mohammend Al-Ani discussed ideas to improve relations between the central and provincial government, the Anbar Provincial Council's (PC) ongoing struggle with the Ministry of Interior [...] | 2008-07-02 17:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PTER PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2048 | PRT DIYALA: FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBERS - A WORRISOME [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The recent spate of female suicide bombers in Iraq presents serious challenges for the Iraqi Security Forces. There have been 23 reported cases nationwide this year alone, a significant increase from eight reported attacks in 200 [...] | 2008-07-03 07:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PINS PTER SOCI IZ |
08BAGHDAD205 | ANBARIS RAISE CONCERNS OVER KARBALA BOUNDARY [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: At a January 20 meeting in Ramadi, Anbar Governor Ma'amoun Sheikh Ahmad Abu Risha, the leader of the "Iraq Awakening Movement," and several other local notables raised their concerns with the Ambassador over putative Shi'a attempts on [...] | 2008-01-25 13:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PTER PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2071 | NSC JUNE 29 REVIEWS SUCCESSFUL SECURITY [...] (S/REL UK AS) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired June 29 the National Security Council (NSC) that discussed security operations in Amarah (Maysan Province),the security situation in Diyala, and the need for supplemental funding of the Ministry of Interior. The Prime Minister ope [...] | 2008-07-05 08:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2077 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: I-CERP BUILDING MORE THAN [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable coordinated with the partner Brigade 1/101 BCT. Summary ------- 2. (C) The Iraqi - Commanders Emergency Response Program (I-CERP) has been a great success in Salah ad Din province, helping to quickly address critical project implementation [...] | 2008-07-06 07:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID KCRS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2115 | RRT ERBIL: VOTER REGISTRATION PREPARATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: Erbil Governorate Electoral Officer, Handreen Muhammed Salih, told RRTOff and IFES Liaison Officer June 30 that the Independent High Electoral Commission's (IHEC) centralized approach to hiring, message development, and approving costs hampers his office's abilities to organize [...] | 2008-07-08 06:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PTER EAID IZ |
08BAGHDAD2126 | PRT DIYALA: INCREASE IN FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBERS [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (S) The marked increase in the frequency of female suicide bomber attacks in Diyala province in June and July has prompted the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Coalition Forces (CF) to redouble efforts to identify potential bo [...] | 2008-07-08 18:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | POL PREL ECON PTER PINS PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2130 | PRT DIYALA: PRE-ELECTION POWER GRAB SUSPECTED - [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Sunni members of Diyala's Provincial Council (PC) have informed PRT officials that Shi'a politicians in the town of Hib Hib illegally forced a City Council vote last week to oust the Mudiyar (City Manager) from office wit [...] | 2008-07-09 06:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM IZ |
08BAGHDAD2140 | PRT ANBAR: VOTER REGISTRATION - GETTING THE WORD [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) PRT members met with the head of the Sunni Endowment in Anbar Province, Sheikh Abdullah Jallal al-Faraj, to discuss upcoming voter registration and to propose that the Sunni Endowment utilize the traditional Friday evening [...] | 2008-07-09 17:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER KDEM SOCI UNSC IZ |
08BAGHDAD2144 | CBI SAYS BANK SEPAH NOT LICENSED IN IRAQ [...] (S) The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) told us on June 9 that the CBI has not and will not grant Bank Sepah a license to operate due to its designation under UNSCR 1747. The CBI could not, however, confirm that Bank Sepah has not established un-licensed operations in the country. [...] | 2008-07-10 07:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EFIN ECON KNNP PTER PARM IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2150 | RRT ERBIL: KNA DEPUTY SPEAKER UPSET WITH SRSG DI [...] (C) Summary and comment: Dr. Kemal Kerkuki, Deputy Speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) and head of the KNA Article 140 Committee, told RRTOff July 6 that UN SRSG Staffan di Mistura has tried to reach him by telephone, but he refused the calls. Kerkuki claimed di Mistura had "li [...] | 2008-07-10 14:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2152 | VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI ON: THE PROVINCIAL [...] (S) Summary: In a July 8 meeting with Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, Ambassador Crocker, joined by NSC Senior Director Brett McGurk and DASD Mark Kimmitt, discussed progress on the Provincial Elections Law and on the Strategic Framework Agreement and accompanying protocol/MOU. On the Provinc [...] | 2008-07-10 16:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2156 | CBI SAYS BANK SEPAH NOT LICENSED IN IRAQ [...] (S) The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) told us on July 9 that the CBI has not and will not grant Bank Sepah a license to operate due to its designation under UNSCR 1747. The CBI could not, however, confirm that Bank Sepah has not established un-licensed operations in the country. [...] | 2008-07-11 07:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EFIN ECON KNNP PTER PARM IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2157 | NINEWA PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR VISITS TAL AFAR AND [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On July 5, Ninewa Governor Duraid Kashmoula, accompanied by Ninewa Vice Governor Khasro Goran, the Provincial Directors General of Water and Electricity, a local journalist, the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment (3 ACR) Commanding Officer and the PRT Leader, visited the [...] | 2008-07-11 11:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2163 | IMPROVING IRAQI BORDER SECURITY: A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Border security continues to be a focus of both GOI and Coalition attention as the security situation improves and Iraq takes increasing responsibility for its own affairs. Al Qaeda in Iraq's reliance on transnational networks is increasing as its operating space and popularity [...] | 2008-07-11 14:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PBTS PREL PTER IR IZ SY |
08BAGHDAD2164 | OPPORTUNITIES FOR TERRORIST EXTORTION AS [...] (C) Summary: Marketing restrictions act as a drag on legitimate economic activity and enhance the attractiveness of the cement black market to terrorist and criminal extortion. The state-owned Northern Cement Company (NCC) consists of six profitable cement plants that employ approximately 3, [...] | 2008-07-11 14:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2166 | EPRT DIYALA SOUTH: CRIMINALIZED SONS OF IRAQ [...] (U) This is an ePRT Diyala South reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (S) The ePRT has received various reports that some SOIs in the provincial capital of Baqubah in Diyala province are engaged in criminal activities and conduct that runs counter to the efforts to revive local city [...] | 2008-07-11 17:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR PTER PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD217 | INTERIM RESPONSE TO IRAQ - GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (S) This is an interim response to reftel. 2. (S) On January 23, Post delivered the diplomatic note cited in Reftel to Iraqi ForMin Hoshyar Zebari who, as a Kurd, is also the best-placed POC for additional actions regarding this and future detainees. 3. (S) Post is developing a demarche [...] | 2008-01-25 20:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PHUM PINR PTER KDRG |
08BAGHDAD2179 | SCIENTIST REDIRECTION PROGRAM: EMBASSY [...] (S) In the wake of the January 8 kidnapping and subsequent recovery of bio-weapons specialist, Dr. Nassir Hindawi, there have been discussions both in Washington and Baghdad of whatever adjustment of the program was required. Initially, the debate focused on mass relocation of all of the scie [...] | 2008-07-13 12:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PARM PGOV PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2202 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SUNNI WAQF CHIEF AHMED [...] (C) Summary: In their first formal meeting, Sunni Waqf Chief Ahmed Abdel Ghaffur al-Samaraie detailed for the Ambassador a number of reconciliation projects he is directing to bring Sunni political voices back into the Iraqi political process. He said he has worked to strengthen the Sahwa gro [...] | 2008-07-14 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM IZ |
08BAGHDAD2204 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: GEO REPORTS VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) During a July 14 meeting, Salah ad Din (SaD) Governorate Election Officer (GEO) Hatim Abdulhamid provided PRT/CF officials with an upbeat assessment of the state of voter registration readiness in the province. He [...] | 2008-07-14 15:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS KDEM KCRS SOCI IZ |
08BAGHDAD2215 | UNAMI HR CHIEF EAGER TO HELP WITH MEK TRANSFER [...] (S) SUMMARY: UNAMI Human Rights Chief Hania Mufti said on July 14 that UNAMI would be willing to help with the transfer of responsibility for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) from the USG to the GOI. Specifically, Hania said UNAMI could press the GOI to accept non-refoulement obligations, provid [...] | 2008-07-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PINS PGOV PREL PTER UN IZ |
08BAGHDAD2221 | NINEWA: KURDS USE SERVICES, SECURITY, AND [...] (C) Kurds make up 15 to 40 percent of Ninewa,s population, yet dominate much of the political and security apparatus across the province. Their influence benefits many areas, particularly in northern and eastern Ninewa, which have better security, economic development, and service delivery th [...] | 2008-07-17 08:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KIRF PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2234 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WAY AHEAD ON MUJAHEDIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met July 9 with the Head of the Iraq Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),Juan-Pedro Schaerer, to discuss a way ahead on the status of the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf. The ICRC is consulting with USG and GOI stakeholders and appe [...] | 2008-07-18 12:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS PTER ICRC IZ |
08BAGHDAD2240 | PRT DIYALA: DAUGHTERS OF IRAQ PROGRAM LAUNCHES IN [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) On July 13, more than 80 women attended the graduation ceremony for the first group of the Daughters of Iraq (DOI) program to complete their training in Diyala province. The Daughters of Iraq (DOI) program - similar to [...] | 2008-07-19 08:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL ECON PTER PINS PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2241 | NINEWA: KRG-AFFILIATED ASSYRIAN LEADERS, SHABAK [...] (C) As part of an ongoing outreach effort to minority communities in Ninewah Province, PRT leader met separately with two prominent Assyrian Christians and four Shabak political activists. All were concerned about threats to their communities and sought continued USG engagement on the way fo [...] | 2008-07-19 10:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON EPET ENRG PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2243 | BASRAH SECURITY COMMANDERS: SITUATION IMPROVED, [...] (C) In separate July 16 meetings with Senior Advisor for Southern Affairs Gordon Gray and incoming and outgoing REO Directors, Basrah's Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police leadership proudly noted the security improvements following the March 2008 'Charge of the Knights' operation but warned of danger [...] | 2008-07-19 12:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV MCAP IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2277 | FUTURE OF I-ESC IN QUESTION [...] (C) The National Security Adviser (NSA) formally proposed that the Prime Minister dissolve the weekly Baghdad-focused "Executive Steering Committee" (I-ESC) meeting of service ministries and senior coalition representatives. The NSA plan is to replace the I-ESC with an expanded forum on post- [...] | 2008-07-22 14:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2279 | PRT MAYSAN: MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS LIST IMMEDIATE [...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. Summary and Comment: -------------------- 2. (C) The Director General (DG) of Municipalities and Director of Maysan (Amarah) Municipalities identified solid waste collection and disposal as a top priority during a July 15 meeting with PRT Munic [...] | 2008-07-23 05:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS ECON EAID IZ |
08BAGHDAD2296 | KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI PLEDGES COOPERATION ON [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's July 20 trip to Erbil, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani said he is ready to travel to Baghdad within the week to discuss the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) with PM Maliki. Ambassador noted the KRG's improved relations with Tur [...] | 2008-07-23 19:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ENRG PHUM PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2303 | MALIKI CALLS FOR DOWNSIZING IRAQI SECURITY FORCES [...] (S) During the weekly Iraqi National Security Council (NSC) meeting on July 13, Prime Minister Maliki called for an immediate freeze in the growth of Iraqi security forces and ordered development of a plan to reduce numbers. MinDef Abdel Qadr and Commander of Joint Forces (CHOD) General Babaki [...] | 2008-07-24 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | IZ MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER |
08BAGHDAD2304 | MEK SECURITY TRANSITION: INFORMAL MULTI-PARTY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Informal discussions on July 20 among the GOI, USG, ICRC, UNAMI, and Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK)leaders from Ashraf helped to clarify the positions and roles that each party would play in the transfer of responsibility for the MEK from the USG to the GOI, and the ensuing questions of [...] | 2008-07-24 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM KJUS PINS PTER PREL UN IZ |
08BAGHDAD2312 | SCENESETTER FOR WASHINGTON VISIT OF IRAQI MINISTER [...] (S) Iraqi Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bolani is a hard working, honest broker achieving real but fragile success in his efforts to rid the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) of corruption and sectarianism. He arrives in Washington against a backdrop of increasing good news about security in Ira [...] | 2008-07-24 15:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PGOV PTER PNAT MOPS MCAP MARR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2329 | MAYSAN GOVERNOR: I AM A SADRIST [...] (C) Summary: "I am a Sadrist," said Maysan Governor Adil al-Maliki in a July 24 meeting with MND-C DCG-S COL Smith and poloffs at the governor's office in Amarah. During a wide-ranging conversation Maliki expressed concerns, which he said were shared by the Maysani public, over the "militari [...] | 2008-07-26 16:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IZ PTER MOPS PINS |
08BAGHDAD2347 | ELECTION SECURITY, AIRPORT SECURITY, AND AMNESTY [...] (S) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh chaired the weekly National Security Council (NSC) meeting on Jul 20, deferring planned discussions about Diyala security operations because this had been the topic of an earlier meeting of the Crisis Action Committee held by Prime Minister Mali [...] | 2008-07-28 06:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER |
08BAGHDAD2380 | KKRG SECURITY CHIEF ON JULY 28 SUICIDE BOMBING AT [...] (C) Summary: The KRG's security chief Masrour Barzani told Senior Advisor Krajeski July 29 that the investigation into the July 28 bombing in Kirkuk has uncovered evidence of Turkomen complicity. S/A Krajeski cautioned against provocative public statements until we know definitively what hap [...] | 2008-07-29 14:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PTER TU IZ |
08BAGHDAD2396 | GOI CALLS DETENTION OPERATIONS AND AMNESTY LAW A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih and Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim convened a meeting on July 27 with representatives of all three branches of government to address problems in the GOI detention system and with implementation of the Amnesty Law. Each branch representa [...] | 2008-07-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM KJUS PINS PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2402 | SECURITY OPERATION BENEVOLENT DIYALA STARTS [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) On July 28, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) launched Benevolent Diyala, the security operation designed to sweep residual terrorist elements and supporters from Diyala province. The ISF blockaded the provincial capital Baqub [...] | 2008-08-01 09:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR MOPS PTER ECON IZ |
08BAGHDAD2403 | DIYALA PREPARES FOR POTENTIAL HUMANITARIAN ISSUES [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Provincial Council committee in charge of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) is working with the Director General for Migration to prepare for any potential humanitarian crises created by the current Iraqi-led security operat [...] | 2008-08-01 09:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL ECON PTER MOPS EAID PINS PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD241 | MALIKI REAFFIRMS DESIRE FOR CABINET SHAKE-UP, [...] (S) SUMMARY: During the weekly security meeting on January 24 with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Maliki reaffirmed his desire to reduce the number of cabinet posts and form a national unity government with ministers from a broad spectrum of parties including Tawafuq and Iraqiyya. He express [...] | 2008-01-28 02:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ JO SY |
08BAGHDAD2423 | SENIOR ADVISOR KRAJESKI PRESSES KIRKUK LEADERS TO [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the suicide bomb and mob violence in Kirkuk July 28, Senior Advisor Krajeski traveled there to appeal for calm and discourage provocative acts or statements from Kirkuk's Kurdish, Sunni Arab, and Turkomen communities. Security was restored quickly by provincial se [...] | 2008-08-04 08:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PTER MOPS TU IZ |
08BAGHDAD2429 | PRT ANBAR: ANBAR VOTER REGISTRATION ECLIPSES 2005 [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Anbar Governate Electoral Office (GEO) Director Khalid Rijab Abdul-Razak told the PRT that more than 46,600 Anbaris have verified their names on the list of the Province's pre-registered voters. At six percent of eligible voters [...] | 2008-08-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER KDEM SOCI UNSC IZ |
08BAGHDAD243 | NINEWA/MOSUL EXPLOSION: CURFEW LIFTED, MARKETS [...] (C/REL ACGU) On January 26 Ninewa Governor Kashmoula lifted the all-day curfew imposed on Mosul after the massive explosion of January 23. Shops and markets are open. PRT Leader met January 27 with the Governor, Vice-Governor, other provincial officials, and Zuhair Al-Chalabi, the Director G [...] | 2008-01-28 02:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PREL SCUL IZ |
08BAGHDAD244 | NINEWA/MOSUL EXPLOSION: CURFEW LIFTED, MARKETS [...] (C/REL ACGU) On January 26 Ninewa Governor Kashmoula lifted the all-day curfew imposed on Mosul after the massive explosion of January 23. Shops and markets are open. PRT Leader met January 27 with the Governor, Vice-Governor, other provincial officials, and Zuhair Al-Chalabi, the Director G [...] | 2008-01-28 02:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PREL SCUL IZ |
08BAGHDAD2456 | IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL ON OPERATIONS IN [...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Maliki chaired the July 27 National Security Council (NSC),which began with a review of current security operations in Diyala and Ninewa provinces. Ministers devoted most of the two-hour meeting to Diyala, where military operations are quickly ramping up. The Diyala [...] | 2008-08-05 15:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER |
08BAGHDAD249 | NINEWA: MOSUL UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT PROPOSES BROAD [...] (S/REL ACGU) Summary: Mosul University President Dr. Obay al-Dewachi told us he was open to broad cooperation with the PRT. Although the university was a bastion of the Ba'athist system and is a known safe haven for terrorists, as one of the best universities in Iraq the PRT will begin immedia [...] | 2008-01-28 07:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD2492 | KARBALA PREPARES FOR SHABANIYAH [...] (C) Summary: Seeking to avoid a repeat of the deadly violence that marred last year's Shabaniyah (a Shia observance commemorating the twelfth imam's birth, which this year is on August 17),Karbala officials are tightening security throughout the province. Seven thousand additional police and [...] | 2008-08-08 03:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SOCI KISL IZ |
08BAGHDAD2510 | IRAQI NSC ON AUGUST 3 REVIEWS DIYALA OPERATIONS [...] (S/REL UK AS) Summary: The weekly Iraqi National Security Council meeting on August 3 discussed ongoing security operations in Diyala, resolving the MEK situation, and conforming to UNSCR 1373 (Counter Terrorism measures). The Council also touched on the protection of judicial officials and t [...] | 2008-08-10 15:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2518 | MAYSAN GOVERNOR PLAYS IT COOL WHILE SHEIKHS RUN HOT [...] (C) Summary: Maysan Governor Adil al-Maliki said all the right things in an August 9 meeting with PRT Team Leader (TL) at the Governor's offices in downtown Amarah. The Governor expressed satisfaction with security gains in the province as a result of Operation Tidings of Peace and the presen [...] | 2008-08-11 07:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IZ PTER MOPS PINS |
08BAGHDAD2545 | LEGAL CLAIMS AGAINST IRAQI ASSETS: WHAT NOW? [...] (C) An interagency team led by Principal Deputy Legal Adviser Joan Donoghue traveled to Baghdad July 18-24 to discuss with GOI officials the protection of Iraq's assets, the settlement of Iraq's remaining Saddam-era debt and commercial claims, and the resolution of Saddam-era personal injury s [...] | 2008-08-12 13:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2593 | A GRIM VIEW FROM TIKRIT [...] (C) Summary: An Iraqi-American community leader based in Tikrit, Salaheddin province, recently warned that public alienation from the local government was approaching dangerous levels. Hatem Mukhlis (strictly protect) described the provincial government as dominated by members of the Jabouri [...] | 2008-08-14 16:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD26 | SCENESETTER FOR IRAQI MINISTER OF DEFENSE ABDEL [...] (S) Iraqi Minister of Defense Abdel Qadr arrives in Washington against a backdrop of encouraging news about security in Iraq, still tentative legislative progress, and just as the USG SOFA negotiating team begins its preliminary work prior to its initial meeting with the GOI later this month. [...] | 2008-01-03 11:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER |
08BAGHDAD2608 | IRAQI NSC ON AUGUST 10 REVIEWS SECURITY SITUATION [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired the August 10 meeting of the National Security Council (I-NSC) that focused on security operations in Diyala, budget execution, and the need for re-energized security operations in Mosul in the face of an up-tick of AQI and criminal [...] | 2008-08-17 09:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD261 | DHI QAR PRT: SHAYKH DECRIES ISLAMIC PARTIES, WANTS [...] (SBU) The information in this cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. SIPDIS 2. (SBU) This is a PRT Dhi Qar reporting cable. 3. (SBU) Summary: On January 23 Dhi Qar IPAO met with Shaykh Alwan Hakim al-Hamaid. Alwan claimed that his tribe has been ignored [...] | 2008-01-29 13:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PTER POL PINR |
08BAGHDAD2618 | NINEWA: IMPROVED DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED KEROSENE [...] (C) Summary: Over the last two winters, Ninewa residents suffered from a severe shortage of kerosene, which they use for cooking and home heating in the province's sub-freezing winters. Hoping to avoid the long fuel lines and exorbitant black market kerosene rates of 2006 and 2007, provincial [...] | 2008-08-17 15:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG PGOV PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2628 | THE AMBASSADOR'S DINNER WITH PROMINENT SHI'A [...] (C) Summary: A prominent Shi'a cleric told the Ambassador August 13 that Iraqis perceive significant security improvements, but stressed that regional engagement against foreign fighters would be key to sustaining this progress. Sayyed Mohammed Bahr al-Uloom and his two sons, politicians in th [...] | 2008-08-18 06:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL IZ |
08BAGHDAD2643 | KARBALA CELEBRATES SECURE SHABANIYAH [...] (SBU) Summary: Karbala officials and residents alike are breathing a sigh of relief after the annual Shabaniyah observance, which culminated in the early morning hours on September 17, passed without incident within the province (although violence was recorded in other provinces among pilgrim [...] | 2008-08-18 15:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL SOCI KISL IZ |
08BAGHDAD2644 | (C) PRT SALAH AD DIN: REPORT FROM THE GOVERNORS, [...] (C) The Salah ad-Din (SaD) Deputy Governor Abdullah Hussein al-Jubara met with the PRT to discuss the results of the August 4-7 Baghdad conference for all provincial governors, which he and the Governor attended. SaD agenda items included: 1) increasing provincial budget allocations; 2) estab [...] | 2008-08-19 03:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2645 | (C) PRT SALAH AD DIN: SAD SIGNS CONTRACT FOR [...] (C) On 11 August, Salah ad-Din (SaD) Province signed a contract with a Turkish company for the construction of a commercial airport and industrial area east of Tikrit. Provincial leaders expect the airport project to be a tremendous boon to the provincial economy, serving as a means for prospe [...] | 2008-08-19 03:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON IR IZ KCRS PGOV PINS PREL PTER |
08BAGHDAD265 | BATTLE FOR BAGHDAD PART 2: IT'S NOT OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a substantially improved security environment in Baghdad, local residents continue to stress that the battle for Baghdad is not yet won. Most importantly, they assert that the Government of Iraq (GoI) and the Coalition have not achieved irreversible momentum toward the e [...] | 2008-01-29 15:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD266 | BATTLE FOR BAGHDAD PART 3: KEEPING MOMENTUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many Baghdad residents have warned Mission officers that the enemies of Iraq may regain the initiative in Baghdad if the Government of Iraq (GoI) fails to develop and implement coherent policies for a number of key issues. These issues include the future of Concerned Local Citizen [...] | 2008-01-29 15:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2660 | ERBIL: NEW KURDISH COMMITTEE ON ARTICLE 140, AND [...] (C) Summary: KRG Minister of Extra-Regional Affairs Mohammed Ihsan told RRT Deputy Team Leader (DTL) that all previous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) committees on Article 140 have been abolished, and one committee, called the High Committee on Article 140 (Committee),has been establish [...] | 2008-08-20 06:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2667 | MAYSANI SHEIKHS: EXPECT MORE ATTACKS [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: In an August 19 meeting with U.S. officials, Maysani sheikhs Ali Hasan Sajar Al-Fartusi and Saha, Jabar Suhail Al-Buzaid warned of a "second phase" in local reactions to the U.S. presence in the governorate, predicting that released detainees and militants returning fro [...] | 2008-08-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER MOPS PINS IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD267 | OPERATIONS IN MOSUL DOMINATE JANUARY 27 MCNS [...] (S REL MNF-I) Following brief remarks from MOD on Army escorts for fuel deliveries, Prime Minister Maliki moved the discussion from the scheduled topics to the situation in Ninewa province, especially in Mosul (ref. A). MOD painted a picture of disorganized security forces in Mosul and outlin [...] | 2008-01-29 17:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER PHUM SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD2714 | SAMARRA RECONSTRUCTION EXTENDS BEYOND GOLDEN MOSQUE [...] (C) Reconstruction of the Al-Askari Mosque continues to advance. The Shi'a Mosque recently opened to local citizens for the first time since the terrorist bombing in February 2006. Additionally, reconstruction efforts are now expanding more noticeably beyond the Mosque with an increased focus [...] | 2008-08-24 10:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2720 | NEED TO GENERATE PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF AL QAEDA,S [...] (C) Summary: Al Qaeda activity in Iraq over the last four weeks has shown that the organization is changing its tactics in response to the blows it has been dealt by the surge. We have seen a pattern of attacks using suicide bombers to target each of Iraq,s ethnic communities in an attempt to [...] | 2008-08-24 12:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KISL KPAO IZ |
08BAGHDAD2729 | IRAQI NSC ON AUGUST 17 REVIEWS MOSUL [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired the August 17 meeting of the National Security Council (I-NSC) that focused on reconstruction efforts in Mosul, MOD's logistics modernization, and protection of infrastructure. The Council also reviewed operations in Diyala, protec [...] | 2008-08-25 10:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD2773 | GOI MAKES FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO MEK CAMP; IRAQI [...] (S) SUMMARY: A GOI team led by Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim and including an MFA official made its first visit to the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf on August 18 to prepare for a transfer of security responsibility. The team toured Camp Ashraf and heard from MEK members that [...] | 2008-08-28 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM IZ |
