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00BEIRUT4016	SLOUCHING TOWARD THE GRAND SERAIL (II) -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: FORMER PM HARIRI IS EXPECTED TO BE NAMED VERY SHORTLY AS LEBANON'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER, WITH A NEW CABINET PRESENTED FOR PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL WITHIN THE WEEK. THE GREEN LIGHT FOR HARIRI'S APPOINTMENT WAS GIVEN BY SYRIA FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE CONSULTATIONS IN CAIRO AND HERE OVER T [...]	2000-10-23 13:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY

00DAMASCUS2976	ASAD SITREP 01: PRESIDENT ASAD HAS DIED; [...] (C) SYRIAN RADIO AND TELEVISION AT 1800 BROADCAST THE OFFICIAL SYRIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT TO PARLIAMENT THAT PRESIDENT HAFIZ AL-ASAD HAD DIED. THE SPEAKER OF THE PARLIAMENT ABD AL-QADIR QADDURA ANNOUNCED A FEW MINUTES LATER THAT A SPECIAL PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE HAD BEEN FORMED TO DISCUSS [...]	2000-06-10 17:19:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SY IS
00DAMASCUS2985	ASAD SITREP 03: BASHAR PROMOTED TO COMMANDER- [...] (U) SYRIAN TELEVISION REPORTED THE AFTERNOON OF 6/11 THAT VICE PRESIDENT KHADDAM HAD SIGNED DECREE NUMBERS 9 AND 10, PROMOTING COLONEL BASHAR AL-ASAD TO THE RANK OF GENERAL AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES. 2. (C) THE MOST OBVIOUS EFFECT OF THIS IS THAT BASHAR HAS NOW OFFICIALLY A [...]	2000-06-11 16:50:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SY
00DAMASCUS3013	ASAD LAID TO REST, BASHAR ERA BEGINNING, SYRIANS ADJUST TO NEW REALITY [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-13 18:30:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SY
00DAMASCUS3050	SYRIAN MEDIA SAYS BASHAR CONTINUES HAFIZ AL- [...] (C) SUMMARY. SYRIAN PRESS JUNE 14-15 EMPHASIZED UNIFIED SUPPORT FOR BASHAR AL-ASAD UNDER THE BANNER OF CONTINUING HIS FATHER'S LEGACY. PRINT FEATURES INCLUDED FAVORABLE COMMENTS BY THE SYRIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY AND FOREIGN DELEGATIONS. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WAS GIVEN TO COMMENTS BY ARAB LEADER [...]	2000-06-17 04:27:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OPRC PROP KPAO KMDR LE SY
01BEIRUT1018	KHATAMI HOLDS COURT FOR LEBANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI MET ON APRIL 25 WITH HIZBALLAH SYG HASSAN NASRALLAH AND PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL LEADER NABIH BERRI ON THE MARGINS OF THE TEHRAN-SPONSORED CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE AL-AQSA INTIFADA. KHATAMI LAVISHED PRAISE ON HIZBALLAH AND WAS SOMEWHAT MORE RESERV [...]	2001-04-26 16:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KISL KPAL IR SY LE
01BEIRUT1935	ANTI-ISRAELI AND ANTI-U.S. RHETORIC ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. LAST WEEK'S UPSURGE IN VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL DREW WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION FROM GOL OFFICIALS, THE MEDIA, HIZBALLAH, AND MUSLIM LEADERS. THE JULY 31 ATTACK AT NABLUS INTENSIFIED ANTI-ISRAELI RHETORIC, WHILE SPARKING CRITICISM OF THE U.S. HIZBALLAH CONDEMNED THE ISRAELI ATTACKS AND CA [...]	2001-08-06 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL PTER IS SY LE
01BEIRUT3057	BERRI ON HIZBALLAH, THE REGION AND THE ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN DISCUSSING HIZBALLAH'S SIGNIFICANCE WITH THE AMBASSADOR DECEMBER 7, SPEAKER BERRI SAID THAT AMAL WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL "ACTIONS" PRIOR TO ISRAEL'S 1984 WITHDRAWAL FROM BEIRUT. HE PREDICTED THAT HIZBALLAH WOULD CONTINUE TO LAUNCH CROSS-BORDER ATTACKS UNTIL A COMPREHENSIVE PE [...]	2001-12-13 14:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON LE IR SY
01DAMASCUS3036	ASAD: ISRAEL DOES NOT DESIRE PEACE [...] (U) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO A LENGTHY INTERVIEW WITH GERMAN NEWS MAGAZINE DER SPIEGEL 7/9, SYRIAN PRESIDENT AL- ASAD ACCUSED ISRAELI PM SHARON OF PUSHING THE REGION TOWARDS WAR; ASSERTED THAT SYRIA WANTED PEACE BUT WOULD NOT SHY AWAY FROM WAR IF FORCED INTO IT; AND WAS UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT SYRIAN [...]	2001-07-09 15:03:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SY
01HANOI2817	VIETNAM AND THE MIDDLE EAST, AND BEYOND: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DESPITE A DESIRE TO PRESERVE "TRADITIONAL FRIENDSHIPS" IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE LARGER THRUST OF THE GVN'S REGIONAL AND GLOBAL FOREIGN POLICY OVER THE PAST DECADE HAS BEEN TO BROADEN ITS BASE OF DIPLOMATIC PARTNERS AND TO PUT A GREATER EMPHASIS ON BUSINESS TIES. FOR EXAMPLE, V [...]	2001-10-29 04:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD KPAL VM IZ IS PK SY TU AF LY
01VATICAN1390	FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN'S VISIT TO IRAN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (A) AND (D) . 2. (C) CHARGE CALLED ON VATICAN DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS MONS. GIANNI D'ANIELLO ON MARCH 12 TO DISCUSS FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN'S MARCH 3-8 TRIP TO IRAN. D'ANIELLO, WHO ACCOMPANIED THE FOREIGN MINISTER, [...]	2001-03-12 17:18:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF IT IS SY VT
01VATICAN2600	VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE MAY 5 - MAY 11 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 02600 01 OF 02 122002Z - VATICAN SAYS POPE'S ILL HEALTH PART OF HIS LEGACY - VATICAN DECLARES PAPAL VISIT TO GREECE AND SYRIA A SUCCESS - SWISS GUARD [...]	2001-05-11 12:37:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM GR SY VT VTPREL
02AMMAN2310	DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN PLANE SUSPECTED OF CARRYING [...] (S) On May 11, upon receipt of NIACT precedence message, poloff/duty officer passed reftel information regarding the impending 5/12 flight of a suspected arms-laden Iranian cargo plane to Ambassador Mohammed Shahankari, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. Shahankari conferre [...]	2002-05-11 09:38:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PTER IR SY JO
02AMMAN2554	UNRWA AND U.S. INTERESTS [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassies Amman, Beirut and Damascus. 2. (C) Given current scrutiny in the Israeli press and in Congress of UNRWA's programs and role in the West Bank, it is important to remember that UNRWA plays a key role throughout the region -- Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, [...]	2002-05-21 07:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV KPAL SY LE JO
02AMMAN2693	JORDAN DECLINES TO DEMAND SEARCH OF IRANIAN PLANE; [...] (S) The Ambassador made ref points on Iranian aerial resupply of Hizballah May 27 to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. PolCouns and Muasher's personal aide Ali al-Ayed were also present. The Ambassador asked that Jordan grant overflight clearance for a possible May 28 Iranian resupply fligh [...]	2002-05-28 07:44:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER IR SY JO
02AMMAN2907	DEMARCHE: IRANIAN AIRCRAFT [...] (S) THE DCM MADE THE POINTS IN REF A ON JUNE 2 TO ALI AL-AYED, THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO FOREIGN MINISTER MUASHER. AFTER REVIEWING THE SUBSTANCE OF THE AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE TO THE MINISTER ON MAY 27 (REF B),THE DCM EXPRESSED OUR DEEP CONCERN THAT THE IRANIAN PLANE HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO OVERFLY [...]	2002-06-03 15:52:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER IR IS LE SA SY
02AMMAN5839	PM ABUL RAGHEB ON SYRIA, IRAQ: IT'S THE ECONOMY, [...] (S) The Ambassador and DCM spoke October 5 with Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb about his recent visit to Syria (other topics septels, notal). Abul Ragheb focused mostly on economic issues. Bashar al-Asad, he said, had "asked all the right economic questions," and PM Mohammed Miru, a conser [...]	2002-10-08 12:17:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ECON IZ SY JO
02AMMAN6024	S/CT COORDINATOR TAYLOR'S OCTOBER 10 MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) In a cordial meeting October 10 with FonMin Muasher, visiting S/CT Coordinator Francis X. Taylor conveyed the U.S.'s appreciation for Jordan's superb cooperation on the war on terrorism, reiterated strong U.S. interest in stopping Iranian resupply flights to Hizbullah, and said that as [...]	2002-10-17 04:59:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL SY SA JO MEPP
02AMMAN6610	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY [...] (S/NF) DCM delivered Ref A demarche on November 9 to Ali al-Ayad, personal assistant to FONMIN Muasher. Ali promised to provide the information to the appropriate people in the GOJ and asked for further details on the flight as soon as they are available. DCM also provided the text of the de [...]	2002-11-12 11:00:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER JO LE SY IR
02AMMAN6699	MUASHER ON CAIRO AL MINISTERIAL: SHARA, IRAQ AND [...] (C) NEA DAS David Satterfield called on Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher November 13. Ambassador, PolCouns, Muasher's personal aide Ali al-Ayed, and private office staffer Ashraf Zeitoun also attended. --------------------------------------- ARAB LEAGUE PRESSES IRAQ TO ACCEPT 1441 ------- [...]	2002-11-14 19:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ SY JO
02AMMAN6735	DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE RESCHEDULING OF HIZBALLAH [...] (S) Following receipt of ref A demarche request, poloff conveyed points to Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to FonMin Muasher. Al-Ayed took down the information and promised to share it with the relevant GOJ authorities. He noted, however, that after our last demarche on the subject (ref B),[...]	2002-11-18 12:42:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE SY IR JO
02AMMAN6990	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY [...] (S) On December 1, PolCouns and PolOff delivered message in reftel regarding a possible forthcoming Hizballah resupply flight to Ali Ayad, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. PolCouns urged Jordan to inform the USG if it receives such an overflight request, and to deny the [...]	2002-12-01 14:58:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PTER LE SY IR JO
02DAMASCUS1761	ASAD TELLS NODEL US LACKS VISION [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR THEODORE H. KATTOUF, REASON 1.5 B/D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN A TWO-HOUR DISCUSSION WITH CONGRESSMAN DAVID PRICE, PRESIDENT AL-ASAD SAID THE US ADMINISTRATION HAS NO CLEAR MIDDLE EAST VISION. THE DISPARATE ADMINISTRATION VOICES HURT THE US REGIONALLY. PROGRESS TOWAR [...]	2002-05-09 07:46:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY
02DAMASCUS625	ASAD WARNS THAT STRIKING IRAQ WOULD CREATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A WIDE-RANGING INTERVIEW WITH ITALIAN DAILY CORRIERE DELLA SERA, BASHAR AL-ASAD WARNED THAT A STRIKE AGAINST IRAQ WOULD DESTABILIZE THE REGION. HE ALSO DENIED THAT SYRIAN OIL IMPORTS OF IRAQI OIL VIOLATED UNSCRS; REPEATED SYRIA'S COMMITMENT TO A COMPREHENSIVE PEACE; SAID THE [...]	2002-02-21 15:08:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS SY
02ROME3379	ITALY ON UNIFIL: REDUCE IT BUT DON'T DISMANTLE IT [...] (C) POL OFF DISCUSSED THE GOI'S ASSESSMENT OF UNIFIL WITH GIUSEPPE PERRONE, THE MFA'S DESK OFFICER FOR LEBANON AND ISRAEL AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST OFFICE. PERRONE SAID THAT THE GOI IS PLEASED WITH UNIFIL AND ITS MISSION SO FAR. GIVEN THE WITHDRAWAL OF ISRAEL FROM LEBANON IN 200 [...]	2002-07-10 07:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	LE IS KPKO MARR PREL SY IT UNIFIL
02ROME5125	ITALIAN MFA ON LEBANON-ISRAEL WATER ISSUE, SYRIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA REPORTS THAT THE ITALIAN WATER EXPERT CURRENTLY WORKING THE ISRAELI-LEBANESE WATER DISPUTE MAY SEEK TO HELP BROKER A LONGER-TERM, BROADER SHARING AGREEMENT, BUT AS AN EU INITIATIVE, NOT AN ITALIAN EFFORT. ROME RECEIVED THE PITCH FROM LEBANESE FINANCE MINISTER SINIORA ON THE EU [...]	2002-10-21 14:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE IT IZ
02ROME66	UNIFIL MANDATE RENEWAL NOTICE: ITALIAN VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE GOI WILL VIEW WITH GREAT INTEREST, AND SOME CONCERN, PRECISE PLANS FOR RESTRUCTURING/DOWNSIZING OF UNIFIL. THIS STEMS IN LARGE PART FROM TODAY'S HEIGHTENED TENSIONS IN THE REGION, BUT IS ALSO LINKED TO ITALY'S GENERAL PREFERENCE FOR EMPLOYING MULTILATERAL PEACEKEEPING FORCES. [...]	2002-01-04 18:08:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL MARR IT IS LE SY UN
02STATE250963	DESIGNATING HAMAS AND HEZBALLAH: APPROACHING EU CAPITALS [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. FOR EU MEMBER CAPITALS: THE POINTS AT PARAS TWO AND THREE ARE FOR DELIVERY PRIOR TO THE EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING ON 12/9 AND 12/10. WE UNDERSTAND THE DANISH PRESIDENCY INTENDS TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS WEEK'S DISCUSSION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AT THE C [...]	2002-12-07 02:41:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER PREL SY EUN EFIN
02VATICAN1171	THE VATICAN'S ""OTHER"" INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2002-03-06 13:35:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	EG IS IT JO LE PREL SA SY VT VTEG
03ABUDHABI2733	SYRIA'S BASHAR URGED TO WORK WITH THE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Former UAE Oil Minister and Zayid confidant Mana'a Saeed Al-Otaiba requested a meeting with the Ambassador on June 7 to brief her on the outcome of his late May one-on-one in Damascus with Syrian P [...]	2003-06-08 11:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETTC KPAL SY IS TC
03ABUDHABI3914	SYRIAN FM SHARA'A VISITS UAE [...] (C) Summary: Syrian Foreign Minister Shara'a visited the UAE August 24-25, meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed al- Nahyan and with Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed al-Nahyan. Shara'a is touring the Gulf (in Doha today enroute to Kuwait) to organize the [...]	2003-08-26 13:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY IZ TC
03ADANA109	MERSIN BUSINESS ELITE GLAD FOR REGIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Mersin, one of the largest ports in the Eastern Mediterranean, suffered years of downturn after the first Gulf War. Mersin's business leaders are optimistic they will benefit from new opportunities in the new Iraq. They do worry, however, the U.S. might seek to "punish" Tur [...]	2003-04-16 13:44:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EWWT PHUM PGOV TU SY JO IZ ADANA
03ADANA25	THE VIEW FROM SIRNAK PROVINCE: [...] (SBU) Summary: In southeastern Turkey's Sirnak province, one of two bordering Iraq, the preoccupation of government officials, NGOs, and businessmen is less about war than about war's aftermath. The populace is desperate to revive border trade and commerce. Kurdish interlocutors worry that [...]	2003-01-28 17:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TU SY IZ ADANA
03ADANA44	INCREASING UNREST IN SE TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Imprisoned PKK/KADEK leader Abdullah Ocalan has been denied access to lawyers and family by the GOT since November 2002. In SE Turkey, reaction against this enforced isolation has been angry. There have been demonstrations, hunger strikes, and Molotov- cocktail threats. K [...]	2003-02-07 13:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TU SY IZ ADANA
03AMMAN4417	US-FUNDED NEIRAB REFUGEE HOUSING PROJECT NEARS [...] (U) Embassy Damascus cleared this message. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: The first U.S.-funded units in UNRWA's Neirab housing project in Syria are ready for an August handover to Palestinian refugees, with all 28 units scheduled for completion in December 2003. While there have been some [...]	2003-07-17 10:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL SY JO
03AMMAN5339	BIRTH OF A JORDANIAN "SUPERSTAR" -- AND SOME [...] (U) Diana Corazan, a young Jordanian singing sensation, was declared the new "Superstar" of Lebanon's Future TV August 18 after winning an Arab-world wide vote. Thousands of Jordanians got on the internet or called in to vote for their favorite daughter. After the announcement of Corazan's [...]	2003-08-22 13:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM SY JO
03AMMAN5501	PM ABUL RAGHEB VISITS DAMASCUS TO RAISE IRAQ, [...] (S) PM Abul Ragheb delivered a message to Bashar al-Asad August 26 complaining of arms and explosives smuggling and a border incursion. Bashar professed readiness to resolve these issues, and to support the Iraqi Governing Council (GC). END SUMMARY ------------------------------------- [...]	2003-08-28 16:20:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL IZ SY JO
03AMMAN5620	PEACE PROCESS, IRAQ DOMINATE CHAFEE MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Senator Lincoln Chafee, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, met with King Abdallah, Senate President Zaid Al-Rifa'i, and several Jordanian academics and political activists to discuss Iraq, the peace process, and Jordan's domestic [...]	2003-09-04 13:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ SY JO
03AMMAN6261	JORDAN'S AMB. IN SYRIA ON TERRORISM IN IRAQ, HAMAS [...] (C) An Embassy contact outlined for us a recent meeting he had with Jordan's Ambassador in Syria. The Ambassador worried about the flow of terrorists from Syria into Iraq, and pressure he feels to permit old Palestinian fedayeen into Jordan. End Summary. ----------------------------------- [...]	2003-09-30 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY JO JY
03AMMAN6409	GOJ CONDEMNS ISRAELI RAID IN SYRIA; ISLAMISTS [...] (U) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher on October 5 condemned in an official press statement the Israeli military strike in Syria, calling it a "dangerous escalation" which threatened the security of the entire region. Muasher further said that the attack "does not at all help the peace process [...]	2003-10-06 17:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IS JO SY
03AMMAN7115	MUASHER SAYS PRINCE SAUD'S ATTENDANCE IN DAMASCUS [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 5 below. 2. (C) Ambassador covered ref points on the November 1-2 meeting of foreign ministers in Damascus October 31 with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Ambassador stressed the need to ensure that the SARG invites an Iraqi Governing Council ( [...]	2003-10-31 13:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY SA KU JO IQ
03AMMAN7225	JORDANIAN READOUT ON DAMASCUS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher described the foreign ministerial in Damascus in Iraq as unimportant, and faulted Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari's rejection of an 11th hour invitation as a mistake. Muasher said that Zebari would be in included in all such future meetings [...]	2003-11-04 17:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SY JO
03AMMAN8242	JORDAN-SYRIA RELATIONS BECOME PUBLICLY TESTY [...] (C) Senior GOJ officials have expressed to us recently growing frustration with increased smuggling, depletion of water resources, and Syrian military "violations" along and across the Jordan-Syria border. They have complained about Syrian unwillingness to restart discussions on a formal de [...]	2003-12-17 11:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS SENV SY JO
03AMMAN8360	GERMAN AMBASSADOR ON FISCHER VISIT TO JORDAN: [...] (C) German Ambassador Martin Schneller briefed Ambassador and PolCouns December 17 on German FonMin Fischer's December 15 visit to Amman. Schneller said Fischer met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, who both delivered a consistent line on Iraq: we support Iraqi indepen [...]	2003-12-21 18:03:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KPAL IS SY JO GE
03AMMAN8450	GOJ OFFICIALS ON ARAB ECONOMIC REFORM, PEACE [...] (C) NEA DAS Satterfield and Ambassador met separately December 19 with Planning Minister Awadallah and Foreign Minister Muasher. Discussion covered the Aqaba "workshop," Abu Ala'a and the peace process, Iraq and Syria, Article 98 negotiations, and Jordan-Israel relations. End Summary. AQA [...]	2003-12-24 09:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ECON IS IZ SY JO
03ANKARA1044	POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY FLIGHT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-14 10:25:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE SY IR TU
03ANKARA1666	S13-03: TURKS WILL BLOCK HEAT EXCHANGER EXPORTS [...] (S) On March 13, polmiloff met with Ferhat Alkan of the MFA's Iraq Desk and delivered Ref A points. Alkan remarked that the information was "news" to the MFA. He promised to pass the information immediately to the Turkish National Intelligence Agency (TNIO),the Turkish General Staff, and v [...]	2003-03-17 08:15:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC TU IZ SY JO UNSC CBW
03ANKARA2259	IRANIAN FM KHARRAZI'S VISIT TO ANKARA: GOT/GOI [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told the Ambassador late April 7 Iranian FM Kharrazi,s April 6 visit to Ankara revealed a congruence of views between the GOT and GOI on Iraq. Kharrazi reportedly requested Gul,s support for re-establishing Turkish-Iranian-Syrian trilateral consultations with Syria, b [...]	2003-04-08 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ SY
03ANKARA2386	DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON STATE OF US-SYRIA BILATERAL [...] (S) During a late afternoon April 11 meeting with MFA Director General for Bilateral Relations Burcuoglu (after FM Gul had announced he had canceled his trip to Damascus -- ref b),DCM conveyed USG views on the current state of US-Syrian relations (ref a). DCM said he had intended to deliver t [...]	2003-04-11 16:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU SY IZ ETTC
03ANKARA4385	PRIME MINISTER DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE TO SYRIAN [...] (C) MFA Director General for Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu briefed DCM July 11 on the July 10 telephone call between PM Erdogan and Syrian President Assad. Burcuoglu said that during the June visit of U/S Ziyal to Washington, Turkey had been asked by the U.S to pass a strong message to the Sy [...]	2003-07-11 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU SY IS KWBG
03ANKARA5002	TURKISH MFA READOUT OF SYRIAN P.M. MIRO'S VISIT TO [...] (C) In a readout of Syrian P.M. Miro's July 29-30 visit to Ankara, MFA Acting Head of Department for the Middle East Kemal Tuzun told us Miro's visit was significant as the first visit of a Syrian P.M. in 17 years. As a result of the visit, Tuzun said, Turkey has invited Syrian President Assad [...]	2003-08-08 09:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD TU SY
03ANKARA6779	SYRIA'S IRAQ MEETING: PART OF A PROCESS [...] (C) MFA MidEast DDG Safak Gokturk told polmilcouns October 30 that the meeting of foreign ministers from Iraq's neighbors plus Egypt in Damascus this weekend will be the fourth of its kind since January when the GOT convoked ministers in Istanbul, which they dubbed the "Regional Initiative." [...]	2003-10-30 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA
03ANKARA6923	IRAQ: TURKISH READOUT OF DAMASCUS MEETING: SAUDIS, [...] (C) POLMILCOUNS called on MFA Deputy DG for Middle East Safak Gokturk Nov. 5 for a readout of the Nov. 1-2 Damascus meeting on Iraq. Gokturk, who had been at the Damascus meeting, said Turkey worked hard to make the original Syrian draft communique moderate and balanced, and found the meeting [...]	2003-11-05 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA
03BEIRUT3697	FORMER HIZBALLAH LEADER RESURFACES TO DENOUNCE ... [...] (C) SUMMARY: SPEAKING AT THE FUNERAL OF HIS FATHER, FORMER HIZBALLAH SECRETARY GENERAL SHAYKH SUBHI TUFAYLI DENOUNCED GOL OFFICIALS AS "MONSTERS," HIZBALLAH AS "BORDER GUARDS FOR ISRAEL," AND IRAN AS AN ALLY OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS WAS THE FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE IN TWO YEARS BY TUFAYLI, [...]	2003-09-10 14:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR KISL IR LE SY
03BEIRUT4562	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI URGES U.S. TO WORK WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri October 27. The discussion focused principally on Iraq and Syria. Berri, having just returned from Damascus, again tried to impress upon us that Syrian President Asad desires a good relationship with the United States and that [...]	2003-10-28 17:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY LY
03BEIRUT908	TFIZ01: LEBANESE SPEAKER BERRI DISCUSSES SHI'ITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MET WITH LEBANESE PARLIAMENT SPEAKER NABIH BERRI MARCH 31. DISCUSSIONS CENTERED AROUND AMERICAN-LEBANESE RELATIONS, THE WAR IN IRAQ AND SHI'ITE REACTION TO THE COALITION'S CAMPAIGN, THE ROADMAP, AND USG WARNINGS TO SYRIA REGARDING TRANSSHIPMENTS TO IRAQ. END SUMMAR [...]	2003-03-31 14:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SY LE
03DAMASCUS1684	TFIZO1:SYRIA CLOSES BORDER AND SAYS IT WILL SET UP [...] (S) SUMMARY. SARG MINISTER OF LOCAL AFFAIRS CONVENED UN/IO REPS AT 23:00 ON MARCH 19 TO INFORM THEM THE BORDER WITH IRAQ HAD CLOSED, BUT THAT THE SARG AND THE SYRIAN RED CRESCENT WOULD SET UP THREE REFUGEE CAMPS IN IRAQI TERRITORY OR THE "NO MAN'S LAND BETWEEN THE TWO BORDERS." HE STATED THAT [...]	2003-03-20 15:47:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	KREF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ SY
03DAMASCUS6920	ASAD: HOW DO WE TURN THIS AROUND? [...] (C) Summary. During a 90-minute one-on-one meeting on November 30, Syrian President Asad asked former NEA A/S Richard Murphy for advice on what could be done to improve US-Syrian relations and how Asad could expand his contacts with US media. (Asad had just completed his interview with the N [...]	2003-12-02 13:25:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL MEPP PTER LE IZ IS SY
03HANOI264	VIETNAM'S "TRADITIONAL FRIENDS" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vietnam has strived to maintain good ties with a number of the world's most troubling states, including Cuba, Iraq, North Korea (DPRK),Iran, Libya, Sudan, and Syria. With the exception of Sudan and Syria, all have embassies in Hanoi. These relations are largely an outgrowth [...]	2003-02-06 09:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PTER CU IR IZ KN SU SY VM DPRK
03KUWAIT1250	(U) GOK TO TAKE ITS CASE ON THE ROAD [...] (C) Summary: During their April 2 meeting, the Ambassador and MinState for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah discussed the progress of the war and Dr. Mohammed,s upcoming trip to key UNSC member states. The Minister said the focus of his visits would be to discuss an array of issues surr [...]	2003-04-05 11:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ SY SA
03KUWAIT4681	(C) SYRIA: GOK TO HOST BASHAR AFTER RAMADHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK is concerned that Bashar al-Asad lacks the power to remove his late father's old guard and adapt to the new regional reality. It expects him to visit after Ramadhan, and would be happy to pass on any messages. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) NEA PDAS Larocco called on Shaykh Sab [...]	2003-10-14 12:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY IS TU KU
03KUWAIT4960	SYRIA TO CONVENE FM'S ON IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) MFA Undersecretary, Ambassador Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador during an October 28 telephone conversation that Syria has invited Foreign Ministers from states bordering Iraq to a meeting in Damascus on November 1 to discuss Iraq. Ja [...]	2003-10-28 12:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA
03KUWAIT4988	(C) MORE ON SYRIA'S IRAQ MEETING [...] (C) After we sent ref A, MFA Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador that FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah had consulted with his Saudi, Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts. They had agreed that Saudi FM Prince Saud al-Feisal would call Syrian FM Sharaa and press him to invi [...]	2003-10-29 14:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA
03KUWAIT5057	(C) IRAQ: GOK WANTS TO REBUILD PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Sh. Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told the Ambassador Kuwait wants to coordinate with Iraqis on its remaining half-billion dollar pledge, to ensure the money helps rebuild ties between the two peoples. He said the GOK is encouraging involvement by the [...]	2003-11-04 08:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SY IZ KU
03KUWAIT5129	(C) SAYED BAHR AL-OLOUM TELLS AMBASSADOR IRAQIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IGC member Sayed Mohammed Bahr al-Oloum told the Ambassador November 5 that our success in Iraq is very important to him, but that it requires changing policy so as to give the impression that Iraqis are ruling themselves, with the Coalition providing strong but discreet support from " [...]	2003-11-10 05:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ IR SA SY KU
03KUWAIT5342	(C) FORMER GCC SECGEN OPTIMISTIC FOR THE REGION [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with senior Adviser to the Prime Minister and former GCC Secretary General Abdullah Bishara on November 19. After sharing details of Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed's domestic agenda (septel),Bishara offered an upbeat view on prospects for the region, based on the US [...]	2003-11-22 11:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KU IZ IR SA EG SY
03OTTAWA1779	CANADA SUPPORTS UNDOF RENEWAL, HOPES TO REDUCE [...] (C) Canada supports renewing the mandate for the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF),where it currently provides 194 personnnel. Peter Armstrong-Whitworth of Foreign Affairs' Peacekeeping Office indicated that Canada is considering reducing its contribution in the future, and that the Go [...]	2003-06-23 20:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR PREL IS SY CA JA UNDOF UNSC
03OTTAWA2103	UNDOF: DRAWDOWN OF CANADIAN CONTINGENT [...] (C) Canada confirmed to us that is does intend to reduce its contribution to the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) over the next 12 months, but that it will not do so before ensuring adequate backfill by others. We discussed reftel (A) concerns with Barbara Martin, Director of Foreign A [...]	2003-07-23 17:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL IS SY CA JA
03ROME1414	ASSISTANCE FOR SYRIAN PORT DEVELOPMENT: ITALY [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-03 10:21:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	EAID ETTC PREL SY IT EUN
03ROME2737	FM FRATTINI'S VISIT TO SIX ARAB COUNTIES PRIOR TO [...] (C) Summary: FM Frattini's pre-EU Presidency visits to Rabat, Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, Beirut, and Damascus June 4-9 showcased Italy's priority on improving Euro-Med cooperation but otherwise generated no surprises. Frattini introduced Italy's EU Presidency priorities, promoted the roadmap and [...]	2003-06-17 16:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT AG LY MO SY TS LE EUN
03ROME5363	ITALY: ON SYRIA TO PRESENT VIEWS ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: MFA Eastern Mediterranean Office Chief, Luca Ferrari gave a read-out on MFA Mediterranean and Middle East Director General Riccardo Sessa's recent trip to Syria. Sessa traveled to Syria to inform GOS officials of the need to do more on the Arab-Israeli conflict if they want to adva [...]	2003-11-25 17:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS SY IT EUN
03ROME5473	ITALY: SYRIA SEEKS HIGHER LEVEL DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) Summary: During recent closed talks with the Italian MFA, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Muallem expressed a desire to improve US-Syrian relations by developing a higher level dialogue on a more equal footing. Muallem said that a settlement with Israel is the best strategic option for [...]	2003-12-05 10:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS SY IT UN
03ROME98	ITALY ON UNIFIL MANDATE RENEWAL NOTICE: WANT OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOI WILL NOT OPPOSE THE RENEWAL OF THE UNIFIL'S MANDATE THAT EXPIRES ON JAN 31, 2003. NONETHELESS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE GOI IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING GRADUALLY REDUCING ITS FORCES IN UNIFIL, EVENTUALLY WITHDRAWING COMPLETELY FROM UNIFIL, AND RE-DEPLOYING ITS FORCES TO THE M [...]	2003-01-10 15:00:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR PREL IS LE SY IT UNIFIL UNSC
03STATE9334	NONPAPER FOR RUSSIAN USE WITH SYRIAN VP KHADDAM: [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SYRIAN VP KHADDAM WILL BE VISITING MOSCOW NEXT WEEK. IN DISCUSSIONS WITH RUSSIAN COUNTERPARTS IN WASHINGTON, THE USG HAS REQUESTED THAT THE GOR RAISE SYRIA'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS HAMAS AND HIZBALLAH. POST IS REQUESTED TO PROVIDE [...]	2003-01-11 02:47:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER PREL SY
03VATICAN5644	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BURNS MEETING WITH VATICAN FM [...] (C) In a December 12 meeting, A/S Burns told the Holy See's new Foreign Minister Giovanni Lajolo that the U.S. saw an opportunity to move the Middle East peace process forward in the face of anger and frustration on both sides. Lajolo expressed the Holy See's support for the Road Map, noting [...]	2003-12-18 12:44:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IS IZ PREL SY
04ABUDHABI2508	CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, REGIONAL THREATS WITH SHAYKH MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-28 09:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	AF IZ PK PREL PTER SY TC
04ABUDHABI3253	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRELICENSE CHECK ON 05-934075 [...] REFTEL REQUESTED THAT POST CONDUCT AN ON-SITE VISIT TO MICROHIT TECHNOLOGIES, THE INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE ON THE ABOVE-CAPTIONED APPLICATION FOR EXPORT LICENSE. ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2004, COMMERCIAL OFFICER AND EXPORT CONTROL ATTACHE MARY O'BRIEN VISITED THE OFFICES OF MICROHIT AND MET WITH M.P. CH [...]	2004-09-19 13:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC TC SY
04ABUDHABI4411	CENTCOM CDR VISITS UAE [...] (C) Summary: During his November 28-30 visit to UAE, Commander USCENTCOM General Abizaid met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince/UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) and Dubai Crown Prince/UAE MinDef Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MbR); toured Jebel Ali port and Al Dhafra and Minhad Air Ba [...]	2004-12-06 10:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR AF IR IZ SA SY TC
04ABUDHABI905	CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAQ, SYRIA, [...] (S/NF) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid on March 17 discussed Iraq's transfer of sovereignty and potential future leadership, Pakistan's military operations against Al Qaida along the Afghan border, terrorism financing, U.S. approaches to Syria, with Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Pri [...]	2004-03-29 12:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER AF SY IZ PK TC
04ABUDHABI923	U.S.-UAE Strategic Partnership a success [...] (C) Summary: The UAE hosted the second bilateral Strategic Partnership dialogue on March 21 with NEA A/S Burns and UAE Information and Culture Minister Shaykh Abdullah bin Zayed leading their respective delegations. The two sides reviewed progress on the comprehensive action plan that was agr [...]	2004-03-30 13:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KDEM PHUM IZ AF IR IS SY TC
04ADANA160	SHARP DROP IN SE TURKISH EXPORTS TO SYRIA SEEN [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-15 17:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EIND EAGR SY IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA68	AHMET GUVENER: PROTESTANT CHURCH LEADER ACQUITTED, BUT LATER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Diyarbakir court acquitted Protestant church leader Ahmet Guvener on May 12 based on the latest constitutional amendments accepted by the Turkish Parliament. Guvener faced charges of operating a church in a building authorized to be constructed solely as a house, not as a pl [...]	2004-06-14 06:13:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU SY IZ ADANA
04AMMAN1288	MUASHER ON PRODUCTIVE KUWAIT MEETING, PERSISTENT [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that the Iraq neighbors Foreign Ministers meeting in Kuwait had been frank and productive, with the neighbors arguing strongly for guarantees of Iraqi unity and the rights of Iraqi minorities. Iraqi FonMin Zebari responded that Kurds do not want a [...]	2004-02-19 20:55:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER IZ KU SY JO
04AMMAN1294	MUASHER ON PRODUCTIVE KUWAIT MEETING, PERSISTENT [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that the Iraq neighbors Foreign Ministers meeting in Kuwait had been frank and productive, with the neighbors arguing strongly for guarantees of Iraqi unity and the rights of Iraqi minorities. Iraqi FonMin Zebari responded that Kurds do not w [...]	2004-02-19 21:10:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER IZ KU SY JO
04AMMAN2735	BASHAR AL-ASAD IN AMMAN: PROGRESS ON REFORM, MEPP [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador that Bashar al-Asad's April 7 visit to Amman had been productive, with the Syrians assenting to inclusion of positive reform and MEPP language at the Arab Summit. King Abdullah told a group of House staffers just before Bashar's arrival that Syrian fir [...]	2004-04-08 17:20:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV SY IZ JO
04AMMAN3829	ARAB PARLIAMENT SPEAKERS DEBATE FUTURE OF IRAQ, [...] (C) Speakers of seven parliaments in the region held a two-day conference May 12-13 in Amman to discuss the situation in Iraq. Participants called for an end to U.S. occupation, highlighted their support for democratic institutions in Iraq, and advocated a wider UN role in rebuilding the cou [...]	2004-05-17 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ SY JO
04AMMAN4052	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYRIA [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff covered ref points on the implementation of the Syria Accountability Act May 20 with Basheer Zoubi, Deputy Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office, and Manar Dabbas, Private Office U.S. action officer. Neither Zoubi nor Dabbas made any substantive comment, [...]	2004-05-20 13:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD SY JO
04AMMAN407	FM MUASHER SAYS ISRAELI WALL IS KILLING PROSPECTS [...] (C) FM Muasher told a Senate staff delegation on January 15 that the Israeli separation barrier - "the wall" - is killing prospects for a two-state solution, and that he expects negative movement in the peace process this year. He fears a future partitioning of Iraq if any arrangement is made [...]	2004-01-19 17:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS IZ SY IR SA JO MEPP
04AMMAN4200	UNRWA SEEKS ADDITIONAL USD 1 BILLION IN [...] (U) Summary: In a May 19 briefing, UNRWA unveiled its draft medium-term plan (MTP),designed to make up for ten years of austerity measures and underfunding. The ambitious plan, valued at USD 1 billion over five years, includes much-needed improvements in basic education and health services [...]	2004-05-26 13:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG SY LE JO UNRWA
04AMMAN469	KING COVERS SYRIA, BORDER ISSUES, SECURITY [...] (S) King Abdullah told visiting Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) January 11 that increasingly sophisticated weapons continue to be smuggled across the Syrian border. He expressed concern over the security of his border with Saudi Arabia as well as Saudi stability, hoping that Saudi internal efforts [...]	2004-01-21 07:10:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PTER IZ SA SY JO
04AMMAN5395	JORDAN ARGUES LIMITING REFORM DIALOGUE SCOPE COULD [...] (C) King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Muasher argued to A/S Burns in separate meetings June 27 that the best way for the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) initiative to succeed is to draw in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The best way to do this, the King and Muasher argued, is to view [...]	2004-06-30 13:50:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV SY IZ JO
04AMMAN6369	JORDANIAN ALLEGATIONS OF SYRIAN-AL-QA'IDA/ZARQAWI [...] (S/NF) Jordanian officials over the last several weeks have expressed their concern about alleged Syrian support for al-Qa'ida and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi operatives, pointing to ongoing smuggling activity through Jordan's northern frontier as a major worry. There is no indication available to [...]	2004-07-27 16:25:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER SY JO
04AMMAN6669	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER SECURITY [...] (S) Charge delivered reftel points on Syria-Iraq border security to Royal Court Minister Samir al-Rifai on August 3 and on August 8 to Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez. Fayez confirmed he would be traveling to Damascus on August 20 for a meeting with his counterpart, primarily focused on econom [...]	2004-08-09 13:31:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	ECON ETRD IZ JO PREL PTER SY
04AMMAN6973	KEEPING U.S. SYRIA POLICY OUT OF N.A.M. STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-18 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SY JO
04AMMAN7179	IRAQ, PEACE PROCESS, SYRIA DOMINATE LANTOS VISIT [...] (C) During separate meetings with King Abdullah, GID Director General Sa'ad Kheir, and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, in Amman on August 19, Congressman Tom Lantos focused on the positive in Jordan and criticized leaders from neighboring Arab countries. The Jordanians reiterated their suppor [...]	2004-08-26 05:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ SA SY JO
04AMMAN7200	JORDANIAN PM'S VISIT TO SYRIA: "SOME POSITIVENESS" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade said the recent Jordanian visit to Syria found "some positiveness" on most economic issues, especially on trade. Jordan's main interest on the economic side was getting Syria to implement agreements already in p [...]	2004-08-26 15:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON JO SY
04AMMAN8809	UNRWA WEST BANK STRIKE: UNION LEADERS HOPE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNRWA's West Bank Field is entering a third week of strike action by its locally-hired employees. UNRWA staff report that militant union leaders demanding hazard pay and other wage increases are enforcing the action through threats of violence. The strike has severely impacted t [...]	2004-10-26 12:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID ELAB JO SY LE IS
04AMMAN9468	UNRWA STAKEHOLDERS DEBATE PALESTINE REFUGEE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNRWA,s stakeholders endorsed a controversial plan to strengthen the Agency,s governance bodies by 2006 at their fall major donors meeting. They also gave conditioned backing to the Agency,s decision to launch its own ambitious USD 1 Billion five-year Medium Term Plan (MTP). Re [...]	2004-11-29 12:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF EAID IS SY LE JO
04AMMAN9484	JORDAN AND SYRIA CLOSING IN ON BORDER AGREEMENT [...] (C) An MFA participant in the Jordanian delegation to Damascus that discussed the border dispute told PolOff November 24 that the talks were positive and claimed, "Syria has given us our land back." He cautioned that the agreement had only been initialed by the participants in the bilateral me [...]	2004-11-29 15:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KMPI JO SY

04ANKARA1086	TURKISH OFFICIALS COMPLAIN RISING TRUCKING COSTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish officials at the Trade Undersecretariat and Turkish Petroleum International (TPIC) warned that truck transport of fuel to Iraq under the contract with SOMO may be suspended due to higher fees paid to Turkish truckers. TPIC's contract called for fuel deliveries of 90,0 [...]	2004-02-25 08:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD IZ PGOV PREL SY TU
04ANKARA1373	TURKEY WANTS TIGRIS-EUPHRATES BASIN AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials say Turkey wants to begin a dialogue with Syria and Iraq, leading to a comprehensive water sharing/management agreement for the Tigris-Euphrates basin, part of an effort by the Turkish government to contribute to stability in the region. They say that in the comin [...]	2004-03-08 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECIN IZ PREL SENV SY TU
04ANKARA1624	CLASHES IN NORTHERN SYRIA CAUSE CONCERN IN SE [...] (SBU) In response to the March 12 violence in Kamisli, Syria and neighboring area, Turkish officials temporarily closed the nearby Nusaybin border gate to both entry and exit, fearing the violence would spread to the Turkish side. On March 16, consulate personnel spoke with the Nusaybin subg [...]	2004-03-18 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TU SY IZ
04ANKARA1717	SOUTHEAST TURKEY SITUATION REPORT: IMPROVING [...] (SBU) From February 22-27, consulate personnel traveled the eastern part of the consular district, including the cities of Diyarbakir, Batman, Mardin, Nusaybin and Sanliurfa. The primary issues that emerged in meetings with academicians, medical and legal professionals, politicians, local ad [...]	2004-03-23 09:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU SY IZ
04ANKARA1804	EARLY SNOW MELT FORCES LARGE WATER RELEASE FROM [...] An early snow-melt in north-eastern Turkey filled Turkey's Euphrates dams, forcing authorities to release a record amount of water downstream to Syria and Iraq. For ten days beginning March 11, and for the first time since building the dams, Turkey opened reservoir spillways to release as mu [...]	2004-03-25 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL SENV SY TU
04ANKARA215	TURKEY CLAIMS SYRIA AND IRAN SHARE CONCERN OVER [...] (C) Summary: Syria and Iran have expressed concerns to Turkey about the Kurds' ambition for maximum autonomy over a greater territory in Iraq, according to MFA U/S Ziyal. Ankara says it is resisting "ganging up" on the Kurds with Damascus and Tehran, and is urging the Kurds to be reasonable. [...]	2004-01-13 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ SY IR CY
04ANKARA226	PRESIDENT ASSAD'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Assad's January 6-9 visit to Turkey was the first by any Syrian President. Assad met one-on-one with PM Erdogan and President Sezer, and also met FM Gul, TGS Chief Ozkok, Parliament Speaker Arinc, and main opposition CHP leader Baykal. Turkish contacts say GOT raised terrorism, [...]	2004-01-14 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY TU IS
04ANKARA2897	SYRIA ACCOUNTABILITY ACT IMPLEMENTATION DEMARCHE: [...] (C) We delivered ref A points, orally supplemented with unclassified points from ref B, on May 24 to Turkish MFA SIPDIS Middle East Department Head Tuzun. Tuzun noted this is a unilateral USG action which does not involve third countries. The GOT believes this is not a constructive way to [...]	2004-05-24 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL SY TU
04ANKARA340	INTERIOR MINISTER AKSU ON ANTI-TERROR COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In Jan. 16 meeting with Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador highlighted USG interest in strengthening counter terrorism cooperation and intelligence sharing with the GOT. Aksu asserted CT relations with Syria are improving, committed to instituting passenger and baggage checks to [...]	2004-01-20 08:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY TU
04ANKARA5780	TURKISH MFA VIEWS ON TIGRIS-EUPHRATES COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: During the August visit to Ankara of IIG President al-Yawar, Iraqi Water Minister Rashid proposed beginning talks on Tigris-Euphrates cooperation. MFA Transboundary Water Chief Mithat Rende said that while Rashid's presentation was "positive," it did not lead to any agreement o [...]	2004-10-08 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON IZ PREL SENV SY TU
04ANKARA6170	TURKEY/IRAQ JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TO MEET [...] Summary: (SBU) The first post-war meeting of the Turkey-Iraq Joint Economic Committee will take place November 4 in Ankara, co-chaired by Turkish Trade Minister Kursad Tuzmen and Iraqi Oil Minister Thamir Ghadban. Turkey has a long list of objectives, including security for Turkish truckers [...]	2004-11-02 05:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD IZ PREL SY TU
04ANKARA6258	SIGN OF IMPROVING RELATIONS -- TURKS FIGHT FIRE IN [...] Turkish officials over the past year have spoken often of improving relations with Syria. But so far it has been mostly talk, until October 27, when in a surprising show of cooperation, Syria asked for and Turkey delivered planes and fire fighters to put out a blaze along the border of Turkey [...]	2004-11-04 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN PREL SY TU
04BEIRUT3300	LEBANON: THE "BEIRUT DECLARATION" -- BACKGROUND, [...] (C) Lebanese authorities inadvertently gave the "Beirut Declaration" -- a ringing denunciation of Lebanon's political status quo covered by the press in both Lebanon and France (Ref A) -- widespread publicity as a result of their ham-handed attempt to block the document's public unveiling. T [...]	2004-06-25 15:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI SY LE
04BEIRUT3713	LEBANON: THE TWO FACES OF HIZBALLAH; PART ONE -- [...] (C) A number of Lebanese observers who favor the idea of transforming Hizballah into a normal political party see hopeful signs of this happening. Specifically, they point to expressions from some Hizballah members of common interest with Christian oppositionists and more recently the suppor [...]	2004-07-30 17:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL PGOV SOCI LE SY
04BEIRUT4423	PARLIAMENT SPEAKER WANTS LARGE NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) Lebanese Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri, in a 10/11 meeting with the Ambassador, said that he wanted the next cabinet to be a national unity government. Only by getting sufficient representation from the Christian opposition and Walid Jumblatt's bloc, he said, could Lebanon face the [...]	2004-10-12 08:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY
04BEIRUT4941	LEBANON: WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMAL? [...] (S) Summary and comment: The Amal Movement is unable to keep up with Hizballah's popularity because Amal is seen as disorganized, corrupt, and based too much on party leader Nabih Berri. Referred to as "the thieves," Amal's leaders maintain party support through a patronage system that uses [...]	2004-11-30 14:34:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV KISL PTER LE SY
04BRUSSELS2277	EU AGREES NEW NON-PROLIFERATION TEXT FOR SYRIA [...] (C) Summary. On May 26, the EU agreed to new non-proliferation language for inclusion in the draft EU-Syria Association Agreement. Last December, EU member states rejected an ad ref text negotiated by the European Commission for including non-proliferation language that was too watered down [...]	2004-05-27 16:26:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ETRD SY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4624	EU-SYRIA: NEA A/S BURNS MEETINGS IN BRUSSELS [...] (C) Commission officials told A/S Burns that the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) with Syria will only go into effect after signature and ratification in all 25 member states. Commission argues that initialing the agreement provides additional leverage over Syria, which must demonstrate [...]	2004-10-27 06:43:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD KNNP SY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04DAMASCUS5065	HAMAS LEADER REJECTS US INDICTMENT [...] (C) In an August 21 interview with the Associated Press, Moussa Abu Marzouk, Deputy Chairman of Hamas' politbureau, responded to the announcement of his indictment by US Attorney General John Ashcroft for conspiring to fund terror attacks against Israel by saying that he would turn himself in [...]	2004-08-25 15:05:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY
04DAMASCUS6857	HAMAS MEMBER TARGETED IN CAR BOMBING [...] (C) Summary: On December 13, a car bomb exploded in the Old Mezzeh section of Damascus, wounding some passers-by but apparently killing no one. Media contacts confirmed that the target of the bombing was Mesbah Abu Hweileh, a Palestinian HAMAS official residing in Damascus. Interior Minister [...]	2004-12-14 15:30:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PTER PGOV PREL IS SY
04HELSINKI1010	FINLAND: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SYRIA-IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-04 08:28:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY FI
04KUWAIT1500	(S) DNSA TOWNSEND PRESSES GOK TO DO MORE AGAINST [...] (S) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: DNSA Townsend met with the Prime Minister May 4, delivered the President's letter to the Amir, and pressed for more aggressive action against extremists. The PM instructed his security services to cooperate strongly with the U.S., but was clearly focused on ma [...]	2004-05-12 10:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL MARR ASEC IZ SY SA IR KU
04KUWAIT180	NEA A/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH FM, JANUARY 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA Assistant Secretary Burns met with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on the evening of 14 January 2003. In a wide-ranging discussion, the Minister expressed great satisfaction about developments in Iraq but insisted that any final decisions must wa [...]	2004-01-18 11:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD ECON KU IZ FR SY YM
04KUWAIT1809	(C) ASAD TELLS GOK HE WANTS DIALOGUE WITH USG, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Kuwaiti FM, Syrian President Asad used a brief visit June 6 to ask the GOK to tell the USG he is serious about working together to promote stability in Iraq. Asad was reportedly very concerned about the Syria Accountability Act, particularly the insertion of t [...]	2004-06-08 13:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY IZ KU