08BAGHDAD2781 | SUNNI ARAB INSIDER WARNS PM MALIKI WILL REIGNITE [...] (C) Summary: Tens of thousands of Sunni Arab "Sons of Iraq" and Sahwa ("Awakening") fighters, who were instrumental in pushing Al-Qa'ida out of Anbar Province, and on the defensive elsewhere, will not be absorbed into the Iraqi Security Forces and vocational training programs as projected, a [...] | 2008-08-29 12:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2783 | SUNNI SHEIKHS FEELING EXCLUDED FROM THE PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many Sunni tribal views of the GOI are defined by perceptions of corruption, and the belief that political and sectarian motives drive a Shi'a-dominated government that utilizes the Iraqi Security Forces (both police and military) as a political tool. Sunni tribal contacts are ge [...] | 2008-08-29 12:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2784 | IRAQI NSC ON AUGUST 24 REVIEWS READINESS OF [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: The National Security Council (I-NSC),chaired by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, focused its discussions August 24 on the readiness of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to provide security for Iraq and command and control of Ports of Entry (POEs). The council also heard [...] | 2008-08-29 13:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD2795 | PRT ANBAR: ANBAR PROVINCE ON THE EVE OF PIC [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Security responsibility in Anbar Province is scheduled to be transferred from the Coalition Forces (CF) to Iraqi national and provincial authorities in a ceremony in Ramadi on September 1. Called Provincial Iraqi Control [...] | 2008-08-31 13:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PTER PINS PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2801 | NINEWA: SHEBAK LEADERS FROM BARTALA TOWN RESIST [...] (C) Summary. Shebak political leaders from Bartala town told us that they prefer to remain a part of Ninewa Province in an August meeting. Shebak Democratic Assembly representatives said that the short-term security benefits of existence under KRG control are not worth the dangers of the com [...] | 2008-09-01 15:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER ECON KDEM IZ |
08BAGHDAD2804 | ENGAGING GOI ON DRAFT UNSCR FOR TERRORIST [...] (C) Per Reftel A instructions, Econoff met August 31 with MFA Deputy IO Director Mohammed al-Humaimidi to urge the GOI to accept a different formulation of preamble Paragraph 10 of subject draft UNSC resolution, and to seek GOI agreement on the list of seven names provided by the USG for inclu [...] | 2008-09-01 15:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PREL PTER IZ RU UK |
08BAGHDAD2815 | ERBIL AND KIRKUK: MURDER AND INTIMIDATION [...] (C) Summary: Credible death threats from the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) and the Iranian intelligence service may force one of the Kurdistan Region's boldest independent media outlets, Lvin magazine, to move its operations to Europe, according to Lvin's Editor-in-Chief Ahmad Mira. Mira [...] | 2008-09-02 12:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2831 | SUNNI LEADER PESSIMISTIC ABOUT GOI INTENTIONS WITH [...] SUMMARY (C) According to Sahwa leader Abu Azaam, the GOI and Shi,a have opposed Sahwa and the Sons of Iraq (SOI) since its establishment, and transitioning the Sahwa to GOI administration would lead to its dissolution. This will increase the sense of betrayal among Sunni Arabs, and could lead [...] | 2008-09-03 12:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2838 | PRT DIYALA: IRAQI ARMY ACTIONS IN KHANAQIN RAISE [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Diyala Provincial Council Chairman Ibrahim Bajellan (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, PUK) told us that negotiators, who have met the past few days in Baghdad, have worked to defuse the tense confrontation between Kurdish fo [...] | 2008-09-04 14:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL PTER PINS PINR MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD284 | NINEWA: MOSUL UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT PROPOSES BROAD [...] (S/REL ACGU) Summary: Mosul University President Dr. Obay al-Dewachi told us he was open to broad cooperation with the PRT. Although the university was a bastion of the Ba'athist system and is a known safe haven for terrorists, as one of the best universities in Iraq the PRT will begin immedia [...] | 2008-01-31 08:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD2862 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: KIRKUK ISSUE HEIGHTENS TENSIONS [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) For Salah ad Din (SaD) residents, the Kirkuk Provincial Council's (PC's) call for Kirkuk to join the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has proved to be a very emotive issue. This is a particularly sensitive issue [...] | 2008-09-05 19:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PTER PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2866 | NINEWA: TRAVELING JUDGES ARE A SHORT-TERM FIX BUT [...] (S) Summary. A panel of four traveling Baghdad trial judges did what the provincial justice system has failed to do over the last year: convict and sentence defendants guilty of terrorism-related offenses. Staying on the PRT, travelling to the Mosul court in 3rd ACR convoys, and working unde [...] | 2008-09-06 12:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER KJUS IZ |
08BAGHDAD289 | NINEWA: KURDS AND ARABS TAKING STEPS TOWARD [...] (C/REL ACGU) Summary: Provincial Vice Governor and President of the Ninewa Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Khasro Goran told PRT Leader January 21 that the Kurdish parties had made strides with the Arab Sunni parties in Ninewa Province in working together toward political reconciliation. Gor [...] | 2008-01-31 12:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2897 | KURDISH REPS CLAIM AQI LINKS AT NEW IRAQI POLICE [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. 2. (C/NF) Summary: Diyala Provincial Council (PC) Chairman Ibrahim Bajellan has alleged a newly set-up police force at Jaloula in the Khanaqin district has links to Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and threatens Kurdish and regional security. He charged t [...] | 2008-09-08 14:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PINS PINR MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD291 | PROGRESS IN TRANSFER OF IRAQ SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The fourth quarterly meeting of the High Level Working Group held January 24 to discuss the Joint Committee for Accelerating the Transfer of Iraq Security indicated progress. Consistent Iraqi themes were to reduce the number of supporting committees either through closure or con [...] | 2008-01-31 15:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV MOPS PTER PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2914 | MOHR CAUTIONS GOI WILL MOVE SLOWLY ON MEK AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim recognizes the need for the GOI to formulate a comprehensive plan for the transfer of security authority for Camp Ashraf and the post-transfer stage, but said the GOI has not yet reached consensus on modalities for the transfer and how the cam [...] | 2008-09-09 13:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM KJUS PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2933 | NSC SEPTEMBER 7: STEMMING ASSASSINATIONS AND [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Rafi Isawi chaired the sparsely attended September 7 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC). The Council considered plans to tackle the rising number of assassinations in Baghdad, reconstruction coordination, and the achievements of [...] | 2008-09-11 06:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2936 | CG DISCUSSES PESHMERGA-GOI CONFLICT, FORCE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In their regular weekly meeting on 4 September 2008, Commanding General MNF-I GEN David Petraeus and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (joined by CDA) discussed disposition of Kurdish forces (Peshmerga) near the city of Khanaqin and the Green Line, Iraqi military force struct [...] | 2008-09-11 11:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER ENGR EPET IZ |
08BAGHDAD2945 | VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT AND WATCHLIST [...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: BAGHDAD MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 CHAIR: DCM PATRICIA A. BUTENIS COORDINATOR: CONOFF MATT CHESSEN ATTENDEES: CONS, DOJ, EXEC, ORA, PAO, MNF-I (CJ9),RSO, POL/MIL, DHS, FBI, POL, MNF-I (DBETT) 3. (U) ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS: 4. (S/NF) The following [...] | 2008-09-12 02:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD2946 | ICRC STATE OF PLAY ON MEK [...] (S) SUMMARY: ICRC conducted its first official visit to the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf from August 24-26 in line with its agreement to increase ICRC involvement in the transfer of responsibility for the MEK from the USG to the GOI. ICRC Iraq delegation head Juan Pedro Schaerer s [...] | 2008-09-12 09:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PINS PTER ICRC KJUS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2962 | AMB, CG AND PM DISCUSS ELECTIONS, GOI/KRG [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In the regular weekly meeting held on September 11 with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Ambassador and Commanding General MNF-I General David Petraeus discussed the elections law, relations between the KRG and GOI, foreign business investment in Iraq, crude oil processing [...] | 2008-09-14 13:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER ENGR EPET IZ |
08BAGHDAD2964 | TRADE ONE-WAY ON IRAQ/IRAN BORDER AT ZURBATIYAH [...] (C/REL MCFI) Summary: Trade is one way on the Iran-Iraq border crossing at Zurbitiyah as Iraqi cargo trucks arrive empty and collect cargo from Iran. Turnaround for cargo takes about half a day. U.S. military visual inspection for incoming cargo trucks is 100 percent but still rudimentary. N [...] | 2008-09-14 15:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ETRD PREL MARR PTER ECON IZ |
08BAGHDAD298 | SUCCESSFUL ICRC VISIT TO CAMP BUCCA [...] (C) An ICRC inspection team visited the MNF-I Theater Internment Facility at Camp Bucca January 8-28. This trip, the first major ICRC inspection of Camp Bucca since November 2006, came after several months of high-level pressure on the ICRC, including direct requests from Ambassador Crocker an [...] | 2008-02-01 15:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PREL PTER ICRC IZ |
08BAGHDAD2984 | SADR CITY UPDATE: BOSS SHAMA,S RETURN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2987 | SEPTEMBER 13TH CAR BOMB IN AD-DUJAYL: A SETBACK [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) A car bomb exploded in the predominantly Shi'a Ad-Dujayl district of Salah Ad Din (SaD) province on September 13, 2008, shattering a period of relative calm and economic improvement over the past year. According to [...] | 2008-09-16 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2993 | SADR CITY UPDATE: BOSS SHAMA,S RETURN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Hassan Shama, the Sadr City politician wounded in the June 24 blast that killed several EPRT members and U.S. military personnel, returned to work on August 12 and, after a small public wrangle, resumed his role as District Council (DC) chairman. Since then, Shama has moved aggr [...] | 2008-09-16 14:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD3008 | ANBAR'S AWAKENING AT TWO YEARS [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) The Anbar's "awakening movement" was founded in September 2006, a date that arguably marks the turning point in the battle against Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). It is now a political party, the Iraq Awakening Conference (Muatam [...] | 2008-09-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KDEM IZ |
08BAGHDAD3022 | NSC SEPTEMBER 14 REVIEWS NINEWA SECURITY [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister (D/PM) Barham Salih chaired the September 14 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC). The Council heard short follow-up reports from the MOD on Civil-Military Operations Centers, from the MOI on continued difficulties in securing fund [...] | 2008-09-19 12:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD3028 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: AD-DUJAYL CITY COUNCIL [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (S) The September 16 Ad Dujayl City Council criticized GOI and provincial responses to the September 12 car bombing (reftel). The Council thanked Coalition Forces (CF) for their quick response and support, complained abo [...] | 2008-09-20 14:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD3031 | AMB, CG AND PM DISCUSS SOFA, SOI, AMBASSADOR'S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In the regular weekly meeting held on 18 September 2008, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Ambassador and Commanding General (CG) MNF-I General Raymond Odierno discussed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),Sons of Iraq (SOI),the Ambassador's trip to KRG and relations bet [...] | 2008-09-21 13:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER ENGR EPET IZ |
08BAGHDAD3035 | NINEWA: MURDER OF ASSISTANT GOVERNOR WILL FURTHER [...] (C) Summary: Assailants gunned down Ninewa's Assistant Governor for Technical Affairs September 17 outside his mosque. Shamil Younis was a prominent Sunni Arab working for Governor Kashmoula and a close contact of PRT Mosul. A distraught Kashmoula told us that Younis was the seventeenth of [...] | 2008-09-21 16:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PHUM KDEM IZ |
08BAGHDAD3063 | DEMISTURA VISIT TO IRAN: OPPOSITION TO SOFA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Iranian leaders told SRSYG DeMistura during his recent visit to Iran that, given improved security conditions, there is no longer a need for a foreign troop presence in Iraq. The Iranians were adamantly opposed to the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and said [...] | 2008-09-23 15:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER |
08BAGHDAD3096 | NSC REVIEW SEPTEMBER 21, 2008: SECURITY OPTICS, [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary. The September 21 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC) opened with the Ministry of the Interior asserting its control of the Petroleum Security Police (PSP). Emphasizing his desire both to improve optics in the international zone for the Iraqi public, [...] | 2008-09-25 16:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD3124 | SETTING THE SCENE FOR PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS IN TUZ [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) While the situation remains reasonably calm in the Tuz district of Salah ad Din province, background tension exists among the different ethnic groups present there. Even though Tuz is not formally a "disputed area," [...] | 2008-09-27 14:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PTER PREL KDEM IZ |
08BAGHDAD3166 | BAYJI OIL REFINERY DG TAKING ACTION AGAINST FUEL [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) In a September 18 meeting Bayji Oil Refinery (BOR) Director General Ali Obeidi (protect throughout) told PRT and Joint Security Station officers (JSS) that he has made progress in shutting down corruption and black ma [...] | 2008-10-01 11:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL KCOR PTER PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD3211 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: POLITICAL TENSIONS INCREASE AS [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------------ 2. (C) As provincial elections approach, the PRT is hearing more complaints of political infighting, and accusations against provincial officials in Salah ad Din (SaD). One key duel is between two of the most powerful [...] | 2008-10-05 06:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD3240 | IRAQIS CONDEMN PKK ATTACK ON TURKISH ARMY OUTPOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both GOI and Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) leaders were quick to publicly condemn the October 3 evening terrorist attack by Kongra-Gel (PKK) rebels on a Turkish military outpost situated on the Iraq-Turkey border. KRG leaders firmly denied a subsequent Turkish accusation that [...] | 2008-10-07 08:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IZ TU |
08BAGHDAD3257 | JORDANIAN HIGH-VALUE DETAINEE DIES OF NATURAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. A High-Value Detainee (HVD) died in MNF-I custody of natural causes October 6 in Iraq. Despite calls for his compassionate release to live his last days in freedom with his family in Jordan, the Government of Iraq (GOI) did not grant his release because of pending criminal charg [...] | 2008-10-09 02:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV IZ JO |
08BAGHDAD3263 | SAHWA LEADER ABU AZZAM AN AMBITIOUS POLITICAL [...] (C) Sahwa leader Thamir Al Tamimi, aka Abu Azzam, said that the Sahwa issues are not yet over for the government of Iraq (GOI),despite his own claims in the press that the process is going smoothly. This is not the only time Abu Azzam has issued contradictory statements weeks. He has also [...] | 2008-10-09 12:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD3272 | MINISTER OF INTERIOR AL-BULANI RECEPTIVE TO RETURN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 03:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR IZ US |
08BAGHDAD3282 | ZFR ZFR ZFR MINISTER OF INTERIOR REITERATES GOI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 14:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINR IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD3285 | MINISTER OF INTERIOR REITERATES GOI ASSURANCES [...] (S) SUMMARY. Minister of Interior al-Bulani reiterated October 6 the importance placed on security and humanitarian assurances for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) residents at Camp Ashraf. The Minister noted that the GOI would deal with the residents in accordance with international human rights [...] | 2008-10-11 11:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PHUM PINR IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD3291 | DPM ISSAWI TO DEPUTY SECRETARY: "IRAQI DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) On October 6, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met with Deputy Prime Minister for Essential Services Rafae Issawi in the DPM's Residence. Ambassador Marc Wall, Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq, and Sunni Tawafaq parliamentarians Salman al-Jumaili and Dhafer al-Ani al [...] | 2008-10-12 10:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON IZ |
08BAGHDAD3320 | ICRC ON MEK, PLANS TO EXPAND ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ, [...] (S) Summary: In an October 8 meeting with the Ambassador, ICRC Iraq head of delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer said that ICRC will increase its detention monitoring, hospital training, staffing, and other projects in Iraq in 2009. ICRC has stepped up its inspections of GOI detention facilitie [...] | 2008-10-14 17:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PREL PREF PTER IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD3325 | I-NSC OCTOBER 12 REVIEWS SITUATION IN MOSUL, [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary. The October 12 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC) opened with the Prime Minister setting aside the prepared schedule and calling for a briefing on the situation of reported Christian persecution in Mosul City, Ninewa. All members of the NSC wanted to [...] | 2008-10-15 06:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD3365 | GOI ACTS DECISIVELY TO PROTECT DISPLACED [...] (S) Summary: At the October 19 Iraqi National Security Council meeting, Prime Minister Maliki demanded quick action to end the intimidation and fear that had driven thousands of Christians from their homes in Ninewa and said he wanted measures taken to ensure that this would not happen again [...] | 2008-10-20 12:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KIRF PGOV PHUM PTER PREF IZ |
08BAGHDAD3373 | NINEWA: CHRISTIAN IDPS FLEE MOSUL FOR SAFER [...] (C) Summary: Christian IDPs who fled Mosul in the last two weeks are currently out of grave danger and there is currently no humanitarian crisis. It appears that local authorities in the safe-haven communities, with assistance from UNHCR and NGOs, have the capacity to supply food, water, an [...] | 2008-10-21 13:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF MOPS PTER KDEM IZ |
08BAGHDAD3374 | RSO MEETING WITH THE COMMANDER OF THE PESHMERGA [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 10/13/2008, the RSO met with the Commander of the Peshmerga to extend courtesies, brief him on RSO's roles and responsibilities, solicit his support, and forge a strong working relationship to safeguard U.S. interests in Northern Iraq. (Note: The Peshmerga is also referred [...] | 2008-10-21 13:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC IZ PTER AMGT |
08BAGHDAD3383 | PM DEMANDS ACTION TO PROTECT CHRISTIANS IN MOSUL [...] (S) Summary. In an uncharacteristically short meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC),Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki demanded quick action by the Government of Iraq (GOI) to end the intimidation and fear that had driven thousands of Christians from their homes in Ninawa Provinc [...] | 2008-10-22 08:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KIRF MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER SY |
08BAGHDAD3389 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: EXPATS FROM THE PROVINCE KEEN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-23 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD3398 | PRT SALAH AD-DIN: EXPATS FROM THE PROVINCE KEEN TO [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad-Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) PRT Econ Section chief met with Hassan Ahmad Mahjoob al-Qaisy (strictly protect throughout),October 13 to discuss the investment climate in Salah ad-Din province. Mahjoob, the owner of a fuel transportation company [...] | 2008-10-24 17:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON EIND EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD3402 | RRT ERBIL: ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT BARZANI CITES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kurdistan Region's chief advisor on Turkish matters believes that the recent killing of 15 Turkish soldiers by PKK forces increased public and military pressure on the Turkish government and so precipitated the revival of the dialogue between Turkey and the Kurdistan Regiona [...] | 2008-10-25 10:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PTER TU IZ |
08BAGHDAD3418 | IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ VISITS SAMARRA [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah Ad Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Iranian Ambassador to Iraq recently paid an unannounced visit to the Al-Askari (Golden) Mosque in Samarra, Salah Ad Din (SAD) province. The Mayor of Samarra complained to PRT SaD that there had been no advance [...] | 2008-10-26 15:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD3424 | NINEWA: SMALL-SCALE RETURNS TO MOSUL OF CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Summary: The commander of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) in Ninewa, LTG Riyad, told us October 26 that 130 displaced Christians have returned to the city. Ninewa governor Kashmoula said all Christian civil servants who work in Provincial Hall are back on the job. One of his deputies told u [...] | 2008-10-27 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD343 | CHARGE AND CG MEET PM TO DISCUSS MOSUL SECURITY, [...] (C) MNF-I Commanding General (CG) David Petraeus and CDA Patricia Butenis met Thursday, January 31, 2008 with Prime Minister Maliki. In a cordial and relaxed hour-long meeting, they discussed security operations in Mosul, Turkish cut-off of electricity deliveries, implications for current GOI [...] | 2008-02-06 10:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER EINV ENGR KU TU IZ |
08BAGHDAD3445 | UPDATE ON MEK TRANSFER [...] (S) Summary: In preparation for the transfer of security authority from the USG to the GOI for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf, the USG is encouraging MEK leaders to begin planning for the transition and pressing the GOI to formulate a plan for when it takes over responsibility. [...] | 2008-10-28 18:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PTER KJUS PINS PREL UN IZ |
08BAGHDAD3454 | GOI DISCUSSES COMPENSATION FOR DISPLACED [...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister al-Maliki opened the October 26 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (NSC) with an appeal for Iraqi and Coalition Forces to do everything to avoid use of excessive force while continuing to conduct operations against insurgents. The NSC went on to discus [...] | 2008-10-29 14:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD347 | NINEWA: WEST MOSUL SHEIKHS EXPRESS DISSATISFACTION [...] (C/REL ACGU) Summary: Sheikhs from west Mosul, an area of the city where terrorists are entrenched, told PRTOff and military representatives January 30 that only through provincial elections would the city see progress. The current provincial government focused only on small repair projects [...] | 2008-02-06 12:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR EAID IZ |
08BAGHDAD3475 | BASRAH RESIDENTS ANGRY, WORRIED ABOUT IRANIAN [...] (C) Basrawis blame Iran for the Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) violence and intimidation that ended in April following Operation Charge of the Knights, community leaders and security officials told Senior Advisor Gray during a visit October 26-29. With the exception of an Islamic Supreme Council of Ir [...] | 2008-11-02 02:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINR IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD3484 | RSO MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 10/31/2008, RSO met with the Minister of the Interior (MOI) to discuss further specifics regarding the integration of Iraqi forces into RSO's protective security operation. The RSO updated the Minister on recent progress and underscored the need to accelerate the VIP train [...] | 2008-11-03 04:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC IZ PINS PTER |
08BAGHDAD3504 | IRAQI NSC MEETING ON NOV 2 REVIEWS SITUATION IN [...] (S) Summary. At the November 2, 2008 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki received the reconstruction report for Mosul. The report indicated that while many infrastructure projects were planned, implementation was slow and the province appeared una [...] | 2008-11-04 16:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD351 | DHI QAR: OFFICE OF THE MARTYR SADR TELLS PRT TO [...] This is a PRT Dhi Qar reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: January 30, Dhi Qar PRT met with Sheikh Haider Ali Ghizi, the head of the Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS) in Nassiriyah. Ghizi mirrored PRT views that training should be a "top priority" for the province. Ghizi called for the PRT [...] | 2008-02-06 13:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PINR PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD3511 | KRG VIEWS ON SOFA, MALIKI, KIRKUK, MOSLAWI [...] (C) Summary: In a November 5 meeting, KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani was critical of PM Maliki's "double game" on the SOFA but believes Iraqi leaders will eventually sign it. He told how KRG President Masoud Barzani disappointed his Iranian hosts on his most recent visit to Tehran by p [...] | 2008-11-06 13:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PTER MOPS TU IZ |
08BAGHDAD3512 | BIOMETRIC DATA FOR IRAQI GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S) Biometric data (photos and fingerprints) for four Iraqi Guantanamo (GTMO) detainees approved for transfer to Iraq was received at Post October 30 (REF A). Taking advantage of the visit to Baghdad of the Deputy Director (DepDir) of the Secretary's Office of War Crimes Issues (S/WCI),Milbe [...] | 2008-11-06 14:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR IZ US |
08BAGHDAD3517 | KARBALA WELCOMES IRANIAN TOURISTS BUT WARY OF [...] (C) Summary: Karbala business leaders and government officials discussed their concerns about Iranian influence and reliance on tourism revenue from Iranian pilgrims in a visit November 2-3 by Senior Advisor Gordon Gray. Governor Aqeel al-Khazali (Da,wa) hinted that the Iranians were behind [...] | 2008-11-07 13:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EFIN IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD3532 | VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT AND WATCHLIST [...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: BAGHDAD MEETING DATE: 02NOV2008 CHAIR: DCM PATRICIA BUTENIS COORDINATOR: CONOFF MCHESSEN ATTENDEES: RSO, POL/MIL, EXEC, DOJ, ORA, PAO, FBI, POL, CONS, MNF-I (CJ9) 3. (U) ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS: 4. (S/NF) The following subject was denied access to refug [...] | 2008-11-09 09:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD3553 | PROGRESS ON CAMP ASHRAF (MEK) TRANSITION [...] (S) SUMMARY. EmbOffs recently met with senior GOI stakeholders, including Minister of Interior (REF A),Minister of Defense, National Security Advisor, and Minister of Human Rights, regarding the transfer of security responsibility for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) residents of Camp Ashraf. In [...] | 2008-11-10 11:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD3561 | THE SADRIST PROGRAM FOR KARBALA [...] (SBU) Summary: The PRT obtained in early November a copy of an Arabic-language pamphlet titled The General Program of the Martyr al-Sadr Office in Karbala, signed by Shaykh Muhannad Abd al-Hussein al-Karbala'i, Manager of the al-Sadr Office in Karbala, and dated 2008. We have sent a scanned c [...] | 2008-11-11 13:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD3571 | KARBALA: MUQTADA AL-SADR PREACHES PATIENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The PRT recently obtained a half-page flyer from Muqtada al-Sadr that was being distributed near the al-Husayn and al-Abbas shrines in Karbala. In the half-page, photocopied message, Muqtada urges his followers to "practice calmness with the government -- but not with the occupi [...] | 2008-11-12 09:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KISL PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD3586 | MITHAL ALUSI REMAINS DEFIANT DESPITE THREATS [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of November 9, 2008, Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal Alusi remained vigilant in the face of threats against him and his party, and said ISCI operatives have approached his personal security detail. Alusi retains approximately 70 security guards, and reported threats and intimidati [...] | 2008-11-12 13:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IZ |
08BAGHDAD3598 | GOI AGREES UPON MODALITIES FOR IRAQ-TURKEY-USA [...] (S) Summary: GOI spokesman told Ambassador and MNF-I CG November 11 that GOI needs more time to make arrangements for the security trilateral with Turkey and the U.S. He explained the idea is the GOI's and that the goals are to both achieve tangible results (absent from Turkish visits to B [...] | 2008-11-13 13:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ TU PREL PTER KSEC MARR MOPS |
08BAGHDAD3671 | IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES NTM-I AND OTHER ISSUES AT [...] (S) Summary. At the November 16, Iraqi NSC meeting, NSA Rubaie unexpectedly raised the future of the NATO Training Mission Iraq (NTM-I). When the NSC became bogged down on the issue of the wide range of other possible areas of cooperation proposed by NATO in addition to the training already [...] | 2008-11-20 10:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD3674 | PRT SALAH-AD-DIN: SUNNI TRIBAL SHEIKS DEMONSTRATE [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah-ad-Din reporting cable. It is sensitive but unclassified; protect accordingly. Not for internet distribution. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Sunni tribal sheikhs from across Salah-ad-Din (SaD) province staged a peaceful demonstration in support of the Status of Force [...] | 2008-11-20 12:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD3678 | NEW GOI AMNESTY LAW VOTED DOWN BY MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Maliki proposed a new amnesty law during the November 4 Cabinet meeting, but ministers voted against it during the November 18 Cabinet meeting. According to Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim, although the PM was supporting the law, key ministers spoke agains [...] | 2008-11-21 12:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PINS PHUM PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD3712 | SONS OF IRAQ TRANSITION IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary. Transition of Sons of Iraq contracts and payment of the 50,135 registered Baghdad SOI is nearly complete, with only a few reports of dicrepancies or problems. Beginning in December, the GOI will proceed with SOI registration in Diyala, Qadisiya, Wasit and Babil in preparation f [...] | 2008-11-25 08:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD3734 | TREBIL PORT OF ENTRY: YET A LONG ROAD TO SECURITY [...] (C) Investigating reports of orphaned radiation sources at the Trebil Port of Entry (POE),a joint USG/GOI interagency team conducted a POE assessment on November 6, 2008. Although it faces a long list of infrastructure and budgetary woes, Trebil POE sends approximately 12 billion Iraqi Dinar [...] | 2008-11-26 12:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ETRD PREL PARM MARR PTER ECON IZ |
08BAGHDAD3736 | IRAQ BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP OVERSHADOWED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The third session of the Iraq Neighbors Border Security Working Group (BSWG) produced little forward motion toward practical measures to improve security on or within Iraq's borders, although its final communiqu did include some proposed measures that will be helpful if implemente [...] | 2008-11-26 17:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ SY TU IR |
08BAGHDAD3747 | IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES TRILATERAL MEETING WITH U.S. [...] (S) Summary. At the November 23 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (NSC),with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Rafi Essawi sitting in as chair for the Prime Minister, the Council received a report from Minister of State for National Security Affairs Shirwan Waeili on the recent U.S.- [...] | 2008-11-28 16:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD375 | FEBRUARY 3 MCNS EXAMINES SECURITY IN MOSUL AND [...] (S REL AS UK) Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki opened the meeting by outlining the agenda and asking for a report from MOD on the security situation in Mosul and the outcome of the Crisis Action Cell (CAD) held in Mosul on Saturday, February 2. The MCNS also discussed reform of the administrati [...] | 2008-02-09 09:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD3765 | SALAH AD-DIN RESIDENTS WORRIED ABOUT PERCEIVED [...] (S/NF) Summary: Judges and community activists in the mostly Sunni province of Salah ad-Din expressed concern about Iranian meddling in Iraq during a visit by Iran Watcher to the province Nov. 22-25, but struggled to point to specific instances of Iranian influence aside from Iranian products [...] | 2008-11-30 17:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PINR IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD3771 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: INDEPENDENT MEDIA FACE [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Government officials and insurgents continue to intimidate and harass journalists in Salah ad Din (SaD). Many journalists associate themselves with powerful clients who can offer protection, such as political part [...] | 2008-12-01 15:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KPAO PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD3796 | GOI DELIVERS ASSURANCES TO MEK, TAKES CUSTODY OF [...] (C) Summary: A GOI delegation led by Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim conveyed the GOI's humanitarian assurances to the USG to the Camp Ashraf (Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK)) leadership during a November 26 visit. The GOI had been reluctant to officially convey the assurances, concerned tha [...] | 2008-12-04 06:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PTER PINS PREF IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD3811 | COUNTERING HOSTAGE-TAKING IN IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. Embassy Baghdad's Office of Hostage Affairs (OHA) has provided critical support to the Embassy and MNF-I in the recovery of hostages captured by a multitude of criminal/insurgent organizations in Iraq. Formed in 2004 as the Hostage Working Group (HWG),OHA has three primary role [...] | 2008-12-04 14:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ASEC IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PTER |
08BAGHDAD3844 | NINEWA: KEROSENE SHORTAGE THREATENS AGAIN [...] (C) Over the last two winters, Ninewa residents suffered from a severe shortage of kerosene, which they use for cooking and home heating in the province's sub-freezing winters. Despite efforts by the Director of the Northern Oil Products Distribution Company (NOPDC) to obtain either larger al [...] | 2008-12-10 09:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG PGOV PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD3849 | MAYSAN MARSH PRINCE DISCUSSES POST-SOFA ISSUES [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C/REL MCFI) Summary: In a December 6 meeting with PRT members, prominent Maysani Sheikh Abed al-Kareem al-Mohammedawi (aka the Prince of the Marshes) lauded the timely passage of the SOFA and recommended that the U.S. should now look for opportu [...] | 2008-12-10 09:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM IZ |
08BAGHDAD3851 | CORRECTED COPY: MAYSAN MARSH PRINCE DISCUSSES [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C/REL MCFI) Summary: In a December 6 meeting with PRT members, prominent Maysani Sheikh Abed al-Kareem al-Mohammedawi (aka the Prince of the Marshes) lauded the timely passage of the SOFA and recommended that the U.S. should now look for opportu [...] | 2008-12-10 12:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM IZ |
08BAGHDAD3861 | SADRIST MAYSAN PC CHAIR: WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C/REL MCFI) Summary: Meeting with the PRT and Coalition Forces Commanders on December 4, Sadrist Maysan Provincial Council (PC) Chairman Abdul Jabbar Wahid Homaydi expressed the PC's appreciation for U.S. reconstruction assistance. He said th [...] | 2008-12-11 08:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD3919 | MAYSAN: ISCI DEPUTY GOVERNOR ON SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C/REL MCFI) Summary: Maysan Deputy Governor Abdul Hussein Abdul Radha (ISCI) told PRT members ON December 3 that the recent ratification of the Security Agreement (SA) would ensure stability in Iraq and facilitate bilateral [...] | 2008-12-15 07:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PTER PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD392 | NINEWA: BAGHDAD JUDGES COMPLETE ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ninewa Major Crimes Court (MCC),which tries the most difficult terrorism and corruption cases, completed another successful panel in Mosul. With strong support from the PRT, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and 1st Armored Division, senior Baghdad judges returned January 22 to [...] | 2008-02-10 15:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KJUS IZ |
08BAGHDAD3928 | TRIBES AND TECHNOCRATS MARK PRE-ELECTION [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Several months ago, outsiders looking at the electoral line-up in Anbar Province saw what appeared to be a head-on match up between the governing Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) and its nemesis, the Iraq Awakening Conference (MSI). Today th [...] | 2008-12-16 06:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD3947 | FIRST USG/GOI MEETING ON SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (S) Summary: In the first meeting on implementation of the detainees article of the USG-GOI Security Agreement on December 10, the CG detailed the USG plan for releasing and/or transferring up to 1,500 detainees per month. Barham Saleh, the head of the existing GOI detention committee, pro [...] | 2008-12-17 13:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PTER KJUS PHUM IZ |
08BAGHDAD395 | AQI USES WOMAN WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME TO ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: District Council chairmen in Baghdad told poloff February 2 that Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) detonated bombs in two popular markets on February 1 as part of a desperate bid for attention on the one year anniversary of the launch of the Baghdad Security Plan and the second anniversary o [...] | 2008-02-10 20:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD396 | NINEWA: BAGHDAD JUDGES COMPLETE ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ninewa Major Crimes Court (MCC),which tries the most difficult terrorism and corruption cases, completed another successful panel in Mosul. With strong support from the PRT, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and 1st Armored Division, senior Baghdad judges returned January 22 to [...] | 2008-02-11 06:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER KJUS IZ |
08BAGHDAD3994 | (C) PRT SALAH AD DIN: IRANIAN INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (SBU) Over the last six months, Samarra residents have grown increasingly concerned that Iranian interests are coordinating to influence the reconstruction of the Al Askari shrine (Golden Mosque) in Samarra, as well as the overall development of the city itself. People fear that the GOI and [...] | 2008-12-21 11:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD400 | ANBAR PROVINCIAL COUNCIL RECOMMENDS LEGAL ACTION [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Anbar Provincial Council (PC) voted February 9 to recommend prosecuting two local figures, Hameed Al-Heiss and Sheikh Ali Hatim Suleiman, for allegedly threatening to use violence to loosen the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) grip on po [...] | 2008-02-11 09:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD4006 | GOI TO ASSUME REPONSIBILITY FOR CAMP ASHRAF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 16. 2. (S) SUMMARY. National Security Advisor (NSA) Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie led a joint GOI-USG delegation to Camp Ashraf December 20 to discuss the assumption of security responsibility for the camp, home to over 3000 Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) [...] | 2008-12-22 14:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD401 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: NEW PROVINCIAL RECONCILIATION [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) Summary: During its inaugural meeting on February 6, members of the recently-formed 24-member Salah ad Din (SaD) Provincial Committee for the Promotion of National Reconciliation - the provincial-level equivalent of the GoI's Implem [...] | 2008-02-11 10:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD4015 | (C) PRT SALAH AD DIN: BAYJI OIL REFINERY DG [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) Bayji Oil Refinery (BOR) Director General Ali Obeidi informed JSS BOR officers on December 18 that he had submitted a letter resigning his position to the Ministry of Oil (MOO) and requesting that he be reassigned to a technical or advi [...] | 2008-12-23 09:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ |
08BAGHDAD4033 | IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES INSURGENT FINANCING, AGREEMENT [...] (S) Summary. At the December 21, 2009 meting of the Iraqi National Security Council (NSC),Prime Minister (PM) Nouri al-Maliki received a detailed report from the Minister of Defense (MoD) on the internal sources of financing for Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and other insurgent organizations. Accor [...] | 2008-12-26 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD4064 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: APPREHENSION OVER COMING SOI [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Provincial leaders are concerned that the upcoming transition of responsibility for Sons of Iraq (SOI) contracts from Coalition Forces (CF) to the Government of Iraq (GOI) could undermine security improvements in Salah ad Din ( [...] | 2008-12-30 14:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ |
08BAGHDAD4068 | IRAQ APPROVES ACCEPTANCE OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES; [...] (S) SUMMARY. Prime Minister (PM) Nuri al-Maliki has approved the transfer of four Iraqi detainees from USG custody at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO; REF C) to the control and custody of the Government of Iraq. The PM has authorized the Director of the Prime Minister's National Operation Center (PMNOC [...] | 2008-12-30 17:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US |
08BAGHDAD4070 | PETRAEUS DISCUSSES MASHADANI, SYRIA, WITH VP [...] (S) SUMMARY: The replacement for Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani, GCC relations generally and Syrian relations specifically, and concerns about Saudi relations were topics of conversation in a December 26 meeting between US Central Command General David Petraeus and [...] | 2008-12-31 09:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD411 | NINEWA: PRT EMERGENCY PLANNING EFFORTS BEAR FRUIT [...] (U) After months of hard work to raise the profile of emergency preparedness among government officials in Ninewa, the PRT's efforts paid off January 23 when a large group of provincial and local officials, led by Provincial Governor Duraid Kashmoula, convened to outline the initial steps for [...] | 2008-02-12 12:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER EAID SOCI ECON IZ |
08BAGHDAD422 | MALIKI CABINET APPROVES MOSUL CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 7, Prime Minister Maliki convened a cabinet-level Crisis Action Cell (CAC) to review the concept of operations for the upcoming campaign against al-Qaeda (AQI) in Ninewa province. Major General Riyadh, Commander of the Ninewa Operations, briefed a three-phased plan tha [...] | 2008-02-13 06:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER |
08BAGHDAD425 | IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY HITS BACK AT THREATS BY ANBAR [...] (S) During a February 11 meeting with the Ambassador (septel),Vice President Tareq al-Hashimi raised the issue of recent public threats made by controversial Anbar figures Hamid al-Heiss and Ali al-Hatim against the Iraqi Islamic Party (reftel). Hashimi confirmed that legal actions were bei [...] | 2008-02-13 07:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD448 | MCNS ON FEBRUARY 10 DISCUSSED AIRPORT SECURITY, [...] (S REL UK AS) In a meeting chaired by D/PM Barham Salih, the MCNS received a concise, well-organized briefing on 2007 force generation results for the Iraqi Army, discussed at length the administrative direction and security command at the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP),and briefly revi [...] | 2008-02-15 13:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD457 | PRT ANBAR: ANBAR POLITICAL FIGURES DEMAND COUNCIL [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Sheikh Ali Hatim Suleiman and Hameed Al-Heiss aired their grievances with the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) in a meeting with MNF-West and the PRT at Camp Fallujah on February 16. Both disavowed any support for political violence, alt [...] | 2008-02-17 17:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ |
08BAGHDAD473 | GOI FIGHTS KEROSENE CORRUPTION, MILITIA RACKETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sayid Nemah Jabour of the office of the Iraqi National Security Advisor told poloff February 15 that the new Project Clean Delivery (PCD) kerosene distribution system had significantly diminished militia revenue from the theft and sale of kerosene. Jabour said that an Iraqi inte [...] | 2008-02-19 10:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PINR PINS PTER IZ PGOV |
08BAGHDAD474 | MALIKI RECONSIDERS CABINET RE-SIZING, MAKES [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the weekly security meeting with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on February 14, Prime Minister Maliki expressed optimism on the return of the Tawafaq and Iraqiyya parties to the government, but noted their objection to reducing the number of ministries. On services, Maliki [...] | 2008-02-19 10:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER |
08BAGHDAD502 | MCNS FEBRUARY 17 DISCUSSES IRAQI PSDS, FORCE [...] (S REL UK AS) The weekly MCNS discussed supervision and management of Personal Security Details (PSDs),force generation success for the Ministry of Interior (MOI) forces, needs of the Directorate of Border Enforcement (DBE),security for elections and the approaching visit of Iranian Presiden [...] | 2008-02-21 13:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD503 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL AND ITS [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) After months of meeting sporadically and without achieving quorum, the Salah ad Din Provincial Council (PC) has been increasingly active, meeting with quorum and efficiently conducting its business. PC Chairm [...] | 2008-02-21 15:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS PINR KCRS IZ |
08BAGHDAD533 | BAGHDAD EPRT: SHEIKH ALI-HATEM SPEAKS ON AQI, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-24 12:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SOCI SCUL IZ |
08BAGHDAD537 | BAGHDAD EPRT: SHEIKH ALI-HATEM SPEAKS ON AQI, [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 E-PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: During a February 12 meeting with MNF-I Officers and E-PRT Team Leader, Sheikh Ali Hatem al-Suleiman, a controversial Anbar Province figure, condemned the February 11 VBIED attack against him, which he attributed to AQI, and de [...] | 2008-02-24 17:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SOCI SCUL IZ |
08BAGHDAD562 | BAGHDAD: LOCAL COUNCILS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (U) Summary. Recent security gains and progress toward reconciliation have opened a window for greater cooperation between local councils and the authorities responsible for delivering services to Baghdad residents. As national leaders work to [...] | 2008-02-26 16:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PTER KDEM IZ |
08BAGHDAD57 | MCNS FOCUSES ON IRAQI MINISTRY OF INTERIOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS) on January 6, Prime Minister Maliki and security ministers set aside most of the prepared agenda and focused on two issues raised by MinInt Bolani--apprehension about foreign ownership of Iraqi communications companies and dis [...] | 2008-01-09 02:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KU MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD570 | MCNS ON FEBRUARY 24 DISCUSSES TURKISH INCURSION, [...] (S/REL AS UK) Deputy Prime Minister (D/PM) Barham Saleh opened the February 24 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) meeting with a discussion of the Turkish incursion into northern Iraq (ref. A). National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwaffaq Rubaie presented a list of intelligence col [...] | 2008-02-27 13:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ TU |
08BAGHDAD571 | MALIKI REASSESSES ONGOING CABINET NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: During his weekly security meeting with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on February 21, Prime Minister Maliki said he was discouraged by lack of progress in negotiations with the Tawafaq and Iraqiyya parties on rejoining the government, blaming their senior leadership for ever [...] | 2008-02-27 13:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ |
08BAGHDAD575 | BAGHDAD: RIVALRY HEATS UP AMONG SHIA PARTIES [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Over 75 percent of Baghdad's ISCI-dominated Provincial Council (PC) voted February 19 to dismiss Baghdad's three Deputy Mayors, one of whom was the highest-ranking Sadrist in Baghdad's city government. PC members announced publicly that the Amanat needs more "effort and [...] | 2008-02-28 02:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PTER KDEM IZ |
08BAGHDAD581 | KIRKUK PRT: LION DAY MARKET-WALK RESTORES KIRKUK LEADERS [...] This is a PRT Kirkuk cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Kirkuk Brotherhood List (KBL) and the Arab Bloc continue to work together to identify mechanisms for the implementation of the last of the 13 points cited in the agreement between the two blocs that resulted in the Arab bloc's return to the [...] | 2008-02-28 12:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD59 | MANAGING CLC ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Post has met with MNF-I to discuss REF B cable. This is a joint DOD/DOS/USAID response. There is no longer a requirement for USAID to execute any pilot program under the Community Stabilization Program (CSP) for former Concerned Local Citizens (CLCs). Receipt by DOD of the USD 155 millio [...] | 2008-01-09 02:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MARR PTER |
08BAGHDAD623 | PRT KIRKUK: MAJOR CRIMES COURT RESUMES TRYING [...] (U) THIS IS A PRT KIRKUK REPORTING CABLE. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) THE KIRKUK MAJOR CRIMES COURT (MCC) RESUMED OPERATIONS FEBRUARY 28 HEARING A SECOND DOCKET OF 42 CASES. CREATED IN OCTOBER 2007, THE MCC HAS TRIED 26 CASES AND CLEARED A TWO-YEAR BACKLOG OF MAJOR CRIMES CASES, INCLUDING [...] | 2008-03-03 09:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM SOCI IZ |
08BAGHDAD636 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS BRACE FOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) With the clock ticking on the implementation of the Accountability and Justice Law, Provincial leaders have begun to look ahead at how they can make their case to Baghdad on how and why the law should b [...] | 2008-03-04 12:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ |
08BAGHDAD662 | PRT DHI QAR: CONFLICT BETWEEN GOV AND PC [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: In the past two weeks Aziz Alwan, the ISCI Governor of Dhi Qar, has openly clashed with non-ISCI members of the Provincial Council (PC). The PC initially angered the Governor by refusing to allow funding for a road project whi [...] | 2008-03-06 07:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PTER PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD700 | MALIKI CHASTISES JUDICIARY, REQUESTS HELP ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the Prime Minister's weekly security meeting with Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus, Maliki immediately turned to the acquittal of the former Deputy Minister of Health. Maliki lamented the failure of the judiciary to promote justice and promised to seek redress. During [...] | 2008-03-09 16:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ KU |
08BAGHDAD727 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Local district and subdistrict governments have over the last several months shown increasing signs of engagement with the Salah ad Din Provincial Government and a commitment to meeting the basic needs of thei [...] | 2008-03-11 19:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ |
08BAGHDAD736 | DEMARCHE: URGING ATTENDENCE AT MARCH 14 BEIRUT [...] (U) On March 11, PolOff conveyed reftel points via e-mail to Foreign Minister Zebari's Chief of Staff Qusay Alkoubaisi, who is accompanying the Minister to the March 13-14 Dakar OIC Summit. Post will report response septel. CROCKER [...] | 2008-03-12 14:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IS PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER MASS PARM |
08BAGHDAD768 | IRAQI DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF SURVEYS IRAQI JOINT [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) At the monthly Defense Attach Association of Iraq (DAAI) meeting on March 4, the Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCOS),General Nasier Abadi, presented a frank overview of the Iraqi military and the challenges it faces in the coming years. He observed that the current counte [...] | 2008-03-14 14:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PINS PNAT PTER |
08BAGHDAD769 | MCNS MARCH 9: SECURITY OPERATIONS IN MOSUL, [...] (S REL MNFI) LTG Jalal Tawfiq Riyadh, Ninewa Operations Command and former commander of the Iraqi Army 9th Division, presented a well-organized and thorough brief on preparatory measures for tackling Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) in Ninewa province. The MCNS dealt again with instructions to the Mini [...] | 2008-03-14 14:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD780 | TALABANI VISIT TO TURKEY: PURSUING THE POLITICAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: The successful March 7/8 visit of President Talabani to Turkey has changed dramatically the political atmosphere between the two countries, and created the space for setting in motion diplomatic steps that can lead to concrete cooperation on the PKK problem. To be successful, th [...] | 2008-03-15 13:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PREL PTER IZ TU |
08BAGHDAD802 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: SAMARRA HAS NEW CITY COUNCIL [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) After weeks of backroom maneuvering, and with the full support of the Provincial Council (PC),Samarra has a new 21 member City Council (CC) that was selected by the consensus of the Samarra Mayor, local Sheik [...] | 2008-03-17 12:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ |
08BAGHDAD806 | DFM ABBAWI ON BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP, THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a March 16 call on Pol-Mil M/C, Iraqi DFM Labeed Abbawi discussed preparations for the next Border Security Working Group in Damascus and Iraqi participation in the Arab League Summit. PM Maliki would lead Iraq's delegation to the latter in what Abbawi attempted to portray as [...] | 2008-03-17 14:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PBTS PREL PTER EG IR IZ LE RU SY |
08BAGHDAD823 | PRT ANBAR: EMBASSY KABUL DCM DISCUSSES AWAKENING [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar Reporting Cable. 2. (C) Summary: On March 12, Embassy Kabul DCM, Ambassador Chris Dell, met with Sheikh Ahmad, the leader of the tribal-based anti-Al Qaeda Awakening Movement of Iraq (SAI),to discuss the origins and success of SAI and what lessons could potentially [...] | 2008-03-18 15:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD844 | PRT KIRKUK: ASAYISH DETAINEES FACE POSSIBLE [...] (U) This is a PRT Kirkuk reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Iraqi Chief Justice has agreed to begin reviewing 229 cases of Asayish detainees in Sulimaniyah for possible transfer to Kirkuk. The Kirkuk Chief Judge has received a written order from the Chief Justice to begin reviewing t [...] | 2008-03-19 18:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PGOV PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD851 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: ANXIETIES BUILD AMID QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) With anxieties building as the April 14 application deadline set in the Justice and Accountability Law approaches, Salah Ad Din (SaD) provincial officials have begun to collect data on former Firqah and Shuba [...] | 2008-03-20 11:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ |
08BAGHDAD866 | TURKISH ENVOY VISITING IRAQ TO IMPROVE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkish Special Envoy to Iraq Murat Ozcelik told Ambassador March 20 that he will stay flexible with how long he remains in Iraq during this visit in the hopes of holding a meeting with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani next week, which the GO [...] | 2008-03-21 14:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ |
08BAGHDAD880 | MCNS MARCH 16 DISCUSSES BASRAH SECURITY, TAJI [...] (U) The March 16 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on dealing with security in Umm Qasr port and Basrah Province, implementation of the 2008 budget, and mine action. MNF-I briefed on the now operational Taji Maintenance Facility. End Summary. Umm Qasr/Basrah Securit [...] | 2008-03-23 15:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD890 | CORRECTED COPY (REFTEL): MCNS MARCH 16 DISCUSSES [...] (U) The March 16 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on dealing with security in Umm Qasr port and Basrah Province, implementation of the 2008 budget, and mine action. MNF-I briefed on the now operational Taji Maintenance Facility. End Summary. Umm Qasr/Basrah Securit [...] | 2008-03-24 16:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD900 | CORRECTED COPY (REFTEL): MCNS MARCH 16 DISCUSSES [...] (U) The March 16 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on dealing with security in Umm Qasr port and Basrah Province, implementation of the 2008 budget, and mine action. MNF-I briefed on the now operational Taji Maintenance Facility. End Summary. Umm Qasr/Basrah Securit [...] | 2008-03-25 16:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD904 | MCNS MARCH 16 DISCUSSES BASRAH SECURITY, TAJI [...] (U) The March 16 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on dealing with security in Umm Qasr port and Basrah Province, implementation of the 2008 budget, and mine action. MNF-I briefed on the now operational Taji Maintenance Facility. End Summary. Umm Qasr/Basrah Securit [...] | 2008-03-25 16:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD905 | TURKISH ENVOY VISITING IRAQ TO IMPROVE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkish Special Envoy to Iraq Murat Ozcelik told Ambassador March 20 that he will stay flexible with how long he remains in Iraq during this visit in the hopes of holding a meeting with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani next week, which the GO [...] | 2008-03-25 16:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ |
08BAGHDAD906 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: ANXIETIES BUILD AMID QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) With anxieties building as the April 14 application deadline set in the Justice and Accountability Law approaches, Salah Ad Din (SaD) provincial officials have begun to collect data on former Firqah and Shuba [...] | 2008-03-25 16:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ |
08BAGHDAD910 | PRT KIRKUK: ASAYISH DETAINEES FACE POSSIBLE [...] (U) This is a PRT Kirkuk reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Iraqi Chief Justice has agreed to begin reviewing 229 cases of Asayish detainees in Sulimaniyah for possible transfer to Kirkuk. The Kirkuk Chief Judge has received a written order from the Chief Justice to begin reviewing t [...] | 2008-03-25 16:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PGOV PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD920 | MALIKI TAKES ON BASRAH MILITIA [...] (C) Prime Minister Maliki on 24 March traveled to Basrah to announce the beginning of military operations to regain control of the city from armed militias. Interior Minister Bolani, Defense Minister Abdul Qadar and Minister of State for National Security Waeli are with the PM. Fighting between [...] | 2008-03-26 02:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD921 | NSA RUBAIE ON UPCOMING DIPLOMATIC OUTREACH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Iraqi National Security Advisor Mowafuq Rubaie reviewed a series of upcoming diplomatic engagements including his trip to Saudi Arabia, possible PM attendance at the Arab League Summit, the Prime Minister's trip to Brussels, and the Expan [...] | 2008-03-26 02:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER IR IZ KU SA SY |
08BAGHDAD927 | GOT SPECIAL ENVOY AND S/I DISCUSS TURKEY-IRAQ [...] (S/NF) GOT Special Envoy Murat Ozcelik told S/I Satterfield that he has met a wide-range of contacts during this visit, including Foreign Minister Zebari, ISCI CoR leader Hummam Hammoudi, Vice Presidents Abdel Mehdi and Hashimi, Speaker Mashadani and Prime Minister's advisor Sadiq Rikabi. He [...] | 2008-03-26 11:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER TU IZ |