04LJUBLJANA377	SLOVENIA: TERRORISM FINANCE: PREVENTING KONGRA-GEL [...] (C) ON 23 APRIL, ECONOFF DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO PETER JAPELJ, FIRST COUNSELOR IN THE MFA OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND DISARMAMENT. JAPELJ PROMISED TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH MFA STATE UNDERSECRETARY FOR VISA POLICY ANDREJ STER. HE WILL ALSO DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION AMONG TH [...]	2004-04-26 12:43:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL PTER IZ TU SY JO SI
04LONDON3070	PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-23 17:47:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PTER PREL PINS IZ TU EU SY JO UK
04MADRID2619	SPANISH RESPONSE: RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on July 6 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. Mora was not able to give an immediate reaction, but later spoke to Poloff on July 9. He stated that Spain and the EU share the general concern with the USG rega [...]	2004-07-09 14:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SY SP
04MADRID2992	SPAIN LOOKS TO SYRIA RELATIONS AND UNSC ROLE TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-06 14:28:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PREL PTER IZ SY SP
04MADRID4015	UNSCR 1559: SPAIN WILL SUPPORT FOLLOW-UP RESOLUTION [...] (C) Poloff disscussed Ref A points on 4/13 with MFA Deputy Director General for the Near East Alberto Moreno Humet. He said the GOF had already engaged the Spanish MFA several times on this issue and that the Spain generally accepted French and U.S. thinking on how to proceed. Moreno said he [...]	2004-10-15 14:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE SP UNSC
04MADRID4341	BEST WISHES AND PENDING ISSUE [...] I was saddened to hear of the President' acceptance of your resignation. The Administration is losing one of its most effective leaders. Thank you for your tireless efforts to further the President's Economic Program. 2. Please accept my best wishes as you return to your family in Texas [...]	2004-11-12 16:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC SP SY
04MANAMA1882	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. DNSA Hadley encouraged Saud to reach out to Iraqi Sunnis to participate in the January 30 elections. The Foreign Mini [...]	2004-12-15 12:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM PGOV SA IR SY IZ
04MANAMA1886	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Kuwaiti National Security Council President Shaikh Sabah Khaled Al Sabah December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Shaikh Sabah hailed the strong bilateral relationship and stated that Kuwaitis are [...]	2004-12-15 12:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER ASEC KU IZ IR SY BA
04PARIS3123	PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-23 17:18:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER PINS IZ TU EU SY JO FR
04ROME2590	ITALY WELCOMES US CONCERN OVER HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) MFA SYRIA DESK OFFICER ALESSANDRA PASTORELLI TOLD POLOFF THAT ITALY WELCOMES US CONCERNS OVER THE RECENT UPTICK IN POLITICALLY RELATED DETENTIONS IN SYRIA. THE SUBJECT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN DEPTH AT EU MIDDLE EAST WORKING GROUP (COMEM) MEETINGS IN BRUSSELS. AT NEXT WEEK'S COMEM, ITALY WI [...]	2004-07-02 14:08:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SY IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04STATE89155	PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] (S) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. ACTION ADDRESSEES ARE TO DRAW FROM THE POINTS IN PARA 2-4, AS APPROPRIATE, WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS AT THE HIGHEST APPROPRIATE LEVELS TO SEEK THEIR HELP IN PREVENTING A PARTY CONGRESS IN IRAQ BY KONGRA-GEL, THE TERRORIST SUCCESSOR TO THE PKK. THE U.S. WILL DO ALL IT [...]	2004-04-22 00:48:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER PREL PINS IZ TU EU SY JO
04TELAVIV1661	SHARON TELLS CODEL LEVIN THAT SYRIA TRACK CAN WAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Sharon told Codel Levin that Israel should "finish negotiations" with the Palestinians before turning to the Syrian track. While expressing a willingness to negotiate without preconditions with Bashar, the PM said Syria would first have to dismantle terrorist organizations and [...]	2004-03-17 14:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY IS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV1952	ISRAELI OFFICIALS BRIEF DJEREJIAN ON IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with GOI officials between March 26-30, former NEA A/S and Ambassador to Israel Ed Djerejian, here as an official guest of the Foreign Ministry in his current capacity as Director of the Baker Institute, heard that the regional strategic situation faced by [...]	2004-03-31 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAL IS SY XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6259	PERES: SUCCESS OF LIKUD-LABOR COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Prior to the Likud Central Committee's positive vote on December 9 to open coalition negotiations with the Labor Party, United Torah Judaism, and Shas (see septel),an obviously exhausted Labor Party leader Shimon Peres stressed to the Ambassador the depth of his own problems in [...]	2004-12-10 11:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS SY GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV6285	PERES: SUCCESS OF LIKUD-LABOR COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Prior to the Likud Central Committee's positive vote on December 9 to open coalition negotiations with the Labor Party, United Torah Judaism, and Shas (see septel),an obviously exhausted Labor Party leader Shimon Peres stressed to the Ambassador the depth of his own problems in [...]	2004-12-13 11:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV PREL KWBG IS SY GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6455	MFA ANALYSTS TO CODEL TALENT: SYRIA IS ON A [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for Intelligence and Research Harry Kney-Tal told CODEL Talent December 6 that Syria will not relinquish either its hold on Lebanon or its relationship with Iraq without gaining some concessions from the West to replace them. With one million Syrians [...]	2004-12-20 16:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY IS GOI EXTERNAL
04THEHAGUE1705	NETHERLANDS: RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE DUTCH, AS CURRENT EU PRESIDENT, WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE A POLICY OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SYRIA TO ENCOURAGE IMPROVEMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS. THE EU'S ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT WITH SYRIA HAS BEEN FINALIZED, BUT HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED DUE TO SYRIAN OBJECTIONS TO ITS NON- PROLIFERATI [...]	2004-07-08 11:57:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NL EU SY PHUM
04ZAGREB1034	U.S. SANCTIONS NOT MAJOR OBSTACLE TO CROATIAN GAS [...] (SBU) On June 1 we visited INA, the majority state-owned oil and gas company, to inquire about its overseas activities in general, and its exploration activities in Syria in particular. Zeljko Belosic, Member of the Board and executive director for Oil and Gas Exploration and Production note [...]	2004-06-07 17:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETTC EPET HR SY IZ
04ZAGREB454	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PRESIDENT MESIC'S PLANS TO [...] (C) THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH PRESIDENT MESIC MARCH 12 TO DISCUSS THE PRESIDENT'S UPCOMING MIDDLE EAST TRIP AND DELIVER POINTS CONCERNING U.S. POLICY TOWARD SYRIA (REF A). MESIC DESCRIBED HIS THREE-COUNTRY TRIP, BEGINNING LATER THIS MONTH, INCLUDING STOPS IN QATAR, JORDAN, AND SYRIA. MESIC HA [...]	2004-03-17 14:37:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HR SY
04ZAGREB552	MESIC PLEASED WITH MIDDLE EAST VISIT [...] (C) In a meeting on March 27 with the Ambassador arranged to discuss a Croatian proposal to refit a Libyan military vessel (ref),Croatian President Stipe Mesic spent most of his time discussing his recent visit to the Middle East. He said he had a very full schedule of meetings in Damascus [...]	2004-04-01 08:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD HR QA IS SY
04ZAGREB71	CROATIAN PRESIDENT MESIC: OK ON IRAQ TROOP [...] (S) In the Ambassador's January 13 call on President Mesic to seek movement on key bilateral issues, Mesic offered to go slow for the time being on any contract to refit a Libyan naval vessel while restating his desire to develop commercial relations with Libya. Mesic committed not to get in t [...]	2004-01-14 11:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	SECRET	PREL MARR KAWC ETTC IZ SY HR NATO
05ABUDHABI1069	UAE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE - SYRIA MUST WITHDRAW [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan on March 7, noting that the UAE and the international community needed to make clear that a complete and immediate withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon was required. (Sheikh Abdullah [...]	2005-03-07 12:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE TC
05ABUDHABI1210	MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Charge discussed Ref. A points on Syria/Lebanon, Israeli-Palestinian affairs, Iraq, and Magen David Adom, with MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi on March 16. On Syria and Lebanon, Al Noaimi said that it was the UAE,s position that the Syrians should undertake the complete and i [...]	2005-03-16 12:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE IZ IS TC
05ABUDHABI2945	PDAS CHENEY MEETS WITH UAE PRESIDENT KHALIFA [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting June 26 with NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney, UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan offered his assessment of the situation in Iraq, commented on the Iranian elections and discussed Syria's involvement in the region, reform in the UAE, and effo [...]	2005-07-01 09:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMPI KPAL PHUM IZ IR SY WE GZ TC
05ABUDHABI3244	GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE [...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met July 20 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ). Abizaid praised the UAEG for its steadfast determination to wage a public campaign against extremist i [...]	2005-07-25 07:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MASS PREL IZ AF PK IR SY SA TC
05ABUDHABI3272	SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON SYRIA, GAZA, SAUDI BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 24, UAE Minister of Information Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan and Ambassador discussed UAE attention to halting the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq; Abdullah's planned travel to Damascus to meet with Syrian President Bashar Al Asad; Gaza disengagement and the UAE [...]	2005-07-26 09:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER UNSC PHUM PINR EAID SY IZ GZ SA
05ABUDHABI3583	(S) S29G-04: SYRIAN USE OF UAE FIRM TO ACQUIRE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) On August 15, the UAE's State Security Directorate passed A/Legatt a request for further information on ref b demarche on Al-Mazroui Medical and Chemical Supplies (AMMCS). An informal translation of the document text follows. 3. [...]	2005-08-17 13:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL CBW ETTC SY AE
05ABUDHABI3801	DEMARCHE ON ISOLATING SYRIA AT UNGA [...] (S) In a September 4 call on Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi, U/S for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador delivered ref A demarche and argued that Syria must be isolated at the UNGA Summit in order to send a strong message that Syria will be held accountable for its abysmal record on support for terrorist a [...]	2005-09-06 14:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER SY TC
05ABUDHABI4045	MBZ ON IRAQ, EXTREMISM, PALESTINIANS, SAUDIS [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) told Ambassador and a visiting delegation led by retired U.S. four-star generals over dinner September 20 that he expected the Iraqi people would approve a new Constitution on October 15. MbZ reiterated his support for former [...]	2005-09-25 10:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ IR SA SY PK TC
05ABUDHABI4074	MFA U/S ON IRAQ; WELCOMES IRAQ COORDINATOR'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi September 24 to preview Iraq Coordinator Ambassador Jeffrey's October 8 visit to the UAE. She had earlier previewed the goals of the Jeffrey visit with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed and MinState for Foreign Affair [...]	2005-09-26 12:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SA IR SY TC
05ABUDHABI4102	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR JEFFREY AND TEAM'S [...] (C) Summary: The United Arab Emirates has been a key Arab partner and has supported our objectives in Iraq, condemned terror attacks, allowed Coalition forces access to UAE air force bases and ports, and hosted German training for the Iraqi military and police. UAE aid to Iraq, both pledged an [...]	2005-09-28 08:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS EFIN IZ IR SY TC
05ABUDHABI4227	SUBJECT: UAE PROMISES CONTINUED COOPERATION ON COUNTERPROLIFERATION [...] (S) Summary: On October 1-2, 2005, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph, National Security Director for Counterproliferation Strategy David Stephens, and T Senior Advisor Patricia McNerney met with UAE officials to discuss the issue of Iran,s nuclear progr [...]	2005-10-05 13:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KNNP PARM IR PK TC SY NK
05ABUDHABI4308	MBZ MEETING WITH SENIOR ADVISOR ON IRAQ JEFFREY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) October 8, Senior Adviser on Iraq Ambassador Jeffrey and an interagency team received a pledge of further UAEG assistance in reaching out to Sunni Arab Iraqis and other moderates to encourage them to play a p [...]	2005-10-15 07:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN IZ IR SY SA TC
05ABUDHABI4540	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS ABU DHABI, DUBAI [...] (S) Summary: During an October 18-20 visit to the UAE, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad met leaders of Abu Dhabi and Dubai emirates, as well as former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. Ambassador Khalilzad reviewed the just-held constitutional referendum and the approaching December 1 [...]	2005-11-07 03:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV IR SY IZ AE
05ABUDHABI4548	SYRIAN DEPUTY FM MOALLEM VISIT TO UAE [...] (C) Summary: Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Moallem visited Abu Dhabi October 31 for meetings with President Khalifa and Information Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Sheikh Abdullah told Ambassador that Moallem "had nothing new to offer" and that he had declined the invitation to [...]	2005-11-07 14:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY AE
05ABUDHABI4629	DEMARCHE: URGING ISOLATION OF SARG IN WAKE OF [...] (S) Summary: On November 15, Ambassador discussed isolation of Syria with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed(AbZ),Minister of Information and ruling family point-man on UAE-Syria relations. On November 9 Ambassador also delivered reftel demarche(ref A) to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi. Ambassador [...]	2005-11-16 10:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV SY TC
05ABUDHABI4742	UAE -- DAS CARPENTER CALL AT MFA [...] (C) Summary: November 14, DAS Scott Carpenter met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi to seek UAEG views on Iran and Syria. Al Noaimi characterized Iran as a dangerous, destabilizing force in the region that needs to be treated firmly but carefully. He recommended that the USG "depersona [...]	2005-11-22 07:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR SY AE
05ABUDHABI5129	GCC SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE: IRAN ESCAPES CONDEMNATION [...] (C) Summary: The Gulf Cooperation Council concluded its 29th annual summit in Abu Dhabi December 19 by expressing support for Iraq's December 15 elections, condemning the assassinations of "Lebanese symbols and leaders," calling for a Middle East weapons of mass destruction-free zone, and urgi [...]	2005-12-20 13:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KNNP KPAL IR IZ SY LE IS AE
05ABUDHABI767	GENERAL ABIZAID VISITS ABU DHABI [...] (S) Summary: CENTCOM Commander Gen. Abizaid met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) February 14 to discuss Iraq,s security situation in the wake of the January 30 elections. They also discussed othe [...]	2005-02-20 02:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER MCAP IZ IR SA SY LE AF TC
05ADANA177	SOUTHEAST TURKEY'S ECONOMY GETTING BY [...] (SBU) Summary: The southeast's economy is not booming but it is getting by. Fuel smuggling across Van's border with Iran has taken on significant proportions. Van's business incubation center provides an example of local business succeeding at doing things on its own, without Ankara's help. [...]	2005-10-07 14:47:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM TU SY IZ ADANA
05ADANA181	LETTER FROM SYRIAC CHRISTIANS IN SOUTHEAST TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-13 08:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SY TU ADANA
05ADANA182	GOOD NEWS AND BAD: DIYARBAKIR'S PROTESTANTS AND ADANA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Diyarbakir's Protestant Church has been issued a license by local government offices designating its building as a "religious site facility," and expects to receive "settlement permission" soon, allowing their building to legally function as a church. At the same time, in the a [...]	2005-10-13 08:21:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SY IZ TU
05ADANA199	DIYARBAKIR POLL SHOWS KURDISH ISSUE TURKEY'S BIGGEST [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent Dicle University poll found that the Diyarbakir's residents had mixed feelings about their government's lack of follow-up after PM Erdogan's August 12 speech promising the use of democratic methods to solve the "Kurdish issue." The poll confirmed that almost 90 percent [...]	2005-11-01 07:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SY IZ ADANA
05ADANA2	NEW TURKISH-SYRIAN TRADE DEAL SIGN OF BETTER THINGS TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-03 07:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL SY JO IZ TU ADANA
05ADANA205	HABUR GATE CLOGGED BY CONSTRUCTION IN NEAR-TERM [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 13:55:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN MOPS MARR IZ SY TU ADANA
05ADANA41	TURKISH CONGLOMERATE AND TRADE GROUPS WEIGHING SYRIAN [...] (SBU) Summary and guidance request: AMCON Adana in the last three weeks has engaged with a large Turkish conglomerate and a regional trade group whose members are considering investment in Syria, primarily Aleppo, to familiarize the parties with the U.S. sanctions against Syria. So far no la [...]	2005-02-25 15:24:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ETTC ELAB SY TU ADANA
05ALGIERS2168	SUBJECT: ALGERIA PREPARED TO COOPERATE ON CHAPTER [...] (C) In an October 26 meeting with the U.S., French, and British ambassadors, FM Bedjaoui confirmed he would participate in the October 31 UNSC ministerial, said he would immediately instruct their New York delegation to engage in resolution consultations later today, and indicated Algeria was [...]	2005-10-26 18:08:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IO LY SY AG
05AMMAN1340	FM MULKI CALLS OFF TRIP TO DAMASCUS, CAUTIONS [...] (C) FM Mulki told Charge February 18 that he had canceled plans to travel to Damascus for bilateral discussions after confirming that Syrian PM Mohammad al-Utri, accompanied by several other Syrian ministers, had arrived in Tehran for cooperation talks with Iranian officials. Mulki said he w [...]	2005-02-17 13:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KPAL IR SY JO
05AMMAN1651	JORDAN RESOLUTE ON SYRIAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR [...] (U) In a French television interview broadcast February 23, King Abdullah called on Syria to comply with UN resolution 1559. "What we hope for is that Syria will respect the United Nations resolution," he told France 2 television during an official visit to Paris. "We think Lebanon's future [...]	2005-02-27 15:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY JO
05AMMAN1784	JORDAN AND SYRIA FORMALLY END BORDER DISPUTE, BUT [...] (C) The Prime Ministers of Jordan and Syria signed a raft of agreements and memorandums of understanding (MOUs) in Amman on February 28, including an agreement formally demarcating the border between the two countries. Despite this public display of mutual cooperation, the GOJ retains seriou [...]	2005-03-03 15:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON SY JO
05AMMAN1829	DEMARCHE ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL FROM LEBANON: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-06 16:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE JO
05AMMAN1945	MULKI VISIT WARMS JORDANIAN-ISRAELI TIES; CALLS [...] (C) During a two-day visit to Israel and the West Bank March 5-6, Jordanian Foreign Minister al-Mulki announced that Jordan would "intensify its mediating role" between Israelis and Palestinians. Mulki said the Palestinians agreed to accept the dispatch of a Jordanian-trained Palestinian for [...]	2005-03-08 14:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KISL PTER IS SY LE JO
05AMMAN2091	FOREIGN MINISTER ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Hani al-Mulki convoked the entire diplomatic corps on March 13 for what he billed as the first in a regular series of group briefings. Highlights of the hour-plus session follow. 2. (C) Peace Process: Mulki reviewed Jordan's efforts to help reactivate the [...]	2005-03-13 16:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI LE SY IS KPAL
05AMMAN2093	MULKI REITERATES CALL FOR SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL; [...] (C) Foreign Minister Mulki reiterated to Charge on March 13 Jordan's position that Syria must immediately implement Security Council 1559 and withdraw completely from Lebanon (refs). Reflecting an interview he gave to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on March 12, Mulki said that the discussion sho [...]	2005-03-13 16:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY JO
05AMMAN2217	DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT [...] (C) CDA made ref A points March 16 to Foreign Ministry Secretary General Abdullah Madadha (FM Mulki and his private SIPDIS office staff are in the U.S. with King Abdullah.) -- On Syria/Lebanon, Madadha said Jordan would continue to press for immediate Syrian withdrawal, and would also use [...]	2005-03-16 15:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL SY LE IZ JO ICRC
05AMMAN2592	KING EMPHASIZES POLITICAL REFORM WITH CODEL DREIER [...] (C) In a March 27 meeting with Codel Dreier, King Abdullah described the importance of comprehensive social, economic and political reform in Jordan. The King reiterated his support of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a partner for peace. The King stated that he did not believe Syria wou [...]	2005-03-29 13:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OREP IZ IS SY JO
05AMMAN3330	Lebanon's Approach to the Environment and [...] The message was prepared by the Amman ESTH office, and cleared by Embassy Beirut. 2. Summary: With Arab and international funding, Lebanon is making innovative use of NGOs and cost-sharing plans to manage natural resources, water, forests, health and development. USAID makes important co [...]	2005-04-27 10:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID TBIO KGLB LE SY NTDB
05AMMAN3394	DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1559: JORDAN [...] (C) Charge met with Foreign Minister Farouk Qasrawi on April 28 to deliver the demarche on the need to sustain pressure on Syria to comply fully with UNSCR 1559. Charge pointed to Jordan's strong and consistent support for the resolution; more needed to be done to ensure its implementation. [...]	2005-04-28 13:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO LE SY JO
05AMMAN3503	JORDAN'S PM BADRAN VISITS SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Adnan Badran, accompanied by his foreign and interior ministers, conducted a two-day official visit to Syria on May 2-3. Charge registered USG displeasure over the visit with King Abdullah and Royal Court Minister Muasher in light of the effort to isolate Syria [...]	2005-05-04 13:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY JO
05AMMAN4228	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 20 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Friday, May 20, 2005, 1:30 p.m., King Hussein Convention Center, Dead Sea, Jordan. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Executive Assistant to the Deputy Secretary Ross Wilson Embassy Amman Charge d'Affaires David Hale (notetaker) Farah Pandith (NSC) Jordan King [...]	2005-06-01 07:01:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL KMPI KPAL ECON EFIN IZ SU SY JO
05AMMAN4296	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 20 MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (U) The Deputy Secretary met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on May 20, 2005, at 9:30 am, at the Dead Sea Movenpick Hotel, Jordan, on the margins of the World Economic Forum conference. 2. (C) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Jones Ambassador Wilson De [...]	2005-06-01 12:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KISL ECON IZ SY IR
05AMMAN4417	MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] ( C ) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche June 2 to Ambassador Rajab Suqairi, director of the Foreign Minister,s private office. On the opening of new Arab trade/representative offices in Tel Aviv, Suqairi said Jordan would benefit from additional Arab missions in Tel Aviv, but urged the United [...]	2005-06-05 12:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IO IS IZ LE SY JO
05AMMAN5417	JORDANIAN FUGITIVE ARRESTED IN SYRIA [...] (C) Post security contacts on July 5 confirmed press reports that Syrian authorities arrested a Jordanian fugitive, Sharif Ayid al-Smadi, wanted in Jordan on charges of murder, armed robbery, and theft. Jordan's state prosecutor on June 23 had charged Smadi and two of his brothers (Mohammed [...]	2005-07-06 13:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER SY JO
05AMMAN5917	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-26 09:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SY LE JO
05AMMAN6563	PRESSURING SYRIA TO NORMALIZE THE SYRIAN-LEBANESE [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-17 10:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SY LE JO
05AMMAN6629	STAUNCHING THE FLOW OF SAUDI SUICIDE BOMBERS TO [...] (S) Post continues to press for Jordanian support on the points made in paras 9 and 10 of ref A. On following up King Abdullah's efforts to counter the message of extremist tendencies in Islam, ref B outlines the King's ambitious plans to keep up the momentum generated by the July 4-5 Amman [...]	2005-08-17 13:57:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER IZ SY JO GCC
05AMMAN7157	SAAD KHAYR ON IRAQ, IRAN, PEACE PROCESS, SYRIA [...] (C) IRAQ: Former GID Director (and head of Jordan's embryonic National Security Council) Saad Khayr told the Charge September 7 that King Abdallah's visit to Turkey earlier this week focused on Iraq and Israeli-Palestinian issues. On Iraq, Khayr said the Turks shared Jordan's interest in see [...]	2005-09-07 11:51:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IR IS IZ JO KWBG SY
05AMMAN8144	ICARDA and USDA Developing Cooperation on Water [...] Summary: USDA/FAS water specialist Sylvana Li and Amman-based ESTH FSN Rana Safadi visited the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Aleppo, Syria September 22-23 to develop new activities with ICARDA on water reuse and water quality. Li will work with I [...]	2005-10-13 11:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR TPHY XF SY
05AMMAN8166	AMBASSADOR JEFFREY AND DELEGATION MEET WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: On October 9, S/I Ambassador Jeffrey and his delegation met with King Abdullah, Foreign Minister Farouq Kasrawi, Finance Minister Adel Kodah, Chairman of the Jordanian Armed Forces General Khalid Sarairah, and General Intelligence Directorate chief Samih Asfoura. The Jordanians p [...]	2005-10-14 14:25:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN IR IZ SY JO
05AMMAN8229	JORDAN: LOCAL SYRIAN EMBASSY BLOCKS U.S. [...] (C) The Syrian Embassy in Amman has unexpectedly rejected 15 U.S. diplomatic visa requests submitted during the last week. One of the visa requests was officially denied, while 14 were returned without processing or explanation. The Syrian Embassy is currently holding another five U.S. dipl [...]	2005-10-17 15:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CVIS PREL SY JO
05AMMAN8259	IRAQ SUNNI OUTREACH: AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S AMMAN [...] (C) U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad pursued Iraqi Sunni outreach in Amman October 3 through a series of meetings with Iraqi political and tribal figures, including a small group of prominent ex-Ba'athists presented to him by former Prime Minister Allawi; Sheikh Dari al-Fassal, an Iraqi tri [...]	2005-10-19 05:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO IR SY
05AMMAN8948	FM KASRAWI ON SYRIA [...] (C) Ambassador met with Jordanian Foreign Minister Farouk Kasrawi November 17. Ambassador said the international community needs to keep up the pressure on Syria to cooperate with the UN. Jordan seemed to be on the same page as the U.S., but he warned Kasrawi not to fall into Syrian Deputy [...]	2005-11-17 11:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY JO
05AMMAN9029	JORDAN TO SEND CONFIDENTIAL EMISSARY TO SYRIA [...] (C) Since receiving, and turning down, a message and invitation from Syrian President Bashar al-Asad conveyed by Walid al-Muallim (ref c),Jordan's King has continued to receive messages from Damascus. The new Jordanian Ambassador to Syria presented his credentials in an unprecedented matter [...]	2005-11-21 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY JO
05AMMAN9299	FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA AND THE MEHLIS [...] (S) Ecouns delivered reftel points November 30 to Central Bank of Jordan Deputy Governor Faris Sharaf. Sharaf undertook to relay the names to Jordan's banks and to act on any forthcoming directive from the UN Security Council. 2. (S) Polcouns delivered reftel message to Dimai Haddad, dire [...]	2005-12-01 05:19:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	KTFN PTER LE SY JO
05AMMAN9327	MGLE01: PLO REFUGEE DEPT. ON ZAKI'S NEXT MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: PLO Department of Refugee Affairs (DORA) DG Mohammed Abu Bakr is preparing to return to Beirut with Palestinian Commissioner Abbas Zaki in mid-December to commence negotiations with the GOL. According to Abu Bakr, the PLO is ready to assume sole negotiating responsibility in orde [...]	2005-12-01 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV PTER SY IS LE JO
05AMMAN9329	JORDANIAN EMISSARY CARRIES CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGE TO [...] (C) As previewed with us (reftel),Maarouf Bakheet ) then the King's acting National Security Advisor, now the Prime Minister-designate ) made an unpublicized trip to Damascus during the last week of November to carry a sober message to President al-Asad. Bakheet briefed G-8/EU ambassadors g [...]	2005-12-01 14:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE JO

05AMMAN9515	TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court began proceedings in four separate cases against groups charged with planning to use cyanide to kill bar owners and patrons, illegally entering Syria to attack U.S. forces in Iraq, and plotting to attack U.S. personnel in Jordan. The court said it wo [...]	2005-12-08 16:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM ASEC JO IZ SY
05ANKARA1012	TURKEY DOES NOT PLAN TO INCREASE EUPHRATES WATER [...] (SBU) Turkey has no plans to increase the release of water from its dams along the Euphrates, according to Mithat Rende, MFA DG for Energy, Environment and Transboundary Water. He said Turkey plans to maintain the normal average flow for this time of year of about 750 cubic meters/second. He [...]	2005-02-25 05:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR IZ PREL SENV SY TU
05ANKARA1213	AMBASSADOR URGES TURKISH MFA TO PRESS SYRIA ON [...] (S) Summary: On March 4 Ambassador urged Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan to have the MFA press the Syrians on troop withdrawal from Lebanon. Ambassador followed up with ref A points on March 6. Tuygan said the GOT is contemplating a letter from PM Erdogan to Assad. Tuygan called ref A points "well [...]	2005-03-07 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL TU LE SY
05ANKARA1230	SHARING TIGRIS-EUPHRATES WATER DATA [...] (C) Post understands from Embassy Baghdad's February 14-20 Essential Services Report that Iraqi Water Minister Rashid may be about to or have already sent a letter to the Turkish government requesting technical data on Tigris and Euphrates water supplies. 2. (C) In a March 2 meeting on [...]	2005-03-08 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAID PREL IZ SY TU
05ANKARA1334	TURKISH MFA ON SYRIA, LEBANON, AND MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary. Turkish MFA DG Celikkol told us the MFA called in the Syrian Ambassador March 9 and urged Syria to "avoid a crisis" in Lebanon, but stopped short of anything stronger. MFA officials still assert that a reduced Syrian role in Lebanon will threaten "stability." They view Assad as [...]	2005-03-11 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU LE SY IS
05ANKARA2100	TURKISH MFA DEFENDS GOT APPROACH TO SYRIA, [...] (C) DCM discussed Turkey's Syria policy April 12 with MFA Director General for the Middle East Oguz Celikkol. Celikkol defended President Sezer's April 13-14 visit to Damascus, and asserted that Sezer will deliver the same message to the Syrians that the international community has agreed upon [...]	2005-04-12 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY LE TU
05ANKARA2162	TURKISH PRESIDENT SEZER'S TRIP TO SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: President Sezer's April 13-14 visit appears indeed to have been symbolic (ref A),aside from his short one-on-one meeting with Asad. Turkish MFA officials are claiming that Sezer urged Asad to finish Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon by the end of the month and received Asad's pled [...]	2005-04-15 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE TU PTER SYRIA
05ANKARA2314	TURKS PREPARING FOR PKK SPRING OFFENSIVE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 17. Summary ------- 2. (S) The GOT appears to be convinced that the PKK is going to carry out its first "spring offensive" in southeast Turkey since 1999. Press and intel reporting indicate the Turks have moved two commando brigades towar [...]	2005-04-22 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL MOPS PREF TU IZ IR SY
05ANKARA2389	NEA WATER ADVISOR CHARLES LAWSON DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NEA Senior Advisor for Science and Technology Issues Charles Lawson visited Turkey April 18-21 to explore GOT interest in cooperation on the Tigris-Euphrates basin. Lawson visited water infrastructure programs in the Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP),which encompasses the hea [...]	2005-04-27 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD IZ PREL SENV SY TU
05ANKARA2478	SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA ON UNSCR 1559: [...] (C) Summary: We made reftel points to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Bozay April 29. GOT is awaiting a full UN report before coming to any conclusions about Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon. The MFA issued a flaccid April 27 statement welcoming Syria's withdrawal announcement. The [...]	2005-05-02 07:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY LE TU
05ANKARA248	TURKEY OK'S SYRIA'S REQUEST TO DRAW WATER FROM THE [...] (U) In addition to positive rhetoric and signing of a trade agreement, Turkey and Syria reached symbolic agreements on two heretofore sensitive transboundary water issues during Prime Minster Erdogan's December 22-23 visit to Damascus. Turkey agreed to a Syrian request to draw water from the [...]	2005-01-15 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV SY TU
05ANKARA2490	JOINT STATEMENT FROM ISTANBUL IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...] On May, 2, the Turkish MFA passed us a copy of the text of the joint statement from the April 29-30 Iraq neighbors' meeting (full text in para. 2). We will provide MFA's readout of the meeting septel. 2. Joint statement follows (original was in English): BEGIN TEXT (note internal paragra [...]	2005-05-02 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER AORC TU IZ IR EG JO SY KU BA SA
05ANKARA2548	IRAQ: TURKISH READOUT ON ISTANBUL NEIGHBORS MEETING [...] (C) Iraq and its neighbors--and numerous guests--held a "friendly and interactive" foreign ministers' meeting in Istanbul April 29-30, according to Turkish MFA officials. Our interlocutors reported relatively little squabbling over the communique text, though they apparently had to beat back a [...]	2005-05-04 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AORC TU IZ IR EG JO SY KU BA SA
05ANKARA2787	TURKEY PREPARES FIRST STEP FOR COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's MFA Water expert said water data received from the Iraqi Water Ministry showed Iraq's willingness to cooperate on the Tigris and Euphrates, and he hoped to issue soon an invitation for an Iraqi delegation to come to Ankara to start talks on cooperation. We recommend [...]	2005-05-17 04:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECIN IZ PREL SENV SY TU
05ANKARA296	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: The Turks, led by PM Erdogan, FonMin Gul, and chief foreign policy advisor Davutoglu, are selling improved relations with Syria as a major foreign policy success. GOT leaders cast Turkey as a channel of communication for the U.S. and Israel with Syria and as a friend that can supp [...]	2005-01-18 08:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ETRD TU IS IZ SY
05ANKARA3165	CONGRESSIONAL TURKEY STUDY GROUP/CODEL WEXLER [...] (C) Summary: The Congressional Turkey Study Group visited Turkey May 31 - June 2, meeting with PM Erdogan, FM Gul, CHOD Ozkok, Economy Minster and chief EU negotiator Babacan, DefMin Gonul, Parliament Speaker Arinc. Media coverage was positive, even from normally anti-U.S. outlets. All expr [...]	2005-06-06 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SY CY IZ PHUM
05ANKARA3177	TURKISH MFA AND MILITARY ON SYRIAN MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (C) Summary: Despite a blase official statement and light media coverage, Turkish MFA official says privately that the MFA considers as "serious" Syria's May 27 missile launch that resulted in one missile going astray over Turkey and scattering debris. MFA is not satisfied with the Syrian e [...]	2005-06-07 12:08:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PINS PBTS SY TU SYRIA
05ANKARA3841	TURKEY DENIES RELEASING ADDITIONAL EUPHRATES [...] (SBU) Summary. According to a Turkish MFA water expert, the GOT is indifferent to an announced increase of Euphrates flow from Syria to Iraq as a means to increase Iraqi electricity production. Euphrates flow from Turkey to Syria has not been increased, although Turkey continues to more th [...]	2005-07-01 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID PREL IZ SY TU
05ANKARA3889	FM GUL EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In Charge's introductory call with FM Gul, both agreed on the importance of frank private bilateral dialogue and conveying to our publics the priority we place on our partnership. Gul acknowledged Iran's presidential election was "not perfect" but blamed reformists' failure to [...]	2005-07-06 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IR SY
05ANKARA3892	CHARGE D'AFFAIRES UNDERSCORES USG PRIORITIES WITH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on Turkey's NSC Secretary-General Yigit Alpogan, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) SIPDIS urged Turkey to get in lockstep with the US on Syria and Iran, noted continuing USG efforts to recognize northern Cyprus' April 2004 vote in support of the Annan Plan and [...]	2005-07-07 05:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ SY IR TU
05ANKARA3954	GEN BASBUG AND CHARGE DISCUSS IRAQ, PKK, BILATERAL [...] (S) Summary: Deputy TGS Chief GEN Ilker Basbug believes that MNF-I has a new order to "track and capture" PKK personnel in Iraq. (We are checking.) He thought this was a positive indication of US intentions towards the terrorist group. The Charge told Basbug she would have an answer soon t [...]	2005-07-07 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ IR SY PKK
05ANKARA4079	ASAD VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Charge delivered reftel points July 13 to MFA U/S Tuygan who, without providing details, defended as "private" the upcoming Asad visit to Turkey and the AKP government,s policy of engaging Asad. We received a similar response from AKP Vice Chairman for Political and Legal Affai [...]	2005-07-14 08:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY TU
05ANKARA4187	IRAQ: TURKS PLEASED WITH KORUTURK'S WASHINGTON [...] (C) On July 13, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff called on MFA Deputy Director General Safak Gokturk to get the Turkish assessment of the July 5-6 Washington visit of the GOT's Special Envoy for Iraq, Amb. Osman Koruturk (Gokturk accompanied Koruturk). Gokturk characterized the meetings as positive [...]	2005-07-19 18:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD IZ TU SY US
05ANKARA4190	TURKEY/LEBANON [...] (S) Summary: In the wake of PM Erdogan's June visit to Lebanon, the first by a Turkish PM in 50 years, Turkish MFA and Lebanese embassy spin relations as excellent. MFA and embassy contacts claim Erdogan pressed democratization and implementation of UNSCR 1559 during the visit, and urged le [...]	2005-07-20 06:08:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL TU LE SY
05ANKARA4230	TURKS ANNOYED WITH IRAQI AND IRANIAN INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Interior Minister, Bayan Jabr, seemed to take his lead from the Iranians at the July 18-19 meeting of Iraq's neighbors' interior ministers. Jabr annoyed the Turks by ignoring their advice to steer clear of the press, especially on the PKK issue; his private assurances to th [...]	2005-07-21 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KCRM TU IZ IR BA EG SY KU SA JO
05ANKARA4260	SYRIAN DFM VISITS ANKARA, FM GUL REPORTEDLY FEELS "USED" [...] (C) Summary: Syrian DFM al-Muallim met with FM Gul in Ankara July 22 to discuss Iraq, the Israel Palestine peace process, and a possible upcoming "unofficial" visit to Turkey by Bashar Asad (reftel). One MFA official told us privately that the discussions were difficult and inconclusive; ano [...]	2005-07-22 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU SY SYRIA
05ANKARA4364	CHARGE DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS, [...] (C) Summary: GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Koruturk told Charge July 25 that Turkey hopes the Sunni Arabs will return soon to constitutional negotiations. He rebutted Kurdish criticism of Turkish outreach efforts, expressed concern that the Kurds may be agitating for Turkish troops to leave nort [...]	2005-07-27 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS TU IZ SY
05ANKARA5166	ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UN: TURKEY HAS INVITATION [...] (C) A/DCM and PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Middle East Director General Oguz Celikkol on September 2. Celikkol, who was already aware of the points based on USUN's demarche to the Turkish Mission to the UN, acknowledged that PM Erdogan had, indeed, received an invitation [...]	2005-09-03 03:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY TU UNGA SYRIA
05ANKARA5499	NSA HADLEY VISIT TO TURKEY: ANCHORING THE [...] (C) Your arrival in Ankara comes at an extraordinarily difficult moment between Turkey and the EU. Your presence and the message of solidarity that you convey will provide much-needed solace to the Turkish government and to the broader population -- both of whom are feeling abused and humilia [...]	2005-09-22 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MNUC TU US IZ SY IR EU
05ANKARA5825	APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH TURKISH PM ERDOGAN: [...] (C) Summary: In a 90-minute meeting with APNSA Hadley on September 23, Turkish PM Erdogan spoke of the challenges in the Middle East and the need for concrete steps to promote democracy. In that context, he stressed his theme of building personal relations with leaders of Turkey's neighbors, [...]	2005-09-30 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MNUC TU US EU IR IZ SY IS KPAL CY
05ANKARA5841	APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH NSC SECRETARY GENERAL [...] SUMMARY: In a one-hour meeting with APSNA Hadley on September 23, National Security Council Secretary General Yigit Alpogan spoke of the importance of opening new channels of dialogue to enhance the U.S.-Turkish relationship. The GOT appreciates U.S. support with the accession process, but w [...]	2005-09-30 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MNUC TU US EU IR IZ SY IS PA
05ANKARA5843	APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN [...] (C) Summary. U/S Tuygan and APNSA Hadley both stressed the importance of U.S.-Turkish strategic partnership and agreed on the need for a bilateral strategic dialogue concerning the full range of cooperation on regional issues. Tuygan, however, also implied that Turkey feels overburdened by EU [...]	2005-09-30 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MNUC TU US EU IR IZ SY IS PA
05ANKARA6370	TURKEY SUPPORTS UNIIIC MISSION, VIEWS IMPACT ON [...] (C) Turkey supports the UNIIIC investigation into the Hariri assassination and is anxiously awaiting publication of the Mehlis report. The GOT will examine the report carefully before commenting but expects it to detail direct links to high Syrian officials. Turkey is apprehensive about the [...]	2005-10-21 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ SY TU SYRIA
05ANKARA64	DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES IRAQ AND SYRIA WITH [...] (C) Summary: At their Jan. 3 meeting, Deputy Secretary Armitage told Turkish General Staff Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok that his most recent visit to Iraq made him more optimistic about the January 30 elections there. He outlined steps that were being taken to reach out to Sunni Arabs, to improve s [...]	2005-01-05 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ SY JO IR
05ANKARA6531	TURKEY/SYRIA -- TURKISH MFA STATEMENT ON UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-01 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER SY TU SYRIA
05ANKARA6706	FM GUL PLANS TO VISIT SYRIA TO URGE COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. MFA Middle East DG Oguz Celikkol called in CDA November 14 to inform her that FM Gul plans to travel to Damascus on Wednesday, November 16, for a focused, three-hour visit with the purpose of encouraging Syrian President Bashar al-Asad to cooperate with the UN [...]	2005-11-15 09:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY TU SYRIA
05ANKARA6771	READ-OUT OF FM GUL'S VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See para 4. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (C) MFA Middle East DG Oguz Celikkol provided CDA a readout of FM Gul's brief November 16 visit to Damascus (reftel). Celikkol reported Gul made most of the points in t [...]	2005-11-17 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY TU SYRIA
05ANKARA6827	CHARGE TELLS TURKS NO MORE TALK ON SYRIA [...] (C) Charge re-engaged with Turkish MFA Middle East Director General Oguz Celikkol on November 18 and told him the USG is definitely not/not interested in a trilateral dialogue with Turkey and Syria, as the Turks had conveyed upon FM Gul's return from Damascus (refs b and c). The time for tal [...]	2005-11-18 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY TU SYRIA
05ANKARA6883	TURKS CONCERNED WITH LACK OF AGREED VENUE FOR [...] (C) Turkish MFA DG for Middle East Oguz Celikkol informed Charge November 22 that Detlev Mehlis had not accepted UNDOF as a proposed site for interrogations. Celikkol had learned this from Syrian D/FM Muallem at the opening session of the OIC Cairo conference on Iraq. Mehlis, Muallem told Ce [...]	2005-11-22 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU SY UN
05ANKARA7073	Turkish-Syrian Economic Relations Grow [...] (SBU) Summary. Starting at very low levels, there has been substantial growth of Turkish business with Syria although bilateral trade and investment remain trifling as a share of Turkey's overall trade and economy. Most of the benefits of the growth of the economic relationship have accrue [...]	2005-12-02 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL SY TU SYRIA
05ANKARA7136	MEHLIS REPORT FINANCING DEMARCHE: TURKEY [...] (C) Turkey is a likely refuge for Syrians implicated in the Mehlis report to try to hide their assets. Econcouns met separately with MFA DDG for Security Huseyin Bicakli and, Genc Osman Yarasli, President of MASAK, Turkey's FIU, to deliver reftel demarche. In both meetings, EconCouns discusse [...]	2005-12-05 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KTFN EFIN SY TU
05ANKARA7376	TURKEY/SYRIA/LEBANON: TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY ON [...] (C) MFA Syria Department Head Sedat Onal told us December 15 that he had not yet seen any draft UNSC resolution based on the UNIIIC's latest report, but surmised that Turkey will support a resolution that enjoins Syria to improve its cooperation with the Mehlis Commission. He acknowledged tha [...]	2005-12-15 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY TU SYRIA
05ANKARA7423	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH TURKISH FM [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-19 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL ETRD ECON PTER TU US IZ IR SY EU CY
05ANKARA916	TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY ON HARIRI MURDER AND SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Responding to our approach (ref A) by averring that evidence of Syrian involvement in the Hariri murder is currently unclear, Turkish MFA interlocutors show no inclination to deviate from the line of warming Turkish-Syrian relationship and seem to ignore the larger point that Syr [...]	2005-02-17 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV SY LE TU
05BAGHDAD2452	MFA ZEBARI DISCUSSES SYRIA, IRAQ CONFERENCE, AND [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARAGRAPH 10. -------------------------------- SYRIAN DEMARCHE POINTS DELIVERED -------------------------------- 2. (C) On June 8, DCM conveyed REFTEL A demarche points regarding Syrian participation at EU - U.S. Brussels Conference to Minister of Foreign [...]	2005-06-09 16:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PINS SY LE EU IZ UN
05BAGHDAD2453	IRAQ: MINISTER OF FINANCE ON POLITICAL DYNAMICS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Describing his take on current maneuvering within the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG),Finance Minister Allawi told the DCM June 8 he does not think Prime Minister Ja'afari has done a good job in articulating a clear political position and is having difficulty managing the gov [...]	2005-06-09 16:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL IZ SY LE
05BAGHDAD2587	KURDS WANT MAXIMUM DECENTRALIZATION WITHOUT [...] (U) This is a REO Kirkuk cable. 2. (C) . (C) SUMMARY. Key Kurdish leaders told DCM and MNF-I Political Military and Economic Affairs Chief on June 13-15 that they cannot accept "provincial" or "administrative" federalism and will focus instead on pursuing "historic geographic" federali [...]	2005-06-17 15:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ SY TU IR KDP
05BAGHDAD2954	ACTION REQUEST--CONTINUED DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND [...] (C/REL TO UK AND AUS) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (C/ REL TO UK AND AUS) Action Request: Post asks that the Department of State request the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (Customs and Border Protection) to continue its support of the Border Support Team missi [...]	2005-04-13 19:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PTER PINS PREL PGOV IZ IR JO KU SY SA TU
05BAGHDAD2959	IRAQI MINISTER OF DEFENSE AGREES TO UNDERTAKE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In order to support upcoming military operations in western Iraq, Minister of Defense Dulaymi agreed to help obtain consent and cooperation from local tribes in the region, especially ar-Ramadi. He will prepare a meeting in ar-Ramadi, with MNF-I Commander George Casey accompanyi [...]	2005-07-16 08:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER PBTS PGOV PINS MOPS MARR IZ SY IR
05BAGHDAD2991	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (S/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Jafari reiterated to the Deputy Secretary that security conditions on the ground, and not terrorist demands, should determine the manner of withdrawal of Coalition forces. The Deputy Secretary agreed and noted approvingly the Prime Minister's naming of an Iraqi [...]	2005-07-19 11:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EFIN MOPS KISL SY JO IZ IR
05BAGHDAD3018	CHARGE'S TOUR D' HORIZON WITH PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (SBU) Summary: In a tour d'horizon with Charge on July 19, President Jalal Talabani pledged to continue lobbying for Masoud Barzani's direct participation in securing a draft constitution by August 15, and urged Charge to travel to Salaheddin to try to persuade Barzani to come to Baghdad. Tala [...]	2005-07-20 17:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER IZ SY KEDEM
05BAGHDAD3068	TALABANI PONDERS HOW TO REACH OUT TO SUNNI ARABS, [...] (C) Summary: President Talabani told Ambassador Khalilzad that the Sunni Arabs have to be brought back into the constitution-drafting process, and agreed with the Ambassador's point that the Iraqi Government should provide security for their negotiators to facilitate that return. Talabani no [...]	2005-07-24 14:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ TU SY