08BAGHDAD928 | BASRAH/BAGHDAD SITUATION REPORT: MARCH 25-26, [...] (U) The following is a situation report on Basrah, Baghdad, and the southern provinces as of 14:00 local time, drawn from Embassy contacts, REO Basrah, and local press reporting. PM Taking Control in Basrah --------------------------- 2. (C) At present, PM Maliki, Defense Minister Abdel [...] | 2008-03-26 13:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD945 | SOUTHERN IRAQ SITUATION REPORT: MARCH 27, 13:00 [...] (S/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: The below is a situation report for Basrah and other southern provinces, reflecting reporting from PRTs and REO Basrah, open-source media, and Embassy Baghdad. In Basrah, JAM continues to occupy its traditional strongholds and conduct harassing attacks on ISF throughout [...] | 2008-03-27 15:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD948 | JAM CONTROLLING BAGHDAD'S SHIA NEIGHBORHOODS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jaysh Al-Mahdi (JAM) militants have seized control of many of Baghdad's Shia neighborhoods, according to Embassy, Baghdad PRT, and Baghdad EPRT contacts. JAM has taken over key streets and public spaces, limiting movement between and within Shia-majority neighborhoods on both sid [...] | 2008-03-27 21:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD962 | BAGHDAD BATTENING DOWN, TENSIONS SIMMER [...] (C) Iraqi contacts of various Mission elements report that Baghdad's neighborhoods were generally quiet March 28, with most residents staying at home due to a combination of the GOI-imposed 24-hour curfew, JAM intimidation, and the typical Friday closure of businesses and schools. JAM remained [...] | 2008-03-28 20:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD968 | RUBAIE ON CURRENT SECURITY AND POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a March 28 call on National Security Advisor Mowafuq Rubaie, the Ambassador discussed the current security situation in Baghdad, Basrah, and the southern provinces, all of which were the scenes of intensified conflict with criminal elements associated with Moqtada al-Sadr [...] | 2008-03-29 13:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PREL PTER EG IR IZ JO SA SY |
08BAGHDAD97 | ERBIL: KRG PRESIDENT AND PM CRITICIZE GOI [...] (C) During their meetings on January 6 in Erbil with U.S. Senators Norm Coleman (R-MN),John Cornyn (R-TX) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA),the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) President and Prime Minister expressed their continued strong support for national reconciliation and passage of a natio [...] | 2008-01-13 17:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TU IZ |
08BAGHDAD983 | NINEWA: TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY ELABORATES ON GOT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Turkish Special Envoy Murat Ozcelik told PRT officers, Multi-National Division-North Deputy Commanding General BG Thomas and 3 Armored Cavalry Regiment Commander COL Bills at a March 26 meeting at the Turkish Consulate General in Mosul that ongoing Turkish military opposition wa [...] | 2008-03-31 14:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON ENRG TU IZ |
08BAGHDAD984 | REQUEST TO CLOSE DOWN AL-RAFIDAYN SATELLITE TV [...] (SBU) The Al-Rafidayn Satellite Channel is a Cairo-based Iraqi television channel that appears to be affiliated with the Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS) -- a group of Sunni clerics led by Harith al-Dari -- and which adopts a pro-resistance, anti-U.S., anti-Iraqi Government, and anti-Iran [...] | 2008-03-31 15:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PROP PTER EG IZ |
08BAGHDAD987 | GOI SUPPORT FOR PROPOSED UNSCR [...] EMIN, accompanied by Acting Economics Counselor and Deputy Treasury Attach, met with National Security Advisor Mowaffak al-Roubaie on Sunday, March 30, to discuss GOI interest to either revise the scope of UNSCR 1518 or to take the lead in lobbying for the passage of a new UNSCR that will targe [...] | 2008-03-31 15:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ETTC IZ PREL PTER XF |
08BAGHDAD988 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: SALAH AD DIN CLAMORS FOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: With the withdrawal of the veto of the Provincial Powers Law by the Presidency Council, Salah Ad Din leaders, as well as the public, are enthusiastically anticipating provincial elections. Interlocutors almost without [...] | 2008-03-31 16:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ |
08BAGHDAD994 | MINFIN SUPPORTS BASRAH HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, WANTS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 31 meeting, Iraqi Minister of Finance Jabr told EMIN that he would make funds available to address the immediate humanitarian needs created by the violence in Basrah as well as to create short-term employment opportunities. In addition, the GOI supplemental budget prop [...] | 2008-04-01 05:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PGOV PTER ETTC IZ |
08BAGHDAD995 | MCNS ON MARCH 23 REVIEWED RECENT BAGHDAD ATTACKS, [...] (S REL MNFI) Prime Minister Maliki opened the March 23 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) by soliciting comments on responding to recent rocket and other attacks in Baghdad. Following discussion, all agreed with GEN Petraeus that intelligence to target the perpetrators and thei [...] | 2008-04-01 07:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER KU AE SA IZ |
08BAGHDAD996 | SURREAL END TO KIDNAPPING OF GOI SPOKESMAN [...] (C) Poloffs, the director of the Embassy Office of Hostage Affairs (OHA),and MNF-I Colonel Timothy Clapp of the Energy Fusion Cell greeted a gleeful Dr. Tahseen Sheikhly as he arrived at Assassins Gate on March 31 at 2100, minutes after his kidnappers released him. Sheikhly, Government of I [...] | 2008-04-01 08:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IR IZ |
08BAKU1176 | AZERBAIJAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 11:27:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PREL AJ |
08BAKU12 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WEXLER'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe make it an important U.S. partner. It is in our interests to have a reforming, stable, pro-western Azerbaijan, [...] | 2008-01-04 11:47:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET MARR MASS PTER KDEM AJ |
08BAKU122 | SCENESETTER FOR S/CT FRANK URBANCIC'S VISIT TO BAKU [...] (C) Frank: My team and I look forward to your February 13-16 visit. Your visit provides a valuable opportunity to address key security issues with the GOAJ, particularly extending our non-intelligence CT cooperation and pushing the GOAJ to address its energy infrastructure gaps. 2. (C) [...] | 2008-02-11 14:03:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ENRG KTFN KISL AJ |
08BAKU126 | CORRECTED COPY OF SCENESETTER FOR S/CT FRANK [...] (C) Frank: My team and I look forward to your February 13-16 visit. Your visit provides a valuable opportunity to address key security issues with the GOAJ, particularly extending our non-intelligence CT cooperation and pushing the GOAJ to address its energy infrastructure gaps. 2. (C) [...] | 2008-02-12 12:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ENRG KTFN KISL AJ |
08BAKU14 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHUSTER'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe make it an important U.S. partner. It is in our interests to have a reforming, stable, pro-western Azerbaijan, [...] | 2008-01-04 12:38:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET MARR MASS PTER KDEM AJ |
08BAKU159 | IRAN REPORTEDLY LAUNDERING MONEY IN AZERBAIJAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON EFIN PTER IR AJ |
08BAKU178 | S/CT URBANCIC DISCUSSES ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: S/CT Principal Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Urbancic's February 14-15 visit to Baku reaffirmed USG appreciation for Azerbaijan's cooperation in the war on terror and underscored USG interest in deepening bilateral CT cooperation. GOAJ officials confirmed they are work [...] | 2008-02-29 10:44:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV ENRG KTFN KISL AJ |
08BAKU35 | CODEL SHUSTER RAISES ENERGY, IRAN, DEMOCRACY AND [...] (C) Summary: During a friendly January 10 meeting, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and CODEL Shuster discussed a wide range of issues including strengthening the U.S-Azerbaijan partnership, energy, Iran, Azerbaijan's growing regional role, and the Farhad Aliyev case. President Aliyev outli [...] | 2008-01-15 11:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET PTER PBTS KDEM ECON AJ |
08BAKU38 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During a January 9 meeting with Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL),President Aliyev said he was confident about winning the October Presidential election, due to his government's accomplishments and the opposition's inability to introduce fresh faces. Aliyev said Azerbaijan is [...] | 2008-01-15 12:31:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET MARR MASS PTER KDEM AJ |
08BAKU484 | AZERBAIJAN'S RESPONSE TO PRE-NOTIFICATION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-23 16:03:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL AJ |
08BAKU625 | AZERBAIJAN FACES CHALLENGE OF PROTECTING CRITICAL [...] (S) Summary: On June 9-13 an interagency team representing the Global Critical Energy Infrastructure Program (GCEIP) and consisting of representatives from the Department of State, Department of Energy, the Coast Guard, and EUCOM met with a number of government and private industry officials respon [...] | 2008-07-02 06:27:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | ENRG EPET PTER MARR MASS PBTS IR AJ |
08BAMAKO217 | GENERAL WARD'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TOURE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 09:35:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MASS MARR |
08BAMAKO219 | GENERAL WARD'S MEETING WITH MALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 13:46:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MASS MARR |
08BAMAKO221 | (S/NF) MALI'S REGULATION OF EXPLOSIVE PRECURSORS [...] (S/NF) Mali does not yet have a law place to regulate the purchase, concentrations, and use of referenced explosive precursors (reftels). However, according to Mr. Abdramane Sidibe, the Chief of the Regulation and Control Division at the Ministry of Agriculture, the Council of Ministers appr [...] | 2008-03-03 15:12:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PINR EAGR PTER ML |
08BAMAKO239 | TRIBAL FAULT LINES WITHIN THE TUAREG OF NORTHERN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 14:21:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ML |
08BAMAKO288 | LEADER OF MALIAN HAMALLIYYA DISCUSSES AQIM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 14:30:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL SOCI PTER ML |
08BAMAKO290 | AUSTRIAN EFFORTS TO FOLLOW AQIM HOSTAGE CRISIS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 14:36:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO305 | MALI NEGOTIATES WITH BAHANGA AS NEW GROUP ATTACKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 06:30:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR PTER ML |
08BAMAKO371 | BERABICHE AND AQIM IN NORTHERN MALI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-17 11:36:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO462 | OF TUAREGS AND TERRORISTS: A REBEL'S VIEW OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 14:18:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO485 | WORKING WITH THE MALIANS ON SAHEL SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 13:03:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PTER PREL ML AG |
08BAMAKO574 | THE ANSAR DINE MOVEMENT AND ISLAM IN MALI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 12:17:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL PHUM SOCI PTER ML |
08BAMAKO599 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON A DISCOURAGED [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's June 20 farewell call on the Minister of Territorial Administration found General Kafougouna Kone upbeat about the Mali-U.S. relationship, but discouraged on prospects for peace in northern Mali. Kone, who is extraordinarily close to President Amadou Toumani To [...] | 2008-06-27 11:47:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER |
08BAMAKO636 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH PRESIDENT TOURE [...] (C) Summary: President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) effusively praised the state of U.S.-Malian relations during the Ambassador's July 3 farewell call, citing specifically the Millennium Challenge Compact and bilateral military cooperation. The president said he was reluctant to see an exchan [...] | 2008-07-07 16:32:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID ML |
08BAMAKO660 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RATIFIES TERRORISM LAW BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 08:50:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PTER PHUM EAGR ECON EIND ELAB EINV |
08BAMAKO695 | MALI RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-31 17:24:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC ML |
08BAMAKO817 | MALI: REQUEST FOR 1206 EQUIPMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-29 12:21:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MASS PTER PREL ML |
08BAMAKO821 | MALI CREATES UNIT FOR COUNTERING TERRORIST [...] On September 25 the Embassy met with former Minister of Housing Modibo Sylla and Customs Inspector Seydou Diawara to discuss Mali's newly created financial information unit (CNTIF). The CNTIF was created in May 2008 to comply with requirements of the West African Monetary Union (UEMOA) and s [...] | 2008-10-01 14:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KTFN SNAR PTER ML |
08BAMAKO881 | BURKINA TSCTP MEMBERSHIP AND LATEST ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-10 15:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER XA XI ML |
08BAMAKO888 | THE LIBERATION OF AQIM'S AUSTRIAN HOSTAGES: AN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-14 10:26:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO897 | A MEETING OF THE MINDS, BUT NOT HEADS OF STATE, ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-18 14:34:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC PINS ML |
08BAMAKO902 | ADC MEMBER WARNS HOSTAGE TAKING IS NORTHERN MALI'S [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-20 14:59:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO918 | TUAREG REBEL LEADER IYAD AG GHALI WANTS OVERHAUL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 10:16:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PINR PTER PREL ASEC ML |
08BAMAKO937 | MALI: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following constitutes Embassy Bamako's responses for the 2008 country report on terrorism for Mali per reftels. 2. No terrorist attacks occurred in Mali. Disparate Tuareg rebel groups in northern Mali attacked Malian military forces on several occasions, but none of these incidents we [...] | 2008-12-12 10:13:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM ML |
08BAMAKO954 | (S) MALIAN OFFICIALS CONFIRM PRESENCE OF KIDNAPPED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 14:25:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS ASEC ML |
08BAMAKO970 | GOVERNMENT OF NIGER QUIETLY LOOKING FOR MISSING UN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-30 16:46:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR ML |
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN49 | BRUNEI WELCOMES USG ARF PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) DCM delvered reftel points on January 31 to Datin Masrainah Ahmad, Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Masrainah responded that Brunei supported efforts to strengthen ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) institutions and welcomed, without endorsing, the U.S. pr [...] | 2008-02-06 00:02:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF PTER BX |
08BANGKOK1210 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: RTG TALKS WITH INSURGENTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: A Henri Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) representative, Michael Vatikiotis, told the Ambassador in mid-April that secret talks between the RTG and southern insurgents were stalled and would likely remain so for four to six months. HDC, which is brokering talks b [...] | 2008-04-18 10:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK1214 | NONPROLIFERATION - URGING RTG SUPPORT P3 UNSC 1540 [...] (SBU) POLOFF conveyed reftel points in an April 21 meeting with Pattarat Hongtong, Director, Peace, Security and Disarmament Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. POLOFF emphasized the potential benefits to be gained through support of the P3's (U.S., French, UK) proposal for a strength [...] | 2008-04-22 00:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP PREL PTER UNSC TH KPAO |
08BANGKOK1589 | TERRORISM FINANCE: REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC HERITAGE [...] (C) Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) notified post on May 21 that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) was not likely to co-sponsor the proposed UNSCR 1267 listing of Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS),but would not object to U.S. plans to do so. Counselor for the MFA's Intern [...] | 2008-05-22 09:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR PREL |
08BANGKOK1611 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Mr. Secretary, all of us in Bangkok look forward to your June 1-2 visit as an opportunity to advance key U.S. foreign policy interests. Your meeting with Prime Minister/Defense Minister Samak Sundaravej will provide an opportunity to emphasize the importance of Thailand to our r [...] | 2008-05-23 12:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
08BANGKOK1670 | COBRA GOLD INTEGRAL TO USG ALLIANCE STRUCTURE IN [...] (C) Summary. Cobra Gold, America's largest multilateral exercise in Asia, is much more than a bilateral exercise with Thailand. In that Thailand provides good training infrastructure, large areas for unrestricted live fire operations, and access to bombing ranges -- all in short supply in [...] | 2008-06-02 09:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
08BANGKOK1723 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL TYSON [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Tyson, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 years of relations. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's [...] | 2008-06-05 10:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
08BANGKOK1778 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: IDENTITY, CULTURE AND RELIGION [...] (SBU)Summary: On May 26 and 27, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff members Jonah Blank and Frank Jannuzi traveled with Poloff to Narathiwat, Pattani, Hat Yai and Songkhla in southernmost Thailand for discussions about the root causes of the insurgency in Thailand's deep south, and the po [...] | 2008-06-10 10:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK1991 | PDAS FEIERSTEIN DISCUSSES CT ISSUES WITH THAI [...] (C) Summary: In a round of meetings in early June to discuss Thai counterterrorism issues, Thai security officials told S/CT PDAS Gerald Feierstein that they did not believe Thailand is a likely target of international terrorism, but acknowledged that Thailand did have a regional role in deali [...] | 2008-06-27 08:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK2175 | ACTING A/S MCNERNEY URGES THAI ENDORSEMENT OF PSI [...] (C) Summary: Thai officials told ISN Acting A/S Patricia McNerney during her late June visit that the RTG inter-agency would need to resolve several issues prior to Thai endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) or the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. McNerney [...] | 2008-07-17 04:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK2181 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: HERETOFORE UNKNOWN GROUP IN [...] (C) Summary: In a series of sudden and bizarre pronouncements July 17, former Minister of Defense General (ret) Chetta Thanacharo, a potential contender for a cabinet job, said that a group of militants behind the violence in southern Thailand would announce a cease-fire. A short time later, [...] | 2008-07-17 10:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK222 | STAFFDEL GROVE TRAVELS TO SOUTHERN THAILAND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-23 06:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK2239 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAI OFFICIALS BRIEF DIPLOMATS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 05:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK2255 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAI OFFICIALS BRIEF DIPLOMATS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 30 briefing to the diplomatic corps about developments in southern Thailand, Thai officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Royal Thai Army, and the Ministry of Interior outlined a broad strategy for dealing with the insurgency in the South. Deputy Commander of [...] | 2008-07-24 05:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK234 | STAFFDEL GROVE TRAVELS TO SOUTHERN THAILAND [...] (S/NF) Summary: On January 15, a Senate Appropriations Committee staff delegation lead by professional staff member Paul Grove traveled with Poloff and USAID representatives to Hat Yai in southern Thailand for discussions on the violence in the South. Thai government and security officials, a [...] | 2008-01-24 06:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET//NOFORN | EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK2410 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: FEWER CASES OF ABUSE REPORTED, [...] (C) Summary and comment: Thai security officials who are working to curb alleged human rights abuses committed by members of security units fighting the insurgency in Thailand's deep south may be seeing some success; embassy contacts working with victims of abuse reported in July that the num [...] | 2008-08-11 09:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK2591 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BOONSRANG'S COUNTERPART [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bangkok is extremely appreciative that General Boonsrang Niumpradit will be able to conduct a counterpart visit with CJCS Admiral Mullen. The visit will reinforce the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 [...] | 2008-08-29 09:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
08BANGKOK2610 | MIDNIGHT BANGKOK CLASH LEADS TO EMERGENCY DECREE [...] (C) Summary: After a desultory 12 hour parliamentary debate on the ongoing political crisis ended without resolution after midnight early on September 1, action returned to the streets in the early hours of September 2. Violence erupted between pro and anti government street factions near th [...] | 2008-09-02 12:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK2618 | THAILAND: TRILATERAL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE CT [...] (SBU) On August 20 we met with representatives from the embassies of Australia and Japan to discuss counterterrorism efforts under the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD),and whether southern Thailand should be part of the discussion under the TSD. We agreed that the extensive bilateral coop [...] | 2008-09-03 09:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK2643 | THAI POLITICAL DEADLOCK: PM SAMAK DEFIANT [...] (C) Thailand,s political crisis ground on September 4 with Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej defiant in the face of apparently eroding support. In a one-two punch late September 3, Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag resigned from Samak,s cabinet, and Army Commander Anupong Paochinda told Samak he woul [...] | 2008-09-05 00:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK2677 | THAI UPDATE: QUIET SEPTEMBER 8, LOOKING TOWARDS [...] (C) After two weeks of rolling political crisis, the pace of events in Thailand slackened over the September 6-7 weekend. Senior political leadership in the House and Senate appeared to re-engage in an attempt to reach some common political ground on which the crisis could be settled; the par [...] | 2008-09-08 11:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK2691 | THAI UPDATE: AND THE VERDICT IS . . .GUILTY [...] (SBU) The Thai Constitutional Court decided late September 9 that Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej had violated the constitution's ban on ministerial involvement in outside business activities by hosting cooking programs on television. The decision against Samak will force him to step down as [...] | 2008-09-09 10:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK2720 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH THAI POLITICAL AND BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador John met with political and business leaders in the wake of the September 9 Constitutional Court decision against Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to ascertain developments and to continue to urge for a peaceful and legal resolution of the current standoff. A consensus [...] | 2008-09-10 10:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK2808 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: MEDIATOR HAS GOOD NEWS AND BAD [...] (S) Michael Vatikiotis from the Henri Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) provided the Ambassador and DCM an update on September 11 on the status of the secret peace process between the Royal Thai Government (RTG) and southern Thai insurgents. While upbeat about the enthusiasm of man [...] | 2008-09-17 08:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK2871 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: PEACE TALKS IN INDONESIA CATCH [...] (S) Summary: Announcements by the Indonesian government that it was mediating peace talks between the Royal Thai government (RTG) and southern Thai insurgent groups, reported in the Thai press September 22, caught the Thai government by surprise. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Royal Thai Ar [...] | 2008-09-22 11:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK300 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DAS MARCIEL HEARS CONTRASTING [...] (S/NF) Summary: In meetings to discuss the situation in southern Thailand on January 23 and 24, Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel received widely contrasting views on SIPDIS Thai government efforts to end the violence. Dr. Mark Tamthai, National Reconciliation Committee member and adv [...] | 2008-01-30 09:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET//NOFORN | EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK3033 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: CHAVALIT REENTERS GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Then-deputy Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyuth told Ambassador on October 1 that his primary focus in returning to government was to bring resolution to the conflict in southern Thailand. He outlined an approach that focused on achieving buy-in from community representatives in the south [...] | 2008-10-07 11:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK3142 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE IN THAILAND: VIEWS OF THE [...] (C) In a rare meeting with representatives from the Malaysian embassy to discuss southern Thailand, Minister Counselor Roslan A. Rahman told us in late September that Malaysia saw the multiple tracks of negotiations for a resolution of the conflict in southern Thailand as a positive developmen [...] | 2008-10-17 10:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK3210 | THAILAND: APEC FOOD DEFENSE PILOT PROJECT [...] (SBU) Embassy Bangkok believes that Thailand is a strong candidate to host an APEC Food Defense pilot project in 2009, per criteria provided in ref C. Our Economic Section and the Foreign Agricultural Service reviewed Thailand's suitability for the project and also discussed the pilot project [...] | 2008-10-24 11:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PTER EAGR APEC |
08BANGKOK3220 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND NEW [...] (C) On an early October trip to southern Thailand, we observed a robust but low profile security presence and an atmosphere that subjectively appeared less tense. The Deputy Commander of the Royal Thai Police in Yala told us that the number of insurgents willing to conduct operations in Yala [...] | 2008-10-27 07:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK3252 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: PM VISITS; CROWN PRINCESS [...] (C) Summary: Crown Princess Sirindhorn told the Ambassador October 27 that she was concerned with how the Thai government was utilizing the already abundant educational resources that the RTG directed towards the South. During an October 28 visit to southern Thailand, Prime Minister Somchai W [...] | 2008-10-30 06:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK3302 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (C) On October 28 and 29, Econoff passed ref a points (regarding the United States' designation of the Export Development Bank of Iran and three affiliated entities under E.O. 13382) and ref b points (regarding the UN 1267 Committee's addition of three Gulf-based Al-Qaida financiers to its lis [...] | 2008-11-06 01:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTFN PTER PREL UNSC PINR MNUC PARM EFIN |
08BANGKOK3341 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Keating, your brief meeting with Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) Chief of Joint Staff General Ratchakrit Kanchanawat at the Chiefs of Defense conference affords a chance to affirm the United States Government's commitment to working with a democratically elected Thai gove [...] | 2008-11-10 09:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
08BANGKOK3407 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NOT IN SATUN [...] (C) In early October, we traveled to Satun province in southern Thailand to assess the security environment in relation to the rest of the deep south. The vice governor in charge of security affairs, the provincial chief of police, and local Muslim leaders all described a province separated [...] | 2008-11-19 08:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK3649 | THE SOUTHERN BORDER PROVINCES ADMINSTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: In an early December meeting, Vithit Powattanasuk, an MFA officer assigned to the Southern Border Provinces Administration Center (SBPAC) in Yala province, told us that the SBPAC was responsible for directing and monitoring all efforts in the deep south that could be [...] | 2008-12-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK3673 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) On December 4, Econoff passed reftel points regarding the United States' designation of Saudi Arabia-based Union of Good as a supporter of terrorism under Executive Order 13224 to three offices within the RTG: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) International Security Unit, the Nation [...] | 2008-12-17 05:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN KWBG KPAL EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR |
08BANGKOK3756 | ANTI-GOVERNMENT UDD RESORTS TO PAD METHODS TO [...] (U) Summary. In moves evocative of protests in recent months by yellow-shirted People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protesters, approximately 5,000 anti-government, red-shirted United Front for Democracy (UDD) protesters blocked the entrances to Thailand's Parliament December 29. The protest [...] | 2008-12-29 09:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER ASEC CASC TH |
08BANGKOK3757 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES NEW THAI FM KASIT ON ASEAN, [...] (C) Summary: On December 26, Ambassador, accompanied by DCM and poloff, paid a courtesy call on newly appointed Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya. The Ambassador was the first member of Thailand's diplomatic community to call on Kasit. He congratulated Kasit on his appointment and took the oppo [...] | 2008-12-29 11:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK408 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UPCOMING U.S. INITIATIVES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thailand shares the United States' interest in enhancing the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Secretariat and the need to more clearly define the mandate and focus of ARF, according to a key officer in the Thai MFA. Thailand seeks U.S. consideration and support for having the ASEAN Secr [...] | 2008-02-07 10:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ARF TH |
08BANGKOK544 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DISCUSSIONS WITH BANGKOK'S [...] (C) Summary: Recent meetings in Bangkok with Muslim scholars about Prime Minister Samak,s policies towards the violence in southern Thailand shed little light on how the new government might approach the problem. The Central Islamic Committee appears to have little desire to engage seriously [...] | 2008-02-21 02:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK585 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Keating, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 years of relations. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's [...] | 2008-02-22 11:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
08BANGKOK628 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: STATISTICS SUGGEST MILITANTS [...] (C) Summary: Understanding the situation in Thailand's deep south through analysis of violence statistics and economic indicators is difficult. Although multiple organizations keep statistics on the violence, inconsistent methodologies coupled with inaccurate and unreliable reporting of event [...] | 2008-02-27 09:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK829 | MID-FEBRUARY BANGKOK LOCAL G8 CTAG MEETING [...] (SBU) On February 19, DCM attended the Bangkok meeting of the G8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG),hosted by the Ambassador of Japan, Hideakik Kobayashi. Representatives from the embassies of Australia, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, and Switzerland, also attended the [...] | 2008-03-14 09:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PHUM PINR TH |
08BANGKOK833 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL MONTREE,S COUNTERPART [...] (C) Summary. General Montree Sungkasap's counterpart visit will afford the chance to reinforce the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 years of relations. This visit to the U.S. will be the first by a senior Thai military [...] | 2008-03-14 09:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
08BANGKOK845 | INSURGENTS PUSH THE ENVELOPE WITH HIGH-PROFILE [...] (C) Summary: A series of effective and high-profile bombings in the south since Saturday have caused significant alarm. Two explosions at a hotel in Pattani normally regarded as a safe zone, and a failed attempt to bomb possibly a religious gathering both occurred on Saturday evening (March [...] | 2008-03-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK909 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: SAMAK MISSPEAKS, PEACE PROCESS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Samak blew the cover of the government's secret talks with the insurgents in comments to the press on March 19. An Embassy contact reports that the statement criticizing the talks was due to the Prime Minister's misunderstanding of a briefing paper, and does not [...] | 2008-03-21 11:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANGKOK943 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: HARSH TACTICS, LESS VIOLENCE, [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts contend that the recent drop in the violence in the South is not the result of progress toward resolving the underlying conflict; rather, the Thai military has become more effective at targeting more senior insurgent leaders, thus disrupting the insurgents' operat [...] | 2008-03-25 11:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BARCELONA132 | ANDORRA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) As requested in REFTEL, Post's submission for the "2008 Country Reports on Terrorism follows in paragraph 2. POC for the CRT for Andorra is Todd D. Robinson. Tel number 34-93-280-2227 e-mail: HYPERLINK "mailto:RobinsonTD3@state.gov" RobinsonTD3@state.gov 2. (U) Andorra continues [...] | 2008-12-18 19:30:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR AN |
08BASRAH10 | BASRAH BADR LEADER PREDICTS SOME BADR-JAM ELECTION VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: Hasan al-Rashid, Basrah's Badr leader, told the Regional Embassy Office IPAO that provincial elections might occur in September assuming passage of key legislation in Baghdad. He did not rule out violent political confrontation in Basrah during the campaign season between the Isl [...] | 2008-02-10 06:37:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PHUM PGOV IZ |
08BASRAH12 | CBS REPORTER KIDNAPPED IN BASRAH (PART 1) [...] (C) Summary: CBS reporter and British citizen Richard Butler (protect throughout) and his Iraqi interpreter were kidnapped from their hotel in Basrah city the night of February 10. It is unknown exactly who is responsible, but many suspect a small, Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) splinter group of former [...] | 2008-02-18 13:19:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PHUM PTER UK IR IZ |
08BASRAH28 | PM MALIKI'S TRIBAL INITIATIVE IN BASRAH [...] (S/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has reversed his previous opposition to a tribal initiative in Iraq's Shia south. Shunning Coalition involvement, Maliki affirmed the nascent scheme will be GOI-led and appears to be under the direction of Acting Minister of Justice Sa [...] | 2008-04-11 18:44:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | MOPS MCAP PGOV PREL PINS PINR PARM PTER IR UK |
08BASRAH29 | CBS REPORTER RICHARD BUTLER FREED [...] (S) SUMMARY: Kidnapped CBS reporter and British citizen Richard Butler was freed during the afternoon of April 14 during an Iraqi Army (IA) operation conducted as part of operation Charge of the Knights II (COKII). UK, U.S., and Iraqi authorities had been trying to secure Butler's release sin [...] | 2008-04-14 17:18:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | KCRM PTER PINS PGOV IZ |
08BASRAH3 | BASRAH'S IRAQ SECURITY FORCES QUELL "SOLDIERS OF HEAVEN" [...] (C//Rel ACGU) Summary & Comment: The Shia festival of Ashura was disrupted January 18 when militants from the messianic cult Jund al Sama'a (Soldiers of Heaven - JAS) attacked Iraqi police and civilians in Basrah. It is believed the cult sought to create the chaos that foretells the return of [...] | 2008-01-22 14:41:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PROP PTER IR IZ |
08BASRAH36 | NEW BASRAH ISF COMMANDER ON OPERATIONS AND IP REFORM [...] (C//REL MCFI) Summary: During an April 16 meeting with the Regional Embassy Office, MG Mohammed Jawad Hawadi, the newly appointed Basrah Operations Commander, admitted that the ISF initially performed poorly against the militias. Thanks to U.S. support and recent operational successes clearin [...] | 2008-04-22 16:23:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IZ |
08BASRAH37 | SAYYID AL SHUHADA ON BASRAH OPERATIONS, IRANIAN INFLUENCE, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 15:31:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ |
08BASRAH39 | BASRAH HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR ON OPERATION CHARGE OF THE [...] (C/REL MCFI) Regional Embassy Officers met with the head of the Ministry of Human Rights' Basrah office, Mahdi al-Tamimi, April 17 to discuss the humanitarian effects of the GOI's Operation Charge of the Knights (CoK). Mahdi noted that before CoK, Basrah was crime ridden, suffering a murder ra [...] | 2008-04-28 16:55:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PBTS PGOV PREL PTER SOCI IR IZ |
08BASRAH59 | (S) SADRIST IN BASRAH SEEKS USG AID TO REPLACE MOQTADA [...] (S/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Mohammed al-Fariji, a Sadrist cleric in Basrah and representative of Ayatollah Qassim al-Ta'i, requested USG support in al-Ta'i's bid to lead the Sadrist Trend. Fariji noted that the Sadrists were deeply divided, upset with Moqtada al-Sadr's failure of leadership, and read [...] | 2008-06-13 17:41:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS PGOV PREL PROP MARR MOPS UK IR |
08BASRAH63 | BASRAH TRIBAL BATTALIONS FLOUNDERING [...] (C//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: The tribal battalions established in Basrah by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to assist the Iraqi Security Forces during Operation Charge of the Knights are dying a slow death due to a lack of GOI support (ref A). The Bani Tamim and Bani Malik tribes each organized [...] | 2008-07-02 19:33:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PREL PROP PTER IR IZ |
08BASRAH65 | ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON INDEPENDENT SHIA CLERIC [...] (C) Summary: Gunmen rumored to be connected to a Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) Special Group attempted to assassinate independent Shia cleric Sayid Aqiel Fadil Abbass Jamal al-Deen on July 16. The attack is one of a series of recent assassination attempts that underscore the fragile nature of Basrah [...] | 2008-07-30 06:19:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PINR PBTS PINS PREL PTER IR IZ |
08BASRAH70 | ATTACK ON IHEC STAFF IN SOUTHERN BASRAH [...] (C) A local source from the Iraqi Intelligence Department in Abu al-Khaseeb informed REO interpreter via telephone that unknown gunmen opened fire on three IHEC staff members at 8:45 on the morning of August 18. Two of the staff, Jasmin Mohammad and Ma'ad Wahab, were killed. The third staff m [...] | 2008-08-19 07:32:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER KDEM IZ |
08BASRAH79 | ASSASSINATION OF OMS CLERIC [...] (U) Iraqi press reported the assassination of Sheik Udai Ali Abbas al-Zamel by two unknown gunmen on September 19. Two men opened fire from a motorcycle close to his residence in the al-Kindi area of Basra. 2. (C) According to a REO contact, Al-Zamel was age 31, a Shiia cleric, Hauza s [...] | 2008-09-27 11:57:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IZ |
08BASRAH8 | AMBASSADOR CROCKER VISITS BASRAH [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador Ryan Crocker visited Basrah on January 27 and met with the MND-SE commander, the UK PRT team leader, the provincial governor, Iraqi security commanders, and several tribal leaders. Common themes from the meetings included the threat and depth of Iranian in [...] | 2008-02-03 10:45:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER MOPS ECON EINV UK IR IZ |
08BASRAH9 | SAYID AL SHUHADA SUPPORT BADR'S NINE PROVINCE REGION [...] (S/NF) Summary: Regional Embassy Officers met with representatives of Sayid al-Shuhada (SAS, aka Lord of the Martyrs) January 28. SAS complained about the U.S. arrest of Rasheed Majeed al-Sari, the editor of SAS newspaper Al-Fateh, and requested his release. They also reviewed their political [...] | 2008-02-05 11:33:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PINS IR IZ |
08BEIJING1023 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON JAPAN, [...] (C) At the March 14 bi-weekly Beijing-based G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, Japanese DCM Kunio Umeda said that PRC President Hu Jintao's trip to Japan is scheduled for May 6, but the poisoned dumpling issue could make the visit "difficult." Participants were unimpressed by the National Peopl [...] | 2008-03-18 11:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KOLY SENV SOCI PTER AF CM CH FR |
08BEIJING1111 | PRC/IRAN: CHINESE OBSERVERS SAY LITTLE ROOM LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese foreign policy experts say there is little room left for more sanctions against Iran that China can support because current UN Security Council resolutions come close to the PRC red line of jeopardizing China-Iran energy cooperation. Domestically, China's leaders feel in [...] | 2008-03-24 09:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
08BEIJING1123 | March 25 MFA Press Briefing: Selected Journalists To Lhasa, [...] Key points at the March 25 MFA Press Briefing: -- Selected foreign journalists will participate in a reporting trip to Lhasa. -- China is open to dialogue with the Dalai Lama as long as he gives up separatist activities. -- China will continue to follow the One China policy to further d [...] | 2008-03-25 12:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH TW |
08BEIJING1128 | CORRECTED COPY (PARA 4: Ganzi Prefecture) - March 25 MFA [...] Key points at the March 25 MFA Press Briefing: -- Selected foreign journalists will participate in a reporting trip to Lhasa. -- China is open to dialogue with the Dalai Lama as long as he gives up separatist activities. -- China will continue to follow the One China policy to further d [...] | 2008-03-26 01:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH TW |
08BEIJING1142 | AFM HE YAFEI DISCUSSES SIX-PARTY TALKS, TIBET, [...] (C) Senate Staffel members urged Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei to help convince DPRK leaders that if they fulfill their obligations under the Six-Party Talks framework, the United States stands ready to do the same. The DPRK must disclose information on its uranium enrichment program and [...] | 2008-03-26 09:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM IN KS KN RS JA TW CH PK |
08BEIJING1143 | SCO: MFA COY, SECRETARIAT POSITIVE ON IRAN'S BID [...] (C) SUMMARY: A contact at the Chinese Foreign Ministry declined to comment on whether China would support Iran's bid to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),but said there are "ample reasons" for Iran's admission to the organization, including the potential for energy cooperation [...] | 2008-03-26 11:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD ENRG MARR ZK XD CH RS IR |
08BEIJING1159 | U.S.-CHINA COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE: BILATERAL [...] (C) U.S. Ambassador at Large for Counterterrorism Dell Dailey and MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Director General Wu Hailong shared proposals for enhancing bilateral counterterrorism cooperation during the March 25 U.S.-China Counterterrorism Dialogue in Beijing. A [...] | 2008-03-27 08:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KOLY CVIS CH |
08BEIJING1160 | U.S.-CHINA COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE: CSI, [...] (C) At the March 25 U.S.-China Counterterrorism Dialogue in Beijing, the U.S. and Chinese delegations, led respectively by U.S. Ambassador at Large for Counterterrorism Dell Dailey and MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Director General Wu Hailong, agreed that the Unite [...] | 2008-03-27 09:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EFIN ECON ENRG KNNP ASEC TW CH |
08BEIJING1166 | U.S.-CHINA COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: At a March 26 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi at the conclusion of the U.S.-China Counterterrorism Dialogue, U.S. Ambassador at Large for Counterterrorism Dell Dailey urged the PRC to put concrete pressure on Syria to shore up its borders and prevent the flow of [...] | 2008-03-27 09:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KOLY CH |
08BEIJING1237 | April 1 MFA Press Briefing: Tibet Protests, Olympics, Hu [...] Key points at the April 1 MFA Press Briefing were: -- The Dalai Lama continues to incite unrest and undermine the Olympic Games. -- Foreign officials who boycott the Olympic Games are "flattering themselves" and undermining their country's interest. -- China blocks websites which contain [...] | 2008-04-01 11:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KOLY CH TW JP KS EK TC NZ |
08BEIJING1248 | CORRECTED COPY (PARA 11: NIMITZ) April 1 MFA Press [...] Key points at the April 1 MFA Press Briefing were: -- The Dalai Lama continues to incite unrest and undermine the Olympic Games. -- Foreign officials who boycott the Olympic Games are "flattering themselves" and undermining their country's interest. -- China blocks websites which contain [...] | 2008-04-02 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KOLY CH TW JP KS EK TC NZ |
08BEIJING1267 | April 3 MFA Press Briefing: Hu Jia Case, Olympic Boycott, [...] Key points at the April 3 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China has handled the Hu Jia case according to law and will not accept criticism. -- The IOC is right to reject calls to boycott the Beijing Olympics and the torch relay should not be disrupted. -- Reports China supplied the IAEA with [...] | 2008-04-03 11:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH PK TN TZ CI QA KZ AS SW |
08BEIJING1316 | April 8 MFA Press Briefing: Dalai Lama, Olympic Torch, [...] Key points at the April 8 MFA Press Briefing were: -- The Dalai Lama "lies for a living" and wants to bring emancipated Tibetans back to slavery. -- United States and Chinese officials have been in contact to ensure safe passage for the Olympic torch in San Francisco. -- China will hold [...] | 2008-04-08 11:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH PK TN TZ CI QA KZ AS SW |
08BEIJING1355 | April 10 MFA Press Briefing: Dalai Lama, Olympic Torch, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-10 11:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH AS FR IR TW IN |
08BEIJING1550 | APRIL 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HARASSMENT OF CHINESE STUDENT, [...] Key points at the April 22 MFA press briefing were: -- Domestic and Overseas Chinese demonstrations are "spontaneous" expressions of patriotism that are "encouraging and touching." -- A "U.S. State Department official" ignored Chinese opposition, violated "basic norms of international relat [...] | 2008-04-22 12:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KOLY CH FR KS KN JA RS HK XG |
08BEIJING1565 | CHINA STILL SUPPORTS MUSHARRAF; IS CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Chinese schoars downplayed the significance of Pakistan President Musharraf's April 10-15 visit to China in recent discussions with PolOff, but scholars and Chinese Government officials alike reaffirmed Chinese support for Musharraf despite his declining authority in the wake of [...] | 2008-04-23 09:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM ENRG EPET MNUC CH PK |
08BEIJING1643 | HIZB UT-TAHRIR, MUSLIM MISSIONARIES AND ISLAMIC [...] (C) Counterterrorism experts at the Ministry of State Security-affiliated China Institutes for Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) described to PolOffs on April 15 an ongoing Islamic "resurgence" in western China, encouraged by rising wealth among Chinese Muslims and increasing contac [...] | 2008-04-28 09:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK KG AF KZ CH |
08BEIJING1661 | XINJIANG: LACK OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, [...] (C) Job discrimination continues to fuel ethnic tension in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR),according to academics and Beijing-based Uighurs. Well-known Xinjiang scholar Yang Shengmin (strictly protect) of Beijing's Central University for Nationalities also acknowledged that unem [...] | 2008-04-29 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK KG AF KZ |
08BEIJING1662 | APRIL 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Torch Relay, Dalai Lama, [...] Key points at the April 29 MFA press briefing were: -- Chinese students who attended the torch relay in Seoul intended to defend the dignity of the torch. -- China's willingness to meet with the Dalai Lama's representatives shows China's "consistent policy" and "forgiveness." -- Seven Ch [...] | 2008-04-29 11:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PTER CH KS KN JA PK GM BB |
08BEIJING1691 | NINGXIA MUSLIMS, PART 1: GOVERNMENT CONTROLS LIMIT [...] (C) Ningxia is not fertile ground for the further spread of Islam, despite the substantial ethnic Muslim concentrations that live there. Government controls on religious education, the freedom of worship among Muslim CCP members and other aspects of religious life, as well as echoes of the de [...] | 2008-04-30 09:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF PK CH SA EG |
08BEIJING1698 | NINGXIA MUSLIMS, PART 2: BUDDING FUNDAMENTALISM [...] (C) The Salafiyya movement, a Saudi Wahhabist import which promotes a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam, has established a small but significant presence in Ningxia in recent years, according to scholars and imams in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Surprisingly, the Gove [...] | 2008-05-01 05:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF PK CH SA EG |
08BEIJING1699 | Ningxia Muslims, Part 3: The Sufi King of Tongxin County: [...] (C) Hong Yang, a Peking University-educated imam in Ningxia's Tongxin County, heads a Sufi order which he says has over 2,000 imams, serving at 1,500 mosques with a total population of over one million Hui followers. An entourage of imams surrounded Hong as he entertained PolOff on an April vi [...] | 2008-05-02 01:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF PK EG CH SA |
08BEIJING1718 | AMBASSADOR AND PRC EVFM WANG DISCUSS TIBET, [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion during a lunch hosted by the Ambassador May 5, PRC Executive Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi confirmed that China is willing to continue talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives but that the success of the talks hinge on the Dalai Lama's "sincerity." [...] | 2008-05-05 11:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KOLY KIRF ASEC PTER CH |
08BEIJING1731 | MAY 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, TIBET, VISAS, BURMA, [...] Key points at the May 6 MFA press briefing were: -- Iran enjoys the right to peaceful nuclear energy use, but also should show a sense of "responsibility." -- Central Government policy toward the Dalai Lama is "consistent and clear-cut" and the "door for contact is always open." -- China [...] | 2008-05-06 22:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KOLY MARR CVIS TW CH KS KN JA |
08BEIJING178 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DINNER WITH CHINESE [...] (U) January 16, 2008; 7:45 p.m.; Beijing, Ambassador's Residence. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES The Deputy Secretary Mrs. Diana Negroponte Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Mrs. Sarah Randt Dennis Wilder, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asian Affairs, NSC [...] | 2008-01-18 05:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CH TW KN KS IR IZ PK RS |
08BEIJING1792 | PRC COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIALS WANT TO VISIT THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) MFA External Security Affairs Department Director Xia Jingge told PolOffs May 8 that Chinese counterterrorism officials are interested in visiting the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). Recalling the March 25 U.S.-Ch [...] | 2008-05-09 09:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR CH |
08BEIJING1840 | DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES BILATERAL DIALOGUES, [...] (U) May 11, 2008; 3:00 p.m.; Beijing, Ministry of National Defense, Ba Yi Building. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Thomas Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Sedney, Deputy Ass [...] | 2008-05-13 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS MCAP CH TW BW |
08BEIJING1843 | DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES BILATERAL DIALOGUES, [...] (U) May 11, 2008; 3:00 p.m.; Beijing, Ministry of National Defense, Ba Yi Building. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Thomas Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Sedney, Deputy Ass [...] | 2008-05-13 10:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS MCAP CH TW BM |
08BEIJING1879 | CHINA: PROGRESS ON OLYMPIC SECURITY, BUT STILL [...] (S) While progress has been made in some areas of Olympic security, some issues remain outstanding, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Ken Wainstein told Vice Minister for Public Security (VMPS) Liu Jing during a May 13 meeting. Outstanding issues include ve [...] | 2008-05-15 08:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KOLY CH |
08BEIJING1883 | ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT WAINSTEIN URGES MFA TO [...] (S) To reassure the United States that China is addressing threats to the Olympics, Beijing must share information gleaned from Chinese investigations based on U.S.-provided threat information, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Ken Wainstein told Assistant F [...] | 2008-05-15 10:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV KOLY CH |
08BEIJING1927 | REQUEST TO SECURE CHINESE SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 [...] (C) PolOff on May 19 conveyed reftel points requesting China's support for adding the names of four operatives of Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LeT) to the list of individuals and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or al-Qaida that are subject to UN Security Council (UNSC)-mandated san [...] | 2008-05-19 08:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EFIN KTFN UNSC CH |
08BEIJING1991 | MAY 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE, BAN KI-MOON [...] Key points at the May 22 MFA press briefing were: -- Only 400,000 of 3.3 million tents needed in the disaster areas of Sichuan have been delivered. -- Consultations are ongoing for a possible visit to China by Ban Ki-moon. -- Spokesperson had no information about a potential dirty bomb [...] | 2008-05-22 10:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PTER TSPA KS IR TW VM ZI |
08BEIJING2047 | SUDAN -- DESIGNATING FOUR INDIVIDUALS [...] (C) PolOff on May 28 delivered to MFA reftel points on designating four individuals for targeted sanctions and urged China to refrain from putting a hold on the designations in the 1591 Committee. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yiny [...] | 2008-05-28 08:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CH |
08BEIJING2087 | SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 4 SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-29 10:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM PGOV CH |
08BEIJING2179 | JUNE 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Security Dialogue, Tibet, [...] Key points at the June 5 MFA press briefing were: -- The Security Dialogue held in Beijing was pragmatic and conducive to the development of security relations. -- Tibet is stabilizing "gradually." -- China has taken note of Australian Prime Minister Rudd's proposal for an Asia Pacific [...] | 2008-06-05 10:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PTER PHUM KS ZI KN MG SA YM QA |
08BEIJING2185 | PRE-NOTIFICATION OF REQUEST TO ADD AKAS TO 1267 COMMITTEE LIST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 02:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CN EFIN KTFN PINR PK PREL PTER |
08BEIJING2201 | CHINA OPPOSES FOUR SUDAN-RELATED DESIGNATIONS [...] (C) MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff June 6 that China will oppose adding the four Sudan-related names (ref B) to the asset freeze and travel ban list maintained by the 1591 Committee. Sun said China takes a "cautiou [...] | 2008-06-06 07:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CH |
08BEIJING2247 | JUNE 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DIAOYU ISLANDS COLLISION, [...] Key points at the June 10 MFA press briefing were: -- China is gravely concerned and "strongly dissatisfied" by the Japanese Coast Guard's "illegal" activities near the Diaoyu Islands. -- China hopes the talks between the DPRK and Japan "promote the normalization of bilateral relations." [...] | 2008-06-10 22:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PTER PHUM KS KN JP SU FR UN |
08BEIJING2277 | CHINA URGED TO RECONSIDER FOUR SUDAN-RELATED [...] (C) Per ref A instructions, PolMinCouns on June 11 urged China to support the addition of four names to the UN Security Council Resolution 1591 (2005) Sudan Sanctions Committee's consolidated asset freeze and travel ban list. MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General L [...] | 2008-06-11 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CH |
08BEIJING2322 | U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE WORKING LUNCH: STRATEGIC SECURITY, MISSILE DEFENSE, SPACE, NONPRO, IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 06:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PGOV MNUC MCAP MAPS PARM PTER CH TW IR |
08BEIJING2414 | XINJIANG: OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY BRINGS TIGHT [...] (C) Summary: One government contact in Xinjiang described Urumqi as a city paralyzed by inconvenient security measures, while Urumqi netizens on a Xinjiang Government-run news portal complained of minor hassles. Local media were more upbeat; they took the arrival of the Olympic torch relay to [...] | 2008-06-19 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL PGOV KIRF KOLY PK KZ CH |
08BEIJING2436 | PRC/IRAN: CHINA URGES DIALOGUE, SEEKS "COMMON [...] (C) Summary. MFA Arms Control Department DDG Wu Haitao told Acting PolMinCouns that the atmosphere around Javier Solana's June 14 presentation of the P5-plus-1 incentives package to Iran was "active and constructive." Wu argued that the P5-plus-1 preconditions for negotiations could be reso [...] | 2008-06-20 11:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER MNUC IR CH |
08BEIJING2525 | DRAFT UNSCR TO RENEW MANDATE OF 1267 MONITORING [...] (C) PolOff on June 26 delivered to MFA reftel points seeking China's support for a U.S.-drafted UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) to renew the mandate of the UNSCR 1267 monitoring team. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said [...] | 2008-06-26 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG CH |
08BEIJING2548 | PRC/IRAN: AMBASSADOR SCHULTE EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The international community must use a dual track approach of incentives backed by diplomatic pressure and sanctions to ensure Iran does not continue to develop its enrichment program in violation of its Security Council obligations, U.S. Ambassador to the International Atomic En [...] | 2008-06-27 11:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ENRG MARR CH IR |
08BEIJING2570 | CHINA HOPES FOR UNANIMOUS VOTE ON UNSC 1735 [...] (C) PolOff on June 30 delivered reftel points to MFA asking China to support publicly the follow on resolution to UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1735. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said that China and the United State [...] | 2008-06-30 08:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG CH |
08BEIJING2628 | CHINESE COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIALS STILL [...] (S) Chinese counterterrorism officials expressed interest in visiting the U.S. National Counterterorrism Center (NCTC) after the Olympic Games, MFA External Security Affairs Department Deputy Director Wu Shifan told Poloffs June 17. Wu proposed setting up bi-monthly meetings with the U.S. Emba [...] | 2008-07-03 07:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | CH KOLY PINR PREL PTER |
08BEIJING2701 | JULY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DEPORTED UK CITIZEN, OLYMPICS, [...] Key points at the July 10 MFA press briefing were: -- Dechen Pemba, a UK citizen deported from Beijing July 8, is a leading member of the Tibetan Youth Congress, a "separatist organization." -- The issue of a "verification mechanism" will be discussed during this week's Six-Party Talks He [...] | 2008-07-10 10:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM PTER MNUC KS KN JP SU CH FR |