05BAGHDAD3099	PRESIDENT TALABANI SEEKS CALL ON PRESIDENT BUSH IN [...] (U) This is an action cable, see paragraph 6. 2. (C/NF) President Talabani told me on July 26 that he plans to leave Baghdad on September 10 to attend the Socialist Democratic Summit in New York. He said he must arrive in New York no later than September 13 for this meeting with various Eu [...]	2005-07-26 18:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER IZ SY EG
05BAGHDAD3101	PRESIDENT TALABANI SEEKS CALL ON PRESIDENT BUSH IN [...] (U) This is an action cable, see paragraph 6. 2. (C/NF) President Talabani told me on July 26 that he plans to leave Baghdad on September 10 to attend the Socialist Democratic Summit in New York. He said he must arrive in New York no later than September 13 for this meeting with various Eu [...]	2005-07-27 02:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER IZ SY EG
05BAGHDAD3678	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS OF SYRIA'S [...] (C) In the course of a broader September 5 discussion with poloffs (reftel),Deputy FM Albayati decried the Syrian Government's attitude toward Iraq. Albayati said that during a recent visit, a Syrian delegation refused to accept responsibility for poor control of its border with Iraq, seeki [...]	2005-09-07 21:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY IZ
05BAGHDAD4107	UPDATE ON SYRIAN RETURN OF IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) Emboff met Dr. Saladin H. Al-Hadithi, Director General, Iraqi Fund for External Development (DFI),Ministry of Finance, October 4 for his take on his recent trip to Damascus to discuss the current status of Iraqi funds in Syrian banks (reftel; Saladin headed the GOI team). The main purpose [...]	2005-10-04 17:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL SY IZ
05BAGHDAD4232	19 IRAQI PALESTINIANS IN NO MAN'S LAND AT AL [...] (C) Summary. Christian Peacemakers Team (CPT) told RefCoord and PolOff that the 19 Palestinians in the No Man's Land between the Iraqi and Syrian land borders fled because of an upsurge in abuse of Palestinians by the ITG and the general public. CPT was unable to provide specific details on [...]	2005-10-15 05:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KPAL PHUM PINS IZ JO SY KCRS
05BAGHDAD4511	TALABANI VIEWS ON SITUATION IN SYRIA [...] (C) On October 31 (other topics septels),President Jalal Talabani commented to Charge that the SARG had been sending emissaries to make its case to foreign governments since the issuance of the Mehlis report. (Note: Indeed, on several occasions prior to the report, Talabani has noted to us " [...]	2005-11-03 15:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE IZ
05BAGHDAD7	FOREIGN MINISTER ZIBARI SAYS IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Interim Government Foreign Minster Zibari told Deputy Secretary Armitage on December 31 that Iraq's Arab neighbors need to worry less about what the Shi'a will do in Iraq after elections and think about how to help convince Iraq's Sunni Arabs to stop tearing the country apar [...]	2005-01-02 17:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL PNAT IZ SY TU
05BEIRUT1322	MGLE01: SYRIAN INTELLIGENCE MAY HAVE WORKED WITH [...] (S) Introduction and summary. Tyre businessman Qassim Daoud (strictly protect) provided econoff on April 19 with further details on Hizballah's "Mirsad-1" Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight into Israeli airspace on April 11 (reftel). Daoud has well-placed contacts in the southern Shia co [...]	2005-04-25 15:26:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	LE MOPS PTER SY
05BEIRUT2153	THE NEW AND IMPROVED NABIH BERRI SAYS THE RIGHT [...] (C) Newly re-elected Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, opening a 6/30 meeting with the Ambassador, growled about alleged USG attempts to "veto" his candidacy. But after this initial scratchy start, Berri turned uncharacteristically friendly and polemics-free, saying he wanted to set aside pol [...]	2005-06-30 14:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PTER LE SY
05BEIRUT2293	MGLE01: DAS DIBBLE MEETING WITH WALID JUMBLATT -- [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, defending (somewhat sheepishly) his public support for Hizballah, claimed to NEA DAS Dibble that doing so was the only obvious way to "cool down" Hizballah and "bring them inside." While this may involve paying lip service to Hizballah's loopy claim to the "S [...]	2005-07-13 07:57:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
05BEIRUT2355	MGLE01: MARONITE PATRIARCH ON CABINET FORMATION: [...] (C) The Maronite Patriarch suggested that, while he was trying to help Prime Minister-designate Siniora's efforts to form a Cabinet, he was at a loss as to what one of the principal obstacles, Michel Aoun, really wanted. Aoun's supporters might take to the streets if Aoun is left out of the [...]	2005-07-18 16:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PTER LE SY
05BEIRUT2425	MGLE01--AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with the Ambassador, Fawzi Salloukh on 7/25 highlighted his long friendship with the United States, promised an open dialogue between the two countries, and tried to put a good face on future Lebanon-Syrian relations. Salloukh, a Shia from southern Lebanon, [...]	2005-07-25 16:04:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
05BEIRUT3084	MGLE01: SPEAKER NABIH BERRI CALMS DOWN, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Coming only a day after his public outburst against PM Fuad Siniora and the Core Group meetings, the Nabih Berri who met the Ambassador and Poloff on 9/22 was notably calm and full of sweet reason. He insisted his only concern in voicing his displeasure was the well-being of L [...]	2005-09-23 15:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL SY
05BEIRUT3122	MGLE01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: On September 27, Minister of Foreign Affairs Fawzi Salloukh met with Ambassador and Poloff to discuss the recent Lebanese meetings in the U.S. The Minister was in good spirits. He expressed his overall satisfaction with the reception he received in the U.S., including a side v [...]	2005-09-27 15:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY UNGA
05BEIRUT3155	MGLE1 MURR POINTS FINGER AT SYRIA AND REVEALS [...] (C) Summary: At least until the 7/12 assassination attempt against him, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Elias Murr was always seen locally as an insider's insider during the Syrian occupation. His credentials seemed perfect: son-in-law of President Lahoud, son of a prominent [...]	2005-09-28 15:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
05BEIRUT3291	MGLE01: JUMBLATT'S STRAIGHT TALK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on the afternoon of October 6, Druse leader Walid Jumblatt flatly stated his belief that the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, and the series of bombings committed since then, were the work of the Syrian regime, specifically Bashar Assad. His colle [...]	2005-10-06 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE KPAL PGOV PREL PTER SY
05BEIRUT3341	MGLE01: A/S WELCH MEETING WITH LEBANESE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: On October 12, NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by Ambassador and PolChief (notetaker),met with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh at the Office of the Foreign Minister in Beirut. With respect to the UN Mehlis investigation into the murder of Rafiq Hariri, Salloukh said the G [...]	2005-10-13 08:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAL SY LE IS
05BEIRUT3498	MGLE01: FM SALLOUKH DISCUSSES MEHLIS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh was enthusiastic in his support of the Mehlis report findings, but was reluctant to send a Lebanese representative to next Monday's planned UNSC meeting of foreign ministers. He considers this meeting strictly an affair between Syria and the Sec [...]	2005-10-26 16:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
05BEIRUT3658	MGLE01: FURY IN BEIRUT AT BASHAR AL-ASAD'S [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The full range of Lebanon's political spectrum has reacted angrily to Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's November 10 speech at Damascus University. Our contacts find the speech confrontational, threatening, and insulting. Most take special note of Asad's descr [...]	2005-11-10 17:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
05BEIRUT3670	MGLE01: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR SAYS ARMY UNABLE TO [...] (S) In a November 8 meeting with NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble, the Ambassador, the defense attache, and econoff, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that he is trying to transform the Lebanese military after 15 years of Syrian direction. He wanted to change the "Syrian me [...]	2005-11-14 08:51:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KPAL MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PTER SY LE
05BEIRUT3818	MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI HALF-HEARTEDLY DEFENDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Speaker Nabih Berri tried to explain Hizballah's November 21 attack on an Israeli position in the Blue Line village of Ghajjar as merely a response to Israeli military activity earlier in the month. Yet Berri indicated he understood that Hizballah's aggression in Ghajjar, and i [...]	2005-11-29 08:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
05BEIRUT523	NABIH BERRI AUDITIONS FOR ROLE AS RECONCILIATOR [...] (C) Add Lebanese Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri to the list of prominent Lebanese who seem genuinely shocked by Rafiq Hariri's murder a week ago. In a 2/21 meeting with the Ambassador that was free of his usual polemics and bombast, Berri vowed to play a moderating role on two fronts. Fi [...]	2005-02-21 13:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
05BEIRUT541	OPPOSITION A ROLL: FORCE CABINET TO QUIT, GET [...] (C) Chattering away at a 2/21 dinner hosted by Boutros Harb, leading members of the Christian opposition and Walid Jumblatt's bloc were visibly buoyed by what they saw as three victories earlier that day: the largest anti-Syrian demonstration in Lebanon's history, Parliament Speaker Nabih B [...]	2005-02-22 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV LE SY
05BEIRUT767	MGLE01: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER BERRI SEES SYRIANS [...] (C) Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies and leader of the Shia Amal Movement, assured the Ambassador that Syrian forces would redeploy to the Biqa' Valley in short order and complete their withdrawal to Syria within months. Looking on the bright side, Berri claimed that Syria's de [...]	2005-03-09 16:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PTER SY LE
05BRASILIA944	LEBANON: SUPPORT FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] (C) Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche points to Foreign Ministry UN Division Chief Glivania de Oliveira late on 5 April. Pol Counselor emphasized that the authorities outlined in OP3 of the French draft resolution are seen by the USG and others as necessary for an effective investigat [...]	2005-04-06 16:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY UNSC
05BRATISLAVA464	S29F-04: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SLOVAKIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-15 14:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC SY AE LO CBW
05BRUSSELS2455	ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH AND FRENCH DIRECTOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a June 21 meeting in Brussels, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and French MFA Middle East/North Africa Director Jean-Francois Thibault welcomed the excellent U.S.-France cooperation on Lebanon and agreed that close coordination would remain critical as the new governmen [...]	2005-06-27 14:20:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PREL PTER SY XF LE FR USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2735	GAERC: EU FMs ASK SYRIA TO PROMOTE REGIONAL [...] EU FM's in the July 18 GAERC urged Israel to exercise maximum self-restraint and the Palestinian Authority to take immediate and effective action against those involved in terrorist attacks. They called on Syria to take action to promote regional stability, including by supporting the legiti [...]	2005-07-19 14:07:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SY LE IS IR IZ UZ ZI ID SU CH ZK EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS3276	EU WILL NOT MEET SYRIA AT THE UNGA; WANTS TO KNOW [...] (S) SUMMARY. Syria has not yet approached the EU for possible meetings during the UNGA, but officials assure us they will send a unified position against high level meetings. END SUMMARY. Â [...]	2005-09-07 15:33:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER SY USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS691	EU RESPONSE ON ASSASSINATION OF FORMER LEBANESE PM [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-17 10:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV SY LE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05CAIRO2552	MESSAGE ON KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON SYRIA: [...] (C) The Charge spoke separately on April 2 with Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad and MFA Chief of Staff Sameh Shukry to request the Government of Egypt to reinforce with the Syrian leadership the importance of timely parliamentary elections in Lebanon and of Syria's providing a timetable f [...]	2005-04-03 14:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS EG SY LE
05CAIRO3175	GOE TRACKING SYRIAN MOVES IN LEBANON; NOTES OUR [...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche to Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad April 28. Before hearing the demarche, Awad noted that the just-concluded visit of Russian President Putin had been very successful. Turning to Lebanon, the Charge drew from reftel talking points to stress the i [...]	2005-04-28 15:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO EG LE SY
05CAIRO3839	EGYPT BELIEVES IT CAN MANAGE SYRIAN INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: During a May 19 meeting with MFA Chief of Cabinet Sameh Shukry, the Charge delivered reftel demarche on USG objections to Syria's inclusion in the Iraq Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting planned for June 1-2 in Cairo. Shukry replied that excluding Syria would be diplomatical [...]	2005-05-19 15:16:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC EG IZ SY EUN NATO
05CAIRO4441	SYRIAN "HIT LIST" NOT NEWS IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) Summary: Egyptian media have largely ignored recent press reports citing U.S. comments about a possible Syrian 'hit list' of targeted Lebanese public figures opposed to continued Syrian influence in Lebanon. To the extent the issue has been covered locally, two pro- government newspap [...]	2005-06-13 15:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO EG SY
05CAIRO4535	EGYPT: ARCENT COMMANDER HEARS BRIGHT STAR [...] (C) Summary: During June 15 meetings with Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials in Cairo, ARCENT Commander LTG Whitcomb was told that BRIGHT STAR planning was progressing well and that MoD saw no outstanding problems (such as invitations to the three observer countries which were of concern t [...]	2005-06-15 16:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS SU SY CH IZ AF EG
05CAIRO5544	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13, 2005 MEETING [...] (U) July 13, 2005; 12:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson ORA Chief Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Egyptian General Intelligenc [...]	2005-07-20 12:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP KPAL SY LE IS IZ EG
05CAIRO5746	EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE PRIVATELY PRESSING SYRIA TO [...] (C) The Charge raised the issues of Syria's blockade of Lebanon's border and prevention of terrorist transit to Iraq (refs A and B) July 26 with Presidential Spokesman and Senior Advisor Soliman Awad. Awad said that the GOE took the respective issues seriously and said that President Mubarak [...]	2005-07-26 17:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EG SY LE
05CAIRO5925	ARAB SUMMIT: EGYPT CLEAR ON USG DESIRE FOR CLEAR [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chef du Cabinet Sameh Shukry (the MFA's number two) told the Charge July 31 that Egypt understood the U.S. call for a simple and clear definition of terrorism and would factor this view into preparations for the planned August 3 extraordinary Arab Summit expect [...]	2005-08-02 05:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL PTER ASEC EG IS IR SY
05CAIRO6435	PRESSURING SYRIA TO NORMALIZE THE SYRIAN-LEBANESE [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-22 11:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ETRD ECON EG SY LE
05CAIRO6913	ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EGYPT [...] (S) During their September 4 introductory meeting, the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit touched on Syria. The Ambassador sought Egyptian support to press Damascus and Lebanon to follow through with UNSCR 1559 implementation, removing all Syrian operatives from Lebanon, ending Syria [...]	2005-09-06 17:36:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON PTER EG SY LE UNSC UNGA
05CAIRO7510	SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASAD'S SEPTEMBER 26 VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (S) Senior Egyptian contacts have shared read-outs with Post on the September 26 visit to Cairo by Syrian President Asad. President Mubarak reportedly pressed Asad hard to cooperate with the UN investigation into the killing of Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri and to stop interfering negativel [...]	2005-09-28 14:51:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG SY IS IZ MEPN
05CAIRO7725	VISIT OF AMBASSADOR JEFFREY: EGYPTIAN REACTION TO ARAB OUTREACH STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 08:59:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	EAID ECON EG IZ MOPS OVIP PGOV PREL PTER SY
05CAIRO7946	PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION COVERAGE REVS UP: EGYPTIAN [...] Summary: The Egyptian media intensified parliamentary election coverage with several announcements about the NDP and opposition parties' candidate lists, along with the announcement, on October 15, that President Mubarak would be personally leading the NDP's parliamentary campaign. An unsig [...]	2005-10-17 07:52:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ SY EG
05CAIRO8136	SYRIA/LEBANON: EGYPT "STILL STUDYING" MEHLIS [...] (SBU) Senior Egyptian Presidency and MFA officials have so far offered minimal reaction to the Report of the International Independent Investigation Commission Established Pursuant to UNSCR 1595, otherwise known as the "Mehlis Report." Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad told the DCM during [...]	2005-10-23 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE MEPN UNSC
05CAIRO8137	SADDAM IN A CAGE; SECTARIAN STRIFE IN ALEXANDRIA: [...] Summary: While the Egyptian media covered the opening of Saddam Husseins trial extensively, there was little commentary. One opposition commentator decried the trial as "illegitimate, partial, and subordinate to the American occupiers." Violence between Muslims and Christians in Alexandria [...]	2005-10-23 14:33:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ SY EG
05CAIRO8244	ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA ON IRAQ VISIT AND SECURITY [...] (C) During an October 26 meeting with the Ambassador, the Arab League's Moussa briefed on his recent trip to Iraq and described planning for a preparatory meeting in Cairo in mid-to-late November. Moussa intends to invite (plus or minus) 50 Iraqis from all politically significant groups to th [...]	2005-10-27 07:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ SY LE
05CAIRO8269	EGYPT STILL STUDYING PROPOSED UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) In advance of the Ambassador's meeting with FM Aboul Gheit (scheduled for October 27 but postponed by the FM until October 29) ECPO MinCouns delivered Ref A demarche to the MFA's Assistant Minister for American Affairs Aly Houssam Al Hefny on October 27. Drawing on Refs A and B, MinCouns [...]	2005-10-27 13:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IO LE SY EG
05CAIRO8275	AMBASSADOR'S 10/29 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C)Summary: Ambassador met with FM Aboul Gheit on October 29. Sticking close to the brief he gave the Secretary on October 28, the FM reported on President Mubarak,s trip to Syria. He repeated that the Asad regime had indicated a readiness to change its behavior, including on Iraq, but wo [...]	2005-10-30 04:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EG PREL SY

05CAIRO8288	STRIFE IN ALEXANDRIA BLAME GAME; PARLIAMENT [...] Summary: Commentary on sectarian violence in Alexandria on October 21 continued, with many commentators condemning the violence and a few blaming religious leaders for failing to control their followers. The editor-in- chief of Egypt's leading newspaper, Al-Ahram, was critical of the Muslim [...]	2005-10-30 12:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC SY EG
05CAIRO8434	MUBARAK AND ARAB LEAGUE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON SYRIA [...] (U) Neither the GOE nor the Arab League have have issued formal statements regarding UNSCR 1636. However, in a wide-ranging interview November 4 with Al Ahram newspaper, President Mubarak stressed the importance of maintaining Syrian stability. He also noted that he had discussed with Syria [...]	2005-11-06 08:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER SY EG IO UNSC
05CAIRO8462	CAMPAIGN PROMISES AND SYRIA: EGYPTIAN MEDIA [...] Summary: With Egypt's parliamentary elections scheduled for November 9, the pro-government media reported on several government initiatives such as a 20 percent bonus for government employees and a program to provide low-cost housing. Al-Ahram's editor-in-chief criticized the Muslim Brothe [...]	2005-11-06 15:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC SY EG
05CAIRO8617	ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL MOUSSA COMMENTS ON [...] (C) During a November 15 meeting, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa told the Ambassador of his latest discussions with Syrian President Asad. Moussa said that when he saw Asad before his recent speech, Asad pledged: full cooperation with Mehlis; that he would tell any high official [...]	2005-11-15 18:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY LE EG UNSC
05CAIRO9134	MUBARAK REBUFFS DECEMBER 6 AL SHARA'A PLEAS [...] (C) President Mubarak met with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al Shara'a in Cairo on December 6. Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad gave the DCM a readout of the meeting on December 7. Awad said that Al Shara'a asked Mubarak to mediate for Syria with Chirac and the President and to recruit [...]	2005-12-07 17:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY LE EG
05CAIRO9249	ASD RODMAN DISCUSSES FMF, REGIONAL AFFAIRS, AND [...] (C) Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi and Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman discussed the vulnerability of Egypt's Foreign Military Financing (FMF),regional affairs, and internal politics during their December 1 meeting, held while Mr. Rodman was in Cairo for the annual Military [...]	2005-12-13 10:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAL EAID IS IZ SY EG
05CAIRO9252	DEFENSE CHIEF OF STAFF OFFERS REGIONAL OVERVIEW [...] (C) Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces LTG Samy Enan and Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman discussed MoD's image in Washington D.C., regional affairs, foreign military financing, direct commercial contracts, and political release of new systems during their November 30 meeting during the [...]	2005-12-13 12:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS KPAL PTER IS SY EG IG
05CAIRO9254	EGYPTIAN AND ARAB LEAGUE REACTION TO MURDER OF [...] (C) Post conveyed reftel demarche December 13 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Arab League, calling for prompt condemnations of the December 12 murder of Lebanese politician Gibran Tueni and strong support to the Government of Lebanon. MFA Cabinet staff member Amr Sherbiny welcomed [...]	2005-12-13 12:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE
05CAIRO9263	SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt, which comes at a critical time not only in our relations, but also in Egyptian history: the slow sunset of a quarter century of benevolent but authoritarian rule. At 77, beginning his fifth Presidential term, Hosni Mubarak is the indispe [...]	2005-12-13 15:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KPAL PHUM EAID KDEM IS IZ SY EG
05CAIRO9313	SYRIA/LEBANON: EGYPT CONSIDERING IMPLICATIONS OF [...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche to Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad December 15, sharing the draft UN Security Council resolution on the Hariri murder investigation and calling for a strong Egyptian role in supporting Lebanon's request for an expanded/extended mandate for the UN I [...]	2005-12-15 15:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EG LE SY UNSC
05CAIRO9468	SYRIA/LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (S) During a December 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Arab League Secretary General Moussa discussed recent Arab League and GOE interactions with Syrian and Lebanese leaders. Clearly working hand-in-hand with the GOE, Moussa said that AL and GOE aim to calm tensions between Damascus and Beiru [...]	2005-12-22 15:43:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG LE SY UNSC
05CAIRO9582	EGYPTIANS CONCERNED BY ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-29 16:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EG LE SY
05DAMASCUS2165	ASAD FIRES PRO-REFORM ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: On April 14, President Bashar al-Asad sacked his French-educated and reform-promoting advisor Dr. Nibras al-Fadil. Asad himself reportedly convinced Fadil to return to Syria in 2003, after more than twenty years abroad, to assist in moving the country forward. However, rumors o [...]	2005-04-29 13:17:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SY
05DAMASCUS5122	SARG DENIES HAVING THREATENED MURR [...] (U) The official Syrian Press Agency (SANA) September 28 published a denial of statements attributed to Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr in which he said that Syrian intelligence officials in Lebanon threatened him months before he was severely injured in a car-bombing assassination attem [...]	2005-09-28 13:37:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO SY
05DAMASCUS5778	SARG KEEPS QUIET ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON LEBANON [...] (C) Summary. Economic relations between Syria and Lebanon remain problematic. In addition to security concerns, the SARG,s disincentives for travel to Lebanon remain effective in dissuading the average Syrian from visiting or shopping across the border. Lebanese workers in Damascus report [...]	2005-11-01 13:17:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL SY
05DAMASCUS5780	INITIAL SYRIAN REACTION TO UNSCR 1636: SARG [...] (C) Syrian contacts reacting in the immediate wake of passage of UNSCR 1636 predicted that the SARG, despite mounting pressure, would provide only limited cooperation with the UNIIIC investigation, while trying to prolong any negotiations on the modalities of the cooperation. In addition, th [...]	2005-11-01 16:58:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
05DAMASCUS5788	SUBJECT: SYRIA,S ACHILLES, HEEL : ITS OIL SECTOR [...] (C) Summary. The SARG hopes to attract new investment in its oil sector by hosting an international bidders, seminar next week. According to conventional wisdom, the Syrian economy is expected to face a potential crisis in three to five years when the country crosses over from being a net e [...]	2005-11-02 14:24:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETTC SY
05DAMASCUS5789	OPPOSITION LEADER CALLS FOR BASHAR'S RESIGNATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Long-time SARG critic Riad al-Turk publicly called for President Bashar al-Asad to step down earlier this week, a statement which has since been circulated among Damascus civil society as a petition for signature. Press reports and contacts indicate that other prominent activists [...]	2005-11-02 14:42:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
05DAMASCUS5790	DISMISSAL OF SYRIAN JUDGES POORLY PLANNED, BADLY [...] (C) In the wake of the October dismissal of 81 judges on corruption charges (reftel),Poloff spoke to Ghimar Deeb, a Syrian lawyer who works as a legal consultant for UNDP in Damascus. Deeb said there were two ways to view the dismissals. From the average Syrian's perspective, the dismissal [...]	2005-11-02 15:03:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SY
05DAMASCUS5791	Damascus Media Reaction: UNSC Resolution on Syria, [...] Summary: Syrian newspapers published the text of UN Security Council Resolution 1636 demanding full Syrian cooperation with the UN probe into the murder of former Lebanese PM Al-Hariri. They highlighted the fact that the resolution dropped the threat of sanctions and called on Syria to coopera [...]	2005-11-02 15:32:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS5812	Damascus Media Reaction: UNSC Resolution on Syria, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that the Syrian judicial committee announced its headquarters and communication numbers to receive any information regarding the assassination of former Lebanese PM Al-Hariri, and that it held its first meeting, expressing hope that any person who has informatio [...]	2005-11-06 14:48:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS5829	Damascus Media Reaction: UNSC Resolution 1636, [...] Summary: Syrian papers led with reports on Arab and international contacts to discuss UNSC Resolution 1636, citing the planned visits to Syria by Arab League SecGen Amr Mousa, and by UN SecGen Annan and Saudi Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdel Aziz to Cairo. As for Iraq, papers reported the US " [...]	2005-11-07 12:41:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS5832	BASHAR PARDONS 190 POLITICAL PRISONERS TO SHORE UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: A November 3 presidential decree granted amnesty to 190 Syrian political prisoners as part of reforms aimed at shoring up "national unity." The majority of freed prisoners were associated with Islamist groups; conspicuously absent from the parolees were the six remaining "Damascu [...]	2005-11-07 15:10:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
05DAMASCUS5833	SMALL BAND OF SECULAR AND MINORITY GROUPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The impact of the Damascus Declaration continues to reverberate through civil society and opposition circles in Syria. A small group of secular and minority elements (with a heavy Kurdish presence) has formed the "Dialogue Group" to develop a more secular, pro-minorities alterna [...]	2005-11-07 15:19:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
05DAMASCUS5865	Damascus Media Reaction: UNSC Resolution 1636, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today featured a press statement by Judge Ghada Murad, head of the Syrian committee established to investigate the Al-Hariri assassination, announcing commencement of review of the transcripts of testimony of Syrian witnesses and confirming cooperation with the internati [...]	2005-11-08 13:09:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS5866	MALEH SLANDER TRIAL DELAYED BY TECHNICALITIES [...] (C) Prominent human rights activist and lawyer Haitham al-Maleh,s trial continued at the Syrian Military Court on November 7. Maleh told Poloff that the case stems from a letter he sent to President Bashar al-Asad in July 2005 in reference to a criminal case that was conducted in the Field [...]	2005-11-08 14:42:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
05DAMASCUS5887	ASAD DELIVERS HARD-LINE SPEECH, PREPARING SYRIANS [...] (C) Summary: Syrian President Bashar al-Asad gave a strident speech at Damascus University today (November 10). While Asad did not completely close the door on further cooperation with UNIIIC head Detlev Mehlis, he indicated that Syria had little faith in the fairness of the process and note [...]	2005-11-10 13:19:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
05DAMASCUS5908	Damascus Media Reaction: Asad's Speech, Al-Hariri [...] Summary: Syrian papers over the weekend focused on President Asad's speech. Government-owned Tishreen and Al- Ba'th, which are usually not published on Fridays, appeared on Friday 11 November, along with the third official government-owned paper, Al-Thawra, to report on President Bashar Al-Asa [...]	2005-11-13 14:47:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS5909	DEPUTY PM DARDARI: REFORMER OR APOLOGIST? [...] (C) Summary. After a two-week absence, Deputy PM Dardari spoke out last week to reassure the Syrian public that their government has a plan to deal with any possible sanctions the international community may impose on the country. His recent pronouncements (ref A, B) seem to fit more with a [...]	2005-11-13 15:09:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SY
05DAMASCUS5932	Embassy Damascus 2006 HOLIDAY list [...] The Embassy will observe the following holidays during calendar year 2006: January 1, Sunday New Year's Day January 11-12, Wed-Thurs Al-Adha Holiday January 15, Sunday Birthday of Martin Luther King,Jr. Jan [...]	2005-11-14 10:58:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ACOA KRIM SY
05DAMASCUS5933	LABWANI ARRAIGNED ON FIVE CHARGES AND REMAINS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent opposition figure Kamal Labwani was arraigned on November 12 at the Palace of Justice. During a two-and-a-half-hour session in criminal court, Labwani was charged with two counts of slandering the country in the media, one count of degrading national pride in a time o [...]	2005-11-14 12:59:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY HRCS
05DAMASCUS5934	ASAD SPEECH CONTINUES TO REVERBERATE IN DAMASCUS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Damascus continues to buzz with a range of often conflicting reactions to Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's November 10 speech and with worry over its implications for the future. Most contacts expressed concern that the speech had been too confrontational, but noted [...]	2005-11-14 13:26:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
05DAMASCUS5936	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Libya, Syria/Iran, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit of a Libyan delegation carrying a message of solidarity with Syria from Colonel Qaddafi. Papers also reported the visit to Damascus by the Iranian FM, who will supposedly be mediating between Syria and Lebanon to ease the recent tension caused b [...]	2005-11-14 14:10:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS5937	POST,S ASSESSMENT OF CASH COURIER ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) This cable is post,s informal, in-house assessment of the cash courier environment in Syria as per ref A tasking. 2. (C) The SARG has restrictions for bringing money into or out of the country but the requirement to declare is neither well publicized nor visible when traveling through [...]	2005-11-01 18:53:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN SY
05DAMASCUS5961	Damascus Media Reaction: Mehlis Report, Syria/Iran, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's messages to Arab and world leaders, the Security Council member states, the current chairman of the Arab Summit, the current chairman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and Nonaligned Nations, the UN SecGen, and the Arab League [...]	2005-11-15 13:09:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS5971	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/China, Syria/US, [...] Summary: All Syrian papers reported the visit to Bejing of a Syrian MFA delegation and cited a statement by a Chinese Deputy FM rejecting politicization of the International Investigation Commission report and rejecting any economic sanctions on Syria. Government-owned Al-Thawra reported an [...]	2005-11-16 15:12:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS5973	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING (EAC) NOVEMBER 16, 2005 [...] (S/NF) The EAC convened on November 16, 2005 at 1430 hours to discuss the security situation in Syria after receiving several intelligence reports indicating specific/general threat information. 2. (S/NF) The EAC discussed three different pieces of intelligence: First, a report that [...]	2005-11-16 15:52:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC SY IS CASC
05DAMASCUS6010	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Russia, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the visits to Damascus by Russian FM Ivanov and Turkish FM Gul, who are reportedly mediating with Syria to cooperate with the International Investigation Commission. Headlines featured Gul's statement, "Our goal is to protect stability in the region and to [...]	2005-11-17 13:55:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6014	USG STATEMENTS ON POLITICAL PRISONERS OVERSHADOWED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Civil-society activists, especially those focusing on human rights, have expressed satisfaction with recent USG statements calling for the release of Kamal Labwani and other political prisoners. While glad that the U.S. now includes human rights on its Syria agenda, many contact [...]	2005-11-17 15:35:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
05DAMASCUS6015	SARG ATTRACTS NEW INVESTMENT IN ITS OIL AND GAS [...] (C) Summary. Last week, the SARG opened for bidding, nine new blocks for oil and gas exploration. Though interest has been high, most industry contacts discount the majority of potential bidders as speculators attracted by the current high selling price of oil. Multinational companies alrea [...]	2005-11-17 15:45:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET SY
05DAMASCUS6040	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Saudi Arabia, [...] Summary: Syrian papers over the weekend reported visits to Damascus by Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, Secretary General of the Saudi Security Council, carrying a letter from King Abdullah to President Asad, and Renato Rabillo, Leader of the Brazilian Communist Party. Papers on 11/19 quoted a dipl [...]	2005-11-20 14:10:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6066	ANTI-AMERICANISM IN SYRIA: ON THE RISE BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: Since the mid-October release of the Mehlis report, the SARG has developed a response strategy that has included fanning existing anti-American sentiment in Syria, already evident because of popular perceptions about the war in Iraq and the global war on terror. Some elements o [...]	2005-11-21 11:13:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
05DAMASCUS6068	ASAD SHOPPING AROUND FOR LEGAL COUNSEL? [...] (C) Summary: Samir al-Taki, a long-standing Embassy contact, told Polchief November 20 that on behalf of the SARG he had engaged the services of two British experts in international law. Syrian President Bashar al-Asad had agreed to this approach in a meeting with al-Taki. SMI chief Asif [...]	2005-11-21 13:01:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
05DAMASCUS6072	Damascus Media Reaction: Iraq, Syria/US, Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers led with reports on Iraq, featuring a statement by the Commander of US airborne troops in the Central Command in Iraq that the US does not possess any evidence against Syria on the issue of infiltrations through the Syrian border, and a statement by President Bush ruling [...]	2005-11-21 15:29:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6075	WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG? FISSURES (AND EGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The inability of Syrian civil-society players and opposition activists to put aside egos and ideological differences was on full display during a recent three-day international women's conference held at Damascus University. Two panels featuring Syrian religious figures, as well [...]	2005-11-21 15:34:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
05DAMASCUS6077	THE VIEW FROM PARLIAMENT: MEHLIS, THE ASAD SPEECH, [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings November 15-16, three non-Ba'athist Syrian MP's sounded off about the Mehlis investigation, President Asad's November 10 speech, and the recent imprisonment of opposition figure Kamal Labwani. In their first meetings with Polchief, they hewed closely to the [...]	2005-11-22 09:50:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
05DAMASCUS6101	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Bahrain, Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit of the Bahraini FM to Damascus carrying a message from the King of Bahrain to President Asad on Syria's coordination with the International Investigation Commission. On Lebanon, papers featured President Asad's message to President Lahoud congratulat [...]	2005-11-22 12:41:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6134	SYRIA NATIONAL PLAN FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] Following is a translation of the SARG's national contingency plan for avian influenza, dated October 11, 2005, which was adopted by the Council of Ministers (including the Ministers of Transport, Local Administration and Environment, Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, Interior, Economy and Tra [...]	2005-11-27 06:58:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL SY SYAI
05DAMASCUS6136	SPONTANEOUS DEMONSTRATION AT STATE SECURITY COURT; [...] (C) COURT SCUFFLE RESULTS IN BRIEF DETENTION: SARG security forces detained approximately 12 men who had participated in a spontaneous demonstration in front of the State Security Court on November 13, following a hearing for approximately 13 men who have been held on Islamist charges for mor [...]	2005-11-27 07:38:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY HRCS
05DAMASCUS6165	IRAQI OUT-OF-COUNTRY VOTING, PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) Summary: The head of the Iraqi Interests Section in Damascus Sabah al-Imam told PolChief November 27 that an Iraqi official from Baghdad has arrived and is coordinating with SARG officials to organize Out-of-Country voing for December 13-15 at ten Damascus polling stations. Imam express [...]	2005-11-27 15:21:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IRPE
05DAMASCUS6223	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Mehlis, Iraq (11/28) [...] Summary: The Syrian press reported President Asad's meeting with Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, Secretary General of the Saudi National Security Council, carrying a message from King Abdullah to President Asad. Syrian papers also carried the full text of the TV interview broadcast by Syrian TV la [...]	2005-11-29 09:31:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6224	REGIME INSIDERS ALREADY MOVED TO PROTECT ASSETS [...] (C) Summary: Contacts report that those who may be named in the UNIIIC report on December 15 already have protected their assets in anticipation of new sanctions. Regime insiders have spread their assets both at home and abroad under the names of family members, and avoid moving money through [...]	2005-11-29 09:56:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PTER KTFN SY
05DAMASCUS6225	TERRORIST FINANCE: SARG FREEZES ACCOUNTS SUSPECTED [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed Post by diplomatic note on November 26 that the Central Bank's Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financial Terrorism Commission had identified and frozen two accounts that may be [...]	2005-11-29 13:03:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR SY
05DAMASCUS6226	Damascus Media Reaction: Euro-Med Summit, Al-Hariri [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported in banner headlines FM Shara's address at the Euro-Med Summit in Barcelona and carried the full text of the final communique of the conference. Papers also reported FM Shara's meeting with Lebanese FM Al-Saniora in which Shara said that Syria has opened a [...]	2005-11-29 13:07:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6254	Damascus Media Reaction: False Witness/Al-Hariri [...] Summary: Syrian newspapers continued to focus on revelations by the Syrian "masked witness," Husam Tahir Husam, who gave false testimony to the international investigation commission in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri. The papers view Husam's account, as to [...]	2005-11-30 14:27:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6255	Damascus Media Reaction: False Witness/Al-Hariri [...] Summary: Syrian newspapers continued to focus on revelations by the Syrian "masked witness," Husam Tahir Husam, who gave false testimony to the international investigation commission in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri. The papers view Husam's account, as to [...]	2005-11-30 14:28:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6256	IRAQIS ARRIVE IN DAMASCUS TO RUN OCV [...] (C) Sa'ad Samarai, an official of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) in Basrah, told PolChief November 30 that he arrived with a team of one dozen Iraqis in Damascus in mid-November to plan out-of-country voting. At the bustling office he has rented in the suburb of Mezzeh, S [...]	2005-11-30 15:50:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IZ
05DAMASCUS6277	Damascus Media Reaction: Al-Hariri Probe/Masked [...] Summary: Syrian papers continued to comment on statements by Syrian witness Husam Tahir Husam that he was intimidated by a group of Lebanese political, media, and security figures to give false testimony to the international investigation commission to implicate Syria in the assassination of [...]	2005-12-01 11:49:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6280	SARG EFFORTS TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE NEW SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary. The SARG has benefited initially from Syrians' fears of new international economic sanctions, as the average Syrian,s instinct has been to rally around the flag when threatened from the outside. The SARG,s message has been that the country is well placed to withstand the consequ [...]	2005-12-01 15:59:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETTC SY
05DAMASCUS6325	A NERVOUS LULL IN DAMASCUS BEFORE THE NEXT MEHLIS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: As five Syrian suspects arrive in Vienna for questioning set to begin on December 5, Syrians remain suspended in a nervous lull that ensued with President Bashar al-Asad's strident but generally well-received speech on November 10. With the perceived brinkmanship wi [...]	2005-12-05 14:52:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
05DAMASCUS6326	SARG HIGHLIGHTS TWO RECENT CLASHES WITH ISLAMISTS [...] (C) Summary: Two Islamist militants were injured in a shoot-out with Syrian security forces the morning of December 4 in Aleppo, according to Syrian media. A previously unreported clash between security forces and militants also occurred in Aleppo a week earlier, leaving two dead and three [...]	2005-12-05 16:09:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL SY HRCS
05DAMASCUS6327	FATAL EXPLOSION IN LATTAKIA PORT [...] (SBU) Local and international press reported widely yesterday a huge explosion in the Lattakia port that resulted in eighteen injuries, one death and the destruction of up to four grain silos as well as the system of conveyor belts that connects them. Dr. Mohammad Fadel, manager of a major gra [...]	2005-12-05 16:10:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ELTN ECIN SY
05DAMASCUS6328	SARG POLICIES AND ACTIONS IN CUBA: TITLE III OF [...] (U) Reftel requested information regarding the SARG's trading relationship with and investments in Cuba. The SARG signed a commercial agreement in October 1998 with the Government of Cuba that calls for increased bilateral economic cooperation. The agreement, which was ratified and impleme [...]	2005-12-05 16:11:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL SY
05DAMASCUS6342	MAPPING SYRIAN CIVIL SOCIETY: A WILDERNESS OF [...] (C) Summary: Developments in Syria over the past 18 months have focused fresh attention on the need for USG support for democratization and efforts to strengthen civil society in Syria. As Post begins mapping out the different players in civil society and the opposition for use in identifyi [...]	2005-12-06 15:17:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI PREL SY
05DAMASCUS6344	IRAQ OUT-OF-COUNTRY VOTING COMMISSION RACING [...] Summary: Members of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) explained details of out-of-country (OCV) voting arrangements for Iraqis in Syria during a December 6 press conference in Damascus. Questions included queries about Syrian-Iraq relations and the IECI's independence. The [...]	2005-12-06 16:12:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SY IZ IRPE
05DAMASCUS6367	HIGHLIGHTING FRAGILITY OF REFORM, REGIME LOYALIST [...] (C) Summary: A regime insider recently announced that the SARG will not reduce the subsidy on diesel or other basic commodities, publicly contradicting Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdullah Dardari and effectively marginalizing the work of a committee of reformers tasked with dev [...]	2005-12-07 15:16:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SY
05DAMASCUS6368	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: LABWANI UPDATE; MALEH TRIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The SARG pressure on human rights activists continues unabated, with authorities using detention, legal cases and police intimidation as tools. Kamal Labwani remains detained in Aadra prison, while the presiding judge continues his investigation. The military court trial of Ha [...]	2005-12-07 15:20:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY HRCS
05DAMASCUS6383	ENGLISH LANGUAGE FELLOW PROGRAM: DAMASCUS POINTS OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 09:21:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL SY
05DAMASCUS6384	FOR SOME SYRIANS, CIRCUMVENTING TRADE SANCTIONS IS [...] (C) Summary: Trade sanctions under the Syria Accountability Act (SAA),which place a general ban on U.S. exports to Syria, have negatively impacted certain segments of the Syrian population and specific economic and commercial sectors (reftels A,B,C,D),but they have not significantly reduced [...]	2005-12-08 09:23:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ETTC SY
05DAMASCUS6389	STATUS OF SYRIAN OIL AND GAS SECTOR (C-TN5-01284) [...] (C) SARG long-term plans, (five to ten years),for foreign upstream investment are to encourage outside investment in the exploration areas not held by the Syrian Petroluem Company (SPC). There are currently no plans to open up any of the areas held by SPC at any point in the future. As a r [...]	2005-12-08 12:58:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET SY
05DAMASCUS6392	Damascus Media Reaction: OIC Summit, Syria, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today focused on the summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference in Mecca. Papers reported FM Shara's representation of President Asad and the meetings he held on the sidelines of the conference with Iraqi President Talabani, King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa of Bahrai [...]	2005-12-08 13:31:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6394	NEW MEMBERS OF THE BA'ATH PARTY REGIONAL COMMAND: [...] (C/NF) Summary: The new, downsized, Ba'ath Party Regional Command announced at the conclusion of the June Party Congress includes nine new members and five holdovers. Included below is biographical information on eight of the nine (extensive biographic information on DefMin Hasan Ali Turkman [...]	2005-12-08 15:36:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PGOV SY
05DAMASCUS6395	HOISTING THE FLAG FOR SYRIA AND BASHAR, FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Syrian flag and banners supporting Syria's President now crowd streets and squares leading to prominent Damascus neighborhoods, including the Old City and suburbs that are home to diplomats. The Arabic and often English-language banners make frequent reference to President [...]	2005-12-08 15:51:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SY DRIP
05DAMASCUS6423	TWO MORE SHOOT-OUTS BETWEEN ARMED ELEMENTS AND [...] (C) Summary: Two more shoot-outs between armed elements and SARG security services have occurred in Syria, a week after two earlier clashes in the Aleppo area (reported reftel). A December 8 incident involving armed Islamists took place near Aleppo, and the second, possibly involving crimi [...]	2005-12-12 08:48:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SY
05DAMASCUS6439	THE SARG PRESENTS ITS DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 11:38:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV SY
05DAMASCUS6444	TUENI ASSASSINATION PROVOKES SHOCK, DENIAL, AND A [...] (C) Summary: SARG officials condemned the December 12 assassination in Beirut of an-Nahar publisher Gibran Tueni, calling it an act of terrorism and insisting that enemies of Lebanon and Syria had committed the crime to further destabilize Lebanon and to worsen Syria's international position [...]	2005-12-12 15:25:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE
05DAMASCUS6445	DENEHY TALKS TO BA'ATHIST REFORMER AND MODERATE [...] (C) Summary: As part of his December 2-10 round of discussions, NEA senior advisor David Denehy, accompanied by PolChief, spoke with Ba'athist reform figure Ayman Abdul Noor and with two moderate Islamic leaders, Abu Noor Institute Director Salah Kuftaro, and MP Mohammed Habash (other conver [...]	2005-12-12 16:04:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
05DAMASCUS6472	SARG GENERALLY AVOIDING COMMENT ON MEHLIS REPORT; [...] (C) Summary: As of midday December 13 there has been very little official SARG reaction to the release of the second Mehlis report on the assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri. One Ministry of Information official was quoted as saying that Syria had other witnesses like Hussam Hussam and [...]	2005-12-13 12:16:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