08BEIJING2840 | JULY 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OLYMPICS AND FREEDOM, KUNMING [...] Key points at the July 22 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- All athletes should promote friendship while in China, said the spokesmen when asked to respond to President Bush's comments that athletes should be ambassadors of freedom. -- The MFA continues to "urge all relevant department [...] | 2008-07-22 23:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER KOLY PHUM KN VM ZI LI |
08BEIJING2864 | XINJIANG RESIDENTS CONFIRM PRE-OLYMPICS RAIDS, [...] (C) Summary: Xinjiang residents confirmed Western press reports of a public execution of three alleged separatists in a closed city near Kashgar July 9. Posters announcing the executions in both Uighur and Mandarin were posted in multiple locations in Kashgar, as well as in two other cities [...] | 2008-07-23 10:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL PGOV KIRF KOLY CH |
08BEIJING2913 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SIX-PARTY [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 ambassadors in Beijing July 25, Japanese Ambassador Miyamoto and French DCM Chapuis agreed that "too many things" are being considered a security threat to the upcoming Olympics. The Chinese Government has given the domestic press free reign to report on viole [...] | 2008-07-28 09:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KOLY PTER CVIS CH FR JA UK KS |
08BEIJING2928 | JULY 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECURITY, INTERNET CENSORSHIP, [...] Key points at the July 29 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The Kunming bus bombings were not connected to the Olympics, and China is focused on ensuring the safety of those who attend the games. -- You can "get all the information you need" from the Internet in China, but some foreig [...] | 2008-07-29 10:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KOLY ENRG PHUM RS FR |
08BEIJING2941 | CHINESE COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIALS SEEK COOPERATION [...] (C) In a July 22 meeting with EmbOffs, MFA External Security Affairs Department Division Director Xia Jingge asked if the United States could provide additional training for the Chinese air marshal program. Xia also sought an update on China's request for access to the FBI's terrorism databas [...] | 2008-07-30 07:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KOLY UN PHUM CH PK SYTH |
08BEIJING2965 | CHINESE SCHOLARS ON PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, INDIA [...] (C) Summary: Chinese contacts agree that continuing political uncertainty and the resulting diffusion of authority in Pakistan have distracted Pakistan's leadership from addressing counter-terrorism and economic concerns. They say that the Pakistan Government's negotiation approach with tribal [...] | 2008-07-31 11:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MNUC CH PK AF IN |
08BEIJING2985 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: SITUATION REPORT #1, [...] (SBU) This is the first situation report (sitrep) from the USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The JOC commenced 24/7 operations on 08/01/2008 at 0700 hours local time and will continue operations until 08/26/2008. This daily report will contain [...] | 2008-08-01 08:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PTER |
08BEIJING2995 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/02/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...] | 2008-08-02 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING2997 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-03 07:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3002 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/04/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...] | 2008-08-04 08:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3018 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/05/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...] | 2008-08-05 07:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3024 | China: Central Bank Interested in Anti-money Laundering [...] (SBU) Summary: China's Central Bank official responsible for anti-moneylaundering (AML) issues confirmed Chinese concerns regarding the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF's) recent draft guidance papers on implementing the financial provisions of UNSR 1803 regarding Iran. The Chinese welcome [...] | 2008-08-05 13:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EINV CH PTER |
08BEIJING3034 | IRAN: CHINA CAUTIONS AGAINST FURTHER SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent Associated Press report that P5-plus-1 countries agreed to new sanctions on Iran is a "misinterpretation" of the results of the August 4 P5-plus-1 Political Directors conference call, Chinese MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Sh [...] | 2008-08-06 08:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
08BEIJING3035 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/06/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...] | 2008-08-06 08:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3039 | CHINA’S RESPONSE TO EFFORTS TO HALT IRANIAN PROCUREMENT IN CHINA [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper regarding prevention of Iranian procurement in China of specific controlled commodities needed to expand uranium enrichment activities to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Director Zhang Shen. PolOff stressed the proactiv [...] | 2008-08-06 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MNUC ECON KNNP IR CH |
08BEIJING3041 | CHINA'S RESPONSE TO EFFORTS TO HALT IRANIAN [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper regarding prevention of Iranian procurement in China of specific controlled commodities needed to expand uranium enrichment activities to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Director Zhang Shen. PolOff stressed the pr [...] | 2008-08-06 13:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MNUC ECON KNNP IR CH |
08BEIJING3049 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-07 08:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3057 | TRAFFIC CONTROLS, SECURITY SAP ENTHUSIASM FOR GAMES [...] (C) A security officer at Chinese national airliQ Air China (protectQold us the airline has increased the number of plain-clothes air marshals on flights toQd from Lhasa and Urumqi, capitals of China's restive Tibet and Xinjiang autonomous regions, respectively. Security has become the overridi [...] | 2008-08-07 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PREL KOLY ASEC CH |
08BEIJING3060 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/02/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: XXXXXXXXX [...] | 2008-08-08 07:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3065 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT 9, 08/09/2008 [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/09/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-09 07:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER CASC CH |
08BEIJING3067 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/10/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers [...] | 2008-08-10 07:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3076 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/11/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-11 07:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3091 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/12/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-12 07:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3106 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/13/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-13 08:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3117 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/14/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-14 08:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3139 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/15/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-15 08:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3146 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/16/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-16 08:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3147 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/17/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-17 08:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3158 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/18/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-18 07:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3171 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/19/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-19 08:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3175 | CHINA SEEKS COOPERATION WITH UNITED STATES ON [...] (C) China and the United States share a "huge" interest in helping Pakistan maintain political stability in the wake of Pakistan President Musharraf's August 18 resignation, MFA Asia Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Director Zhang Yiming told PolOff August 19. In response to reftel [...] | 2008-08-19 09:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER CH PK |
08BEIJING3200 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/20/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-20 08:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3216 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/21/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers [...] | 2008-08-21 08:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3218 | CHINESE OFFICIALS INTERESTED IN INCREASING [...] (C) Chinese officials want to increase cooperation with the United States in prosecuting terrorists, Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) Public Prosecution Department Deputy Director General Wang Jun told United States Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney Francis Schmitz August 14. Wang stat [...] | 2008-08-21 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINR KCRM CH |
08BEIJING3241 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/22/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-22 08:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3253 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/23/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-23 08:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3254 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/24/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-24 10:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3275 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/25/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-25 07:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3300 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/26/2008. KEY ISSUES ---------- 2. (SBU) Conclusion of JOC Operations: This is the final situation report from the [...] | 2008-08-26 07:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3332 | CHINESE RESPONSE TO IRAN PROLIFERATION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-28 08:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IR KNNP PARM PTER PINR CH |
08BEIJING3387 | SEPTEMBER 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FUKUDA RESIGNATION, INDIA [...] Key points at the September 2 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda is an internal matter of Japan, but the spokesperson noted Fukuda's "great contributions to bilateral relations." -- China "hopes the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) will f [...] | 2008-09-02 23:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY MNUC PARM EAID PTER EFIN CH KN JA |
08BEIJING3400 | AMBASSADOR URGES INVESTIGATION OF SHIPMENT TO IRAN OF CHINESE GOODS OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN (S) [...] (S) The Ambassador conveyed the United States grave concern regarding Irans lack of cooperation on the Iranian nuclear issue, its support for terrorist organizations, its destabilizing behavior in the Middle East, and Chinese sales of dual-use material and items to Iran to MFA Assistant Foreign Min [...] | 2008-09-03 10:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MNUC MASS IR CH UK AS |
08BEIJING3426 | TENSION AND VIOLENCE IN WESTERN XINJIANG [...] (C) Summary: New security measures were evident during PolOffs' August 25-29 trip to southwestern Xinjiang, the site of at least four incidents of ethnic violence in August, but the overall security environment during the first days of PolOffs' trip appeared more lax than on a July 17-21 trip [...] | 2008-09-04 09:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER PREL KIRF CH |
08BEIJING353 | DISCUSSIONS WITH MFA ON CURRENT U.S. ACTIVITY IN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request (see para 8). 2. (C) Summary: Poloffs delivered ref A points and documents on the Singaporean draft Review of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) paper and the U.S. draft Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime Workplan to MFA Asia Department Regional [...] | 2008-01-31 09:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ARF APEC CH PTER |
08BEIJING3538 | PRC/IRAN: AHMADINEJAD VISITS BEIJING, ASKS PRC TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 6-7 visit to Beijing, Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad thanked President Hu Jintao for China's "constructive role" in negotiations over Iran's nuclear program and expressed hope the Chinese would "pass Iran's views" to the other P5-plus-1 countries. The MFA so [...] | 2008-09-11 08:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
08BEIJING3588 | PRC/IRAN: SCHOLARS SAY PRC INFLUENCE LIMITED AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: China believes international efforts to deal with Iran's nuclear program have entered a "new phase" in which an increasingly confident Iran is rethinking the significance of its nuclear development, according to a PRC scholar who recently met with observers in Tehran. Chinese le [...] | 2008-09-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
08BEIJING3636 | SCO: PRC VIEWS DUSHANBE SUMMIT AS TURNING POINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: China believes the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO's) August 28 Dushanbe summit marked a transition to a more "mature" organization that has developed a strong foundation for increasing trust and strategic consultation among members, according to an MFA contact. Security [...] | 2008-09-19 10:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD ENRG ZK XD CH RS IR |
08BEIJING3654 | CHINA'S RESPONSE TO ECUADOR WAIVER OF VISA INQUIRY [...] (C) Chinese Immigration and Public Security officials evinced a cooperative attitude during a September 19 exchange with Embassy Officers regarding USG concerns about Ecuador's recent waiver of tourist visa requirements for all Chinese nationals. The Chinese shared data showing a five-fold in [...] | 2008-09-22 09:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC CVIS KCRM KFRD CH HK EC CO |
08BEIJING3758 | DEMARCHE ON PAKISTAN SECURITY AND ECONOMIC CRISES [...] (C) In a meeting with MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Deputy Director Cao Jing on September 26, PolOff delivered reftel points asking China to urge Pakistan's leadership to undertake strong measures to resolve Pakistan's security and economic crises. Deputy Dire [...] | 2008-09-26 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN PTER CH PK |
08BEIJING38 | CHINA'S PROPOSED AGENDA AND DATES FOR THE U.S.-CHINA [...] (U) This is an action message: See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: China proposes that the first U.S.-China Counterterrorism Sub-Dialogue discuss Olympic security and protection, counterterrorism cooperation and training and the inclusion of East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO) on the [...] | 2008-01-04 10:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KOLY CH |
08BEIJING3836 | October 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ARMS SALES, SIX-PARTY [...] Key points at the October 7 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The United States' arms sale to Taiwan has "contaminated the atmosphere" of U.S.-China relations, "gravely jeopardized China's security" and "created obstacles to exchanges and cooperation" with the United States. --"The Si [...] | 2008-10-07 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAGR PHUM PTER CH KN JP KS TW |
08BEIJING3874 | October 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ARMS SALES, FINANCIAL [...] Key points at the October 7 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes that the two U.S. presidential candidates will understand the importance of properly handling the Taiwan issue, adhere to the "One China" policy, abide by the three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques, and oppose Taiwan in [...] | 2008-10-09 11:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAGR EFIN PHUM PTER CH KN JP KS TW |
08BEIJING3875 | CORRECTED COPY: October 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ARMS [...] Key points at the October 9 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes that the two U.S. presidential candidates will understand the importance of properly handling the Taiwan issue, adhere to the "One China" policy, abide by the three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques and oppose Taiwan ind [...] | 2008-10-09 11:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAGR EFIN PHUM PTER CH KN JP KS TW |
08BEIJING3907 | CHINA ON UPCOMING UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST OF [...] (S) PolOff on October 10 conveyed to MFA ref A's updated Statements of the Case (SOCs) on one Chinese and three Pakistani individuals that the United States plans to propose to add to the UN Security Council Resolution 1267 Sanctions Committee list of individuals and entities associated with U [...] | 2008-10-14 08:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN KTFN PINR UN CH |
08BEIJING3941 | FM YANG AND SENATOR HAGEL DISCUSS THE FINANCIAL [...] (C) Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) that the current global economic crisis "demands global leadership" and U.S.-China cooperation to overcome the lack of confidence in financial markets. He said that China will "do its best" to ensure a smooth transition of U.S.- [...] | 2008-10-16 07:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL MASS PTER PGOV TW PK KN KS CH |
08BEIJING4006 | October 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TERRORIST LIST, NUCLEAR [...] Key points at the October 21 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes that "relevant countries will work with China to bring eight terrorists to justice." -- China's cooperation with Pakistan on civilian nuclear energy is "subject to International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA [...] | 2008-10-21 23:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PTER PK IN SU XG |
08BEIJING4031 | PRC: MFA CONFIRMS UNSPECIFIED CIVILIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) China wishes to continue the development of its civilian nuclear cooperation with Pakistan, according to MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Director Zhang Yiming. In an October 23 briefing for the U.S. and U.K. Embassies on Pakistan President Asif Zardari's Oct [...] | 2008-10-23 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN PTER CH PK |
08BEIJING4078 | OCTOBER 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SUDAN HOSTAGE CRISIS, SYRIA [...] Key points at the October 28 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China condemns the killing of five kidnapped Chinese citizens in a rescue attempt by the Sudanese government. -- China "opposes any deed which harms another country's sovereignty and territorial integrity," said the spoke [...] | 2008-10-28 22:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PTER ECON EFIN SU SY KN |
08BEIJING4095 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR [...] (C) Deputy Director Pistole, your visit comes at a momentous time in China's history and in our bilateral relationship. January 1, 2009, will mark the 30th anniversary of official United States-China relations. During those thirty years, the U.S. Government presence in China has grown dramati [...] | 2008-10-30 00:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV SCUL KCRM PTER CH |
08BEIJING4192 | FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN DEMARCHE; NO NEW INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Chinese MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Deputy Director Cao Jing offered no substantive response to U.S. views on the objectives and functions of the Friends of Pakistan (FOP) group (ref A). Cao said China will be represented at the next FOP meeting in Abu [...] | 2008-11-12 08:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM ENRG ECON EAID CH PK |
08BEIJING4281 | PRC-EGYPT STRATEGIC DIALOGUE COVERS IRAN, SUDAN, [...] (C) In the first China-Egypt Strategic Dialogue, led by Foreign Ministers Yang Jiechi and Aboul Gheit, Egypt pressed China to take a more "comprehensive" approach in its Middle East policy and to avoid viewing topics like the Middle East Peace Process and the Iranian nuclear issue as isolated [...] | 2008-11-21 01:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER AORC UN CH EG SU IR |
08BEIJING4373 | CHINA ON ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] (C) PolOff on December 1 conveyed to MFA reftel points on deepening cooperation on countering piracy in the Horn of Africa region. International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said that China has been a victim of piracy in the Horn of Africa re [...] | 2008-12-01 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH |
08BEIJING4410 | DECEMBER 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA AND FRANCE, SED, [...] Key points at the December 2 MFA press briefing: -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's "insistence on disregarding Chinese concerns" regarding the Dalai Lama is "affecting relations" between China and the European Union. -- China expects the upcoming round of the Strategic Economic Dialogu [...] | 2008-12-02 23:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER MARR ECON EFIN TW CH FR KS IN TH |
08BEIJING4442 | DECEMBER 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA AND FRANCE, INDIA [...] Key points at the December 4 MFA press briefing: -- China hopes to "repair" its relationship with France, but urges France to "take seriously the feelings of the Chinese people" with regard to the planned meeting between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Dalai Lama. -- Both India an [...] | 2008-12-04 23:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PARM ECON EFIN ETRD CH FR IN PK SU |
08BEIJING4452 | UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY URGES CHINA'S SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) In a December 4 meeting with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei on the margins of the Strategic Economic Dialogue, Under Secretary Jeffery strongly urged China to support the designation of four Lashkar-e-Tayyiba leaders under UNSCR 1267, particularly in light of the Mumbai terror atta [...] | 2008-12-05 08:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CH IN PK |
08BEIJING4475 | PRC SCHOLARS CONCERNED ABOUT INDIAN REACTION [...] (C) PRC South Asia scholars have expressed concern to us that retaliation by India against Pakistan for the recent Mumbai terror attacks would create instability in the region and significantly hamper U.S. counter-insurgency efforts in Afghanistan and along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. In [...] | 2008-12-09 08:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CH PK IN AF |
08BEIJING4480 | PRC-UZBEKISTAN: BEIJING FOCUSED ON CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: An Uzbek diplomat based in China reported that one PRC goal in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is for SCO members to cooperate on immediate dangers like transnational terrorist groups, such as Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HT),which China believes are a direct threat to security in [...] | 2008-12-09 11:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EAID PTER UZ CH |
08BEIJING4489 | CHINESE MFA URGED TO RELEASE 1267 HOLDS BY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-10 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN AORC UN PK CH |
08BEIJING4520 | CHINA NEEDS TIME TO STUDY HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY [...] (C) PolOff on December 11 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department United Nations Division Deputy Director Shen Bo ref A points inviting China's participation as a founding member in a new Contact Group (CG) on piracy off the Horn of Africa. Shen recalled that In [...] | 2008-12-12 07:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH |
08BEIJING4526 | PRC/IRAN: DAS HENGEL DISCUSSES CHINA-IRAN ENERGY [...] (C) EEB DAS for Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities Douglas Hengel, met with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Deputy DirecQ General Wu Haitao and Sinopec International Affairs Director General Tang Suxin on December 5 to discuss Chinese energy companies' activities in Iran. DDG [...] | 2008-12-12 10:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER ECON EPET EINV MNUC POL |
08BEIJING4553 | CHINA ON ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] (C) PolOff and Naval Attache on December 16 discussed the possibility of China sending a PLA naval vessel off the Horn of Africa to combat piracy with PLA Academy of Military Science Department of Strategic Studies Senior Fellow and Senior Colonel Chen Zhou and PLA National Defense University [...] | 2008-12-16 09:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH |
08BEIJING4569 | PRC/IRAN: CNOOC-IRAN COOPERATION IN PRELIMINARY [...] (C) In a discussion with Economic Minister-Counselor, CNOOC's External Affairs Section Director Lu Xiaofeng emphasized that CNOOC's cooperation with Iran is driven by commercial interests and stressed that CNOOC has no intention of becoming entwined in political issues. He reiterated that CNOO [...] | 2008-12-17 09:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV PREL PARM PTER MNUC POL |
08BEIJING4572 | IN A/S HOOK'S PRC MEETINGS, UNSC REFORM, 1267, [...] (C) State International Organizations A/S Brian Hook heard China's concerns about the direction of intergovernmental negotiations on UN Security Council reform during a cordial and productive visit December 4-8. Chinese MFA IO Director General Wu Hailong pressed the United States to support the [...] | 2008-12-17 09:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC IR AORC SU SO KCRM UN CH |
08BEIJING4573 | CHINA ON SUPPORT FOR THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (C) PolOff on December 11 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department United Nations Division Deputy Director Shen Bo reftel points urging China to make a generous contribution to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) and to press UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to [...] | 2008-12-17 10:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC EUN LE SY CH |
08BEIJING4593 | XINJIANG'S PARAMILITARY AGRICULTURALISTS: A VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Xinjiang Construction and Production Corps (XJCPC) is a massive industrial and agricultural conglomerate operation in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). The XJCPC, divided into state-run farming and industrial units, employs over 10 percent of Xinjiang's populat [...] | 2008-12-18 10:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL PGOV KIRF ECON EAGR CH |
08BEIJING4600 | DELIVERY OF UNION OF GOOD TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (SBU) On December 18, 2008, Econoffs and Finatt conveyed reftel to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of External Security Affairs, Mr. Wu Shifan, as it relates to bilateral counterterrorism efforts. We expressed his appreciation and indicated he would pass the information on [...] | 2008-12-19 01:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS |
08BEIJING4624 | MFA ON PLANNED PRC NAVAL DEPLOYMENT TO COMBAT GULF [...] (C) Summary: China intends to deploy two destroyers and a support vessel to the Gulf of Aden and waters off the Somali coast to combat piracy, MFA North American Affairs Department Deputy Director General Zheng Zeguang informed the DCM on December 21. The ships plan to sail from China Decembe [...] | 2008-12-22 08:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH |
08BEIJING4669 | CHINA: INVITATIONS TO SOMALI PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) PolOff on December 22 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department United Nations Division Deputy Director Shen Bo ref A invitation to the January 13-14 meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy. PolOff on December 23 delivered the ref B invitation to a pre-me [...] | 2008-12-24 07:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH |
08BEIJING4687 | AMBASSADOR-AFM LIU MEETING ON GUANTANAMO UIGHURS, [...] (C) China is "gravely concerned" by statements that the United States is considering transferring PRC citizen Uighurs detained at Guantanamo to a third country rather than repatriating them to China, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi told the Ambassador December 29. The Uighur detainees are [...] | 2008-12-29 09:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER CH TW |
08BEIJING574 | CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: UPCOMING [...] (C) PolOff on February 19 delivered reftel points on upcoming ad hoc discussions on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT). MFA Department of Treaty and Law Officer Guo Xiaomei said that she was not prepared to offer a substantive response immediately, but that U.S. vie [...] | 2008-02-19 08:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC CH |
08BEIJING658 | XINJIANG: NEWSPAPER REPORTS ON TERRORIST SHOOTOUT [...] (C) The Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao),a newspaper run by the CCP's flagship People's Daily newspaper, reported in two articles, published on February 18 and 20 respectively, that Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) police raided a "violent terrorist cell (tuanhuo)" on the evening of Janua [...] | 2008-02-22 12:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV OREP CASC KOLY KG AF KZ UZ CH TI |
08BEIJING659 | AFM HE YAFEI REVIEWS CHINA'S KEY ISSUES FOR THE [...] (C) In a February 22 meeting requested by the Chinese, PRC Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei reviewed for the Ambassador China's key issues to be raised during the Secretary's visit to Beijing February 26-27. On North Korea, SIPDIS AFM He said that China's top leaders are prepared to have [...] | 2008-02-22 14:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER EINV MNUC BM IR KN CH |
08BEIJING7 | MFA: MAINTAINING STABILITY IN PAKISTAN "A COMMON [...] (C) Maintaining stability in Pakistan is a "common interest" of China and the United States, and China stands ready for further cooperation with the United States on Pakistan, Asia Department Director for Pakistan Zhang Yiming told PolOff on January 2 in response to reftel points. Zhang cited [...] | 2008-01-02 09:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CH PK |
08BEIJING824 | March 6 MFA Press Briefing: Upcoming Taiwan Election, Hu's [...] Key points at the March 6 MFA Press Briefing: -- The upcoming election in Taiwan is an election of a local leader. -- President Hu's visit to Japan is still under active discussion. -- Relevant Chinese authorities have taken every measure necessary to carry out a "serious and responsible [...] | 2008-03-06 09:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER TBIO CH TW JA |
08BEIJING869 | PRC-PAKISTAN: MFA, SCHOLARS REMAIN FOCUSED ON [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials and PRC scholars believe the new coalition government in Pakistan will be inherently weak and that extended political instability would likely lead to the intervention of the Pakistan Army. Though the shakiness of the nascent coalition Government will slow the devel [...] | 2008-03-10 09:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM CH PK |
08BEIJING871 | PRC/LEBANON: PRC UNAWARE OF MARCH 14 CONVENTION, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-10 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MASS PTER PARM CH LE |
08BEIJING892 | March 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: XINJIANG TERRORISM, SAFETY AND [...] Key points at the March 11, 2008 regular MFA Press Briefing were: -- China continues to investigate the suspicious liquid found on a flight from Xinjiang to Beijing and rejects attempts to link terrorism to a single religion or ethnic group. -- China is working to ensure safe air quality [...] | 2008-03-11 10:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA RS SU SR |
08BEIJING930 | NEWSPAPER REPORTS ON AIRLINE "TERRORIST" INCIDENT; [...] (SBU) The Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao),a newspaper run by the Communist Party's flagship People's Daily newspaper, described on March 11 how a 19 year-old "Uighur girl" smuggled gasoline contained in beverage cans onboard a China Southern flight from Urumqi to Beijing. The article claimed t [...] | 2008-03-13 11:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KOLY CH |
08BEIRUT1011 | LEBANON: A CABINET IS FORMED [...] (C) After seven weeks of negotiations between and within the opposition and the majority blocs, President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister-designate Fouad Siniora, and Speaker Nabih Berri came together at the presidential palace for the announcement of the formation of a 30-member cabinet at 1610 [...] | 2008-07-11 16:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1018 | LEBANON: WITH CABINET, BOTH SIDES TRYING TO HELP [...] (C) The transition to the new government announced on July 11 has begun, with some ministers already officially assuming their duties. The cabinet is expected to convene by mid-week to form a committee responsible for drafting the ministerial statement which is due by August 11. Negotiations [...] | 2008-07-14 16:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE |
08BEIRUT1021 | LEBANON: BANKS DENY ALLEGATIONS OF SUPPORTING [...] (C) The President of the Association of Banks (ABL) in Lebanon, Dr. Francois Bassil, denies allegations that six Lebanese banks helped provided banking services supporting Hizballah's activities. Bassil and other banking officials stressed the efforts of the Lebanese banking sector to comply [...] | 2008-07-15 14:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL EFIN ECON LE |
08BEIRUT1022 | LEBANON: PM SINIORA WARNS AGAINST HIZBALLAH'S [...] (C) PM Siniora is pleased with the final cabinet formation and does not foresee difficulties in the preparation of the ministerial statement. However, he remains concerned about Hizballah's growing stature, particularly in light of the upcoming prisoner exchange between Lebanon and Israel. He [...] | 2008-07-15 14:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1023 | LEBANON: FRANCE BEHIND SYRIA'S OVERTURES TO [...] (C) Reporting on the July 12-13 meetings in Paris between President Michel Sleiman, French President Sarkozy, and Syrian President Bashar Asad, French Embassy PolOff said that France is interested in pursuing rapprochement with Syria. Sarkozy prodded Asad into agreeing to re-establish diplomati [...] | 2008-07-15 15:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC FR IS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1043 | LEBANON: A GLOATING NASRALLAH CLAIMS HIZBALLAH [...] (C) In a July 16 five-minute personal appearance and subsequent televised speech, Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah proudly declared victory for all of Lebanon and took credit for securing the release by Israel earlier in the day of five Lebanese prisoners and 199 bodies of Lebanese [...] | 2008-07-17 17:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS LE |
08BEIRUT1047 | LEBANON: OPPOSITION DRUZE ADVISOR: WE WILL WIN [...] (C) Marwan Abu Fadel, senior advisor to opposition Druze figure Minister Talal Arslan, doubts President Michel Sleiman will successfully form his own parliamentary bloc for the 2009 election. He also does not believe the appointment by March 14 of independent Shia Minister Ibrahim Shamseddine [...] | 2008-07-18 14:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1049 | LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN INTENDS TO GO TO SYRIA [...] (C) Lebanese President Michel Sleiman plans to visit Damascus as soon as a week following Syrian FM Walid Moallem's July 21 visit to Lebanon, and hopes to move forward quickly in establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries. Sleiman expressed his satisfaction with the new cabin [...] | 2008-07-18 15:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1050 | LEBANON: CABINET STATEMENT WITHIN DAYS, SAYS [...] (C) Newly appointed Minister of State Nassib Lahoud of March 14 expressed confidence that parliament would approve its ministerial statement by July 24. Lahoud is a member of the committee charged with drafting the statement, which met for the first time the day before. March 14 had prepared [...] | 2008-07-18 16:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1067 | LEBANON: MINISTERIAL STATEMENT: HIZBALLAH'S ARMS [...] (C) After its fifth meeting on July 22, the ministerial committee charged with drafting cabinet's statement to parliament has made significant progress, including text on economic objectives and Syrian-Lebanese relations, but remains deadlocked on how to address Hizballah's weapons. The commit [...] | 2008-07-22 17:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1068 | LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN ACCEPTS INVITATION TO [...] (U) On July 21 Lebanese President Sleiman accepted an invitation from Syrian FM Moallem on behalf of President Bashar Asad to visit Damascus. Moallem traveled to Beirut to deliver the invitation, and later made a press statement reiterating Syria's support for establishing diplomatic relati [...] | 2008-07-22 17:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1075 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT WARY OF SYRIAN INTENTIONS, [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt remains skeptical of Syrian intentions toward Lebanon and continues to press for expedited action on the Special Tribunal as the only way to pressure Damascus, especially in light of recent French overtures toward Syria. Agreeing that released Lebanese prisoner [...] | 2008-07-23 15:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1076 | LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR ON THE NEXT ARMY [...] (C) Please see action request in para 12. In a July 22 meeting, Defense Minister Elias Murr told Charge the decision on the next Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander is down to two names: LAF Intelligence Director BG Georges Khoury and 2nd Brigade Commander BG Jean Qahwaji. (Murr will advoc [...] | 2008-07-23 15:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MCAP MARR EAIR IR LE |
08BEIRUT108 | LEBANON: AMBASSADOR FAREWELL CALL ON LEBANESE ARMY [...] (C) In a January 12th farewell office call, a confident Lebanese Army Commander Michel Sleiman discussed the ongoing investigation of General Francois Al-Hajj's assassination, the current political impasse, a new but improbable Presidential candidate, and his mandatory resignation date as Army [...] | 2008-01-24 13:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT1084 | LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Having fully resumed his role as foreign minister, Minister Fawzi Salloukh spoke of Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem's July 21 visit to Beirut as a "positive step forward" in establishing diplomatic relations with Syria. Salloukh, a member of the cabinet committee charged with draftin [...] | 2008-07-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SY LE |
08BEIRUT1087 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 WORKSHOP: IMPOSSIBLE TO COEXIST WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 23, the March 14 Secretariat held a workshop at the Bristol Hotel in Beirut to discuss and incorporate public opinion into a draft paper on civil peace and building a state of independence. The paper concluded that it is impossible to build such a state while Hizballah [...] | 2008-07-24 16:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
08BEIRUT1095 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 TRYING TO BUILD A UNIFIED MESSAGE [...] (C) In a July 23 meeting with A/DCM, March 14 Secretary General (SYG) Fares Souaid was pleased to show off his coalition's new office space and signaled optimism about the creation of a common platform as unifying force for March 14 coalition. Souaid argued that while some slight differences [...] | 2008-07-25 15:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
08BEIRUT1100 | LEBANON: SAUDIS GIVING SAAD ONE LAST CHANCE, SAUDI [...] (C) Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Khoja told Charge July 25 that the March 14 majority must win the 2009 parliamentary elections to avoid an Iranian takeover of the country. Critical of majority leader Saad Hariri, Khoja said the Saudi leaders had told Saad recently that they would provide signi [...] | 2008-07-28 08:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1103 | LEBANON: MINISTERIAL STATEMENT 95 PERCENT [...] (C) Minister of State Nassib Lahoud, a member of the committee currently drafting the cabinet's ministerial statement, said the statement was "95 percent done." Hizballah's weapons remained the primary stumbling block, with the majority holding firm on keeping language that would acknowledge [...] | 2008-07-28 14:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1104 | LEBANON: TENSION PREVAILS FOLLOWING MORE TRIPOLI [...] (SBU) On July 25-26, fierce clashes resumed in the predominantly Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh and predominantly Alawite Jabal Mohsen areas of Tripoli, reportedly resulting in between six and nine dead and 33 wounded. The Internal Security Forces (ISF) and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) redeployed [...] | 2008-07-28 17:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1111 | LEBANON: NEW JUSTICE MINISTER WHOLEHEARTEDLY [...] (C) The well-informed new Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar emphasized his commitment to the Special Tribunal, while stressing that he will not be as outspoken as his predecessor, Charles Rizk. He plans to urge other countries for additional financial contributions to the Tribunal. Najjar inten [...] | 2008-07-29 16:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1112 | LEBANON: MAJORITY LEADER SAAD HARIRI NOT IN [...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri accuses Syria and Hizballah of masterminding recent violence in Tripoli as part of an effort to discredit Saad and impose Syria's agenda on Lebanon. As usual, Saad complained about what he perceives as an ambivalent U.S. policy toward Syria, warning that March [...] | 2008-07-29 17:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1113 | LEBANON: NEW INDEPENDENT SHIA MINISTER CALLS FOR [...] (C) In a courtesy call by Charge Grant, newly appointed non-Hizballah Shia Minister Ibrahim Shamseddine praised Saad Hariri's recent trip to Iraq as an important step in improving Arab-Iraqi relations and reducing Iranian influence over Lebanese Shia. He stressed his own independence and abil [...] | 2008-07-29 17:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1116 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT MAY MAKE A DEAL WITH DRUZE [...] (C) Saleem Hamadeh, advisor to opposition Druze leader and Youth and Sports Minister Talal Arslan, predicted that Arslan's rival Druze leader Walid Jumblatt would make a deal with Arslan in order to maximize the number of seats he could win in the 2009 parliamentary elections. Hamadeh did not [...] | 2008-07-30 16:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE |
08BEIRUT1133 | LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL DAVID [...] (C) General Petraeus, Welcome to Lebanon. Your visit provides another excellent opportunity to reinforce our message of strong, continued U.S. government support for a sovereign, independent, and democratic Lebanon. Your visit continues a series of high-level USG contacts since President Sle [...] | 2008-08-01 18:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY |
08BEIRUT1134 | LEBANON: NEW TOURISM MINISTER SAYS 2009 CAMPAIGN [...] (C) In a courtesy call by CDA Grant, newly appointed Tourism Minister Elie Marouni said the committee drafting the cabinet's ministerial statement would complete its work on August 1 but two parties, his own Kataeb (Phlange) party and the Lebanese Forces, will register "reservations" when the [...] | 2008-08-01 18:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PTER LE |
08BEIRUT1135 | LEBANON: MINISTERIAL DECLARATION EXPECTED AUGUST [...] (C) Several Cabinet sources confirmed to us today that they expect the draft of Lebanese cabinet's ministerial statement to be completed by the night of August 1. Tareq Mitri, Minister of Information and a member of the drafting committee allied with March 14 and PM Siniora, told Charge and S [...] | 2008-08-01 18:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREF KDEM IS LE SY |
08BEIRUT1138 | LEBANON: MINISTER OF ECONOMY ON ELECTIONS; WTO [...] (C) In an August 4 courtesy call by Charge, Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Mohammad Safadi shared his assessment of the GOL's ministerial statement as "the best possible outcome" and that the National Dialogue should be the next focal point for political decisions. Safadi, a Sunni mem [...] | 2008-08-04 17:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC ECON EAID EIND ETRD |
08BEIRUT1139 | LEBANON: MINISTERIAL STATEMENT: RESISTANCE [...] (C) The ministerial committee charged with drafting the government's policy statement reached an agreement on August 1, and the full cabinet is expected to approve the statement on August 4. The statement is an improvement over the previous 2005 ministerial statement in that it gives increase [...] | 2008-08-04 18:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1149 | LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER CHATAH SAYS MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah, former advisor to PM Siniora, views the 2008 ministerial statement as an improvement over 2005, in that it elevates the status of the state and puts limits on Hizballah. Remarkably, he notes, the statement was drafted without foreign interference. The big [...] | 2008-08-05 17:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1160 | LEBANON: AGRICULTURE MINISTER SKAFF CONFIDENT OF [...] (C) In an August 7 courtesy call by Charge Grant, Agriculture Minister Elie Skaff emphasized the importance of the 2009 parliamentary elections, while downplaying the upcoming National Dialogue, in solving Lebanon's problems. Nevertheless, he recommended enlarging the membership of the Dialogu [...] | 2008-08-07 17:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC EAGR LE |
08BEIRUT1161 | LEBANON: AOUNIST MP HINTS AT CONSENSUS IN 2009 [...] (C) Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) MP Ibrahim Kanaan told Charge FPM is "satisfied" with the cabinet statement. He said the kerfluffle over fellow FPM MP Gebran Bassil's remarks about reviewing Paris III were taken out of context and exploited. Kenaan said he is turning his atte [...] | 2008-08-07 17:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
08BEIRUT1166 | LEBANON: SINIORA TELLS GENERAL PETRAEUS HE WILL [...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora announced to General David Petraeus, during the latter's August 6 visit to Lebanon, his plans to go to Iraq once parliament has passed the vote of confidence, expected to occur o/a August 12. Siniora said he intended to demonstrate to the Arab world his support [...] | 2008-08-08 15:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR OVIP PETRAEUS DAVID MARR |
08BEIRUT1168 | LEBANON: PETRAEUS AND SLEIMAN DISCUSS SYRIAN TRIP, [...] (C) In an August 6 meeting with visiting General David Petraeus, President Michel Sleiman outlined three objectives for his upcoming meeting with Syrian President Bashar Asad. Most important, Sleiman said, is to initiate a diplomatic exchange between the two countries. Additionally, Sleiman p [...] | 2008-08-08 15:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | OVIP PETRAEUS DAVID PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC |
08BEIRUT1169 | LEBANON: GEARING UP FOR THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) Parliament begins debate on the government policy statement on August 8, with the confidence vote expected a few days thereafter. President Sleiman travels to Damascus August 13-14, after which time he is expected to convene the National Dialogue. Preparations are under way; Baabda Palace [...] | 2008-08-08 15:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1170 | LEBANON: NEW DEPUTY PM SAYS AOUN INTERESTED IN [...] (C) Newly-appointed Deputy Prime Minister Issam Abou Jamra expressed to CDA on August 9 his pride both in being named Deputy Prime Minister and in how well his long-time friend Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement is doing. Abou Jamra pointed to FPM's friendly alliance with Amal and Hizballah [...] | 2008-08-08 16:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1171 | LEBANON: MINISTER HARIRI ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HER [...] (C) In an August 8 courtesy call by Charge, Minister of Education Bahiya Hariri told us that she hopes to create standardized curricula for Lebanon's public schools. In addition, she plans to push for greater community involvement in the educational process. A longtime MP from the southern c [...] | 2008-08-08 17:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SCUL SOCI LE SY |
08BEIRUT1187 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH WILL PRESS FOR ACTION AGAINST [...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri warned that Hizballah would soon pressure the GOL to take action against Israeli overflights. He was reacting to recent tough statements from Israel about the official GOL cabinet statement linking Hizballah's "resistance" to the authority of the Lebanese state [...] | 2008-08-13 16:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1188 | LEBANON: CABINET WINS CONFIDENCE VOTE [...] (U) In the final step to form the new government, the cabinet obtained the Lebanese Parliament's vote of confidence on August 12. Of the 107 MPs in attendance, 100 voted in favor of the cabinet and accompanying cabinet statement (parliament currently has 127 members). The five days of sessi [...] | 2008-08-13 17:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1197 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 SECRETARIAT PERCEIVES MARCH 8 [...] (C) March 14 Secretary General (SYG) Fares Souaid and member Samir Franjieh report that March 14 is preparing to capitalize on what it perceives as a split between the "Syrian March 8" and "Iranian March 8" in an attempt to attract voters -- especially Christian voters who usually support Mich [...] | 2008-08-14 16:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
08BEIRUT1198 | LEBANON: CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND CONDEMNATIONS [...] (SBU) Leaders from across Lebanon's political spectrum condemned the August 13 civilian bus bombing in the northern city of Tripoli that resulted in the deaths of several Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) soldiers, among others. So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Several t [...] | 2008-08-14 16:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY |
08BEIRUT1200 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S IMAGE MAKEOVER; A NEW APPEAL [...] (C) Local press reported on Hizballah's creation of an Arab relations portfolio, assigned to Sheikh Hassan Izz-al-Din. Hizballah explained to press that the new position was a product of periodic organizational restructuring. Expounding on his new role, Izz-al-Din said in an interview with a [...] | 2008-08-14 17:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SA LE |
08BEIRUT1201 | LEBANON: SLEIMAN VISIT TO DAMASCUS: DEVIL IN THE [...] (C) According to his diplomatic advisor, President Sleiman reportedly is pleased with his August 13-14 visit to Damascus, although he had hoped for more on the issue of Lebanese detainees in Syria. The advisor believes that work will begin soon on establishing diplomatic relations and borders [...] | 2008-08-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1211 | UNIFIL: PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED NOTIFICATIONS FOR VISITS [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Beirut appreciates the efforts of USUN in bringing the issue of the suspicious incidents involving representatives of the Indian contingent of UNIFIL to the attention of the Asia and Middle East Director in the Office of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) detailed in reftel. In [...] | 2008-08-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1220 | LEBANON: DRUZE (OPPOSITION) MINISTER: U.S. SHOULD [...] (C) An affable Minister of Youth and Sports Talal Arslan welcomed the recent Damascus meeting between Presidents Sleiman and Asad as a positive step in putting the Lebanese-Syrian bilateral relationship back on a good track. Thanking the U.S. for its military assistance, Arslan said the list o [...] | 2008-08-19 14:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1223 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH WELCOMING OR SABOTAGING [...] (C) Publicly, Hizballah officials are welcoming the upcoming National Dialogue. At the same time, however, Hizballah officials and their opposition allies are seeking an expansion of both the participation list and agenda in what we view as an attempt to dilute the process and steer the focus [...] | 2008-08-19 15:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1225 | LEBANON: GEMAYEL DOWNBEAT ON RAPPROCHEMENT WITH [...] (C) Former president Amine Gemayel reacted pessimistically August 19 to outcomes from President Sleiman's August 13-14 visit to Syria. He assessed Syria was willing to make minor concessions to Lebanon only to improve Syria's reputation within Lebanon. Gemayel criticized the international co [...] | 2008-08-19 16:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY |
08BEIRUT1234 | LEBANON: SINIORA'S TRIP TO IRAQ: INVESTMENT; ARAB [...] (C) PM advisor Rola Noureddine deemed Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's August 20 trip to Iraq a success and enthusiastically spoke of the future investment opportunities between the two countries. Noting to the Charge on August 21 that, "The earlier we get in, the better deals we will get," Nou [...] | 2008-08-21 17:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MOPS MARR IZ LE |
08BEIRUT1241 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 MP BOUTROS HARB: BRIDGING THE [...] (C) MP Boutros Harb told Charge Grant in an August 20 meeting that the March 14 coalition faces two problems: relations between March 14 Christians and Muslims/Druze, and relations among March 14 Christians. Expressing concern that divisions within March 14 will result in failure in the 2009 [...] | 2008-08-22 16:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1249 | LEBANON: LEBANON'S SALAFISTS GROUPS: NEITHER [...] (C) Many in Lebanon were surprised when Shia-dominated Hizballah signed a memorandum of understanding on August 18 with some Salafist Sunni groups in the northern city of Tripoli, ostensibly to reduce Shia-Sunni tensions that had produced violent clashes and deaths there. Then, the next day, [...] | 2008-08-25 16:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY |
08BEIRUT1262 | LEBANON: GEMAYEL WITH HALE: CLEAR USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) In a August 27 meeting, former president and Kataeb party leader Amine Gemayel told visiting NEA DAS David Hale that a clear message from the U.S. would be critical for Lebanon in its struggle against Iranian and Syrian attempts to destabilize the country. Gemayel supported the idea of i [...] | 2008-08-29 09:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR IS LE SY |
08BEIRUT1266 | LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, SINIORA CRITICIZES U.S. [...] (C) In an August 27 meeting with NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora complained that the U.S. has not come through on its assistance promises and that USG assistance has been dwarfed by Iranian support for Hizballah. He said U.S. and Israeli mistak [...] | 2008-09-02 08:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR IS IR SY LE |
08BEIRUT1269 | LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH RECEIVES AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) On August 27, the Ambassador presented copies of her credentials to Minister of Foreign Affairs Fawzi Salloukh. In a subsequent meeting with the Ambassador and visiting NEA DAS David Hale, Salloukh asked the USG to place pressure on Israel to implement its share of UNSCR 1701. He emphasize [...] | 2008-09-02 08:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR IS LE SY |
08BEIRUT1270 | LEBANON: NEA DAS HALE MEETS SPEAKER BERRI [...] (C) In an August 28 meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, NEA DAS David Hale reiterated the USG's continued support for Lebanon. Berri thanked DAS Hale for USG assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces and expressed his concern over the recent violence in Tripoli, blaming Al-Qaeda and f [...] | 2008-09-02 09:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR IS LE QA |
08BEIRUT1272 | LEBANON: AOUN EXPECTS VIOLENCE AFTER RAMADAN [...] (C) In a August 29 meeting, Free Patriotic Movement leader General Michel Aoun told visiting NEA DAS David Hale and Ambassador that he expected the volatile northern city of Tripoli to erupt in violence after Ramadan. Aoun blamed Saudi funding and ideology for fueling the militant elements c [...] | 2008-09-02 09:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KPAL UNSC MARR IS LE SA |
08BEIRUT1273 | LEBANON: GEAGEA WARNS DAS HALE THAT ISRAEL IS [...] (C) In an August 29 meeting with visiting NEA DAS David Hale, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea stressed the importance of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian issue to facilitate resolution of other regional issues. He said Israel is making a huge mistake by publicly criticizing the Leb [...] | 2008-09-02 09:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC PINR MARR IS IR FR SY LE |
08BEIRUT1274 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 MEMBERS TO DAS HALE: HELICOPTERS [...] (C) In separate meetings August 28 and 29 with visiting NEA DAS David Hale, March 14 leaders welcomed U.S. commitments in Lebanon but expressed frustration that the U.S. had not yet provided helicopters to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). Without helicopters, March 14 members claimed, the LAF [...] | 2008-09-02 10:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT1278 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 DRUZE MP REMINDS DAS HALE THAT [...] (C) March 14 MP Marwan Hamadeh expressed concerns about ongoing affronts to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and Israeli actions benefiting Hizballah and Syria during his August 29 meeting with visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale. Hamadeh predicted Hizballah would either delay t [...] | 2008-09-02 12:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1280 | LEBANON: FRENCH, EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS HAVE [...] (C) The purpose of French FM Kouchner's August 25-6 visit to Beirut seems to have been to reassure the Lebanese, just prior to Sarkozy's September 3rd visit to Damascus, that France's ongoing rapprochement with Syria will not harm Lebanon. Kouchner told the Lebanese that France will move care [...] | 2008-09-02 13:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EG FR LE MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
08BEIRUT1283 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT DESCRIBES TO DAS HALE MARCH 14'S [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and his advisors told NEA DAS David Hale that March 14 was united, before giving multiple examples of disagreements among the bloc's party leaders. He had little confidence that the National Dialogue would begin until after Ramadan and perhaps even Ashura. He [...] | 2008-09-03 07:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1284 | LEBANON: HARIRI TO DAS HALE: ISRAEL HURTING US BY [...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri told visiting NEA DAS David Hale that Israel is hurting the forces of moderation in Lebanon through actions such as agreeing to a prisoner swap with Hizballah, "opening doors" for Syrians as it negotiates with them and making threatening statements regarding Leb [...] | 2008-09-03 07:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY IS FR |
08BEIRUT1285 | LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, AOUN ALLY ELIE SKAFF [...] (C) Minister of Agriculture Elie Skaff defended both his and Michel Aoun's alliance with Hizballah in an August 30 meeting with visiting NEA DAS Hale. Skaff argued that the West had abandoned the weak and divided Christians of Lebanon, forcing them to make internal alliances. Skaff strongly q [...] | 2008-09-03 07:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR IS LE SY |
08BEIRUT1286 | LEBANON: NEA DAS HALE URGES THAT PRESIDENT SLEIMAN [...] (C) NEA DAS David Hale, accompanied by DCM and Poloffs, stressed to two of President Michel Sleiman's senior staff and an unofficial advisor the importance of Sleiman visiting Washington before or after his address to the UNGA in September. For their part, the advisors expressed concerns abou [...] | 2008-09-03 08:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY |
08BEIRUT1287 | LEBANON: A PRAGMATIC CHATAH CONCERNED ABOUT MARCH [...] (C) Minister of Finance Mohamad Chatah expressed concern to visiting NEA DAS David Hale that there were only eight months until the 2009 parliamentary elections and March 14 was still having trouble developing its message. He suggested March 14's message needed to include a broad, comprehensi [...] | 2008-09-03 08:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC ECON LE MARR MOPS SY |
08BEIRUT1288 | LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, VETERAN SUNNI FIGURE [...] (C) In his August 30 meeting with visiting NEA DAS David Hale, Minister of Culture and respected leader of the Sunni community Tammam Salaam stressed the need for progress in the Israeli/Palestinian peace process to defuse extremism in the region. Praising Hizballah's quick admission of culpa [...] | 2008-09-03 08:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR EAID UNSC MARR IR SY IS |
08BEIRUT1289 | LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, UNSCOL SHARES CONCERNS [...] (C) In an August 31 meeting with visiting NEA DAS David Hale,officials of the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) discussed the 2009 parliamentary elections, the National Dialogue, LIBAT II, Sheba'a Farms, UNMACC's funding crisis, and the August 28 downing by Hizballah of a Lebanese Ar [...] | 2008-09-03 08:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1296 | LEBANON: LAF HELICOPTER ATTACK A HIZBALLAH ERROR? [...] (C) On August 28, a Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) helicopter operating in Hizballah-controlled territory was shot down, resulting in the death of an LAF officer. Details surrounding the incident remain unclear, although the LAF has begun a full investigation. Hizballah did not deny responsibil [...] | 2008-09-04 11:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT1299 | LEBANON: MAKKAWI SAYS GULF STATES NEED TO HELP [...] (C) In a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee President Ambassador Khalil Makkawi said Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar had yet to make any pledges for the reconstruction appeal for the destroyed Palestinian Refugee camp Nah [...] | 2008-09-04 14:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE AE KU QA SA |