05DAMASCUS6474	HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITY EXPRESSES GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Human rights activists in general reacted positively to the December 10 White House statement calling for Syrian Government to release all prisoners of conscience, including the six remaining Damascus Spring detainees, as well as Kamal Labwani, Nizar Rastanawi, and Habib Saleh. H [...]	2005-12-13 14:13:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SY
05DAMASCUS6509	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: PROMINENT ACTIVIST CONSIDERS [...] (C) PROMINENT ACTIVIST MULLS RELOCATION TO UK: Civil society and women's rights activist Maan Abdul Salaam told PolOff and visiting NEA Senior Advisor David Denehy on December 7 that he is considering relocating to the United Kingdom following recent difficulties with Syrian security servic [...]	2005-12-14 14:44:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
05DAMASCUS6521	Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian newspapers continued to criticize the second report of the International Investigation Commission into the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafiq al-Hariri and cited Lebanese criticism of the report from the "National Unity Forum," that described the Mehlis report as "empty [...]	2005-12-15 15:12:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6544	SARG STABILIZES ITS CURRENCY [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-18 09:54:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SY
05DAMASCUS6547	LABWANI INTERROGATED BY JUDGE; PRAISES USG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent human rights and opposition activist Kamal Labwani was interrogated for a second time by a Criminal Court judge on December 14 for approximately two and a half hours. Labwani, who appeared to be in good spirits and good physical condition, spoke with diplomatic represe [...]	2005-12-18 13:25:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
05DAMASCUS6571	SARG TRUMPETS COSMETIC STEPS TO CRAFT AML/CFT [...] (SBU) In a further attempt to reach out to the international community and promote the Asad regime as reform-minded (ref A),SARG officials used a two-day regional conference last week on strategies to combat money laundering and the financing of terror (AML/CFT) to assert that the SARG alread [...]	2005-12-19 13:05:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PTER SY
05DAMASCUS6578	Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Syria, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported a lecture delivered by Dr. Mahdi Dakhlallah, Minister of Information, entitled "Propaganda Campaign Against Syria," in which he criticized the anti-Syria media and political campaign, saying that it seeks to incite disagreement between Syria and Lebanon and [...]	2005-12-19 14:47:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6579	THE KILLING OF GEBRAN TUENI: WHAT WAS THE SARG [...] (C) Summary: A minority view in Syria of the December 12 assassination of an-Nahar publisher Gebran Tueni argues that careful scrutiny of events in Syria leading up to the assassination, and close examination of the messages that the killing sends, and of the costs and benefits accruing afte [...]	2005-12-19 15:17:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
05DAMASCUS6597	ABDUL AZIM TRIAL BEGINS; DETAINED ACTIVIST BEGINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The military court trial of opposition figure Hassan Abdul Azim began on December 18, as he faced charges of publication of material by an illegal organization. He is not in SARG custody. His next court date is set for January 19. Human rights organizations are also reporting [...]	2005-12-20 15:00:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
05DAMASCUS6600	Damascus Media Reaction: GCC Summit, IIC, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the final communique of the Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC) summit that underlined commitment to the security and stability of Syria and Lebanon, adding that Syria had cooperated with the international investigation into the assassination of former Premier R [...]	2005-12-20 16:03:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6624	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Egypt, Syria/Iran, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on 12/21 reported President Asad's meeting with Egyptian President Mubarak, which focused on Lebanon and Iraq. On 12/22 papers reported a press statement by British PM Blair expressing his government's readiness to start a positive and constructive dialogue with Syria ac [...]	2005-12-22 12:39:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6626	SYRIAN PRESIDENT GOES TO EGYPT [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak told visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Asad in a December 20 meeting attended by Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa that the SARG needed to take immediate steps to ease the worsening relationship with Lebanon, according to an Egyptian di [...]	2005-12-22 14:37:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY EG
05DAMASCUS6640	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Palestinian [...] Summary: Weekend Syrian papers reported statements by Lebanese personalities emphasizing distinguished ties with Syria, listing among them Lebanese Minister of Energy & Water Mohammed Fneish who underlined the importance of preserving "the distinguished relations with Syria to face the Israeli [...]	2005-12-26 14:45:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6662	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Sudan, Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's message to Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir conveyed by Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Mouallem on current Arab developments, bilateral relations and coordination for the forthcoming Arab summit scheduled in Khartoum. Mouallem and M [...]	2005-12-27 15:49:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6684	SANCTIONS: LICENSING DELAYS FOR AVIATION SAFETY [...] (U) On December 26, Syrian Arab Airlines began executing its plan to ferry, in tandem with Saudi Airlines, some 25,000 Syrian Hajj participants to Jidda and Medina. At the same time, a reporter for as-Sharq al-Awsat approached us on a story she is researching on the adverse effect US trade s [...]	2005-12-28 14:08:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETTC SY SANC
05DAMASCUS6687	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Turkey, Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today highlighted President Asad's interview with Turkish TV Sky News. President Asad said that Syrian-Turkish ties are progressing in a constant and firm way and there is a conviction among Turkish institutions, and many countries, that what is happening to Syria now i [...]	2005-12-28 14:36:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6697	DAMASCUS DECLARATION MEMBERS DISCUSS NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After six weeks of relative silence from the Damascus Declaration group, members have met again to discuss further action, according to Joumana Seif, daughter of Damascus Declaration signatory and jailed MP Riad Seif. Seif described discussions about a number of controversial is [...]	2005-12-29 13:42:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
05DARESSALAAM688	Lebanon: Tanzanian Support for UN Security [...] (C) On April 6, Poloff delivered the demarche on the UNSC Resolution on Lebanon to Mr. Vitalis Njiku, head of the UNSC Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Njiku indicated that Tanzania supported investigation of the Hariri assassination in principle, but that the Tanzanian delegati [...]	2005-04-06 13:27:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY TZ UNSC
05DJIBOUTI545	MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE: REGIONAL SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan replied the peace process was a sensitive issue to all Arab states. He continued that he believed Israel had a great deal of responsibility to take [...]	2005-06-07 09:05:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IO IS SY DJ
05DOHA1779	QATARIS SEE TRUTH IN MEHLIS REPORT BUT ARE CAUTIOUS [...] (C) Summary. Qataris and resident non-Qatari Arabs (largely Palestinians, Jordanians, and Egyptians) are generally of the view that the Mehlis report on the Hariri assassination is credible but should not be used as a justification to use force against Syria. Qataris and non-Qatari Arabs hold [...]	2005-10-24 13:37:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY LE QA
05DOHA1798	SYRIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER VISIT TO DOHA [...] (U) Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Moallem visited Doha for several hours October 30, meeting with the Amir and Foreign Minister. His tour also included Jeddah, Kuwait, and Abu Dhabi. According to reports, Moallem emphasized Syria's desire the cooperate with the Mehlis Committee and said [...]	2005-10-31 13:12:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY QA UNSC
05DUBLIN1360	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND UNEASY ON MACEDONIA, [...] (C) Summary: On November 3, Post delivered ref A and B demarches to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. Kelly noted the EU's challenge in playing tough with Syria without derailing EuroMed diplomacy and the Barcelona Anniversary Summit. He said that Ireland was n [...]	2005-11-04 15:40:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KPAL SY YI EAGR MK ETRD BO EI EUN

05DUBLIN1416	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND NEARING EU [...] (C) Summary: On November 17, Post delivered ref A demarche to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent, who underscored that Irish talking points had not changed substantively from Post's November 3 demarche (ref B). Kelly noted that defense-related discussions would f [...]	2005-11-18 17:26:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IZ KPAL PREL SY UP YI EI EUN
05HELSINKI1170	FINNISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER GAERC [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered reftel demarche to EU Correspondent Jarno Syrjala, who highlighted the Balkans, ICTY cooperation, Syria, Iran and the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) among Finnish priorities for the November GAERC. 2. (SBU) BALKANS: Syrjala anticipated (correctly) that former Mar [...]	2005-11-02 13:29:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD FI EUN EU GAERC
05HELSINKI287	FINLAND ON SYRIA'S PRESENCE IN LEBANON [...] (U) In a March 6 interview with local television, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said that withdrawal of Syrian troops to the Biqa' is insufficient. Tuomioja stressed that Syrian troops must move to the Syrian side of the border, and added the following: "It is not a question of a [...]	2005-03-07 14:27:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS SY LE FI
05HELSINKI677	FINLAND: ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-20 14:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	SECRET	PREL IZ SY FI
05HELSINKI949	GOF CONCERNED ABOUT SYRIA BUT HESITANT ABOUT [...] (C) DCM delivered subject demarche to MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra. The GOF has not received a request from Syria for a high level meeting at the UNGA, but Lyra said he would communicate our request to Finland's UNGA delegation. He fully agreed that Syria has failed to [...]	2005-09-02 11:03:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY FI
05ISTANBUL2071	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S DECEMBER 4 MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a very cordial hour-long lunch sandwiched between U.S. meetings with a team of Iraqi Sunnis -- conducted in Istanbul and orchestrated and observed by the GOT -- Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told visiting U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad that Turkey had counseled t [...]	2005-12-07 14:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY IZ TU SYRIA
05ISTANBUL403	MARMARA GROUP REFLECTIONS ON PRESIDENT ASSAD AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A delegation of Marmara Group (Strategic and Social Research Foundation, founded in 1985) members visiting Damascus February 20-24 was impressed with President Assad's stated interest in promoting positive relations with Turkey and the U.S., but sensed the Syrian bureaucracy was [...]	2005-03-14 12:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SY TU
05KATHMANDU2655	FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA AND THE MEHLIS [...] (S) Post shared with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Secretary Nabin Bahadur Shrestha reftel's talking points and SIPDIS urged His Majesty's Government of Nepal to issue an advisory to Nepal's financial institutions regarding the concerned Syrian and Lebanese officials. Shrestha commente [...]	2005-11-30 10:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	KTFN PTER LE SY NP
05KINGSTON2711	FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA AND THE MEHLIS REPORT [...] On December 12, Emboff delivered reftel talking points to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). By phone on December 13, Brown told Emboff that the MFAFT will distribute the names to the Counter-Terrorism [...]	2005-12-16 12:27:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER LE SY JM
05KIRKUK270	(C) WASHINGTON TRIP HELPS BOOST KURDISH SUPPORT FOR STAYING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. KRG (Erbil) PM Nechirvan Barzani lauded President Bush for hosting his uncle, KRG President Masud Barzani. PM Barzani said that -- while the U.S. had been careful on protocol -- he felt as if the U.S. had received President Barzani as a head of state. PM Barza [...]	2005-12-08 14:01:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM KISL EINV IZ IR SY KRG
05KUWAIT1131	KUWAIT DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Ambassador raised reftel points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on March 19. Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah had already departed for Algiers to prepare for the arrival of Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber [...]	2005-03-19 13:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SY IS IZ KU
05KUWAIT3730	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESSURING SYRIA TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-21 08:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SY LE KU
05KUWAIT3858	AMBASSADOR REITERATES U.S CONCERN OVER SYRIAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-28 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY KU
05KUWAIT3903	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche August 30 in a meeting with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. He urged Kuwait to avoid playing into Syrian attempts to burnish its image at the UNGA, absent progress on key issues of regional stability. Shaykh Dr. Moha [...]	2005-08-30 14:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SY LE KU UNGA UN
05KUWAIT4639	SYRIAN ENVOY DUE IN KUWAIT; GOK TO URGE [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told Ambassador October 30 that Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Al-Muallim, with a letter from Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad in hand, would arrive in Kuwait October 31 and would meet with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-A [...]	2005-10-30 12:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY KU
05KUWAIT4903	MFA UNDERSECRETARY SAYS SYRIAN PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) During a November 27 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah shared his views on the recent Syrian decision to send officials to Europe in for questioning by the Mehlis commission. Al-Jarallah said the SARG's decision to cooperate was the right one. Al-Jar [...]	2005-11-27 13:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV SY KU
05KUWAIT4960	DEMARCHE POINTS DELIVERED--FINCEN 314 (A) NOTICE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 10:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PTER LE SY KU
05KUWAIT4981	DEMARCHE DELIVERED--FINCEN 314 (A) NOTICE ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-04 04:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PTER LE SY KU
05KUWAIT5052	DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON ASG AND BANCO DELTA ASIA; [...] (SBU) On December 6, Econcouns, accompanied by Econoff, delivered reftels B-D demarche points (verbally and through non-papers) to Khaled Al-Mughamis, Director of the MFA's Follow-up and Coordination Department responsible for terrorism finance and anti-money laundering issues. 2. (SBU) Wi [...]	2005-12-08 07:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN KJUS KNNP PTER PREL KN LE SY
05KUWAIT5053	DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON ASG AND BANCO DELTA ASIA; [...] (SBU) On December 6, Econcouns, accompanied by Econoff, delivered reftels B-D demarche points (verbally and through non-papers) to Khaled Al-Mughamis, Director of the MFA's Follow-up and Coordination Department responsible for terrorism finance and anti-money laundering issues. 2. (SBU) Wi [...]	2005-12-08 07:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN KJUS KNNP PTER PREL KN LE SY
05KUWAIT5128	TUENI ASSASSINATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED FM SAYS [...] (C) Summary: During a December 14 meeting, the Ambassador shared with Kuwait FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed U.S. views on the assassination of Gebran Tueni and encouraged the GOK to publicly condemn the murder. The FM responded that the situation in Lebanon was quite serious and said the GOK's pri [...]	2005-12-14 12:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY KU
05MADRID1683	SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-29 13:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO LE SY SP PRLE
05MANAMA1267	BAHRAIN: ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UNGA [...] (S) Pol/Econ chief August 31 delivered reftel demarche concerning isolating Syria at the UNGA to MFA Director for Bilateral Relations Dhafer Al Umran and (separately) to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Al Umran listened carefully to the points and stated [...]	2005-08-31 15:23:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER BA SY
05MANAMA1649	DEMARCHE URGING ISOLATION OF SARG IN WAKE OF UNSCR [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-09 13:16:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY BA
05MANAMA1769	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON ISOLATION OF SYRIA [...] (C) DCM November 19 delivered reftel demarche concerning the isolation of Syria after the United Nations Security Council's passing of Resolution 1636 to MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow-Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. With regard to the November 12 Forum [...]	2005-11-30 13:15:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BA SY REGION
05MANAMA251	GENERAL ABIZAID DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, TERRORISM [...] (C) CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid discussed with Crown Prince Salman and Defense Minister Shaikh Khalifa in separate meetings February 16 the situation in Iraq following the elections; Iran and its nuclear program; Lebanon and Syria; the threat of terrorism in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Ku [...]	2005-02-23 15:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL ASEC PTER BA IZ IR LE SY
05MANAMA319	MGLE01: AL-ASAD TO BAHRAIN KING ON WITHDRAWAL: I [...] (C) The Ambassador, during a March 6 meeting with King Hamad, delivered reftel talking points, stressing our view that Syrian President Al-Asad's announcement on withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon was insufficient and that the international community must make it clear that a complete an [...]	2005-03-06 14:33:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL BA SY LE
05MANAMA341	MGLE01: FOREIGN MINISTER ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) The Ambassador, noting that he had spoken with King Hamad about the same issue (Ref A),delivered Ref B demarche March 7 concerning the need for a Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon to Foreign Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Mohammed said the rea [...]	2005-03-08 13:48:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BA SY LE
05MUSCAT1374	POOR TIMING OF OMANI VISIT TO SYRIA [...] (C) The Foreign Ministry has acknowledged Omani press reports that National Economy Minister Macki is traveling to Damascus for a 3-day session of the Oman-Syria Joint Commission, commencing on September 12. While the previously planned visit will seal investment and double-taxation agreement [...]	2005-09-11 14:17:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SY MU
05MUSCAT364	OMAN PRESSURES SARG ON LEBANON WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi convoked the Ambassador on February 28, just prior to departing for the March 1 London Conference on Palestine, to recount the steps he had taken to encourage Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon. He said that Egypt had sought his help to [...]	2005-03-02 09:54:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE EG MU
05MUSCAT456	MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) With the minister out of the country, the Ambassador spoke on March 15 with Foreign Ministry Under Secretary Sayyid Badr bin Hamed al-Busaidi to convey the USG concerns per ref A. Regarding Syria/Lebanon, Sayyid Badr reiterated Oman's support of the USG position, as expressed by Minister [...]	2005-03-15 12:00:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE IS IZ MU
05NEWDELHI6841	INDIA-SYRIA RELATIONS (C-NE5-00868) [...] (S/NF) Summary: Indian West Asia Envoy Gharekhan's recent trip to Syria was focused on Iraq. India's broader interests in Damascus include Syria's influence on the Israel-Palestine conflict and Iraq, and the GOI's desire to burnish relations with the Muslim world. End Summary. Gharekhan's Visi [...]	2005-09-06 13:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR IN SY
05NEWDELHI7797	GOI: NO BASHAR VISIT PLANNED, BUT SYRIA MUST DO [...] (C) Summary: India's West Asia Envoy C Gharekhan told us he is unaware of plans for Syrian President Bashar al-Asad to visit New Delhi, but agreed that Damascus is eager to exploit any opportunity for high-level visits to dispel its deep isolation. Syria must do more for its own sake and Iraq [...]	2005-10-06 13:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN SY IZ
05NEWDELHI9408	MTAG AND S49-05: INPA EXPORT CONTROL DEMARCHES [...] (S) PolCouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarches to MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) Hamid Ali Rao and Deputy Secretary (DISA) Naveen Srivastava on December 14, emphasizing that both transactions appear to be covered under India's new WMD Bill and attendan [...]	2005-12-14 12:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	ETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL CBW IN IR SY
05OTTAWA3760	CANADA SUPPORTS BLUE LINE PEACE BUT HAS LITTLE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel to Peter McRae, Director of the Middle East Division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) on 29 December 2005. 2. (C) McRae agreed with the American position of encouraging Syria and Iran to end their support for rejectionist groups in southern Lebanon as well as t [...]	2005-12-29 20:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IS SY CA
05PARIS1041	STOCKTAKING WITH FRENCH PRESIDENCY DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Summary: DCM spoke with President Chirac's Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) February 17 to review French position on key issues in advance of President Bush's February 21 meeting with President Chirac and the subsequent meetings with NATO and EU leaders. Gourdault-Monta [...]	2005-02-17 18:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR SY IR LE NATO
05PARIS1055	FRENCH FORMER PRESIDENT GISCARD D'ESTAING ON [...] (C) Former French President Giscard d'Estaing, over lunch February 16, told Ambassador Leach that he had been impressed by Secretary Rice on her recent visit to Paris. He thought that following the Iraqi elections and the constitution of an Iraqi government, France would be more open to assi [...]	2005-02-18 12:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR TU IZ SY UK EUN LB PINT
05PARIS1268	ELYSEE ON POSSIBLE THREAT TO LEBANESE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche summoned us February 28 to pass on urgent, unverified threat information that possible sniper attacks might take place at the planned Lebanese opposition demonstration today in Beirut's Martyr's square. The targets of the possible [...]	2005-02-28 17:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY FR
05PARIS1393	GOF WELCOMES POSTPONEMENT OF ASAD VISIT TO VIENNA [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-03 13:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AU SY PREL ECIN LE FR
05PARIS1401	FRENCH HOSTAGE VIDEO RAISES SPECULATION ON A [...] (SBU) The March 1 release of a videotape showing missing French journalist Florence Aubenas pleading for assistance from a pro-Syrian French MP has plunged the GoF into its second Iraq hostage crisis in recent months and sparked widespread French press speculation of a Syria hand in Aubenas' k [...]	2005-03-03 17:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ FR SY LE
05PARIS1484	GOF SUPPORTS U.S. LINE ON FULL, IMMEDIATE SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials stressed agreement with U.S. views on seeking full and immediate Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, but voiced caution on Hizballah. We note that French public statements on Syrian withdrawal hedge slightly on the question of full withdrawal before elections and the Fr [...]	2005-03-07 18:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE FR
05PARIS1667	FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER VEDRINE ON "DECISIVE YEAR" [...] (C) Summary: Former Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine told Ambassador Leach March 11 that Europe was beginning to ask itself whether the Bush Administration's pursuit of democracy and reform in the Arab world and elsewhere might be bearing fruit. Elections in Iraq and the Palestinian territories, [...]	2005-03-14 11:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM KWBG IS SY LE IZ IR FR EUN
05PARIS1727	FRENCH RESPONSE ON MARCH 16 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 16:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL RS GG FR SY EUN
05PARIS1765	FRENCH OFFICIALS ON LARSEN VISIT, LEBANON NEXT [...] (S) Summary: MFA and Elysee officials are stressing the need for continued insistence on a full Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon before elections, in the wake of UN Special Envoy Larsen's meetings in Beirut and Aleppo. The GoF views a four to six-month Syrian withdrawal as too long. According [...]	2005-03-16 18:41:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL SY LE PTER FR UNSC
05PARIS1802	DAS CARPENTER'S MARCH 9 CONSULTATIONS WITH SENIOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: During March 9 discussions with visiting NEA DAS Scott Carpenter, senior French officials expressed full GoF support for U.S. objectives on reform in the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA),but stressed their continued desire to keep our messages separate and [...]	2005-03-17 16:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM KMPI LE IZ SY EG KPAL FR
05PARIS2162	(C) GENERAL AOUN ON LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary and comment: At the Department's recommendation (reftel),DCM met with former Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Michel Aoun at the latter's request March 29. Throughout the hour-long discussion, Aoun stressed his status as the most long-standing opponent of Syria's occupatio [...]	2005-03-31 14:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE PTER FR
05PARIS2305	SENIOR FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS LEBANON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary and comment: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche stressed strong French support for holding Lebanon's elections on time and expressed concern over Syrian/loyalist delay tactics during discussions with visiting NEA DAS Carpenter April 5. The MFA issued a tough statem [...]	2005-04-06 16:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE FR
05PARIS2391	APRIL 5 KHATAMI VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (C) Summary: French officials described President Chirac's April 5 discussion with Iranian President Khatami as cordial and focused largely on Lebanon, the Israeli-Palestinian question, and, to a lesser extent, the nuclear issue, which was the main topic of the FM Barnier-FM Kharrazi discussion [...]	2005-04-08 15:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR SY LE MNUC PARM FR
05PARIS2394	APRIL 7 LARSEN MEETINGS WITH FRENCH OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: French Elysee and MFA officials reported that UN Envoy Larsen, during April 7 meetings in Paris, emphasized the absolute centrality of holding Lebanon's elections on schedule, for which he proposed creation of a 10-12 member committee composed equally of opposition and loyalists to [...]	2005-04-08 15:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE FR UNSC
05PARIS2471	AUSTRALIA GROUP: FRENCH GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO USG [...] (C) In response to 11 March 2005 Embassy EST officer demarche regarding U.S. Government (USG) proposals in advance of the April 2005 Australia Group (AG) Plenary, EST officer received a 11 April call from French Ministry of Foreign Affairs BWC desk officer, Gabriel Bernier. He informed EST o [...]	2005-04-12 15:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA FR SY GR
05PARIS248	ELYSEE MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON UNIFIL RENEWAL, [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Elysee appears solidly behind the MFA in opposing a preambular reference to UNSCR 1559 in the UNIFIL renewal resolution, though it suggests greater flexibility than the MFA on asking DPKO to review UNIFIL's force structure (ref b). During a January 12 meeting, Pre [...]	2005-01-13 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY PTER PINR FR UNSC
05PARIS2631	ELYSEE CAUTIOUS BUT ENCOURAGED ON MIKATI [...] (C) Presidential Advisor on the Middle East Dominique Boche expressed cautious optimism on the appointment of Najib Mikati as Lebanese PM-designate, during a discussion with poloff April 18. On the one hand, Boche conceded that Mikati's background and ties to Syrian President Bashar al-Asad w [...]	2005-04-18 16:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY FR
05PARIS2660	SAUDI CROWN PRINCE VISIT FOCUSES ON LEBANON, CLOSE [...] (C) Summary and comment: GoF contacts report that Lebanon and Syria were the main topics of Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah's recent meetings with President Chirac, with both sides agreeing on the need for full Syrian withdrawal, rapid formation of a Lebanese government and holding of free and fai [...]	2005-04-19 17:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA SY LE ECON PARM FR
05PARIS2944	APRIL 29 BARNIER-AOUN MEETING [...] (U) This message contains an action request for Washington in para 5. 2. (C) During an April 29 meeting with visiting NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble, MFA A/S-equivalent for North Africa/Middle East Jean-Francois Thibault offered a brief readout of FM Barnier's meeting earlier that day with former [...]	2005-04-29 18:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE FR
05PARIS2946	GOF AGREES ON NEED SUSTAIN PRESSURE ON SYRIA, WITH [...] (C) Summary: Senior MFA and Elysee officials described the GoF as fully agreeing with our message on sustaining pressure on Syria (reftel),except for two points: the timing of Hizballah disarmament, with France favoring a gradual approach, and EU designation of Hizballah, which France continu [...]	2005-04-29 19:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE PTER FR
05PARIS3486	PRELIMINARY FRENCH REACTION TO U.S. VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: In preliminary comments on the U.S. nonpaper on an international framework of support for Lebanon (reftel),Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche confirmed GoF support for an international meeting on Lebanon but cautioned that we should remain discreet in preparations t [...]	2005-05-20 15:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE FR
05PARIS4349	GOF SUPPORTIVE OF SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE ON THE [...] (S) We delivered the Secretary's oral message on the International Conference on Iraq to FM Douste-Blazy's Cabinet Advisor on Middle East and UN Affairs Christophe Guilhou and separately to MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan June 20. Guilhou welcomed the Secre [...]	2005-06-20 17:11:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL IZ SY FR
05PARIS4751	PDAS CHENEY MEETS WITH MFA'S A/S-EQUIVALENT [...] (C) Summary: NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met July 1 with Jean-Francois Thibault, the MFA's A/S-equivalent for the Middle East, and focused on Lebanon while also briefly touching on Iran. The two agreed that July 25 and 26 should be the next dates for a Core Group meeting in Beirut. They also agreed [...]	2005-07-07 15:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY EAID PTER MOPS FR
05PARIS4920	FRENCH RESPONSE ON JULY 18 GAERC [...] (U) We delivered reftel points on July 6 to Caroline Ferrari, sous-directeur for EU External Relations, and Jean-Louis Falconi, Chief of the MFA's CFSP unit. We discussed the points with Ferrari on July 8 and with Falconi on July 15. Turkey ------ 2. (C) Ferrari noted that she expecte [...]	2005-07-15 16:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL IR LE SY TU UZ FR UN
05PARIS5113	GOF FULLY SUPPORTS OUR APPROACH ON SYRIAN-LEBANESE [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-22 16:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE ECON ETRD FR
05PARIS5263	PM SHARON VISIT HERALDS SYMBOLIC UPTURN IN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Israeli PM Sharon's successful July 26-29 visit to France was marked by warm atmospherics and ostentatious emphasis on improving bilateral relations from both sides, with many French media outlets heralding a new "honeymoon" in French-Israeli relations. The GoF, in we [...]	2005-08-01 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL SY IR PTER PARM FR
05PARIS5943	POSITIVE INITIAL FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (S) Poloff discussed reftel points on isolating Syria at UNGA with MFA desk officer for Syria/Lebanon Remy Bouallegue and MFA desk officer for UN/Middle East Affairs Salina Grenet on August 31. Bouallegue reiterated that the GoF would not receive Syrian officials at UNGA and was maintaining it [...]	2005-09-01 13:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV SY FR
05PARIS6076	EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Summary and comment: EUR A/S Fried discussed U.S. BMENA strategy, Syria/Lebanon, and Israeli-Palestinian issues with senior French MFA and Presidency officials September 1-2. MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Thibault concurred that both the November Forum for the Future and Barcelona Summit need to [...]	2005-09-08 08:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF SY LE KMPI KDEM IS KPAL KPAO FR
05PARIS651	GOF WELCOMES MARONITE PATRIARCH VISIT TO PARIS; [...] (C) Summary: The GoF continued high-profile outreach to Lebanon's opposition with the January 28-29 visit to Paris of Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, who met with President Chirac and FM Barnier and had a historic, private meeting with Paris-based Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun. Chirac s [...]	2005-02-02 13:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY FR UNSC
05PARIS6580	MFA AND ELYSEE UPBEAT ON CORE GROUP MINISTERIAL, [...] (C) Summary and comment: Elysee and MFA officials described the September 19 Lebanon Core Group ministerial as a success, and expressed relief that consideration of a draft UNSCR on arms transfers to Lebanon had been dropped from the agenda. Gof officials expressed similar satisfaction that m [...]	2005-09-26 16:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY PTER FR UNSC
05PARIS7201	MFA READOUT ON PA PRESIDENT ABBAS, LEBANESE PM [...] (C) Senior MFA officials told us PA President Abbas raised three main points in his October 17 meeting with President Chirac: the need to give Abbas support and more time in addressing Hamas participation in January elections; the need to relaunch the roadmap; and the need to improve daily livi [...]	2005-10-20 15:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL FR LE SY PTER UNSC
05PARIS7305	FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MEHLIS REPORT: FM [...] (C) We briefed senior MFA officials on the U.S. demarche to UNSC capitals on the Mehlis report (reftel) October 25, urging the participation of French FM Douste-Blazy at the October 31 UNSC ministerial. French MFA IO A/S-equivalent Jean-Maurice Ripert suggested to visiting IO A/S Kristin Silv [...]	2005-10-25 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV SY LE FR
05PARIS7399	LATEST GOF THINKING ON MEHLIS REPORT, SYRIA/LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, Herve Besancenot, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant, offered latest French thinking on the Mehlis report and other related issues. Besancenot said France was focused on gaining unanimity for a draft resolution in the Security Council, and was willing to comp [...]	2005-10-28 17:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR LE SY UNSC
05PARIS7521	FRENCH REACTION TO DEMARCHE FOR EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Deputy Political Minister-Counselor met November 3 with MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy CFSP unit deputy director Pascal Le Deunff to receive an informed French reaction to ref A and B demarches for the November 7 meeting of EU foreign ministers. The points were also shared with [...]	2005-11-03 17:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD EUN
05PARIS7896	FRENCH ON NOVEMBER 21 GAERC - ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN, [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points on November 16 to MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff and European Affairs DAS-equivalent for EU External Relations Caroline Ferrari, and discussed them with LeDeunff November 18. Embassy Middle East watcher discussed points on November 16 with MFA DAS-equival [...]	2005-11-18 17:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IZ KPAL PREL SR SY UP YI FR EUN
05PARIS7922	GOF DECLINES TO MAKE PUBLIC APPEAL OR PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: MFA contacts report the GoF is disinclined to make a public appeal or demarche the SARG on the arrest of Syrian democracy activist Kamal Labowani, citing questions about Labowani's character and describing the Mehlis investigation as a more pressing priority. Elysee contacts were [...]	2005-11-21 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV SY LE FR
05PARIS8032	DEMARCHE: BASHAR'S OFFER TO MEHLIS - FRANCE IN [...] (S) France agrees fully with the substance of the position laid out in reftel. A/S Jean-Francois Thibault provided this reaction at close of business, Friday, November 25, after having reviewed the question with (unnamed) MFA and Presidency senior officials during the course of the day. Thib [...]	2005-11-25 18:25:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PGOV FR SY
05PARIS8072	DNSA ABRAMS' 11/22 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR FRENCH MFA [...] (C) Summary: November 22 discussions between Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA) Elliott Abrams and senior French officials focused on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Israeli-Palestinian issues, with Morocco, Iraq, and BMENA discussed in passing. Presidency officials predicted Syrian non-coopera [...]	2005-11-29 10:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR IR IS IZ KDEM KPAL LE MO PARM SY
05PARIS8171	NOVEMBER 28-29 VISIT OF IRAQI FM ZEBARI [...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA contacts described the November 28-29 visit of Iraqi FM Zebari as a success, but did not suggest that the visit will herald an increase in modest French assistance levels to Iraq. FM Douste-Blazy reportedly stressed to Zebari GoF support for an inclusive political [...]	2005-12-01 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ SY IR FR
05PARIS8207	(C) FRENCH REACTION TO FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON [...] (S) We shared and discussed reftel points with the Asset-Freezing Directorate in the Ministry of Economy. Vincent Guitton, Head of the Services, Investment and IPR Division, noted that absent a designation on terrorism grounds, France normally lacks legal authority to block assets of individua [...]	2005-12-02 16:59:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	KTFN PTER LE SY FR
05PARIS8435	GOF OFFICIALS CONDEMNS TUENI ASSASSINATION; [...] (C) Summary: The GoF immediately condemned at the highest levels the assassination of Gebran Tueni and issued strong public statements calling on the international community to redouble efforts to ensure full implementation of relevant UNSCR's, confirming GoF readiness to help the GOL, and payi [...]	2005-12-13 18:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE FR
05PARIS8544	MFA CAUTIOUS ON UNSCR 1644, SYRIA/LEBANON NEXT [...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for Syria/Lebanon Herve Besancenot welcomed the UNSC's unanimous adoption of UNSCR 1644, but expressed concern that international efforts to pressure Syria are losing momentum while the SARG is increasingly emboldened that it can wait out the U.S. and France ove [...]	2005-12-20 06:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY LE FR
05PARIS8673	SYRIA: FRANCE'S THOUGHTS ON EIB LOAN [...] (C) Summary. French officials tell us that the EIB loan to improve Syria's rural telephone network was approved unanimously on 13 December. While the Foreign Ministry was unaware and regretted the news that the loan had been approved, Finance Ministry officials said they see no scope for ov [...]	2005-12-28 17:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL FR SY
05PARIS879	REVIEW OF ISSUES RAISED IN SECSTATE MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with MFA Cabinet Director Vimont (protect),DCM discussed follow up to issues raised during Secretary's meetings in Paris February 8. Vimont said the French side had been pleased by the visit and the level of discussion with the Secretary. Review of specific issue [...]	2005-02-11 12:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR IR IZ SY
05PARIS953	GOF CONDEMNS HARIRI ASSASSINATION, CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: GoF officials reacted with shock and indignation to the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri February 14, with President Chirac calling for an international investigation to establish responsibility and punish the perpetrators. FM Barnier described the bo [...]	2005-02-15 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY FR
05PARIS964	FRENCH DELAYING TACTICS ON EU DESIGNATION OF [...] (C) Summary and comment: Despite multiple appeals from the U.S. and Israel, the GoF appears likely to seek a delay in EU designation of Hizballah as a terrorist organization at the EU Clearinghouse meetings February 16. The chief GoF preoccupation appears to be the perceived complicating effe [...]	2005-02-15 18:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETTC EFIN LE SY FR EUN
05PRAGUE1266	CZECHS WILL NOT/NOT MEET SYRIANS AT UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-31 13:46:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER SY EZ
05PRAGUE1589	CZECHS ON CHINA, RUSSIA, AND BEING HEARD IN THE EU [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with visiting EUR/ERA Director Peter Chase, the Czech MFA's Political Director offered the following: -- The Czech Republic played a leading role within the EU to prevent lifting of the China arms embargo, but in the context of PM Paroubek's growing closeness with [...]	2005-11-09 15:10:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ CH RS CU LE SY ENRG ECON EFIN
05PRAGUE1720	DEMARCHE TO CZECH REPUBLIC: CONDEMNING THE [...] (C) On December 13, Poloff delivered the texts of the President's and the Secretary's statements on the assassination of Lebanese MP Gebran Tueni to Katerina Moravcova, Deputy Director of the Czech MFA Middle East and Africa Department and Pavel Koblizka, Head of the MFA's Mediterranean Unit. [...]	2005-12-15 13:29:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	AU LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
05PRAGUE346	CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with DCM Hillas, Czech Deputy Minister for Bilateral Relations Petr Kolar and Czech Ambassador to Lebanon Marek Skolil stated that the Czech Republic agrees with the U.S. position about the complete withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon. The Czech MFA issued [...]	2005-03-09 15:58:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINS PINR SY LE EZ
05PRAGUE633	CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Czech MFA Director of Middle East Department Ivo Silhavy told Acting DCM on Apr 28 that the GOCR fully shares USG positions outlined reftel: complete Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon remains a priority; June elections in Lebanon require international support; and the EU ought to designate H [...]	2005-04-28 15:45:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO LE SY EZ
05PRAGUE659	MTAG: SYRIA'S MISSILE PROGRAM SEEKING CNC [...] (S) Czech officials responsible for non-proliferation issues told poloff May 4th that the machine which is the subject of reftel was never exported to Syria. Poloff was shown a copy of the MTCR denial notification, MI-CZ-05-001, dated January 12, 2005. The notification was sent to appropriat [...]	2005-05-04 15:08:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MNUC SY EZ MTCR
05RABAT1169	MOROCCO ON MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE AND REGIONAL [...] (C) Poloff met June 2 with MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual to discuss ref(a) demarche regarding the opening of an Israeli liaison office in Rabat, the closure of the Central Boycott Office (CBO) in Damascus, and support for resolving the membership of Magen David Adom [...]	2005-06-07 11:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IO IS IZ LE PREL SY MO
05RABAT2296	MOROCCO: URGING ISOLATION OF SARG IN WAKE OF UNSCR [...] (C) Poloff met November 10 with MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Organizations Hassan Hami to discuss ref(a) demarche urging isolation of the Syrian government (SARG) following the passage of UNSCR 1636. Hami emphasized that Morocco respects the Security Council resolution and would never tak [...]	2005-11-10 13:12:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO SY
05RABAT2500	DEMARCHE ON ASSASSINATION OF GIBRAN TUENI [...] (C) Polcouns discussed reftel demarche with Hassan Hami, MFA Arab Affairs Division Chief, on December 13, and sent additional copies of the statements by the President and Secretary Rice to MFA Acting Director of Arab Affairs SIPDIS Abdelghani Bellaaziri, who was unavailable. Hami noted th [...]	2005-12-15 12:11:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	LE MO PGOV PREL PTER SY
05ROME1023	SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY POSTPONES FM SHARA'A'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Italy has decided to postpone the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a. The MFA delivered the message to Syria's Ambassador in Rome on March 24, on instructions from FM Fini. End summary. 2. (C) MFA Director General for the Mediterranean and Middle East, Riccardo Sessa, phoned [...]	2005-03-24 16:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE IT EUN
05ROME1391	ITALY: POTENTIAL SALE TO SYRIA OF AIR DEFENSE [...] (C) Prime Minister Berlusconi's diplomatic adviser, Giovanni Castellaneta, invited DCM and POL MC to his office April 22 to discuss Italian plans to sell an "Air Defense Integrated System" (ADIS) to Syria. Castellaneta said that the Italian firm Finmecannica (a defense industry conglomerate, 3 [...]	2005-04-22 16:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IS IT MASS SY ETTC EXPORT CONTROLS
05ROME1450	SYRIA: ITALY AGREES ON NEED TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Summary. A mid-level Italian MFA official shares our view that we need to continue to maintain pressure on Syria on full compliance with UNSCR 1559. At the same time, Italy still prefers engagement and the MFA is contemplating [...]	2005-04-28 16:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE IT EUN
05ROME1732	ITALY ON SYRIA AND LEBANON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Pol MC spoke with Luca Ferrari, MFA Office Director for the Middle East, on May 19 regarding the upcoming PrepCom for the US-EU conference on Iraq. Ferrari said that FM Shara'a had asked Italy whether he could visit Rome May 24 [...]	2005-05-19 14:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE IZ IT EUN
05ROME1859	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MAY 13 DISCUSSIONS IN ROME [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Burns exchanged views with senior Italian Foreign Ministry officials on UN Security Council reform, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Syria/Lebanon, Darfur, and Iran during his May 13 stopover in Rome. On most issues, Italian positions were [...]	2005-06-01 09:45:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL MOPS SY LE AF SR IT EUN BI
05ROME2372	ITALIAN PREVIEW OF THE JULY 18-19 GAERIC [...] (C) Italian MFA EU Office Director Luigi Mattiolo provided Laborcouns July 14 with a review of the EU Political Directors meeting in Bath, England regarding the July 18-19 GAERIC and responded to reftel points. Mattiolo said the Bath meeting was held in the shadow of the London bombings wit [...]	2005-07-15 11:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IR LE PREL SY TU UZ IT UN
05ROME2456	ITALY CONDEMNS SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER BLOCKAGE [...] (C) Summary. MFA officials agree that Syria's continuing blockage of its borders with Lebanon constitutes economic harassment, but they prefer to abide by a recent EU statement condemning such actions rather than make a separate public declaration. The officials also expressed Italy's disapp [...]	2005-07-22 15:52:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EG JO PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SY IT
05ROME2919	SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY WILL NOT ENGAGE SYRIA AT THE [...] (C) Summary. Italy will follow its EU partners in not engaging with Syria at the UNGA. Though sharing our concerns about Syrian failure to meet its obligations under UNSCR 1559, Rome, however, still favors engagement over isolation. The Italian MFA believes that at some point the internationa [...]	2005-09-01 16:56:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE IT EUN
05ROME4047	ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF [...] (U) Post delivered reftel statements to the MFA and Prime Minister's office on December 13. Foreign Minister Fini had already issued a statement condemning the assassination on December 12. Embassy translation of Fini's statement is provided below. 2. Begin text. Italy strongly condemn [...]	2005-12-13 10:14:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IT UN
05ROME795	MGLE01: ITALY INSISTS THAT SYRIA COMPLY WITH UNSC [...] (U) Italy strongly insists, in both public and private statements, on the complete and swift withdrawal of all Syrian forces from Lebanon. FM Fini issued a public statement on March 8 (see para. 2),and our MFA interlocutors continue to press their Syrian counterparts as well. 2. (U) Begin [...]	2005-03-09 15:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SY LE IT EUN

05ROME878	SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY GETS OFF THE FENCE ON [...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials agreed to forward our "strong and important" message on the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a to Rome to FM Fini, who will make the decision. One official argued, though, that it is in the United States' broader interest to have the meeting take place in ord [...]	2005-03-15 17:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PREL SY LE IT EUN
05ROME976	SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY STILL PLANS TO HOST FM [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA has given serious consideration to our request that Italy postpone the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a but, barring major changes on the ground in Lebanon, still plans to go through with the visit. Rome continues to view engagement as the best way to deal with [...]	2005-03-22 11:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE IT EUN
05SANAA2529	ISOLATING SYRIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel on isolating Syria at the UNGA to DFM Mustafa Noman on September 5. Noman responded that it was "politically impossible" to refuse if SARG requested a meeting, but would encourage more "transparency and cooperation" on Iraq and Lebanon. Krajeski [...]	2005-09-07 13:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER SY YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA3171	REACTIONS TO MEHLIS REPORT: MOSTLY NOT THERE [...] (U) Summary: Government newspapers took the lead, covering and commenting on the October 20 UN Mehlis report implicating Syrian and Lebanese security officials in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minster Rafiq Hariri. While op-eds in the official press took no stance on the report, t [...]	2005-10-31 14:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO YM SY UNSC
05SANAA3364	PRESIDENT SALEH, AFTER WASHINGTON VISIT: "I GET [...] (C) Summary: President Saleh told Ambassador that he has taken to heart the messages he heard in Washington from President Bush, Secretary Rice, MCC/CEO Danelovich, World Bank Wolfowitz and others. He said that he had convoked his cabinet upon his return and demanded a plan of action to respon [...]	2005-11-27 09:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SY YE DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA3378	SALEH TELLS GEN ABIZAID HE ACCEPTS WEAPONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a November 26 meeting with visiting CENTCOM Commander GEN John Abizaid, President Saleh accepted long-standing U.S. offers to create a weapons inventory system for the Yemeni Armed Forces. He claimed that Syrian President Bashar al-Asad had expressed willingness to cooperate [...]	2005-11-29 07:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER IZ SY YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA577	YEMEN: SYRIA OUT OF LEBANON, IN DUE TIME [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Qirbi on March 11. Ambassador conveyed the U.S. demand for full compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1559, calling for a complete Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, including the Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) pr [...]	2005-03-13 15:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PARM PTER OVIP LE SY ET ER YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA652	DFM ON SA/LW, SYRIA AND IMPRISONED JOURNALIST [...] (S) Summary: On March 16, DCM delivered refs A-C demarches to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustapha Noman and held a wide-ranging conversation on recent U.S.-ROYG discussions on SA/LW, Syria, and imprisoned journalist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani. Suggesting continued follow-up on the SA/LW issue, Noman [...]	2005-03-20 03:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC PTER PREL PHUM SY LE IR IZ DEMARCHE
05STATE176974	TALABANI DISCUSSES RUSSIA, IRAN, SYRIA, AND IRAQI [...] (U) September 14, 6:00 P.M., New York, UNGA 2. (U) Participants: USG --- NEA A/S C. David Welch NEA PDAS Elizabeth L. Cheney Prem Kumar (NEA/I/POL notetaker) Iraq ---- President Jalal Talabani Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari President,s Chief of Staff Kameron Karadaghi U.S [...]	2005-09-23 21:19:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PGOV PREL UN IZ RU SY
05STATE26545	MTAG: TAIWAN ENTITIES SUPPORTING PAKISTANI MISSILE PROGRAM; FOLLOW-UP ON TRANSFERS TO SYRIA (C) [...] (U) This is an action request. AIT Taipei please see para 4. 2. (S) Background: We want to raise with Taiwan concerns about Pakistan-based machine tools procurement agent K.M. Enterprise acquiring computer numerically- controlled (CNC) machines from the Taiwan manufacturer She Hong Ind [...]	2005-02-14 20:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC TW PK SY
05TAIPEI4068	MTAG: TAIWAN INVESTIGATION RESULTS ON XTRA AND SHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-04 08:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW SY PK
05TAIPEI683	MTAG: TAIWAN ON EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered ref A talking points to BOFT and to NSC on February 14, 2005. BOFT reported on February 18 that the Ecoma Company has provided assurances it will cease trade with Iran. In a meeting with AIT on February 17, BOFT provided updates on several export control cases, and [...]	2005-02-18 08:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PK PREL SY TW
05TELAVIV1363	(C) OTTE SAYS HE'S PRESSING PA FOR SECURITY [...] (C) In a March 7 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Middle East envoy Marc Otte said he would press the PA, during his visit this week, on the need for security service reform, while focusing in his GOI meetings on Israeli-Palestinian economic cooperation. He reported that World Bank President W [...]	2005-03-08 15:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS EU EG LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1454	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR URGES RESTRAINT IN PRESSING ABU [...] (C) Russian Ambassador Gennady Tarasov and the Ambassador reviewed Israeli-Palestinian progress in implementing the Sharm al-Sheikh commitments and Syria-Lebanon developments during a March 11 conversation. In response to the Ambassador's question about whether Russian Middle East envoy Kalug [...]	2005-03-11 14:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS LE SY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1730	SHARON CAUTIONS CODEL REID ON PROVIDING DIRECT [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon emphasized to Codel Reid March 21 that ensuring Israel's security against terrorism is his primary objective, although he is optimistic about the opportunities created by Arafat's death and the new Palestinian leadership. Codel Reid and Sharon discussed how [...]	2005-03-22 16:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV PTER KWBG MNUC IS IR SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1731	SHIMON PERES TELLS CODEL REID TO LOOK AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 20, Codel Reid and Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres discussed the economic future of Israel and post-disengagement Gaza, the U.S. position on Syria and Iran, the impact of the separation barrier on the lives of Palestinians, the run-up to the budget vote in [...]	2005-03-22 16:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IS MNUC OREP PGOV PREF PTER SY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV1833	ISRAELI DEFMIN DISCUSSES PA SECURITY PERFORMANCE [...] (C) Summary: On March 23, 2005, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams and the Ambassador that arms smuggling continues into both Gaza and the West Bank. Despite success by Palestinian Authority (PA) secur [...]	2005-03-25 08:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR KWBG KPAL EG SY IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2138	(C) EILAND OUTLINES STEPS TO PREVENT [...] (S) In a March 23 meeting with Deputy APNSA Abrams, A/S Welch, and the Ambassador, National Security Advisor Eiland sketched out "preliminary" GOI thinking about the future of Lebanon after a Syrian withdrawal. He described three scenarios for post-Syria Lebanon: democratic stability; a retur [...]	2005-04-07 05:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER KWBG IS LE SY COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV3244	STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar discussed the disengagement process with high-ranking Israeli military and foreign affairs officials, minister without portfolio Matan Vilnai, senior members of Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres' staff, and an opposition leader during a visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusal [...]	2005-05-31 06:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG OREP EG SY IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4107	MOSSAD CHIEF ON WEAKNESS OF SYRIA, PREDICTS NO [...] (C) Summary: Mossad Chief Meir Dagan told NEA A/S David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, and the Ambassador June 17 that, despite the weakness of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, he is unlikely to be replaced any time soon. Syria,s neighbors prefer to keep Assad in pow [...]	2005-06-29 13:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV PTER MNUC IR SY IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5796	EILAND REQUESTS USG PRESSURE TO STOP RUSSIA-SYRIA [...] (S) National Security Advisor Giora Eiland contacted the Ambassador September 23 to seek USG pressure on the Russian government to stop what he said is a possibly imminent agreement to sell Pantsir ground-to-air missiles to Syria. Eiland said the deal could be signed as early as next week dur [...]	2005-09-23 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PARM SY IS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6262	UNTSO HEAD MGEN LILLEY SAYS PKO CAN LEAVE WHEN [...] (C) United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) Chief of Staff Major General (MGEN) Clive Lilley briefed Ambassador Jones October 27 on UNTSO's mission in Israel and the region, noting how it supports UN peacekeeping operations in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and Syria (UNDOF),and that its missi [...]	2005-11-01 14:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR PGOV PTER LE SY EG IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV654	URI SAGUY ON NEED FOR U.S. LEADERSHIP IN THE [...] (C) Retired IDF intelligence chief MG (ret) Uri Saguy told the Ambassador February 2 that Israel needs active U.S. involvement "desperately" to move forward with the Palestinians after disengagement because the Israeli political system is "stuck," and the current coalition is heading toward a [...]	2005-02-03 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SY ISRAEL RELATIONS PEACE PROCESS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6799	SHALOM OUTLINES GOI REACTION TO ATTACK, BLAMES PA [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told the Ambassador December 6 that in response to the December 5 Netanya terrorist attack, the Security Cabinet decided to cancel special travel privileges for Palestinian VIPs, to resume targeted killings, and to combat terrorism and arms smugglin [...]	2005-12-06 17:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6875	MOFAZ TELLS A/S WELCH HE WILL SHUT KARNI, EREZ IF [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador December 9 that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has done nothing to implement the Agreement on Movement and Access since both sides met with the Secretary November 15. He underscored repeatedly that security conce [...]	2005-12-10 15:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EG IS SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6876	GILAD TELLS A/S WELCH PA ACTION AGAINST PIJ AND [...] (S) Summary: In a December 9 meeting after that with Defense Minister Mofaz (septel),MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad told A/S Welch, the Ambassador, and Col. Dugger (USSC) that he is concerned that Fatah is replacing its "old guard" with extremists. He assessed that if this trend continues, [...]	2005-12-10 15:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV PINS PTER KWBG KPAL IS JO LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6877	ISRAELIS DELIBERATELY "AMBIGUOUS" ON PALESTINIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland and Deputy National Security Advisor Eran Etzion told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch December 9 that the GOI has adopted a deliberately "ambiguous" approach to Palestinian Authority (PA) elections "so the PA can't blame Israel for the p [...]	2005-12-10 16:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV KPAL KDEM KPKO LE SY IS IR TU AE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6923	UNDOF COMMANDER REPORTS LIMITED RESOURCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Major-General Bala Nanda Sharma of Nepal, United Nations Disengagement Observor Force (UNDOF) Commander, told the Ambassador December 12 that UNDOF has "no money, no manpower, and no resources" with which to employ new technologies or to expand its mission. Sharma reported th [...]	2005-12-14 15:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS SY LE EG JO PGOV GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV7002	ISRAELI PM'S MILITARY ADVISER REVIEWS REGION, [...] (S) Major General Gadi Shamni -- Israeli PM Sharon's military adviser -- told the Ambassador that the U.S. should continue to lead the international community to diplomatically pressure Iran to abandon its program. If a military solution were required, Shamni said he believes the U.S. could d [...]	2005-12-19 12:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR PARM MARR MASS MNUC KPAL SY EG LE IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV7112	ISRAELI DEBRIEF ON KATYUSHA ATTACK ON KIRYAT [...] (S) Israeli MFA and MOD sources provided Embassy with details concerning the December 27 Katyusha attack from Lebanon on northern Israel. At 2309 local time, Israeli forces reported three explosions in northern Israel, but the debris has not been located to date. MOD contacts said several r [...]	2005-12-30 15:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINS MOPS PTER LE IS KPAL KPKO SY GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05THEHAGUE1176	SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA: DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. [...] (C) On April 28, Post conveyed ref A points to Angelique Eijpe, Policy Officer for Syria, Directorate for North Africa and Middle East Affairs, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post followed up the next day with Eijpe, who said that the GONL shares the U.S. view on the need to maintain pres [...]	2005-05-02 08:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO LE SY NL
05THEHAGUE1941	NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Responding to reftel, the Dutch MFA was prickly in response to the suggestion there be no "package approach" to UN reform. The Dutch thought Syria was improving its behavior in Lebanon in response to international pressure and suggested they are doing their best under the circ [...]	2005-07-11 14:30:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID LE PREL SY TU UZ NL UN
05THEHAGUE2041	SYRIA/LEBANON/NETHERLANDS: SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER [...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with Angelique Eijpe (MFA, Senior Policy Officer, Middle East Department) on July 22. Eijpe appreciated the points, noting that the Netherlands is actively following the border blockage and had already raised similar points bilaterally with the Syrian go [...]	2005-07-22 13:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EG ETRD JO NL PGOV PREL SY
05THEHAGUE2427	NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: NO PLANS TO MEET AT UNGA [...] (S) On September 7, POLCOUNS delivered reftel points separately to Tessa Terpstra (Acting Syria/Lebanon Desk Officer, Dutch MFA) and Karel van Kesteren (Director of the MFA's Department of UN and International Financial Organizations Affairs.) POLCOUNS also asked directly whether the Dutch an [...]	2005-09-07 11:38:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER SY NL EUN
05THEHAGUE3121	NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACHING THE DUTCH IN ADVANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During the November 21-22 GAERC, the Dutch will advocate for a "non-binding regime for civ-mil coordination" that favors development of national capacities and express concern on Iran. While the Dutch are proud of EU involvement in the Iraqi elections, they do not advocate for a [...]	2005-11-18 15:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ETRD SR SY UP YI NL EUN
05VIENNA1461	SYRIAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1559: AUSTRIAN [...] (C) Embassy Vienna conveyed reftel demarche on April 29 to MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and Africa Ralph Scheide. EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief followed up with Scheide on May 3. Scheide reported discussing the matter of the EU-Syria Association Agreement with his German [...]	2005-05-04 12:39:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO LE SY AU EUN
05VIENNA2056	DELIVERY TO AUSTRIA OF ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE [...] (SBU) DCM delivered ref (a) message on June 20 to Austrian Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Mayr-Harting undertook to deliver the contents of the message to the Austrian delegation (Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik and Middle East director Ralph Scheide). 2. (S) Mayr-Harting said t [...]	2005-06-20 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL IZ SY AU
05VIENNA2544	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER BLOCKAGE [...] (C) On July 28, Economic Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Ralph Scheide, Chief of the MFA's Near Eastern and Africa Division (DAS-equivalent). Scheide said that the GoA fully supported UNSCRs 1559 and 1595, and expected Syria to implement the resolutions. Scheide agreed that Sy [...]	2005-07-28 14:22:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SY AU
05VIENNA2924	ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UNGA -- DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on August 31 to Ralph Scheide, the assistant secretary-level head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Middle East and Africa division. 2. (S) Austrian President Heinz Fischer would attend the High Level Event in New York, Scheide said. The Syria [...]	2005-08-31 15:28:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER SY AU
05VIENNA3489	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: NOVEMBER 7 EU FOREIGN [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on October 28. 2. (C) Riecken made the following comments on our points: -- On Iran, there will be a conclusion calling on the need to maintain contact with civil society. The conclusion will [...]	2005-10-28 16:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KPAL IZ SY EAGR ETRD AU EUN
05VIENNA3842	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-09 13:22:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	KTFN PTER LE SY AU
05VIENNA3868	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: CONDEMNING THE ASSASSINATION [...] (C) On December 13, EconPolCouns delivered the texts of the President's and the Secretary's statements on the assassination of Gebran Tueni to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director for Middle East and African affairs. Scheide immediately had his st [...]	2005-12-14 09:29:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY AU
05VIENNA3975	DON'T INVEST IN SYRIA: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Embassy conveyed reftel demarche to Austrian MFA Acting A/S-equivalent for Bi- and Multilateral Economic Relations and International Financial Institutions Hans Kogler on December 23. We followed up with Kogler on December 29. Kogler told us he had only recently assumed his duties as Di [...]	2005-12-30 15:04:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SY AU EUN
05VIENNA572	SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASSAD TO VISIT VIENNA MARCH 15 [...] (C) EconPol Counselor and Pol Unit Chief met Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and Africa Ralph Scheide on February 28. In the course of a general discussion on Middle East issues, we made reftel points and raised concerns about President Bashir al-Assad's planned visit to Austr [...]	2005-03-01 08:49:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV SY LE IS AU EUN
05VIENNA654	ASSAD VISIT TO VIENNA POSTPONED INDEFINITELY [...] (C) Markus Lutterotti, Diplomatic Advisor to President Fischer, told the Ambassador March 3 that Bashar al-Assad,s trip has been postponed indefinitely. Lutterotti said that Assad had called Fischer March 2 to postpone the trip (originally planned for March 15) &in view of the present situat [...]	2005-03-03 11:28:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL AU FR SY
05VIENNA719	AUSTRIANS POSITIVE ON NEED FOR SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Ambassador presented reftel demarche on March 7 to MFA Secretary General (deputy minister equivalent) Johannes Kyrle. Ambassador stressed that what Syrian President Bashar al-Asad had said in his March 5 was not enough: compliance with UNSCR 1559 means a full and immediate withdrawal. T [...]	2005-03-07 16:05:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE AU
05WARSAW3250	ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UNGA: POLAND [...] (C) Polish MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East and Africa Wojciech Bozek assured us August 31 that neither Polish Foreign Minister Daniel Rotfeld nor President Aleksander Kwasniewski has any plans to meet with Al-Asad in New York, for both reasons of policy and scheduling. Bozek indicated [...]	2005-08-31 13:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY PL UNGA
05YEREVAN2082	ARMENIA'S LIMITED CAPACITY REGARDING FINCEN 314 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 10:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER LE SY AM
06ABUDHABI2072	UAE PRESS CONDEMNS ARREST OF SYRIAN JOURNALIST [...] (C) Summary: Arabic and English language dailies prominently covered the arrest of Syrian activist Michel Kilo (who was in the UAE May 9-10 participating in a conference hosted by Sharjah-based "Al Khaleej") and widely condemned his detention. Reaction to the press coverage by the official E [...]	2006-05-17 13:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KMDR KDEM PHUM SY AE
06ABUDHABI2243	SYRIAN VP IN UAE TO QUELL FEARS ABOUT IRAN? [...] (U) On May 29, Syrian Vice President Faruq al-Shara'a met with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Vice President/Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum (MbR),and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (MbZ). Arabic language [...]	2006-05-31 13:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON IR SY AE
06ABUDHABI2465	UAE - SYRIA ECONOMIC COMMISSION AND FORUM [...] (C) Summary: The UAE and Syria held a joint economic commission meeting on June 10 and the Second Syria-UAE Economic Forum from June 10-11, both in Damascus (ref a). On June 14, Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi told Ambassador that the UAE held these joint economic commissions regu [...]	2006-06-14 12:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV SY AE
06ABUDHABI256	BASHAR'S EXPECTED TRAVEL TO GULF [...] (C) On January 25, DCM presented reftel points to MFA Asst U/S Tariq Al-Haidan (former UAE Ambassador to Syria). He seemed surprised at the subject of the demarche but indicated that he had heard nothing at all of a proposed visit by Bashar Al-Asad. Al-Haidan alluded to Bashar's recent cons [...]	2006-01-25 15:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY AE
06ABUDHABI2695	APHSCT TOWNSEND DISCUSSES IRAN, REGIONAL CT ISSUES [...] (S/NF) Summary. On June 19, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met with the Director of the UAE's State Security Department (SSD) Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed al-Nahyan to discuss the growing Iranian threat in the region and ongoing [...]	2006-06-29 11:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS EPET ETTC SY IR IQ AE
06ABUDHABI2928	TFLE01: MINSTATE AL-SHA'ALI ON LEBANON SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussein Al-Sha'ali convoked Ambassadors from all G-8 countries July 17 to call for a concerted effort to calm the situation in Lebanon. He offered three specific UAE points of view: 1) Israel's actions recklessly violate Lebane [...]	2006-07-17 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR KWBG KPAL LE SY IR AE
06ABUDHABI2940	TFLE01: UAE HUMANITARIAN AID CONVOY ATTACKED [...] (C) Per reftelcon, ConGen Dubai officer received a telephone call from General Director, State Security Mohamed al Qemzi at approximately 1340 local time reporting that a UAE humanitarian aid convoy traveling from Damascus to Beirut had been attacked. The exact location of the attack was not [...]	2006-07-18 10:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPAL LE SY AE
06ABUDHABI3632	LEBANON A KEY TOPIC IN A/S HILLEN DISCUSSION WITH [...] (S) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs John Hillen and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) met on September 11 and discussed the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD),Qatar and Lebanon. MbZ welcomed the GSD scheduled for October 19 and reiterat [...]	2006-09-14 11:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	MASS PREL EAID LE QA IZ SY IR AE
06ABUDHABI4328	PRESIDENT KHALIFA SHARES VIEWS ON IRAN, IRAQ, AND [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial meeting with UAE President Khalifa November 21, former President Bush emphasized the strength of bilateral relations and reminisced about cooperation during the liberation of Kuwait and why some regional players had sided with Saddam. Bush inquired about Khalifa's [...]	2006-11-22 09:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KDEM IR IZ LE SY AE
06ABUDHABI4382	VISIT OF THE SYRIAN PRESIDENT TO THE UAE [...] (S) Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (AbZ) November 29 evening to relay USG concern regarding news of a planned visit by Syrian President Bashar al Assad to the UAE. With reference to Minister of State al Sha,ali's comments the day before on a possible AbZ v [...]	2006-11-30 10:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL AE SY
06ABUDHABI4501	UAEG RECIEVES SYRIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On December 17, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan hosted Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad in Abu Dhabi, followed by a separate meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ). According to the Emirates News Agency (WAM),Khalifa "warmly" [...]	2006-12-18 13:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AE SY
06ABUDHABI4529	UK PRIME MINISTER BLAIR VISITS UAE [...] (U) British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Abu Dhabi December 19 for an official two-day visit to the UAE as part of a regional tour. Blair held meetings with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Armed Forces Deputy Supreme Commander Mohammad b [...]	2006-12-21 17:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AE UK IR SY
06ABUDHABI73	A/S WAYNE BRIEFS UAE LEADERSHIP ON STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: On the occasion of a condolence call for the death of Dubai Ruler and UAE Prime Minister and Vice President Sheikh Maktoum, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Tony Wayne and Ambassador Sison met January 6 with several top UAE officials to discuss the Strategic [...]	2006-01-08 09:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN ECON IZ IR IS SY LE AE PK
06ADANA128	TURKEY: SOUTHEAST'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's textile industry continues to face difficulties in dealing with rapidly growing global competition, particularly from China and India. Textile industry leaders in Kahramanmaras, Gaziantep and Adana recently told us that the textile industry in Turkey's southeast continu [...]	2006-05-30 12:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL TU SY IZ
06ADANA142	TURKEY: IRAQI INTERNATIONAL FAIR IN GAZIANTEP [...] (U) Summary: The first Iraqi International Fair was held in Gaziantep on June 7-11, with the goal of increasing economic and trade relations between Turkey and Iraq, as well as among other countries in the region. With high-level business and government participation from Turkey, Iraq and othe [...]	2006-06-15 11:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM CASC TU SY IZ
06ADANA76	TURKEY: GAZIANTEP AS LIKLEY TERROR FINANCE CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Legitimate businesses in Gaziantep are used to launder money obtained through drug and fuel smuggling taking place in Turkey's southeast. Gaziantep's role as a logistics and finance center for PKK activities serves to protect the city itself from becoming host to, or victim of, [...]	2006-04-10 13:38:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM TU IZ SY
06ADANA77	TURKEY: GAZIANTEP AS LIKELY TERROR FINANCE CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Legitimate businesses in Gaziantep are used to launder money obtained through drug and fuel smuggling taking place in Turkey's southeast. Gaziantep's role as a logistics and finance center for PKK activities serves to protect the city itself from becoming host to, or victim of, [...]	2006-04-12 05:49:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM TU IZ SY
06ALGIERS500	HAMAS, IRAN, LEBANON, SYRIA, AND THE WESTERN [...] (C) Over a March 14 working lunch with MFA Secretary General Lamamra, NEA A/S Welch explained the U.S. view that taking the Iran nuclear issue to the Security Council would strengthen possibilities of resolving the problem through diplomacy; urged Algeria to ensure assistance was channeled to [...]	2006-03-21 07:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS IR WI MO SY LE AG
06AMMAN1176	VERDICTS IN THE CHEMICAL PLOT, ZARQAWI SENTENCED [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) on February 14 sentenced nine men to hang, including al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, for the 2004 plot to carry out a chemical/vehicle-borne explosive attack against the U.S. Embassy and Jordanian government targets. The plot's ma [...]	2006-02-16 16:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
06AMMAN1505	AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH PRINCE ALI [...] (S/NF) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met February 28 with Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein, one of King Abdullah's closest advisors and his half-brother. Discussions focused on Jordan's Counterrorism (CT) support request (Ref A). Ambassador Crumpton was joined in the mee [...]	2006-03-02 09:59:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MARR PHUM LE SY JO
06AMMAN1523	JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES CAPTURE TERRORISTS [...] (U) Jordanian dailies led with the GOJ's announcement that the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) foiled a suicide bombing plot by capturing three terrorists. GOJ spokesman Nasser Judah said the captured terrorists planned to attack a "vital civilian facility" in Amman. State-run TV showe [...]	2006-03-02 14:10:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
06AMMAN1526	AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH THE CHIEF OF [...] (C) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with Lt. General Mohammad Majid Al-Eitan February 28. Discussions focused on terrorist tactics, border security, and regional security cooperation. Ambassador Crumpton was joined in the meeting by the Ambassador, A/RSO, and Po [...]	2006-03-02 14:24:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PTER IZ SY LE JO
06AMMAN1534	AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH FM KHATIB [...] (SBU) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with Foreign Minister Abdul Ilah Al-Khatib February 28. Discussions focused on regional concerns including Hamas, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan,s efforts to combat radical Islamist ideologies. Jordanian participants incl [...]	2006-03-02 15:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PTER MARR PHUM KISL SY JO IR IZ
06AMMAN2108	JORDAN LOOKS TO NEIGHBORS FOR HELP WITH WATER [...] (SBU) Summary: With rainfall at 65% of the long-term average for this time of year, and reservoirs at 54% of capacity, Jordan is seeking help from Israel and Syria to cover an emerging water supply gap. Israel has been helpful, Syria reluctant. Reftel Red-Dead feasibility study should start [...]	2006-03-22 13:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR PREL PGOV SY IS JO
06AMMAN2118	JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT MOVES ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) indicted 20 defendants for terrorist activities in connection with attacks in Amman and Aqaba last year, and indicted members of the "Al-Mansurah" cell for conspiring to carry out terrorist acts. The SSC reached verdicts in six terrorism-rela [...]	2006-03-22 16:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
06AMMAN2509	KING, QUEEN AND FOREIGN MINISTER MEET WITH SENATE [...] (C) Summary: A Government of Jordan-sponsored U.S. Senate staff delegation accompanied by Ambassador Hale met March 23 with King Abdullah. The King focused on Iran,s role in Iraq, Hamas,s electoral victory, and Syria. The King appreciated Capitol Hill support, but stressed Jordan will need [...]	2006-04-10 10:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KDEM JO IR SY
06AMMAN3036	SYRIA OFFERS TO ADMIT (SMALL) NUMBERS OF [...] (U) Embassy Damascus has cleared this message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR Damascus and UNRWA each report that the SARG has in fact agreed to admit Palestinian refugees fleeing Iraq during Palestinian FM Zahar's April 20 visit to Damascus (ref A). However these UN agencies caution that the SARG i [...]	2006-04-27 14:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL UNRWA UNHCR IZ SY JO
06AMMAN3299	PRINCE FAISAL'S MEETING WITH SENATORS COCHRAN, [...] (C) Summary: Senators Cochran, Dodd, and Gregg, accompanied by Ambassador Hale, met April 19 with Prince Faisal, who was serving as Regent on that day. Faisal focused on Iran, Iraq, and Hamas' electoral victory. Faisal expressed his appreciation for Congress's support, but stressed Jordan w [...]	2006-05-10 03:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IR SY JO
06AMMAN3565	A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH JAF CHAIRMAN GENERAL [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs John Hillen, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 2 with the General Khalid Sarayreh, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). General Sarayreh discussed border security and expressed his appreciation fo [...]	2006-05-21 08:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IR IS IZ SY SA JO
06AMMAN5397	JORDANIAN-SYRIAN HIGHER JOINT COMMITTEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Jordanian diplomat provided his views on the Jordanian-Syrian Joint Higher Committee meetings in Damascus in June. They were co-chaired by Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit and Syrian Prime Minister Otari in Damascus in late June. Septel reports a readout on water issues. [...]	2006-07-18 11:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY JO
06AMMAN5492	INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR COMMENTS ON IRAN-SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 11:33:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM ETTC IR SY SA IS LE JO
06AMMAN5567	TFLE01: JORDAN'S KING DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah reviewed for codel Hoekstra his long-standing concerns about the strategic threat posed by Iran, and his efforts to build quietly a unity of purpose among Arab states, focusing on Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The King also discussed the situation in Lebanon, offered adv [...]	2006-07-25 09:04:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG LE IR SY IZ AJ JO
06AMMAN568	A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (U) A/S Kristen Silverberg met with King Abdullah on January 18. Jordanian participants included Deputy Prime Minister Ziad Fariz, Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib, Royal Court advisor Abdullah Woreikat, and Rania Atallah, the King's communications director. The A/S was joined in the mee [...]	2006-01-25 07:46:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG SY IR IZ IS JO
06AMMAN613	JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS FLIP-FLOP ON STANCE TOWARD SARG [...] (C) Jordanian Islamists were put on the defensive after expressing support for possible cooperation between the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood and former Syrian VP Khaddam against the SARG. Faced with local accusations of interference in Syrian affairs and aiding Western governments, Islamists c [...]	2006-01-25 15:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL SY JO
06AMMAN6335	"STREET" EXULTS OVER HIZBALLAH "VICTORY" [...] (SBU) Summary: Many Jordanians who were once resigned to the view that armed resistance to Israel was no longer an option for the Arab world have changed their minds as a result of the supposed Hizballah "victory" over Israel's army. The Embassy's friends in the establishment tell us this with worr [...]	2006-08-17 13:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL IS LE SY JO
06AMMAN7630	TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) handed down sentences in six terrorism-related cases and began proceedings against Nabil Ahmad Issa Jaaoura, a Jordanian who allegedly killed a British tourist at Amman's Roman Amphitheater in early September, and Ziyad Khalaf Karbouli, an Ira [...]	2006-10-05 06:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
06AMMAN7924	DEMARCHE ON PRESERVING SINIORA,S GOVERNMENT [...] (S) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche October 15 to Thamar Al-Adwan, FM Khatib's chief of staff. Al-Adwan took careful notes and undertook to brief Khatib immediately, but offered no substantive comment. 2. (S) During a follow-up demarche October 16 with Jaffar Hassan, foreign affairs advi [...]	2006-10-17 14:44:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY JO
06AMMAN8557	A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH FM KHATIB [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM KHATIB RECEIVED SENIOR U.S. OFFICIALS' BRIEFINGS ON BADR BRIGADE DEVELOPMENTS. HE EXPRESSED CONCERN FOR LEBANON'S STABILITY AND FOR SINIORA PERSONALLY. THE FM REAFFIRMED THE GOJ'S COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING CONDITIONS OF FOREIGN LABORERS, ESPECIALLY IN JORDAN'S QUALIFYING INDU [...]	2006-11-22 12:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ELAB IS SY IR JO
06AMMAN8850	TRIALS IN JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT - AN UPDATE [...] (SBU) Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) handed down sentences in four terrorism-related cases, and continued proceedings against Nabil al-Jaaoura, a Jordanian who allegedly killed a British tourist at Amman's Roman Amphitheater in early September, and Ziyad Khalaf Karbouli, an Iraqi charged [...]	2006-12-13 05:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
06AMMAN8909	SENATOR NELSON'S MEETING WITH JORDANIAN FM KHATIB [...] (C) Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) and his delegation met with Foreign Minister Abdelilah Al-Khatib December 13. Discussions focused on Nelson's meeting earlier that day with Bashar al-Asad, the situation in Lebanon, Iran, the Baker-Hamilton Report, and the Jordan International Police Training Ce [...]	2006-12-14 15:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO SY IZ LE IS KWBG IR
06AMMAN8910	SENIOR INTERACTION WITH SYRIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) Polcouns made reftel points to Thamer Adwan, director of the Foreign Minister's private office, on December 14. Adwan observed that Jordan agreed it was important to avoid the appearance of excusing the SARG for its negative policies, and added he would find it hard to imagine King Abdulla [...]	2006-12-14 15:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY JO
06AMMAN932	A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING AT JORDANIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Affairs Kristen Silverberg met with MFA Secretary General Nabih Shuqom January 17. Discussions SIPDIS focused on the formation of the new Human Rights Council, the UN Peacekeeping Commission, and Syria. Jordanian participant [...]	2006-02-08 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY IZ IS JO UN UNHRC
06ANKARA1020	TURKEY/IRAQ: FM GUL AND UNSYG ANNAN DISCUSS [...] (C) Turkey's Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol told Ambassador March 1 that, at a February 26 meeting in Doha, Foreign Minister Gul and UN Secretary General Annan discussed holding an "Iraq and its Neighbors" meeting of foreign ministers. This would be in the context of an existing series of " [...]	2006-03-01 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR SY IZ TU
06ANKARA1253	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S MARCH 16-17 VISIT TO [...] (C) We look forward to your visit to Ankara, which is very timely in view of events in the Caucasus. The Turkish government has heard conflicting accounts of the Rambouillet talks, is disappointed at the apparent lack of progress, and is anxious to hear your and Steve Mann's views on the way [...]	2006-03-10 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR SY IS KWBG AR AJ TU
06ANKARA1568	TURKEY-SYRIA FTA: NARROW SCOPE AND MODEST [...] (C) Summary: Turkish government officials and businessmen do not share the SARG's optimism about the recently-approved Turkey-Syria Free Trade Agreement. Turkish officials tell us that Turkey's FTAs are dictated by European Customs Union requirements, and business contacts tell us that Syria [...]	2006-03-24 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD POL ECON TU SY
06ANKARA1657	CJCS AND CHOD OZKOK STRESS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (S) Summary: CJCS Gen Pace and TGS Chief Ozkok reaffirmed the importance of the US-Turkey military relationship. Ozkok underscored Turkey's record of cooperation on Iraq, acknowledged recent progress there, stressed the importance of Kirkuk, and warned that sectarian strife could draw neighbo [...]	2006-03-29 06:04:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PTER OVIP PACE PETER TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA208	TOPICS FOR TURKISH NSC SECGEN'S MAIDEN VOYAGE TO [...] (C) Kenan Ipek, Special Advisor to National Security Council Secretary-General Ambassador Yigit Alpogan, advised us on Jan. 17 that the SecGen is pleased with the meetings scheduled for his Jan. 23-27 visit to Washington and looks forward to this opportunity to discuss issues of mutual interes [...]	2006-01-20 08:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA28	AMBASSADOR URGES TURKISH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER [...] (C) Ambassador used his Jan. 2 introductory call on National Security Council Secretary-General Alpogan to urge Turkey to define what new role it is ready to play in the diplomatic effort to deal with Iran's nuclear ambitions. Alpogan assured the Ambassador that Iran's nuclear program is a rea [...]	2006-01-03 16:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP TU IZ IR SY US
06ANKARA317	TURKEY/JORDAN: JORDANIAN PM BAKHIT FINDS BROAD [...] (C) Jordanian Prime Minister Bakhit, accompanied by Foreign Minister Khatib, came to Ankara January 16 to review regional issues prior to King Abdullah's planned visit to Washington, according to Foreign Ministry and Jordanian embassy sources. Bilateral trade issues were discussed as well. [...]	2006-01-27 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR TU JO IZ IR SY XF
06ANKARA404	PROPOSAL FOR SUBREGIONAL PROJECT ON WATER [...] (U) Embassy Ankara and Embassy Baghdad propose the creation of a special sub-regional project for working-level officials on water policy. The goal of the project would be to bring together Iraqi and Turkish officials responsible for water policy for a look at US water issues in the hope that [...]	2006-02-02 08:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL SENV IZ SY TU
06ANKARA4279	TURKEY INSPECTS SUSPECT FLIGHT FROM IRAN TO SYRIA [...] (S/NF) State Ops alerted us July 23 that the Syrians may once again be attempting to fly an IL-76 with suspect cargo from Iran to Syria. We contacted MFA Head of Department for Aviation Affairs Hamit Olcay, who informed us that the flight approaching Turkey was actually an Iranian civilian car [...]	2006-07-24 11:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM ETTC PREL IR SY IS TU LE
06ANKARA4316	TURKEY RECEIVES THREE SYRIAN AND IRANIAN IL-76 [...] (S/NF) We delivered ref a points to MFA Aviation Department Head Hamit Olcay on July 25. According to Olcay, Turkey does not have any pending cargo overflight requests. However, the GOT did receive three separate IL-76 overflight requests from Syria and Iran following our initial July 19 appr [...]	2006-07-26 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR ETTC TU IR SY SA JO IS LE

06ANKARA4405	TURKEY SYMPATHETIC BUT NEEDS EVIDENCE TO REQUIRE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: MFA Aviation Department Head Olcay welcomed information on possible Syrian and Iranian use of passenger flights to transfer weapons. He raised the possible abuse of VIP flights from Syria and Iran, noting that one such flig [...]	2006-08-01 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR ETTC SA SY IR TU
06ANKARA4407	TURKEY SYMPATHETIC BUT NEEDS EVIDENCE TO REQUIRE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: MFA Aviation Department Head Olcay welcomed information on possible Syrian and Iranian use of passenger flights to transfer weapons. He raised the possible abuse of VIP flights from Syria and Iran, noting that one such flig [...]	2006-08-01 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR ETTC SA SY IR TU
06ANKARA4462	TURKEY DETERMINED TO BUILD CONTROVERSIAL ILISU DAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ilisu dam project on the Tigris River has been one of the most widely criticized hydropower dam projects of the Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP). Despite the continued controversy, Turkey remains doggedly committed to building the dam. The Turkish press announced recently t [...]	2006-08-03 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGR SENV EAGR TU IZ SY
06ANKARA4703	TURKEY NOT LIKELY AFFECTED BY LEBANON OIL SPILL [...] (SBU) Summary. Contrary to alarmist press reporting in Turkey, a variety of assessments assign a low probability to the Lebanon oil spill reaching Turkey. Still, the possibility cannot be excluded, in which instance Turkey might need assistance for cleanup. Turkey has improved its legislat [...]	2006-08-11 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV MARR TU LE SY
06ANKARA4704	TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...]	2006-08-11 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU SY LE
06ANKARA4706	TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...]	2006-08-11 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU SY LE
06ANKARA4710	TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...]	2006-08-12 08:10:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU SY LE
06ANKARA4753	TURKEY CONSIDERING HUMANITARIAN AID BATTALION AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 14 for a read-out of PM Erdogan's earlier meeting with senior military and MFA officials on Lebanon. Uzumcu reported that the PM's meeting discussed offering the Mersin Port and Adana airport as a military and humanitarian a [...]	2006-08-15 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU SY LE
06ANKARA4893	TURKISH FM GUL VISITS DAMASCUS, PRESSES ASAD TO [...] (C) Summary: In Turkish FM Gul's one-day visit to Damascus August 22, Gul urged President Asad to shock the world by articulating a positive message on Middle East peace and fully supporting UNIFIL, according to MFA Director General for Middle East Bozkurt Aran. Asad welcomed the idea of Tur [...]	2006-08-23 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY TU
06ANKARA551	MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT GENERAL HAGEE WITH TGS AND [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: US Marine Corps Commandant General Michael Hagee outlined for Deputy Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) General Isik Kosaner and Turkish Land Forces Commander (TLFC) General Yasar Buyukanit in separate meetings on Feb. 2 the Iraqi Coalition's progress to stand up Iraqi [...]	2006-02-08 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ SY
06ANKARA5990	PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT [...] (S/NF) Ambassador reviewed U.S. concerns about Syrian plans to undermine the Siniora government with Turkish PM/FM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu on October 17. He reminded Davutoglu of the exchange about Syria and Lebanon during PM Erdogan's meeting with the President on October 2. The tw [...]	2006-10-17 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS TU LE SY
06ANKARA6352	TURKEY-SYRIA FTA TO ENTER INTO FORCE [...] (C) Turkish Foreign Ministry and Foreign Trade Undersecretariat officials confirmed a November 6 Anatolian News Agency report that the Turkey-Syria "free trade" agreement signed in December 2004 will come into force January 1, 2007. The agreement was also published in the Official Gazette, [...]	2006-11-07 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL TU SY
06ANKARA6448	PM MALIKI IN TURKEY: PLEDGES OF SUPPORT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi PM Maliki accepted Turkish offers to increase the level of training for ISF, especially police, and to work on expanding Turkish trade and investment beyond northern Iraq during his Nov. 16-17 visit to Ankara. The GOT was generally pleased with Maliki's public statements on [...]	2006-11-17 16:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV ECON TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA6490	LEBANON/TURKEY: GOT CONDEMNS GEMAYEL [...] (U) The Turkish MFA immediately and strongly condemned the Nov. 21 assassination of Lebanese Industry Minister Gemayel (full text in para. 3). Media reporting was straightforward and tended to place the blame on Syria. 2. (C) The Lebanese Ambassador to Turkey recently told Ambassador that [...]	2006-11-22 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KDEM MOPS TU LE SY
06ANKARA6500	Scenesetter for CODEL Shays' Nov. 27-29 Visit to Turkey [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey broadly agrees with U.S. goals in Iraq and tangibly supports our military effort there. However, Turkish concerns about Iraq's stability and future, as well as the PKK issue, complicate the relationship. Turkey has generally good intentions in promoting Middle East peace [...]	2006-11-24 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR LE SY AM EUN
06ANKARA6546	TURKEY SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT STABILITY OF SINIORA [...] (S) DCM discussed reftel demarche Nov. 30 with Deputy Undersecretary Uzumcu, who undertook to raise the issue at the higher levels of the ministry. We also double-tracked with MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal. Onal thanked us for sharing our concerns and noted that Turkey has also [...]	2006-11-30 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY TU
06ANKARA6563	TURKS CONVEY USG CONCERNS TO SARG, BUT STILL [...] (S) SUMMARY: We further discussed U.S. concerns related to Syrian efforts to destabilize Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora's government December 1 with MFA officials and received a read-out of Deputy PM Sener's November 29 meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. According to MFA, Sener [...]	2006-12-01 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY TU
06ANKARA6565	TURKEY/IRAQ: WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? [...] (C) Summary: Turkey -- despite serious ongoing concerns about violence and what it views as overreaching Kurdish aspirations, as well as anger over the PKK issue -- has been steadily engaging the new Iraq. Increasing this engagement would require demonstrating to the GOT that Iraqi disintegra [...]	2006-12-04 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV EAID ECON ENRG TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA6574	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO TEHRAN -- INITIAL [...] (S) Summary: Turkish PM Erdogan emphasized Lebanon and the implications for Iran of widening Shia/Sunni conflict during his December 3 visit to Tehran, according to FM Gul and PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu. Other topics included Iraq and Iranian gas transit for the Nabucco pipeline [...]	2006-12-04 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL IR IZ LE SY TU
06ANKARA6617	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (C) Summary: Lebanon was the main focus on Turkish PM Erdogan's visit to Damascus, PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told Ambassador December 8. Erdogan urged President Asad to make Syria a force for stability in a polarizing region, and to do so by using its influence to dissuad [...]	2006-12-08 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE IZ TU
06ANKARA6722	TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN TO VISIT LEBANON IN THE NEXT [...] (C) MFA Middle East Head of Department Sedat Onal told us December 21 Prime Minister Erdogan does intend to travel to Lebanon during the upcoming Muslim Sacrifice holiday, which this year begins December 30 and ends January 3. GOT officials had indicated to us earlier (reftels) Erdogan's inte [...]	2006-12-21 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY TU
06ANKARA6729	GOT'S IRAQ ENVOY CONTINUES OUTREACH TO SUNNIS AND [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is continuing its efforts to bring Sunni Arabs into the Iraqi political process, GOT Special Envoy Celikkol told us Dec. 19. Celikkol insisted Turkey was powerless to prevent rejectionist Sunnis from meeting in Istanbul last week. Officials in Jordan and the UAE are worri [...]	2006-12-22 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA6735	TURKISH OFFICIALS SHARE CONCERNS ON IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter Rodman discussed Iraq, Iran, and the Middle East with Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul and MFA Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay on the margins of December 12-13 High Level Defense Group talks in Ankara. Rodman described his discussions [...]	2006-12-22 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS IZ IR SY LE XF TU
06BAGHDAD142	FM ZEBARI: TURKEY MORE REALISTIC, SYRIA RIPE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Hoshyar Zebari told the Ambassador January 9 that the Turkish government has become far more realistic in its dealings with Iraq's Kurdish region. Zebari said that Turkish trade with the region is now over $3 billion per year. The Kurdish region has crossed several "red lines" [...]	2006-01-17 16:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TU SY IZ
06BAGHDAD1433	PALESTINIAN HUMAN RIGHTS REPS ON PALESTINIANS IN [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, Palestinian Human Rights Association (Jamyat Huquq al-Insan al-Filistinia) president Muhammed Abid Mutlak Mowsiq and a delegation of three other members expressed to RefCoord their continuing concerns about the security situation of Palestinians in Iraq. They promis [...]	2006-05-01 12:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KPAL PINS PTER IZ JO SY
06BAGHDAD1439	REQUEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BAGHDAD REFUGEE [...] Country clearance is requested for the May 10 - 14 travel of Baghdad Refugee Coordinator Camille Hill to Jordan. Ms. Hill has filed an electronic request for travel form with ISU-Amman including requests for assistance with necessary hotel, regional air, and ground transportation arrangements [...]	2006-05-01 18:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA PREF SMIG SY IZ
06BAGHDAD1659	120 MORE PALESTINIANS AT AL WALID BORDER POINT [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the successful transfer of 290 Palestinians from Iraq to Syria on May 9 and 10, 120 more Palestinians have spontaneously migrated from Baghdad to the Iraq-Syria border. Syria has so far refused to admit them. Rumor has it that many more Palestinians plan to flee t [...]	2006-05-18 16:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KPAL PINS IZ JO SY
06BAGHDAD1995	CODEL INHOFE MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Senators James Inhofe, Oklahoma, and Daniel K. Akaka, Hawaii, visited Iraq June 10-11 with their staffs to congratulate senior security officials on their recent cabinet appointments and for their contributions to operations resulting in the death of Abu Musab Zarqawi. 2. (C) CODEL [...]	2006-06-13 06:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER REL LE SY JO IZ
06BAGHDAD2116	WHERE WE STAND ON CRUDE EXPORTS, ELECTRICITY AND [...] (C) Summary: Baghdad's hours of power increased in June to an average of 8-9 hours per day, up from 4-5 a month ago. Improvements are attributable to more focused security and the return to service of several power plants that had been down for maintenance or other reasons. Crude exports are [...]	2006-06-21 06:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL TU SY IZ
06BAGHDAD2286	ATTACK ON BAGHDAD PALESTINIANS KILLS FOUR [...] (C) On the morning of June 26, the Palestinian "compound" in Baghdad's Baladiat neighborhood was reportedly attacked by unknown assailants. Saeed al-Jafari from the Palestinian Human Rights organization told PolFSN that four residents were killed and nine injured in the melee. PLO representa [...]	2006-06-29 12:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KPAL PINS PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ JO SY
06BAGHDAD3329	AMBASSADOR AND TALABANI DISCUSS DEFUSING FLAG [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with President Jalal Talabani on September 5-6, the Ambassador expressed his disappointment with the timing of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masud Barzani's September 1 statement on using the 1958 Iraqi flag within the KRG until a new flag had been dete [...]	2006-09-07 15:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY RU TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3927	TALABANI, AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PCNS, SYRIA, PUK [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting on October 14, President Talabani informed the Ambassador that the Policy Committee on National Security (PCNS) met that day to discuss pressing security and political issues, and had resolved to keep its session open until the key issues have been resolved. Although [...]	2006-10-20 07:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
06BAGHDAD4057	VP ADVISOR HANNAH, PRESIDENT TALABANI ASSESS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion on October 18, President Jalal Talabani and the Vice-President's National Security Advisor John Hannah discussed the internal political divisions both within the Sunni Arab groups and between the Shia, Sunni Arab, and Kurdish factions within the new [...]	2006-10-30 06:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY TU IZ
06BAGHDAD411	REQUEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BAGHDAD REFUGEE [...] Country Clearance is requested for the February 19- March 4 travel of Baghdad Refugee Coordinator Camille Hill to Jordan and Syria. RefCoord is joining PRM/ANE Office Director Richard Albright and PRM/ANE Iraq Program Officer Liana Brooks-Rubin for meetings in Amman and Syria February 22 to [...]	2006-02-11 07:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA PREF SMIG SY IZ
06BAGHDAD4297	IRAQI PRESIDENT GIVES READOUT ON TRIP TO FRANCE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 18, President Talabani gave Charge a readout of his state visit to Paris earlier this month. Talabani stated that he was received by President Jacques Chirac, who had listened attentively as Talabani requested more French aid in police training and economic and trade [...]	2006-11-20 13:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR SY IZ
06BAGHDAD4328	TALABANI SAYS SYRIA READY TO HELP IN IRAQ; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on November 21 with the Ambassador Iraqi President Jalal Talabani expressed the conviction that Syria is ready to help secure and stabilize Iraq. He shared a plan drawn up by Vice President Adil al-Mahdi to encourage cooperation among political blocs in an effort to [...]	2006-11-22 22:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY IQ
06BAGHDAD4351	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF OIL [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador met evening of November 22 with Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani to discuss the outlook for the November 23 GoI Energy Committee discussion of the Hydrocarbon Law. Shahristani expressed optimism that a breakthrough with the Kurds can be reached if the U.S. makes i [...]	2006-11-26 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ PREL SY TU
06BAGHDAD4450	AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (S) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Iraqi Minister of State for National Security Shirwan Wa'ili discussed a draft law to make the Ministry of State for National Security (MSNS) a regular Ministry; Wa'ili envisions one cabinet level official would coordinate and channel [...]	2006-12-05 08:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINS TU SY IZ IR
06BAGHDAD4638	CHALABI DISCUSSES RECENT TRAVEL TO SYRIA WITH [...] (S) In a December 15 meeting, Ahmed Chalabi discussed his recent trip to Syria with the Ambassador and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani. In an unofficial visit, Chalabi met with Syrian officials including Vice President Farouk al-Shara, Foreign Minister Walid al-Mu [...]	2006-12-20 16:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS EPET SY IZ
06BAKU1288	SYRIA/IRAN ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on UNSCR 1701 to Vugar Gurbanov and Mahur Gasimov of the International Security Division at the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 28, 2006. Poloff emphasized that we were sharing this information in response to Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov' [...]	2006-08-30 14:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	IR LE MARR MOPS PREL SY XG AJ
06BASRAH111	BASRAH MANDAEAN LEADER EXPRESSES SERIOUS CONCERNS [...] (C) On June 29, the Regional Coordinator (RC) met with the spiritual leader of the Basrah Mandaean community, Shaykh Raad Gbashi at his request. Shaykh Raad is a contact of the Regional Embassy Office (see Ref A) and has met previously with the RC. At this meeting, Shaykh Raad said that his c [...]	2006-06-30 07:53:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL PNAT KDEM SMIG IZ JO SY
06BEIJING24536	PRC/SYRIA: NO VISITS PLANNED, MFA PROVIDES READOUT [...] (C) China has no plans for a high-level visit by Syrian officials, according to MFA Levant Division Director Chen Weiqing. Providing a readout of Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun's December 6-8 trip to Israel, Ramallah and Syria, Chen said that Israeli officials asked the PRC to urge Syria [...]	2006-12-14 10:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IS LE SY IZ CH
06BEIJING24537	PRC/SYRIA: NO VISITS PLANNED, MFA PROVIDES READOUT [...] (C) China has no plans for a high-level visit by Syrian officials, according to MFA Levant Division Director Chen Weiqing. Providing a readout of Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun's December 6-8 trip to Israel, Ramallah and Syria, Chen said that Israeli officials asked the PRC to urge Syria [...]	2006-12-14 12:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IS LE SY IZ CH
06BEIJING8804	PRC/LEBANON: SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN SECURITY [...] (C) The PRC is concerned about "expanding" UNSCR 1559 and setting precedents for the Security Council involving itself in calling for establishment of diplomatic relations as well as demarcation of borders, is disappointed that the P-3 have not shared a draft text of the proposed resolution bu [...]	2006-05-11 11:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC LE SY CH
06BEIJING9289	PRC/LEBANON: SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN SECURITY [...] (C) The PRC remains opposed to a new UN Security Council Resolution on Lebanon and continues to seek watering down of any UNSC call for Lebanon and Syria to establish diplomatic relations, but would be willing to support a Presidential Statement stronger than what Russia has proposed. During [...]	2006-05-16 10:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC LE SY CH
06BEIRUT1024	MGLE01: LEBANON'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS NOT [...] (C) Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir, head of the Maronite church, and Patriarch Catholicos Aram I, head of Lebanon's Armenian Orthodox community, both expressed doubt that the current political deadlock between the March 14 forces and the informal coalition of Hizballah, Amal, and Michel Aoun's Fr [...]	2006-03-31 15:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT1029	MGLE01: HARIRI DEFENDS MEETING WITH PFLP-GC CHIEF [...] (C) On 4/2, MP Saad Hariri defended his meeting on 3/31 with Damascus-based PFLP-GC leader Ahmad Jibril. Responding to the Ambassador's objections, Hariri said that his meeting was connected directly to the ongoing national dialogue. Participants in the national dialogue asked Hariri, Parli [...]	2006-04-03 08:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM LE SY KPAL
06BEIRUT1040	MGLE01: AOUN ADVISOR COMMENTS ON DETERIORATING [...] (C) Gebran Bassil, senior advisor to Michel Aoun, said the recent deterioration in relations between the March 14 coalition and the Hizballah/Amal/Lahoud alliance was just the latest indication the Siniora/Hariri government was incapable of leading the country. Bassil, who appears to have c [...]	2006-04-03 15:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT1050	MGLE01: INDEPENDENT MP FRANJIEH TRIES A NEW [...] (C) MP Samir Franjieh, a founding member of the Qornet Shehwan pro-reform movement, believes the March 14 coalition has effectively worked its way into a trap, partly set by the Syrian regime, by focusing almost exclusively on the replacement of President Emile Lahoud. He contends that chan [...]	2006-04-04 14:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT1072	MGLE01: SAUDI AMBASSADOR SEES NASRALLAH (WHO [...] (S) In a 4/5 meeting with the Ambassador, Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja reported on his two-hour meeting the previous evening with Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah. Nasrallah, Khoja said, reported that Hizballah would back Michel Aoun for Lebanon's presidency and would oppose [...]	2006-04-06 12:38:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY SA
06BEIRUT1090	MGLE01: AMAL-HIZBALLAH MARRIAGE WEAKENING AMAL [...] (C) Econoff met separately with independent Shia leaders Mohammad Obeid and Mohammad Baydun on April 5. Both Obeid and Baydun reported that Amal's support is crumbling away at the rank-and-file level. The main reason was Amal movement leader and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri's perceived [...]	2006-04-07 11:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IS KISL LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT1092	MGLE01: PARLIAMENTARIAN SEES PARLIAMENT NEGLECTED [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 12:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KPAL LE SY IR
06BEIRUT1107	MGLEO1: NASSIB, NAYLA, BOUTROS EVALUATE THEIR [...] (C) Over the past week, the Ambassador had one-on-one lunches with the three presidential candidates generally considered the front-runners of the March 14 presidential contenders: Nayla Mouawad, Boutros Harb, and Nassib Lahoud. The policy differences among the three pro-independence politi [...]	2006-04-10 07:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT1166	MGLE01: FM SALLOUKH REVIEWS ISSUES IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh said this coming week's visit to Washington and New York by PM Siniora and four of his ministers is well-timed and should produce helpful results. The pro-Syrian foreign minister insisted he welcomes the support of Washington in Lebanon's transition to de [...]	2006-04-13 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT1238	MGLE01: CODEL DODD MEETS GENERAL MICHEL AOUN [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun informed visiting Senator Christopher Dodd that it was up to the Lebanese people themselves to defend their sovereignty and not rely excessively on foreign assistance. He criticized the Siniora government for not doing an effective job in [...]	2006-04-20 15:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT1239	MGLE01: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMISSION MEMBER [...] (C) Electoral commission member Abdel Salam Cheaib told Embassy officers that Lebanon has a rare chance to enact real, lasting reform, but warned that reform efforts will only succeed with long-term, stalwart support from the United States and the European Union. He acknowledged that Lebanese [...]	2006-04-20 15:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI SOCI PINR LE SY
06BEIRUT1240	MGLE01: SENATOR DODD'S APRIL 19 LUNCH WITH [...] (C) Senator Dodd's April 19 luncheon with Lebanese MPs Nayla Mouawad, Boutros Harb, and Jawad Boulos was dominated by a discussion of General Michel Aoun and his alliance with Hizballah. Mouawad and Harb characterized their rival for the presidency, Aoun, as a "Syrian agent" willing to sacri [...]	2006-04-20 15:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV OREP SY LE
06BEIRUT1277	MGLE01: HARIRI SAYS HE IS READY TO CONFRONT [...] (C) During an April 25 meeting with MP Saad Hariri, the Ambassador and econoff briefed him on Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's visit to Washington last week. Hariri agreed the visit was a success, and was also heartened by what he described as revitalized Saudi and Egyptian support for Lebano [...]	2006-04-25 15:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EG IR KISL LE PGOV PREL PTER SA SY
06BEIRUT1307	MGLE01: PATRIARCH SFEIR NOT CONFIDENT LAHOUD WILL [...] (C) In an April 27 meeting, the Ambassador and econoff discussed with Maronite Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Sfeir the recent visit of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora to Washington. Sfeir agreed with the Ambassador on the success of the visit, saying that Justice Minister Charles Rizk had also given h [...]	2006-04-27 14:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IR LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT1308	MGLE01: JUMBLATT CONCERNED WITH GROWING IRANIAN [...] (C) Walid Jumblatt expressed concern that Iran appears to be gaining influence in south and north Lebanon. In both regions, the economically disadvantaged are vulnerable to well-funded and growing Iranian efforts. When he visited Saudi King Abdullah two weeks ago, Jumblatt discussed this i [...]	2006-04-27 14:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT1337	MGLE01: DEFEATED LEBANESE CLOSE TO SYRIA ORGANIZE [...] (C) Elie Ferzli, former Minister of Information and apologist for Syrian influence in Lebanon, is working to form a political "movement" with other like-minded politicians such as Former Interior Minister Suleiman Franjieh, and Former PM Omar Karame. PolChief met with Ferzli, former Minis [...]	2006-04-28 17:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PINS PHUM PREL SY LE
06BEIRUT1338	MGLE01: NATIONAL DIALOGUE DISCUSSES PRESIDENCY, [...] (C) According to six participants in the 4/28 session of the National Dialogue, the issue of Lebanon's presidency was discussed at length but not resolved. Rather than defer or close the topic in order to proceed to the next and final point -- Hizballah's arms -- on the Dialogue's agenda, th [...]	2006-05-01 10:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT1339	MGLE01: AOUN DEFENDS HIS POSITION, CRITICIZES [...] (S) In a 4/29 meeting, the Ambassador shared USG concerns about Iran, Syria, and Hizballah with presidential aspirant and MP Michel Aoun. Aoun denied being a tool of any of the three. The USG, in his view, should welcome the alliances he has made with Hizballah and pro-Syrian politicians. [...]	2006-05-01 12:43:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IS IR
06BEIRUT1356	MGLE01: ARCHBISHOP AUDI SUSPICIOUS OF HIZBALLAH [...] (C) In a May 2 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Greek Orthodox Archbishop Ilias Audi bemoaned the lack of leadership in Lebanese politics, especially "those who pretend to be leaders who are working in their own interests." The Ambassador briefed Audi on Prime Minister Fouad Siniora [...]	2006-05-02 14:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IR LE PGOV PTER SOCI SY
06BEIRUT1369	MGLE01: PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE REACTS TO [...] (C) Polchief and econoff met with Rola Noureddine, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, on May 3 to discuss the widely reported Syrian-built earthen berms in the Biqa' Valley. Noureddine and General Said Eid confirmed the press reports, showing us a video of the berms. They said Syrian [...]	2006-05-03 14:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PBTS PREL SY
06BEIRUT1417	MGLE01: UNIIIC CHIEF BRAMMERTZ CITES PROGRESS, [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See para 16 below. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) UNIIIC Commissioner Brammertz said his team is now well-established, has considerable momentum, and is pursuing several fruitful lines of inquiry. In a meeting that took place before the GOL's o [...]	2006-05-05 15:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT1424	MGLE01: A/S HILLEN MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) Pol-Mil A/S Hillen informed Lebanon's PM Siniora that the final approvals were in the works for what we hope will be USD 10 million grant (Section 1206) for immediate equipment and training needs of the Lebanese Armed Forces. Expressing deep appreciation to the President and Secretary, P [...]	2006-05-08 09:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC MASS KDEM LE IS SY
06BEIRUT1444	MGLE01: A/S HILLEN'S DINNER WITH LEBANESE [...] (C) On May 3, the Ambassador hosted a dinner at his residence for visiting PM A/S Hillen. The guests represented a diverse range of international and Lebanese political figures, all united by their common interest in Lebanon's security situation and relationship with the United States. Durin [...]	2006-05-08 12:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM LE PGOV PM SY
06BEIRUT1464	MGLE01: PM A/S HILLEN MEETS DEPUTY PM AND DEFENSE [...] (S) In a 5/4 dinner meeting with the Ambassador and PM A/S Hillen, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias al-Murr said that enhanced U.S. security assistance would boost morale in the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and make his job easier in soliciting equipment donations from Gulf cou [...]	2006-05-10 06:45:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT1465	MGLE01: A/S HILLEN MEETS WITH UN REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) UN Representative Geir Pedersen believes the events of the past few months have greatly changed the political situation in Lebanon, particularly concerning Hizballah. Whereas before, Hizballah essentially had a free pass on its arms and political objectives, now the terrorist organization [...]	2006-05-10 06:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT1467	MGLE01: A/S HILLEN MEETS WITH LAF COMMANDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 4, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Hillen, accompanied by Ambassador, DATT, and ODC Chief, met with Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Suleiman at the Lebanese Armed Forces Headquarters at the Ministry of Defense. Suleiman welcomed the prospect of g [...]	2006-05-10 07:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER PBTS LE SY
06BEIRUT1481	MGLE01: SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF IO/AS [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Lebanon will underscore USG interest in Lebanon, and the role of the United Nations here. PM Siniora and four of his ministers visited Washington and New York April 17-22 to discuss the government's reform efforts and U.S. support for the country in its transition [...]	2006-05-10 14:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR KCRM PGOV UN LE SY IS
06BEIRUT1482	MGLE01: GOL PROPOSES NEW PROGRAM FOR PALESTINIAN [...] (U) This messsage contains an action request. See para 24. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) PM Siniora called a 5/5 meeting of foreign ambassadors assigned to Lebanon to explain a comprehensive government-approved program of improvements for the Palestinian refugee camps located throughout [...]	2006-05-10 15:04:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS JO KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT1483	MGLE01: SHIA CLERIC TELLS OF HIZBALLAH DOMINANCE, [...] (C) Sheikh Ahmed Taleb describes himself as a member of a small group of apolitical Shia clerics. He came to the embassy to "set the record straight' about his relationship with Hizballah and his connection to his father-in-law Sheikh Mohamed Hussein Fadlallah, the doyen of the spiritual and [...]	2006-05-10 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KDEM PHUM SOCI SY
06BEIRUT1495	MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI ON LABOR DEMONSTRATIONS, [...] (C) In a 5/11 meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri downplayed the importance of the 5/10 demonstrations led by Hizballah, Amal, and Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (reftel). While Aoun may hope to topple the cabinet, Berri claimed credit for limiting Hizballah an [...]	2006-05-11 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ELAB LE SY
06BEIRUT1496	MGLE01: BAABDA PALACE WHISPERS [...] (S) Seeing Egypt as a natural ally in its resistance to U.S. promotion of democracy in the region, President Lahoud plans to travel to Sharm El-Sheikh this month to "sit in the lap" of President Mubarak, as one of Lahoud's aides candidly put it. In the meantime, various allies of the Syrian r [...]	2006-05-11 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PINR PTER KISL KPAL LE SY EG
06BEIRUT1521	MGLE01: JA'JA' FRUSTRATED BY FAILURES, SEEKS [...] (C) Samir Ja'ja', leader of the Lebanese Forces political movement, received the Ambassador and Polchief on May 12 for lunch in his home in the mountains of northern Lebanon. The meeting was a broad tour d'horizon with Ja'ja' expressing concern over the May 10 "labor" demonstrations in Beir [...]	2006-05-16 06:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINS LE SY
06BEIRUT1530	MGLE01: UNIIIC SAYS USG ASSISTANCE IS [...] (U) This message contains an action request for the Department -- please see paras 9-10. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) In a May 12 meeting with emboffs, senior investigators from the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) said that the USG's responsiveness on the UNII [...]	2006-05-16 12:13:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PINR KCRM LE SY UN
06BEIRUT1545	MGLE01: PM SINIORA MEETING WITH A/S SILVERBERG -- [...] (C) Summary: On May 15, A/S for International Organizations Affairs, Kristen Silverberg, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora in his offices at the Grand Serail in Beirut. PM Siniora opened the meeting by expressing his satisfaction with his visit to Washin [...]	2006-05-17 15:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PORG PREL KDEM UNSC LE SY QT KPAL
06BEIRUT1547	MGLE01: KINDER, GENTLER SALLOUKH SEES FULL [...] (C) Summary: IO A/S Silverberg, Ambassador and emboff met with Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh on May 15 in the first official meeting of A/S Silverberg's Beirut schedule. During the QQ:R$o1QQ~impression that Prime Minister Siniora and his delegation (which included the FM) had made in Washi [...]	2006-05-17 15:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IO KDEM LE PGOV PHUM SY IS
06BEIRUT1559	MGLE01--MICHEL AOUN ON HIZBALLAH DEFENSE VISION [...] (C) Summary: On May 17, The Ambassador, accompanied by PolChief, met with Michel Aoun, leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM),to discuss USG concerns over the presentation reportedly made by Hizballlah at the 5/16 National Dialogue session. The Ambassador revealed pieces of the full r [...]	2006-05-18 12:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PTER KISL KPAL PGOV PINS IS LE SY
06BEIRUT1560	MGLE01: NASRALLAH SKETCHES OUT PERMANENT STATE OF [...] (S) In separate meetings with the Ambassador, Amin Gemayel and Marwan Hamadeh read aloud their notes from the 5/16 session of the National Dialogue. The participants agreed to disagree on the issue of the presidency, leaving the subject unresolved. On Hizballah's weapons -- the final agend [...]	2006-05-18 13:56:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY IS IR KISL
06BEIRUT1575	MGLE01: JUMBLATT BELIEVES HIZBALLAH INTENDS [...] (C) On 5/19, Druse leader Walid Jumblatt hosted the P-3 Ambassadors, Argentine Ambassador, Norwegian Ambassador, and UN representative Geir Pedersen for an open-air coffee in the Chouf mountains. Jumblatt's read-out of Hassan Nasrallah's hardline speech at the 5/16 National Dialogue session [...]	2006-05-19 15:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY IR
06BEIRUT1676	MGLE01: UN SYG'S REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSES [...] (S) In a 5/23 meeting, the UN Secretary-General's Personal Representative to Lebanon told visiting S/CT Coordinator Crumpton that Hizballah emerged as a "mixture" of Iranian Islamic-revolutionary links, social grievances in the Shi'a community, a fight against Israel, and what eventually beca [...]	2006-05-30 11:17:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER KISL MOPS KDEM SOCI LE SY IR IS
06BEIRUT1677	MGLE01: S/CT CRUMPTON MEETING WITH MICHEL AOUN -- [...] (C) On May 23, Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Crumpton met with Lebanese parliamentary minority leader Michel Aoun at Aoun's home near Beirut. S/CT Crumpton encouraged Aoun to use his influence to make Lebanon a solid partner with the USG in the fight against terrorism. He exp [...]	2006-05-30 11:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KPAL KDEM PINS LE SY IR
06BEIRUT1678	MGLE01: CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON AND ISF DIRECTOR [...] (S) In a May 23 meeting, Internal Security Forces (ISF) Director General Ashraf Rifi told Counterterrorism Coordinator Crumpton, the Ambassador, and emboffs that the ISF was rapidly expanding both its size and mission. From a personnel level of 13,000 last year, Rifi plans to increase the I [...]	2006-05-30 11:54:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	ASEC JO LE MAS PTER SA SY
06BEIRUT1679	MGLE01: S/CT CRUMPTON MEETING WITH PM SINIORA -- [...] (C) On May 23, S/CT Crumpton met with PM Siniora at Siniora's office in Beirut's Grand Serail. Ambassador Crumpton told the Prime Minister that the USG was prepared to help Lebanon as it moved to strengthen its institutions through a Lebanese process. He expressed USG condolences upon the [...]	2006-05-30 12:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PTER PINS KPAL LE SY
06BEIRUT1681	MGLE01: FOREIGN MINISTER SALLOUKH DEFENDS [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with Counterterrorism Coordinator Henry Crumpton, the Ambassador, and econoff, Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh -- in an unusually belligerent and offensive performance -- steadfastly defended Hizballah. He claimed that the majority of Lebanese consider Hizballah to b [...]	2006-05-30 12:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KPAL LE PBTS PTER SY
06BEIRUT1715	MGLE01: BERRI UNDERCUTS SINIORA IN MEETING WITH [...] (C/NF) In a May 31 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri was critical of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Berri accused Siniora of squandering an opportunity to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad that Berri had so delicately and s ecretly set up. Be [...]	2006-05-31 15:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS KPAL LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT1717	MGLE01: JUSTICE MINISTER COMPLAINS THAT SINIORA [...] (C) Justice Minister Charles Rizk voiced disappointment with Prime Minister Siniora's apparent decision to reject Rizk's proposed list of candidates for Lebanon's Higher Judicial Council. Rizk maintained that Siniora is bent on achieving a council majority that would allow him to control th [...]	2006-06-01 07:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC KDEM LE PGOV PREL PTER SY IS
06BEIRUT1746	MGLE01: SINIORA SEES SYRIAN AND PALESTINIAN [...] (S) In a 6/1 meeting, Prime Minister Siniora told the Ambassador he suspects Syrian and Palestinian agents were behind a violent 5/28 exchange with Israel. He also said it was impossible for the attacks to have been carried out without Hizballah's knowledge, and expressed concern that Hizbal [...]	2006-06-02 12:39:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER KDEM MOPS KPAL KPAO LE IS SY
06BEIRUT1748	MGLE01: C/CT5/015376 -- STUDY SHOWS IRANIAN AID [...] (S/NF) On May 31, independent Shia politician Ahmad al-Asad told econoff that Hizballah has increased the number of paid employees, including civilian and military, by 23 percent since last year. This increase was financed by a 37 percent increase in Iranian funding since the Syrian withdra [...]	2006-06-02 13:30:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN IR LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT1752	MGLE01: MARONITE PATRIARCH CONCERNED ABOUT SUNNI [...] (C) Maronite Patriarch Sfeir expressed unease with reports that Lebanon's Sunni-dominated Internal Security Force (ISF) could become a Sunni "gendarmerie" outside the control of the state. He said he fully supports proposals to increase the capabilities of the more broadly representative Le [...]	2006-06-05 07:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT1771	MGLE01: SAUDI AMBASSADOR WORRIED ABOUT SINIORA'S [...] (S) In a 5/5 meeting with the Ambassador, Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja insisted that there is no current "Saudi initiative" to reduce Syrian-Lebanese tension. He expressed deep worry about Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's safety. He cited a recent article in al-Hayet by Syria's Ambassado [...]	2006-06-05 14:01:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY SA
06BEIRUT1775	MGLE01: KARAME RALLY REVEALS OPENING OF A NEW/OLD [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 3, a political gauntlet was thrown down during a rally marking the anniversary of the 1987 death of a prominent Sunni figure in northern Lebanon. Omar Karame, former Prime minister and friend to Syria, was joined by several ex-deputies, and followers of anti-Hariri fo [...]	2006-06-05 15:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PTER SY LE
06BEIRUT1796	MGLE01: TRIPOLI SUNNI MP ADVOCATES A HARIRI [...] (C) During a 6/6 meeting with the Ambassador, Tripoli (Sunni) MP and Minister of Public Works and Transport Mohammed Safadi deflected questions about the June 8 session of the National Dialogue, in which he participates. Instead, he wanted to share his ideas on correcting what he sees as an [...]	2006-06-06 14:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT1805	MGLE01: PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL BELIEVES ELECTORAL [...] (C) Maronite presidential hopeful Nassib Lahoud said he believes that adoption of Lebanon's draft electoral law will hinge on how much political capital Saad Hariri commits to it -- as well as a decision by Michel Aoun and Hizballah's Hassan Nasrallah to only mildly resist it. The reform min [...]	2006-06-07 11:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT1811	MGLE01: MICHEL AOUN -- STILL NOT READY TO TAKE [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador and PolChief, Michel Aoun fended off attempts to nudge him back into the mainstream of Lebanon's political life. We told Aoun that the Lebanese may be ready to accept a leader with strong moral authority who is neither March 14/Hariri, nor March 8/Hizballah- [...]	2006-06-07 13:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KISL PTER KPAL PGOV LE SY
06BEIRUT1849	MGLE01: SAAD HARIRI ON IRAN, SINIORA, AOUN, [...] (S) In a 6/7 meeting with the Ambassador, MP Saad Hariri spent most of the time discussing his recent travels in Europe, which he claimed to have used to push for international consensus on Iran and Syria. The Russians, he claimed, were persuaded by his arguments not to abstain on any UNSCR [...]	2006-06-08 15:30:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IR RS FR
06BEIRUT1870	MGLE01: NATIONAL DIALOGUE DISCUSSIONS REVEAL [...] (C) On June 8, the Lebanese national dialogue reconvened. Two important events hung over the discussions of this round: 1) the Blue Line incidents of May 28 in which Hizballah positions were destroyed by Israeli air strikes, and 2) the June 1 riot that followed the television spoofing of H [...]	2006-06-09 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINS KISL PTER KPAL LE SY

06BEIRUT1892	MGLE01: SLEIMAN FRANJIEH ANNOUNCES "MARADA," A [...] (C) Summary: On June 11, Sleiman Franjieh announced his new political party named "Marada." The announcement was made as Franjieh commemorated the anniversary of the murder, presumably by Lebanese Forces militia, of his family in June 1978. The party seems to be a personality cult that e [...]	2006-06-12 15:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM SOCI PINS KISL LE SY
06BEIRUT1902	MGLE01: PM SINIORA UPBEAT ON ELECTORAL REFORM AND [...] (C) PM Siniora is optimistic that Lebanon's draft electoral law will survive intact upcoming debates in the Cabinet and Parliament. Although the size of the electoral districts could be a sticking point with several constituencies, Siniora believes the overall beneficial impact of a new ele [...]	2006-06-13 08:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT1916	MGLE01: JUMBLATT LOOKING FOR WAYS TO PUT SARG AND [...] (C) In a 6/12 meeting, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt confessed to being disappointed with the June report of the UN investigation of the Hariri assassination, the latest in a series of events seeming to benefit the Syrian regime and its allies in Lebanon. Lebanon may not be on the brink of civi [...]	2006-06-13 15:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT1963	MGLE01: POTENTIAL REQUEST TO UNIIIC TO EXAMINE [...] (S/NF) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Elias Murr claimed that the evidence is "very strong" that Israel, using local agents, was behind the 5/26 car bombing that killed the Majzoub brothers (PIJ activists and Lebanese citizens) in Sidon. Murr described what he believes was a [...]	2006-06-15 14:31:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KCRM PGOV LE SY IS
06BEIRUT1964	MGLE01: SCARED OF BLOODSHED, SA'AD MUSES ABOUT [...] (S) In a June 14 meeting with the Ambassador and emboff at his Qorytem residence, Sa'ad Hariri expressed alarm at mounting Sunni-Shiite tensions that he believes have driven Lebanon to the brink of civil war. Citing his concern following the May 28 attack on Israel and the June 1 Hizballah r [...]	2006-06-15 14:44:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	IR LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT1966	MGLE01: HARIRI ADVISOR STRONGLY CRITICIZES DRAFT [...] (C) MP Bahije Tabbarah, a close advisor to former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, gave a point-by-point critique of the draft electoral law that left little doubt he would be advising his Future Movement colleagues to oppose the law when it comes up for debate in Parliament. Tabbarah, who is n [...]	2006-06-15 15:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT1996	MGLE01: IRAN AND SYRIA ATTEMPT TO MAKE INROADS [...] (C) On June 14, econoff and FSN political specialist made an official visit to Akkar, the poorest and northernmost district in Lebanon. Local religious and municipal leaders reported that Iran is attempting to support Sunni extremist views in the poverty-stricken region. Syria still maintai [...]	2006-06-19 09:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON IR KISL LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2034	MGLE01: UNIIIC AND THE DEFENSE'S CASE FOR JAILED [...] (S) Reftel reports that UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz is deeply worried that the evidence against the four jailed Lebanese generals, suspected of complicity in the Hariri assassination, may not be strong enough to justify their continued detention. Release of the generals would have a [...]	2006-06-20 12:44:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KCRM PINR KISL ASEC LE SY UN
06BEIRUT2072	MGLE01: SOME SHIA LOOK FOR A WAY TO ESCAPE CLIENT [...] (C/NF) In a June 21 meeting with econoff and FSN political specialist, independent Shia intellectual Mohammad Obeid said he is trying to reform Nabih Berri's Amal movement from the inside. He wants to take advantage of growing discontent over Speaker Berri's perceived sell-out of the moveme [...]	2006-06-21 15:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN IR KISL LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2093	MGLE01: MICHEL AOUN RATCHETS UP THE [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun strongly attacked an array of perceived enemies in a televised speech on June 21, and the next day led a combined FPM/Hizballah delegation to Lebanon's Constitutional Council to protest judicial "inactivity" regarding a number of FPM challenges t [...]	2006-06-23 12:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT2155	MGLE01--CHRISTIAN POLITICIAN FEARS [...] (C/NF) Summary: On June 26, PolChief, accompanied by Pol Assistant, paid a farewell call on Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad. The Minister was in the mood to send a message to the USG. It was a simple and often repeated refrain: We are worried about extremism in the north of Leba [...]	2006-06-28 07:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM LE SY KPAL IR
06BEIRUT2175	MGLE01: ISF FACING INCREASING DRUG ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Econoff attended a June 26 Internal Security Forces (ISF) briefing to the Mini-Dublin Group. Col. Kowalty Abdel Razzak, head of the ISF's 200-person drug enforcement unit, told the group that drug enforcement has become more difficult since the Syrian withdrawal. More farmers in the Bi [...]	2006-06-28 14:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL LE PBTS PGOV SNAR SOCI SY
06BEIRUT2220	MGLE01: WITH SYRIA AND ITS ALLIES ON THE [...] (S) In a 6/28 meeting -- a day before the National Dialogue was to reconvene -- Druze leader and "March 14 Forces" figure Walid Jumblatt described a "stalemate" among National Dialogue participants over the deadline they had set on disarmament of Palestinian militias outside the refugee camps [...]	2006-06-30 15:24:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PTER KPAL ECON SY LE
06BEIRUT2221	MGLE01: JA'JA SEES "SMALL WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY" [...] (C/NF) On June 29, the Ambassador and econoff met with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Ja'Ja and his adviser Elie Khoury at the Embassy. Ja'Ja was upbeat about the day's National Dialogue session, saying that Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah was restrained. Nasrallah, along with Speaker of [...]	2006-06-30 15:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2223	MGLE01: HARIRI, HAMADEH DESCRIBE AS BOTH GOOD AND [...] (C/NF) In separate one-on-one meetings with the Ambassador on 6/30, MP Sa'ad Hariri and Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh expressed basic satisfaction with the previous day's national dialogue session. Israel's actions in Gaza and the arrests of Hamas cabinet members and lawmake [...]	2006-07-03 07:22:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV KISL LE SY IS KPAL KWBG
06BEIRUT2256	MGLE01: SCENESETTER FOR ELIAS MURR'S JULY 16-19 [...] (S/NF) Just over a year since surviving what is thought to have been a Syrian-ordered assassination attempt, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr heads to Washington July 16-19. The scion of a powerful and wealthy Greek Orthodox family closely linked to Syria, Murr has forg [...]	2006-07-05 14:21:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PTER PGOV MASS LE SY
06BEIRUT2272	MGLE01: INDEPENDENT SHIA POLITICIAN SAYS [...] (C/NF) In a late June meeting with econoff, independent Shia politician Ali Sabra Hamadeh reported that Hizballah has been cooling down its rhetoric in the Biqa Valley during the past three months. It seems the very confessional tensions that Hizballah has been working to inspire since the H [...]	2006-07-06 15:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS LE PGOV PTER SNAR SY
06BEIRUT2291	MGLE01: A STRATEGY SESSION WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C/NF) The current weakness of the "March 14" parliamentary majority -- and the deleterious effect this has on Prime Minister Siniora's ability to govern -- has become a matter of great concern for supporters of Siniora, such as former Central Bank Governor Michel el Khoury. At a 7/3 dinner [...]	2006-07-07 14:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PTER ECON KISL PINR SY LE
06BEIRUT2293	MGLE01: BRAMMERTZ SLOGS ON WITH UNIIIC BOUND BY [...] (S/NF) According to United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Commissioner Serge Brammertz, administrative delays with the UN's bureaucracy have taken up 50 to 70 percent of his time in the last month and have significantly hindered the UNIIIC's efficacy and p [...]	2006-07-07 15:14:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KCRM PINR ASEC SY LE
06BEIRUT2322	MGLE01: JA'JA' SAYS FEAR OF SECTARIAN CLASHES IS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER KISL KDEM ASEC MCAP LE SY IZ
06BEIRUT2323	MGLE01: JUMBLATT RECOUNTS SAUDI TRIP, MONEY [...] (S/NF) In a 7/7 meeting, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said he had recently asked Saudi King Abdullah for funding to help him and his "March 14" allies counter Iranian/Syrian influence in Lebanon. King Abdullah had been noncommittal, and Jumblatt was left waiting for his partner Sa'ad al-Harir [...]	2006-07-11 05:48:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER KISL KDEM EAID LE SA SY
06BEIRUT2343	MGLE01: PLO REP TO LEBANON LAUDS GOL'S [...] (C) The recently-appointed Palestinian Representative to Lebanon, Abbas Zaki, described humanitarian conditions in the 12 refugee camps located in Lebanon as dire, requiring immediate, comprehensive infrastructure and humanitarian assistance. Representative Zaki praised the efforts of Prime [...]	2006-07-11 15:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2347	MGLE01: HIZBALLAH ABDUCTION OF TWO IDF SOLDIERS [...] (C) According to local UN officials, a day of heavy fighting in southern Lebanon began at approximately 0900 local when an undetermined number of rockets launched from southern Lebanon landed the area of Shlomi, Israel, injuring at least four Israeli civilians. Nearly simultaneously, fighti [...]	2006-07-12 16:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER SY
06BEIRUT2351	MGLE01: INITIAL REACTION TO NASRALLAH'S SPEECH [...] (C) Hassan Nasrallah's latest attempt to portray Hizballah as the "Great Arab Protector" has embarrassed and cornered much of Lebanon's political elite. Nasrallah used a widely watched news conference late on July 12 to defend Hizballah's unprovoked abduction of two IDF soldiers from Israeli territ [...]	2006-07-13 09:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2353	MGLE01: LEBANESE PM SINIORA: "WE NEED HELP." [...] (S) Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora expressed deep concern to the Ambassador this morning that the current security crisis is unfolding "as if by script," with Israel and Hizballah dutifully playing out the assigned roles one would expect in a worst case scenario path to regional war. He argu [...]	2006-07-13 11:01:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	IS IZ LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2390	TFLE01: HIZBALLAH'S RECKLESSNESS SPLITS AOUN'S [...] (C) Aounist advisor MP Ibrahim Kanaan expressed frustration and deep concern over the present course of events in Lebanon and said he has advised his party leader General Michel Aoun to put distance between himself and Hassan Nasrallah. Kanaan is convinced that Hizballah, with "its extreme overconf [...]	2006-07-14 13:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2403	TFLE01: LARSEN TO PROPOSE HANDOVER OF ISRAELI [...] (C/NF) On July 16, the Ambassador and econoff had a late night meeting with UN envoy Terje Roed-Larsen and UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson. Larsen showed a draft proposal to the Ambassador, which Larsen said that he was drawing from orally but not providing to GOL officials. [...]	2006-07-17 11:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2407	TFLE01: BERRI SAYS CEASE-FIRE NECESSARY [...] (C/NF) Lebanon's Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri told the Ambassador today (7/17) that within another week, continued Israeli strikes will solidify Lebanese popular opinion against Israel. For now, however, he suggested in a most oblique manner that the potential for Israel's assault to we [...]	2006-07-17 17:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2417	TFLE01: AOUN'S ADVISORS PROPOSE DIFFERENT PATHS [...] (C) While Michel Aoun's close advisor Gebran Bassil continues to defend Hizballah's actions (but with less energy than before),Aoun's other influential advisors MP Farid el-Khazen and MP Ibrahim Kanaan unambiguously stated to poloff that Hizballah deliberately started the current cycle of violence [...]	2006-07-18 18:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2428	TFLE01: HIZBALLAH EXPERTS SAY EARLY END TO [...] (C) On July 20, econoff polled three Hizballah experts on the party's strategy and next steps in the current fighting with Israel. All three agreed that if the fighting ended now, Hizballah would appear victorious. As of July 20, much of Hizballah's military capabilities and support in the Shia com [...]	2006-07-20 16:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IS LE MOPS PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2437	TFLE01: MINISTER MOUAWAD URGES HUMANITARIAN [...] (S/NF) Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad described the humanitarian situation in Lebanon as approaching a critical point. Although she used less alarming terms than PM Siniora employed in his speech of July 19, Minister Mouawad still insisted the greatest challenge was not the supply of food [...]	2006-07-21 12:39:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2440	TFLE01: SPEAKER BERRI SAYS HE IS WAITING FOR [...] (C/NF) In a July 22 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri recited the devastation Israeli military operations have caused to his native southern Lebanon. By contrast, Berri asserted that Israel has not exacted much damage on Hizballah's military wing, saying onl [...]	2006-07-22 14:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2441	TFLE01 MARCH 14 LEADER BOUTROS HARB ALSO URGES [...] (C) MP Boutros Harb, a key figure in the pro-reform March 14 movement, believes Hizballah, as of July 21, has not been significantly hurt -- either in its leadership or its military capabilities. Harb said that if Hizballah can reach a cease-fire in its present relatively strong condition, it will [...]	2006-07-22 14:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2443	TFLE01: AMINE GEMAYEL SAYS CEASE-FIRE SHOULD [...] (S/NF) In a 7/21 meeting, Amine Gemayel, former President of the Republic of Lebanon, told the Ambassador that diplomatic efforts to solve the current conflict should focus on securing a long term solution to the cyclical security crises along the Lebanese-Israeli border, with any discussions of pr [...]	2006-07-23 09:37:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2447	TFLE01: MARONITE DOYEN WARNS: "THE WEST MUST WIN [...] (C/NF) On 7/22, Maronite doyen Sheikh Michel el Khoury (and son of Lebanon's first president) told the Ambassador that the West's hopes for democracy in the Middle East depend upon winning the current war against Hizballah and its Syrian and Iranian backers. Still, Sheikh Michel warned that with it [...]	2006-07-23 18:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2464	TFLE01: BERRI SAYS ISRAEL WON'T WIN [...] (C/NF) In July 25 meeting with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, the Ambassador followed up Secretary Rice's visit in presenting updated elements for a cease-fire package. Berri, after his customary review of Israeli acts, said he was still doubtful Hizballah would accept the proposal if a prisone [...]	2006-07-25 13:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PBTS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2471	TFLE01: SAMIR JA'JA' SUPPORTS PROPOSED PATH TO [...] (C) After the Ambassador reviewed current thinking regarding the components of a possible cease-fire, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Ja'ja' expressed his overall support of the approach, particularly the intent to implement all the components in a single phase. He also conveyed his belief that a holl [...]	2006-07-25 18:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2487	TFLE01: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN DELIVERING OIL [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraphs 12 and 13. 2. BACKGROUND: Lebanon is currently facing a humanitarian crisis with more than 700,000 Lebanese now displaced from their homes. Humanitarian supplies are arriving and negotiations are being made for a humanitarian corridor to help d [...]	2006-07-27 12:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ETRD EPET LE SY
06BEIRUT2489	TFLE01: PM SINIORA UPBEAT ON CEASE-FIRE [...] (C/NF) In a July 28 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Fouad Siniora was in buoyant spirits following what he saw as a major political victory in last night's (July 27) meeting of the Council of Ministers. Siniora said after several hours of tense argument, he finally told the Council that either they [...]	2006-07-29 06:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2490	TFLE01: MARWAN HAMADEH DISCUSSES CEASE-FIRE [...] (C/NF) During a July 28 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh gave a briefing on the July 27 cabinet meeting and the Rome conference. Al-Nahar publisher Ghassan Tueni was also present. Hamadeh said the cabinet meeting was "epic" as he verbally parrie [...]	2006-07-29 09:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2491	TFLE01: UNSYG REPRESENTATIVE PEDERSEN SEES ISRAEL [...] (C/NF) In a July 28 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, UNSYG Personal Representative Geir Pedersen said that he saw Israel getting bogged down in its military campaign. Based on information Pedersen was receiving, Israel's ground incursion was not successful, and a full-scale invasion [...]	2006-07-29 10:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS KPKO LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2504	TFLE01: SINIORA BELIEVES HE HAS THE CONFIDENCE OF [...] (C/NF) In a meeting with the Ambassador and poloff late on July 31, Prime Minister Siniora explained that his declaration to not negotiate until a cease-fire had been implemented gave him the credibility and support he needs across Lebanon's political spectrum to conclude a durable cease-fire agree [...]	2006-08-01 07:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2508	TFLE01: AOUN PARROTS PIAF: "JE NE REGRETTE RIEN" [...] (C/NF) Former General Michel Aoun displayed a stubborn refusal to face the reality of Hizballah's renegade status in Lebanon. Far from holding Hassan Nasrallah accountable for the violence that began with Hizballah's attack on July 12, Aoun said that as long as the fighting continued, all of Lebano [...]	2006-08-01 12:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2509	TGLE01: UNREP WITH OMINOUS MESSAGE FROM HIZBALLAH [...] (S/NF) Geir Pedersen, the UN Secretary General's Personal Representative for Lebanon, contacted the Ambassador on 8/1 to say that he had received an "alarming message" from his "usual contact." (Note: Pedersen's usual contact is Hizballah's Wafiq Safa. End note.) The message was initially reassurin [...]	2006-08-01 13:00:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PTER KISL LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2511	TFLE01: HAMADEH SEES RESOLUTION OF SHEBAA FARMS AS [...] (C/NF) On August 1, Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh told the Ambassador and Emboff that there is no need to get Syrian support for a potential settlement of the Shebaa Farms issue. Hamadeh expressed confidence that any agreement for an Israeli withdrawal from Shebaa, whether or not Sy [...]	2006-08-01 15:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2513	TFLE01: MP BOUTROS HARB: NASRALLAH CANNOT BECOME [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 1, Ambassador and Emboff met with MP Boutros Harb at his home in Beirut. Harb insisted that Hizballah must be prevented from emerging from the conflict in a position of power, as this would spell tragedy for Lebanon and the region. Yet he warned that as Hizballah continues to [...]	2006-08-01 16:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2526	TFLE01: LEBANESE INDUSTRY HEADS CALL FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Leading Lebanese business and industry associations have asked Embassy Beirut for the immediate establishment of safe commercial corridors for passage of imports and exports. Lebanese business leaders stressed the need for industry leaders to have "a sense that this war will never happen [...]	2006-08-03 14:05:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL SY EFIN ECON ETRD EINV
06BEIRUT2527	TFLE01: PATRIARCH SFEIR WANTS DISPLACED SHIA TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 3 Ambassador and Emboff met with Patriarch Sfeir at his summer residence in Diman, North Lebanon. Concerned about sectarian tensions, Sfeir was adamant that displaced Shia in Beirut and Mount Lebanon must return to their villages without delay. Regarding Hizballah disarmam [...]	2006-08-03 16:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PREF KDEM PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2529	TFLE01: NASSIB LAHOUD OFFERS ADVICE FOR THE DAY [...] (C/NF) Displaying notable resilience and cautious optimism despite the difficult conditions his country faces, pro-reform leader Nassib Lahoud advised the Embassy that the most critical element in preventing a Hizballah "victory" after the war is to take the lead in the reconstruction of post-confl [...]	2006-08-03 17:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2535	TFLE01: PM SINIORA WANTS A SINGLE PHASE AGREEMENT [...] (C/NF) PM Siniora pushed back hard against the US/FR plan to implement a cessation of hostilities and Israeli withdrawal in two phases. Worried about Israeli troops remaining inside Lebanon, Siniora prefers a single phase that combines a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanese territory with an [...]	2006-08-05 08:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2538	TFLE01: LEBANON,S YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 3 PolOff hosted a dinner at his residence in the Embassy compound. The guests were young professionals in the government, media, and private sectors. They are disappointed that in their view Israel is losing the war against Hizballah. These educated, Christian professionals d [...]	2006-08-05 13:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IS LE PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2539	TFLE01: UN REP SEES CRITICAL WINDOW OF [...] (C) On August 5, A/S Welch and Ambassador Feltman met with the UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen and UN Senior Political Affairs Officer Salman Sheikh. Reiterating concerns expressed previously (refs a and b),Pedersen stressed that Israeli military action would not achieve [...]	2006-08-05 15:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPKO MOPS PREL PTER IS SY LE
06BEIRUT2540	TFLE01: JUMBLATT AND HAMADE ON TWO-PHASE SOLUTION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 4 A/S Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff attended a dinner hosted by Marwan Hamade, Minister of Telecommunications, and attended by Walid Jumblatt, leader of the Druze community and the Progressive Socialist Party. Jumblatt warned that what he described as Israel's ineffective [...]	2006-08-06 07:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2541	TFLE01: A/S WELCH MEETS WITH SPEAKER BERRI [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 5, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, accompanied by Foreign Policy Advisor Ali Hamdan, at his office in Ain al-Tinneh, Beirut. A/S Welch explained to Berri the two-phase resolution being proposed to end [...]	2006-08-06 07:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2542	TFLE01: SINIORA SOUNDS AN OMINOUS NOTE ON DRAFT [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora called UNSC member nations' ambassadors to the Grand Serail on the morning of August 6 for a two hour "chat" during which he outlined the GOL's main concerns with the draft UN resolution currently being discussed in New York. During the meeting, which was also attended by [...]	2006-08-06 13:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER SY IS LE
06BEIRUT2544	TFLE01: CHRISTIAN POLITICAL LEADERS SAY SHEBA'A [...] (C/NF) On August 5, A/S Welch and Ambassador Feltman met with Christian leaders from the anti-Syria March 14 movement, including former President Amin Gemayel, his son and Minister of Industry Pierre Gemayel, Dory Chamoun, Carlos Edde, Fares Souaid, George Adwan, and presidential hopefuls Nayla Moa [...]	2006-08-07 06:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER SY IS LE
06BEIRUT2545	TFLE01: PM SINIORA HOLDS FAST ON SHEBA'A, INSISTS [...] (C/NF) A/S Welch's second meeting with PM Siniora in 24 hours clarified Lebanon's preferred sequence of events at cease-fire. But the Prime Minister would not budge from his "requirement" that the IDF withdraw from all Lebanese territory, including Sheba'a. Siniora argued hard that unless the Israe [...]	2006-08-07 06:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2551	TFLE01: LEBANESE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR PUSHES FOR [...] (C) In an August 7 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and TDY poloff, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh said that the Lebanese financial situation had so far avoided disaster through some creative "financial engineering" and other confidence-building measures such as a $1 billion loa [...]	2006-08-07 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON EINV LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2553	TFLE01: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR CONFIDENT IN RAPID [...] (C) During an August 7 meeting with the Ambassador and TDY poloff (notetaker),Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr confidently claimed that 15000 LAF troops, if called upon, could begin deploying to the South within 12 hours. (Note: this meeting took place before the cabinet decision authorizing d [...]	2006-08-08 05:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2566	MGLE01: BERRI IS UNDER THREAT DUE TO HIS PIVOTAL [...] (C) Ambassador and TDY poloff met with several Lebanese politicians of different confessions on August 8 in order to guage attitudes toward the draft UN resolution and sense whether there is a strategy for moving ahead in Lebanon following a ceasefire. In addition to Maronite former Preside [...]	2006-08-08 16:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER SY IS LE
06BEIRUT2578	LEBANON: AMIN GEMAYEL SEEKS COORDINATED STRATEGY [...] (C) In an August 8 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Kata'eb Party leader and former President Amin Gemayel discussed what should follow a cease=fire in the current conflict with Israel. Gemayel is frustrated that the Maronite Presidency has been sidelined during Emile Lahoud's tenure, and he [...]	2006-08-09 08:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2580	LEBANON: A/S WELCH EXPLAINS NEW U.S. POSITION TO [...] (C/NF) On August 5, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, accompanied by his foreign policy advisor Ali Hamdan, at Berri's office in Ain al-Tinneh, Beirut. A/S Welch reviewed with Berri the possibility that, under a potential UNSCR, [...]	2006-08-09 16:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2582	LEBANON: TWO MEETINGS WITH SINIORA NARROW THE [...] (C/NF) PM Fouad Siniora clearly understands that time is short, and he specifically asked A/S Welch about a possible August 9 Israeli security cabinet decision to expand operations. Siniora realizes that the French-American discussions on a draft UNSC resolution are difficult, but he remains adaman [...]	2006-08-10 05:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2583	LEBANON: MURR SAYS LAF CAN DEPLOY TO SOUTH IN [...] (C) In an August 9 meeting with A/S Welch, Ambassador Feltman, Deputy Legal Adviser Jonathan Schwartz, and poloff, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said 15,000 LAF troops could deploy to southern Lebanon within eight hours and assume security there along with a beefed- [...]	2006-08-10 05:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2587	LEBANON: FUEL AND ELECTRICAL POWER STATUS AS OF [...] (C/NF) The fuel and electrical power shortages in Lebanon have become serious. Lebanon's economy is operating at greatly reduced leels through austere rationing of gasoline, reduced consumption in the transport sector, selective brownouts of the electrical power grid. Some increase in the [...]	2006-08-10 09:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY ENRG
06BEIRUT2588	LEBANON: SINIORA DISCUSSES LATEST DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (C) PM Siniora and senior advisers Mohammad Chatta and Rola Noureddine met with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker) on the morning of August 10. Ambassador Feltman reviewed the latest U.S. draft resolution with Siniora (Note. Siniora had a meeting immediately afterwards with French Ambassador [...]	2006-08-10 12:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2599	LEBANON: MARWAN HAMADEH DISCUSSES DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (C) A/S Welch, Ambassador Feltman, Deputy Legal Adviser Jonathan Schwartz and poloff (notetaker) met with Lebanese Minister for Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh and Minister of Displaced Naame Tomeh, both close allies of Druze leader Walid Joumblatt, at Hamadeh's downtown office on the afternoon o [...]	2006-08-11 17:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2600	LEBANON: FOR BERRI RESOLUTION COMES DOWN TO ONE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 11 NEA A/S Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, accompanied by his foreign policy advisor Ali Hamdan, at Berri's Ain Al Tinneh office. A/S Welch told Berri that we hoped that the UNSC resolution addressing the current conflict wou [...]	2006-08-11 17:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2601	LEBANON: A/S WELCH'S MEETINGS WITH PM SINIORA ON [...] (C/NF) Over the course of three hours in two meetings on August 11, PM Fouad Siniora made steady, but incremental movement toward accepting the most recent draft language of the UN resolution. His strongest objections were directed toward the specific use of chapter 7 to authorize the multi-nationa [...]	2006-08-12 13:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2602	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI WANTS LAHOUD OUT [...] (C/NF) In a meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker) on August 12 at his Qoreitem mansion, Future Movement leader Saad Hariri spoke about his key objectives in the aftermath of a ceasefire between Israel and Hizballah. Convinced at the time of the meeting that the Lebanese Cabinet wil [...]	2006-08-12 13:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2604	LEBANON: SALLOUKH PREDICTS CABINET APPROVAL OF [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker) on August 12, Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh, joined by three of his MFA staff, urged that the Israeli blockade be lifted as soon as possible, but brushed aside concerns that arms smuggling will resume withou [...]	2006-08-12 16:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PREL LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2608	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER CONFIDENT OF GOL [...] (C) During an expansive conversation on 8/13 with Ambassador and poloff over lunch, Lebanese Minister of Justice Charles Rizk said that the unanimous 8/12 Cabinet decision to accept UNSCR 1701 had strengthened the GOL. He added that while this first session had been a simple agreement on pr [...]	2006-08-14 04:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PTER PREL LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2609	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS DRAFT TRIBUNAL [...] (C) During an August 13 meeting with Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Minister of Justice Charles Rizk said that the United Nations had provided him with a draft framework for a "special tribunal of international character" to try suspects in the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, and that the draft is [...]	2006-08-14 08:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PTER PINR MOPS LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2613	LEBANON: SAMIR JA'JA URGES FULL HIZBALLAH [...] (C) During an August 12 meeting with Ambassador and poloff at the Embassy, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Ja'Ja' urged that the debate on full Hizballah disarmament should not be postponed, and that internal and external pressure should be applied to "squeeze" Hizballah on this issue. Ja'ja suggested [...]	2006-08-14 12:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2615	STRENGTHENING A SHAKY CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES -- [...] (SBU) This message contains a non-exhaustive list of initiatives that we suggest the USG support, in the first days of the fragile cessation of hostilities forged by U.S. leadership in UNSCR 1701. We seek to strengthen the GOL and move Lebanon toward a permanent cease-fire. After the U.S. [...]	2006-08-14 15:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER EAID LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2620	LEBANON: PM SINIORA DISCUSSES TOP PRIORITIES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 14, the first day of the cessation of hostilities, Prime Minister Siniora convoked the Ambassadors of the UNSC Perm-5. Siniora requested support to provide temporary steel bridges that will help the return of displaced Shia to the south, and to remove the "siege" from the air [...]	2006-08-14 16:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2625	LEBANON: GHATTAS KHOURY SUPPORTS GRADUAL SOLUTION [...] (C) During an August 14 lunch with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, former Hariri MP and Jumblatt-ally Ghattas Khoury said that now -- meaning today -- is not the time to corner Hizballah on full disarmament, although that moment is quickly approaching. Voicing concern about the increasingly threteni [...]	2006-08-14 16:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER SY LE IS
06BEIRUT2643	JUMBLATT CONCEDES VICTORY TO NASRALLAH, WORRIES [...] (S/NF) On 8/14, the Ambassador spent an unrelentingly bleak evening with Walid Jumblatt, Marwan Hamadeh, Ghattas Khoury, and (joining late) Bernard Emie. Nasrallah's televised "victory speech" cast a pall over the discussion, with honking horns and cheering Shia making a ruckus on the nearby Beirut [...]	2006-08-15 08:37:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PTER KDEM LE SY IR IS
06BEIRUT2644	LEBANON: CODEL ISSA MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] PM Siniora described to Congressman Issa the serious damage the present conflict has inflicted on his country, as well as his hope that the American people would continue to support the people of Lebanon. Congressman Issa praised PM Siniora's leadership and courage during this difficult peri [...]	2006-08-15 09:12:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2649	ARTICLE THREATENS MARWAN HAMADEH, WHO SEES IT AS [...] (S/NF) Reftel noted that Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh -- who survived one assassination attempt already, on 10/1/04 -- believes that he is again being targeted. He heard a veiled threat in the 8/14 "victory speech" by Hizballah Secretary General, and he pointed out that he [...]	2006-08-15 13:26:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SY LE IS
06BEIRUT2652	LEBANON: WHEAT SHIPMENT NEEDED TO KEEP BREAD ON [...] This message contains an action message for the Department -- please see para 6. 2. Embassy meetings with GOL and agrifood industry leaders have confirmed that current stocks of wheat in Lebanon are at a critically low level. President of Dora Flour Mills and Chair of the Agrifood Trader [...]	2006-08-16 06:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON IS LE PREL SY
06BEIRUT2665	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER AWAITS CABINET DECISION [...] (C) During a downbeat 8/15 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr said he awaits a Cabinet decision on moving forward with LAF deployment to the South, but that his personal opinion is that the LAF cannot coexist for long in the South with an armed Hizba [...]	2006-08-16 09:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PREL LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2671	LEBANON: NAYLA MOAWAD VOWS TO STAND FIRM [...] (C/NF) During an 8/16 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff in the Baabda apartment where she is staying, Zgharta MP and Minister for Social Affairs Nayla Moawad said that, though she is threatened by the recent speeches by Hassan Nasrallah and Bashar al-Asad accusing the March 14 movement [...]	2006-08-16 15:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID EFIN PTER PREL SY ISLE
06BEIRUT2672	LEBANON: PM SINIORA PLANS COUNTER-PUNCH (BUT, [...] (C/NF) In a 8/16 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora stated that his number one goal at this point is to get the LAF into south Lebanon as quickly as possible. This will be a significant achievement. He discounted much of Hassan Nasrallah's recent "victory" rhetoric as simply that, and [...]	2006-08-16 16:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT268	MGLE01: UN LEGAL AFFAIRS CHIEF BRIEFS P-3 ON UNSCR [...] (S) In a 1/28 meeting, UN Under Secretary General for Legal Affairs Nicolas Michel briefed P-3 ambassadors on his consultations with GOL authorities on follow-up to UNSCR 1644. Michel said that he was pleasantly surprised and relieved by the broad base of support he found for an internatio [...]	2006-01-30 07:30:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE SY
06BEIRUT2680	ISF COMMANDER ON AIRPORT SECURITY, NEEDS FOR [...] (C/NF) In a 8/16 meeting with Ambassador and emboff, Internal Security Forces Commander Ashraf Rifi expressed confidence that the removal of an LAF unit from the Beirut airport and its replacement by the ISF (with its Sunni command hostile to Hizballah) has vastly improved the security of passenger [...]	2006-08-17 08:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR PTER MOPS PREL PARM LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2683	LEBANON: PEDERSEN SAYS NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador and poloff met with the UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen and UN Senior Political Affairs Officer Salman Shaikh on Augest 16 for a frank discussion over lunch at the Ambassador's residence. (Note: Pedersen asked that his comments be kept very c [...]	2006-08-17 12:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2685	LAF DEPLOYMENT PLAYING INTO HIZBALLAH'S PLAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 17, Ambassador and emboff met with Minister of Public Works and Transportation Mohammed Safadi. Safadi (a Sunni from Tripoli and a member of the March 14 coalition) argued that the deployment of LAF is not in the interest of GOL and plays into the hands of Hizballah. [...]	2006-08-17 13:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2687	LEBANON: READOUT FROM AUGUST 16 LAF-UNIFIL-IDF [...] (C/NF) The UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen called the Ambassador with notes from a coordination meeting held Wednesday, August 16 in Naqoura, chaired by UNIFIL Commander Major General Alain Pellegrini, and attended by an IDF delegation headed by General Udi Dekel, a [...]	2006-08-17 13:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2690	LEBANON: TWO MINISTERS ON LEBANESE RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 17 the Ambassador and emboff had separate meetings with Minister of Economy and Trade Sami Haddad and Minister of Public Works and Transportation Mohammad Safadi. They blamed the GOL's lack of a centralized authority to set priorities and determine the distribution o [...]	2006-08-17 16:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2691	LEBANON: MP MOSBAH AL-AHDAB FEARS MARCH 14 HAS [...] (C/NF) During an August 17 luncheon with the Ambassador and poloff, Tripoli MP Mosbah al-Ahdab presented a bleak precis of the situation in Lebanon. Ahdab, a Sunni and March 14 charter member, described the March 14 movement as rudderless and bereft of good ideas. The government is ill-pre [...]	2006-08-17 16:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KDEM LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2697	BERRI CRITICAL OF BASHAR'S SPEECH [...] (C) In an August 18 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri hailed the deployment of the Lebanese armed forces (LAF) south of the Litani River. The longtime leader of the Shi'a Amal party and a reluctant political ally of Hizballah, Berri c [...]	2006-08-18 17:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS SY IS
06BEIRUT2698	DEFMIN MURR WORRIED ABOUT PALESTINIANS PROVOKING [...] (S) On 8/18, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador that he was deeply worried by intelligence information suggesting that Palestinian rejectionists planned to disrupt the ongoing LAF deployment to the south. While he had nothing specific, he analyzed from [...]	2006-08-18 18:20:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS PARM SY LE
06BEIRUT2699	SHIA MINISTER CLAIMS BERRI TRICKED HIZBALLAH, NOW [...] (S/NF) Minister of Health (Shia, member of Amal) Mohammed Khalifeh (please protect throughout) told the Ambassador in a 8/18 meeting that Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Hizballah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah are currently at odds. By Khalifeh's account, Berri was infuriated by Nasrallah's [...]	2006-08-19 08:23:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY IR IS
06BEIRUT2702	SINIORA ON UNSCR 1701, RECONSTRUCTION, WAY FORWARD [...] (S/NF) In a one-on-one somewhat scratchy meeting with the Ambassador on 8/18, Prime Minister Siniora bristled at the suggestion that he was projecting the wrong image regarding UNSCR 1701. Citing army deployment to the Syrian-Lebanese border as well as southern Lebanon, it is simply not tru [...]	2006-08-19 16:32:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EAID LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2703	BRAINSTORMING WITH MARWAN AND NAYLA: HAVE KOFI [...] (S/NF) Meeting together with the Ambassador on 8/20, Marwan Hamadeh and Nayla Mouawad urged that Kofi Annan bring UN/OLA chief Nicolas Michel with him when the UNSYG travels to Beirut next week. Having Michel in town to finalize the draft on the Hariri tribunal will put the right spin on An [...]	2006-08-20 15:19:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KCRM PTER EFIN LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2705	LEBANON: JUMBLATT WANTS HARIRI TO OPEN HIS WALLET [...] (C/NF) Ambassador Feltman, poloff, and pol FSN shared a subdued lunch with Druze chieftain Walid Jumblatt on 8/19 at his Moukhtara manse in the Shouf Mountains. Jumblatt said the government needs to get moving on the reconstruction effort, and that Saad Hariri can help by doling out his vast [...]	2006-08-21 04:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER CVIS SY IS
06BEIRUT2706	LEBANON: HARIRI WANTS LEBANESE MARSHALL PLAN [...] (C/NF) During a difficult 8/20 meeting at his Qureitem mansion with Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman and poloff, a somewhat erratic Saad Hariri pressed for the immediate reopening of Lebanon's ports and airports. Pushing back, the Ambassador said that until the Government of Lebanon (GOL) does more to im [...]	2006-08-21 05:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2717	NAMBIAR AND LARSEN DISCUSS UNSCR 1701 (AND TERJE DISCUSSES TERJE) [...] (S/NF) On 8/20, UN envoys Vijay Nambiar and Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Ambassador on their Lebanon consultations regarding UNSCR 1701. They were impressed with the progress of LAF deployment. Concerned over UNIFIL Commander Pellegrini's comments about inadequate LAF-UNIFIL coordination, they bro [...]	2006-08-21 16:23:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PARM MOPS LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2725	LEBANON: FATFAT SEEKS HELP FROM "FRIENDS" TO [...] (C/NF) In an uncharacteristically frank discussion with Ambassador and Staffdel, Acting Minister of Interior Ahmed Fatfat described the GOL as measurably stronger now than it was prior to July 12, but public perception has nevertheless deemed Hizballah the winner. According to Fatfat, lack of [...]	2006-08-22 14:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE SY IS

06BEIRUT2732	SUMMARY OF GOL REQUESTS, IDEAS [...] (C) Ever since Hizballah initiated the current Israeli-Hizballah crisis, PM Siniora and other GOL officials have asked us for help in several specific areas. In most cases, we have politely explained why we could not help (or why any assistance was contingent upon the Lebanese taking action [...]	2006-08-23 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EAID PGOV LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2735	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CALLS FOR SYRIAN REGIME [...] (C/NF) In a wide ranging discussion at his Qureitem home on August 22, an effusive and provocative Saad Hariri met with senior Senate Foreign Relations staffer Puneet Talwar and poloff (notetaker). Saying that the continued Israeli blockade of ports and airports is "killing the Cedar Revol [...]	2006-08-24 06:17:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2751	LEBANON: ECONOMY MINISTER SAYS BLOCKADE IS [...] (C) During an August 23 meeting with Representatives Christopher Shays (R-CT),Al Green (D-TX),Robert Inglis (R-SC),Brian Higgins (R-NY),Ambassador Feltman, and staffers and poloffs, Lebanese Economy and Trade Minister Sami Haddad (a Protestant close to March 14) said that anti-U.S. feeli [...]	2006-08-24 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2752	LEBANON: MARCH 14 TRIO SAY THEY ARE A MOVEMENT [...] (C/NF) During a downbeat but constructive August 22 dinner with Senate Foreign Relations Staffer Puneet Talwar, Ambassador Feltman, and poloff at the Ambassador's residence, March 14 politicians Boutros Harb (MP for Batroun, Maronite),Mosbah al-Ahdab (MP for Tripoli, Sunni),and Nassib Laho [...]	2006-08-24 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT2763	ON HARIRI TRIBUNAL, JUSTICE MINISTER WANTS TO COAX [...] (C/NF) Over lunch with the Ambassador on 8/25, Justice Minister Charles Rizk reviewed the draft UN-GOL "Statute of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon." While only a few bracketed items remain, he said, one is important: whether the tribunal will try only suspects in Rafiq Hariri's assassinat [...]	2006-08-25 12:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PREL PTER PGOV LE SY
06BEIRUT2766	RECONSIDERING THE AIR EMBARGO OF LEBANON [...] (C) Via septels, we are reporting the Ambassador's meetings today (8/25) with Prime Minister Siniora and Deputy Prime Minister/Defense Minister Murr on the 8/24 unanimous cabinet decision empowering Siniora to request international help, from whatever source, for Lebanon's land borders, seap [...]	2006-08-25 17:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL MOPS PGOV LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2768	LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH SEES OPENING FOR REGIONAL [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador delivered on August 25 the Department's demarche on the upcoming Stockholm Conference to Foreign Minister Salloukh. FM Salloukh stated that Prime Minister Fouad Siniora will lead the delegation and his office was presently formulating a list of assistance priorities. [...]	2006-08-25 17:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2772	LEBANON: MURR SWEARS THAT AIRPORT IS SECURE [...] (C/NF) During an 8/25 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker),Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr pleaded with the Ambassador to help get the Israeli blockade of the airport lifted. He said the "siege" is perceived by many within the Cabinet as the US-back [...]	2006-08-26 06:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS EAIR LE SY
06BEIRUT2775	LEBANON: MURR SAYS GERMANS ARRIVING IN A FEW DAYS [...] (C) During an August 26 meeting with Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA),Mrs. Lantos, Ambassador Feltman, senior staffer Alan Makovsky, and poloff at his home in Rabieh overlooking Beirut, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr reiterated what he told the Ambassador the previous [...]	2006-08-26 15:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAIR MOPS LE SY
06BEIRUT2776	LEBANON: CODEL LANTOS CAUTIONS PM SINIORA THAT [...] (C/NF) When PM Siniora asked for U.S. assistance in lifting Israel's air and sea blockade of Lebanon, Congressman Lantos directly challenged the Prime Minister to explain what his government was doing to ensure the secure border provisions of UNSCR 1701 were being fully implemented. Rep. La [...]	2006-08-28 05:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2777	LEBANON: AOUN UNREPENTANT ON HIZBALLAH ALLIANCE [...] (C) In a August 26 meeting with Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA),Mrs. Lantos, Ambassador Feltman, senior staffer Alan Makovsky, and poloff at his home in Rabieh, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader and ex-General Michel Aoun tried unconvincingly to rationalize his political alliance with H [...]	2006-08-28 05:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT279	MGLE01: MUFTI OF THE REPUBLIC CALLS FOR REPLACING [...] (C) On January 30, the Ambassador met with Mufti of the Republic Mohammad Rashid Qabbani. The Ambassador noted that the Embassy us urging a reduction in personal attacks and a calming of rhetoric. The Ambassador also dispelled rumors that the USG was going to make a deal with Syria, and tha [...]	2006-01-31 08:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2791	LEBANON: EDDE SEES DIMINISHED MARONITE ROLE; [...] (C) During an August 24 luncheon with the Ambassador, Pol/econ chief, and poloff at his home in Yarze, ex-Minister and Head of the Maronite League Michel Edde offered familiar lamentations that Christians in Lebanon are no longer as influential as they once were and that the Shi'a and Sunna [...]	2006-08-28 16:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2797	LARSEN ON ANNAN'S TRIP: MICRO PICTURE GOOD; MACRO [...] (S/NF) On 8/29, UN envoy Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Ambassador on UNSYG Kofi Annan's Beirut meetings the previous day. Annan, according to Larsen, made headway with PM Siniora on direct consultations between the Israelis and Lebanese, but only in the context of the 1949 Armistice Agreeme [...]	2006-08-29 09:43:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IS IR
06BEIRUT280	MGLE01: HEAD OF HIGHER SHIA COUNCIL ADVOCATES NEW [...] (C) On January 30, the Ambassador met with Acting Chairman of the Higher Shia Council Sheikh Abed al-Amir Qabalan. Qabalan offered a critique of US policy in Lebanon and the Middle East, accusing the USG of practicing a double standard by not meeting with President Emile Lahoud and himself [...]	2006-01-31 08:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2802	LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ PURSUES SEVERAL LEADS; MAY NOT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-29 16:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER KCRM PINR ASEC SY LE
06BEIRUT2803	LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ PURSUES SEVERAL LEADS; MAY NOT [...] (C/NF) During an August 28 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, an alternately cagy and revealing Commissioner Serge Brammertz, head of the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC),indicated that "Lebanon's next-door neighbor" is still the chief suspect i [...]	2006-08-29 16:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER KCRM PINR ASEC SY LE
06BEIRUT2804	LEBANON: CODEL SHAYS MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] Prime Minister Siniora asked CODEL Shays for help in lifting the air and sea blockade of Lebanon by IDF forces. PM Siniora stated that not only was the blockade severely impairing humanitarian and reconstruction efforts, but it made the Lebanese people feel that the current period is simply a [...]	2006-08-29 16:01:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2805	LEBANON: GEIR PEDERSEN ON ANNAN'S VISIT [...] (S/NF) On August 29, the UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen and UN Senior Political Affairs Officer Salman Sheikh (please protect both throughout) briefed Ambassador Feltman and poloff on UNSYG Kofi Annan's Beirut meetings on August 28. While Pedersen covered much of [...]	2006-08-30 05:15:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT281	MGLE01: WASHINGTON-BOUND JUMBLATT REACHING OUT TO [...] (S) In a 1/28 meeting, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt described his efforts to find a candidate for an upcoming parliamentary by-election on which both his "March 14" allies and Michel Aoun can agree. He reiterated his belief that Sa'ad Hariri needs to return to Lebanon, but not before soothing [...]	2006-01-31 09:03:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PTER KISL LE SY SA
06BEIRUT2813	LEBANON: GERMAN AMBASSADOR SAYS ANY SUPPORT MUST [...] (C) Summary: During an 8/28 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, German Ambassador to Lebanon Marius Haas provided a readout on the recent visit of a German military delegation to Lebanon. Haas said that Germany is willing to provide technical equipment and support to Lebanon, as wel [...]	2006-08-30 12:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO LE SY
06BEIRUT2814	LEBANON: LAF CHIEF CLAIMS ARMY IS IN CONTROL OF [...] (C) During an August 30 meeting with the Ambassador, DATT, and poloff, a very defensive and somewhat brusque Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) commander General Michel Sleiman, maintaining a straight face, gave the preposterous claim that the LAF has established a "watertight" cordon along the bor [...]	2006-08-30 14:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2815	LEBANON: MARWAN HAMADEH THINKS BERRI CAN BE TURNED [...] (S/NF) During an August 30 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Minister of Communications (and Jumblatt ally) Marwan Hamadeh discussed the draft agreement to establish a special tribunal to try suspects in Hariri assassination (and possibly other attacks). Agreeing with USG co [...]	2006-08-30 16:27:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KCRM PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2826	LEBANON: MODERATE SHI'A MP YASSINE JABER ON [...] (S) The Lebanese economy, government and armed forces have been weakened by years of crisis and the recent armed conflict, according to moderate Shi'a MP Yassine Jaber. Lebanon's institutions are incapable of heading off the Hizballah threat without significant support from the international c [...]	2006-08-31 15:15:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL ECON PGOV PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2831	LEBANON: ARMENIAN PATRIARCH ADVISES INDIRECT [...] (C) Armenian Patriarch Catholicos Aram I suggested that now was an opportune time to pull Syria from the Iranian orbit. He recognized the perfidious nature of the Asad regime and the considerable role it played in the shipment of arms to Hizballah, but the senior cleric also argued that Bas [...]	2006-09-01 06:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2838	LEBANON: CUSTOMS PLANS A COMPLICATED FIGHT AGAINST [...] (S) Although our GOL senior and political interlocutors have spoken with less than a unified voice on arms smuggling into Lebanon, we have heard about both success stories and chronic problems about this issue from Lebanon's customs services. While positive developments have been hard to conf [...]	2006-09-01 08:51:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV ECON EFIN LE SY IR IS
06BEIRUT2841	MURR: HIZBALLAH AND AOUN ARE PLOTTING SINIORA'S [...] (S/NF) During an August 31 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr said that Hizballah, Michel Aoun, and their allies are planning to launch a potentially violent civil disobedience campaign in November aimed at toppling the Siniora government and putti [...]	2006-09-01 10:06:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2844	LEBANON: ROBERT GHANEM SETS HIS SIGHTS ON BAABDA [...] (C/NF) During an expansive luncheon with the Ambassador, poloff, and pol FSN on August 29, West Biqa' MP Robert Ghanem said that there needs to be better coordination of the reconstruction effort and recommended establishing an umbrella organization to oversee the effort. Ghanem (who, as w [...]	2006-09-01 15:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER SY LE KDEM
06BEIRUT2851	LEBANON: SINIORA AND HAMADEH EXPECT CABINET [...] (C) The Ambassador and poloff met separately with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora and Information Minister Marwan Hamadeh on the afternoon of September 4. Siniora, joined by advisors Mohammad Chatta and Roula Noureddine, appeared very upbeat and is optimistic that this evening the Cabi [...]	2006-09-04 15:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2853	LEBANON: PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION ASKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) On September 2, the Ambassador and poloff received a cross-confessional, multi-party delegation of Lebanese MPs -- one of several sent to foreign embassies -- despatched to deliver a message from the protesting Lebanese Chamber of Deputies imploring the United States to put all pressure [...]	2006-09-04 15:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAIR LE SY
06BEIRUT286	MGLE01: SINIORA NOT OPTIMISTIC THAT SHIA [...] (C) Following a two-hour meeting with Hassan Nasrallah on February 1, Prime Minister Siniora told the Ambassador the next morning that he was "not optimistic" the boycotting Shia ministers will soon return to his government. Siniora stated further that his cabinet cannot push through the nec [...]	2006-02-01 16:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2863	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER DESCRIBES A STRONG [...] (S) Receiving the Ambassador at his home 9/5, Justice Minister Charles Rizk described a bouyant Siniora government making progress on implementing UNSCR 1701 despite objections from Hizballah and its allies. Noting the arrival the following day of UN/OLA chief Nicolas Michel, Rizk also alerte [...]	2006-09-05 17:18:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KCRM KDEM PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2867	LEBANON: MURR SAYS GOL-UNIFIL MARITIME FORCE [...] (S/NF) During a 9/5 meeting at his Rabieh home with the Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that the GOL and UNIFIL had worked out the operational guidelines governing international maritime assistance, adding that Prime Minister Siniora [...]	2006-09-06 05:43:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS CVIS LE SY
06BEIRUT2869	LEBANON: GREEK ORTHODOX CLERIC SLAMS MICHEL AOUN [...] (C) During an August 31 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, Greek Orthodox Archbishop Ilias Audi discussed the atmosphere of the August 2 meeting of Lebanese clerics. He also gave his impressions of PM Siniora and the three Greek Orthodox Cabinet ministers: Elias Murr, Tariq Mitri, [...]	2006-09-06 09:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2874	LEBANON: GHATTAS KHOURY SHARES DRAFT MARCH 14 [...] (C) During a September 6 meeting with Ambassador and poloff, former MP Ghattas Khoury discussed the upcoming 9/7 gathering of the March 14 forces and shared a draft communique to be issued after the meeting. Khoury, a Maronite close to Saad Hariri and Walid Jumblatt, said that the Christian [...]	2006-09-06 14:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM SY LE
06BEIRUT2881	LEBANON: SIMON KARAM SAYS RECONSTRUCTION NEEDS A [...] (C) During an August 31 lunch with the Ambassador, poloff, and pol FSN at the Ambassador's residence, former Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Simon Karam suggested there is a prevailing sense of catastrophe among the Shi'a community. Karam believes Hizballah may be somewhat susceptible to ot [...]	2006-09-06 16:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2901	LEBANON: NICHOLAS MICHEL IN LEBANON; NEEDS TIME [...] (C) During a 9/7 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff at the Phoenicia Hotel, UN Legal Adviser Nicholas Michel provided an overview of his discussions with the Lebanese regarding the draft "Statute of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon." On sequencing, Michel said that PM Siniora should wai [...]	2006-09-08 11:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KCRM LE SY
06BEIRUT2922	LEBANON: HARIRI AND HAMADEH GIVE POST-BLOCKADE [...] (C) Ambassador and poloff met separately on 9/9 with parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri and Minister of Information Marwan Hamadeh -- both March 14 members -- to review the situation and next steps in Lebanon now that the air and sea blockades have been lifted. Both meetings touched [...]	2006-09-11 10:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER CVIS LE SY IR
06BEIRUT2928	ALLEGED FINANCIAL LINKS BETWEEN HIZBALLAH AND [...] (U) This is an action cable -- see para 5 below. 2. (S) Media reports suggest that Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and Hizballah have a new area of cooperation: financing reconstruction for the south. Newspapers and media have carried stories and pictures that show FPM and [...]	2006-09-11 13:38:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER KDEM EFIN LE SY IR IS
06BEIRUT2934	LEBANON: COUNCIL OF THE SOUTH PRESIDENT COMPLAINS [...] (C/NF) Qabalan Qabalan, President of Lebanon's Council of the South, insisted that his organization had been given the responsibility by Prime Minister Siniora to replace all housing units destroyed during the recent hostilities, as well as the repair of damaged "civil society" structures, s [...]	2006-09-12 08:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2935	LEBANON: SINIORA UNCONCERNED BY AOUNIST THREAT [...] (C) During a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff at the Grand Serail, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora reviewed his recent visit to Saudi Arabia as well as British Prime Minister Tony Blair's stop in Beirut. On the reconstruction effort, Siniora provided a clearer picture [...]	2006-09-12 10:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS LE SY
06BEIRUT2984	LEBANON: ELIE FERZLI BASHES HARIRI; CALLS FOR [...] (C) During a September 5 lunch with the Ambassador and poloff and a September 8 dinner with poloff and PolCouns, former MP and Deputy Speaker of the Lebanese Chamber of Deputies Elie Ferzli, a member of an anti-March 14 coalition, said that the perception is that the U.S. is only backing one [...]	2006-09-14 12:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY
06BEIRUT3001	LEBANON: PURPORTED LAF DOCUMENTS SUGGEST COUP [...] (S/NF) On September 14, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt sent two documents to Ambassador Feltman, claiming that the source of the documents came from within the Lebanese Armed Forces. Both documents are dated 12 September 2006. 2. (C) Following is an informal Embassy translation of the docu [...]	2006-09-15 12:42:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MOPS LE SY
06BEIRUT3003	LEBANON: NASRALLAH'S THREATENING WORDS ELICIT [...] (C/NF) An extended two-part Hassan Nasrallah interview on Al-Jazeera television on 12-13 September has provoked a sharp response across the political spectrum in Lebanon. Pro-reform forces were both outraged and felt threatened by the harsh rhetoric that Nasrallah employed. His accusations [...]	2006-09-15 12:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3010	AOUN CONFIRMS BELGIUM TRIP LINKED TO PRISONER [...] (S) At the conclusion of a 9/16 meeting with Michel Aoun and his advisor/son-in-law Gebran Bassil (septel),the Ambassador asked to see the General one-on-one to ask about Aoun's mysterious 48-hour trip to Belgium, concluded the previous day. Aoun confided that, besides meeting with some Bel [...]	2006-09-18 07:54:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3014	UNIIIC INVESTIGATION "CLOSING DOORS," MAKING [...] (S) Ambassador Feltman and econoff met on 16 September with UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz to discuss progress on the investigation ahead of the progress report due 29 September and UNIIIC investigator Peter Nicholson's visit to Washington later this month. Brammertz was preoccupied with the ad [...]	2006-09-18 10:17:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KCRM LE PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3017	AOUN DENIES HIZBALLAH FINANCIAL LINKS, PLEDGES [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Feltman and econoff met on 16 September with General Aoun and his son-in-law and chief advisor Gebran Bassil to deliver reftel demarche points. Aoun emphatically denied that the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) has taken money from Hizballah or "any other state." Feltman a [...]	2006-09-18 11:02:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PREL KDEM LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3018	UNIIIC INVESTIGATION "CLOSING DOORS," MAKING [...] (S) Ambassador Feltman and econoff met on 16 September with UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz to discuss progress on the investigation ahead of the progress report due 29 September and UNIIIC investigator Peter Nicholson's visit to Washington later this month. Brammertz was preoccupied with the ad [...]	2006-09-18 11:21:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KCRM LE PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3021	HARIRI ALLEGES THREAT OF SYRIAN NERVE GAS ATTACK [...] (S) MP Saad Hariri passed via messenger threat information alleging that the Syrians are planning a nerve gas attack against either a UN or March 14 target in Lebanon during the month of September. The attack will be portrayed as an al-Qaida operation. According to the information, five Sy [...]	2006-09-18 12:31:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PREL LE SY
06BEIRUT3043	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER WANTS INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Ambassador and Polcouns called on Justice Minister Charles Rizk on September 18 at his home to discuss the Brammertz investigation and preparations for a special tribunal with international character. We examined with Rizk the latest draft of the statute authorizing the tribunal. This ver [...]	2006-09-19 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT305	MGLE01: DAILY "AN-NAHAR" REELING FROM PUBLISHER'S ASSASSINATION, IN-HOUSE FEUDING [...] (C) The December 12, 2005 assassination of "an-Nahar" publisher (and member of Parliament) Gebran Tueni was also an attack on one of Lebanon's two newspapers of record. It removed "an-Nahar"'s leadership and triggered a scramble for control among several of Tueni's heirs: his father Ghassan, [...]	2006-02-02 17:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO KDEM PTER KMPI SCUL SY LE
06BEIRUT3060	LEBANON: SINIORA ADDRESSES BILATERAL, DOMESTIC [...] (S) Ambassador Feltman, S/CRS representative, and poloff met on 9/20 with Prime Minister Siniora (accompanied by aides Mohamed Chatah and Rola Noureddine) on a wide variety of issues. Siniora welcomed the White House private sector initiative and was pleased by the U.S. delivery of assistanc [...]	2006-09-20 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KCRM LE PREL PTER SY GE
06BEIRUT3062	SPECULATING ABOUT HIZBALLAH'S RALLY [...] (S) Hizballah is applying pressure to Lebanese from all political factions to show up at "the largest rally in Lebanon's history" tomorrow (9/22),by hinting that those who don't share in the collective celebration of Lebanon's "divine victory" must be Israeli collaborators. Syria, accordin [...]	2006-09-21 08:47:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT3071	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION [...] (SBU) The recent conflict between Israel and the terrorist organization Hizballah that transpired from July 12 to August 14 was, according to Lebanon Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, the most destructive in Lebanon's history. Although casualty figures did not approach the 1983 Grapes of Wrath [...]	2006-09-22 04:09:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3084	LEBANON: MARWAN HAMADE SEES +BAD TIMES TO COME, [...] (C) In a 9/22 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh described a March 14-led cabinet attack on Wafiq Jezzini, the Hizballah-allied Surete General chief, the previous evening. He said that the cabinet also agreed to pay outstanding debts to lando [...]	2006-09-22 16:05:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KCRM LE PREL PTER SY MARR PARM
06BEIRUT3088	SULEIMAN FRANJIEH MASKS PRO-SYRIA BIAS WITH [...] (C) Former MP and ex-Minister Suleiman Franjieh, receiving an Embassy delegation on 9/18, expressed considerable worry about the March 14 majority using Hariri money and influence to impose its will on Lebanon. Even the special tribunal for the Hariri assassination might become a tool to se [...]	2006-09-25 07:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3089	BERRI ON THE RAMPAGE AGAINST SINIORA [...] (S) In a 9/25 one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri relentlessly attacked Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Siniora, according to Berri, was to blame for Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah's harsh rhetoric at the 9/22 Hizballah rally: The PM visited B [...]	2006-09-25 13:24:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3090	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH RALLY STOKES POLITICAL FIRES [...] (C) Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah emerged from hiding and made an appearance at a massive rally in Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday (9/22),rejecting calls for his group to disarm (except in the distant future) and claiming it had more than 20,000 rockets. In his speech Nasrallah praised [...]	2006-09-25 15:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT3091	LEBANON: FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON SECURITY, UNIFIL, [...] (C) Ambassador Feltman and econoff on 22 September met with French Ambassador to Lebanon Bernard Emie, who had mixed feelings on the security situation since the Israeli offensive, but was optimistic that French UNIFIL troops have been well received. He gave a readout of his recent meeting wi [...]	2006-09-25 15:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM LE PREL PTER SY FR
06BEIRUT3092	LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION OFFERS TO HELP [...] The Presidential Delegation for Lebanon, headed by Assistant Secretary Dina Habib Powell met with a broad cross-section of Lebanese pro-reform elements and offered to help them transform the country's economy to meet the challenges of the 21st century, which in turn would create conditions co [...]	2006-09-25 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3124	LEBANON: MIKATI SEES OPPORTUNITY TO REDESIGN THE [...] (C) Ambassador Feltman and econoff on 26 September met with former Prime Minister and Syria-allied telecom magnate Najib Mikati, who saw an urgent need for a change in the Lebanese political system within the next six months to preempt further instability and the periodic resurgence of crises [...]	2006-09-27 12:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM LE PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3125	LEBANON: CODEL LAHOOD MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) Calling on Prime Minister Siniora in the Grand Serail September 2, CODEL Lahood expressed its support for Lebanon. Siniora was adamant that the air and sea blockade be lifted so that attention could be turned to the "major political flaw" that Hizballah committed. He thanked the USG for it [...]	2006-09-27 13:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MARR PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3128	PEDERSEN OPPOSED TO JOSHKA FISCHER'S APPOINTMENT [...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador, Geir Pedersen, the UNSYG Annan's Personal Representative for Lebanon, reported that he has learned that Annan plans to appoint former German Foreign Minister Joshka Fischer as his special envoy for Lebanon. Describing the idea as "terrible" for both [...]	2006-09-27 15:03:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV LE SY
06BEIRUT3129	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI PLAYS HARBALL WITH HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Ambassador Feltman and econoff on 27 September met with Saad Hariri to talk about his strategy during and following Ramadan. Hariri plans to renew dialogue with Hizballah at a lower level but will not meet with General Aoun to avoid alienating his moderate Christian allies. Hariri descri [...]	2006-09-27 15:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM LE PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3130	PEDERSEN BELIEVES HIZBALLAH SERIOUS ABOUT CHANGING [...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on 9/27, UNSYG Annan's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen said that he found a meeting he had the previous day with his "usual Hizballah contact" (i.e., Wafiq Safa) both "reassuring and alarming." The reassuring part, Pedersen s [...]	2006-09-27 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER KCRM LE SY
06BEIRUT3162	CHANGING GOL VIEW ON CHRONOLOGY FOR INTRODUCTING [...] (C/NF) In separate one-on-one meetings with the Ambassador on 9/30, Prime Minister Siniora and Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh both acknowledged that their positions, and those of March 14 politicians more generally, have evolved on when to engage Lebanon's cabinet on trying to [...]	2006-10-02 05:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KCRM PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3195	LEBANON: RIZK ON GOL SUING ISRAEL, ELECTORAL LAW [...] (C) Over lunch with the Ambassador and econoff on 10/2, Justice Minister Charles Rizk shared an e-mail (full text in para 6 below) sent by UN/OLA to his staff suggesting changes in the draft statute for the special tribunal on the Hariri assassination. The e-mail notes that UN/OLA had dropped [...]	2006-10-04 08:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PTER LE GM SY IS
06BEIRUT322	MGLE01: JUSTICE MINISTER RIZK DISCUSSES [...] (C) Justice Minister Charles Rizk said that an international tribunal formed under the auspices of the UN Security Council, but operating in accordance with Lebanese law, was the only way to prosecute not only those responsible for the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, but those responsible for [...]	2006-02-03 16:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3225	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER POSITIVE ON UNIFIL, [...] (S) Defense Minister Murr is positive on the deployment of and cooperation between the LAF and UNIFIL. On the political scene, Murr is pessimistic about potential future Hizballah and FPM demonstrations. Deeply worried about Shia-Sunni tensions that he fears Internal Security Forces could in [...]	2006-10-05 11:28:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL MASS LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3226	LEBANON: NAYLA MOUAWAD STRUGGLING FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad and her son Michel, himself an aspiring politician, shared with the Ambassador on October 4 their concerns about political rivalries within the 14 March bloc and the Maronite community. Nayla Mouawad was critical of Prime Minister Siniora's microm [...]	2006-10-05 11:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE SY
06BEIRUT3231	LEBANESE ECONOMY MINISTER: AG AND FUEL SUBSIDIES [...] (C) Minister of Economy and Trade (MOET) Sami Haddad summarized on October 5 for the Ambassador and econoff his attempts to phase out GOL agricultural subsidies, revive the TIFA and WTO accession, and move forward on Lebanon's social reform agenda. The Beirut I donor conference is likely to p [...]	2006-10-05 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM ECON LE SY
06BEIRUT3232	LEBANON: FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS HE WILL RECONSIDER [...] (C/NF) Lebanon's Foreign Minister Salloukh gave mixed signals on whether he understands the potential cost of the recent campaign by pro-Hizballah forces to portray the recent conflict in Lebanon as an American operation. He initially failed to see the contradiction between issuing specious [...]	2006-10-05 15:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT324	MGLE01: SINIORA ON END TO CABINET BOYCOTT, [...] (C) In a 2/4 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora claimed that he and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri had orchestrated the end of the Shia cabinet boycott by cornering Hizballah publicly. There is no private and no written deal, Siniora insisted, noting that he fully expec [...]	2006-02-06 09:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE IS SY KPAL
06BEIRUT3245	LEBANON: UNTSO OBSERVERS COULD MONITOR SYRIAN [...] (C) The unarmed observers of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) will likely remain in Lebanon for the foreseeable future even with the expanding mission of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Answering to its own chain of command, UNTSO provides an ind [...]	2006-10-06 12:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL LE SY IS
06BEIRUT335	MGLE01: RADICAL SUNNIS CONTROL OF BEIRUT VIOLENCE [...] (C) The February 5 violent protests by Sunni radicals in Beirut exposed two serious faultlines in Lebanon's effort to transition to democracy: first, the Siniora government was unable -- or unwilling -- to prevent Sunni radicals from hijacking the demonstration and causing material damage an [...]	2006-02-06 16:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3407	LEBANON: PM SINIORA RECOGNIZES NEED TO ENHANCE [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora expressed an interest in exploring further ways to enhance the arms embargo provisions of UNSCR 1701. Although he would not provide immediate endorsement for any specific ideas, such as establishing a United Nations "embargo committee," Siniora said they merited f [...]	2006-10-21 08:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT3457	LEBANON: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND [...] (C) Embassy Beirut grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism Frances F. Townsend, Director for Combating Terrorism Todd M. Hinnen, Aide to APHSCT Michael Taylor, and Assistant to APHSCT John H. Pearson to Beirut o [...]	2006-10-27 13:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3460	LEBANON: UNIIIC CHIEF OF INVESTIGATIONS SAYS [...] (C) UNIIIC Chief of Investigations Peter Nicholson stated that UNIIIC's investigation is making solid progress along several lines of inquiry. Now that the Commission's full staff is back in residence in Beirut, Nicholson said the remaining work has been organized so that Brammertz and his [...]	2006-10-27 15:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY LE IS
06BEIRUT3482	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND [...] (C) Welcome to Beirut. Your visit occurs ten weeks after the 34-day conflict between Israel and the terrorist organization Hizballah that transpired from July 12 to August 14. That conflict was, according to Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, the most destructive in Lebanon's history. [...]	2006-10-30 16:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3517	RIZK BEWILDERED BY LAHOUD'S ATTACK ON TRIBUNAL, [...] (S) Over lunch with the Ambassador on 11/1, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk expressed bewilderment over the blistering attack his childhood friend (and Lebanese President) Emile Lahoud launched against him and the special Hariri tribunal on 10/30 and 10/31 (reftel). Rizk, who felt until La [...]	2006-11-01 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KCRM PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT352	MGLE01: AOUN'S ADVISOR GIVES HIS INTERPRETATION [...] (C) Gibran Bassil, close advisor to Michel Aoun and a participant in the February 6 meeting between Aoun and Hassan Nasrallah, insists Aoun has achieved a political breakthrough by getting Nasrallah to sign on to a comprehensive list of commitments that will protect Lebanon's sovereignty, es [...]	2006-02-07 17:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3542	LEBANON: BERRI EXPLAINS HIS GOAL OF A UNITY [...] (C) Amal Movement Leader and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri argued November 3 that his recently-announced initiative for "consultations" among Lebanon's political blocs was not a Syrian-Hizballah plot but rather a genuine attempt to defuse a dangerous situation created by a "pressured" Hassa [...]	2006-11-03 17:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT3543	RIZK FRETS ABOUT RUSSIA'S IMPACT ON TRIBUNAL, GOL [...] (C/NF) Asking to see the Ambassador urgently on 11/5, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk said that his lunch the previous day with Russian Ambassador Sergui Boukin had unnerved him. Despite soothing words about Moscow's "reservations" rather than "objections," Boukin presented Rizk with a lis [...]	2006-11-05 13:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3584	AFTER ROUND TWO OF CONSULTATIONS, MINDEF MURR, [...] (C) In a 11/07 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that, based on his current understanding of the political consultations chaired by Parliament Speaker Berri, he felt certain that Hizballah and Michel Aoun would take their fight to the str [...]	2006-11-08 04:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY
06BEIRUT3600	LEBANON: ISF COMMANDER REVEALS SYRIAN INVOLVEMENT [...] (S/NF) General Ashraf Rifi, Director General of Lebanon's Internal Security Forces, informed the Ambassador in a meeting on November 8 that the ISF had successfully uncovered a key figure involved in the assassinations of Al-Nahar journalist Samir Kassir on June 2, 2005 and communist politic [...]	2006-11-09 17:05:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3603	UN OFFICIALS ON COORDINATION, TRIBUNAL, [...] (S/NF) Over lunch with the Ambassador on 11/10, UN officials Geir Pedersen, Michael Williams, and Salman Shaikh claimed that Israeli officials, whom they had met earlier that week, had hinted at stopping overflights if the USG could provide equivalent intelligence. Rejecting the Ambassador's [...]	2006-11-12 06:59:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KCRM UNSC PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3604	FORMER PM MIKATI INSISTS HE SUPPORTS SINIORA [...] (S/NF) In a 11/8 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister Najib Mikati -- on a two-day pause in Beirut from a month of globe-trotting -- expressed deep annoyance at the suggestion that he might be a tool in pro-Syrian hands to oust the Siniora government. He has been and will remai [...]	2006-11-12 15:22:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3606	SINIORA DEFENDS CABINET, VOWS TO PASS TRIBUNAL [...] (S) Meeting with the Ambassador late on 11/12, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora projected serenity and strength, as lawyers, aides, and ministers whirled in and out of his office offering advice on transcending Lebanon's latest made-in-Damascus political crisis. Siniora provided a detailed chro [...]	2006-11-13 09:19:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE SY
06BEIRUT3608	LEBANON: HARIRI PREPARED TO PASS TRIBUNAL, [...] (C) The Ambassador and Econoff met with Saad Hariri on November 11 to discuss the results of that morning's national consultations and the March 14 coalition's plans. Hariri reported that the coalition is unified, will not back down in refusing to give the pro-Syrians and Aoun a blocking mino [...]	2006-11-13 12:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3617	SHIA MINISTERS WARNS HIZBALLAH WILL "GO ALL THE [...] (S/NF) Mohammed Khalifeh -- the resigned Minister of Health allied with Nabih Berri -- warned the Ambassador in a 11/14 meeting not to believe disinformation that Hizballah is backing down. Claiming to have been visited the previous evening by Hizballah officials Wafiq Safa and Hassan Fadla [...]	2006-11-14 12:43:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT3618	LEBANON: DOD A/S RODMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY [...] (C) PM Siniora expressed his appreciation for Assistant Secretary Rodman's message that U.S. security assistance for SIPDIS Lebanon will remain solid due to the bi-partisan support that Lebanon's pro-reform forces enjoy in Congress. A/S Rodman also assured Siniora that the U.S. is not abo [...]	2006-11-14 14:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY LE IS
06BEIRUT3619	LEBANON: DEFMIN ON LAF STABILITY, CHANGES UNDER A [...] (S) In a meeting with visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Murr expressed appreciation for continued U.S. support for the LAF, and hoped that such support would continue in the form of light materiel to be used in the LAF's daily o [...]	2006-11-14 14:47:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV KCRM MARR MAS PREL PTER SY LE
06BEIRUT3651	SINIORA, HARIRI RESOLUTE, ASK FOR HELP AND [...] (S) The Ambassador met one-on-one with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora late on 11/16 and with Saad Hariri the following evening. Both the PM and the MP came across as strong and resolute, commenting that the March 8-Aoun alliance was taken aback by the March 14 resistance to the pro-Syrian dem [...]	2006-11-18 09:25:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3652	SINIORA, HARIRI RESOLUTE, ASK FOR HELP AND [...] (S) The Ambassador met one-on-one with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora late on 11/16 and with Saad Hariri the following evening. Both the PM and the MP came across as strong and resolute, commenting that the March 8-Aoun alliance was taken aback by the March 14 resistance to the pro-Syrian dem [...]	2006-11-18 13:08:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3653	BERRI CLAIMS MARCH 14 PERFIDY, HINTS AT TIME BUT [...] (S) In a 11/18 meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri portrayed himself as the only adult amidst squabbling, selfish children. He claimed success twice already in preventing street demonstrations. Yet his attempts to find a way out of Lebanon's political mess was under [...]	2006-11-18 15:15:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER SY LE
06BEIRUT3655	UN ENVOY SEES HARDENING OF HIZBALLAH POSITION [...] (S/NF) Geir Pedersen, the UN Secretary General's Personal Representative for Lebanon, told the Ambassador in a 11/17 meeting that he had seen his "usual contact" (whom he once revealed as Wafiq Safa') from Hizballah that morning. Pedersen said that the meeting contained mostly bad news, but w [...]	2006-11-18 15:48:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT3686	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS ARE CERTAIN OF SYRIA'S [...] (C) DEFENSE MINISTER ELIAS MURR TOLD THE AMBASSADOR AND EMBOFF THAT HE IS ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THE SYRIAN REGIME ORDERED AND EXECUTED THE ASSASSINATION OF MINISTER PIERRE GEMAYEL ON NOVEMBER 21. THE TIMING, METHOD OF EXECUTION, AND POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE OPERATION POINT DIRECTLY BACK [...]	2006-11-22 16:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY LE
06BEIRUT3693	BERRI ASKS USG INTERVENTION FOR CABINET DISCUSSION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-24 16:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3695	RUMP CABINET PASSES TRIBUNAL; HIZBALLAH PLANS [...] (S) Last-ditch shuttle diplomacy between the March 14 majority and Speaker Berri on 11/24 failed to find a political breakthrough to Lebanon's cabinet crisis. Lebanon's rump cabinet -- missing its Shia members, one Lahoud ally, and the murdered Pierre Gemayel -- thus proceeded on 11/25 to ap [...]	2006-11-27 08:20:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE SY
06BEIRUT3703	LAHOUD REJECTS PATRIARCH'S CALL TO QUIT [...] (S) In a one-on-one 11/27 meeting with the Ambassador, Maronite Patriarch Sfeir -- asking that this information be closely held -- revealed that he had recently sent a written letter to President Emile Lahoud suggesting that Lahoud resign for the sake of Lebanon. Faced with Lahoud's rejecti [...]	2006-11-27 17:01:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY

06BEIRUT3718	LEBANON: AOUN ADVISOR WARNS "THEY'RE OUT OF TIME" [...] (C/NF) Gibran Bassil, senior advisor to Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun, recited a litany of grievances against the Siniora government and warned that negotiations and compromise were no longer possible between the Hizballah/FPM alliance and March 14 forces. He indicated that joi [...]	2006-11-28 17:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3727	LEBANON: U/S FORE MEETS WITH PM SINIORA, WHO [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora expressed his appreciation for the U.S. support extended to his government, but stated that if Islamic extremism is to be countered, it is imperative to see movement on the Middle East peace process, and in the specific case of Lebanon, some sign that the UN will t [...]	2006-11-30 08:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT3732	CITING BERRI, RIZK FLOATS NEW APPROACH ON TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Minister of Justice Charles Rizk pitched a new idea for establishing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Meeting the Ambassador on 11/30, Rizk argued that both approaches currently under discussion to establish the tribunal are, and will remain, blocked. With pro-Syrians murdering politic [...]	2006-11-30 16:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KCRM LE SY
06BEIRUT3745	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS ASK CODEL NOT TO TALK [...] (C) On November 29 the Ambassador and CODEL Hoekstra met March 14 leaders and others to discuss the current crisis in Lebanon and the possible impact of reopening a U.S.-Syrian dialogue. The CODEL heard March 14 figures pledge to resist peacefully the coming demonstrations and to keep their g [...]	2006-12-01 17:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PREL LE SY
06BEIRUT3746	SINIORA, MINISTERS TEMPORARILY CUT OFF BY CROWDS [...] (SBU) AT 1900 LOCAL TIME, ALL BUT ONE OF THE ROADS LEADING TO THE GRAND SERAIL -- WHERE PRIME MINISTER SINIORA AND NINE OF HIS CABINET MINISTERS WERE TEMPORARILY BESIEGED BY THE MARCH 8-AOUN CROWDS -- WERE STARTING TO CLEAR OUT. THIS FOLLOWS A VERY TENSE ONE-HOUR PERIOD WHEN, DESPITE PROMISE [...]	2006-12-01 17:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT3755	LEBANON: CODEL HOEKSTRA MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora explained to Congressmen Hoekstra and Issa that Syria has three immediate objectives: destroy any chance for the Special Tribunal, regain its former control of the Lebanese government, and re-establish its past hegemony over the surrounding region. Siniora stated [...]	2006-12-04 16:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3756	LEBANON: POLITICAL ADVISOR TO SFEIR SEES LITTLE [...] (C) For the past two weeks, Emir Hares Chehab, co-chair of the Islamic/Christian Dialogue Committee and a long-time political advisor to Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, has been relaying messages from Sfeir to the leading Maronite political leaders, Michel Aoun, Samir Ja'ja' and Amin Gemayel, in a [...]	2006-12-04 17:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3757	GEMAYEL MEETS NASRALLAH, WILL TEST HIZBALLAH [...] (S) Amin Gemayel -- former President, grieving father, and presidential aspirant -- met with Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah on 12/3. Briefing the Ambassador on the meeting, Gemayel said that he was taken aback by Nasrallah's hatred of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, MP Saad Hari [...]	2006-12-04 17:20:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL LE SY
06BEIRUT3766	DIFFICULT EXISTENTIAL BATTLE FOR LEBANON LOOMS [...] (S) With Nabih Berri's Amal movement trapped as an unenthusiastic partner, Hizballah, Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement, and various pro-Syrian politicians are on the ascendency. They appear prepared to use all available means to implement an agenda hostile to U.S. interests in Lebanon: [...]	2006-12-05 17:30:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT377	MGLE01: ONE YEAR AFTER HARIRI ASSASSINATION -- [...] (C) In the aftermath of the February 5 destruction of the Danish consulate in Beirut and the paradigm shift of the February 6 joint communique between Michel Aoun and Hizballah's Hassan Nasrallah, discussion in Parliament and among Lebanon's political leadership has focused on the direction [...]	2006-02-09 13:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3772	LEBANON: AOUNIST ADVISOR WARNS TIME IS SHORT FOR [...] (C) Close Aoun advisor MP Ibrahim Kanaan acknowledges that the standoff in Riad Solh Square has created a flammable situation. He knows that plans percolating from Samir Ja'ja's Lebanese Forces to stage counter-demonstrations could result in violence. For these reasons, Michel Aoun is alle [...]	2006-12-06 16:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3775	MARCH 14, GOL LEADERS ON AMR MOUSSA'S PLAN, OTHER [...] (C) In meetings with the Ambassador on December 6, March 14 officials reacted with skepticism to Amr Moussa's plan to solve the Lebanese political crisis. They believed that Nabih Berri, Michel Aoun, and Hizballah will find ways to reject it. Or, if they do accept it, that will signal that [...]	2006-12-07 10:03:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY
06BEIRUT3784	WITH GOL APPROVAL OF TRIBUNAL, ARE MARCH 14 AND [...] (S) We have heard from March 14 figures that Fouad Siniora plans to use the emotionally charged date of December 12 -- the one-year anniversary of the assassination of MP and al-Nahar publisher Gibran Tueni -- to convene the cabinet to approve the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. If current pla [...]	2006-12-07 15:21:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT3789	LEBANON: LEBANESE FORCES MOVING TOWARD COUNTER [...] (C) One of the political advisors to Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Ja'ja' stated that the majority of LF's leadership is angry at the unrelenting media coverage of the anti-government street demonstrations that have taken place since last Friday. Arguments that March 14 pro-government f [...]	2006-12-08 06:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3799	LEBANON: JA'JA' CONFIDENT THAT MARCH 14 WILL [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Ja'ja' expressed confidence that a compromise is possible that would preserve the pro-reform movement and a democratic Lebanon, but it would require resolute handling of the serious challenge launched by Hizballah last week. Although he discussed the Arab League i [...]	2006-12-08 17:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3800	DEFMIN MURR BELIEVES NASRALLAH MISCALCULATED BUT [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Murr believes that Hassan Nasrallah realizes that he miscalculated regarding the determination of the Siniora cabinet, the fortitude of the LAF, the attitude of the Sunnis, and the attitude of the Christians. But, unable to back down and maintai [...]	2006-12-09 09:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3810	HINTS OF A DEAL IN THE AIR, BUT MARCH 14 LEADERS [...] (C) Marwan Hamadeh told us today (12/11) that the rumors circulating in Beirut about an imminent Sudan or Arab League-brokered deal between March 14 and March 8-Aoun have no basis in fact. While March 14 leaders will try to work with Amr Moussa on an initiative, they do not believe that Hiz [...]	2006-12-11 16:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT3819	LEBANON: AOUN ADVISOR URGES THE GENERAL'S [...] (C) Moderate Aounist MP Ibrahim Kanaan argued that Michel Aoun remains pro-reform and pro-democratic, despite his on-going political alliance with Hizballah and the anti-government March 8 coalition. He urged that as diplomatic initiatives to resolve the crisis accelerate, Michel Aoun not b [...]	2006-12-13 06:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3826	JUMBLATT ON CURRENT SITUATION [...] (C) Walid Jumblatt told the Ambassador on 12/12 that the Siniora cabinet and March 14 should be credited for three major accomplishments during the current political crisis: 1) Standing firm, remaining united and in office. 2) Approving the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. 3) Bringing Nasra [...]	2006-12-13 16:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3829	LEBANON: STAFFDEL TALWAR MEETS MARCH 14 LEADERS [...] (C) Visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff member Puneet Talwar in late November met for two days with March 14 politicians, government figures, NGO leaders, and FPM leader General Michel Aoun. March 14 leaders envisioned an eventual political compromise would follow demonstrations, [...]	2006-12-14 13:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PREL PTER SY LE
06BEIRUT3834	MOUSSA INITIATIVE FALTERING; SINIORA WARNS US TO [...] (C) While Moussa tried to project optimism during his press conference here this afternoon, March 14 leaders report on 12/14 that Hizballah and Nabih Berri have rejected Amr Moussa's initiative to solve Lebanon's political crisis. Berri blames the breakdown instead on inflexibility by March [...]	2006-12-14 16:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT387	MGLE01: A CRITICAL WEEK IN LEBANON [...] (C) Commencing with the inadvertent shooting of a Lebanese citizen by Israeli forces late last week and the resulting exchanges of fire across the Blue Line on February 3 (which were the most serious since late November),this past week in Lebanon has witnessed events which are causing a shi [...]	2006-02-10 17:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3908	BERRI TO UNVEIL NEW INITIATIVE; CABINET FORMULA [...] (C) In back-to-back meetings on 12/28 with the U.S., French, and Saudi ambassadors, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri revealed a "National Salvation Government" initiative that he proposed to announce publicly over the Eid al-Adha holiday. Describing Amr Moussa's diplomacy as dead, Berri claimed [...]	2006-12-29 08:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT413	MGLE01: AOUN PERPLEXED BY CRITICISM, MAINTAINS HE [...] (C) In a lengthy meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Michel Aoun expressed astonishment that his February 6 joint communique with Hizballah's Hassan Nasrallah has generated such strong criticism. He was resolute in his belief that the document was actually a significant step forward in hi [...]	2006-02-13 16:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT425	MGLE01: BACK CHANNEL TALKS BETWEEN SINIORA AND [...] (C) Following initial contacts between representatives of Prime Minister Siniora and Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun in late December, a series of substantive meetings were held in January between the two camps in an attempt to come up with a blueprint for Lebanon's political and [...]	2006-02-14 14:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT437	MGLE01: SAAD HARIRI LEADS MASS RALLY IN BEIRUT ON [...] (SBU) On February 14, MP Saad Hariri led a massive rally in Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut to commemorate the assassination of his father Rafiq Hariri. Pleasant weather helped facilitate a large turnout carrying mostly Lebanese flags, but also Lebanese Forces and Progressive Socialist P [...]	2006-02-14 16:48:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL LE PGOV SY
06BEIRUT438	MGLE01: FORMER SECRETARY GENERAL OF HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Shia extremist Sheikh Subhi Tufayli, who led Hizballah for two years before being forced from the leadership in 1989, and then expelled from the party in 1998, is gradually re-emerging from the shadows. During last week's Ashoura rally in his hometown of Brital, located near Baalbek, Tu [...]	2006-02-14 16:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT470	MGLE01: CHIBLI MALLAT'S PLAN TO REMOVE LAHOUD [...] (C) Lawyer (and would-be Lebanese president) Chibli Mallat described to us a plan to remove President Lahoud from office according to the constitution. Rather than amending the constitution yet again -- to void the 2004 amendment that extended Lahoud's term in office -- Mallat called for Par [...]	2006-02-16 17:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER SY LE
06BEIRUT482	MGLE01: ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT SAYS LAHOUD WILL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Speaking with Polstaff on February 17, presidential spokesman and advisor Rafiq Chelala said the President, convinced of the injustice of calls for his departure, intends to remain in office despite popular protests. Chelala acknowledged that Lahoud's continued mandate was s [...]	2006-02-17 15:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY
06BEIRUT487	MGLE01: TRIPOLI ACADEMIC AND MAYOR PLACE BLAME ON [...] (C) Sunni professor from Tripoli Nawwaf Kabbarah told econoff February 15 that MP Saad Hariri had enlisted the help of the Jamiyeh Islamiyya (Muslim Brotherhood) in recruiting protesters from Tripoli's poor neighborhoods for the February 5 protest at the Danish consulate. The result of this [...]	2006-02-17 16:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL LE PGOV SOCI SY
06BEIRUT488	MGLE01: INFLUENTIAL AOUNIST MP ACKNOWLEDGES FLAWS [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement MP Farid El-Khazen conceded that the February 6 joint communique of Michel Aoun and Hassan Nasrallah was a flawed document with ambiguities and omissions, but should be used as a starting point to prompt a passive government into action. According to El-Khazen, it [...]	2006-02-17 16:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT489	MGLE01: GOL JUDICIAL TEAM PREPARES FOR UN [...] (C) On Sunday, 2/17, the Ambassador met with Minister of Justice Charles Rizk and Judge Shukri Sadr to discuss the modalities for an international tribunal for the Hariri assassination suspects. Rizk reported that the cabinet, in its 2/16 session, had approved a two-person team of Sadr and [...]	2006-02-21 06:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM PTER LE SY UNAUS
06BEIRUT517	MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI SAYS HE'S READY TO REMOVE [...] (C) Nabih Berri stated that his "national dialogue conference," scheduled to run March 2-9, could seal the fate of President Lahoud, if the participating political blocs can agree on a consensus replacement. As he has throughout his career, Berri has assiduously counted the votes and has co [...]	2006-02-21 14:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT544	MGLE01: FM SALLOUKH HELPFUL ON UNSC DEMARCHE, [...] (C) Foreign Minister Salloukh defended meeting with Hamas officials as important in maintaining normal relations with a democratically-elected Arab government. He urged the USG to give Hamas an opportunity to change its behavior, which he believed would happen as it struggled to meet its ne [...]	2006-02-22 16:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT545	MGLE01: AOUNISTS AGREE TO DIALOGUE, STILL [...] (C) Summary: Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) member and advisor to Michel Aoun Gebran Basile met with Poloff to discuss his party's position on the national dialogue proposal of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. Basile said that Michel Aoun would represent his party at the March 2-3 meetings, [...]	2006-02-22 16:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV SY LE
06BEIRUT546	MGLE01: AMAL POLITICAL MOVEMENT ANNOUNCES [...] (C) Summary and introduction: On February 17, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri renewed his call for a dialogue among members of the Parliament's leadership. Berri emerged from addressing his Hizballah-allied parliamentary partners to call for a gathering of political leaders on March 2-9 t [...]	2006-02-22 17:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINS LE SY
06BEIRUT550	MGLE01: LEBANESE FORCES MP DESCRIBES LEBANON'S [...] (C) MP George Adwan, who represents Lebanese Forces leader Samir Ja'ja' in inter-communal negotiations, said much of the rhetoric coming from Michel Aoun and Samir Ja'ja concerning the tenure of President Lahoud is irresponsible and dangerous. Adwan believes the inexperience and excessive e [...]	2006-02-23 10:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT563	MGLE01: HARIRI AND JUMBLATT DISCUSS STRATEGY [...] (S) On February 23, while waiting for Secretary Rice to arrive for a meeting with MP Saad Hariri and MP Walid Jumblatt at his house in Beirut, econoff and FSN senior political specialist were invited to sit with these two leaders. The small talk with FSN senior political specialist eventual [...]	2006-02-24 15:01:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	LE PGOV PREL SA SY
06BEIRUT567	SINIORA BRINGS THE POPE ON BOARD, SAYS "NO" TO [...] (C) In a 2/22 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora claimed to have convinced the Vatican to push for President Lahoud's resignation. He said that the Maronite Patriarch and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri are both on board with Lahoud's resignation, but that Michel Aoun still [...]	2006-02-24 15:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PTER SY LE IR
06BEIRUT568	MGLE01: AOUN EAGER FOR LAHOUD'S GRACEFUL [...] (C) Summary: Michel Aoun was in a good mood as he greeted the Ambassador for their February 22 meeting. The former General said he was encouraged by the anti-Lahoud tone taken by Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, and he insisted that Sfeir was not referring to him when Sfeir said the next president [...]	2006-02-24 16:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS LE SY
06BEIRUT579	MGLE01: SAAD HARIRI TO HOLD JOINT PRESS [...] (S) Summary: In a 2/27 meeting with the Ambassador, Saad Hariri revealed that he would hold a join press conference with Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Hizballah on 2/28. The press conference will come at the end of Hariri's private meeting with Hizballah and will cover three areas [...]	2006-02-27 17:13:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KDEM PTER KISL LE SY
06BEIRUT581	MGLE01: SAAD HARIRI TO HOLD JOINT PRESS [...] (S) Summary: In a 2/27 meeting with the Ambassador, Saad Hariri revealed that he would hold a join press conference with Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Hizballah on 2/28. The press conference will come at the end of Hariri's private meeting with Hizballah and will cover three areas [...]	2006-02-27 17:14:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KDEM PTER KISL LE SY
06BEIRUT59	MGLE01: SALLOUKH STONEWALLS, GIVES APOLOGIST [...] (C) Summary: On January 7, the Ambassador and emboff met with Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh to express the USG's mounting concern over the reported contents of a draft agreement between the Siniora government and the Hizballah-Amal bloc that would bring the Shi'a parties back into the cabi [...]	2006-01-09 11:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PHUM SY
06BEIRUT613	MGLE01: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DRUSE LEADER [...] (C) For better or worse, Walid Jumblatt may well be the single person most responsible for where we are in Lebanon today. He was a warlord in the 1975-1990 Lebanese civil war and became a pillar of the post-Ta'if Agreement "pax Syriana." Lately, however, he has emerged as the most importan [...]	2006-03-02 07:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT629	MGLE01: PARLIAMENTARY LEADER VIEWS DIALOGUE [...] (C) Veteran Maronite MP Robert Ghanem expressed guarded optimism on both the process and possible outcome of this week's "national dialogue" conference organized by Speaker Nabih Berri. Ghanem admitted he was somewhat surprised that Berri had been able to bring together the disparate power [...]	2006-03-02 14:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT633	MGLE01: SINIORA ON THE PRESIDENCY, DIALOGUE, AND [...] (C) In a March 1 meeting at the Grand Serail, Prime Minister Siniora and the Ambassador discussed UNSCR 1559, the National Dialogue and the Lebanese presidency. Siniora said that the National Dialogue's discussion on 1559 would prompt serious debate on issues including Hizballah's arms and th [...]	2006-03-02 16:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM LE PGOV SY
06BEIRUT645	MGLE01: NATIONAL DIALOGUE CONFERENCE BEGINS ON [...] (C) For the first time since the 1989 Ta'if Accord, the full range of Lebanon's political leadership is now engaged in face-to-face negotiations -- this time, in Beirut rather than a foreign venue (and without any international "referees"). The first session on March 2 closed with consensus [...]	2006-03-03 15:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT647	MGLE01: ALL IN THE (FIRST) FAMILY: LAHOUD [...] (S) In a 3/3 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that he had been threatened by his father-in-law, President Emile Lahoud, in front of friends and relatives over dinner the previous evening. Lahoud, according to Murr, ordered Murr to recant [...]	2006-03-06 06:58:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT672	MGLE01: UN OFFICE VIEWS IMPROVED GOL COOPERATION [...] (C) On March 3, econoff and epartment NEA/ELA Deputy Director met with UN Political Officers Imran Riza and Georges Nasr of the office of UNSYG's Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson. Riza said that the GOL's Joint Security Force (JSF) had modestly increased its presence in sout [...]	2006-03-06 15:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPKO LE MOPS PM PTER SY
06BEIRUT673	MGLE01: SEVENTH SESSION OF NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Participants in the national dialogue, perhaps cowed by accusations of leaks to the press, have become more reticent in presenting their accounts of the March 7 session of the talks, which ended in the late afternoon. MP and Minister of Defense Michel Murr said that the early debate [...]	2006-03-06 16:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINS PHUM KPAL KISL LE SY IR
06BEIRUT705	MGLE01: SALIM AL-HOSS'S "INDEPENDENT" THIRD FORCE [...] (C) In a 3/7 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss doubted that Lebanon's parliamentary dialogue process (suspended later that day) would succeed. He thought participants would be unable to agree on Hizballah's weapons, the presidency, or relations with Syria. Rega [...]	2006-03-08 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM SY LE
06BEIRUT714	MGLE01: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES [...] (C) Former Foreign Minister (and eternal presidential aspirant) Jean Obeid believes the national dialogue effort will founder unless regional assistance is provided on the two critical issues: the fate of President Lahoud, and disarming Hizballah. According to Obeid, Lahoud will not resign [...]	2006-03-08 16:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT715	MGLE01: SINIORA WISHES PARLIAMENTARY DIALOGUE HAD [...] (C) In a 3/7 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora regretted the suspension earlier that day of a national dialogue process taking place in the Parliament. The talks made progress while they lasted, he argued, particularly in the area of bringing under control an armed Palestini [...]	2006-03-08 16:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PTER MARR KPAL SY LE
06BEIRUT726	MGLE01: JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSSES INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Despite the fact that the legal team sent to New York returned with a different concept for the tribunal than that contained in their cabinet instructions, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk emphasized that the Siniora government considers the talks to have been very successful -- to the p [...]	2006-03-09 15:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY UN
06BEIRUT727	FOLLOW UP ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-09 15:35:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	ASEC KISL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT734	MGLE01: AOUN ON NATIONAL DIALOGUE: [...] (C) On March 9 the Ambassador and PolChief met with Michel Aoun and his aide, Gebran Basile. Aoun described the atmosphere of the national dialogue as friendly and open. Aoun was certain that the body's decision to "organize" Palestinian arms within six months would have the support of Hizb [...]	2006-03-10 10:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL KPAL KISL PTER LE IR SY
06BEIRUT735	MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI BLAMES MARCH 14 COALITION [...] (C) Speaker Nabih Berri believes the "national dialogue" has thus far been a worthwhile endeavor, which may produce a breakthrough in the way Lebanon's traditional political blocs resolve national issues. But he expressed deep concern that an intractable Hariri-Jumblatt alliance in the conf [...]	2006-03-10 10:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT736	MGLE01: MARCH 14 PARLIAMENTARIANS DISCUSS [...] (C) On March 8, the DCM hosted a lunch attended by MP Samir Franjieh, MP Mosbah al-Ahdab, former MP Fares Suaid, visiting NEA/ELA Syria Desk Officer, econoff, and FSN political specialist. On the electoral law, al-Ahdab noted that Amal-Hizballah would not have monopolized the Shia vote had [...]	2006-03-10 10:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IR KISL LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT743	MGLE01: LEBANESE VIEWS OF SYRIA AND IRAN [...] On March 6, the Iranian Bank Saderat public relations department announced that Bank Saderat and the Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS) are to establish a jointly-run bank. Currently, there are no further details as to how Bank Saderat's five branches in Lebanon and the two branches of the Commer [...]	2006-03-10 13:13:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV KIPR LE SY
06BEIRUT745	MGLE01: ARMENIAN CHURCH PATRIARCH'S VIEWS ON [...] (C) The patriarch of the Armenian church in Lebanon, Catholicos Aram I, believes the political situation has improved significantly in the past week due to the opening of the national dialogue. He concurred with his Maronite counterpart, Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, that Lahoud has be [...]	2006-03-10 13:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT786	MGLE01: AMAL LEADER SATISFIED WITH LIMITED [...] (C) Amal member Ali Hamdan is pleased with the progress of the national dialogue to date. Hamdan, a close advisor to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, met with PolChief on 3/14 to discuss the meetings and his expectations for the next session. Hamdan said the Speaker would release a public s [...]	2006-03-14 16:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KPAL LE SY
06BEIRUT827	MGLE01: STATUS OF NATIONAL DIALOGUE -- SIDE [...] (C) Following the March 14 evening session, Speaker Nabih Berri announced a break in the national dialogue conference until March 22. This development was somewhat unexpected, considering that Druse leader Walid Jumblatt had just returned to Beirut two days earlier to rejoin the talks, but [...]	2006-03-17 09:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT845	MGLE01: FORMER AOUN ADVISER WONDERS: DID AOUN [...] (C) Summary: Sami Nader, Michel Aoun's former advisor -- and ex-son-in-law -- accuses "the General" of having made a deal with the Syrian regime in order to return from exile and seek the presidency. Nader sees his own efforts at cultivating better relations between Aoun's supporters and th [...]	2006-03-17 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PTER SY LE
06BEIRUT846	MGLE01: WALID JUMBLATT ON THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) On March 16 Druse leader Walid Jumblatt discussed with Charge the national dialogue, Jacques Chirac's report of a possible Arab initiative to secure Syrian President Bashar al-Asad,s cooperation in removing President Lahoud, Sheba,a Farms, and Christian presidential candidates. Jumblatt, [...]	2006-03-17 15:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT847	FINCEN NOTICE ON COMMERCIAL BANK OF SYRIA [...] On March 9, Charge conveyed to Mohamed Baasiri, head of the Special Investigations Commission (SIC) of the Central Bank of Lebanon, reftel talking points and the text of a background paper provided by the Department. These materials were also provided to Walid Alameddine, head of Lebanon's B [...]	2006-03-17 16:14:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER ECON SANC LE SY
06BEIRUT895	MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI ASKS FOR US, SAUDI, AND [...] (C) In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri was upbeat about the success of the national dialogue he has brokered. He was confident of a solution to Hizballah's arms when the national dialogue resumes on March 22. The difficult issue, accordi [...]	2006-03-21 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS EG KISL LE PGOV SA SY
06BEIRUT928	MGLE01: PATRIARCH SFEIR REPORTEDLY ATTEMPTS TO [...] (C) A respected intermediary who carries out dialogue between Patriarch Sfeir and Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah said that the Maronite religious leader has decided to get off the fence and support Nassib Lahoud as the principal Maronite candidate to replace President Emile Lahoud. Sfeir [...]	2006-03-24 08:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT929	MGLE01--AOUN READY TO COOPERATE WITH EVERYONE WHO [...] (C) In a March 23 meeting with the Ambassador, Michel Aoun, head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM),expressed unquestioning convinction of the correctness of his positions. In Aoun's world, his agreement with Hizballah is flawless, his attack on the parliamentary majority is righteous, [...]	2006-03-24 09:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINS LE SY KISL
06BEIRUT944	MGLE01: PROMINENT GEOGRAPHER REVIEWS [...] (C) Prominent Lebanese geographer and member of the prime minister's commission on Shebaa Farms Issam Khalifeh told econoff on March 22 that there are 36 points of contention along the Lebanese-Syrian border. These disputes include areas still occupied by Syrian military or border guard for [...]	2006-03-24 14:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PBTS PGOV SY
06BEIRUT948	MGLE01--KATAEB PARTY LEADER SEES NO WAY AROUND [...] (C) Former President and Kataeb (Phalange) party leader Amin Gemayel told the Ambassador that Syria remains the key to resolving the political impasse in Lebanon. Gemayel left the dialogue sessions convinced that the participants had divided into two groups: 1) Hizballah and its apologists [...]	2006-03-24 14:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KISL IR LE SY AA
06BEIRUT951	MGLE01: THE OTHER HARIRI SON PREFERS AOUN TO [...] (C) In a 3/24 meeting with the Ambassador, Baha' Hariri -- Rafiq Hariri's eldest son, who was passed over for politics in favor of second son Sa'ad -- expressed pessimism about Lebanon's current political deadlock. Convinced that the utility of the current national dialogue had run its cour [...]	2006-03-24 16:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT955	MGLE01: NON-HIZBALLAH SHIA PERSPECTIVE ON [...] (C) Shia MP Ali Bazzi and MP Ali Osseiran view the on-going national dialogue as an important development whose long-term impact considerably outweighs any immediate results. These independent Shia politicians believe that, although several formerly sensitive issues had already entered publ [...]	2006-03-27 07:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT969	MGLE01: PRO-SYRIAN MARONITE PERCEIVES SUNNI THREAT [...] (C) Former Minister of Interior Suleiman Franjieh believes the greatest threat facing Lebanon is the concentration of power in the hands of Saad Hariri's Sunni majority. He maintains that both Christian and Shia communities fear marginalization as Hariri's political bloc dominates the polit [...]	2006-03-28 07:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT997	MGLE01: TWO OBSERVERS FORESEE THE END OF THE [...] (C) Two men, from different sides of Lebanon's political divide told us this week that the national dialogue is over. Ali Hamdan, political advisor to dialogue host, Nabih Berri, believes the talks will continue, inconclusive, until sometime in April as Berri plays out the clock. Akram Sh [...]	2006-03-29 14:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS ECON LE SY
06BELGRADE1308	ARMS CONTROL DEMARCHES DELIVERED RE SYRIA AND [...] (s) We delivered reftel demarches in separate meetings with Assistant DEFMIN for Material Resources COL Markovic, MFA Chief of the Directorate for Arms Control Branka Latinovic, and YugoImport Director Stevan Nikcevic August 15-17. In each meeting, we impressed upon our interlocutors the se [...]	2006-08-18 08:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET	PARM BEXP PREL SR SY VE
06BERLIN3492	A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) (Summary) A/S Kristen Silverberg met Commissioner for Global Affairs, Peter Wittig, State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg, Deputy National Security Advisor Rolf Nikel, and other German officials and opinion leaders in Berlin on December 4 and 5 to discuss UN policy issues such as Iran, Leba [...]	2006-12-14 08:08:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	UNHRC UNIFIL UN SU IR LE SY EUN GE
06BERLIN3506	(S) DEMARCHE PASSED TO GERMANY ON POTENTIAL SALES [...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Divison Desk Officer Ina Schuett December 14. Schuett thanked us for the information. She said that the German firm Spinner Machine Tools is a well-known producer of CNC machinery, but she had no knowledge of prolif [...]	2006-12-14 17:40:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM TW SY KN
06BERLIN3517	ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER OLMERT'S VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) (Summary) During Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's visit to Berlin on December 11-12 he held extensive discussions with Chancellor Merkel and met more briefly with Foreign Minister Steinmeier and President Koehler. Most of the discussions with Merkel took place without any other staff prese [...]	2006-12-15 15:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS LE SP SY XF GM
06BERN2059	SYRIA/LEBANON: SWISS OFFICIAL REPORTS ON DAMASCUS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 16:10:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MEPP SY LE IS SZ
06BERN545	SWISS SEE GOLAN HEIGHTS RESOLUTION AS KEY TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 14:00:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PREL KPAL IS SY SZ
06BRATISLAVA386	SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF SYRIA-LEBANON UNSCR [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on May 10 to MFA Directors for International Organizations, UN Security Council, and Middle East affairs. Colleagues from the British Embassy also followed-up on May 11. On May 12, Ambassador Vladimir Lomen from the UNSC Coordination Unit called to say [...]	2006-05-15 06:40:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC SY LE LO
06BRATISLAVA390	SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS UNSC SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 14:41:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC SY LE LO
06BRATISLAVA783	SLOVAKIA WILL MAINTAIN A DIALOGUE WITH SYRIA [...] (C) Continued dialogue with Syria, both in Damascus and New York, is an important way for Slovakia to demonstrate that it is an independent and fair-minded member of the UNSC, according to Ambassador Klara Novotna, Deputy Director of the 4th Territorial District and Head of the Middle East Divi [...]	2006-09-26 10:20:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER USUN SY LE LO
06BRUSSELS3103	DEMARCHES ON SYRIA AND LEBANON [...] (C) Poloff discussed points on Syria and Lebanon (refs A and B) with Jean-Luc Bodson, Deputy Chief of Staff, responsible for middle eastern affairs, in the Belgian Foreign Ministry. Bodson said Belgian Foreign Minister DeGucht generally believed a constructive dialogue was needed with all th [...]	2006-09-14 14:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	BE PGOV PREL PTER USUN LE SY EU IS
06BUCHAREST1308	ROMANIA: RESPONSE TO SYRIA-IRAN ARMS EMBARGO [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 15:42:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IR SY RO
06BUCHAREST1479	ROMANIA: SYRIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) DepPolChief delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Laura Mircea. Mircea noted that there was no solution to the Lebanese situation without Syria, and that within the EU process, Romania supported engaging Syria in discussions on the situation in [...]	2006-09-20 15:58:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER USUN LE SY EU RO
06BUENOSAIRES1079	ARGENTINA DEMARCHE: SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN [...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 11 to Minister Jorge Gomez and Minister Maria Raballo of the Office of International Organizations of the Argentine Foreign Ministry. PolCouns reviewed points in reftel with Gomez and Raballo and underscored the importance we place on GoA supp [...]	2006-05-11 20:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC SY LE AR
06BUENOSAIRES1127	ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON UNSC SYRIA-LEBANON [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Argentine MFA director for international organizations Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez on May 16. Gonzalez was accompanied by Minister Jorge Gomez and Minister Maria Raballo. 2. (C) Gonzalez said he had been in contact throughout the day with the G [...]	2006-05-16 20:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC SY LE AR
06CAIRO172	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SILVERBERG'S [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit. It has been difficult to gain Egyptian cooperation on UN reform. During his meeting with Ambassador Tahir-Kheli in December Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit signaled a willingness to compromise, but this has not yet materialized. The FM w [...]	2006-01-13 17:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KUNR PHUM IS IZ LE SY SU EG UN
06CAIRO175	ARAB LEAGUE'S MOUSSA ON SYRIA/LEBANON DIPLOMATIC [...] (S) On January 14, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa provided the Ambassador a readout on recent Arab mediation efforts with Syria and Lebanon, and reaffirmed that the Arab League and others remained committed to full implementation of UN Security Council resolutions. He said he had [...]	2006-01-15 11:52:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE
06CAIRO1911	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON SINIORA, AL SHARA'A, ARAB [...] (C) Mubarak with Lebanese PM: Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad told DCM on March 28 that during a March 23 meeting with President Mubarak, Lebanese PM Siniora complained about the lack of progress with Syria on the supply of weapons to Palestinians in Lebanon, on the establishment of diplo [...]	2006-03-28 16:28:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS LE EG SY KPAL
06CAIRO2100	DEFMIN TANTAWI WITH GEN ABIZAID ON IRAQ, HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: In a March 29 meeting CENTCOM Commander GEN Abizaid and Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi, joined by DCM Jones, discussed regional affairs, terrorism, military cooperation, and the International Medical Center (IMC). Tantawi (1) stressed the importance of a strong Sunni [...]	2006-04-05 14:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS IS IZ LE EG SY KPAL
06CAIRO2183	DEFENSE MINISTER TANTAWI ON IRAN, IRAQ, HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed Iran, Iraq, Hamas, Sudan and the International Medical Center with Defense Minister Field Marshal Tantawi during an April 4 meeting. Responding to A/S Welch's caution on Iran's growing influence in the regi [...]	2006-04-11 11:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM SY IS IZ SU EG KPAL
06CAIRO258	PRESIDENTIAL SPOKEMAN'S STATEMENT FOLLOWING [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 11:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SY IZ IS IR EG UN IAEA
06CAIRO313	CODEL WOLF DISCUSSES AYMAN NOUR, RELIGIOUS [...] (C) In a January 17 meeting with President Hosni Mubarak, Congressman Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) pressed the GOE on: --finding a solution to the Ayman Nour issue; --supporting and expanding religious freedom; --supporting US positions at the UN, especially with regard to Human Rights Commission [...]	2006-01-19 16:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KISL IR SY EG OVIP
06CAIRO5124	SYRIAN PRESIDENT'S SPEECH BRUSHED OFF BY OFFICIAL [...] (C) Summary. The vitriolic August 15 speech by Syrian President Bashar Asad before the Syrian Journalists Union, elicited a predictable mixed reaction from Egyptians, with official sources largely brushing off its significance, pro-government media sources lashing back, and the general publi [...]	2006-08-16 15:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE
06CAIRO5126	SYRIAN PRESIDENT'S SPEECH BRUSHED OFF BY OFFICIAL [...] (C) Summary. The vitriolic August 15 speech by Syrian President Bashar Asad before the Syrian Journalists Union, elicited a predictable mixed reaction from Egyptians, with official sources largely brushing off its significance, pro-government media sources lashing back, and the general publi [...]	2006-08-17 05:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE
06CAIRO5239	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 18-21, 2006 [...] Summary. Reactions to Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad's August 17 speech has figured prominently in Egyptian news and commentaries, with the majority of monitored columns devoted to the subject since August 18. Commentaries and editorials have been largely disapproving of his "insults" towa [...]	2006-08-21 14:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG SY
06CAIRO5240	ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET TO DISCUSS [...] (C) In an effort to be seen as "doing something," Arab League foreign ministers met in Cairo August 20 to address assistance for the reconstruction of Lebanon, to discuss reviving the Arab-Israeli peace process, to debate the utility of an Arab Summit, and to offer political support to Sudan. [...]	2006-08-21 14:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL UNSC ARABL MOPS EG LE SY
06CAIRO6461	(C) THREATS TO LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER OF SERIOUS [...] (S) During an October 17 meeting with MFA Cabinet Advisor for Syrian and Lebanese Affairs, Nazih Al Negeiry, poloff raised reftel demarche points on Syrian-originated threats against Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora. Negeiry was familiar with the topic, referring to Egyptian embassy rep [...]	2006-10-18 15:05:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PTER MEPN UNSC EG LE SY

06CAIRO7124	ABOUL GHEIT URGES U.S. SUPPORT FOR LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and the Ambassador discussed Iraq, Iran, Syria and Lebanon in a December 12 meeting. Aboul Gheit strongly cautioned the U.S. not to engage Iran or Syria under current circumstances and repeated his call for the U.S. to "destroy the Iraqi mili [...]	2006-12-12 16:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER UNSC IR IZ EG LE SY

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