08BEIRUT1308 | LEBANON: BERRI CALLS OUT ISRAEL AND QADHAFI ON [...] (C) Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri blamed Israel and the forces of terrorism for trying to destabilize Lebanon. Berri made his remarks at a rally on August 31 marking the 30th anniversary of the disappearance of Imam Musa Sadr. In the same speech, Berri said he holds Libyan leader Qadhafi [...] | 2008-09-05 14:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE IS LY |
08BEIRUT1310 | LEBANON: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO [...] (C) Ambassador presented her credentials to President Michel Sleiman in a ceremony at Baabda Palace on September 4 that also included Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh and MFA Chief of Protocol George Siam. A/DCM, DATT, Pol/Econ Chief, Consul, and ARSO Officer also attended the half-hour event, [...] | 2008-09-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1311 | LEBANON: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCR [...] (SBU) Ambassador, PolOff, ConChief, ConOff, and the Department of Homeland Security circuit-ride team leader met with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative Stphane Jaquemet and UNHCR Senior Protection Officers, Ayaki Ito and Anna Leer on September 4. The UNHCR represen [...] | 2008-09-05 15:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PTER UNSC IQ LE |
08BEIRUT1312 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS AGREE TO RUN UNIFIED [...] (C) March 14 leaders, meeting as a group for the first time since August 3, agreed to run unified lists in the spring 2009 elections, a major step forward for a coalition whose leaders have found it difficult to look above partisan interests to the greater goal of maintaining the parliamentary [...] | 2008-09-05 15:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1316 | LEBANON: PRESIDENT ASKS UNDP TO HELP WITH NATIONAL [...] (C) In a September 2 meeting with the Ambassador, UN Development Program Resident Representative Marta Ruedas reported that President Sleiman had recently approached the UN for technical assistance in setting up President Sleiman's Baabda Palace office and the National Dialogue. Ruedas said c [...] | 2008-09-08 12:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PREL PTER PHUM KDEM LE |
08BEIRUT1320 | LEBANON: HARIRI'S VISIT TO TRIPOLI- THE BEGINNING [...] (C) In a surprise three-day visit to the northern city of Tripoli, Sunni majority leader Saad Hariri encouraged rival factions in Tripoli to reconcile and overcome their differences. In an effort to lead by example, Hariri held talks with Alawite leader and former MP Ali Eid and former Prime [...] | 2008-09-08 15:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
08BEIRUT1326 | LEBANON: INDEPENDENT SHIA GEARING UP FOR 2009 [...] (C) Lokman Slim, an independent Shia organizer and Director of NGO Hayya Bina, told the Ambassador on September 5 that the March 14 coalition needs to take the independent Shia portfolio more seriously. Slim surmised that Shia independents could have a real possibility of winning parliamentar [...] | 2008-09-09 16:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PHUM EAID LE IZ SY |
08BEIRUT1329 | LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN ANNOUNCES SEPTEMBER 16 [...] (U) At a September 9 iftar he hosted at Baabda Palace, President Michel Sleiman announced that the National Dialogue would begin on September 16. Both the majority and opposition reacted positively in public to the announcement and confirmed their readiness to participate in the dialogue. H [...] | 2008-09-10 17:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1330 | LEBANON: MARONITE PATRIARCH PRAISES SLEIMAN, [...] (C) Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Sfeir praised President Sleiman and said President Bush should show him strong support during Sleiman's visit to Washington at the end of the month. He commented briefly on the new LAF leadership appointments. He was impressed with majority leader Saad Hariri' [...] | 2008-09-11 07:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER LE |
08BEIRUT1332 | LEBANON: GEMAYEL URGES WASHINGTON SHOCK TREATMENT [...] (C) While at the Embassy to renew his visa, former President Amine Gemayel stopped by for a meeting with Ambassador and ConOff on September 10. Gemayel discussed his upcoming trip to the United States, the National Dialogue, the 2009 parliamentary elections, Syria, Israel, and possible talkin [...] | 2008-09-11 15:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT1347 | LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDERS LAMENT DEMINING PROBLEMS [...] (C) In a September 10 meeting, Brigadier General (BG) Mohammed Fehmi, Commander of the Lebanese Mine Action Center (LMAC),stated that lack of further funding for demining activities in southern Lebanon was a grave concern and expressed sincere hope that the U.S. would "push LMAC's needs" fo [...] | 2008-09-15 13:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1348 | LEBANON: BELLEMARE ANXIOUS FOR MORE USG ASSISTANCE [...] (S/NF) In a September 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Daniel Bellemare, Commissioner of the UN Independent International Investigative Commission (UNIIIC) made three specific requests for USG assistance and additional requests for USG action. First, he asked that the USG provide intelligence [...] | 2008-09-15 14:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PINR UNSC LE SY |
08BEIRUT1349 | LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI GRATEFUL FOR U.S. SUPPORT, [...] (C) In a September 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Majority leader Saad Hariri reported on his successful effort to broker a reconciliation between opposing groups in Tripoli and his trip to the Bekaa Valley, noting that his efforts would continue in other areas of Lebanon. He warned that in [...] | 2008-09-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER UNSC IS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1351 | LEBANON: BERRI SAYS EXPECT MORE RECONCILIATION [...] (C) In a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said he does not oppose increasing the list of agenda items for the upcoming National Dialogue, as long as they are pertinent and are related to the national defense strategy. Berri added that he expects more r [...] | 2008-09-15 15:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR IS LE |
08BEIRUT1352 | LEBANON: ASSASSINATION OF OPPOSITION MEMBER [...] (C) The September 10 assassination of Saleh Aridi, a Druze opposition figure, is seen by many as an attempt to derail reconciliation efforts among Lebanon's political leaders. The immediate impact, however, appears to have been to solidify Druze solidarity, with rival party leaders standing si [...] | 2008-09-15 16:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1358 | LEBANON: SLEIMAN LAUNCHES NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) President Michel Sleiman launched the National Dialogue on September 16. As expected, this first session produced no significant results. The next session is scheduled for November 5. In his opening remarks, Sleiman stressed the need for dialogue and reconciliation, cited Israel as Leba [...] | 2008-09-16 15:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1360 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH AND JUMBLATT'S PSP [...] (C) Druze opposition leader and Minister of Youth and Sports Talal Arslan sponsored a September 15 "reconciliation" meeting at his home for representatives from rival Druze leader Walid Jumblatt's bloc and Hizballah aimed at easing tension prior to the re-launching of the National Dialogue. Ju [...] | 2008-09-16 16:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE |
08BEIRUT1363 | LEBANON: USG ANNOUNCES CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) At a September 11 donors conference, the USG announced a $17.81 million pledge to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to provide relief and reconstruction assistance to displaced Nahr al-Barid camp refugees. The U.S. was the only donor to ma [...] | 2008-09-17 11:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE AE KU QA SA |
08BEIRUT1366 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT FORESEES PARALLEL TRACKS OF [...] (C) March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt stressed that recent talks with Hizballah and rival Druze leader Talal Arslan were limited exclusively to security matters to defuse Shia/Druze tensions. Should majority leader Saad Hariri decide to meet with Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah, however, Ju [...] | 2008-09-17 15:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1368 | LEBANON: FIRST NATIONAL DIALOGUE SESSION MEETS LOW [...] (C) Most participants characterized the first session of the re-launched National Dialogue as calm and positive; one contact said it was "more than a photo op, but less than a dialogue." Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah welcomed the dialogue, but insisted on expanded participation [...] | 2008-09-17 17:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
08BEIRUT1371 | LEBANON: MINISTER LAHOUD: WINNING ELECTIONS IS [...] (C) March 14 Minister of State Nassib Lahoud assured the Ambassador in a September 17 meeting that the March 14 alliance is aware that it must win the spring 2009 parliamentary elections "to preserve status quo," noting that a loss would worsen the situation in Lebanon. He spoke of potential [...] | 2008-09-18 09:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR EINV ZP LE |
08BEIRUT1374 | LEBANON: INFORMATION MINISTER SAYS "MUTUAL SUSPICION AND MISTRUST" COULD DELAY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Minister of Information Tareq Mitri told the Ambassador on September 16 that there is a possibility that the 2009 elections could be delayed because mutual suspicion and mistrust continue to plague the national unity government. Mitri cautioned that recent events touted as "reconciliation" (i.e [...] | 2008-09-18 14:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ECPS UNSC SY LE |
08BEIRUT1375 | LEBANON: HARIRI TO MEET NASRALLAH SOON? [...] (C) Rumors are growing of an imminent meeting between majority leader Saad Hariri and Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah, especially after Druze leader Walid Jumblatt's representatives met with Hizballah officials earlier in the week to discuss security issues. However, Hariri's advisor Ghattas K [...] | 2008-09-18 14:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR SA SY IR LE |
08BEIRUT1378 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S ARMS WEIGH ON SLEIMAN AS HE [...] (C) Advisor and confidant to President Sleiman BG (retired) Fares Soufia said Sleiman was looking forward to his upcoming visit to the United States and appreciated continuing U.S. support and assistance. Sleiman was working hard to promote reconciliation within Lebanon and therefore was meet [...] | 2008-09-19 07:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1379 | LEBANON: UN DIRECTOR BUTTENHEIM SHARES CONCERNS [...] (C) In a September 17 Embassy meeting, visiting UN DPA Director of Asia and Pacific Affairs Lisa Buttenheim discussed the National Dialogue, 2009 parliamentary elections, border security, Sheba'a Farms and the UN International Independent Investigative Council (UNIIIC). She noted that PM Sinio [...] | 2008-09-19 14:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1381 | LEBANON: SINIORA: WHAT I ADVISED SLEIMAN TO RAISE [...] (C) PM Siniora told the Ambassador that President Michel Sleiman, in his upcoming visit to Washington, would raise UNSCR 1701; Sheba'a; protecting Lebanon against regional shocks, the need for continued U.S. political, economic and military assistance to Lebanon; and assurances that Lebanon w [...] | 2008-09-22 11:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE |
08BEIRUT1386 | LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR ON SLEIMAN TRIP, [...] (C) Minister of Defense Elias Murr told us he had been briefing President Sleiman regularly to prepare Sleiman for his upcoming meetings in Washington. He complained September 20 about Saad Hariri's demand that Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Kahwagi place Sunni officers in key LAF Inte [...] | 2008-09-22 13:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1389 | LEBANON: CHALLENGE HIZBALLAH BY FIXING THE DRUG [...] (C) Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) Vice President Duraid Yaghi said September 19 one-third of the population of his hometown of Baalbek does not support Hizballah, although it is in an area of strong Hizballah influence. However, according to Yaghi, continued unemployment and increased cul [...] | 2008-09-22 15:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PTER PINR EAID SOCI UNSC NAS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1390 | LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 5-6 JOINT [...] (C) The expansion of the U.S.-Lebanese military partnership represents a historic opportunity to bolster the cause of democracy, peace and stability in Lebanon and the Middle East. The Government of Lebanon (GOL) has demonstrated a commitment to strengthening our military-to-military ties. T [...] | 2008-09-22 15:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER UNSC IS LE SY |
08BEIRUT1391 | LEBANON: MP MICHAEL MURR REVEALS HIS INDEPENDENT [...] (C) Crafty, lifelong politician MP Michel Murr unveiled his still-secret strategy to defeat former ally and opposition-aligned Michel Aoun in the spring 2009 parliamentary elections. Murr confided to the Ambassador on September 22 that, with the green light from majority leader Saad Hariri an [...] | 2008-09-22 15:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE |
08BEIRUT1406 | LEBANON: CHRISTIAN RECONCILIATION UNLIKELY, [...] (SBU) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea apologized for mistakes made by the Lebanese Forces during the 1975-90 civil war and called for unity and reconciliation during his September 21 speech before tens of thousands of supporters at a ceremony honoring Lebanese Forces members killed during t [...] | 2008-09-25 14:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY |
08BEIRUT1407 | LEBANON: HARIRI MEETS HIZBALLAH'S REPS; WILL SEE [...] (C) Ghattas Khoury, advisor to majority leader Saad Hariri, provided a readout to Charge on September 25 of the previous day's meeting when Hizballah MP Mohammed Raad led a delegation to invite Hariri to meet Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah. Raad urged Hariri to meet with Nasrall [...] | 2008-09-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE |
08BEIRUT1414 | BEIRUT CORE EAC MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 29, 2008 [...] (S) At 0900 hours of September 29, 2008, CDA William Grant convened a meeting of the Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss the embassy's security posture/move policy in light of the bombing earlier in the day in the northern city of Tripoli. The following Core EAC members were prese [...] | 2008-09-29 11:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY |
08BEIRUT1417 | LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN PLEASED WITH U.S. VISIT [...] (C) Two of President Michel Sleiman's Senior Advisors who accompanied him on his first official trip to the United States reported that the President was pleased with his visit, and with the clear message he received of continuing U.S. political and military support for Lebanon. The advisors [...] | 2008-09-29 14:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1423 | LEBANON: DRUG ERADICATION HALTED IN 2006 HAS NOT [...] (C) The Internal Security Forces' (ISF) Counternarcotics Chief said the ISF had to halt its drug eradication efforts in the Bekaa valley agricultural region in 2006 because of the war with Israel and the program has not resumed because police and military personnel were needed to deal with vi [...] | 2008-10-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PTER PINR EAID SOCI UNSC NAS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1427 | LEBANON: RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF NINE NAMES APPROVED [...] (SBU) Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Oussama Khachab orally informed us September 18 that Lebanon undertook the necessary measures regarding the nine names approved by 1267 Sanctions Committee (List 103). He indicated that "the Special Investigation Commissi [...] | 2008-10-02 12:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFTN EFIN PTER PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1440 | LEBANON: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1835 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PARM KNNP MNUC UNSC IR LE |
08BEIRUT1441 | BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF OCTOBER 3, 2008 [...] (S) At 1030 hours of October 3, 2008, DCM convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss the embassy's security posture in light of the latest threat information. The following EAC members were present during the meeting: DCM, POL, RAO, RSO, AID, DAO, ODC, MGMT, CONS, an [...] | 2008-10-03 15:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY |
08BEIRUT1450 | BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF OCTOBER 7, 2008 [...] (S) DCM convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 7 to discuss the embassy's security posture in light of the latest threat information and security arrangements for the upcoming Made in America Expo in Beirut October 9-11 and related events. The following EAC memb [...] | 2008-10-07 17:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY |
08BEIRUT1451 | LEBANON: UNIIIC COMMISSIONER HAPPY WITH USG [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) In an October 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Daniel Bellemare, Commissioner of the UN Independent Investigative Commission (UNIIIC),was generally pleased with USG assistance to date, and repeated a single requ [...] | 2008-10-07 17:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SY LE |
08BEIRUT1454 | LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, MP MICHEL MURR DESCRIBES [...] (C) In an October 7 meeting with visiting NEA DAS David Hale, independent MP Michel Murr remarked he was unconcerned about recent Syrian troop buildup at the northern Lebanese-Syrian border, attributing the maneuver to a Syrian desire to intimidate Salafists in northern Lebanon. Murr revealed [...] | 2008-10-08 11:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS KPAL SY LE |
08BEIRUT1455 | LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, GEAGEA WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) On October 4, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea expressed his concern to visiting NEA DAS David Hale that the Syrian troops currently deployed at the northern border with Lebanon planned to invade northern Lebanon under the pretext of fighting terrorism. Downplaying the terrorist threat, [...] | 2008-10-08 11:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1456 | LEBANON: NEA DAS HALE TO JUMBLATT: NO CHANGE IN [...] (C) NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale reassured Druze leader Walid Jumblatt that, despite recent meetings between Secretary Rice and Assistant Secretary David Welch with Syrian Foreign Minister Moallem, there was no change in U.S. policy towards either Syria or Lebanon. DAS Hale also [...] | 2008-10-08 11:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1466 | LEBANON: NEA DAS HALE INFORMS SINIORA "NO CHANGE [...] (C) On October 7, NEA DAS Hale met with PM Siniora to brief him on recent U.S. discussions with Syria and reiterated that U.S. policy has not changed. PM Siniora believes that Syria continues to "pressure" the government of Lebanon (GOL) and has deployed troops along the northern border to i [...] | 2008-10-10 13:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER UNSC MARR MOPS LE |
08BEIRUT1468 | LEBANON: SAUDI AMBASSADOR ON HARIRI AND HIZBALLAH; [...] (C) The Saudi leadership has neither encouraged nor discouraged majority leader Saad Hariri from meeting Hizballah SYG Nasrallah, the Saudi Ambassador reported on October 8. In fact, he claimed the Saudis refrain from giving directions to Hariri or other Lebanese, providing advice and counsel [...] | 2008-10-10 15:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER LE SA |
08BEIRUT1469 | LEBANON: FORMER DEPUTY SPEAKER TELLS NEA DAS HALE [...] (C) Former Deputy Speaker of Parliament Elie Ferzeli told visiting NEA DAS David Hale on October 5 that creating solidarity among the Lebanese people was the most important challenge currently facing Lebanon. To achieve that goal, Ferzeli suggested that fighting fundamentalist terrorism in al [...] | 2008-10-10 15:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
08BEIRUT1471 | LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, BERRI STRESSES LEBANON [...] (C) Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri told visiting NEA DAS David Hale on October 7 that while he worried about the presence of fundamentalists and Al-Qaeda in north Lebanon, he dismissed the concerns of some Lebanese politicians regarding Syria's increased troop presence at the northern Leban [...] | 2008-10-10 15:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY IS |
08BEIRUT1472 | LEBANON: ELECTION LAW FLAWED, BUT RIGHT MOVE, [...] (C) On October 7, Minister of Interior Ziyad Baroud told visiting NEA DAS David Hale that he was disappointed that many electoral reforms did not make it into the final law that parliament passed on September 29, but termed the new law as still encouraging. However, he added that providing s [...] | 2008-10-10 15:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE SY |
08BEIRUT1473 | LEBANON: WITH MARCH 14, DAS HALE STRESSES U.S. [...] (C) March 14 leaders shared their concerns about regional developments with visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale, especially perceived western (especially French) rapprochement with Syria and possible focus of the next U.S. administration on Iran, at Lebanon's expense. The March [...] | 2008-10-10 15:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1474 | LEBANON: SLEIMAN MAKES CASE FOR NEW LAF WEAPONS; [...] (C) In an October 7 meeting with DAS David Hale and the Ambassador, President Michel Sleiman presented the case for U.S. provision of precision weaponry to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to fight terrorists. He said Syrian President Bashar Asad had assured him Syrian troops deployed on the S [...] | 2008-10-14 14:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1478 | LEBANON: MINISTER LAHOUD SAYS SLEIMAN'S SAUDI TRIP [...] (C) Minister of State Nassib Lahoud on October 15 told the Ambassador that he hopes the U.S. strong support of Lebanon's sovereignty continues after the U.S. presidential elections. Lahoud accompanied President Sleiman on his October 12 and 13 visit to Saudi Arabia. He said Saudi King Abdull [...] | 2008-10-15 05:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY |
08BEIRUT1480 | LEBANON: GEMAYEL, WITH DAS HALE, STRESSES ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Former President and Kataeb party leader Amine Gemayel described his efforts to solidify his Kataeb party base, coordinate with other March 14 coalition members, and develop an election strategy in a meeting with visiting NEA DAS Hale and the Ambassador. Gemayel cited social and economi [...] | 2008-10-15 10:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY |
08BEIRUT1489 | LEBANON: HARIRI CONCERNED ABOUT ISRAEL AND [...] (C) In a wide-ranging October 15 discussion with the Ambassador, majority leader Saad Hariri said he anticipated meeting Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah "soon," explaining that such a meeting would fulfill his own political agenda by giving other Shia a green light to enter into d [...] | 2008-10-15 16:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SY IS IR RS LE |
08BEIRUT1498 | LEBANON: UNIFIL COMMANDER ASKS FOR HELP IN [...] (C) Force Commander General Claudio Graziano, speaking on October 9 at a regular United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mission update briefing to the diplomatic corps, described the withdrawal of Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) from northern Ghajar as a critical step towards successful [...] | 2008-10-20 15:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1499 | LEBANON: ARMY DESTROYS ITS FIRST MANPAD [...] (C) On October 16, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) demolition experts destroyed their first MANPAD (Man-Portable Air Defense System),a Russian made SA-7 (serial# 9()54M-04-73-04774, 9M32M-04774). This demolition reflects an agreement with the Department of State's Office of Weapons Removal and Ab [...] | 2008-10-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
08BEIRUT15 | LEBANON: GEAGEA TIES SUCCESS OF HALF PLUS ONE TO [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea told the Ambassador on January 3 that March 14 is at a crossroads: either its members continue supporting the Siniora government, making small adjustments to the cabinet and consequently remain in a presidential vacuum, or they elect a president with a h [...] | 2008-01-04 15:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PTER SY LE |
08BEIRUT1513 | LEBANON: AOUNIST DEPUTY PM CAUSES DRAMA AT CABINET [...] (C) In an October 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Cultural Affairs Minister (and prominent Beirut Sunni community leader) Tamam Salam recounted the previous night's cabinet meeting, claiming it went well except for Deputy PM Issam Abou Jamra's dramatics. According to Salam, Abou Jamra insiste [...] | 2008-10-22 16:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT1515 | LEBANON: GHAJAR AND SHEBAA ON THE MIND OF NEW UN [...] (C) New UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams stressed the need for urgent progress on Ghajar, warning that should the Israelis fail to respond to UNIFIL's proposal for withdrawal, the next UNSCR 1701 report would be tough on Israel during an October 22 call on Ambassador. Confir [...] | 2008-10-23 13:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1516 | LEBANON: AOUNISTS DEFEND DEPUTY PM'S DEMANDS FOR [...] (C) In separate meetings with members of Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (FPM),DCM and Pol/Econ Chief expressed concerns that Deputy Prime Minister Issam Abou Jamra's threats to boycott cabinet meetings chaired by Prime Minister Siniora contradicted the spirit of the Doha agreement. MP [...] | 2008-10-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IR LE |
08BEIRUT1520 | LEBANON: PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW ON CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) In the first meeting of its fall regular session, parliament passed a law on the Constitutional Council, Lebanon's highest court, paving the way for an end to the judicial vacuum that has existed since 2005. The ten-member Council, which has the power to rule on challenges to electoral re [...] | 2008-10-24 14:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE |
08BEIRUT1526 | LEBANON: GEAGEA STRUGGLING WITH MARCH 14 ALLIES [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea told the Ambassador October 24 that he and his March 14 allies were still negotiating their candidate lists for the 2009 parliamentary elections. Geagea said he was having the most difficulty convincing Saad Hariri and Walid Jumblatt that the Christian [...] | 2008-10-24 23:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
08BEIRUT1538 | LEBANON: OPPOSITION MARADA LEADER CALLS FOR [...] (C) Christian opposition Marada leader Suleiman Franjieh suggested on October 27 that direct talks between Lebanon (partnered with Syria) and Israel would lead to resolution of the issue of Hizballah arms, and that Lebanese-Syrian collaboration was necessary for border security. Stressing the [...] | 2008-10-29 12:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE |
08BEIRUT1541 | LEBANON: HARIRI-NASRALLAH MEETING MEETS SAAD'S [...] (C) Nader Hariri, advisor to Saad Hariri, told Poloff and Senior Political LES October 29 that the meeting between March 14's leader, Saad Hariri, and Hizballah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, achieved Hariri's primary objective: to calm Sunni-Shia tensions. The October 26 meeting was, reportedly, [...] | 2008-10-29 16:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
08BEIRUT1542 | LEBANON: FATE OF SYRIAN-LEBANESE HIGHER COUNCIL [...] (SBU) The future of the Syrian-Lebanese Higher Council remains unknown after Lebanon and Syria formally established diplomatic relations October 16, 2008. The Higher Council is the umbrella organization created under a 1991 treaty to administer and implement coordinated foreign, economic, and [...] | 2008-10-29 16:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
08BEIRUT1543 | BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF OCTOBER 29, 2008 [...] (S) Ambassador Sison convened a meeting of Embassy Beirut's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 29, 2008 to review security preparations for U.S Election Night events. The following EAC members were present: AMB, DCM, RSO, MGMT, INL, CONS, RAO, PD, POL/ECON. 2. (S) Embassy Beirut' [...] | 2008-10-29 16:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY |
08BEIRUT1554 | LEBANON: UNIIIC CHIEF WARNS A/S HOOK OF POSSIBLE [...] (S) On October 30, UNIIIC Commissioner Daniel Bellemare warned visiting IO A/S Brian Hook that, while he was fully prepared for the transition to the Special Tribunal and would not seek an extension, the Registrar in The Hague may need UNIIIC to request a "technical extension of a few months" [...] | 2008-10-31 07:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KJUS UNSC SY LE |
08BEIRUT1557 | LEBANON: UNSCOL ENCOURAGES A/S HOOK TO URGE GOL TO [...] (C) New UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams told visiting Assistant Secretary Brian Hook and the Ambassador October 30 that the GOL needs to take control of all of its territory. Williams said that in the south, Hizballah is the dominant force; and absent a real GOL p [...] | 2008-10-31 08:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPPS LE SY IS |
08BEIRUT1562 | LEBANON: UNRWA WARNS A/S HOOK ABOUT DETERIORATING [...] (C) During a October 30 meeting with visiting Assistant Secretary for International Organization (IO) Affairs Brian Hook and the Ambassador, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Deputy Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi and UNRWA Lebanon Country Director Salvatore Lombardo warned that the ingre [...] | 2008-10-31 15:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE |
08BEIRUT1563 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT WITH A/S HOOK: JUSTICE AND [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, in an October 30 meeting with visiting Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Brian Hook and Ambassador, stressed justice and stability as priorities for the outcome of the Special Tribunal. Jumblatt repeatedly ceded authority for March 14 [...] | 2008-10-31 15:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
08BEIRUT1577 | LEBANON: A/S HOOK TOURS THE BLUE LINE; MEETS WITH [...] (C) On October 31, A/S for International Relations Affairs Brian Hook, Ambassador, PolMilOff and Defense Attach toured the Blue Line in a UNIFIL helicopter, overflying Sheba'a farms and Ghajar, and met at length with UNIFIL Commander Graziano. Graziano has developed a detailed UNIFIL plan for [...] | 2008-11-04 16:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS MCAP PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY |
08BEIRUT1582 | LEBANON: BOUTROS HARB URGES INDEPENDENT LIST, EVEN [...] (C) March 14 MP Boutros Harb, on the eve of the U.S. presidential elections, expressed hope that the "Lebanese message" would be well-understood by the new U.S. administration. During his November 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Harb said March 14 had agreed to reach a unified position on cand [...] | 2008-11-05 15:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |