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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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09BAGHDAD242 | IRAQ'S PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: RAMIFICATIONS FOR [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The outcome of the upcoming provincial elections will have important implications for the stability of Diyala Province and the region. The PRT predicts one of three likely scenarios to result from the elections: coalitions will fo [...] | 2009-01-30 12:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PINS KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2420 | PRT DIYALA: POLITICAL INFIGHTING UNDERMINES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 15:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2421 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH IRAQI DEPUTY SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 31 meeting, First Deputy Speaker Khalid al Attiya spoke with the Ambassador about security issues -- and the impact that internal political conflicts can have on security -- in the wake of the August 19 bombings. For Attiya, a a Shia independent and Maliki supporter, [...] | 2009-09-09 05:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2422 | LETTER FROM DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER RAFE AL-EISSAWI [...] On August 28 Embassy Baghdad received the following letter from Deputy Prime Minister Rafe H. Al-Eissawi to Vice President Joseph Biden. The original letter will be passed to the Vice President's traveling party next week. Begin text of message: Republic of Iraq Deputy Prime Minister Of [...] | 2009-09-09 06:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC IZ |
09BAGHDAD2424 | JUDICIARY ISSUES ARREST WARRANT FOR PROMINENT [...] (C) The Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) has issued a warrant for the arrest of a leading anti-corruption official, Board of Supreme Audit (BSA) head Abdel Basit Turki, widely respected as upright and competent. The warrant is based on alleged wrongdoing by Abdel Basit while serving the Saddam regime [...] | 2009-09-09 10:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2425 | CODEL LEVIN DISCUSSES IRAQ'S PLACE IN THE REGION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 4 meeting with visiting Senator Levin, FM Zebari requested USG support for establishing a UN tribunal, similar to the one set up following Rafik Hariri's assassination in Lebanon, to determine who was behind the August 19 attacks. Zebari called the attack "Iraq's [...] | 2009-09-09 11:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF SY IR KU IZ |
09BAGHDAD2426 | IRAQ/IRAN: KARBALA EAGER FOR PILGRIMS WITH DEEP POCKETS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: According to the governor of Karbala and the brother of the imam of the al-Abbas shrine, Iran continues to exert a dominating influence, notably in business dealings in Karbala province. Both interlocutors lamented Iraq's inability to negotiate with the Iranians for [...] | 2009-09-09 14:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR IZ ECON |
09BAGHDAD2427 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-09-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2428 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. Please expedite as course start date is September 19, 2009. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for trainin [...] | 2009-09-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2429 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for visit to the United States to meet with OSD and DOS staff. 3. Th [...] | 2009-09-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2430 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-09-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2431 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for visit to the United States to meet with OSD and DOS staff. 3. Th [...] | 2009-09-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2432 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated visit to the United States to meet with OSD and DOS staff. 3. The na [...] | 2009-09-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2433 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-09-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2434 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for visit to the United States to meet with OSD and DOS staff. 3. Th [...] | 2009-09-09 15:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2435 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for visit to the United States to meet with OSD and DOS staff. 3. Th [...] | 2009-09-09 15:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2436 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated visit to the United States to meet with OSD and DOS staff. 3. The na [...] | 2009-09-09 15:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2437 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for visit to the United States to meet with OSD and DOS staff. 3. Th [...] | 2009-09-09 15:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2438 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-09-09 15:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2439 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. Please expedite as course start date is September 19, 2009. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for trainin [...] | 2009-09-09 15:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD244 | MINISTER OF FINANCE JABR DISCUSSES KUWAITI DEBT, [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Bayan Jabr told EMIN on January 26 that the GoI delegation to the Arab League Summit in Kuwait had discussed the GoI's debt with the Kuwaiti government, but that no resolution was reached over compensation for Kuwaiti Airlines damages. Although Kuwaiti Prince She [...] | 2009-01-30 12:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ETRD IZ PGOV |
09BAGHDAD2441 | PM MALIKI, CODEL LEVIN DISCUSS FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Maliki told CODEL Levin Iraq faces interference from neighboring countries intent on fomenting sectarian discord, and Syria-based Iraqi Ba'athists and al-Qaeda in Iraq elements conspired to perpetrate the August 19 bombings. He expressed confidence in Iraqi Security Forces' (I [...] | 2009-09-10 06:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR UN KIRF IR IZ SY |
09BAGHDAD2442 | DPM ISSAWI: ATTACKS ON INTERIOR MINISTER UNFAIR; [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Issawi told Pol M-C that criticism of Interior Minister Bolani in the wake of the August 19 Baghdad bombings was unfounded and designed to pressure Bolani to stay in the Shi'a fold for the upcoming parliamentary elections. Issawi was optimistic about reducin [...] | 2009-09-10 06:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD2444 | SUNNI POLITICAL PARTIES FRACTURED DESPITE [...] (C) Summary: Realizing they disadvantaged themselves by boycotting earlier elections and alarmed at perceived Iranian efforts to increase influence and ensure Shi'a domination of Iraqi politics, Sunni politicians are participating in large numbers in the run-up to national elections in 2010. T [...] | 2009-09-10 14:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2445 | IRAQ UNEMPLOYMENT ESTIMATED AT 15.5 PERCENT [...] (SBU) Internal figures from the Central Office for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT) estimate that Iraq's unemployment rate is currently at 15.5 percent. COSIT's last published estimate showed a 12 percent rate for the final quarter of 2008. In addition to the overall rate, a GOI [...] | 2009-09-10 15:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD245 | ANBAR CANDIDATES CONFIDENT FOR PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of recent discussions in the week before Provincial Council (PC) elections, Anbari candidates and the Governorate Elections Officer (GEO) expressed enthusiasm and confidence that the elections will be a strong step forward for Anbar. Candidates predicted the number o [...] | 2009-01-30 13:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2452 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-09-11 10:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2453 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-09-11 10:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2454 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A number of cases involving senior judicial and anti-corruption officials continue to bubble up in the media in Iraq, likely a manifestation of both intense political jockeying and real efforts to crack down on corruption, which polls show is an issue of increasing [...] | 2009-09-11 14:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD2455 | PM MALIKI ADVISOR ON SYRIA, ARAB-KURD TALKS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sadiq al-Rikabi, PM Maliki's political advisor, told Pol M/C September 9 that Maliki was intent on hitting every pressure point available, including through the UN, to get Syria to stop harboring anti-GOI Ba'thists and allowing insurgents to cross the border. Turning to Iran, Ri [...] | 2009-09-11 15:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2456 | IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY CHIEF: ELECTIONS ON TRACK; [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Islamic Party leader Osama al-Tikriti believes the Iraqi parliament will soon pass an election law providing for multiple districts and a closed list, and that national elections will occur on schedule in January. He asserted that PM Maliki would not be able to gain broad Su [...] | 2009-09-11 16:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2459 | CONVERSATION WITH KDP REPRESENTATIVE ROWSCH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 7, former Deputy Prime Minister Rowsch Shaways arrived in Baghdad to represent the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) at UNAMI's September 8 High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting. Shaways has not been a regular fixture in Baghdad politics for over 9 months. As KR [...] | 2009-09-12 09:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD246 | ANBAR CANDIDATES PREDICT NEW PROVINCIAL COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of discussions with poloffs on the upcoming Anbar Provincial Council (PC) elections, Anbari candidates predicted that the Awakening Conference of Iraq (MSI, the "Sahwa"),the Iraqi Islamic Party, the Iraqi National Dialogue Front, the National Movement for Reform and [...] | 2009-01-30 13:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2461 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] This is an action request. 2. Post wishes to confirm the screening of the following individuals pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces nominated for US Government prov [...] | 2009-09-12 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2463 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO [...] (S/NF) Mr. Vice President, your upcoming trip to Iraq comes at an important time in Iraq's political calendar. As the Islamic month of Ramadan draws to a close, Iraqi political leaders are furiously at work negotiating potential alliances in advance of the January 2010 parliamentary elections [...] | 2009-09-12 14:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ENRG KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2466 | LETTER FROM DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER RAFE AL-EISSAWI [...] (U) On August 28 Embassy Baghdad received the following letter from Deputy Prime Minister Rafe H. Al-Eissawi to Vice President Joseph Biden. The original letter will be passed to OVP. 2. (U) Begin text of message: Republic of Iraq Deputy Prime Minister Office Rafe H. Al-Eissawi The [...] | 2009-09-13 07:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC IZ |
09BAGHDAD247 | ANBARI CANDIDTATES' FRET ABOUT ELECTION FRAUD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Anbari Provincial Council (PC) elections candidates and the Governorate Elections Officer (GEO) recently detailed concerns to poloffs about potential campaign irregularities and/or electoral intimidation, especially by Iraqi Police (IP). Two candidates protested that Al Anbar t [...] | 2009-01-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PTER KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2473 | MOI TO HIRE 500 CHRISTIANS AND MANDEANS TO GUARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to requests from the non-Muslim Endowment and the bombings of six churches in Baghdad on July 12, the GOI has authorized the Ministry of Interior (MOI) to hire, train and pay 500 guards drawn from Iraq's Christians and Sabean-Mandean communities to serve as guards at ch [...] | 2009-09-14 05:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PTER SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2474 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-09-14 05:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2475 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-09-14 05:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2478 | MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON MEK, RESOURCES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 7 meeting with the POL M/C, Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim criticized the GOI's handling of the Mujahadeen el-Khalq (MEK) issue, noting that Iraq has already lost the battle for public opinion within the international community. In addition, Salim cited a l [...] | 2009-09-14 07:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KJUS PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD248 | PRT DIYALA ELECTIONS PREPARATION AND SECURITY [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala and ePRT South Diyala reporting cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Provincial Leaders in Diyala express confidence that preparations are on track for the January 31 Provincial Council (PC) elections. The Governorate Election Office (GEO) reports necessary resources are in pl [...] | 2009-01-30 14:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINS KDEM ASEC IZ |
09BAGHDAD2484 | U.S. OUTREACH TO THE MUSLIM WORLD: FARAH PANDITH DESCRIBES [...] Summary: The Department's Senior Advisor on Muslim Engagement Farah Pandith conducted a digital video conference with Iraqi media and cultural contacts to explain her office's role in reaching out to Muslim communities. This event engaged major media players in Iraq during Ramadan, allowing for [...] | 2009-09-14 13:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KISL KPAO KCUL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2487 | AHMED CHALABI DISCUSSES HIS NEW POLITICAL ALLIANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 12 meeting with POL M/C, Ahmed Chalabi, head of the Iraqi National Congress party and member of the newly-formed and predominantly Shia Iraqi National Alliance (INA) (see reftel),criticized the GOI and PM Maliki for failing to govern effectively. He said the I [...] | 2009-09-14 14:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD249 | KARBALANS "SPECIAL NEEDS" VOTING PROBLEM-FREE [...] (C) Summary: "Special needs" voting in Karbala on January 28 proceeded smoothly. Some 19,000 out of approximately 24,000 eligible voters cast ballots. Polling sites in the western, central and eastern sectors of the province were calm and orderly, with voters taking evident care to read and [...] | 2009-01-30 14:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD2491 | MINORITY QUOTAS IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS LIKELY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minority political leaders tell us that it is increasingly likely that the forthcoming national election law will include reserved seats for Iraq's minority communities. Such a move would continue the trend of providing for minority representation that began in the Provincial Cou [...] | 2009-09-15 10:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2492 | FM ZEBARI WELCOMES IDEA OF A SYG-DESIGNATED SENIOR [...] (S) Summary: Iraqi FM Zebari welcomed the proposal contained in reftel points that the SYG designate a senior official to help examine foreign support or involvement in the August 19 bombings and other acts of terrorism and interference in Iraq's internal affairs. Spinning the proposal in h [...] | 2009-09-15 11:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD2494 | IRAN-RELATED DEMARCHES ON RELEASE OF AMCITS AND [...] (S) Pol M/C raised with Iraqi FM Hoshyar Zebari September 14 points in ref A, regarding the six Americans in Tehran and the points in ref B, regarding key messages for host governments to deliver to Iran. Zebari was amenable to the points raised. He committed to raising the fate of the six [...] | 2009-09-15 13:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PHUM CASC PINR PTER PGOV IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2495 | FM ZEBARI ON THE MEK [...] (C) In a September 14 meeting with Iraqi FM Hoshyar Zebari, Pol M/C urged caution as the GOI tackled the issue of moving the Mujahideen el-Khalq (MEK) out of Ashraf. While recognizing that the GOI had a sovereign right to act, he pressed for it to delay taking action for a couple of months a [...] | 2009-09-15 15:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2496 | IMPORTANT SIGNS FROM MARJIYAH AND IRAN ON [...] (C) Summary: On September 4, 2009, Najaf Governor Adnan Zurfi met Multi-National Corps-Iraq Commanding General (MNC-I CG) Jacoby to discuss upcoming elections and security conditions. Governor Zurfi discussed his concerns related to the upcoming campaign and elections, especially interference [...] | 2009-09-15 15:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD250 | MAYSAN DAWA DEPUTY PC CHAIR CONCERNED ABOUT VOTER [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Deputy Provincial Council (PC) Chairman and Da'wa provincial party head Latif Abud Kaseem expressed concerns about pre-election security and the potential for voter fraud committed by voting centers staff on election day in a meetin [...] | 2009-01-30 14:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2502 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-09-16 08:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2504 | IRAQI FM URGES P-5 AMBASSADORS FOR SUPPORT OF [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi FM Zebari summoned P-5 ambassadors to the MFA September 16 and pressed for support for the GOI's plans to call for a senior official, appointed by the UNSYG, to investigate the August 19 bombings and the broader issue of external support for terrorism in Iraq. Noting that [...] | 2009-09-16 13:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2507 | DCM HASLACH MEETING WITH MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION [...] (C) Summary. In his first meeting with DCMAT Haslach, Transportation Minister Amir Abul Jabbar Ismail pressed the USG to make greater use of Iraqi transport assets, particularly air and rail. Ismail defended the GOI,s recent decision to enforce Iraqi Airways, monopolies of cargo and charter [...] | 2009-09-16 14:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON IZ PGOV |
09BAGHDAD251 | MALIKI TO FORM BASRA POST-ELECTION COALITION WITH [...] (C) Summary: Leading provincial contacts told Senior Advisor Gordon Gray on January 26-27 that Prime Minister (PM) Maliki's State of Law list will form a post-provincial election coalition on the Basra Provincial Council (PC),including Fadhilah, Iraqi National Accord, National Dialogue Fron [...] | 2009-01-30 14:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2514 | IRAQ: PRIVATE BANKS' LOANS SURPASS CAPITAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: For the first time since 1964, Iraqi private banks' total lending has surpassed their total capital. The relationship between banks and their customers is maturing, with both sides gaining confidence in the financial system. If private bank lending and deposits continue to grow a [...] | 2009-09-17 10:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD252 | DIYALA IDPS: SHIA AND KURDS' COLD CALCULATION [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala and ePRT South Diyala reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Controversial statements by Shi'a and Kurdish political leaders about internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Diyala aim to underdermine the credibility and legitimacy of the provincial elections in the province [...] | 2009-01-30 15:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2520 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 18 [...] (SBU) GOI anti-corruption officials finalized a new anti-corruption strategy at an UN-organized gathering and plan to unveil it in October; they expressed appreciation for USG as well as UN assistance in devising the strategy, focused on achieving compliance with the UN Convention Against Corr [...] | 2009-09-18 13:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2521 | MEK DEFECTORS ON LIFE IN ASHRAF AND RESETTLEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 17 meeting with Emboffs, several recent defectors from the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) organization residing in a Baghdad hotel under GOI auspices expressed frustration and disappointment at the absence of resettlement options and the alleged indifference of Wester [...] | 2009-09-18 15:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF PINR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2527 | ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT COMPLAINTS CONTINUE TO DECLINE [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's status as a "boycotting country" under the Arab League Boycott of Israel (ALB) has been "under review" since 2006, when ALB compliance requests peaked at 33. Since that time, official reports -- as compiled by the Department of Commerce in accordance with reporting requi [...] | 2009-09-21 03:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2528 | MANDEANS FACE INTERNAL SPLIT EVEN AS THEY SEEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sabean-Mandean leaders tell us they are making a united full-court press to secure guaranteed representation in the next Iraqi Parliament, even as current leader Sheikh Sittar Hillo fends off a challenge from a younger rival. While the Mandeans acknowledge that the GOI has taken [...] | 2009-09-21 10:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD253 | MAYSAN ISCI HEAD REVEALS PRE-ELECTION OPTIMISM [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: In a January 21 meeting with the PRT, ISCI Deputy Governor Abdul Hussein Abdul Radha expressed optimism over the provincial election process in and his party's chances in Maysan. Radha confidently predicted that the ruling Sadrists' [...] | 2009-01-30 15:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD2530 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: VOTE TO REMOVE GOVERNOR TRIGGERS [...] (U) This is a Salah Ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary: In a September 3 session, the Salah ad Din Provincial Council (PC) voted to remove the Provincial Governor, Mutashar Hussein Ilaiwee Yaseen, from office. The Governor appeared before the PC in response [...] | 2009-09-21 13:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2536 | NAJAF AIRPORT TERMINAL EXPANSION; DISSATISFACTION WITH [...] This is a PRT Najaf reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Najaf airport opened its passenger terminal expansion on September 8, 2009. The provincial government is very dissatisfied with performance of investment partner Al Aqeeq (AA),which has only spent US$7 million of the US$50 million th [...] | 2009-09-22 07:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2539 | (U) DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH [...] (U) Date and Venue: September 17, 2009; 11:00 a.m.; Baghdad, Iraq. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Dr. James Steinberg, Deputy Secretary Amb. Gary A. Grappo, POL M/C Elissa Slotkin, NEA Senior Advisor for Iraq and Regional Affairs Mike Castiglione, Embassy notetaker IRAQ Qasim Daud, Co [...] | 2009-09-22 10:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD254 | MAYSAN SADRIST HUSSEIN IDEOLOGY FRONT TO SUPPORT [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Maysan Sadrist-affiliated Hussein Ideology Front (HIF) party official and Provincial Council (PC) member Mohammed Wahid told the PRT on January 28 that HIF would support three Sadrist lists in the provincial elections: the two OMS/S [...] | 2009-01-30 15:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD2547 | PRT DIYALA: DG FOR OIL FIRED-TESTING THE [...] THIS IS A PRT-DIYALA REPORTING CABLE 2. (C) SUMMARY: On July 28, 2009 the Diyala Provincial Council terminated the Director General for the Administration of Petroleum Products for professional malfeasance. Though the termination order is supported by the Provincial Governor, the Ministry [...] | 2009-09-23 06:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2550 | UNAMI ON THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS, KIRKUK AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMI Deputy SRSG Andrew Gilmour discussed with POL M/C the challenges of passing a timely national elections law, suggesting that UNAMI, the Embassy, and others would need to make a major push with Iraqi political players in October to rally support for passage of the law and to [...] | 2009-09-23 07:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD2551 | GOI INCREASES CAPACITY OF IRAQI JUDICIARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In September, 66 new judges graduated from the entry-level judicial education program at the Iraqi Judicial Training Institute (JTI),which is administered by the Ministry of Justice. These newly graduated judges are evidence of the Iraqi judiciary,s advancement as an instituti [...] | 2009-09-23 07:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD2554 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-09-23 13:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2561 | THE GREAT GAME, IN MESOPOTAMIA: IRAQ AND ITS [...] (U) This is the second of two cables reviewing Iraq's relations with key neighboring countries. this cable focuses on Iraq's relations with Syria, in the wake of the August 19 bombings. 2. (C) Summary: Iraq's improving relations with its neighbors in 2008 and early 2009 represented a critica [...] | 2009-09-24 03:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ SY KU IR TU |
09BAGHDAD2562 | THE GREAT GAME, IN MESOPOTAMIA: IRAQ AND ITS [...] (U) This is the first of two cables reviewing Iraq's relations with key neighboring states, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran and Turkey, in the wake of the August 19 bombings. Part II reviews Iraq's relations with Syria, in the wake of the August 19 bombings. 2. (C) Summary: Iraq's relations [...] | 2009-09-24 03:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2563 | PRIME MINISTER ON DISPUTED INTERNAL BOUNDARIES AND [...] (S) In a September 22 meeting, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the Ambassador that he felt the Council of Representatives (CoR, the Iraqi Parliament) is no longer effective and cannot be relied upon to pass legislation. The GOI, he said, is effectively at a standstill. The CoR is no [...] | 2009-09-24 08:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ SY |
09BAGHDAD2564 | PRIME MINISTER ACCUSES SYRIA OF MILITARY ACTIONS [...] (S) In a September 22 meeting, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the Ambassador that the GOI intelligence services had uncovered a plot to detonate four Vehicle Bourne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIEDs) during this week's festival of Eid al Fitr. According to Maliki, this is only t [...] | 2009-09-24 08:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ SY |
09BAGHDAD2565 | PRIME MINISTER MALIKI: "NO CHANCE" OF HYDROCARBONS [...] (S) In a September 22 meeting, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told Ambassador that pending hydrocarbons sector reform legislation "will not see the light of day" during this session of the Council of Representatives (CoR, the Iraqi Parliament). The current CoR, Maliki said, is &dead8 an [...] | 2009-09-24 08:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ SY |
09BAGHDAD2566 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: VOTE TO REMOVE GOVERNOR TRIGGERS [...] (U) This is a Salah Ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary: In a September 3 session, the Salah ad Din Provincial Council (PC) voted to remove the Provincial Governor, Mutashar Hussein Ilaiwee Yaseen, from office. The Governor appeared before the PC in response [...] | 2009-09-24 08:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2567 | BAHAI CASE TESTS IRAQ'S RESPECT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders of Iraq's small Bahai community are requesting the assistance of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) in their bid to receive identification documents that would list their religion as Bahai rather than Muslim. Although the MOI issued a small number of ID cards listing the Bahai [...] | 2009-09-24 11:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2568 | OPTIONS NARROW AS PARLIAMENT DEADLOCKED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the self-imposed deadline of October 15 fast approaching, Iraqi politicians are still haggling over the terms of a law for the national elections scheduled for January 16. Political posturing over hot-button issues -- in particular Kirkuk -- is complicating parliamentary d [...] | 2009-09-24 11:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL KDEM |
09BAGHDAD2569 | PRIME MINISTER ACCUSES IRAN OF TRYING TO [...] (S) In a September 22 meeting, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the Ambassador that Iran is intervening increasingly boldly in the Iraqi political process in a bid to "control the COR" (the Council of Representatives, the Iraqi Parliament). Iran has not discarded use of military means [...] | 2009-09-24 13:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ SY |
09BAGHDAD2570 | Response to MERO Interim Report on Regional Embassy (REO) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dated March 24, 2009, State IG Middle East Regional Office (MERO) Interim Report on Role, Staffing, and Effectiveness of the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in Hillah, Iraq (MERO-IQO-09-04) made a number of recommendations about the future of the REO. Specifically, it recommended [...] | 2009-09-24 14:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASIG AMGT ABLDG ASEC IZ |
09BAGHDAD2574 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: VOTE TO REMOVE GOVERNOR TRIGGERS [...] (U) This is a Salah Ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary: In a September 3 session, the Salah ad Din Provincial Council (PC) voted to remove the Provincial Governor, Mutashar Hussein Ilaiwee Yaseen, from office. The Governor appeared before the PC in response [...] | 2009-09-25 09:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2575 | RRT ERBIL: KRG OPPOSITION VOWS CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Change List officials, including both the leaders of their parliamentary bloc and Change Movement leader Nawshirwan Mustafa, pledged to play a constructive role in parliament, focusing on internal KRG governance issues, such as rule of law, [...] | 2009-09-25 15:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PGOV PHUM |
09BAGHDAD2576 | CONFERENCE ON IRAQ'S ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Leaders of Iraq's main anti-corruption institutions held a conference with UNDP project managers and officials of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Amman September 7-10 to put finishing touches on Iraq's national strategy for compliance with the UN Convention against [...] | 2009-09-26 11:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2577 | CONFERENCE ON IRAQ'S ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Leaders of Iraq's main anti-corruption institutions held a conference with UNDP project managers and officials of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Amman September 7-10 to put finishing touches on Iraq's national strategy for compliance with the UN Convention against [...] | 2009-09-26 11:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD258 | UN LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR IRAQ ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Development (UNDP) program held in January in Amman the first workshop as part of its 2008-2010 anti-corruption program for Iraq, which comes with the support of US funding. Statisticians and experts in survey design from the United Nations Office on Drugs an [...] | 2009-01-31 12:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KDEM PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2580 | CONFERENCE ON IRAQ'S ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Leaders of Iraq's main anti-corruption institutions held a conference with UNDP project managers and officials of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Amman September 7-10 to put finishing touches on Iraq's national strategy for compliance with the UN Convention against [...] | 2009-09-27 04:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2586 | PM MALIKI CHARGES IRAN, SYRIA WITH SHIPPING WEAPONS [...] (S) Iran and Syria have both been providing weapons -- including "Strela" (SA-7B) shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles -- to insurgent groups within Iraq, Prime Minister Maliki claimed to Ambassador Hill September 22. Five members of the Sadrist- affiliated Promise Day Brigade (also linked to the [...] | 2009-09-27 12:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER IZ IR SY |
09BAGHDAD2599 | MOSQUE DISPUTE RAISES SECTARIAN TENSIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: An ongoing dispute over whether a mosque located in the Salman Pak neighborhood of southern Baghdad rightfully belongs to the Sunni or the Shia Endowment is raising sectarian tensions and undermining economic reconstruction efforts in the area. The Prime Minister has appointed a [...] | 2009-09-28 08:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD26 | IRAQI REFINERIES PRESENT AND FUTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET ENRG IZ |
09BAGHDAD260 | IRAQI PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS -- POLLS OPEN, VOTING [...] (C) Summary: Voting in Iraq's provincial elections is underway. The vast majority of 39,000 polling stations around the country are reported to have opened as scheduled at 0700 and UNAMI confirmed at 1200 that all polling centers are now open. U.S. election observer teams report heavy sec [...] | 2009-01-31 14:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2600 | US MARSHALS SERVICE,S SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following the removal of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, the United States Marshals Service, Special Operations Group (SOG),ensured that Saddam and members of the regime remained in custody to stand trial for their crimes, worked to provide security for the nation,s judges a [...] | 2009-09-28 10:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KCRM IZ KAWC |
09BAGHDAD2605 | NEW ISCI CHAIRMAN AMMAR AL-HAKIM UPDATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Embassy's first meeting with Ammar al-Hakim since he was elected to succeed his father as the chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI),Ambassador Hill on September 23 stressed the U.S. commitment to transitioning from a military- to a civilian-led U.S. presen [...] | 2009-09-28 15:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD2606 | CHAIRMAN OF IRAQ'S ELECTION COMMISSION DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Head of Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC),Faraj al-Haydari, told POL M/C September 17 that IHEC is being subjected to a smear campaign orchestrated by the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) party and others. In his view the criticisms -- and calls to [...] | 2009-09-28 15:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD261 | POLLS CLOSE AFTER A PEACEFUL DAY OF VOTING IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Iraq remained relatively peaceful as millions of Iraqis went to the polls on January 31 to elect new provincial councils. Polls closed throughout the country at 1800 after eleven hours of voting, with a one-hour extension authorized late in the day. Embassy received isolated [...] | 2009-01-31 19:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PINR PREL SOCI |
09BAGHDAD2621 | REFORMING THE PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM -- EASIER [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The GOI won't soon take the tough political decisions needed to reform Iraq's Public Distribution System (PDS),despite the burden it places on national finances and the market distortions and corruption it engenders. The UN World Food Program (WFP) has proposed a [...] | 2009-09-29 14:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD IZ KCOR PREF WFP |
09BAGHDAD2622 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-09-29 15:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2623 | VPOTUS MEETING WITH UNAMI ACTING SRSG GILMOUR [...] (U) September 16, 2009; 2:30 p.m.; Baghdad, Iraq. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden Ambassador Christopher R. Hill GEN Raymond Odierno, Commanding General MNF-I Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor, OVP James Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State Colin Kahl, D [...] | 2009-09-29 18:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2627 | SRSG MELKERT DISCUSSES IRAQ-SYRIA RELATIONS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a September 26 meeting with CDA Haslach and A/DCM Grappo, SRSG Ad Melkert assessed the role the UN might play in Iraqi-Syrian relations and in transitioning the Mujahideen-e-Khalq's (MEK) presence in Iraq. Melkert emphasized the need for broad regional and international [...] | 2009-09-30 16:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD2628 | UNAMI TECHNICAL ADVISOR LAYS OUT PLANS FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-30 16:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV |
09BAGHDAD2629 | UNAMI TECHNICAL ADVISOR LAYS OUT PLANS FOR IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: At their meeting on September 22, the head of UNAMI's technical assistance team for elections, Sandra Mitchell, advised Pol/C that the 2005 election law would provide the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) with adequate guidance to carry out elections by January 16, 20 [...] | 2009-09-30 16:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV |
09BAGHDAD2632 | MINISTER OF OIL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IRAQ'S OIL FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 17 meeting with Deputy Secretary James Steinberg, GOI Minister of Oil Hussayn Shahristani expressed optimism about the upcoming second oil licensing round, as well as for Iraq's future willingness to sign a gas agreement with Europe. In the wide ranging discussion, [...] | 2009-10-01 09:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2633 | IS THE BELL TOLLING FOR THE ICI? [...] (C) In separate meetings with Charg Haslach on September 26 and major donor countries on September 28, UNAMI SRSG Ad Melkert confirmed that he would deliver the following points to the Prime Minister's office regarding the International Compact with Iraq (ICI): - The ICI has largely outlive [...] | 2009-10-01 09:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2636 | RRT ERBIL: KRG OPPOSITION VOWS CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Change List officials, including both the leaders of their parliamentary bloc and Change Movement leader Nawshirwan Mustafa, pledged to play a constructive role in parliament, focusing on internal KRG governance issues, such as rule of law, [...] | 2009-10-01 12:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PHUM |
09BAGHDAD2637 | RRT ERBIL: KRG BULLISH ON RELATIONS WITH TURKEY [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials told us recently they are pleased with the KRG's improving relations with Turkey, casting this development -- along with strong relations with the United States -- as a counter to malign Iranian [...] | 2009-10-01 12:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD2639 | MALIKI'S REVAMPED ELECTORAL ALLIANCE FAILS TO [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During an October 1 press conference in Baghdad, Prime Minister al-Maliki unveiled his new State of Law Alliance (SLA) that will contest the January national election. While Maliki emphasized the diversity of his list as a reflection of Iraq and physically surrounded [...] | 2009-10-01 13:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2649 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE OCTOBER 2, 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recent focus by the Commission on Integrity (COI) on validating credentials of government employees has expanded to other public documents, i.e., forged deeds that are now being investigated in Basra. Also in Basra, media reports alleged widespread bribe-taking by local poli [...] | 2009-10-02 11:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR EPET IZ |
09BAGHDAD265 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-02 05:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON ETRD PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2650 | PRT NINEWA: THE GRAINS OF WRATH: NINEWA,S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-02 12:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON IZ PHUM |
09BAGHDAD2656 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-02 15:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2658 | IRAQI ELECTION LAW DEBATE SLOUCHES TOWARDS MESSY [...] (C) Summary: On October 1, Council of Representative members voted to add a first reading of a draft election law to the agenda, a procedural move just short of a formal "first reading." The decision was accompanied by debate and then boisterous dissent by some Sunni Arab COR members from K [...] | 2009-10-03 06:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2659 | CORRECTED VERSION: ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE OCTOBER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-03 10:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2660 | IRAQ'S ECONOMY ON THE EVE OF THE ELECTION: ARE YOU [...] (SBU) On the eve of the election season in Iraq, we do not expect any major party or coalition to campaign on a record of economic success. Security and stability continue to be the primary focus, and are essential for economic success. However, it is worthwhile to compare today,s Iraqi econom [...] | 2009-10-03 11:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2661 | RECONSIDERING IRAQ'S FIRST OIL BID ROUND AND [...] (C) Summary: While the results of Iraq's June 30 oil and gas bid round may at first seem disappointing, the bid round could be considered a modest success. Although only one oil field was awarded, the planned expansion of that field should increase Iraq's oil production over the next six year [...] | 2009-10-03 13:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2662 | ELECTION AND INVESTMENT LAWS WEIGH HEAVILY ON PM'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki focused on passage of the election law and an amendment to the investment law in an October 1 meeting with Ambassador and Deputy Commanding General (DCG) Hunzeker. The PM noted that disputes over the distribution of parliamentary seats in Kirkuk still posed a [...] | 2009-10-03 14:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2666 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-04 14:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2669 | Baghdad Response to IG Report Regional Embassy Offices in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. State IG Middle East Regional Office (MERO) Review of the Roles, Staffing, and effectiveness of Regional Embassy Offices in Iraq dated August 18, 2009 (Report Number MERO-IQO-09-09, August 2009) made one recommendation about planning for the eventual opening of U.S. Consulates i [...] | 2009-10-05 08:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASIG AMGT ABLDG ASEC IZ |
09BAGHDAD2671 | PROMINENT SUNNI SHEIKH TO ANNOUNCE COALITION; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sheikh Abdallah al-Yawar al-Shammari, acting paramount sheikh of the influential al-Shammari tribe and an architect of the major Arab political party in Ninewa, told the Ambassador's Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq that he will soon announce a cross-sectarian, nationalist coalitio [...] | 2009-10-05 11:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2672 | LETTER FROM ISCI PRESIDENT AMMAR AL-HAKIM TO VICE [...] On October 1, 2009, Embassy Baghdad received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Iraq, which forwarded a letter from the President of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Ammar Al-Hakim to Vice President Biden. Below is the text of the letter. Begin text messa [...] | 2009-10-05 11:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OPDC IZ |
09BAGHDAD2675 | IIER HOLDS CONFERENCE ON TRANSPARENCY AND ECONOMIC LAWS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Iraqi Institute for Economic Reform (IIER) held a successful conference entitled "The Absence of Economic Legislation and Transparency in Iraq" October 3. The conference was financed under a $1.5 million USG-Targeted Development Grant (TDG). About 70 people attended, includin [...] | 2009-10-05 15:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KCOR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2678 | 36 MEK DETAINEES TRANSFERRED TO MUTHANNA AIRFIELD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI tells us that the 36 Mujahideen al-Khalq (MEK) detainees arrested at Camp Ashraf on July 28 have been moved to a detention facility at Muthanna Airfield in Baghdad pursuant to a deportation order issued on October 1 declaring them illegally present in the country. An earli [...] | 2009-10-05 16:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF PREL PINR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2680 | FRAUD SUMMARY - BAGHDAD [...] Security remains a concern in Iraq; however, conditions are gradually improving. Traveling both domestically and around the region remains difficult for Iraqi nationals. High numbers of Iraqis continue to pursue plans to immigrate to the US for economic and security reasons. Post is prepari [...] | 2009-10-06 03:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PREF KFRD IZ |
09BAGHDAD2683 | EVANGELICAL CHURCHES FIND PATH TO OFFICIAL [...] (C) A key Iraqi Evangelical Church leader tells us that Evangelical Churches are unable to obtain official recognition from the GOI because of overly stringent registration requirements imposed by the non-Muslim Endowment, thus preventing these churches from conducting legally sanctioned marri [...] | 2009-10-06 09:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2685 | IRAQ CULTURAL HERITAGE PROJECT: CAPACITY BUILDING [...] Summary: Capacity building is one of the main objectives of the Iraq Cultural Heritage Project (ICHP),a key program in section IV of the Strategic Framework Agreement. Six conservators working for the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) at the Iraq National Museum spent six months [...] | 2009-10-06 10:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO OEXC PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2686 | IRAQ OIL: EXXONMOBIL AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING WEST [...] (C) Deputy Oil Minister for Midstream Shamma told econoffs that ExxonMobil--which unsuccessfully bid on the West Qurna oil field in Iraq's June 30 bid round--has agreed to accept the Oil Ministry's low remuneration fee and enter negotiations for the production service contract for West Qurna. [...] | 2009-10-06 10:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2694 | BAGHDAD: INL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE [...] (U) Summary: INL faces significant challenges in its effort to ensure contractor performance in Iraq. Some of the challenges are due to current constraints on the number of program officers and in-country contracting officer representatives (ICOR) in Baghdad, while others appear to be inhere [...] | 2009-10-06 15:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SNAR MOPS SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2695 | IRAQI SPEAKER ON ELECTIONS LAW, INVESTMENT LAW, [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Speaker of the Council of Representatives Ayad Sammarraie confirmed to the Ambassador October 5 that that the first reading of the draft election law took place the day before. He expressed hope that the election law would be passed in the next ten days. The speaker ackno [...] | 2009-10-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN IZ |
09BAGHDAD2698 | UNAMI EXPLORING BIGGER ROLE ON MEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMI is exploring the possibility of establishing an observation presence at Camp Ashraf and assuming a more direct role in mediating between the GOI and the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) after two weeks in which the Embassy has worked with senior GOI officials, UN and ICRC representat [...] | 2009-10-07 06:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREF PREL PINR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD270 | IN COUNTRY REFUGEE PROCESSING - RESPONSE [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Baghdad appreciates Department,s interest in the details of the in-country refugee processing and support for expanding capacity to implement the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act. Responses to REF A questions are contained below. We urge Department to work with us to ensure th [...] | 2009-02-02 11:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF IZ |
09BAGHDAD2701 | PROGRESS IN THE CULTURAL COOPERATION OF THE STRATEGIC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 12:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO OEXC PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2702 | GOI SAYS MEK RELOCATION WILL HAPPEN BY END OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on October 6, the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Tariq Abdullah and Ashraf Committee Chairman Ali al-Yassery told Pol M/C and SRSG Melkert that the GOI plans to initiate its plan to relocate the Muhajideen-e Khalq (MEK) from Camp Ashraf by the end of October. Yasser [...] | 2009-10-07 12:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF PREL PINR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2703 | 36 MEK DETAINEES RETURNING TO ASHRAF AFTER DEAL [...] (C) The 36 detainees from the Muhajideen-e Khalq are set to return to Camp Ashraf on October 7 after agreeing to a deal with the GOI. In a meeting on October 6, the Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Selim and Ashraf Committee Chairman Ali al-Yassery told the Embassy, UNAMI, and ICRC that the GOI [...] | 2009-10-07 12:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF PREL PINR PHUM IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2704 | CHALABI OFFERS VIEWS ON IMPROVING IRAQ'S ECONOMY, [...] (C) Summary. On October 6, A/DCM Grappo discussed with Iraqi National Alliance (INA) member Ahmed Chalabi the poor state of Iraq's private economy, the INA's campaign platform of improving services and taming corruption, and his opinion about Saudi Arabia and Iran. Chalabi opposed the Amendmen [...] | 2009-10-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2705 | NGO'S SEEK ROLE IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Embassy's Anti-Corruption Coordinator's Office (ACCO) hosted a half-day seminar on September 28 to advance coordination between Iraq's anti-corruption institutions and members of Iraqi civil society. Participants agreed on the need for civil society to take a more prominen [...] | 2009-10-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2706 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2707 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2708 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-07 15:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2709 | AUGUST 19 BOMBINGS DEMONSTRATE NEED FOR INCREASED [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the past year, Embassy Baghdad has seen a dramatic increase in the utilization of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Attach office with regard to explosives and post- blast investigation in support of the Government of Iraq (GOI) and in accordanc [...] | 2009-10-07 15:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS IZ KCRM PTER |
09BAGHDAD2710 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-07 15:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2711 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-07 16:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2714 | DISTURBANCE AT BAGHDAD CENTRAL PRISON LEADS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of a disturbance at Baghdad Central Prison (formerly Abu Ghraib) on September 10, the US Embassy and MNF-I facilitated the Ministry of Justice,s transfer of 2,630 inmates and 273 Iraqi Correctional officers (ICOs) to the recently completed USG funded Chamchamal [...] | 2009-10-08 07:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD2715 | CHINA TRAINS IRAQI ARMY PERSONNEL IN DEMINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chinese Defense Attach to Iraq confirmed September 21 that the Chinese military is providing training in demining to approximately 20 Iraqi Army officers and 20 Afghan Army officers in the vicinity of Nanjing. People's Republic of China (PRC) Defense Attach Senior COL Wang Ru [...] | 2009-10-08 13:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PARM EPET KHDP AF CH IZ |
09BAGHDAD2716 | PRT WASIT: CHAIR OF IHEC'S PROVINCIAL OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a routine weekly meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 7, Wasit IHEC Chairman Dr. Khadem Abdallah Hussien told Acting Team Leader (ATL) Schlaefer and PDO Steve Smith that he would likely resign in a short period, in response to harsh criticism and a series of death threats. An emot [...] | 2009-10-08 14:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2717 | PROPOSED COURSE OF ACTION ON THE MEK [...] (C) In this cable, the Embassy offers our recommended course of action and associated talking points for addressing the issue of the Mujahideen-e Khalq (MEK). In the last six to eight weeks, the Embassy has made significant strides in addressing this issue, the most important of which has bee [...] | 2009-10-08 18:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF PREL PINR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2718 | EPRT ANBAR 1: FALLUJAH SHEIKS FEAR SECURITY RISKS [...] (U)This is an ePRT Anbar 1 (Fallujah) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On September 24, Fallujah's city council sheikhs complained that reduced U.S. aid and GoI budget austerity are spurring unemployment and creating fertile ground for Al Qaida recruitment. They lobbied for increased U.S. aid proje [...] | 2009-10-10 07:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EAGR ENRG PTER PHUM ASEC KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD2727 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-10 15:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2730 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-10 15:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2731 | DPM ISSAWI ADVANCES NINEWA'S ARAB-KURD DIALOGUE [...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Rafi al-Issawi visited Mosul and Erbil on October 1 to further efforts to resolve the (Kurdish) Ninewa Fraternal League's (NFL) boycott of the Ninewa Provincial Council (PC) and its r [...] | 2009-10-10 19:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2736 | POST PROPOSES SHOULDER-FIRED MISSILE ABATEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: Embassy seeks to develop with the Government of Iraq (GOI) a Man-Portable Air Defense Systems Reduction Program (MANPADS Program). The program would follow a "host-country model", used in Yemen and Pakistan, through [...] | 2009-10-11 14:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | AF IR IZ PARM PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER XD XF |
09BAGHDAD274 | IRAQ PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: WHAT HAPPENS NEXT [...] (C) Summary: Turnout for the Iraqi provincial elections held 31 January, 2009 was 51 percent nationwide, according to the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC). The votes have been counted, and the tally sheets are arriving in Baghdad two days after the elections, and the IHEC expect [...] | 2009-02-02 13:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PINR PREL SOCI |
09BAGHDAD2741 | PM MALIKI ON THE ELECTION LAW, INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV KREF EPET PTER IZ IR SY |
09BAGHDAD2744 | EVOLUTION OF INFLUENCE IN IRAQ: COMMERCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's evolving political and economic environment has led to increased engagement from other countries using commercial advocacy on behalf of their national political interests. The GOI has begun to engage a number of countries in high level commercial dialogue, and despite its [...] | 2009-10-12 15:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON POL PGOV PREL IZ EINV |
09BAGHDAD2745 | STAGE IS SET FOR ACTION ON IRAQ'S ELECTION LAW [...] (C) After weeks of speculation, Iraq's Council of Representatives (COR) performed two of three required readings of an election law October 4-6. The chair of the legal committee minimally satisfied this procedural requirement by reading a brief amendment to the 2005 election law which party [...] | 2009-10-12 19:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2748 | IRAQ'S REMAINING JEWS STAY HIDDEN [...] (C) On October 10, Poloff met with one of the last remaining Jews in Iraq, Khalida Fouad Liahu Moualim (strictly protect),to discuss the current state of the Iraqi Jewish community. Moualim stated that there are now eight remaining members of the Iraqi Jewish community in Baghdad including h [...] | 2009-10-13 06:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD275 | KARBALA: ELECTIONS RUN SMOOTHLY, PM-BACKED SLATE [...] Summary: Election Day in Karbala proceeded smoothly amid tight security. According to IHEC figures, 60 percent of registered voters participated. The decision to extend voting for an hour enabled as many as 4,000 voters whose names were not properly recorded to cast their ballots. Initial b [...] | 2009-02-02 15:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2750 | SPEAKER SAMMARRAIE ADDRESSES CONCERNS OVER IHEC [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Council of Representatives Speaker Ayad Sammarraie told the Ambassador October 11 that as a result of the harsh interrogation of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) chairman October 5, it was possible that the COR would dismiss two IHEC commissioners. The Amba [...] | 2009-10-13 09:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2751 | PM MALIKI ON THE ELECTION LAW, INVESTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an October 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki asked the Ambassador to help stave off efforts in the COR to remove the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) Chairman for fear it could dissolve the entire organization and possibly lead to a dela [...] | 2009-10-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV KREF EPET PTER IR SY IZ |
09BAGHDAD2752 | VP HASHIMI OFFERS ONE MORE NINEWA INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: A key advisor to Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi said the VP intends to pursue a reconciliation initiative in Ninewa before the upcoming election, and to then focus on Kirkuk. In Ninewa, he plans to focus not just on brokering a power-sharing agreement between feuding Sunni Arabs [...] | 2009-10-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2753 | VISAS VIPER: SEPTEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post: Baghdad MEETING DATE: 04 Oct 2009 CHAIR: Consul General David Schwartz COORDINATOR: CONOFF David Brownstein ATTENDEES: POL, ECON, ORA, CONS, MNFI (CJ9),OHA, POLM, FBI, DHS 3. (U) THE COMMITTEE IS SUBMITTING INFORMATION ON [...] | 2009-10-13 15:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINR PTER ASEC CMGT CVIS KPRV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2754 | CENTRAL BANK CONSIDERING COMMUNITY BANKS IN IRAQ [...] (U) SUMMARY: As existing Iraqi banks mature, open new branches nationwide, and focus on their wealthiest customers, accessible community banks may provide a viable option for low- to middle-income villagers. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) is considering a proposal to create second-tier "commun [...] | 2009-10-13 16:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD2755 | IRAQ-UK SECURITY AGREEMENT APPROVED BY COUNCIL OF [...] (C) Iraq's Council of Representatives (COR) passed the UK bilateral security agreement October 13 with 139 votes. British Defense Attach Brigadier Ben Bathurst said the British Ambassador had been working closely with Iraqi Speaker Ayad al-Samarraie to encourage the passing of the agreement. [...] | 2009-10-13 16:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS UK IZ |
09BAGHDAD2756 | COR COMMENCES ELECTION LAW DISCUSSION, APPROVES [...] (C) As part of their process toward passing a new election law, on October 13 members of the Council of Representatives (COR) discussed elements of the law for three hours. Continuing where they left off on October 6 (Ref A),roughly thirty MPs took turns making public statements on key issu [...] | 2009-10-13 19:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2758 | CHRISTIANS RECRUITED FOR SHI'A-LED ELECTORAL [...] (C) Two prominent Christian leaders, Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Selim and the Prime Minister's Advisor for Christian Affairs Georges Bakoos, tell us that the Prime Minister's State of Law Alliance (SLA) has recruited six prominent Christian candidates, including themselves, to run in the [...] | 2009-10-14 10:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2759 | CUSTOMS HURDLES TO IRAQ TRADE LIBERALIZATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iraq's customs and trade dispute resolution procedures lack the structure and transparency to ensure orderly, consistent resolution of complaints by importers. According to the President of Iraq's Customs Court, the court does not have jurisdiction over civil cases [...] | 2009-10-14 10:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV KCOR EAID WTO ECON EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2760 | ANTI-CORRUPTION CONSULTATIONS IN KURDISTAN [...] (C) During October 7-8 visit to Erbil, Anti-Corruption Coordinator and staff (ACCO),joined by Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) Erbil officers, met with various Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials, parliamentarians, and civil society reps. Incoming KRG Prime Minister Barham Salih [...] | 2009-10-14 10:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2762 | FM ZEBARI DEMARCHED ON IRAN, COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: In an October 12 meeting, A/DCM delivered the (reftel) points relating to the P5 1 talks with Iran to FM Zebari. Zebari responded with a brief readout from a recent meeting with Iranian President Ahmedinajad, suggesting that Iran will not immediately comply with P5 1 demands. [...] | 2009-10-14 12:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TU SY |
09BAGHDAD2765 | IRAQ UPDATES ITS INVESTMENT LAW: EXPLAINING THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly six months of sustained U.S. and GOI effort, Iraq's Council of Representatives (COR) passed the amendment to the National Investment Law (NIL) on 13 October. Significantly, the amendment will provide for limited foreign ownership of land in Iraq for the purposes of de [...] | 2009-10-14 16:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV IZ PREL |
09BAGHDAD2766 | SPEAKER PREDICTS PASSAGE OF ELECTION LAW OCTOBER [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Speaker of the Council of Representatives (COR) Ayad Samarra'i told the Ambassador October 14 that he expects a vote (and passage) of the election law October 17 or 18. As a way of coaxing agreement over the divisive issue of Kirkuk, the Speaker said he would float a prop [...] | 2009-10-14 16:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2767 | IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 14, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The COR did not address the election law in its session on October 14 (Ref A). Speaker Ayad al-Samarra'i told the Ambassador October 14 that he hopes for a vote on the election law amendments under discussion in the Council of Representatives (COR) as early as October 17 but was [...] | 2009-10-14 16:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2768 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-14 20:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2769 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-14 20:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2770 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-14 20:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2771 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-14 20:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2772 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-14 20:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2773 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-14 20:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2774 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-14 20:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2775 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-14 20:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2776 | IRAQ INVESTMENT CONFERENCE: DELIVERING A CLEAR [...] (C) Summary: The October 19 U.S.-Iraq Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC) and the October 20-21 Business and Investment Conference (BIC) will put the spotlight on Iraq's aspirations to participate more fully in the global economy. U.S. and Iraqi government officials can expect questions fro [...] | 2009-10-15 08:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON POL PGOV PREL EINV ETRD EINT IZ |
09BAGHDAD2778 | LETTER FROM VICE PRESIDENT TARIQ AL-HASHIMI TO [...] On October 9, 2009 Embassy Baghdad received the following letter from Vice President Hashimi to President Obama. The original letter will be transmitted to NEA/I/POL via pouch mail. Begin text of message: Republic of Iraq The Vice President Tariq Al-Hashimi The Honorable Barack Obam [...] | 2009-10-15 10:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC IZ |
09BAGHDAD2779 | LETTER FROM PRIME MINISTER NORI KAMIL AL MALIKY TO [...] On October 11, 2009 Embassy Baghdad received the following letter from Prime Minister Nori Kamil Al Maliky to President Obama. The original letter will be transmitted to NEA/I/POL via pouch mail. Begin text of message: Republic of Iraq Nori K. Al Maliky Prime Minster His Excellency [...] | 2009-10-15 10:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC IZ |
09BAGHDAD278 | VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT AND WATCHLIST [...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: BAGHDAD MEETING DATE: 01FEB2009 CHAIR: CONS JEFF LODINSKY COORDINATOR: CONOFF MCHESSEN ATTENDEES: RSO, POL/MIL, EXEC, DOJ, ECON, DHS, FBI, POL, CONS, MNF-I (CJ9) 3. (U) THE COMMITTEE HAD NO NEW SUBMISSIONS FOR JANUARY CROCKER [...] | 2009-02-03 08:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2783 | LETTER FROM AHMAD CHALABI TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] On October 13, 2009 Embassy Baghdad received the following letter from Ahmad Chalabi to President Obama. The original letter will be transmitted to NEA/I/POL via pouch mail. Begin text of message: The Honorable President Barack Obama, President of the United States of America The Whi [...] | 2009-10-15 14:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC IZ |
09BAGHDAD2784 | PRT ANBAR: SUNNI ENDOWMENT TO SUPPORT ELECTIONS FROM THE [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Sheikh Riyad Ziad al-Zobayee, a religious sheikh and deputy head of the Sunni Endowment in Anbar, briefed PRT on the Endowment's current and future activities in support of the electoral process. Among several efforts by the Endowment, [...] | 2009-10-15 14:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2785 | ANTI-CORRUPTION LAWS ON HOLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. As Iraq anticipates the release of a new anti-corruption strategy (Ref A),three statutes that would strengthen institutional frameworks remain pending in parliament, while a separate, general anti-corruption statute is still being reviewed by the Council of Ministe [...] | 2009-10-15 15:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2786 | IRAQI FINANCE: JABR ON BUDGET, TRADE, OIL AND THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 15:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON POL ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2787 | IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 15, 2009 [...] (C) At the October 15 Council of Representatives (COR) session, Speaker Ayad al-Samarra'i announced that a vote on the election law would take place on Sunday, October 18 at the soonest. He added that, in the event that the Legal Committee, which is responsible for drafting the text, was not [...] | 2009-10-15 16:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2788 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE'S VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) Ambassador Rice, your upcoming trip to Iraq comes at an important time in Iraq's political calendar. Iraqi political leaders are furiously at work negotiating potential alliances in advance of the January 2010 parliamentary elections. The maneuvering will become even more frenetic after [...] | 2009-10-16 13:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2789 | SCENESETTER: MALIKI HEADS TO THE WASHINGTON [...] (C) Maliki's visit to Washington for the Business and Investment Conference comes at a time of great promise and significant risk for Iraq. Maliki himself has unhitched his political fate from the Shia power brokers who made him Prime Minister four years ago and has embarked on a political j [...] | 2009-10-16 18:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2793 | PM MALIKI ON ELECTIONS LAW, INVESTMENT CONFERENCE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 17 meeting, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki expressed his concern to the Ambassador about the elections law and the timing for its passage due to political party manuevering and to continued wrangling within the COR over Kirkuk and open vs. closed lists. The PM expre [...] | 2009-10-17 17:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM KREF PTER EPET SY IZ |
09BAGHDAD2794 | IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 17, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. While the Council of Representatives (COR) was out of session on October 17, it is clear that private discussions about the planned amendment to the election law continue among political leaders (Ref A). From the Ambassador's meeting with PM Nuri al-Maliki today (septel) to dis [...] | 2009-10-17 17:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2795 | CORRECTED COPY: IRAQI FINANCE: JABR ON BUDGET, [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Council of Ministers (COM, the Cabinet) has set a 2010 Budget ceiling of 67 Billion USD and is continuing internal negotiations regarding ministerial allocations this week in Baghdad, Minister of Finance Jabr told USG officials on October 14. Jabr expected the budget wo [...] | 2009-10-17 17:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON POL ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2797 | IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 18, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 18, the Council Of Representatives (COR) postponed by a day consideration of a draft election law. On the margins of a pro-forma plenary session, committee chairs and bloc leaders continued the frenzy of informal meetings that may result in a draft law in time for a [...] | 2009-10-18 17:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2798 | PRT NINEWA: AMBASSADOR'S SENIOR ADVISOR FOR [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador,s Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq, Alan Misenheimer, joined Ninewa PRT on September 22-24 for a tour of Ninewa, meeting key political and religious leaders and gaining a first-hand view of the province. In extended conversations, the Senior Advisor heard from Sun [...] | 2009-10-18 19:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2799 | ISCI BLOC LEADER GUNNING FOR IHEC, OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) COR bloc leader Jalal al-Din al-Saghir predicted to POL M/C that the Council of Representatives (COR) would pass an open list election law by October 19. Despite advising him against dismissing members of the Independent High Electoral Commi [...] | 2009-10-19 03:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD28 | BABIL PROVINCIAL COUNCIL AT END OF TERM: WHERE [...] (SBU) The Babil PC's last session of 2008, in which it wrestled with whether and how to spend the remaining balance of its 2008 capital budget, underscored that politics in the province is dominated by personal ties and interests over party solidarity, even with provincial elections only one [...] | 2009-01-07 07:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2800 | TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S OCTOBER 15 VISIT TO BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: Turkish PM Erdogan arrived in Baghdad on October 15 for a one-day visit to meet with Iraqi President Talabani and Iraqi VPs al-Hashemi and Abdul-Mahdi, as well as to conduct bilateral and expanded talks with Iraqi PM al-Maliki as part of meetings of the Iraqi-Turkish Strategic [...] | 2009-10-19 05:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TU SY |
09BAGHDAD2801 | DESIGNATION OF EMBASSY BAGHDAD CONTACTS FOR EUJUST [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post supports the EUJUST LEX training and mentoring mission in Iraq, and designates Senior Advisor to the Rule of Law Coordinator Robert Ogburn and Civilian Police and Judicial Affairs Officer Jenifer Moore as the US Embassy Rule of Law Points of Contact for discussions with [...] | 2009-10-19 08:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD2804 | Dyncorp CP Incident Highlights Need for Additional PSD [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28, Iraqi soldiers manning an international zone (IZ) checkpoint beat four U.S. citizen members of a Dyncorp International (DI) personal security detail (PSD) convoy. The DI PSD had violated at least two Embassy checkpoint policies, as well as Iraqi instructions. N [...] | 2009-10-19 10:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINS CASC IZ |
09BAGHDAD2805 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to take part in site visits to police and emergency agencies in National [...] | 2009-10-19 11:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2806 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to take part in site visits to police and emergency agencies in National [...] | 2009-10-19 11:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2807 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to take part in site visits to police and emergency agencies in National [...] | 2009-10-19 11:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2808 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to take part in site visits to police and emergency agencies in National [...] | 2009-10-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2809 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to take part in site visits to police and emergency agencies in National [...] | 2009-10-19 11:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2810 | BARZANI ON NINEWA: KRG PRESIDENT LOOKS WEST [...] (C) Summary: During a joint MND-N DCG and Ninewa PRT Team Leader engagement on October 7, KRG President Barzani observed that security differences between the GOI and the KRG in disputed areas would not be solved without the presence of U.S. forces (USF). He expressed appreciation for joint [...] | 2009-10-19 12:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2812 | KIDNAPPINGS OF IRAQI CHRISTIANS RAISES CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of high profile kidnappings of Iraqi Christians over the past several months in Mosul, Kirkuk, and Baghdad have raised concerns amongst Christian leaders that the community is being deliberately targeted by criminal gangs. Whether the kidnappings are politically motivated [...] | 2009-10-19 12:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KJUS PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2813 | GOI REINFORCES COMMITMENT TO CHRISTIAN CHURCHES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Over the past several months, the GOI has reinforced its commitment to Iraq's Christian community by inviting the Assyrian Church to relocate its headquarters back to Baghdad and by returning schools expropriated during the Saddam-era back to the Chaldean Church. At [...] | 2009-10-19 12:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2814 | IRAQI MFA STRUGGLES TO REBUILD, EVEN AS IT [...] (C) Summary: On October 16, the Iraqi MFA hosted a commemoration ceremony for the victims of the August 19 bombing that killed some 30 MFA employees. PM Nouri al-Maliki and other senior officials delivered eulogies to the fallen. In the days and weeks leading up to this event, the MFA has [...] | 2009-10-19 14:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2816 | IRAQ'S PROGRESS REPORT ON MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI's completion of its "Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Monitoring Indicators" report shows that the government may be serious about tracking progress on socio-economic indicators. According to the Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology's (COSIT's [...] | 2009-10-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KMCA PHUM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2817 | IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 19, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraq's Council of Representatives (COR) failed to reach agreement October 19 to move the election law forward. At an early meeting on October 19, Speaker Ayad al-Samarra'i cautioned CDA and POL M/C that October 18 negotiations on a draft amendment to the 2005 election law had b [...] | 2009-10-19 17:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2821 | INCONSISTENCIES IN ARREST OF YEZIDI POLITICIAN [...] (C) Summary. Outspoken critic of Kurdish security forces, Yezidi Progress Party (YPP) Head Wa'ad Hammad Matto was arrested by Iraqi military intelligence at his Ninewa home and continues to be held in communicado. The warrant for his arrest was issued four days after his detainment. According [...] | 2009-10-20 13:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL IZ SY |
09BAGHDAD2824 | INITIAL AGREEMENT ON NORTHERN SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (S/NF) Summary & Comment: GOI, KRG and U.S. senior officials agreed on the text of a Northern Security Initiative that would create a joint security architecture for the disputed internal boundary (DIBs) areas in the northern provinces of Ninewa, Kirkuk and Diyala. The plan would bring select [...] | 2009-10-20 19:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER MARR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2825 | IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 20, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 20 parliamentarians dutifully reported to the Council of Representatives (COR),and likely comprised a quorum, but the session was never convened, as the deadlock on the Kirkuk issue continued. A/DCM held extensive meetings with COR members today, including key Kurdi [...] | 2009-10-20 19:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2827 | GOOGLE IMAGES THE IRAQ NATIONAL MUSEUM [...] (U) Summary: In support of Section IV of the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA),post supports programs to preserve Iraq's cultural heritage. To augment these efforts and harness the interest and expertise of the American private sector, we have partnered with several leaders from the IT ind [...] | 2009-10-21 14:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT KPAO SCUL TINT PGOV ECPS IZ |
09BAGHDAD2829 | IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 21, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Midday on October 21, Speaker Ayad al-Samarra'i announced that the Presidency Council of the Council of Representatives (COR) would refer the election law to the Political Council for National Security (PCNS). This action was predicted October 20 in conversations A/DCM had with [...] | 2009-10-21 19:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2830 | PROGRESS REPORTED IN REDUCING IRANIAN DOMINANCE IN [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala reporting cable. 2. (C/NF) Summary. According to a trusted source in Karbala,s tourism industry, private Iraqi and Iranian tourist agencies are successfully working around an unfavorable deal the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) struck with the Iranian gove [...] | 2009-10-21 19:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2831 | IRAQ OIL LEGISLATION, THE ROAD AHEAD: DELAYS AND [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with econoffs, both the chair (KDP) and vice-chair (Da'wa) of the Oil and Gas and National Resources Committee of the Council of Representatives (parliament) reaffirmed that progress on hydrocarbons legislation must wait until the new central government is sea [...] | 2009-10-22 06:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2833 | IRAQ OIL LEGISLATION, THE ROAD AHEAD: DELAYS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 08:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2834 | KRG MAY BE PLOTTING AGAINST IRAQ OIL MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary: The chair and vice-chair of the Oil and Gas and National Resources Committee of the Council of Representatives (parliament) disagree over whether the Council of Ministers (cabinet) or parliament has final authority to approve the large oil-field development contracts currently bei [...] | 2009-10-22 08:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2842 | IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 22, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 22 the Council of Representatives (COR) was in recess and CDA and A/DCM continued political engagements with UNAMI, Vice Presidents Tariq al-Hashimi and Abd al-Mahdi and President Jalal Talabani (septels). Early indications are that the Political Council for National [...] | 2009-10-22 17:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2844 | KURD LEADERS IN DIYALA: INCREASED ARAB [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT Message. 2. (C) Summary: Kurdish leaders in Khanaqin (Diyala Province) claimed increasing tensions between Arabs and Kurds in nearby Jalula and Saadiya are a result of intimidation from Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and a Ba,athist resurgence in the area. The Kurdis [...] | 2009-10-23 12:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2846 | PRT TEAM LEADERS CONFERENCE: MANAGING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Baghdad's Office of Provincial Affairs (OPA) held its quarterly Team Leaders Conference of Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Adder, home to the Dhi Qar PRT. Embassy, NEA, and military officials briefed Team Leaders on plans for the c [...] | 2009-10-23 12:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2847 | PROVINCIAL POWERS LAW USED IN HISTORIC TEST TO [...] (U) This is a Salah Ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (U) Summary: On October 13 an Iraqi federal court upheld the Salah Ad Din (SAD) Provincial Council (PC) dismissal of the Provincial Governor following a six-week struggle between the two principal governing entities i [...] | 2009-10-23 13:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2849 | INVESTMENT CONFERENCE GENERATES POSITIVE MEDIA COVERAGE IN [...] SUMMARY: The U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference (USBIC) in Washington was headline news throughout the week of October 19 in Iraq. Arabic-language papers, Radio Sawa and television channels Al-Iraqiya, Al-Hurra, and Al-Sharqiya devoted lead coverage to the Prime Minister's visit to [...] | 2009-10-23 13:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL IZ ECON EINV |
09BAGHDAD285 | CRUNCH TIME: GOI SCRAMBLING TO MEET DEADLINES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI still hopes to submit an updated Legislative Action Plan and its initial goods offer in time to allow for its Third WTO Working Party to meet late this spring. Good progress has been made on draft bills covering Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Technical Barriers t [...] | 2009-02-04 07:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PGOV ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2851 | SWIRLING CROSS-CURRENT OF HIDDEN AGENDAS AND [...] (C) Summary: The roiling debate over whether and how Kirkuk participates in the upcoming election remains the crucial issue in the Iraqi Council of Representatives' (COR) deadlock over passage of a new election law. However, there are other, less visible factors that are also contributing to [...] | 2009-10-23 17:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2856 | IMPASSE ON KIRKUK: LEADERS DISAGREE BUT OFFER FEW [...] (C)Iraq's three Presidency Council members acknowledge that efforts to pass an elections law continue to founder on disputes over Kirkuk's participation in the elections. In separate meetings with with either General Odierno and/or CDA and A/DCM October 22, President Jalal Talabani, and Vice [...] | 2009-10-24 09:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD286 | US LEADERSHIP AND FUNDING NEEDED TO RETURN IRAQ,S [...] (C) Summary: Security gains have started to reverse the tide of displacement in Iraq ) UNHCR estimates that 185,000 IDPs and 23,000 refugees returned in 2008, out of nearly three million Iraqis displaced in 2006 and 2007. If security and other conditions continue to improve, UNHCR estimates [...] | 2009-02-04 08:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2860 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-25 11:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2861 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-25 11:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2864 | TURKOMANS: THE THIRD WHEEL ON ELECTION LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkoman intransigence on Kirkuk's treatment in the national elections has become a key sticking point in achieving consensus on a national election law. In discussions over how to divvy Kirkuk's allocation of seats in Parliament, the minority Turkoman insist on representation eq [...] | 2009-10-25 13:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2865 | POLITICAL TURMOIL IN DIWANIYAH PROVINCE: A [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a lengthy period of tranquility, politics have heated up sharply in Diwaniyah Province. The forging of national electoral coalitions in Baghdad reverberated in the province, but new coalitions in the Provincial Council (PC) appear to be driven by local considerations rath [...] | 2009-10-25 15:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2868 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in site visits to police and emergency agencies in the Uni [...] | 2009-10-26 09:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2869 | INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ MEETING SET FOR [...] (SBU) The GOI has agreed to an International Compact with Iraq (ICI) meeting on Novmeber 7, UNAMI Senior Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Ad Melkert has told donor countries. Melkert said this meeting would "mark the transition to the next new stage of interaction between the Go [...] | 2009-10-26 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD287 | GOI ASKS WESTERN COUNTRIES TO RESETTLE MEK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 14. 2. (C) Summary: GOI point person for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK),National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffaq Al-Rubaie (in the presence of the Iranian Ambassador),briefed international organizations and countries the GOI believes may have r [...] | 2009-02-04 09:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PINS PREL IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD2870 | KURDISH PM CRITICIZES CELEBRATIONS FOR PKK [...] (U) Speaking with reporters in Erbil on October 25, outgoing KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani criticized Kurds in southeastern Turkey for throwing celebrations and giving a hero's welcome to PKK rebels who returned to Turkey on October 19 (reftel) as reported in international press. Barzani opined th [...] | 2009-10-26 15:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PHUM PREF PTER TU |
09BAGHDAD2872 | IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 26, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Political Council for National Security (PCNS) met on October 25 to discuss the elements for an election law after the matter was referred to it by the Council of Representatives (COR) (Ref A). Contacts tell us that the meeting was very large, with several proposals, which [...] | 2009-10-26 18:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2877 | BAGHDAD BOMBINGS: USG ASSISTANCE COORDINATION [...] (C) Summary: Post has established an interagency working group to coordinate assistance to the GOI following the October 25 car bombings at several GOI buildings, including the Ministry of Justice (MOJ),Ministry of Interior (MOI),Higher Judicial Council (HJC),Ministry of Municipalities and [...] | 2009-10-27 12:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ASEC PGOV PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD2879 | SADRIST TREND AND ISCI OFFER PRIMARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Declaring its commitment to an open-list electoral system, the Sadrist Trend this month held Iraq's first primary election, claiming a likely exaggerated turnout of 1.5 million. Days later, their electoral ally, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI),announced it too is acce [...] | 2009-10-27 15:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD288 | ANBAR SHEIKHS ACCUSE IIP OF FRAUD, THREATEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post-provincial election tension has arisen in Anbar province as Anbari tribal leaders have accused the (incumbent) Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) of manipulating election results with the assistance of the allegedly IIP-influenced Governorate Elections Officer (GEO). Conference of t [...] | 2009-02-04 12:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD2880 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE OCTOBER 26, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's Council of Representatives (COR) has resumed its questioning of senior officials on corruption allegations. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has singled out "political corruption" for condemnation at a recent Defense Ministry-sponsored conference. ACCO contacts tell us th [...] | 2009-10-27 16:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2883 | BATTERED AND BRUISED BUT CARRYING ON: BAGHDAD IN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Two car bombs detonated in close succession in Baghdad on October 25, heavily damaging the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad Provincial Council building. As of October 27, the Ministry of Interior told MNF-I that 93 Iraqis were killed and 641 injured in the xplosion [...] | 2009-10-27 18:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KJUS ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2884 | BAGHDAD BOMBINGS: INVESTIGATION CONTINUES AS MOJ, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the October 25 car bombings at several key GOI buildings, Embassy law enforcement personnel have visited both sites and are working with MOI investigators. Despite heavy damage, the MOJ and Higher Judicial Council (HJC) have resumed partial operations both at the h [...] | 2009-10-28 09:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PINS PREL PTER PNAT KCRM KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD2885 | CHAPTER VII DOMINATES AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki and FM Zebari seized upon Ambassador Rice's visit to express their dissatisfaction with the UN Secretary-General (UNSYG)'s decision to appoint a political official to gather information on foreign support for the perpetrators of the August 19 bombings. While [...] | 2009-10-28 09:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC UN IZ |
09BAGHDAD2886 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior GOI and judicial officials tell us that trafficking in women and young boys for the purposes of prostitution remains a widespread problem in Iraq, with victims either sold to traffickers by their families or kidnapped by criminal gangs. Iraqi trafficking victims often fi [...] | 2009-10-28 10:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP KWMN KLPM PHUM PREL PTER ELAB SMIG SY IZ |
09BAGHDAD2887 | ANTI-CORRUPTION CONSULTATIONS WITH SENIOR GOI [...] (C) Council of Ministers Secretary General Ali Alaq, the Prime Minister's point-man on the anti-corruption dossier, told us the GOI was considering delaying the release of its new anti-corruption strategy, previously planned for early November, until after the January 2010 elections. He stated [...] | 2009-10-28 12:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2889 | BAGHDAD BOMBINGS: USG ASSISTANCE COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Post's USG Assistance Coordination Working Group has identified areas of immediate need following the October 25 bombings in response to GOI requests. We are providing vehicles, office equipment, and generators to the affected government offices, and continuing to support forens [...] | 2009-10-28 16:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ASEC PGOV PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD289 | IRAQ-IRAN DIPLOMACY A SIGN OF IRANIAN INFLUENCE OR [...] (S) Summary: Recent Iraqi-Iranian visits (most notably PM Maliki and National Security Advisor al-Rubaie's visits to Tehran) indicate that Iraq is being increasingly assertive toward its ambitious neighbor, and that Iran is showing Iraq overdue respect, although the relationship might be char [...] | 2009-02-04 12:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR ECON EAIR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2890 | IRAQ AGREES TO HOST UN SENIOR OFFICIAL AUGUST 19 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 17:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC UN IZ |
09BAGHDAD2895 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-10-29 12:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2896 | KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI WILLING TO COOPERATE ON [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with the Ambassador's Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq, Kurdistan Regional President (KRG) Masoud Barzani expressed his commitment to working with the U.S. and the GOI on a draft election law. He pledged flexibility regarding the terms, but firmly expressed his disa [...] | 2009-10-29 13:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2897 | KIRKUK PARTIES EXPLORE COALITION OPTIONS, AWAIT [...] (U) This is a PRT Kirkuk Message. 2. (U) Summary: Amid continuing uncertainty over the election law, political parties in Kirkuk province are hard at work sizing up potential coalition partners. While final choices of partners will largely be determined by the election law, the outlines of [...] | 2009-10-29 13:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2900 | BAGHDAD BOMBINGS: USG ASSISTANCE COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Baghdad's Assistance Coordination Working Group continues to meet daily to assess the damage and respond to needs following the October 25 bombings. INL has delivered 12 vehicles and several work stations to the Higher Judicial Council (HJC) and is expediting delivery of additi [...] | 2009-10-29 16:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ASEC PGOV PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD2901 | IRAQ ELECTION LAW UPDATE, OCTOBER 29, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Hopes of a vote on an election law in the Council of Representatives melted away over the course of the day October 29 as party bloc leaders continued to haggle over terms for voting rules in Kirkuk. The Ambassador and poloffs engaged key leaders and a wide spectrum of influenti [...] | 2009-10-29 19:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2904 | BAGHDAD BOMBINGS: USG ASSISTANCE COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Post's Assistance Coordination Working Group continues to monitor and organize assistance to the GOI following the October 25 bombings. Delivery of laptops and other equipment to the Higher Judicial Council (HJC) will allow it to become functional by November 1. The Ministry o [...] | 2009-10-30 14:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ASEC PGOV PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD2905 | SENIOR ADVISOR MISENHEIMER,S MEETINGS IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador,s Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq, Alan Misenheimer, held a round of meetings in Erbil and Sulaimaniyah October 19-22. He met with the incoming and outgoing KRG Prime Ministers, the KRG Parliamentary leader, KDP and PUK officials, President Barzani,s Chief of Sta [...] | 2009-10-30 14:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2906 | CORRECTED COPY: SENIOR ADVISOR MISENHEIMER'S [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq, Alan Misenheimer, held a round of meetings in Erbil and Sulaimaniyah October 19-22. He met with the incoming and outgoing KRG Prime Ministers, the KRG Parliamentary leader, KDP and PUK officials, President Barzani,s Chief of Staf [...] | 2009-10-30 16:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2907 | IRAQI ELECTORAL COALITION UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political cohesion continues to elude Iraq's Sunni Arabs, as the various party leaders -- each clinging to his own ambitions -- struggle to form coalitions that will appeal to the country's political and religious middle. The once dominant Tawafuq coalition, centered around the [...] | 2009-10-30 18:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2909 | RRT ERBIL: SLIMMED DOWN KRG CABINET SWORN IN [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: On October 28, following over three months of intense inter-party negotiations, the sixth cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) was sworn in. The new cabinet, led by former GOI Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Barham Salih, consists o [...] | 2009-10-31 13:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD291 | MAYSAN ELECTION: DA'WA AND SADRISTS CONFIDENT [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C/REL MCFI) Summary: On February 3, Da'wa leader and current Provincial Council (PC) Deputy Chairman Latif Abud told the PRT that he expects his coalition list will take nearly half of the 27 PC seats contested in Maysan's January 31 election. [...] | 2009-02-04 13:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2910 | CHALABI ON LARIJANI VISIT, IRAN, AND IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: MP and Iraqi National Alliance (INA) member Ahmed Chalabi blamed Iraq's "unprofessional and mostly Ba'thist" intelligence for having worked with Al-Qaeda to facilitate the October 25 bomb attacks in Baghdad. Chalabi told poloffs October 28 that PM Maliki was undermining the work [...] | 2009-10-31 14:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD2911 | LEADER OF SABEAN-MANDEANS SAYS COMMUNITY UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of Iraq's Sabean-Mandean community, Sheikh Sittar Hillo, tells us that the Mandeans have received new death threats from extremist elements over the past ten days and that 10 Mandeans have been murdered over the past year. Hillo complained that the GOI has been neglige [...] | 2009-10-31 15:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KJUS PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2912 | AMBASSADOR REVIEWS REVISED UNAMI ELECTIONS LAW [...] (C) Summary: Council of Representatives (COR) Speaker Ayad Samarra'i told the Ambassador on October 28 that he supported the revised election law plan from UNAMI that called for one-year terms for COR representatives elected from Kirkuk in the January 2010 elections. Samarra'i also queried [...] | 2009-10-31 17:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2913 | ACTION REQUEST: IRAQI ELECTION LAW [...] (U) This is an Action Request, please see para. 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Following discussions with Iraqi politicians, UNAMI SRSG Melkert presented October 31 a new proposal for voting in Kirkuk province that blends elements of prior schemes. The new approach followed a failed effort on Octo [...] | 2009-10-31 19:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2916 | AMBASSADOR REVIEWS ELECTION LAW OPTIONS WITH PM, [...] (C) Summary: After expressing condolences for the October 25 bombings, the Ambassador engaged in a sustained conversation with PM Maliki October 26 about possible compromises to break the impasse over the election law. The two agreed, with the concurrence of CG MNF-I, who also attended, tha [...] | 2009-11-01 09:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2919 | SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FARAH PANDITH'S VISIT TO IRAQ, [...] Summary: On her first visit to Iraq, the Secretary's Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith reached out to a broad cross-section of Baghdad's civil society. She emphasized President Obama's promise (as enunciated in his June 2009 Cairo speech) of a renewed U.S. dialogue ba [...] | 2009-11-01 15:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO KISL PHUM EINT IZ |
09BAGHDAD292 | MUTHANNA: IRANIAN MFA POSSIBLY BEHIND IRON FACTORY [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: A delegation of Iranian investors came to Muthanna province in January to continue negotiations for an 81 million USD iron plant. According to Haider al-Musawi, a local political adviser for the PRT, the Iranian delegation was largely comprised of former, and possibly c [...] | 2009-02-04 13:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EFIN ECON PGOV IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD2920 | IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE, NOVEMBER 1, 2009: UNAMI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Influential Arab and Turkoman lawmakers in Baghdad and Kirkuk told U.S. and UNAMI officials on November 1 they would support the UNAMI proposal, and Speaker Sammara'i agreed to call a vote on the election law the next day (November 2). Yet, although the vote may be near, it is [...] | 2009-11-01 18:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2924 | PRESSING FM ZEBARI OVER DFI, SADDAM-ERA VICTIMS' [...] (C) Summary: Pol M/C raised points contained in reftel with FM Zebari on October 23 regarding a final one-year extension of the arrangements for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the need to settle Saddam-era claims of U.S. victims. Zebari expressed overall support for the approach, i [...] | 2009-11-02 14:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC KJUS IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD2925 | ESTABLISHMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION COMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has announced members of the Advisory Council for Iraq's Human Rights Commission, marking a step toward the establishment of an independent human rights commission. The 14-member Advisory Council, composed of representatives from the Council of Ministers, Council of Repre [...] | 2009-11-02 14:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2927 | ICCTF COMBATS CONTRACT FRAUD AND CORRUPTION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To address corruption and fraud that pervaded the government procurement process during the initial stages of the USG's Iraq reconstruction effort, DOJ created the International Contract Corruption Task Force (ICCTF) in March 2006. The ICCTF is a joint law enforcement task forc [...] | 2009-11-02 14:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI IZ KCRM KJUS |
09BAGHDAD2929 | MFA OFFICIAL PREVIEWS FERNANDEZ-TARANCO VISIT [...] (C) Summary: On November 1, MFA Senior Policy Advisor at Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Farid Yassen, met with Pol Deputy Counselor to discuss the imminent visit of UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco to Baghdad. Yassen welcomed the visit and el [...] | 2009-11-02 14:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ SY |
09BAGHDAD2931 | IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Unable to overcome Kurdish intransigence on the UNAMI proposal on Kirkuk in the national election, the Council of Representatives (COR) ended session November 2 without a vote but agreed to return for an additional session the next day. Embassy and UNAMI discussions with Kurdish [...] | 2009-11-02 17:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2934 | BAGHDAD BOMBINGS: USG ASSISTANCE COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Iraq continues to recover from the October 25 bombing. The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) is preparing to move into its new quarters on November 8 and will receive some equipment from INL. The Minister of Justice has appointed the DG for Administration and Finance [...] | 2009-11-03 16:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ASEX PGOV PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD2935 | IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Efforts to pass an election law remained stuck on Kurdish objections to UNAMI's proposal for the inclusion of Kirkuk in the national election (Reftel). KRG PM Barham Salih told the Ambassador the Kurds want deletion of any specific mention of Kirkuk and inclusion of a compensat [...] | 2009-11-03 17:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2936 | FLASH FLOODS HIT ERBIL PROVINCE [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (U) Summary: On October 31, up to five inches of rain fell in the Kurdistan Region resulting in flash flooding in several mountainous sub-districts, particularly in Erbil Province. A woman and her young child died, and 200 adobe houses were damaged or d [...] | 2009-11-04 06:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD2937 | SUNNIS CONVINCED OF POLITICALLY MOTIVATED ARREST [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala message. 2. (C) Summary: On October 24th, Iraqi press reported the issuance of arrest warrants for Diyala Provincial Council (PC) member Hisham al-Hiyali and his wife, Council of Representatives (COR) member, Tayseer al-Mashandani. These arrest warrants are the lat [...] | 2009-11-04 07:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD294 | IRAQI EFFORTS TO CLOSE OUT OIL FOR FOOD CONTRACTS [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi MFA is optimistic that it can make serious progress over the next month to close out the remaining Oil For Food contracts. The GOI goal is to collect all necessary documentation and convene a final meeting in New York to review all the disputed contracts and make a fin [...] | 2009-02-04 15:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
09BAGHDAD2942 | MUTHANA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL REJECTS GOI PLAN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI's plan to relocate Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) residents from Ashraf to Muthana on December 15 appears to have fallen apart, as the Muthana Provincial Council (PC),with the backing of the governor and local Iraqi security forces (ISF) commanders, rejected the plan on grou [...] | 2009-11-04 13:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2944 | IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE: NOVEMBER 4, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. After another intense day of competing negotiations among key blocs over multiple proposals on voting rules for Kirkuk province, momentum appears to be building toward a vote at the Council of Representatives (COR) tomorrow, November 5. Negotiations have centered on two new pro [...] | 2009-11-04 18:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD2945 | DROP-DEAD DATE FOR IRAQ ELECTION LAW IMMINENT; [...] (C) SUMMARY: November 5 is the drop-dead date for legislative action to hold legitimate, credible elections in Iraq on January 16, according to Iraq,s election authorities and UNAMI experts. This drop-dead date is pegged to December 5, the date by which the ballots must go to the printer, an [...] | 2009-11-04 19:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2946 | INL Baghdad October Highlights [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Baghdad's International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) office supports the development of rule of law in Iraq through police, judiciary, corrections, and anti-corruption programs. In response to challenges facing the GOI, INL Baghdad has worked throughout October t [...] | 2009-11-05 03:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2947 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR STATE DEPARTMENT US SPONSORED [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for Department of State Evidence Training that will be conducted each Wednesday for one to two hours p [...] | 2009-11-05 08:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2948 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR STATE DEPARTMENT US SPONSORED [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for Department of State Evidence Training that will be conducted each Wednesday for one to two hours p [...] | 2009-11-05 08:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD295 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: ELECTIONS GO SMOOTHLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRT observers visited polling centers in four of Salah ad Din's (SaD) eight districts. The sites were consistently well organized and secured, though screening procedures and equipment were inconsistent. Turnout was lower in rural areas where heads of household expected to vot [...] | 2009-02-04 16:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD2950 | NAJAF POLICE CHIEF CONTINUES TO COURT CONTROVERSY [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Najaf police chief MG Karim continues to hold onto his job, despite having become a lightning rod for criticism in the province. Governor Zurfi has been forthright in expressing his wish to have Karim replaced, and sever [...] | 2009-11-05 11:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2951 | IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE: NOVEMBER 5, 2009 [...] SUMMARY. Speaker Ayad al-Samarra'i, joined by Sunni Arab and Kurdish MPs from Kirkuk, announced mid-afternoon November 5 agreement in principle on a proposal for voting rules for Kirkuk province and that a vote would take place November 7 (Text at para. 6). The run-up to Saturday, however, p [...] | 2009-11-05 17:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2953 | MND-N CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) representatives from Kirkuk, Ninewa, Diyala, Erbil, and Salah ad Din provinces, emboffs, and Multi-National Division-North (MND-N) discussed local economic development issues at the quarterly conference held on October 16-17 in Tikrit. Discuss [...] | 2009-11-06 12:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2954 | DISCUSSION WITH BOARD OF SUPREME AUDIT HEAD [...] (C) A prominent anti-corruption official, Board of Supreme Audit (BSA) President Dr. Abdel Basit, stated that the courts had dismissed the charges brought against him by Iraqi High Tribunal, but registered concern that he would face further such harassment by "some in government" opposed to BSA [...] | 2009-11-06 14:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2955 | IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE: NOVEMBER 6, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a day of reduced engagements as most Iraqis attended Friday prayers, poloffs learned that parliamentarians appear to be waiting on the Kurds' reaction to the November 5 election law compromise proposal (Ref A),to which all parties had agreed in principle and on which Spe [...] | 2009-11-06 17:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2958 | IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE: NOVEMBER 7, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council of Representatives (COR) achieved quorum for a vote on an election law, but after strenuous objections from the Sunni Arabs, decided to postpone the vote until the following day at 9:30 a.m. The proposal to be tabled is an undated version of the Abd al-Mahdi proposa [...] | 2009-11-07 19:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD296 | MFA CHIEF OF STAFF ON FOLLOW-UP WITH KUWAIT AND [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Zebari's Chief of Staff, Ambassador Srood Najib, provided Emboffs an update February 3 on follow-up with Kuwait and Turkey, in light of discussions FM Zebari had on the margins of the January 19-20 Kuwait Economic Summit and during his January 23 visit to Ankara [...] | 2009-02-04 16:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROG ECON EFIN IZ KU TU |
09BAGHDAD2960 | IRAQ/IRAN: IRAN MAKES BIG SHOWING AT BAGHDAD TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Among the nearly 400 firms present at the 2009 Baghdad International Fair that kicked off on November 1, 51 were from Iran; making it the largest single delegation among the 32 countries in attendance. With annual trade between Iran and Iraq estimated at USD 4 billion (up 30 p [...] | 2009-11-08 12:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BEXP BTIO IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2961 | PM ADVISOR RIKABI ON DFI, SADDAM-ERA CIVIL CLAIMS, [...] (C) Summary: Pol M/C and Embassy Legal Advisor (ELA) met with PM Advisor Sadiq Rakabi November 4 to review the points contained in refs A and B, regarding the settlement of Saddam-era civil claims and a one year extension of the arrangements for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI). Rikabi s [...] | 2009-11-08 12:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD2966 | A GOOD WEEK FOR IRAQ'S ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary. Overshadowed by the October 25 bombings and wrangling over the election law, it has been a good few weeks for Iraq on the economic front. Washington hosted the oversubscribed U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference from October 20-21. The Ministry of Oil signed an agreem [...] | 2009-11-09 09:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET PGOV BEXP IZ CH |
09BAGHDAD2967 | IRAQI PARLIAMENT PASSES ELECTION LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-09 14:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2968 | VISAS VIPER: NOVEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post: Baghdad MEETING DATE: 04 November 2009 CHAIR: Consul General David Schwartz COORDINATOR: CONOFF David Brownstein ATTENDEES: RSO, ECON, POL/MIL, FBI, PAS, CONS 3. (U) THE COMMITTEE IS SUBMITTING INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWI [...] | 2009-11-09 15:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PTER ASEC CMGT CVIS KPRV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2969 | THE ELECTION LAW THAT ALMOST WASN'T; KEEPING IT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council of Representatives (COR) passed the Iraqi election law November 8 by a wide margin. After weeks of increasingly intense Embassy and UNAMI engagement, the final day witnessed dramatically more intense engagement, as the Ambassador met with Kurdish and Arab/Turkoman bl [...] | 2009-11-09 15:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD297 | IRAQI MINISTERS SEEK MEETING WITH COUNTERPARTS IN [...] At a February 2 meeting with EMIN Wall, Deputy Prime Minister Rafa'a Al-Issawi expressed interest in leading a delegation of ministers to Washington, DC. The delegation would include the Minister of Health, Agriculture, Transportation, and Electricity who would like to meet with their U.S. c [...] | 2009-02-04 17:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD IZ OTRA PGOV PREL SOCI |
09BAGHDAD2970 | THE LEADER OF IRAQ'S ASPIRING, BUT STILL UNLAWFUL, [...] (C) During an October 24-26 trip to Basra to assess Iraq,s southern oil and gas facilities (septels),emboffs met with the leader of a group aspiring to represent Iraq's oil workers. (Note: At the moment, unions are illegal in Iraq. End note) Hassan Jum,ah Al-Asadi, the apparently self-appo [...] | 2009-11-10 07:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EINV ENRG EPET IZ PREL |
09BAGHDAD2971 | IRAQ'S SOUTHERN IRAQ OIL AND GAS SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: BP plans to sign and implement its contract to increase the production of Rumaila oil field as soon as early December, even though some Government of Iraq (GOI) officials claim parliament must first approve the contract. While a significant production increase will likely not occ [...] | 2009-11-10 07:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EINV ENRG EPET IZ PREL |
09BAGHDAD2973 | SOUTHERN IRAQ OIL AND GAS SITUATIONAL ASSESSMENT, [...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to what promises to be an historic expansion of Iraqi oil and gas production, Econoffs visited Basrah-based Southern Oil, Southern Gas, and Southern Refining companies to assess their preparations and solicit their views. Southern Gas seemed upbeat but ill-prepared f [...] | 2009-11-10 07:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2975 | SOUTHERN IRAQ OIL AND GAS SITUATIONAL ASSESSMENT, [...] (C) Summary: USG help is still crucial to the security and operations of Iraq,s two offshore oil export terminals, through which 75 percent of Iraq,s oil exports flow. Without USG help, we assess that both terminals, at least in the short term, would experience periodic reduced throughput or [...] | 2009-11-10 08:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2976 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH BARZANI IN ERBIL [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice met with KRG President Masoud Barzani in Erbil October 24. She stressed the importance of holding national elections on time and including Kirkuk. She pressed for KRG flexibility to allow for the election law to move forwar [...] | 2009-11-10 08:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2977 | ISCI'S HAKIM DISCUSSES ELECTORAL POLITICS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 1 meeting, the Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI),Ammar al-Hakim, told the Ambassador that U.S. praise for "secular" parties could be viewed as approval of the Ba'ath Party. Hakim lauded the October 20-21 Business Investment Conference in W [...] | 2009-11-10 10:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ EINV |
09BAGHDAD2979 | IRAQI PARLIAMENT PASSES ELECTION LAW [...] (U) This message provides a correction to Reftel in para. 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 8, Iraq's Council of Representatives finally passed an election law that will enable Iraq to hold elections on January 21, 2010 -- five days later than originally planned but well within the requ [...] | 2009-11-10 13:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2980 | IRAQI WATER RESOURCES NEGOTIATOR DESCRIBES WATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Iraq-Iran bilateral negotiations on water resources held October 23-25, Iraqi negotiators confronted their Iranian interlocutors with unclassified photographs of Iranian river blockages and diversions provided to the GOI by Embassy Baghdad, Ministry of Water Resources Gener [...] | 2009-11-10 13:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON IZ PBTS SENV TNGD TPHY |
09BAGHDAD2984 | LARIJANI'S VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iranian Parliament Speaker Larijani visited Iraq November 4-7, where he traveled to Baghdad, Karbala, and Najaf to meet with his Iraqi counterpart, parliamentary bloc leaders, PM Maliki, President Talabani, and Grand Ayatollah Sistani. His primary objective appears to [...] | 2009-11-10 16:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2986 | Iraqi Women Plant Flag As First Female Police Officers [...] (SBU) Summary: Coordinator for Assistance Transition Patricia Haslach attended Baghdad Police College's graduation ceremony, including its first class of 50 female police officers on November 9. Recruited from around Iraq, the new first lieutenants will serve at Ministry of Interior (MOI) a [...] | 2009-11-12 10:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2991 | EXPO NAJAF DRAWS SUPPORT FROM SHI,A CLERICS, [...] (U) This is a Najaf PRT reporting cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY. PRT members attended the October 12 opening session of Expo Najaf organized and hosted by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the Najaf Chamber of Commerce. The event was organized with the explicit support of their spi [...] | 2009-11-12 15:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON IR IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD2992 | IRAN'S EFFORTS IN IRAQI ELECTORAL POLITICS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iran is a dominant player in Iraq's electoral politics, and is using its close ties to Shia, Kurdish, and select Sunni figures to shape the political landscape in favor of a united Shia victory in the January election. A pro-Iran, Shia-dominated, and preferably Islamist governme [...] | 2009-11-13 12:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER TU IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2993 | MANDATORY FIELD TRAINING EXERCISE FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; handle accordingly. Not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: This is an action request. Embassy Baghdad requests that State include a mandatory military field training component in the series of training courses currently requ [...] | 2009-11-13 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER AFSI AMGT AFIN IZ |
09BAGHDAD2994 | COORDINATOR FOR ASSISTANCE TRANSITION MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 5, Coordinator for Assistance Transition Patricia Haslach, EMIN, Finatt, and Brigadier General Stephen Lanza met Minister of Finance Baqir Jabr Al Zubaidi to discuss follow up to the Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC) and the U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Con [...] | 2009-11-13 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EAIR ETRD IZ |
09BAGHDAD2995 | WILL SHI,A COALITIONS JOIN FORCES? BALANCING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Local media is rife with speculation that the two leading Shi'a electoral coalitions, the Prime Minister's State of Law Alliance (SLA) and the ISCI/Sadrist-led Iraqi National Alliance (INA),will merge before coalition registration ends on November 13. Sources from bo [...] | 2009-11-13 15:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2996 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO IRAQI MFA: UNGA COUNTRY [...] (C) On November 11, POL M/C delivered the UNGA Country Specific Human Rights Resolutions demarche per reftel to MFA Chief of Staff, Srood Najib and Senior Policy Advisor Farid Yaseen. Najib and Yaseen were attentive, but noncommittal, saying they would examine our request. Post will report [...] | 2009-11-14 09:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ PHUM UNGA |
09BAGHDAD2997 | SHEIKH WELCOMES U.S. PARTNERSHIP, STRESSES [...] (C) Summary: Mohsin Nayef Faisal al-Jarba, a politically well-connected sheikh in the influential Shammar tribal confederation, told poloff and military chaplains on November 10 that he welcomed continued partnership with the United States. The sheikh stressed support for non-sectarianism, in [...] | 2009-11-14 09:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2998 | PM MALIKI AND PRESIDENT TALABANI DISCUSS ELECTIONS [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. On October 25, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki hosted General David Petraeus at his residence, shortly after returning from visiting the blast sites at the Ministry of Justice and Baghdad Provincial Council. The PM stressed that there continued to be successful operations aga [...] | 2009-11-15 06:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PARM IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD3 | SECURITY TRANSITION FOR CAMP ASHRAF - ALL QUIET ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. After receiving what Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) leaders at Camp Ashraf described as "three blows" in the last week - a visit by Iraqi National Security Advisor (NSA) Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie, an Iraqi NSA press release on the vi [...] | 2009-01-03 07:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD30 | NEXT SPEAKER OF THE IRAQI PARLIAMENT - A HERD OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is currently no clear Sunni Arab candidate emerging to succeed the erratic Mahmoud Mashhadani, who flamed out late last month (reftel) as speaker the Council of Representatives (CoR),Iraq's parliament. There is much jockeying for position, however, among the (Sunni Arab) Na [...] | 2009-01-07 08:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD3001 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE FOR NOVEMBER 15 [...] (C) Commission of Integrity (COI) head Judge Raheem Al-Ugaily asserted that there was resistance among some parliamentarians to submitting the legally required financial disclosure reports. The Baghdad Provincial Council's Integrity Committee chairman said that the Committee had uncovered "ma [...] | 2009-11-15 11:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3002 | COORDINATOR FOR ASSISTANCE TRANSITION HASLACH'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Rafi al Issawi described the Iraqi leadership as completely consumed with politics and very unlikely to move forward any significant legislation prior to January's elections. He suggested formally calling for meetings of the Strategic Framework Agreement Jo [...] | 2009-11-15 14:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD3003 | BIG OIL'S ABOUT-FACE ON IRAQ: THREE WORLD CLASS [...] (U) The first week of November saw significant progress towards realizing the GOI's vision of tripling oil production over the next eight years. On November 1, a consortium led by Italian firm ENI and including U.S. firm Occidental and South Korea's Kogas initialed a contract for the Zubair oi [...] | 2009-11-15 14:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3004 | UK NAVAL TRAINING MISSION SET TO RETURN TO IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: President Jalal Talabani earlier this week confirmed for the British Ambassador that the UK-Iraq bilateral security agreement has passed the Presidency Council and the British naval training contingent can return to Iraqi waters. Upon receiving this confirmation, the UK is planni [...] | 2009-11-15 15:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS UK IZ |
09BAGHDAD3005 | ELECTION LAW UPDATE: HASHIMI CALLS FOR MORE SEATS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Two of the three members of the Presidency Council -- President Talabani and Vice President Abd al-Mahdi -- have signed the election law passed by Parliament on November 8. However, the third member, Vice President Hashimi (Sunni Arab),is withholding his signature, [...] | 2009-11-15 16:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3006 | RRT ERBIL: KURDISTANI REACTION TO THE ELECTION LAW [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) welcomed passage of the election law. The Kurds achieved their paramount objectives, by virtue of the law passing with the inclusion of Kirkuk and without compensatory seats reserved for Arabs or Turk [...] | 2009-11-16 11:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD3007 | IRAQ'S TELECOM REGULATOR: PUSHING FOR INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's recently reconstituted Communications and Media Commission (CMC) has been asserting its role as an independent regulator with increasing effectiveness. Noting he was working closely with Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to ensure "appropriate" media condu [...] | 2009-11-16 13:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EINT EINV IZ PGOV |
09BAGHDAD3008 | AMBASSADOR HILL DISCUSSES SECURITY, DETAINEES, AND [...] (C) Summary: In a November 10 meeting between the Ambassador and ICRC Head of Iraq Delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer, the latter provided an overview of the ICRC's activities related to detainees and the MEK, and introduced his replacement, Magne Barth. Schaerer praised the close cooperation [...] | 2009-11-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KREF KJUS IO IZ |
09BAGHDAD3011 | VP HASHIMI LOOKS FOR FACE-SAVING ALTERNATIVE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi continues to refuse to sign the amended election law on the grounds that it unfairly dilutes the ballots of out-of-country voters. In a letter presented to the Council of Representatives (COR) on November 16, he proposed remedying the situat [...] | 2009-11-16 20:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3012 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in shipyard site visit, in the United States. Request exp [...] | 2009-11-17 04:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3013 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in shipyard site visit, in the United States. Request exp [...] | 2009-11-17 04:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3014 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in shipyard site visit, in the United States. Request exp [...] | 2009-11-17 04:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3015 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in shipyard site visit, in the United States. Request exp [...] | 2009-11-17 04:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3016 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in shipyard site visit, in the United States. Request exp [...] | 2009-11-17 04:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3025 | National Development Plan Workshop: First GOI Interagency [...] (SBU) Summary: At a November 5-8 workshop in Erbil, the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC) briefed other GOI ministries and the international community on progress on Iraq's National Development Plan (NDP) for 2010-2014. The NDP is a follow-on to the 2007-2010 National De [...] | 2009-11-17 06:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD3028 | GOI PROPOSED 2010 BUDGET: RIDING THE OIL ROLLER COASTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI has proposed a 2010 budget to the Council of Representatives (CoR) that would increase expenditures by 22 percent. While security remains a budget priority, as do the essential services of oil and electricity, more resources are proposed for health, education, municipal [...] | 2009-11-17 06:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3030 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF FIRST EAST EXPORT BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 07:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KNNP EFIN PARM IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD3031 | National Development Plan Workshop: First GOI Interagency [...] (SBU) Summary: At a November 5-8 workshop in Erbil, the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC) briefed other GOI ministries and the international community on progress on Iraq's National Development Plan (NDP) for 2010-2014. The NDP is a follow-on to the 2007-2010 National De [...] | 2009-11-17 07:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD3033 | ELECTION LAW UPDATE: VP HASHIMI MULLS OVER IHEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi did not follow through on a threat to veto today the election law unless the percentage of compensatory seats was increased in consideration of the size of the out-of-country voter population. After a detailed discussion with election officials las [...] | 2009-11-18 07:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3034 | ELECTION LAW UPDATE: VP HASHIMI MULLS OVER IHEC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 07:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3035 | PRT NINEWA: A RISE IN ARAB-KURD RHETORIC [...] This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) cable. 2. (U) Summary. A recent increase in public rhetoric and posturing between al-Hadba Gathering (AHG) and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) officials in Ninewa Province has raised political tensions to a level not seen since the Ap [...] | 2009-11-18 07:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PMIL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3036 | PRT NINEWA: A RISE IN ARAB-KURD RHETORIC [...] This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) cable. 2. (U) Summary. A recent increase in public rhetoric and posturing between al-Hadba Gathering (AHG) and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) officials in Ninewa Province has raised political tensions to a level not seen since the Ap [...] | 2009-11-18 07:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PMIL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3039 | LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM DR. SAMI AL-ARAJI, [...] Post has received a diplomatic note from the GOI dated 4 November 2009 forwarding a letter to the Secretary from Dr. Sami Al-Araji, Chairman, Iraq National Investment Commission. Text of the Diplomatic Note and Letter follow: 2. Begin Text of Diplomatic Note Republic of Iraq Ministry of [...] | 2009-11-18 07:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC EINV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3042 | RIDING HIGH AFTER THE CONFERENCE: IRAQ'S NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Sami al-Araji, the chairman of Iraq's National Investment Commission (NIC) and our organizational partner for the October 20-21 U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference (BIC) in Washington, outlined for us his plans to capture the momentum from Iraq's investment conference [...] | 2009-11-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IZ PREL FR GM PL |
09BAGHDAD3044 | ASSISTANCE COORDINATION IN IRAQ: A NEW PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) Summary: In a clear show of support for the GOI, over twenty heads or deputy heads of missions resident in Iraq attended an International Compact with Iraq (ICI) / New Partnership meeting in Baghdad on November 7, followed by a similarly well-attended Donor Committee meeting of the Intern [...] | 2009-11-18 14:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3045 | ELECTION LAW UPDATE: VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI VETOES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite indications to the contrary the previous day, Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi vetoed Iraq's amended election law shortly before noon on November 18. In an explanatory letter to the Council of Representative (COR),Hashimi asked the parliament to make several revisions to [...] | 2009-11-18 19:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3049 | IRAQ - 2010 BUDGET ISSUES: INITIAL VIEW FROM THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 16, the Chairman of the Council of Representatives' (CoR) Finance Committee discussed issues in the draft 2010 budget with Emboffs. She confirmed the Committee is trying to get final CoR passage of the budget before mid-December so it can be signed by the Presidency [...] | 2009-11-19 10:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD305 | ARTICLE 23 COMMITTEE FINALLY VISITS KIRKUK, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The seven members of Parliament's Article 23 Committee traveled to Kirkuk February 2 and had a mostly positive, and somewhat productive, series of meetings with local officials. The Committee was facing a March 31 deadline, and had done little since the establishment of the com [...] | 2009-02-05 12:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3052 | AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF FINANCE SIGN MOU ON USG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 20:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN IZ |
09BAGHDAD3053 | VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI CONSIDERS COMPROMISE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: After meeting with Speaker Samarraie and consulting other key political leaders, the Ambassador met with Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi to discuss a possible way forward in the wake of the vice president's veto of the election law. Appearing reluctant to compromise, Hashimi com [...] | 2009-11-19 20:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3054 | RRT ERBIL: PUK PLENUM - WOOING THE DISAFFECTED [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party held its first party plenum since 2006 on October 29-31 with the goal of reinvigorating the party and increasing party unity in the lead up to the national elections in January. The pa [...] | 2009-11-20 10:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD3055 | THE PDS IN ANBAR: LET THEM EAT SOAP [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: An early November call on a panel of Iraqi Trade Ministry officials who administer the Public Distribution System (PDS) in Anbar province provided insight into the decaying utility of the GOI's program. More than 2,000 agents licensed by the Ministry of Trade (MOT) a [...] | 2009-11-20 13:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD IZ KCOR PREF WFP |
09BAGHDAD3056 | IN BAGHDAD, TURKEY AND U.S. DISCUSS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 18, Major General (MG) Erdal Ozturk and delegation flew to Baghdad for a meeting with MG Steven Hummer and other U.S. officials to discuss the progress of the Turkey-Iraq-U.S. Trilateral Security Dialogue. During a one-on-one meeting between MG Ozturk and MG Hummer, [...] | 2009-11-20 14:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREF PTER TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD3057 | ANBAR CORRUPTION UPDATE NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Officers of the Anbar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and the Embassy Anti-Corruption Coordinator's Office met October 31-Nov 2 with local officials and PRT officers to discuss anti-corruption efforts in Anbar. Anti-corruption institutions are gaining legitimac [...] | 2009-11-21 08:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM MOPS IZ |
09BAGHDAD3058 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: CHIEF CRIMINAL JUDGE USES [...] This is a PRT Salah ad Din cable. 2. (U) Summary: On October 22, 2009, Salah ad Din Chief Criminal Judge Faisal Ibrahim Ali Al Azawi sentenced a young man to death for killing his mother in September 2007. Forensic evidence analyzed by the Baghdad Crime Laboratory cleared Coalition Forces ( [...] | 2009-11-21 14:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD3059 | ELECTION LAW UPDATE: KURD-SHIA OUTMANEUVER HASHIMI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Council of Representatives (COR) failed to reach a consensus at its November 21 session on either reaffirming the election law amendments it adopted on November 8 or on a new amendment to the law. The latest UNAMI proposal gained, then quickly lost, traction this morni [...] | 2009-11-21 20:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD306 | RESULTS OF IRAQ'S PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: AN INITIAL [...] (C) Summary: A complex and nuanced political picture is emerging out of Iraq's provincial elections as preliminary results are announced. Across the board, the results are diffuse: in all but one case, no electoral list secured more than 38%, and in a number of cases, the leading parties sec [...] | 2009-02-05 18:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3065 | PRT DIYALA: PROSECUTOR CLAIMS CONFESSION LED TO [...] This is a PRT Diyala cable. 2. (C) Summary: Multiple sources claim that the recent Anti-Terrorism Law-based warrants for Diyala Provincial Council member Hisham al-Hiyali and his wife, Council of Representatives (COR) member Tayseer Mashandani, originate with the un-coerced confession of [...] | 2009-11-22 08:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD3066 | IRAQI MPS OFFER DEAL TO VP HASHIMI FOR WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shia and Sunni bloc leaders have submitted a letter to Vice President Hashimi requesting that he withdraw his veto of the amended election law in exchange for a promise that the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) will treat out-of-country voters as they do those in-countr [...] | 2009-11-22 18:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3074 | IRAQI MFA WELCOMES COHEN-GOOGLE DELEGATION [...] (U) Summary: On November 22, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari and MFA Senior Policy Advisor Fareed Yasseen met with Google CEO Eric Schmidt, State Department Policy Planning Staff member Jared Cohen, Trident Capital CEO Don Dixon, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter [...] | 2009-11-23 08:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ TINT ECON SCUL |
09BAGHDAD3075 | HASHIMI'S VETO BACKFIRES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dragging his feet on withdrawing his electoral law veto, Vice President Hashimi allowed his political opponents in the Council of Representatives (COR) to maneuver a successful vote on a new amendment that, among its provisions, could reduce parliamentary seats from Sunni-majority [...] | 2009-11-23 20:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3076 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to attend a summit in the United States. If possible, please expedite th [...] | 2009-11-24 03:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD308 | MUTHANNA'S TOP CRIME FIGHTER MAY BE REPLACED [...] (U) This is a Muthanna PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Criminal Investigative Unit (CIU) Chief, Brigadier General Ali, generally regarded as Muthanna's top crime fighter, was recently scheduled for reassignment by the Ministry of Interior (MoI). Provincial Council (PC) contacts state [...] | 2009-02-06 12:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PGOV EFIN IZ |
09BAGHDAD3080 | EMBASSY BAGHDAD 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Human trafficking for the purposes of labor and sexual exploitation continues to be a problem in Iraq according to senior GOI and judicial officials. While the GOI has drafted legislation to prosecute and punish those who engage in trafficking, the draft law remains stalled i [...] | 2009-11-24 12:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TIP NEA RA |
09BAGHDAD3082 | RRT ERBIL: KRG PM PROBING GOI TO RESOLVE OIL [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Barham Salih told RRT Team Leader that he has begun to explore with GOI officials how to resolve the impasse over payment to the producing companies on the two pre-2005 Kurdistan Region (KR) [...] | 2009-11-24 15:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EFIN PGOV PREL IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD3083 | POSSIBLE NEW WAY FORAWRD ON ELECTION LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: After the previous day's wild and disappointing parliamentary session on the election law, Shia MP Hadi al-Amiri emerged November 24 with a proposal designed to persuade Vice President Hashimi to accept the latest electoral law amendment. This plan, which reportedly enjoys the su [...] | 2009-11-24 20:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3090 | ATTACKS IN NAJAF MAY SIGNAL TREND IN LEAD-UP TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 12:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD3092 | GOI HAS AGREED TO CO-SPONSOR UNSCR 1267 LISTING AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 14:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PINR PTER ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD3093 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to attend a Logistics Seminars in the United States. If possible, please [...] | 2009-11-25 14:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3094 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to attend a Logistics Seminars in the United States. If possible, please [...] | 2009-11-25 14:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3095 | EDUCATING ALI -- TEACHING SADDAM,S LOST GENERATION [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Illiteracy plagues Dhi Qar. Thirty-seven percent of the residents of this Shi,a heartland province, and a higher percentage of women, can neither read nor write Arabic, according to Dhi Qar,s Director General (DG) of Education. Coa [...] | 2009-11-25 14:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD3096 | ELECTION LAW UPDATE: SUNNI AND SHIA EDGE TOWARD [...] (C) A opening to Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi's initial hard-line stance regarding the Shia-Kurd backed amendment to the election law appeared late the evening of November 24, after Hadi al-Amiri, who has taken the lead for the Iraqi National Alliance (Shia) on the law, had visited Hashimi [...] | 2009-11-27 04:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3097 | ELECTION LAW UPDATE: SUNNI AND SHIA EDGE TOWARD [...] (C) A opening to Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi's initial hard-line stance regarding the Shia-Kurd backed amendment to the election law appeared late the evening of November 24, after Hadi al-Amiri, who has taken the lead for the Iraqi National Alliance (Shia) on the law, had visited Hashimi [...] | 2009-11-27 04:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3098 | WASIT PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN DISCUSSES [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Speaking to PRTOffs, the Provincial Council (PC) Chairman alleged that JAM "special group" terrorist cells are re-infiltrating Wasit from Iran. The PC's Security Committee Chairman agreed and added his view that the JAM i [...] | 2009-11-27 04:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD31 | GEN PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH PM MALIKI [...] (C) During a December 26 meeting, CENTCOM Commander Gen. David Petraeus and Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki discussed the security situation in different regions of Iraq, the implementation of the Security Agreement, and the drawdown of coalition forces. General Petraeus congratulated the Prime M [...] | 2009-01-07 09:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD3104 | ELECTION LAW UPDATE: SUNNI-SHIA COMPROMISE [...] (C) Having reached agreement on the implementation of the November 23 amendment to the election law, Sunni and Shia negotiators (DPM Rafi al-Issawi and MP Hadi al-Amiri, respectively) today met with Kurdistan Alliance leader Fuad Massoum to seek Kurdish buy-in. Although Massoum said he was un [...] | 2009-11-27 17:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3108 | UNAMI PROPOSES ELECTION REVIEW COMMITTEE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Deputy SRSG Andrew Gilmour met with Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq Alan Misenheimer on November 12 to discuss the status of UNAMI's High Level Task Force (HLTF) and UNAMI's role in facilitating Arab-Kurd reconciliation. While [...] | 2009-11-29 15:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ TU IR |
09BAGHDAD3109 | ANTI-CORRUPTION CONSULTATIONS IN BASRA [...] (C) During November 22-24 visit to Basra, Anti-Corruption Coordinator (ACCO),joined by officers of the Basra Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT),met with judicial officials, the Commission of Integrity's (COI) provincial office director and deputy, and the PRT-supported "Transparency Commit [...] | 2009-11-30 03:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3110 | UK CONFIRMS IRAQ HAS RATIFIED MARITIME TRAINING [...] (U) The British Embassy in Baghdad on November 22 received a Diplomatic Note from the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming that the UK Training and Maritime Support Agreement is in effect. The Diplomatic Note re-affirms what Post learned informally (Ref),that the UK has accepted the [...] | 2009-11-30 05:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS UK IZ |
09BAGHDAD3112 | ACTION REQUEST: INCREASING WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Overall assistance funding to Iraq is decreasing and the GOI is increasingly looking for technical assistance and capacity development from all donors, including multilateral institutions. The UN and World Bank will both be critical partners for Iraq's future, and while UNAMI [...] | 2009-11-30 09:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD3116 | PRT NINEWA: TURKMAN POLITICAL FIGURE ASSASSINATED [...] This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary. The November 22 assassination in Mosul of Yauz Ahmad Efendi, head of Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) party operations in Ninewa, shocked the province's large Turkmen community, but sparked little public backlash. Ni [...] | 2009-11-30 17:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD3117 | ELECTION LAW UPDATE: NOVEMBER 30 [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a two-day "technical review" of a compromise election law proposal backed by both Shia and Sunni political leaders (ref A),the Kurds are hesitating and may reject the proposal. Kurdish Region President's Chief of Staff Fuad Husayn told CDA late November 30 that the Kurds [...] | 2009-11-30 19:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3120 | IRAQI REFUGEES AND IDPS: A/S SCHWARTZ AND NSC SR. [...] (SBU) The following is the second of two reporting cables on the visit to Iraq by the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Assistant Secretary Eric Schwartz and National Security Council Senior Director and coordinator for Iraqi refugees and IDPs Samantha Power, who visited the [...] | 2009-12-01 12:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3121 | NOMINATION FOR 2010 SECRETARY'S WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (SBU) Per Reftel, Embassy Baghdad is pleased to submit its nominee for the Secretary's 2010 Award for International Women of Courage, keyed to the priorities in the reference. The nominee has been informed of the Ambassador's intention to nominate her and is available to travel in March 2010. [...] | 2009-12-01 14:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3122 | ELECTION LAW UPDATE: KURDISH DEMANDS NECESSITATE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Kurdish leaders have yet to provide an official response to the election law compromise proposed by Shia political leader Haydi Al-Amiri and Deputy Prime Minister Rafe Issawi (reftel) on November 28. Initial readouts from Kurdish contacts indicate that the Kurds will [...] | 2009-12-01 17:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3124 | IRAQ'S ACTING NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER ON THE MEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 25 meeting with Post's Iran Watchers (IW),Dr. Safa Al-Shaykh (Da'wa party),the GOI's Acting National Security Adviser (A/NSA),said the GOI's policy on the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) is dictated largely by domestic and regional (vice international) political cons [...] | 2009-12-02 07:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD3125 | UNCERTAIN FATE FOR MILITARY SERVICE AND RETIREMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 22, the Iraqi parliament re-adopted a Military Service and Retirement Law after the first iteration, passed on November 2, was vetoed by Vice President Hashimi. The law would potentially provide hundreds of thousands of former soldiers and officers with a government- [...] | 2009-12-02 07:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF IZ |
09BAGHDAD3128 | CHILDREN BEHIND BARS: IRAQI JUVENILES CHARGED WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Within the past year, there have been several high-profile cases of juveniles charged with terrorism. In the face of increasing detentions of children for serious crimes under Iraqi law, including terrorism, the Iraqi judiciary is ill-equipped to handle the volume and [...] | 2009-12-02 12:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PHUM KCWI IZ |
09BAGHDAD3129 | IRAQ'S POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY - CUT POVERTY BY 30 PERCENT [...] (U) Summary: On November 24, the Council of Ministers (CoM) endorsed Iraq's first Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS),a requirement for the release of any potential World Bank Development Policy Loan. The PRS aims to reduce by 30 percent the number of Iraqis living below the country's poverty l [...] | 2009-12-02 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3133 | TRILATERAL COUNTER-PKK COOPERATION REMAINS ON TRACK [...] (SECRET/NOFORN) Summary: MNF-I MGEN Stephen Hummer led a MNF-I/EMB Baghdad group, accompanied by MSNSA Staff MGEN Fukaiki, to the Trilateral Intelligence Sharing Office (TISO) on November 25. Bilateral U.S.-GoI (with KRG host) discussions on the margins with hosting KRG Zerevani (paramilita [...] | 2009-12-02 14:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MARR PINR SNAR TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD3134 | ELECTION LAW UPDATE: KURDS ENGAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Having been advised by U.S., UNAMI, and Iraqi interlocutors that their foot-dragging on negotiations could diminish their clout with all, the Kurds conveyed late December 2 a formal response to the Sunni-Shia proposal. The Kurds say they are rejecting the proposal as [...] | 2009-12-02 19:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3135 | IRAQ'S PARTICIPATION IN THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES [...] (C) Iraq has constituted its stakeholder group as the third prerequisite for candidacy in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and intends to convene these stakeholders to formally adopt a workplan for EITI implementation that has been produced by the GOI under the leader [...] | 2009-12-03 06:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET EINV KCOR IZ NO |
09BAGHDAD3137 | SADRIST TREND LEADER DISCUSSES POLITICAL, SECURITY [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: PRTOff met with Sadrist Trend leader Achmed Hussein Aberah on November 24 in al-Kut. Aberah, the primary organizer of the Sadrist Trend primary election in Wasit, described the high-turnout and "transparency" of the election, credit [...] | 2009-12-03 13:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD314 | DIWANIYAH CALM AFTER ELECTIONS, DA'WA SET TO [...] (C) Summary: Following peaceful voting in Diwaniyah Province, calm has prevailed as voters await preliminary and final results. Preliminary results, released February 5, show that Prime Minister Maliki's State of Law coalition came in first with over 23 percent of the vote. ISCI, which cur [...] | 2009-02-06 14:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD3140 | ELECTION LAW UPDATE: ALL ENGAGED, SUPREME COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the arrival in Baghdad of Kurdish negotiators, all parties are now present and engaged in discussions aimed at reaching agreement on an election law before December 6, by which time the Presidency Council must either accept or veto the law approved by the Iraqi parliament on [...] | 2009-12-03 17:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3141 | SUSTAINED CORRECTIONS ADVISEMENT CRITICAL FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. military will transition several thousand mid-to-high threat coalition security detainees to the Government of Iraq (GOI) in 2010. Task Force 134, which is charged with detainee operations, stresses the need to maintain a sufficient number of corrections advisors in s [...] | 2009-12-04 12:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PGOV PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD3142 | U.S. FORCES DETAINEE OPERATIONS ROUND-UP [...] (C) Summary. U.S. military forces continue to meet detainee release/transfer benchmarks and remain on track to either transfer to the GOI or release all legacy detainees currently in U.S. custody no later than September 2010. Multi-National Force Iraq (MNF-I) originally planned to release/tr [...] | 2009-12-04 14:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PHUM PINS PTER CASC IZ XF |
09BAGHDAD3143 | MEK/ASHRAF: GOI PLANNING "SOFT MOVE" OF ASHRAF [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: According to senior GOI officials, the GOI will send buses and trucks to Ashraf on December 15 in order to encourage voluntary defection and departure of Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) residents from Ashraf. The GOI still ultimately plans to relocate residents to Camp Sama [...] | 2009-12-05 07:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD3144 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE DECEMBER 4, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: A major anti-corruption case is breaking over the Baghdad Amana (mayor's office),with early indications that the Commission on Integrity (COI) is planning enforcement actions on a possible theft of over USD 20 million in employee salaries. Iraq's Board of Supreme Audit (BSA) [...] | 2009-12-05 08:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD3145 | E-PRT FALLUJAH: AUTUMN VIOLENCE FUELS PUBLIC [...] (U) This is the final e-PRT Anbar 1 (Fallujah) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. As the embedded PRT (e-PRT) in Fallujah prepared to close in mid-November, e-PRTOffs held a series of farewell meetings with various local partners. They heard a common theme of rising anxiety from renewed vi [...] | 2009-12-05 08:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD315 | ELECTIONS RESULTS SPELL DIVIDED KARBALA COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: The results of the provincial elections in Karbala reveal a fractured electorate and presage a divided Provincial Council (PC). Only Yusef Majid al-Haboubi and his one-man "list" received double-digit support. The other 26 seats likely will be divided among candidates representi [...] | 2009-02-06 15:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD3152 | RESPONDING TO ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT REPORTING [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Post regularly engages GOI officials at all levels to encourage de facto non-compliance with the Arab League Boycott of Israel (ALB). Senior GOI officials repeatedly tell us that Iraq is not pursuing the boycott, but a tangled web of conflicting laws, regulations a [...] | 2009-12-07 06:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT ECON ETRD XF IZ |
09BAGHDAD3154 | COMPENSATION FINALIZED TO REPAIR "HEART" OF IRAQ'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 20, a compensation agreement in the amount of USD $981,405 was finalized between MNF-I and the Chaldean Church of Iraq for rents incurred from the use of and damages caused to the Babel College seminary that Coalition forces occupied from March 1, 2007 until November 5 [...] | 2009-12-07 12:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD3155 | IRAQ REFUGEES AND IDPS - BROOKINGS DOHA CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: The November 18-19 Brookings conference "Regional Perspectives on Iraqi Displacement" in Doha brought together representatives of major donor countries, development agencies, humanitarian players, and some regional representatives, but suffered from the absence of any senior Gover [...] | 2009-12-07 12:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3156 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: BOMBS AT TIKRIT UNIVERSITY [...] (U) This is a Salah Ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) SUMMARY The normally quiet University of Tikrit experienced two bomb incidents on November 22 and 23. In the past, this would have sent students and professors scurrying away from any American contact. Yet, ju [...] | 2009-12-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD3157 | DELAYED GRATIFICATION: ELECTION LAW ADOPTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following strong Embassy and UNAMI engagement with key Kurdish leaders in Baghdad, crucial calls by POTUS and VPOTUS to Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani broke the logjam to permit consensus approval of a UNAMI election law compromise proposal late Decemb [...] | 2009-12-07 16:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3158 | RRT ERBIL: RAPID GROWTH IN KURDISTAN REGION,S AIR [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: The growth of two international airports in the Kurdistan Region (KR) -- Erbil International Airport (EIA) and Sulaimaniyah International Airport (SIA) -- has significantly increased air travel options for consumers and paved the way for b [...] | 2009-12-08 09:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD316 | FOREIGN ASSISTANCE BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: U.S. assistance to Iraq has changed substantially, moving from "bricks and mortar" projects to improving Iraq's ability to govern effectively and democratically. Our assistance will help the GOI meet the needs of its citizens, preserve security, reform its economy, and foster po [...] | 2009-02-06 18:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD3161 | ELECTION DATE TO BE FIXED FOR MARCH 6 [...] (C) Despite assurances early on December 8 from advisors to the Presidency Council's members that elections would take place on February 27, Reuters reported late in the day that the date would instead be fixed for March 6. (Note: Under Iraqi law, the Presidency Council - President Talabani, VP [...] | 2009-12-08 15:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | POL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3166 | UNHCR IN IRAQ OUTLINE OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistance Refugee Coordinator met with UNHCR Deputy Representative Shoko Shimozawa and Senior Program Officer Naomi Kawahara on December 6 to discuss Post's monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plan for the agency in Iraq. In December and January UNHCR will provide Post with a pres [...] | 2009-12-09 11:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3173 | IRAQ'S NEW-AND-IMPROVED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX [...] (U) Iraq's Central Office for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT) has unveiled new consumer price index (CPI) weights. The weights are based upon data collected in the 2007 World Bank-sponsored Household Socio-economic Survey, which included a comprehensive study of household spendin [...] | 2009-12-09 14:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3174 | EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE COORDINATION TEAM CONVENES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 9, Coordinator for Assistance Transition Patricia Haslach convened Post's interagency Emergency Assistance Coordination Team (EACT) in response to the December 8 bombings in Baghdad. The blasts damaged the Karkh courthouse, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOL [...] | 2009-12-09 17:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ASEC PGOV PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD3175 | ELECTION LAW CRISIS FOSTERS SUNNI-SHIA COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A significant side-effect of the recent election law crisis was the emergence of greater political cooperation between some Sunni and ISCI Shia political leaders. In mid-November, traditional Shia hard-liner and ISCI/Badr bloc leader Hadi al-Amiri unexpectedly emerged as a vo [...] | 2009-12-09 18:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3176 | OBSERVATIONS FROM POST-VETO ELECTION LAW CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Events leading to the successful resolution of Iraq's election law crisis in the Council of Representatives (COR) on December 6 (ref A) showed encouraging signs of slowly growing political maturity among Iraqi political leaders. Although we saw a rise in sectarian tensions follo [...] | 2009-12-09 18:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3177 | EXECUTIONS IN IRAQ SET TO INCREASE [...] (C) The GOI appears set to accelerate the number of executions it carries out after the Eid holiday, having received signed death warrants from the Presidency Council for virtually all of the approximately 1,000 prisoners (including 17 women) currently sitting on death row. In a meeting on De [...] | 2009-12-10 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KWMN SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD3178 | PRT DIYALA: ARAB AND KURD LEADERS ACCUSE GOI OF [...] This is a PRT Diyala cable. 2. (C) Summary: During recent meetings with PRToffs, Kurd and Arab sheikhs and mayors in the disputed areas in Khanaqin agreed that their communities face ongoing neglect by both the GOI and Diyala provincial government (PGOV). They also voiced concerns about [...] | 2009-12-10 15:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3179 | EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE COORDINATION TEAM: DECEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: Post's Emergency Assistance Coordination Team continues to monitor recovery efforts from the December 8 bombings to coordinate USG assistance. At the GOI's request, PRT Baghdad sent four teams of cadaver dogs to search two blast sites. The Higher Judicial Council (HJC) reported [...] | 2009-12-10 15:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ASEC PGOV PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD3180 | SALAH AD DIN'S PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR DISPUTE HEATING [...] (U) This is a Salah Ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary. Political maneuvering both in Baghdad and in the Salah Ad Din Provincial Government (PG) have led to an increasingly tense impasse in the province. Since the Iraqi Supreme Court upheld the Salah ad Di [...] | 2009-12-10 15:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD3181 | SALAH AD DIN'S PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR DISPUTE HEATING [...] (U) This is a Salah Ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary. Political maneuvering both in Baghdad and in the Salah Ad Din Provincial Government (PG) have led to an increasingly tense impasse in the province. Since the Iraqi Supreme Court upheld the Salah ad Di [...] | 2009-12-10 15:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD3183 | PM RESPONDS TO PARLIAMENT'S DEMAND FOR ANSWERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Nouri al-Maliki appeared alone in a closed session of the Council of Representatives (COR) on December 10 in response to MPs' demands for answers in the aftermath of the December 8 bombings. The Prime Minister emphasized to roughly 200 COR members that the bombings were not [...] | 2009-12-10 17:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3184 | DECEMBER 8 BOMBINGS TAKE THEIR TOLL, BUT IMPACT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The four car bomb blasts that hit Baghdad December 8 bore the hallmarks of a coordinated terrorist attack. The intended targets of two of the bombs, which may have detonated prematurely, remain unclear. Contrary to press reports, the Ministry of Labor was not directly target [...] | 2009-12-10 17:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD3186 | IRAQ OIL, MAYSAN PROVINCE: AN ALLOTMENT? REPLACE [...] (U) On December 3, on the margins of a meeting hosted by Deputy Chief of Mission Ford, the Second Deputy Governor of Maysan Province Khalid Abdulwahid Qubian told Econoff the Baghdad federal government was considering allotting the Maysan provincial government -- as a "deprived region" under a [...] | 2009-12-11 10:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3187 | GOI AND USG FURTHER DIALOGUE ON CHAPTER VII ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 9, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Senior Policy Adviser, Ambassador Fareed Yasseen, and MFA Policy Planner Sarhad Fatah, engaged in a video-conference with a six-member pre-JCC technical group at the Department of State in Washington and the U.S. Mission to the United [...] | 2009-12-12 08:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD3188 | MEK/ASHRAF: UNAMI RECONVENES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a follow-up meeting with members of the international community, UNAMI reiterated its call for (largely) EU cooperation on resettlement of Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) refugees and those with ties to Europe. He voiced concern about the possibility of MEK-provoked violence on [...] | 2009-12-12 13:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD3190 | DEMINING IRAQ: HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS RESUME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the 6-month Sisyphean effort to get the GOI to properly utilize humanitarian support for demining, it appears that a rock has finally crested the hill. On November 6, our largest Iraqi grantee, the Iraqi Mine Clearance Organization (IMCO),announced that it received GOI accr [...] | 2009-12-13 06:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHDP PARM PGOV PREL UNDP IZ |
09BAGHDAD3192 | Four Iraqi Journalists Given Awards for Courageous [...] Summary: The leading Iraqi NGO media watchdog, the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory (JFO),held the first ever Press Courage Awards ceremony in central Baghdad on December 6, 2009. Four journalists, one of whom was badly injured in a recent assassination attempt, received awards for reporting [...] | 2009-12-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3193 | SECRETARY OF DEFENSE'S MEETING WITH KRG PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, 2009 Secretary of Defense Gates (SecDef) met Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masud Barzani in Irbil. SecDef discussed the importance of a timely, inclusive government formation process and reiterated the key messages delivered to Barzani on December [...] | 2009-12-13 15:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3195 | IRAN/IRAQ: THE VIEW FROM NAJAF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local interlocutors from Najaf's social, economic, political and military circles discussed with Post's Senior Iran Watcher (IW) and PRToffs the scope of Iranian influence in the province, the role of the Shia clerical establishment (Marja'iyyah),notably Grand Ayatollah Ali Sista [...] | 2009-12-14 09:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR IZ ECON |
09BAGHDAD3196 | OIL STAMPEDE: IRAQ,S 2ND BID ROUND RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: In a landmark event for Iraq and the global oil industry, Iraq's 2nd oil bid (licensing) round on December 11-12 showcased the potential of Iraq's oil sector. Overall, the event proceeded with remarkable organization, precision, and transparency. The bidding started as a rush and [...] | 2009-12-14 12:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD32 | PRESIDENT TALABANI ON KIRKUK, SYRIA, MALIKI [...] (C) Summary: During a December 27 lunch, Iraqi President Talabani told the Ambassador that his recent mission to Kirkuk had yielded tangible progress in reconciling the different ethnic groups in the area. Talabani confirmed that the Presidency Council had signed the parliamentary resolution [...] | 2009-01-07 11:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD3201 | SECOND TECHDEL BOOTS UP BAGHDAD [...] Summary: S/P's Jared Cohen led a technology delegation to Baghdad from November 22-24 featuring Google CEO Eric Schmidt along with Silicon Valley venture capitalist Don Dixon, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace, and YouTube videographer Sophie Schmidt. The delegation came [...] | 2009-12-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT KPAO SCUL TINT PGOV ECPS IZ |
09BAGHDAD3202 | IRAQ: STATUS OF DRAFT LABOR CODE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI's efforts to enact meaningful labor standards continue, albeit at a slow pace. MOLSA Labor Directorate Director General Dr. Reyad Hassan is pushing to have the Shura Council approve a draft labor code that has been under consideration since 2007. (The draft code is then [...] | 2009-12-14 15:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EFIN EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD3205 | RRT ERBIL: GORAN (CHANGE) LEADERSHIP ON KURDISH [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary. Goran (aka Change) Movement leadership has consistently said in meetings with USG officials that it does not want to be seen as differing with the two main Kurdish parties, the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdist [...] | 2009-12-14 16:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3206 | MEK/ASHRAF: GOI EXPECT "QUIET DAY" FOR DECEMBER 15 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 17:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IR IZ PGOV PREL PTER |
09BAGHDAD321 | 5 FEB MEETING OF THE IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. TRILATERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-08 06:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD3210 | PRESSURE MOUNTS TO OUST MOD'S HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past few months, the Ministry of Defense's (MOD) Human Rights Director, Iman Naji, has come under increasing pressure as the Ministry has launched (seemingly baseless) investigations into her conduct on a recent prison inspection as well as her professional/academic crede [...] | 2009-12-15 07:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD3211 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in site visits to be conducted in the United States. 3. [...] | 2009-12-15 07:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3212 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...] | 2009-12-15 07:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3213 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...] | 2009-12-15 07:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3214 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...] | 2009-12-15 07:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3215 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...] | 2009-12-15 07:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3216 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...] | 2009-12-15 07:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3217 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...] | 2009-12-15 07:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3218 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...] | 2009-12-15 07:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3219 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in site visits to be conducted in the United States. 3. [...] | 2009-12-15 07:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3220 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...] | 2009-12-15 07:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3221 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...] | 2009-12-15 07:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3222 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...] | 2009-12-15 07:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3223 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...] | 2009-12-15 07:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3224 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in site visits to be conducted in the United States. 3. [...] | 2009-12-15 07:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3225 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...] | 2009-12-15 07:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3226 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...] | 2009-12-15 07:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3227 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...] | 2009-12-15 09:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3228 | IRAQ LICENSING OF BANK MELLI BRANCHES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 12:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | GM IR IZ KNNP MNUC XF XG XT ZP ZR |
09BAGHDAD3229 | THE U.S. POSITION ON ARTICLE 140 AND KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Calls by POTUS and VPOTUS to Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani were critical in forging consensus approval of an election law compromise proposal. The related White House statement of December 7, including affirmation of respect for Article 140 in conne [...] | 2009-12-15 12:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM UNSC IZ |
09BAGHDAD323 | UNSYG BAN KI MOON IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial February 6 meeting with Ambassador Crocker and General Odierno, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said he was deeply impressed by the progress Iraq has made since his last visit in March 2007. The international community, led by the U.S., has achieved much and the c [...] | 2009-02-08 08:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IZ |
09BAGHDAD3232 | VISAS VIPER: DECEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post: Baghdad MEETING DATE: December 6, 2009 CHAIR: DCM Robert Ford COORDINATOR: CONOFF David Brownstein ATTENDEES: POL, ECON, CONS, MNFI (CJ9),OHA, POLM, FBI, DHS, PAS, RSO, MNF-I 3. (U) THE COMMITTEE IS SUBMITTING INFORMATION [...] | 2009-12-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINR PTER ASEC CMGT CVIS KPRV IZ |
09BAGHDAD3233 | SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MEETING WITH THE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 11 meeting with Prime Minister Maliki in Baghdad, Secretary of Defense Gates (SecDef) expressed his condolences for the December 8 bombings and reassured Maliki that the United States was willing to assist in any way possible. SecDef explained the importance of coo [...] | 2009-12-15 15:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3234 | SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MEETING WITH THE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 10 meeting with the Presidency Council (PC) in Baghdad, Secretary of Defense Gates (SecDef) expressed his condolences for the December 8 bombings and reassured the Iraqis that the United States was willing to assist in any way possible. SecDef explained the importanc [...] | 2009-12-15 15:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3235 | EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE COORDINATION TEAM: DECEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: Post's Emergency Assistance Coordination Team (EACT) continues to monitor damage assessments and requests for USG assistance following the December 8 bombings. While we have received small requests for assistance, GOI ministries and entities have addressed immediE56>jBGRQ=IQQQQc [...] | 2009-12-15 16:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ASEC PGOV PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD3236 | MEK/ASHRAF: NO VIOLENCE, NO MEK DEPARTURES ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 16:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PGOV PREL PTER |
09BAGHDAD3245 | THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUNDS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI's June and December oil bid rounds ) history's largest (by reserves) ) have the potential to significantly alter Iraqi economics and politics. While much can easily go astray (on contracts, timetables, onshore construction, or export infrastructure),Iraq could conceiv [...] | 2009-12-16 13:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3246 | IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUND 2: DOMESTIC POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The job creation and spin-off benefits of economic development should provide a significant boost to the citizens of Basrah. If developments in other countries offer a guide, however, there remains a chance that Basrah residents, living near the source of much of Iraq's wealth, [...] | 2009-12-16 13:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3249 | RECOMMENDATION FOR VPOTUS INVITATION TO IRAQ VP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-16 14:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD3256 | U.S. FORCES DETAINEE UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the Joint Subcommittee on Detainee Affairs (JSC-DA) meeting held Saturday, December 12, TF-134 commander BG Dave Quantock stated there are 6,358 detainees currently in U.S. custody. Since January 2009, the U.S. has released 7,570 detainees and transferred 1,481 detainees to [...] | 2009-12-17 08:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PINS PTER CASC IZ XF |
09BAGHDAD3257 | IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUND 2: CAN IRAQ FULFILL THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's proposal to increase national oil production from 2.5 million barrels per day to perhaps as high as 12 million barrels per day is extremely aggressive and delivering on that promise poses significant challenges. These challenges include: limited project management capabil [...] | 2009-12-17 09:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3259 | A/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES MEK, MINORITIES AND LGBT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on December 14 with NEA A/S Feltman, the Minister of Human Rights, Wijdan Selim, expressed her belief that her Ministry has made progress in inculcating a greater respect for human rights throughout Iraqi society, but that the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) remain proble [...] | 2009-12-17 12:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF IZ |
09BAGHDAD3260 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING, USA [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Ministry of Interior (MOI),who have been nominated to witness two IA systems and observe a functional and effic [...] | 2009-12-17 13:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3262 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING, USA [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MOD) Security Forces, who have been nominated to participate in the C-130 Refresher Simulat [...] | 2009-12-17 15:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3267 | AMBASSADOR AND CG DISCUSS OIL AND SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 17 meeting, Ambassador Hill congratulated Prime Minister Maliki on the recent successful and transparent oil development bidding round, but cautioned the PM to resist pressure to renegotiate the terms of the signed contracts. Maliki agreed the contracts should stand [...] | 2009-12-19 12:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV EWRG ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD3268 | SALAH AD DIN: TIKRIT UNIVERSITY CONTINUES TO [...] (U) This is a Salah Ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Tikrit University's president Ali Salah Al Jebouri continues to defy insurgents by leading staff and students to forge even closer ties with Salah Ad Din PRT members and U.S. soldiers, despite Al Qaida' [...] | 2009-12-19 13:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC KTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD3275 | Iraq Partners Forum Discusses Election Preparations and UN [...] (SBU) The Iraq Partners Forum (IPF),which holds monthly meetings among the donors, UN, and World Bank to discuss international donor coordination, met on December 16 and focused on the UN's efforts for the upcoming elections and its strategic planning for assistance in the upcoming years. Emb [...] | 2009-12-20 14:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD328 | WOMEN'S AFFAIRS MINISTER AL-SAMARA'E RESIGNS [...] (C) Minister of State for Women's Affairs (MoSWA) Dr. Nawal Hamed Majid Al-Samara'e unexpectedly unannounced at a February 5 meeting with Poloff and Strateff CJ9 Women's Initiative Team Lead Officer that she had resigned from her post the same day. In a voice that belied anger and frustrati [...] | 2009-02-08 15:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3282 | IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUND 2: U.S. FIRMS' PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Only one U.S. firm bid for a contract in Iraq,s second oil bid round, as part of a larger consortium, and that consortium did not win. U.S. companies' decisions on whether or not to participate were driven by myriad complex factors and judgments the companies hold very close t [...] | 2009-12-21 09:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3286 | TRADE MINISTRY CONSIDERING MARKET-ORIENTED APPROACH WITH [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Two reform proposals originating from within the Iraqi Ministry of Trade (MOT) would liberalize state control over food production and processing. The first deals with Iraq's corrupt and inefficient food rationing program, the Public Distribution System (PDS). The [...] | 2009-12-21 09:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD KCOR PREF WFP IZ |
09BAGHDAD3287 | IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUND 2: WHAT WILL OPEC SAY? [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq is currently exempted from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil production quotas. Iraq's future quota would likely be similar to Iran's current quota of approximately 4.1 million barrels per day. We estimate that Iraq could reach levels of four million [...] | 2009-12-21 10:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3289 | POST REQUESTS FY 2011 FUNDING FOR CORRECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The corrections advisor program in Iraq is needed to ensure humane treatment of detainees turned over to the GOI as well as to bolster GOI institutional capacity through December 2011. MNF-I will provide partial funding for the continuation of the corrections advisory program fo [...] | 2009-12-21 14:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS KCRM IZ PGOV |
09BAGHDAD329 | UPDATE ON CONSULTATIONS WITH ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) Anti-Corruption Coordinator (ACC) and staff recently paid introductory calls separately on Iraq's top judicial official, Judge Medhat Al-Mahmoud, Interior Ministry Inspector General (MOI IG) Akeel Saeed, and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih's Office Director, Sirwan Ibrahim. Judge Medhat [...] | 2009-02-08 16:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD3290 | IHEC PREPARING FOR MARCH 7 ELECTIONS, BUT SECURITY [...] (C) Election Commissioners told poloff December 17 that the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) is working toward national parliamentary elections on March 7, as confirmed in the Presidency Council decree sent December 13, but a recent rise in attacks on IHEC personnel, including one [...] | 2009-12-21 15:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV |
09BAGHDAD3294 | IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTRY DEAL WITH UKRAINE RAISES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Government of Iraq (GOI) and the Government of Ukraine (GOU) announced an arms deal for armored personnel carriers, light transport aircraft, and helicopter repair. The deal is valued at $560.1 million, but was announced as a $2.5 billion commitment, with the additional [...] | 2009-12-22 08:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL MARR EFIN IZ UP |
09BAGHDAD3295 | DEC 8 BOMBINGS RESULT IN FINGER POINTING, NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The combination of Iraqi Council of Representatives (COR) high profile questioning of senior Iraqi security officials, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and Maliki's own public effort to coordinate intelligence agencies is doing little to bolster Iraqi public confidence i [...] | 2009-12-22 13:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3296 | UNAMI BRIEFS A/S FELTMAN ON IRAQ ELECTIONS, DIBS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Substantive discussion of Iraq's elections dominated NEA A/S Feltman's December 14 meeting with Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Ad Melkert, including UNAMI's current assessments of out of country voting, election observers, security, and the complaints pr [...] | 2009-12-22 13:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV |
09BAGHDAD3297 | A/S FELTMAN MEETING WITH IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT ADIL [...] (C) Summary: A/S Feltman on December 15 met with Iraqi Vice President Adil Abd al-Mahdi to offer congratulations on the Iraqi government successfully reaching agreement on an election law compromise and to discuss the road ahead as Iraq prepares for the national election and government formatio [...] | 2009-12-22 13:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD3299 | HASHIMI ON ELECTION DIALOGUE, EMPOWERED [...] (C) Summary: DCM and PolM/C met with Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi on December 19 to follow up on a range of issues that NEA Assistant Secretary Feltman had raised with Iraqi leaders during his recent visit. During the meeting, Hashimi affirmed his dedication to pre-election dialogue with o [...] | 2009-12-22 13:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD3300 | A/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES GOVERNMENT FORMATION, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA Assistant Secretary (A/S) Feltman on 15 December met with Iraqi Council of Representatives (COR) Speaker Ayad al-Samarrai to discuss the ongoing U.S. commitment to Iraq and the near-term tasks for the Iraqi government, to include the budget law, the national election, and gove [...] | 2009-12-22 13:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL XF |
09BAGHDAD3301 | PM MALIKI, A/S FELTMAN DISCUSS IRAN, SYRIA, [...] (C) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary Feltman congratulated Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki December 14 on the recently passed election law and expressed confidence that the upcoming elections would facilitate fair representation of all Iraqi segments of society. Maliki acknowledged the importance [...] | 2009-12-22 13:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR SY |
09BAGHDAD3302 | A/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES NATIONAL ELECTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA Assistant Secretary (A/S) Feltman on 15 December met with former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi to discuss the ongoing U.S. commitment to Iraq, the upcoming Iraqi national election and government formation process, and the importance of increasing regional engagement with Ira [...] | 2009-12-22 13:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL SA |
09BAGHDAD3307 | Louis Dreyfus Commodities Moves Closer to Large [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 14:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ETRN BEXP IZ |
09BAGHDAD3310 | EMBASSY DELIVERS U.S. PROPOSAL ON OUT OF COUNTRY [...] (C) On December 22, Poloffs delivered the text of a proposed diplomatic note on Out of Country Voting (OCV) to Dr. Fadil Alwan Issa and Dr. Salwan Sinjaree of the International Conventions Section of the Iraqi Ministry of Affairs. The draft diplomatic notes were identical copies of those del [...] | 2009-12-22 15:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3311 | A/S FELTMAN, PM ADVISOR DISCUSS CHAPTER VII [...] (C) Summary: NEA A/S Jeffrey Feltman told PM Advisor December 17 that the U.S. is committed to a long-term partnership with Iraq. Rikabi welcomed the commitment but signaled frustration about the lack of progress on some issues and called for the two sides to establish some "milestones" and [...] | 2009-12-22 15:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD3313 | A/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES CHAPTER VII ISSUES WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: Acting Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Haj Hamoud told visiting NEA Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman on December 17 that the GOI accepts the border as demarcated in 833, noting "We must accept it," but also making clear in a sustained series of exchanges that the G [...] | 2009-12-23 07:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD3314 | NEA A/S FELTMAN'S MEETING WITH DPM AL-ISSAWI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting NEA A/S Feltman on December 14, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Rafi al-Issawi said that while erosion of the Kurdish, Shi'a and Sunni blocs that had dominated the last national election potentially opened opportunity for a more cross-sectarian, nationalist a [...] | 2009-12-23 07:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM UNSC IZ |
09BAGHDAD3315 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING, USA [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MOD) Security Forces, who have been nominated to participate in the Swiftboat Training and [...] | 2009-12-23 09:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3316 | NEA A/S FELTMAN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with visiting NEA A/S Feltman on December 14, President Talabani underscored the importance for Kurds of the POTUS/VPOTUS telephone calls with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Barzani, the December 7 White House statement on Iraq's electio [...] | 2009-12-23 09:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SY TU EG IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD3317 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING, USA [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MOD) Security Forces, who have been nominated to participate in the Swiftboat Training and [...] | 2009-12-23 09:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3318 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING, USA [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MOD) Security Forces, who have been nominated to participate in the Swiftboat Training and [...] | 2009-12-23 10:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD3319 | PRT KIRKUK: WILL GORAN BE A FORCE IN KIRKUK? [...] (U) This is a PRT Kirkuk cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Goran ("Change") Movement's top priority in Kirkuk is to capitalize on its strong showing in the July 2009 Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) parliamentary elections to make further inroads against the PUK in Kirkuk in the upcoming nati [...] | 2009-12-23 13:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3320 | DELIVERING DEMARCHE ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION [...] (C) Pol M/C delivered the points contained in Ref A in general terms to FM Zebari at an already scheduled meeting December 23. Pol M/C committed to following up with senior officials at the MFA early next week to provide details of the three options for getting the WMD resolutions lifted. Ze [...] | 2009-12-23 13:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
09BAGHDAD3321 | FOURTH TURKEY-IRAQ-U.S. TRILATERAL MINISTERIAL [...] (U) This cable has an action request, please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: The fourth ministerial meeting of the Turkey-Iraq-U.S. trilateral security dialogue was held in Baghdad on December 20. The Turkish delegation also had a meeting with MNF-I CG immediately following the meetin [...] | 2009-12-23 14:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MARR PGOV PINR PREF PTER |
09BAGHDAD3323 | ELECTION COMMISSION SEEKS CIVIL SERVICE STATUS, [...] (C) Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) Board Chairman Faraj al-Haydari reported to POL M/C December 21 that IHEC is adhering to its operational time line for the March elections, but that security concerns have become the central focus at IHEC this week. Haydari briefed POL M/C on [...] | 2009-12-23 15:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD3325 | GOI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE [...] (S) Acting DCM delivered demarche points contained reftel to FM Zebari on December 23 (other topics covered septel). Zebari said he had discussed the issue of the Amcits being held by Iran in some detail with Iranian FM Mottaki on the margins of the Manama dialogue earlier in December. Zebari [...] | 2009-12-23 16:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL CASC PHUM PINR PTER IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD3326 | IRAN-IRAQ OIL WELL INCIDENT HIGHLIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-26 06:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON IR IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD3332 | DUST TO DINARS: WASIT PC PROFITS FROM AN [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Wasit Provincial Council (PC) is pursuing independent efforts to offset resource shortages from the national government. A provincially owned - and potentially lucrative - truck staging area at the Zurbatiyah Iran/Iraq [...] | 2009-12-26 11:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ETRD IZ PBTS PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD3334 | IRAN-IRAQ OIL WELL INCIDENT HIGHLIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-26 13:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON IR IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD3335 | DIYALA GOVERNOR HIGHLIGHTS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Growing tension between Baghdad and provincial governments was highlighted during NEA Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feldman,s meeting with Diyala Governor Abd al-Nasir al-Mahdawi on December 16 in Baqubah. The Governor raised his concern that the central government of Iraq was not [...] | 2009-12-26 14:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD3340 | PM ADVISOR ON PRESIDENCY COUNCIL, IHEC, ADDITIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Advisor Sadiq Rikabi told A/DCM December 21 that according to the Iraqi constitution, the Presidency Council would expire with the current government and that any constitutional fix to extend it would be extremely difficult. He expressed uncertainty about whether the Presiden [...] | 2009-12-27 12:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM UNSC KJUS IZ SY |
09BAGHDAD3343 | FM ZEBARI ON DISPUTE WITH IRAN, PM'S CAIRO TRIP, [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Zebari told A/DCM December 23 that while the Iraqi side did not want to escalate the situation with Iran regarding the contested oil well in Fakka field, he had told Iranian FM Mottaki, in a "tough" conversation, that the Iranian move represented a "clear provocation. Zebari [...] | 2009-12-27 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ IR SY |
09BAGHDAD3344 | IRAQ: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Iraq remained a committed partner in counterterrorism efforts. As a result of the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement, Iraqi security forces assumed primary responsibility for the security and stability of Iraq, with support from Multi-National Forces-Iraq (MNF-I, which became U.S. Forces-Iraq (USF- [...] | 2009-12-27 16:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC IZ |
09BAGHDAD3346 | RRT ERBIL: SULEYMANIYAH RIOT UNDERSCORES PUK,S [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A riot, unusual in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR),recently broke out in the small town of Peramagron, Suleymaniyah Province, after the local mayor claimed in a television interview that his constituents were unaware of the benefits they [...] | 2009-12-28 09:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3347 | RRT ERBIL: KRG SUCCESS IN ELECTRICITY SECTOR [...] This is an Erbil Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is succeeding with its electricity sector strategy, expanding generation capacity in the near future to meet most demand, at least in towns and cities. Out of an estimated [...] | 2009-12-28 10:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD3348 | TRAINING FOR COMMISSION ON INTEGRITY INVESTIGATORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the expanded capacity of Iraq's primary anti-corruption enforcement agency, the Commission on Integrity (COI),the U.S. has begun working with the agency's managers to extend training programs for investigators in selected provincial locations. The first session was deliv [...] | 2009-12-28 13:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD3353 | IRAQ: INCSR Report Part I - Drug and Chemical Control [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Iraqi Government officials acknowledge that illicit drugs enter Iraq from Iran, some to be used by Iraqis, but most transshipped south out of Basra or north through Iraqi Kurdistan. However, officials deny that illicit narcotics are a major problem in Iraq. Indeed, faced w [...] | 2009-12-29 04:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD3354 | IRAQ: INCSR Report Part II - Money Laundering and Financial [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's economy is primarily cash-based, and there is little data available on the extent of money laundering in the country. Smuggling is endemic, involving consumer goods, cigarettes, and petroleum products. Bulk cash smuggling, counterfeit currency, trafficking in persons, and [...] | 2009-12-29 04:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD3355 | PRT NINEWA: PERCEPTIONS OF SECURITY IN NINEWA [...] (U) This is Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary. The PRT queried a number of contacts throughout Ninewa Province to gauge perceptions of security, safety, and service delivery. These contacts came from a variety of economic, political, ethnic, tribal, and [...] | 2009-12-29 13:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KCOR IZ |
09BAGHDAD3356 | ACTION REQUEST: FOLLOWING UP ON ISCI REQUEST FOR [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Chairman Ammar al-Hakim on December 23, 2009 met with A/DCM and inquired as to the status of previously discussed U.S. government assistance in procuring a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan machine for a hospital in Tehran, notin [...] | 2009-12-29 14:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMED IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD3358 | MEK/ASHRAF: GOI SAYS IT WILL NOT MOVE MEK UNTIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-29 16:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PGOV PREL PTER |
09BAGHDAD3359 | ISCI CHAIRMAN AMMAR AL-HAKIM ON REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A/DCM on December 23, 2009 met with Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Ammar al-Hakim to discuss al-Hakim's recent regional engagement tour, election planning, and the Fakkah oil field dispute. Al-Hakim projected a more moderate tone than in previo [...] | 2009-12-29 16:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD3360 | SENIOR IRAQI OFFICIALS CONVICTED OF CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) While prosecution of senior GOI figures for corruption has been rare in recent years, of late the courts have convicted four upper-echelon officials for abuses. On December 21, the Commission of Integrity (COI) announced the Baghdad-based Central Criminal Court of Iraq's (CCC-I) convict [...] | 2009-12-30 07:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3361 | PUBLIC CONDEMNATION OF CORRUPTION AND POVERTY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: According to press and GOI reports, over three million Shi'a pilgrims commemorated the holy day of Ashura in Karbala on December 27. While the Washington Post and some Iraqi media outlets reported a significant anti-government protest in Karbala during Ashura process [...] | 2009-12-30 10:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD3362 | DPM ISSAWI ON NINEWA MEDIATION EFFORT [...] (C) In a meeting with POL M/C and MG Lanza on December 28, DPM Rafi al-Issawi said that for "well-known" political reasons he strongly doubted that further progress could be made before national elections in March to reconcile the feuding (Sunni) al-Hadba Gathering (AHG) and (Kurdish) Ninewa F [...] | 2009-12-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGO KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD3363 | DPM ISSAWI ON COALITION NEGOTIATIONS, ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPM Rafi al-Issawi told the POL M/C and MG Lanza the Iraqia Alliance (IA) of which he is a part, and which includes significant Shi'a (including Sadrist Trend) elements will be formally announced in early January. Negotiations over possible post-election government coalitions were [...] | 2009-12-30 11:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD3364 | KRG SEEKS TO BALANCE RELATIONS WITH TURKEY AND PKK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent meetings in Erbil, KRG interlocutors told the Ambassador's Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq (SANI) that the Turkish constitutional court's recent decision to outlaw the Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) in Turkey, together with the insistence by leaders of the Kurdi [...] | 2009-12-30 11:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR PREF IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD3366 | MINISTRY OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ACCUSES KRG OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR) report on its inspection of prisons in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR) documents allegations by detainees that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is responsible for the illegal arrest and detention of Arabs from territories outside of [...] | 2009-12-30 11:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD3367 | FOLLOW UP ON THE WMD DEMARCHE AT MFA, BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior MFA officials December 29 responded positively to follow-up on the WMD points contained in ref A. They seemed initially to favor the second option presented, pursuing a Security Council resolution that would automatically terminate Chapter VII WMD restrictions under UNSC [...] | 2009-12-30 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
09BAGHDAD3368 | SENIOR ADVISOR'S MEETING WITH KRG INTELLIGENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on December 21 with the Ambassador's Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq (SANI),the KRG's Director for National Security (intelligence),Masrour Barzani, said the election law compromise agreement was unfair to the Kurds, who had been disproportionately pressured to make [...] | 2009-12-30 13:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD3369 | HIGH-LEVEL TASK FORCE MEETS ON DIBS ISSUES [...] (C) The High-Level Task Force (HLTF) - a contact group of GOI, KRG and UN officials run under the auspices of UNAMI to address issues in the disputed internal boundary (DIBs) areas - met on December 23. Sadiq Rikabi (advisor to PM Maliki) and Faruq Abdullah (an Iraqi Turkoman and former member [...] | 2009-12-30 14:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD3371 | PRT NINEWA: MOSULIYYA IN A MUDDLE: PRESSURE ON [...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: With a December 20 announcement to open a new satellite television station, Ninewa Provincial Governor Atheel al-Nujaifi publicized his festering battle with U.S.-supported station, al-Mosuliyya. Pointed in [...] | 2009-12-30 15:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KDEM KPAO IZ |
09BAGHDAD3372 | NSC ADVISOR ON ELECTIONS, FAKKA OIL WELL DISPUTE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi NSC Advisor Dr. Safa al-Sheikh told A/DCM December 29 that the post-election period will be a difficult, challenging period, in terms of formation of the new government and caretaker government performance, which could impact Iraqi security capability and decision-making. [...] | 2009-12-30 15:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD3374 | CHURNING IN NORTH BAGHDAD'S SUBURBAN GOVERNMENTS [...] (U) This is a Baghdad ePRT North message. 2. (U) Summary: Sub-provincial public managers and councils in North Baghdad's districts (qadas) of Tarmiyah, Taji, and Istiqlal, with a combined population of roughly 1.2 million, are unsure of their roles vis-a-vis the provincial and national g [...] | 2009-12-31 07:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR IZ |
09BAGHDAD3375 | VIEW FROM NAJAF: GOVERNOR ZURFI PROVIDES UPDATE ON [...] (C/NF) Summary. On December 10, provincial governor Adnan Zurfi welcomed Multi-National Division-South (MND-S) Major General Nash to Najaf. Governor Zurfi announced the arrests of suspects related to recent attacks on a PRT mission and IED detonations near Forward Operating Base (FOB) Endeav [...] | 2009-12-31 07:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EINV PTER PGOV ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD3377 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: GOI INTERFERENCE IN PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah Ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following a two month standoff with the GOI central Government, the Salah Ad Din (SaD) Provincial Council (PC) is poised to forcibly remove the former Provincial Governor (PGOV) of SAD--which it voted from office on October 27 [...] | 2009-12-31 15:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD339 | PM ADVISOR ON STRATEGY TO INCREASE OIL PRODUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 5 meeting with EMIN, Prime Ministerial Advisor Thamir Ghadban was confident that Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih's initiative to examine ways to boost oil production would not undercut the Ministry of Oil's licensing round. We heard separately that the Februa [...] | 2009-02-09 16:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD342 | IRAQI PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: IRANIAN LOSS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Despite pre-election concerns about Iranian-sponsored violence and fraud in the January 31 provincial elections, observers found no indication of significant Iranian interference on election day. The first-place showing of PM Maliki's State of Law list in most of southern Iraq [...] | 2009-02-10 09:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD343 | IRAN-IRAQ BORDER CROSSING VULNERABLE TO SMUGGLING, [...] (S/NF) Iraqi border inspectors at the Shalamsha port-of-entry (POE) are ill-equipped to prevent smuggling of weapons, drugs, and other contraband from southern Iran, border officials told Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq Gordon Gray during a visit February 2. MNF-I forces and U.S. contractors [...] | 2009-02-10 11:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | ETRD PTER KTFN KCOR PREL KNNP IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD344 | DHI QAR: APPOINTMENT OF POLICE CHIEF RAISES LEGAL [...] (C) Summary. At a recent meeting with PRT Team Leader, Dhi Qar Provincial Police Commander MG Sabah al-Fatlawi stated that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had abandoned previous plans to transfer Sabah to Baghdad, and instead had appointed him permanently to his current position as Chief of Pol [...] | 2009-02-10 12:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD345 | AL MAQAL PORT BASRA KEEN FOR MORE BUSINESS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-10 12:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EWWT ECON EINV PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD346 | BASRA SEEKS INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Basra has several business and investment organizations that are encouraging new investment in the province. Basra, like all of Iraq, is suffering from infrastructure constraints, but the situation is improving. The Basra Investment Commission is getting good advice and training from th [...] | 2009-02-10 12:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD347 | AL MAQAL PORT BASRA KEEN FOR MORE BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Al Maqal port, one of five ports in Basra, is keen to become an important shipping center again, but requires a permanent bridge to replace the pontoon bridges blocking most ships. Al Maqal port was neglected by Saddam Hussein after Shia uprisings in favor of Umm Qasr port. Silt has ac [...] | 2009-02-10 13:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD35 | KBR SUBCONTRACTOR SUSPECTED OF TIP VIOLATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: During an early December inspection visit, Emboffs confirmed media reports of some 1,000 third country nationals (TCN) living in transit housing facilities, "man camps," near the Baghdad airport while waiting for employment with MNF-I contractors. Many of the TCNs have been [...] | 2009-01-07 15:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB IZ PGOV PHUM PREL |
09BAGHDAD350 | IRAQI BUDGET NOT YET PASSED, CONTINUING RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI has yet to pass a budget for FY 2009, which began on January 1. GOI operations continue under an automatic continuing resolution, according to Iraqi law, that maintains spending at a monthly rate based on the previous fiscal year's budget. Delays have been caused by b [...] | 2009-02-11 06:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD351 | WAITING ON BAGHDAD; KRG SHARES ECONOMIC VISION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Accompanying a U.S. Chamber of Commerce delegation during a February 3-4 visit to Erbil, EMIN met with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials to discuss private sector development in Iraq and underscore the importance of transparency and the rule of law. KRG PM Nechervan [...] | 2009-02-11 08:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EINV ENRG EPET ETRD IS IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD352 | KRG PM BARZANI TAKES ISSUE WITH GOI OIL MINISTER [...] (S) Summary: At a 4 February meeting with EMIN Wall, KRG PM Nechervan Barzani expressed his displeasure with GOI Minister of Oil Husayn Al Shahristani for his lack of competence, focus and willingness to work on KRG-GOI oil issues and was puzzled with inquiries by Shahristani during a recent m [...] | 2009-02-11 08:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON EPET PGOV PREL EINV IZ POL |
09BAGHDAD353 | KRG PM BARZANI TAKES ISSUE WITH GOI OIL MINISTER [...] (S) Summary: At a 4 February meeting with EMIN Wall, KRG PM Nechervan Barzani expressed his displeasure with GOI Minister of Oil Husayn Al Shahristani for his lack of competence, focus and willingness to work on KRG-GOI oil issues and was puzzled with inquiries by Shahristani during a recent m [...] | 2009-02-11 08:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON EPET PGOV PREL EINV IZ POL |
09BAGHDAD357 | PM MALIKI CHOOSES ALI ALLAWI AS NEXT CHAIRMAN OF [...] (SBU) Summary: GOI officials confirmed to us on February 9th that Ali Allawi is PM Maliki's choice to be the next Chairman of the National Investment Commission (NIC). While Allawi will still need to be formally nominated by the Council of Ministers (COM) and confirmed by the Council of Repre [...] | 2009-02-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD358 | MOHR REPORTS ON 2008 STATS ON AMNESTY, DETAINEES, [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Human Rights has released and will soon publish its annual reports on detention facilities and victims of terrorism. According to the detentions report, 7,542 detainees were released on amnesty release orders during the year. The victims of terrorism report as [...] | 2009-02-11 14:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD361 | MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP: A WAY FORWARD THROUGH NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 15:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD363 | IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES PLANS TO EXPAND THE NAVY, [...] (C) Summary: At the February 8 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki acknowledged the need to improve the Iraqi Navy's ability to defend Iraq's ports and oil platforms, and that Iraq needed a more uniform posture when negotiating riparian border disput [...] | 2009-02-12 08:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD364 | DA'WA WHEELING AND DEALING IN KARBALA [...] (C) Summary: In an apparent attempt to minimize the influence the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) will have in the new Provincial Council (PC),Da'wa leaders in Karbala are working furiously to form alliances with the second-place Hope of the Two Rivers and the fourth-place Independent [...] | 2009-02-12 12:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD366 | IRANIAN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN BASRA [...] (S) Contacts during a visit to Basra by Senior Advisor Gordon Gray February 1-3 noted that Iranian soft power influence on the economy of the province takes several forms: trade, investment, financing of medical care for prominent Iraqi clerics, subsidies for Iranian goods, lending to benefit [...] | 2009-02-12 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ETRD ECON PTER PREL KTFN IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD367 | RRT ERBIL: LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR RULE OF LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) Erbil has launched a QRF-funded project to survey RoL institutions in the Region and develop a strategic plan for improving the administration of justice in the region over the next five-ten years. The project is supported by Prime Ministe [...] | 2009-02-12 13:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD368 | MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP: A WAY FORWARD THROUGH NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi responsiveness to increased Turkish involvement in Iraq (both with the KRG and Baghdad) may present an opportunity for progress on the longstanding humanitarian and political objective of facilitating the voluntary return to Turkey and possibly other durable solutions for 11 [...] | 2009-02-12 15:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL MARR IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD37 | IRAQ PROVIDES WRITTEN ASSURANCES FOR ACCEPTANCE OF [...] (S) The Government of Iraq (GOI) provided written security and humane treatment assurances for the transfer of four Iraqi detainees from Guantanamo, Cuba (GTMO) January 7. Mr. Hussain Al-Asady, Director of the Prime Minister's National Operation Center (PMNOC),signed the assurances with auth [...] | 2009-01-08 07:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US |
09BAGHDAD370 | IRAQ: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 16:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KV IZ |
09BAGHDAD374 | KRG JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AT ISSUE IN DRAFT LAW [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) will consider a draft bill to establish a Judicial Institute in the Kurdish region, similar to the Judicial Training Institute of Baghdad, after their winter recess in January. Rule of Law representatives from the Erbil RRT and Baghdad PRT a [...] | 2009-02-13 07:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD375 | THE AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ACTING [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassdor's farewell call at the Iraqi parliament, acting speaker Khalid Attiya expressed pleasure over the success of the provincial elections, regretted the continuing impasse over the parliamentary speakership, but predicted progress on the budget, the principal pend [...] | 2009-02-13 09:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD376 | VP MAHDI DISCUSSES SARKOZY VISIT, CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. On February 10, Ambassador Crocker held a farewell meeting with Vice President Adil Abd al-Mahdi during which they discussed the visit of French President Nicholas Sarkozy, Mahdi's concern that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is "monopolizing" power, the Islamic Supreme Council of [...] | 2009-02-13 09:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD377 | ICRC DISCUSSES DETAINEES, MEK, AND OPERATIONS WITH [...] (S) Summary: In a February 4 meeting with the Ambassador and Commanding General (CG) Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I),ICRC Iraq Head of Delegation Juan-Pedro Schaerer thanked the USG for its cooperation with ICRC over the last year and hoped that the ICRC's recent report on USG arrests an [...] | 2009-02-13 09:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM KREF KJUS IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD378 | PM MALIKI: STRENGTHENED CENTER OR EMERGING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 10:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS KDEM KISL IZ |
09BAGHDAD379 | PM MALIKI: STRENGTHENED CENTER OR EMERGING [...] (C) With the strong performance of the Da'wa Party in the January 31 provincial council elections, Prime Minister Maliki will claim a public mandate. While many media analyses have tended to overstate this case (as Maliki won no more than 38 percent in two provinces, and less elsewhere) it is [...] | 2009-02-13 11:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS KDEM KISL IZ |
09BAGHDAD380 | THE AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS ON KEY SHI'A [...] (C) Summary: In farewell calls on Abdelaziz Al-Hakim, President of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) and Ammar al-Hakim, his son and likely successor, each admitted they had been caught by surprise by ISCI's anemic performance in the January 31 provincial elections. Allowing that ISC [...] | 2009-02-13 12:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL IZ |
09BAGHDAD381 | THE AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON FORMER PM ALLAWI [...] (C) Summary: Former PM Ayad Allawi, clearly pleased with the success of his Iraqiyya list in the recent provincial elections, told the Ambassador during a February 12 farewell call that he expected further gains for the party when the final results are released later this month. Allawi also r [...] | 2009-02-13 12:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD382 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON DPM ESSAWI [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Rafi Essawi told the Ambassador that he was working with Osama al-Najafi to defuse lingering election-related tensions in Ninewa Province and help the winning parties in Anbar province form a power-sharing agreement. The DPM plans to travel to the KRG to dis [...] | 2009-02-13 12:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD383 | IRAQI SHI'A PARLIAMENTARIAN PAINTS DIRE PICTURE OF [...] (S) Summary: Ayad Jamaleddin, a Council of Representatives member from the secular Iraqiyya list, painted an extreme view of Iranian religious influence in Iraq during a meeting with Emboffs on February 11. Claiming that Iran is paying clerics across Iraq to deliver Friday sermons sympathetic [...] | 2009-02-13 12:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR ECON IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD385 | KARBALA PILGRIM ATTACK WORSE THAN REPORTED [...] (C) Summary: According to Karbala's police chief, the blast near the Imam Husayn shrine on February 12 that killed multiple people on Arba'ayniyah pilgrimage was caused by an explosive device (IED),not a suicide bomber as reported in the media. However, witnesses have told the PRT that the at [...] | 2009-02-13 13:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR ASEC IZ |
09BAGHDAD386 | PRT TEAM LEADERS CONFERENCE: FOCUSING EFFORTS POST [...] (U) Summary. On February 9-10, Embassy Baghdad Office of Provincial Affairs (OPA) hosted its quarterly Team Leaders Conference of Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs). Addressing the post-provincial elections theme, Ambassador Ryan Crocker said the next 18 months will be pivotal to Iraq's [...] | 2009-02-13 14:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON AMGT EAID EAGR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD387 | SOUTHERN POST-ELECTION ALLIANCES [...] (C) Prime Minister Maliki's Da'wa-led State of Law coalition list, which won a plurality of votes in nine of ten Shi'a-majority provinces, holds a commanding position as it negotiates with rival parties to develop coalitions and assign top provincial government positions. Da'wa and the Sadri [...] | 2009-02-13 14:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD388 | OIL MINISTER'S UPDATE ON PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 12 meeting with EMIN, Oil Minister Husayn al-Shahristani reinforced his commitment to the licensing round process and the Shell flared gas deal; dismissed the relevance of the oil production workshop convened by Deputy PM Barham Salih; said relations with KRG and [...] | 2009-02-13 16:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD389 | PRTS PROMOTE DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) As we discussed in our telephone call on Sunday, February 8, the Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Iraq have been essential to the emerging democracy in this country. The January 31 provincial elections succeeded in no small measure because of the civil society organizations and women' [...] | 2009-02-13 16:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD39 | ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ - [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Country Team requests the immediate release of U.S. military specification night vision devices (NVDs) to the Government of Iraq (GOI). Specifically, this request is for AN/PVS-7D and AN/PVS-14 NVDs. These U.S military s [...] | 2009-01-08 13:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER |
09BAGHDAD393 | GOI PUBLICIZES U.S.CORRUPTION CONVICTIONS [...] (SBU) In A recent meeting with Council of Ministers Secretary General Ali Alaq, Anti-Corruption Coordinator (ACC) provided a list of American citizens, official and private, convicted in U.S. courts in recent years on corruption charges in connection with U.S. reconstruction projects in Iraq. [...] | 2009-02-15 07:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KDEM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD399 | INITIAL MEETING OF ECONOMIC AND ENERGY JOINT [...] (SBU) The first meeting of the Economic and Energy Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) met under the Strategic Framework Agreement on February 12. Five working groups were launched on the financial sector; oil and gas; trade and investment; electricity (new plants and investment); and industry [...] | 2009-02-16 05:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON ENRG PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD40 | ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ - [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Country Team requests the immediate release of U.S. military specification night vision devices (NVDs) to the Government of Iraq (GOI). Specifically, this request is for AN/PVS-5, AN/PVS-7 and AN/PVS-7D NVDs. These U.S m [...] | 2009-01-08 13:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER |
09BAGHDAD401 | ISCI ACCEPTS ELECTION RESULTS BUT COMPLAINS MALIKI [...] (C) Summary. Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) leaders tell us they were shocked by their poor showing in the January 31 provincial elections and complain Prime Minister Maliki's Da'wa party, their main rival, unfairly swayed the results. However, ISCI does not plan to protest publicly [...] | 2009-02-16 11:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD402 | ELECTION OF A NEW COR SPEAKER STILL ON HOLD [...] (C) Summary: The CoR has adjourned until February 18, at which time the major political blocs hope to have agreed on a candidate for the vacant CoR speakership an agreement that will allow the CoR to pass the 2009 Federal Budget bill and end the 2008 Fall legislative term. In addition to who w [...] | 2009-02-16 12:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD405 | MEK DEFECTORS TO BE RESETTLED IN TURKEY [...] (S/NF) Summary: According to the GOI's lead in Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) resettlement issues, Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim, Iranian officials, contrary to recent public statements (ref A),do not want to repatriate MEK defectors to Iran. Instead, the Iranian Embassy will issue passp [...] | 2009-02-16 14:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PREL KREF TU IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD41 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-01-08 14:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD410 | SIGNS OF IMPROVING IRAQI-KUWAITI RELATIONS [...] (C/REL MCFI) In a February 12 meeting with Senior Advisor Gordon Gray, Deputy Foreign Minister Haj Hamoud detailed his February 4-5 visit to Kuwait. He said in meetings with Kuwait's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, he made progress on an array of issues, including: how to deal with shar [...] | 2009-02-16 15:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU IR |
09BAGHDAD412 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: MOBILE GASOLINE STATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Salah al-Din (SaD) Provincial Investment Commission (PIC) has successfully negotiated a deal that has created over a hundred privately owned, mobile gasoline stations. The stations, which comprise 10,000 liter containerized units equipped with fuel pumps, are already visible [...] | 2009-02-17 07:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON EPET ENRG EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD413 | NEGOTIATING WITH IRANIANS: THE MEK IN IRAQ AS A [...] (S) Summary: In a case study of significant face-to-face dealing with Iranians, the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MeK) at Camp Ashraf in Iraq have been exasperating negotiators during six months of talks with Embassy and Multi-National Force ) Iraq (MNF-I) interlocutors on their future in Iraq. We believe [...] | 2009-02-17 11:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD417 | MUTHANNA: MANY PARTIES REPRESENTED IN NEW [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (C/REL MCFI) Summary: Perhaps as many as nine separate party lists will be represented on Muthanna's next Provincial Council (PC). While Da'wa and ISCI won an equal number of seats, Da'wa appears to have a stronger negotiating position for [...] | 2009-02-17 13:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD418 | COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY IN IRAQ - THE TIME IS NOW [...] (U) The following is a personal message from Charge d'Affaires Patricia A. Butenis. 2. (SBU) Our partnership and engagement with Iraq is about to hit another milestone with the release of the 2009 Country Commercial Guide (CCG) for Iraq. This first post-conflict CCG for Iraq captures and r [...] | 2009-02-17 13:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EAGR IZ |
09BAGHDAD420 | MEK/CAMP ASHRAF UPDATE: MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: As the Iraqi National Security Staff and some of the internal security forces agitate for rapid movement against the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf, Minister of Human Rights Widjan Salim has moved to a more prominent position on the GOI Ashraf Committee. She visited C [...] | 2009-02-18 10:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD421 | MP QASIM DAOUD ON PRO-/ANTI-MALIKI ALLIANCES IN [...] (C) Summary. Parliamentarian Qasim Daoud, leader of the Solidarity Party, told Poloffs on February 16 that the opposition to, and support for, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in parliament is becoming more cohesive. Daoud expressed optimism over a possible ISCI, IIP, Kurdish, Solidarity, and [...] | 2009-02-18 11:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD422 | HANDOVER CEREMONY MARKS WATERSHED IN BASRAH [...] On February 9, Ambassador Crocker and Minister of Health (MOH) Salih Madhi signed a Memorandum of Understanding that laid out the roles and responsibilities for completion and transfer of the Basrah Children's Hospital to the GOI. The transfer will take place in stages over the next several [...] | 2009-02-18 11:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD423 | MINISTRY OF FINANCE CONSIDERS USD 5 BILLION BOND [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's Ministry of Finance (MoF) is considering a new bond issue worth USD 5 billion in order to better manage its cash-flow in the face of reduced oil export revenue. Demand for the T-bills offered at price-capped auctions is "variable," with two state-owned banks accounting f [...] | 2009-02-18 13:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD427 | Initial Meeting of Services and Technology Joint [...] (SBU) The Co-Chairs of the Services and Information Technology Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) agreed to launch the work of the Committee under the Strategic Framework Agreement. In a meeting on February 14, Deputy Prime Minister Rafae al-Essawi and EMIN Wall, Coordinator for Economic Trans [...] | 2009-02-18 23:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV ETRD PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD428 | PRT KIRKUK: ARTICLE 23 COMMITTEE - LIMITED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Article 23 committee of the Council of Representatives followed up on its initial visit to Kirkuk last week (REFTEL) by returning on February 17. A promising agenda proposed by UNAMI covering voter registries, land issues and power sharing was derailed by the Committee's del [...] | 2009-02-18 23:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD429 | RRT ERBIL: THE SILENT IMAMS, DEALING WITH EXTEMIST [...] (C) Summary: A number of Muslim leaders in the Kurdistan region took to the pulpit in December/January to denounce Israeli actions in the Gaza strip and call for the destruction of the Israeli state and death to Jews. In response, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) banned these Imams fr [...] | 2009-02-18 23:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PRL PHUM PTER SOCI PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD430 | RRT ERBIL: PUK REFORM WING GATHERS MOMENTUM - [...] (C) Summary. A group of PUK members led by former PUK Deputy Secretary General Nawshirwan Mustafa is confident that their reform agenda will lead them to prevail over other PUK contenders in the contest for PUK leadership in a post-Talabani world. For the time being, this group does not com [...] | 2009-02-18 23:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD431 | SUPPORT COUNCILS IN SUNNI REGIONS: FAILURE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Support Councils (SC) (Arabic: Majlis Al Isnad),have not had as great an effect in the central Sunni-Arab majority provinces as in southern, Shi'a-dominated provinces (refs). Sunni suspicions of the Maliki Government of Iraq (GOI),already established tribal groupings and othe [...] | 2009-02-19 10:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD432 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: IRAQI POLICE RECRUITMENT ON [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Police (IP) force in Salah ad Din (SaD) continues to meet its targets for recruitment and training, but faces several challenges that could limit its effectiveness. With the number of recruits scheduled to graduate [...] | 2009-02-19 10:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD433 | IRAQ'S ELECTION COMMISSION QUICKLY REVIEWS [...] (C) Summary. Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission (IHEC) has completed its review of the 2,023 complaints submitted after the provincial elections. According to UN and international technical advisors, the number of complaints has been much lower than anticipated. However, IHEC has iden [...] | 2009-02-19 11:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD435 | BANKING IN BASRAH [...] (U) Summary: Banks in Basrah, Iraq's second largest city, are a mix of state-owned and private insitutions. Challenges for Basrah's bankers include low rates of loan repayment and establishment of "know-your-customer." No international banks currently operate in Basrah, although five such ban [...] | 2009-02-19 12:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD436 | POSSIBLE FTO DESIGNATION FOR ASA'IB AHL AL HAQ [...] (U) In response to reftel, post provides the following response. 2. (S/NF) Regarding Kata,ib Hizballah (KH),post considers this group an irreconcilable Iranian proxy and supports its designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Post believes the summary provided is accurate and [...] | 2009-02-19 13:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD437 | LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM ACTING PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 14:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ OPDC OVIP PREL |
09BAGHDAD44 | ASHURA CROWDS, SADRIST STATEMENT ON GAZA SPARK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Muqtada al Sadr's January 7 declaration to his followers to "carry out revenge operations" against Israel's "great accomplice" for Israel's military assault on Gaza caused concern to PRT local staff and contacts due to the enhanced crowds and religious fervor in the province dur [...] | 2009-01-08 15:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PGOV PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD441 | GOI RAISES PROFILE OF ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS [...] (SBU) In recent days, statements and actions by the Prime Minister, parliamentarians, and others have pointed up the GOI's heightened concern over corruption -- but there is also recognition that the GOI has a ways to go in establishing a strong anti-corruption regime. END SUMMARY. PRIME M [...] | 2009-02-20 09:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KDEM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD442 | CDA, CG AND PM DISCUSS CONTRACTS, RECONCILIATION, [...] (S/NF) Summary: In their regular weekly meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on February 19, Charge d' Affairs Butenis and Commanding General MNF-I Odierno pressed al-Maliki to get GOI action on critical, long-delayed civil aviation contracts, emphasized that Iraq should be aware of [...] | 2009-02-20 13:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD446 | ARAB-KURD RELATIONS: CURRENT TENSIONS THREATEN [...] (C) Summary. Tension between Arabs and Kurds is historical, multifaceted, and currently fueled by unresolved conflicts over oil revenue sharing, disputed internal borders (DIBs),and the struggle for authority between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the central government (GOI). P [...] | 2009-02-21 10:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD447 | RRT ERBIL: THE KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION - KRG'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the "Third Party" in the Kurdistan Region, the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) is a long way from threatening the tight patronage and emotional hold of the KDP and the PUK on the electorate. Nonetheless, with its strong anti-corruption message and popular media outlets, it appe [...] | 2009-02-21 11:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PGOV KDEM PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD449 | FRIEND OF MALIKI AND MUQTADA DISCUSSES SADRIST-GOI [...] (C) Sheikh Mohammed Reda al-Numani, a close contact of both Prime Minister Maliki and the Sadr family, spoke optimistically in his February 18 meeting with Senior Advisor Gordon Gray about efforts to mediate between the Prime Minister and Sadrists. Numani, a Maliki supporter, offered insights [...] | 2009-02-22 08:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD45 | DPM BARHAM SALIH - IRAQ LOOKING FOR A NEW APPROACH [...] (U) This cable is an action request, please see paragraph 10 2. (C) Summary: In a January 7 meeting with EMIN Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih stated that Iraq's Ministry of Oil has failed at the highest levels of management and that the situation of Iraq's oil sector is a "disaster". T [...] | 2009-01-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD454 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: PARTY AND INDIVIDUAL RIVALRIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even before confirmation of which individuals have won seats, jockeying has begun in Salah Ad Din (SAD) for the five provincial offices that the new Provincial Council (PC) will elect. At the party level, the Tawafuq list (which includes the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP)) received [...] | 2009-02-22 09:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD46 | WAIVER REQUESTED -- Section 565 Waiver of Prohibition [...] (SBU) Section 565 of Title V, Part C of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (PL 103-236, 22 USC 2679c) prohibits the Department of State from entering into any contract, except real estate leases and contracts below the small purchase threshold (currently $100,00 [...] | 2009-01-08 15:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT ABLD PHUM AL ECON AMGT ASUP AFIN IZ |
09BAGHDAD462 | This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Baghdad Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) forecasts the emergence in the next Provincial Council (PC) of a strong "Nationalist" coalition, which includes PM Maliki's Da'wa party, and a weaker, though significant, "Regionalist" coalition, which includes the Islamic Supreme Co [...] | 2009-02-22 15:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC IZ |
09BAGHDAD467 | PRT KIRKUK:KIRKUK'S LOCAL ARTICLE 23 WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Summary. Kirkuk's Provincial Council Working Group (A23WG),established to address issues related to Article 23 of the Provincial Elections Law, has made a set of recommendations to present to the Council of Representatives (CoR) Article 23 Committee. The A23WG suggested that government [...] | 2009-02-23 05:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD469 | ROMANIAN FORCES IN IRAQ SET TO RESUME FULL [...] (C) Summary: Romanian forces are engaged in operational support of Coalition and Iraqi forces but are not conducting off base activities in Tallil pending the establishment of a Joint Committee for the implementation of their January 26 MoU. This is on track to be completed in conjunction wit [...] | 2009-02-23 13:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD47 | IRAQI REFINERIES PRESENT AND FUTURE (CORRECTED COPY) [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's refineries are plagued by poor maintenance and antiquated design. Modern refineries produce 80% to 90% of a barrel of oil into light or medium distillates, while Iraq's refineries produce between 50% and 55%. This creates large amounts of heavy fuel oil (HFO),which mus [...] | 2009-01-08 15:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET ENRG IZ |
09BAGHDAD470 | PRT KIRKUK: ARAB NATIONAL PARTIES SEEK FOR [...] (C) Summary. While outside political parties continue to wield the most power and influence in Kirkuk, three Arab national parties are now attempting to get a foot in the door to compete in Kirkuk's elections. Since 2005, Kirkuk's Arab leaders have remained independent with minimal direction [...] | 2009-02-23 15:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EMIN KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD471 | PRT KIRKUK:MOI DIRECTS KIRKUK POLICE TO HIRE 241 [...] (C) Summary. On February 17, Kirkuk Provincial Council Acting Chair Ali Salihi convened a press conference to denounce the official Ministry of Interior (MoI) directive ordering the PC to hire 241 Dawa party affiliates into Kirkuk's Iraqi Police (IP) force. He described the directive as ill [...] | 2009-02-23 15:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD475 | SADR CITY POST-ELECTION: HIGH EXPECTATIONS AMID [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of informal conversations with Poloff, a diverse group of Sadr City residents -- ranging from day laborers and students to shopkeepers -- voiced overall confidence in the fairness and credibility of the January 31, 2009, Provincial Council (PC) elections, in which can [...] | 2009-02-24 12:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD476 | RRT ERBIL: NAWSHIRWAN'S PLANNED ELECTORAL LIST [...] (C) Summary: Former PUK Deputy Secretary General Nawshirwan Mustafa's announcement of his intentions to run an independent list in the upcoming Iraqi Kurdistan Parliamentary elections has forced another showdown between President Talabani and PUK Politburo "reformists" who objected to Talaba [...] | 2009-02-24 13:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD477 | DA,WA FORMING PARTNERSHIP WITH HOPE OF TWO RIVERS [...] (C) Summary: The State of Law Coalition (Da'wa) and the Hope of the Two Rivers (disaffected Da'wa, tribal and others) each won nine Provincial Council (PC) seats in last month's provincial elections. Both separately have announced that their lists may form a governing partnership. State of L [...] | 2009-02-24 13:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD482 | PRT DIYALA: LEGAL CONFERENCE IN DIYALA LAYS THE [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala Reporting Cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An increased interest in standing up to corrupt practices by government officials is returning to Diyala Province, which hosted a legal conference January 19 and 20 in Ba'aquba, Diyala. PRT Diyala supported the conference. Topi [...] | 2009-02-25 06:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PSOCI KCOR IZ |
09BAGHDAD486 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-02-25 10:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD487 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-02-25 10:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD488 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-02-25 10:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD489 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-02-25 10:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD49 | CALLS TO POSTPONE DIYALA ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: During his December 30-31 visit to Diyala Province, Kurdish and Shi'a political leaders explained to visiting PMIN their demands for a postponement of the January 31 provincial elections in Diyala. The leaders cited security and logistical concerns to justify a delay, though it s [...] | 2009-01-09 09:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD491 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-02-25 10:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD492 | GOI INSIDERS ON MINISTER OF WOMEN'S AFFAIRS [...] Summary: (C) In the days following her abrupt resignation on February 5, it was unclear why Minister of State for Women's Affairs (MoSWA) Dr. Nawal Al-Samara'e she resigned, whether PM Maliki had in fact accepted her resignation, and whether Al-Samara'e might return if she could get more au [...] | 2009-02-25 13:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KWMN PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD495 | NAJAF BUSINESSMEN ON TRADE WITH IRAN: "NO OTHER [...] (C) Summary: Najaf businessmen expressed frustration with their limited choices of foreign business partners in a February 23 meeting with Senior Advisor Gordon Gray. Too often, they said, they are finding doors closed to them in Jordan, the Arab Gulf states, and Europe. End summary. 2. [...] | 2009-02-26 07:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD498 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-02-26 12:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD499 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR 9 CANDIDATES FOR US SPONSORED [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-02-26 12:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD500 | KARBALA: DA'WA-SADRIST DEAL ON CASE REVIEWS BEING [...] (C) As reported in reftels, Da'wa -- in order to guarantee the Sadrists' continued political quiescence in Karbala -- has offered to expedite the closure of criminal cases stemming from the deadly violence that marred the Shabaniyah observances in August 2007. In the crackdown that followed, [...] | 2009-02-26 12:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD501 | IRAQ'S ECONOMY GROWING IN 2009, BUT JOBS STILL A [...] (SBU) Summary: There is some good news in Iraq's macro-economic data, despite the global downturn and the collapse of oil prices. The economy should grow by at least 5 percent this year in real terms, provided the GoI can sustain spending growth. Core inflation should remain stable at about [...] | 2009-02-26 12:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD502 | NAJAF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EXPANDING RAPIDLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Najaf Airport is expanding rapidly to accommodate the demand from Shi'a pilgrims coming to religious shrines in the province. Religious pilgrims visiting the province have increased dramatically over last year, and most pilgrims stay for at least a week. Currently the bulk of [...] | 2009-02-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD EINV IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD503 | PM ADVISOR RIKABI ON DEVELOPING THE BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. Sadiq al-Rikabi, a close political advisor to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, told Emboffs in February that the Maliki government seeks a special, long-term alliance with the U.S. and asked for the U.S. to remain engaged in helping Iraqis solve internal political disputes. Iraq o [...] | 2009-02-26 13:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR IZ |
09BAGHDAD504 | MAYSAN ELECTION: COALITION-BUILDING TIED TO BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C/REL MCFI) Maysan's new 27-member Provincial Council (PC) will be governed by four parties -- Prime Minister Maliki's Da'wa-led State of Law, ISCI's Shahid al-Mihrab, the Sadrist-backed Free Independent Trend, and Dr. Ja'afar [...] | 2009-02-26 14:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD505 | TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY NOTES GOT SURPRISE AT MALIKI [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 17 meeting, Murat Ozcelik, Turkey's Special Envoy to Iraq discussed Turkey's surprise at the success of PM Maliki's list in the provincial elections and his strengthened position as a result. Ozcelik said Turkey would use its good relations within the KRG and the G [...] | 2009-02-26 14:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TU IR |
09BAGHDAD507 | NAJAF: GOVERNOR OPTIMISTIC ON U.S.-IRAQI [...] (C) In a February 23 meeting, Najaf Governor As,ad abu Gulal appeared upbeat about the January 31 provincial election results and the Iraqi-U.S. relationship. Once the election results are certified, he expects the Provincial Council to be seated quickly and confided the Council may ask him [...] | 2009-02-26 15:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KIRF IZ |
09BAGHDAD508 | CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ MONETARY POLICY AND [...] (C) Summary: The Central Bank of Iraq's (CBI's) moves to ease monetary policy, in light of the global economic slowdown, should dampen commodity prices and inflation. While the CBI still believes high interest rates have not impeded serious bank lending, their new policy stance will challenge [...] | 2009-02-26 15:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP ECON EFIN IZ |
09BAGHDAD511 | SHIFT TO IRAQI PRIORITIES IN FIFTH ANNUAL RULE OF LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Embassy Rule of Law Coordinator's Office (ROLC) and the Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) Staff Judge Advocate's Office co-hosted the Fifth Annual Rule of Law Conference at the New Embassy Compound February 17-18. The purpose of the conference was two-fold. The first day [...] | 2009-02-27 04:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL IZ US |
09BAGHDAD513 | ANTI-CORRUPTION ITEMS [...] (C) Amidst the GOI's heightened profile of late on the anti-corruption dossier (ref a),sources in the Inspectors General (IG) corps claimed to us that PM Maliki recently instructed each of the 35 IG's (located in ministries and other GOI institutions)to come up with two "major" anti-corruptio [...] | 2009-02-27 11:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD514 | PUK RESHUFFLE POINTS TO DPM BARHAM SALIH FOR KRG PM [...] (C) Summary. Internal wrangling among the Kurdish political leadership is going to generate changes among the Kurdish leaders in Baghdad and Kurdistan and will likely leave the Kurds less able to work with PM Nouri al-Maliki in a serious way, at least in the short term. The latest spate of h [...] | 2009-02-27 11:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD515 | CDA, CG AND PM DISCUSS DRAWDOWN OF U.S. FORCES IN [...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on February 26, Commanding General MNF-I Odierno briefed the details of the new Administration's plan for the responsible drawdown of U.S. Forces in Iraq. U.S. Forces will cease all combat operations, except for counterterrori [...] | 2009-02-27 17:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD518 | GOI REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT'S IRAQ SPEECH [...] (C) Foreign Minister Zebari told the Charge this afternoon that he liked the President's Camp Lejeune speech on Iraq, especially the clear statement that the U.S. does not support sectarian security forces. He also liked the President's insistence that the GOI focus on building its capacity [...] | 2009-02-28 14:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREL GCC IR |
09BAGHDAD520 | IN DIWANIYAH PROVINCE, POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Although Da'wa, which won 11 of Diwaniyah's 28 Provincial Council (PC) seats, is in a strong political position, infighting within that party has left the governorship and PC chairmanship up for grabs. Under the circumstances, coalition-building is proving a difficult, albeit p [...] | 2009-02-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD522 | "SHOW ME THE POWER," SAYS EAST BAGHDAD BUSINESSMAN [...] This is a Baghdad EPRT-2 reporting cable. 2. SUMMARY: Electricity is now the biggest problem for manufacturers in eastern Baghdad. In the continuing absence of reliable power from the national grid, many manufacturers must generate their own power but cannot buy an adequate supply of fue [...] | 2009-03-01 09:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC IZ |
09BAGHDAD528 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-03-01 14:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD530 | IRAQI OIL MINISTRY NEGOTIATING UNITIZATION OF [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See para 2. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Some modest movement recently has generated publicity regarding the possible signing of agreements between Iraq and Kuwait or Iraq and Iran to develop cross-border oil and gas fields. A committee formed by the Iraq Ministry o [...] | 2009-03-01 16:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EPET ENRG EINV ETTC PREL KU IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD531 | RRT ERBIL: OIL FOUND AT SEVERAL NEW SITES IN KURDISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The hydrocarbon potential of the Kurdistan Region was almost completely ignored until only the past few years, when the regional government launched an aggressive program to develop the area's hydrocarbon potential. Exploration, while still in the early phase, is already yieldi [...] | 2009-03-02 03:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD532 | KUWAITI FM'S VISIT TO IRAQ: SHORT ON SUBSTANCE [...] (C) Summary: Ending 20 years of senior-level bilateral estrangement, Kuwait's Foreign Minister visited Iraq February 26. In his meetings with Vice Presidents Abdul-Mehdi and Hashmi (President Talabani is in Iran) and Prime Minister Maliki, and over lunch with Foreign Minister Zebari, the [...] | 2009-03-02 07:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD533 | PARLIAMENT LIFTS MEMBER'S IMMUNITY AS SUNNI ARABS [...] (C) Summary: On February 25, the Council of Representatives (CoR) voted to remove parliamentary immunity from Mohamed al-Daeni, from the Sunni Arab Hewar party, the second time in six months that it has voted to lift immunity from a member. In the other case, in September, Parliament voted to [...] | 2009-03-02 10:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD536 | MOD HOSTS INAUGURAL HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Defense's (MOD) first-ever conference on human rights on February 10 highlighted the actions the Ministry has undertaken to promote respect for human rights, including: education and training programs for soldiers; establishment of internal procedures to handle [...] | 2009-03-02 11:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD537 | IRAQIS REACT TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH: MOST [...] (U) SUMMARY: Iraqi leaders and citizens largely welcomed President Obama's February 27, 2009, speech announcing U.S. plans to begin the drawdown of American combat units from the country in line with the Seucurity Agreement. Most said they favored the continuation of a strong American partner [...] | 2009-03-02 12:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD54 | WAIVER REQUESTED -- Section 565 Waiver of Prohibition [...] (SBU) Section 565 of Title V, Part C of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (PL 103-236, 22 USC 2679c) prohibits the Department of State from entering into any contract, except real estate leases and contracts below the small purchase threshold (currently $100,00 [...] | 2009-01-09 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT ABLD PHUM AL ECON AMGT ASUP AFIN IZ |
09BAGHDAD543 | MOHR ON NEW MINISTERS, MASS GRAVES, MP AL-DAINI [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim told us on February 24 that she expects the newly appointed Judge Dara will be an effective Minister of Justice, once he negotiates his learning curve. By contrast, she expressed concern about the new Acting Minister of State for Women's A [...] | 2009-03-02 14:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KWMN PTER KU IZ |
09BAGHDAD545 | IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIAN DENOUNCES CORRUPTION IN [...] (U) In a February 28 press statement, the chairman of the Council of Representatives' (COR) Integrity Committee, Sheikh Sabah, called for the removal of Trade Minister Abdel Falah Sudani as well as Labor and Social Affairs Minister Mahmud Radi because of the "growing corruption" in their minist [...] | 2009-03-02 16:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM KCRM IZ |
09BAGHDAD546 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: PROVINCIAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In recent months, the Salah al-Din (SaD) Provincial Investment Commission (PIC) has improved its working relationship with the National Investment Commission (NIC) and committed itself to a rigorous campaign of outreach to pot [...] | 2009-03-03 03:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREF EAID ETRD IZ PINR |
09BAGHDAD548 | BAATHISTS IN NORTHWEST BAGHDAD: 500 PARTIES, WHY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Tarmiyah, Taji and Abu Ghraib "qadas" (rural counties) of northwest Baghdad Province are home to many former members of the Baath Party, Iraqi Army, and other security institutions of the former regime. Most were low-ranking members, but many remain unemployed and suspicious [...] | 2009-03-03 12:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD553 | MEK/CAMP ASHRAF - THE WAY AHEAD [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) faces a difficult position in Iraq as the GOI has made clear it considers the group a terrorist organization and seeks the closure of the Camp Ashraf facility and the departure of all the residents from Iraq. It plans to prosecute some members of t [...] | 2009-03-04 05:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US |
09BAGHDAD554 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-03-04 07:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD556 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...] | 2009-03-04 11:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD559 | THE U.S.-IRAQI RELATIONSHIP IN 2009: THE VIEW FROM [...] (C) Provincial-level contacts throughout Iraq, while excited about the prospect of full Iraqi sovereignty, hope and expect that the U.S. will continue to provide development and security assistance and maintain a role in internal dispute resolution over the next year. The U.S.-Iraq Security [...] | 2009-03-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD560 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: OLD AND NEW PROVINCIAL COUNCIL [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Chairman of the outgoing Salah ad Din (SaD) Provincial Council (PC) hosted an introductory meeting on March 1 for members of the outgoing and incoming PC's. The outgoing PC members offered their full support to the incomin [...] | 2009-03-04 16:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD561 | IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. TRILATERAL DIALOGUE WORKING GROUP [...] (C) The second Sub-Committee meeting (SC) (of the Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Trilateral Security Dialogue took place February 26, a week after the latest Working Group (WG) meeting held on February 19 when Iraq provided to Turkey for the first time, intelligence on the PKK. At the SC, the GoI presented [...] | 2009-03-04 17:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD565 | IRAQ'S NEGLECTED MONEY LAUNDERING REPORTING OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's two year-old Money Laundering Reporting Office (MLRO) is under-budgeted and under-staffed; lacks capacity; works out of woeful office conditions; and its work is hindered further by loophole-ridden anti-money laundering legislation that is self-contradictory and unenforceab [...] | 2009-03-05 08:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KCRM PGOV SNAR IZ |
09BAGHDAD567 | BAGHDAD UPDATE: WHAT'S AHEAD? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-05 08:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD570 | A NEW SUNNI ARAB COALITION THAT CALLS ITSELF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 1, ex-Council of Representatives (COR) speaker Mahmoud Mashhadani joined the leaders of three political blocs, Saleh al-Mutlak (Iraqi Front for National Dialogue/IFND),Abid Mutlak al-Jeboori (Iraqi Arab Independents),and Khalaf al-Ulyan (National Dialogue Council) to an [...] | 2009-03-05 10:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD574 | BAGHDAD UPDATE: WHAT'S AHEAD AS TROOPS DRAWDOWN? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As Iraq's capital, Baghdad is inherently important. It is home to a large and diverse population (approximately six million of Iraq's estimated 28 million total),with increasing numbers of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) returning to mixed neighborhoods. Baghdad's politica [...] | 2009-03-05 13:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD575 | IRAQ: MAKE IT A STRONG PARTNER IN DEALING WITH [...] (C) The 2003 invasion of Iraq, and the subsequent seating of a Shia-led government, opened new opportunities for Iran to influence Iraqi politics and to bleed U.S. forces. Many Iraqis, especially Sunnis, still view Shi'a Islamist parties ISCI and Badr, which have their origins in Iran, as n [...] | 2009-03-05 13:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD578 | IRAQ'S MINORITIES [...] (U) Summary: Iraq's minorities have a long and colorful history in the "Land Between the Two Rivers." While their numbers have declined significantly in recent years, those who remain contribute significantly to the cultural and political fabric of Iraq. Most minority communities are loca [...] | 2009-03-05 17:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD579 | THE SUNNI ARAB CENTRAL PROVINCES: MORE STABLE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Anbar, Salah Ad Din (SAD),and Diyala, the three majority-Sunni Arab provinces stretching west to east across Iraq's center, have witnessed a dramatic reduction in violence over the past two years. Thanks to the Sahwa (Awakening)/Sons of Iraq (SOI) security programs, aggressive [...] | 2009-03-06 11:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD583 | PRIME MINISTER CLOSELY MANAGING PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Prime Minister Maliki is closely managing coalition-building in provinces where his Da'wa-led State of Law list performed well in the elections, and has reached agreements on alliances in most of the ten Shi'a-majority provinces. March 2-3 meetings in Babil and Karbala with Senior Adviso [...] | 2009-03-06 15:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD584 | CORRUPTION IN IRAQ REMAINS IN THE PUBLIC SPOTLIGHT [...] (C) The Prime Minister's point-man on the anti-corruption dossier announced a "campaign to combat bribery," while the Labor and Social Affairs Ministry's Inspector General reported the uncovering of widespread corruption in a provincial social welfare program. The Interior Ministry's Inspecto [...] | 2009-03-06 15:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD585 | IRAQI FY09 BUDGET AS A TOOL FOR PARLIMENTARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: After more than two months of difficult negotiations and multiple draft laws, Iraq's parliament approved on March 5 a 2009 budget that both spends less money than the government requested and allocates spending on COR priorities that differ from those of the government. There was [...] | 2009-03-06 16:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN IZ |
09BAGHDAD587 | MAYSAN: SADRIST LEADER EAGER TO WORK WITH U.S. [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C/REL MCFI) Summary: The leader of the OMS-backed Tayar al-Ahrar (Free Independent Trend) party in Maysan, Fadil Na'ama Hussein al-Tammimi, expressed enthusiasm about the current direction of American policy in Iraq and an eagerness to coopera [...] | 2009-03-07 12:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD588 | THE SOUTH AND ITS POLITICAL INFLUENCE [...] (C) As evidenced by the recent provincial elections, won decisively by Prime Minister Maliki's Da'wa-led State of Law coalition, southern Iraqis have moved from overt Shi'a identification to a more nationalist, pragmatic stance. Maliki catalyzed and capitalized on this shift by carrying out mi [...] | 2009-03-07 12:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD589 | Status of Sabaeans in Kirkuk Province [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PRT officers traveled to the Sabaean temple in Kirkuk City in December to meet with Sabaean leaders. The Sabaeans, numbering approximately 173 families in Kirkuk province, listed cultural and linguistic preservation, unemployment, and inclusion in governmental jobs as their pri [...] | 2009-03-07 12:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD590 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR VIP [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...] | 2009-03-08 05:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD592 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-03-08 06:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD594 | INFLUENTIAL SUNNI ARAB SHEIK HOSTS PRT AT HIS HOME [...] (C) SUMMARY: At his country home on 24 February, Sheikh Abdullah Sami al-Assi hosted a diwan attended by the PRT and Sunni Arab tribal sheikhs and notables in the area. Among the main questions and concerns raised by the assembled Arabs were the future status of Kirkuk province, detentions, [...] | 2009-03-08 07:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD598 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: BA'ATHISTS READY TO RECONCILE, [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The top sheikh of Saddam Hussein's tribe, along with other local figures from his home village in Salah Ad Din (SAD) province, recently asked the PRT to convey to the USG that Ba'athists in SAD seek direct dialogue and reconciliation [...] | 2009-03-08 11:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETTC IZ |
09BAGHDAD599 | CDA, CG AND PM DISCUSS INITIAL DRAWDOWN OF US [...] (S) Summary: In their regular weekly meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on March 5, Charge d' Affaires (CDA) Butenis and Commanding General (CG) MNF-I Odierno discussed the initial drawdown of U.S. forces, foreign fighters, airport development, and former Iranian President Rafsa [...] | 2009-03-08 11:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD605 | IRAQ HEALTH INVESTMENT SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS, [...] SUMMARY. The Iraq Health Investment Summit, held on February 19-20 in Istanbul, Turkey, was a key opportunity for the Minister of Health (MOH),Dr. Salih al-Hasnawi, to showcase Iraq's 2009-2013 strategic health plan and to solicit partnerships with private companies for Iraq's healthcare sys [...] | 2009-03-09 07:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECIN BEXP CVIS IZ ECON PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD611 | IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES FALSE ACCUSATIONS AND THE [...] (C) Summary: At the March 1 National Security Council meeting, Chief Justice Medhat briefed the NSC on issues involving false accusations in the justice system, as well as the use of secret informants. The PM directed that a press conference be organized to discuss false accusations, includin [...] | 2009-03-09 13:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MARR PGOV PHUM PREL |
09BAGHDAD612 | CHRISTIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS ASSESS PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Key Christian politicians acknowledge that the January 31 provincial elections were generally well organized and that security was excellent, and are pleased that nationalist and secular parties gained at the expense of major Islamic parties. They complained, however, that int [...] | 2009-03-09 15:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD615 | IRAQ 201: WHERE IS THE GREEN LINE? [...] (C) Summary: None of the many interpretations of a "Green Line" separating Kurdish-administered areas from the rest of Iraq has either support across ethnic lines or a conclusive legal basis. The term "Green Line" was first used to describe the "front-line trace" between Peshmerga and Iraqi [...] | 2009-03-10 07:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PMIL MOPS IZ |
09BAGHDAD616 | KIRKUK: ARTICLE 23 COMMITTEE PLEDGES TO WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council of Representatives (CoR) Article 23 Committee returned to Kirkuk on March 8 and decided that the March 31 deadline set by the Provincial Elections law was "artificial" and therefore set April 14 for release of their report. The Committee deferred until the end of the M [...] | 2009-03-10 08:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD617 | PRT DIYALA: THE KURDISTAN ALLIANCE OUTLINES [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala Reporting Cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: PRT Diyala met the newly elected Provincial Council (PC) members from the Kurdistan Alliance (KA),the Kurdish bloc in Diyala, which is likely to be included in any governing coalition. Although the PRT has worked with representat [...] | 2009-03-10 08:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD62 | ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ - [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Country Team requests the approval for the sale of thirty-six (36) F-16 block 50/52 aircraft and associated equipment and munitions to the Government of Iraq (GOI). This sale will continue to build the Iraqi Air Force ( [...] | 2009-01-11 10:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER |
09BAGHDAD622 | PRT NINEWA: AL-HADBA ALLIANCE ON SHEIKHY GROUND [...] (C) Summary. Riding high in the wake of the Sunni Arabs' Al-Hadba list dominance in the provincial elections, Iraqi Justice and Reform Movement Party Founder Sheikh Abdullah Hemdi Ajil al-Yawar is now distancing himself from Al-Hadba leader Athiel al-Najaifi and presenting himself as the real [...] | 2009-03-10 09:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD623 | PUK INTERNAL SQUABBLING AND THE KRG ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. While we monitor Arab-Kurd tensions, the control-oriented Kurdish political leadership is traversing serious political turbulence. Protracted Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) internal power negotiations with Nawshirwan Mustafa have Kurdish leaders insisting on a closed candida [...] | 2009-03-10 09:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD624 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: PILGRIMAGE SIGNALS [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The predominantly Sunni city of Samarra in Salah Ad Din (SAD) province has made significant progress in Sunni and Shi'a reconciliation. On March 6, up to three million Shi'a pilgrims from Karbala, Baghdad and elsewhere visit [...] | 2009-03-10 11:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD625 | NSC DISCUSSES COMBATING AQI, SECURITY SERVICES [...] (C) Summary. At the March 8 National Security Council, Iraqi officials discussed the ongoing threat from Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI),how to fix the overlapping duties across Iraq's intelligence services, moving ahead on a draft agreement with Saudi Arabia regarding prisoner exchanges, and avoiding [...] | 2009-03-10 11:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD628 | PRT DIYALA: SUNNI ARABS CLAIM GOI REINSTITUTING [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Members of the Tawafuq/IIP party in Diyala fear that the Government of Iraq (GOI) is using the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to prevent Sunni Arab leaders from forming a new provincial government in Diyala (reftels). They claim that after a p [...] | 2009-03-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD629 | PRT DIYALA: DIYALA TAWAFUQ/IIP AIMS TO SHARE PC [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: PRT Diyala recently discussed formation of the new Provincial Council (PC) with members of the United Accord and Reform Front (Tawafuq) list, the leading vote getter in Diyala's PC elections. Tawafuq members asked for PRT technic [...] | 2009-03-10 14:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PSOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD63 | ASHURA IN KARBALA: PEACEFUL, CROWDED, SANGUINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ashura commemorations passed peacefully in Karbala amid a heavy security presence, elements of which will remain in place through Arba'ayniyah (February 15-16),which marks the end of the 40-day mourning period. A record number of pilgrims, estimated at two million, participated [...] | 2009-01-11 13:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD630 | DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY: INTEGRATING IRAQ WITH ITS [...] (S) Iraq is undergoing a fundamental shift. For 50 years, since the revolution of 1958, Iraq has destabilized the region, launched two wars, countered U.S. interests and defied the international community-while brutalizing its own people. Iraq is now a moderate force for stability in the reg [...] | 2009-03-10 16:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD636 | IRAQ WANTS A JUNE WTO WORKING PARTY BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministry of Trade is eager to hold its Third WTO Working Party (WP) in June. However, Trade Minister al-Sudani and WTO Unit officials acknowledge that if they do not make substantial progress in several areas by April, a June WP would not be justified. They appear to be [...] | 2009-03-11 12:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PGOV EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD64 | GOI ARRESTS STOKE DIYALA SUNNIS' SENSE OF [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) operations in Diyala province have exhibited a consistent pattern of sectarian bias. The Government of Iraq (GOI) has launched a number of security operations in Diyala ostensibly to combat Al-Qa'ida in [...] | 2009-01-11 13:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD642 | RRT ERBIL: KRG ELECTIONS PREVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Key issues for the Kurdistan regional parliamentary elections remain undecided, and the President has yet to sign an important amendment to the election law. Nonetheless, the KDP and PUK have already announced the details of post-elections power-sharing, including swapping the po [...] | 2009-03-11 14:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD643 | FY 2009 IRAQI BUDGET -- INITIAL NUMBERS [...] (C) The GOI has yet to complete an accounting of the impact of the last minute amendments to the 2009 Iraqi budget, which was approved on March 5 (reftel). The bill has yet to be sent from the Council of Representatives (CoR) to the Presidency for formal approval. Debate continues within the [...] | 2009-03-11 15:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD645 | PRT DIYALA: DIYALA'S IRAQ NATIONAL PROJECT [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala Reporting Cable 2. (C) SUMMARY: PRT Diyala recently met local representatives from the Iraqi National Project Gathering (INPG) list, which tied for second in Diyala's provincial elections. INPG representatives articulated a vision for improving Diyala that focus [...] | 2009-03-12 06:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD649 | PM Barzani Pledges Strong Support for Cultural Heritage [...] (U) During a 2/19 meeting at his residence, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Barzani told a visiting State Department delegation that he fully supports the establishment of a national cultural heritage preservation training institute in Erbil. The PM said the KRG would cost- [...] | 2009-03-12 13:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL SOCI PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD65 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-01-11 14:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD650 | Rock Chalk, Jayhawk! U Kansas Professor Wows Kurdistan [...] (U) During a jam-packed visit to the Kurdistan Region, University of Kansas Political Science Department Chairman Burdett Loomis spoke to students and faculty at major universities in Dohuk and Erbil on the transition to the new Obama administration and the effects it will have on domestic and [...] | 2009-03-12 13:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL SOCI PGOV OEXC OIIP IZ |
09BAGHDAD651 | IRAQ CONSIDERS STEPS TO BOOST OIL OUTPUT; EARLY [...] (C) Summary: The GOI is considering a number of steps to improve management of the oil sector and streamline contracting procedures, all with a view to boosting near-term output. The steps, including creation of an Oil and Gas Council led by the PM that would reduce the Oil Ministry's role, [...] | 2009-03-12 14:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD655 | MUTHANNA: NEW PC LEADERS FOCUS ON DELIVERING [...] (C): The Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq and Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) officers held separate meetins with representatives from three of the leading winning political lists in Muthanna on March 9. The next governing coalition will be led locally by Prime Minister Maliki's Da'wa-b [...] | 2009-03-12 15:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD657 | IRAQ REGIONAL STRATEGY - PRELIMINARY UNAMI [...] (C) The UN, like us, is in the process of formulating ideas on how best to promote Iraq's regional engagement. On March 11, Ambassador Gerard Sambrana, SRSG de Mistura's Special Political Advisor (and the senior UNAMI official most directly involved in the Neighbors Process),shared with us [...] | 2009-03-13 10:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TU KU IR UN |
09BAGHDAD658 | MOI OFFICIALS SEEK CONTINUED, EVOLVING U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and U.S. military officials met between February 21 and March 7 with senior Government of Iraq (GOI) officials to discuss Iraq's priorities for the future development of its civilian security forces. Mi6dqOS8QA](KQAffairs (DOIA) met with several senior Government of Ira [...] | 2009-03-13 11:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD659 | SUNNI POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: SECTARIAN VERSUS SECULAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's Sunni Arabs are a composite group of moderate Islamists, secular nationalists, unreconstructed Ba'athists, Former Regime Elements (FRE),and tribal leaders. While Sunni Arabs share a sense of marginalization in post-Saddam Iraq, they are highly divided and have been unable [...] | 2009-03-13 12:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD66 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-01-11 15:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD660 | SRSG DE MISTURA LAYS OUT UNAMI'S IMMEDIATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 13:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD661 | DHI QAR UNEASILY PREPARES FOR SADRISTS IN [...] (C) Leading Dhi Qar politicians and religious authorities are uneasy with Sadrist participation in an incoming provincial governing coalition with the Prime Minister's State of Law list and ex-Prime Minister Ja'afari's National Reform Trend. In March 8 meetings with visiting Senior Advisor [...] | 2009-03-13 14:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD662 | SRSG DE MISTURA LAYS OUT UNAMI'S IMMEDIATE [...] (C) In his March 9 debrief of his recent trip to Washington, SRSG Staffan de Mistura told the Charge that he plans to use the political capital he's gained after the successful elections to advance the UNAMI agenda on Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs). The UN seeks close support from the U [...] | 2009-03-13 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD670 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: TUZ DISTRICT'S ELECTION RESULTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Credible, legitimate, and peaceful Provincial Council (PC) elections in the Tuz district of SAD province reflect low ethnic tensions in this disputed area. The Kurdish parties in SAD added non-Kurds to their electoral list, and Turcoman engagement in the democratic process resu [...] | 2009-03-14 11:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD671 | MALIKI RESHAPING KARBALA POLITICAL SCENE IN [...] (C) Summary. Senior political leaders tell the PRT that Prime Minister Maliki has been the decision-maker in determining the Karbala political line-up following the January 31 elections. Maliki reportedly brokered the political deal between the Dawlat al-Qanun (State of Law) and Amal al-Raf [...] | 2009-03-14 14:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD675 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (C) Anti-Corruption Coordinator (ACC) and staff recently met separately with three Iraqi religious figures: Grand Ayatollah Hussein Al-Sadr, the senior Shia cleric in Baghdad, Ahmed Abdel Ghafour Al-Sammarraie, head of the GOI's Sunni Endowment, and Harith Al-Obaidy, Sunni cleric and parliamen [...] | 2009-03-15 09:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD676 | RRT ERBIL: PROFILE OF PUK NAWSHIRWAN MUSTAFA [...] (C) Summary. This cable profiles Nawshirwan Mustafa, the former Deputy Secretary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and leader of the "unofficial" PUK reformist movement in Sulaimaniyah. Long an advocate of change within the PUK, he continues to be a gadfly to the PUK establis [...] | 2009-03-15 11:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD677 | IRAQI ARMY CONFRONTS MEK AT CAMP ASHRAF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-15 14:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US |
09BAGHDAD680 | NINEWA: BIO OF LIKELY INCOMING NINEWA GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: Ninewa,s likely future Governor, Atheel Alnujaifi, is a sophisticated politician and astute businessman, but also a polarizing figure in a province where Arab and Kurdish Iraq meet along a legally, ethnically and geographically blurred line. He has deep links to former Ba,ath p [...] | 2009-03-15 17:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD681 | IRAQI ARMY CONFRONTS MEK AT CAMP ASHRAF [...] (SBU) Summary: Although tensions have escalated at the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) Camp Ashraf in Iraq, press reports may exaggerate the situation on the ground. After failure to resolve a three-week long discussion, Iraqi Army (IA) elements at Camp Ashraf moved to seize control of a building on [...] | 2009-03-15 18:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US |
09BAGHDAD682 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-03-16 05:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD691 | IRAQ 201: IRAQ'S PRESIDENCY AND CABINET [...] (C) Summary. The Presidency Council and Council of Ministers (Cabinet) reflect a broad-based membership of the Iraqi Government and are institutions that sometimes attempt to restrain an increasingly assertive Prime Minister. The Presidency has used its authorities to ensure consensus on key i [...] | 2009-03-16 07:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD692 | RRT ERBIL: BORDER ISSUES WITH IRAN AS SEEN FROM [...] (S) Summary. Local security officials in Sulaimaniyah admit that the province,s long and porous border with Iran is under-patrolled and claim that Baghdad does not give them the resources they need to guard it effectively. They consider the main threat to be the Iran-based &Kurdistan Battal [...] | 2009-03-16 09:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER PINR PBTS SNAR IZ TU IR |
09BAGHDAD700 | RRT Erbil: The 1991 Generation on College, Jobs [...] (U) Summary: Given that half of the Kurdistan Region's population is under 25, understanding the concerns of the so-called "1991 Generation" -- those born during or after the Kurdish Uprising -- is key to understanding the Region's future. Right now, the Generation's primary concern is getting [...] | 2009-03-16 12:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL SOCI PGOV PINR ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD706 | KIRKUK: SIXTH ANNUAL ARAB CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the sixth annual Arab Conference in Kirkuk, held March 14, speakers addressed the need for Arab unity, and progress on Article 23, Article 140 and detainees. The conference was notable for the unity of its speakers in calling for support of the Article 23 process and the [...] | 2009-03-16 15:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD709 | MALIKI COURTS THE SADRISTS: STRATEGY, FEAR AND [...] (C) The Sadrists' journey in the Iraqi political wilderness may be coming to an end. A Sadrist return to government, while not without risks, offers hope for a durable peace in Shi'a-majority parts of Iraq. It will also offer big challenges for us. Less than a year after his military opera [...] | 2009-03-17 06:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD712 | DISGRUNTLED SHI'A THREATEN TO BOYCOTT NEW [...] (C) Representatives of four major Shi'a parties that fared poorly in the 2009 Diyala Provincial Elections have rejected the election results, alleging fraud and irregularities. They say they will boycott the new Provincial Government unless there is a new election under different conditions. [...] | 2009-03-17 08:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD719 | NINEWA PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS NOT DIRECTLY [...] (C) Summary: Ninewa's January 31 provincial election results may be a starting point for discussions on the resolution of the disputed internal boundaries issue but should not be considered a de facto Article 140 referendum. The largest minority in the DIBs region, the Yezidis, returned a m [...] | 2009-03-17 12:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD72 | ACTION REQUEST: MANAGING NATO EXPECTATIONS FOR [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraphs 6 and 7. 2. (C) Summary: According to USNATO (Ref A and B),in the North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting on 7 January, NATO member states proposed to send Assistant Secretary General for Operations Howard and Legal Advisor DeWidts to Baghdad to c [...] | 2009-01-12 04:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ NATO |
09BAGHDAD721 | JOURNALISTS ASSESS IRAQ'S PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Local and international media gave a mixed press freedom grade to Iraq's January 31 provincial elections. While many journalists cited the event as a noteworthy step forward in the country's push toward greater freedom of the press, they also complained that overly restricti [...] | 2009-03-17 15:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD722 | Judicial Training a Potential Change Agent for Iraq's Rule [...] SUMMARY: Speaking before the U.S. Embassy-hosted Rule of Law (ROL) Community Forum, the Dean of the Judicial Training Institute (JTI),created in the wake of the Baathist "bloodless revolution" of 1968 as part of the Ministry of Justice, advocated increasing the institute's resources and upd [...] | 2009-03-17 15:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD723 | IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. TRILATERAL DIALOGUE: PREPARATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a March 10 meeting with Pol-Mil MinCouns and MNF-I CJ3, and at the March 12 Subcommittee meeting of the Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Security Dialogue, Minister of State for National Security Affairs (MSNSA),Shirwan al-Waeili said the GoI supports the opening of an Erbil intelligence liais [...] | 2009-03-17 18:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD729 | GOI TO MOVE FORWARD ON KUWAITI MASS GRAVES [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Minister of Human Rights told us that she regrets the delays the GOI has caused in the ICRC-assisted effort to find Kuwaiti missing persons and open Kuwaiti mass graves. Noting that the GOI has worked out the internal issues that had stymied progress, Salim said she has [...] | 2009-03-18 08:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KU IZ |
09BAGHDAD730 | MEK/CAMP ASHRAF - GOI MISHANDLING UNDERLINES NEED [...] (U) This is an action request (see para 11). 2. (S/NF) Summary: The GOI is expressing increasing frustration with the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) residents of Camp Ashraf. In response to GOI assertions that the MEK are "breaking the rules," more stringent controls have been placed on personne [...] | 2009-03-18 10:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US |
09BAGHDAD731 | IRAQ 201: SHI'A POLITICAL LANDSCAPE COLORED BY [...] (C) Summary. This cable outlines Iraq's primary Shi'a parties and the major events Shi'a actors will likely face before national elections, planned for late 2009 or early 2010. Prime Minister Maliki's Da'wa party, and the other Shi'a who won seats during the January 31 provincial elections n [...] | 2009-03-18 11:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD733 | IRAQ 201: SNAPSHOT OF IRAQ'S REGIONAL DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Ref A provided a broad overview of Iraq's diplomatic relations with its neighbors and a proposed U.S. strategy for consolidating Iraq's regional reintegration. Ref B analyzed Iraqi-Iranian relations. This cable aims to complement those messages by providing a snapshot of practical effort [...] | 2009-03-18 12:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ GCC |
09BAGHDAD740 | COR PASSES BUDGET BILL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-18 15:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD741 | IRAQ 201: THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: The three-year old, 275 member Council of Representatives (CoR) is suffering from growing pains, but has recently demonstrated potential to act as a more effective institution that can challenge executive power. Among its shortcomings, the CoR's credibility as a representative [...] | 2009-03-18 15:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD742 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for US Government provided VIP Protection Course training in Iraq. Post [...] | 2009-03-18 15:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD750 | NINEWA: SONGS IN THE KEY OF AIN SIFNI [...] (C) Summary: What do you get when a US Army band plays an Eastern Orthodox wedding hall in a Yezidi town with Arab, Christian and Kurdish musicians under the watchful gaze of the Barzani patriarch, a crucifix, and the Iraqi flag, plus a banner celebrating the anniversary of an anti-Saddam up [...] | 2009-03-19 08:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD751 | IRAQI BUDGET: "DIFFICULT YEAR" SAYS MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Bayan Jabr told EMIN on March 16 that the USD 59 billion FY 2009 Budget as passed by the Council of Representatives was lower than the government had requested and that Iraq faces "a difficult year." Cuts to operational budgets are expected in every ministry. Jab [...] | 2009-03-19 08:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON CVIS PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD756 | IRAQ DPM BARHAM SALIH ON OIL, ICI, AND BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih expressed satisfaction with the results of the late February oil symposium and said that he expects swift cabinet approval of recommendations to streamline management of the oil sector. While Oil Minister Shahristani has agreed to the recommendat [...] | 2009-03-19 09:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EPET ETRD IZ |
09BAGHDAD757 | SPECIAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR PRT TEAM LEADERS [...] This is an action request. Embassy Baghdad's Office of Provincial Affairs (OPA) requests that FSI/NFATC in consultation with NEA develop a special 3-5 day course on "Leading Diverse Teams in Conflict Zones" for senior and FS-01 officers assigned to Team Leader positions in Provincial Reconstru [...] | 2009-03-19 10:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER IZ |
09BAGHDAD758 | BRINGING IT BACK HOME; AN IRAQI BUSINESS RETURNS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent meeting with an Iraqi owned electrical equipment manufacturer which re-opened in 2008, the owners expressed optimism for 2009 and made special mention of plans to expand their business with a self funded 4 Million USD manufacturing facility. While noting that gross [...] | 2009-03-19 12:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND IZ |
09BAGHDAD759 | SALAH AD DIN: YUNIS BA'ATH FACTION SEEKS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Men purporting to represent the Muhammad Yunis Ahmed (MYA) faction of the Ba'ath Party (BP) told Coalition Forces (CF) and the PRT on March 14 that the faction wants to reconcile now, and can bring some of Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri's IAD faction along. MYA is ready to meet with a seni [...] | 2009-03-19 13:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD762 | IRANIANS RECEIVE WARY WELCOME IN IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: Plane-loads of Iranian officials have arrived in Iraq recently to tout economic relations, take pilgrimages to religious shrines and confer with their Iraqi counterparts, some of whom welcome the diplomatic overtures while others are less than enthusiastic about associating with [...] | 2009-03-19 14:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR PGOV IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD763 | AFTER THE AWAKENING: TRIBES AS GOVERNMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sahwa's success at helping beat back Al-Qaida and associated extremists led to its first-place finish in Anbar Province's January provincial election. Winners now move, amid high expectations, from electoral victory into governing. Fallujah-area tribal sheikhs, including the pro [...] | 2009-03-19 14:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL PINR KDEM |
09BAGHDAD766 | FINANCE MINISTER JABR ON BUDGET, SONS OF IRAQ, AND [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance Bayan Jabr on March 19 told EMIN that the government has not yet decided whether to acquiesce with the changes that parliament included in the 2009 budget or to insist that the Council of Representatives (CoR) approve additional expenditures. The Council of Mi [...] | 2009-03-19 17:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EAIR ETRD IZ |
09BAGHDAD768 | IRANIAN VISITORS AND DEVELOPERS WORRY BASRAWIS [...] (S/NF) One year after militias supported by Iran were routed in the Charge of the Knights operation, Basra residents continue to be worried about Iranian influence over national politics and local security. In separate meetings with Senior Advisor Gordon Gray, held March 17-18, tribal and Ira [...] | 2009-03-20 14:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PBTS IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD769 | Guidelines for PRT and MND/BCT Engagement with Newly [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; handle accordingly. Not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: This message provides guidelines for PRT and MND/BCT engagement with newly elected provincial officials. This guidance is being issued to assist PRT and MND/BCT pe [...] | 2009-03-21 07:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM KCOR IZ |
09BAGHDAD77 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: GEO PREPARES FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: PRT Salah Ad Din (SaD) and local Coalition Forces (CF) met recently with the SaD Governorate Elections Officer (GEO) to discuss preparations for upcoming provincial elections. The GEO detailed the procedure for holding electi [...] | 2009-01-12 13:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD770 | ERBIL RRT: KURDISTAN REGIONAL POLITICS THROUGH THE EYES OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Students in the Kurdistan Region (KR) uniformly stress that the Democratic Party of Kurdistan (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) dominate both the political and private spheres of the KR. But their opinions differ on whether these political parties have advanced th [...] | 2009-03-21 07:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IZ SOCI |
09BAGHDAD773 | RSO MEETING WITH KRG MINISTER OF INTERIOR [...] (S/NF) Summary: On 03/17/2009, the RSO met with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Interior to extend courtesies, apprise him on the status of Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) training, and discuss possible recruitment/probes by the Asayesh (Kurdish Security Service) on Peshmerga c [...] | 2009-03-21 13:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | AMGT ASEC IZ PTER |
09BAGHDAD774 | RRT ERBIL: KURDISH PUBLIC SYMPATHETIC TO PKK [...] (U) This is an Erbil Regional Reconstruction Team cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Even those Iraqi Kurds who disagree with the Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) methods find it emotionally difficult to separate the PKK cause from the larger struggle for Kurdish rights and the hope for Kurdish un [...] | 2009-03-22 07:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR SY TU XF IZ |
09BAGHDAD775 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: PC JOCKEYING ATTEMPTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sources told the PRT that many members of the new Salah ad Din (SaD) Provincial Council (PC) met on March 15 to form a coalition called "Fortress Salah ad Din." The coalition aims to prevent current Deputy Governor Abdullah Hussein Jebara or any Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP)/Tawafuq [...] | 2009-03-22 07:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD778 | RRT Erbil: Nawshirwan Mustafa on Free Press, Elections [...] (SBU) During a March 17 visit to Sulaimaniyah, legendary Peshmerga commander and Talabani political rival Nawshirwan Mustafa gave RRT officers an impromptu tour of his Kurdistan News Network (KNN),the Region's first private TV station. KNN is finishing its test broadcast phase and will soon g [...] | 2009-03-22 08:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD787 | POTENTIAL ISSUES WITH KRG ELECTIONS: USG SHOULD [...] (C) Summary: Elections for the 111-member Kurdish parliament are planned for May 19. These elections are not likely to be a potential flashpoint in Kurd-Arab tensions. That said, the Kurdish elections are important to U.S. interests. How they are conducted, both in terms of meeting (or not [...] | 2009-03-23 07:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD788 | KURDISH PRESS IN POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's (PUK) internal power-sharing negotiations (Ref A, B, C) have generated a plethora of wildly inconsistent press reports about upcoming KRG elections as well as the negotiations themselves. Parliamentary recess combined with Kurdish New Year's and [...] | 2009-03-23 07:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD789 | DA'WA TANZIM CLAIMS MALIKI IS TARGETING CORRUPT [...] (C) Summary. During a series of recent meetings, Da'wa Tanzim members of parliament said that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is investigating high-ranking Iraqi officials involved with violence and corruption and voiced concern over a lingering threat from Ba'thists who seek to return to power. [...] | 2009-03-23 07:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD791 | CDA, CG AND PM DISCUSS EVOLVING SECURITY CONCERNS, [...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on March 19, Charge d' Affaires (CDA) Butenis and Commanding General MNC-I Lieutenant General (LTG) Austin discussed evolving security concerns, politics surrounding the budget, efforts to capture former Sons of Iraq (SOI) leader Ad [...] | 2009-03-23 09:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER IZ EPET EFIN |
09BAGHDAD793 | RSO MEETING WITH KRG ZEREVANI COMMANDER [...] (SBU) Summary: On 03/19/2009, the RSO met with the Commanding General of the Zerevani (Peshmerga),Major General Aziz Wayse, to extend courtesies and discuss further specifics regarding Antiterrorism Assistance Training and the integration of Zerevani forces into RSO's protective security oper [...] | 2009-03-23 09:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD796 | ERBIL RRT: KURDISTAN REGION TALKS ABOUT CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Perceptions of widespread government corruption are common in the Kurdistan Region (KR). The dominant role that the two major parties play in the political and economic life of the KR is believed to encourage corruption and act as an impediment to reform. Domestic and internatio [...] | 2009-03-23 13:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV SOCI ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD797 | ICRC PRESIDENT DISCUSSES SECURITY, DETAINEES, MEK [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Iraq for the first time since May 2003, ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger praised relations with the Embassy and Multinational Forces-Iraq (MNF-I) in a meeting with the Charg and MNF-I CG Odierno on March 17. Kellenberger noted that ICRC is involved in many protection [...] | 2009-03-23 13:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KREF KJUS IO IZ |
09BAGHDAD799 | DIWANIYAH: COALITION-BUILDING REMAINS STYMIED, [...] (C) Summary: Impatience appears to be growing that Diwaniyah's new Provincial Council (PC) has not been seated. The composition of the eventual ruling coalition and the identity of the new governor remain highly uncertain due to a lack of clear signals from Baghdad, coupled with continued in [...] | 2009-03-23 14:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD80 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR RETURNS TO [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following a successful last-minute appeal of his disqualification from provincial elections on de-Ba'athification grounds, Salah ad Din (SaD) Deputy Governor Abdullah Hussein Mohammed Jebara is now on the ballot for provincial [...] | 2009-01-12 15:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD804 | MALIKI'S CALL FOR "RECONCILIATION" STIRS BA'THIST [...] (C) Summary. Rivals of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki are using his recent call for "national reconciliation" to score political points by portraying him as soft on the loathed Ba'th Party. As a consequence, Maliki's office has been on the defensive, clarifying that the government distinguishes [...] | 2009-03-24 11:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD805 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...] | 2009-03-24 11:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD807 | ISCI WORRIED ABOUT SADRISTS, RECRIMINATIONS IN FAR [...] (C) ISCI/Badr provincial leaders in the far south (Basra, DhiQar, Muthanna) expect Da'wa/State of Law and its coalition partners to target ISCI/Badr members for removal from key positions in provincial ministry offices and the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). The potential re-entry of Sadrists i [...] | 2009-03-24 12:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD808 | NAJAF: ISCI BOXED OUT AS COALITION-BUILDING [...] (C) Summary: The provincial election results mark the end of one-party Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) domination in Najaf and will usher in a power-sharing coalition in one of southern Iraq's most religiously and politically important provinces. ISCI's Shahid al-Mihrab list and Prim [...] | 2009-03-24 13:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD811 | KRG & GOI PRIME MINISTERS AGREE TO RE-START [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish Regional Government Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani (Massoud's nephew) agreed with Prime Minister Maliki during their meeting in Baghdad on March 24 to reduce tensions between the central and Kurdish region governments. Barzani told us after that meeting that he and Ma [...] | 2009-03-25 09:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD815 | IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES TURKISH VISIT, COMBATING [...] (S) Summary: At the April 22 National Security Council meeting, Prime Minister Maliki warned security agencies against complacency in the fight against violence, and said he would visit key provinces to meet with local leaders, including Basrah, Ninewa and Diyala. He expressed concern that al [...] | 2009-03-25 15:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR SA IZ |
09BAGHDAD816 | PRT KIRKUK: FAILURE TO PRIVATIZE LAYLAN CEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Laylan Cement Factory, a State Owned Enterprise Joint Venture (SOE JV)recently lost its contract with the GOI Ministry of Industry and Materials (MoIM). GOI officials cited of lack performance and inability to meet contractual obligations for terminating the relationship wi [...] | 2009-03-25 15:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD82 | U.S. AND IRAQ CONDUCT INAUGURAL MEETING OF [...] (C) Summary. On January 8, 2009, the United States and the Republic of Iraq conducted the first meeting of the Joint Military Operations Coordinating Committee (JMOCC) established under the new U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement (SA). The Iraqi delegates proved enthusiastic but had failed to resolv [...] | 2009-01-13 06:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR MASS PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD828 | ANTI-CORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) Per a March 17 letter to the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) from the head of the Commission on Integrity (COI),Judge Rahim Al-Ugaili, the GOI has submitted a formal request to join the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative, jointly sponsored by the UNODC and the World Bank. This [...] | 2009-03-27 09:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD83 | SHIA PARTIES FACE ISSUE-BASED FISSURES BEFORE [...] (C) Shia political parties, especially ISCI and Da'wa, are engaged in ideological and policy-based battles among themselves that might foreshadow a permanent split of the Shia electoral alliance at the national level, according to numerous meetings with our Shia contacts in Baghdad. These ba [...] | 2009-01-13 12:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KISL IZ |
09BAGHDAD831 | KURDISH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RULES ON UPCOMING [...] (SBU) According to contacts at UNAMI, on 25 March the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) adopted a number of amendments to the electoral law for the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly. KRG President Barzani is expected to sign the bill shortly, and we do not anticipate challenges. These amend [...] | 2009-03-27 12:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV |
09BAGHDAD832 | LEAVING FALLUJAH -- AND ANBAR: "TIME TO TEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The last Marine departed the symbolic city of Fallujah -- twice the scene in 2004 of the Iraq war's most intense fighting -- on March 3, 2009. In a series of recent discussions, a diverse cross-section of Fallujah residents (a shopkeeper, an Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) official, tw [...] | 2009-03-27 12:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD836 | COORDINATION, CAPACITY AND BUDGET, MISSING IN GOI [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Iraq's (GOI) efforts to support returns of internally displaced persons and refugees suffer from a chronic lack of coordination, capacity and resources. The GOI cut the Ministry of Displacement and Migration's (MODM) budget for benefits to the displaced by 80 [...] | 2009-03-27 14:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD84 | OIL MINISTER ON BID ROUNDS, KRG RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 4 meeting with EMIN, Oil Minister Shahristani stated that the MoO will add 250,000 barrels of oil production over 2009 through additional capacity and KRG oil exports. He said that the fields offered in the first bid round, opened on October 13, 2008, and the fields [...] | 2009-01-13 13:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EPET ENRG SENV EINV PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD840 | MEK DEFECTOR GOES TO TURKEY DUE TO LIMITED ICRC [...] (S/NF) Summary: Frustrated at the restrictive support provided to him in Iraq and afraid of returning to Iran, one of the two current Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) defectors has moved to Istanbul. ICRC met regularly with the defectors (most recently on March 12) and offered to assist them to ret [...] | 2009-03-28 15:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM KREF IO IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD842 | IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. TRILATERAL DIALOGUE WORKING GROUP [...] (C) The Iraq-Turkey-U.S. trilateral security dialogue working group met on March 26 and agreed on an agenda for the Ministerial-level meeting proposed for Baghdad on April 11: Â [...] | 2009-03-29 07:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD844 | NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION TAKES TWO STEPS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 27, the Council of Ministers approved Deputy Minister of Industry Sami Al-Araji as the new chairman of the National Investment Commission (NIC). The Council of Representatives (COR) must still confirm the appointment. Al-Araji has strong connections, experience, and a [...] | 2009-03-29 07:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD845 | PRT DIYALA: POTENTIAL NEW PC ALLIANCES CROSSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Coalition negotiations in Diyala province remain fluid and inconclusive. After weeks of behind-the-scenes talks, two major blocs are forming; both cross traditional ethnic and sectarian divisions. The first bloc is comprised of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP)-dominated Tawafuq coa [...] | 2009-03-29 08:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD847 | CG, CDA AND PM DISCUSS FOREIGN VISITS, SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-29 10:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER IZ EPET EFIN |
09BAGHDAD85 | IRAQ PROVIDES ADDITIONAL ASSURANCE TO ALLOW ACCESS [...] (S) The Government of Iraq (GOI) provided written security and humane treatment assurances for the transfer of four Iraqi detainees from Guantanamo, Cuba January 7 (REF A). Mr. Hussain Al-Asady, Director of the Prime Minister's National Operation Center, who had signed the assurances with aut [...] | 2009-01-13 13:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US |
09BAGHDAD856 | OIL MINISTER HANGS IN THERE, BUT REFORMS NEEDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Cabinet has received recommendations from the "oil policy symposium" called by DPM Barham Salih to reform management of the petroleum sector, but postponed any decision until the week of March 29. In the meantime, the Ministry of Oil (MoO) continues the bid round proce [...] | 2009-03-30 08:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EPET ENRG PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD857 | IRAQ'S PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: AN IRAQI SHOW, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Although the GOI was in the lead on the successful January provincial elections, U.S. assistance greatly facilitated the elections logistically and helped the GOI to conduct the voting in a manner approximating international norms. Our support for the Iraqi provincial election [...] | 2009-03-30 09:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD858 | PRT NINEWA: SINJAR PARTY BOSS AND THE PARADE OF [...] (C) Summary. A crowd of 300 Sinjar residents under the choreography of KDP Branch Chairman Serbast Turwanishi pressed for the integration of Sinjar district into the Kurdistan Region on March 26. Speaker after speaker insisted that if Sinjar reverted to Arab control following the departure [...] | 2009-03-30 09:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD859 | IRAQ 201: KURDISH POLITICAL LANDSCAPE [...] (C) Summary. The Kurdish political landscape is mostly about the delicate balance maintained by the two dominant secular parties - the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). Changes in leadership for either party set off a game of musical chairs for Kur [...] | 2009-03-30 09:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD860 | ARREST OF "SONS OF IRAQ" LEADER LEADS TO FIGHTING [...] (S) SUMMARY: The March 28 arrest of a prominent "Sons of Iraq" (SOI) leader, Adil al-Mashadani, in the Fadhil neighborhood of central Baghdad led to fighting between Iraqi Army units and SOI forces. U.S. military advisor units participated in the Iraqi Army operation. The incident increase [...] | 2009-03-30 11:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD861 | GLOBAL INTEGRITY LOOKS AT THE POSITIVE ELEMENTS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: When discussing anti-corruption efforts with Iraqi officials, they frequently refer to the 2008 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (CPI),rating Iraq as tied for second with Myanmar for the most corrupt country, as an unfair and unrealistic representation o [...] | 2009-03-30 12:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD871 | MUTHANNA INTEGRITY COMMISSION: A TOOTHLESS TIGER [...] This is a Muthanna PRT reporting cable 2. (C) Summary: Muthanna PRT Team Leader met with the province's Commission on Public Integrity (CPI) representative to better understand that organization's function, limitations and track record. This group has been largely ineffective due to a la [...] | 2009-03-30 14:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EFIN IZ |
09BAGHDAD872 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: FIRST JUDICIAL CONFERENCE SINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 12 - 14, the Salah ad Din (SAD) judiciary held its first conference since 1999. The conference enhanced esprit de corps and exchange of information among the judges, and helped facilitate improved relations between the judiciary and police. The Iraqis gladly gave up [...] | 2009-03-30 14:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD873 | RRT ERBIL: KURDISTAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIES ELECTIONS LAW A [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 25, the Kurdistan Regional Parliament ratified the Kurdistan election law for the second time. The bill is expected to be signed into law shortly with no challenges. IHEC will continue to be the election supervision authority, and irregularities will be decided by a co [...] | 2009-03-30 15:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD880 | IRAQ 201: CENTRALIZATION AND POWER-SHARING -- A [...] (C) Summary. Conflicting visions of the role of the state are increasing divisions among Iraqis, and have become a catalyst for political realignment at the national level. Most Sunni and Shi'a Arabs are inclined toward a strong central state, especially for the purpose of maintaining a unifi [...] | 2009-03-31 08:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD882 | IRAQ LACKS CAPACITY FOR OIL TRUST FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: A common mechanism to manage revenue from natural resources is the establishment of a form of natural resources fund, such as an "oil trust fund." However, Iraq currently does not have the resources or capacity to establish such a stabilization fund. The Government of Iraq's (G [...] | 2009-03-31 10:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD883 | THE GROWTH OF IRAQ'S HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER AND HER [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Human Rights has grown into a stronger and more independent ministry under the leadership of Minister Wijdan Salim, particularly during the last year. In her almost three years as minister, Salim has increased the capacity of her staff, giving them the resource [...] | 2009-03-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD884 | DETAINEE RELEASES: BALANCING SECURITY WITH [...] (S) Summary: Aside from its compelling humanitarian aspects, the detainee issues continues to be a serious obstacle hindering nation-wide political accommodation. The GOI has a legitimate interest in safeguarding its citizens and establishing control throughout the country's cities and rur [...] | 2009-03-31 11:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM KJUS PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD885 | IN SUNNI PROVINCES, NO MAJOR REACTIONS YET TO SOI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent arrest of Sahwa/Sons of Iraq (Awakening/SOI) leader Adel Al Mashhadani and the subsequent violence in the Fadhil section of Baghdad has not yet raised strong concerns from other SOI leaders and members, or from other Sunni Arab leaders outside of Baghdad. In one hopef [...] | 2009-03-31 12:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD887 | IRAQ 201: CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: For more than three years an issue hovering in the back of the political debates in Iraq is that of amending the Iraqi constitution that had been ratified in late 2005. Contentious issues such as hydrocarbons revenue sharing, federalism, and the status of Kirkuk and other disp [...] | 2009-04-01 10:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD892 | Armenian Community Clings to Independence in Kirkuk. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 11 PRT Kirkuk visited leaders of the Armenian community at their headquarters in Kirkuk City. The 93 Armenian families in Kirkuk (520 people) are the remnants of the Armenians that fled persecution in Turkey between 1915 and 1918. While the Armenian population has drop [...] | 2009-04-01 11:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ AM |
09BAGHDAD898 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: TUZ KHURMATO: THREE VERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 26, Poloffs and PRT and CF staff met with representatives from each of the three main ethnic groups in the Tuz Khurmato district of Salah ad Din (SaD): Turkmen, Sunni Arabs, and Kurds. The United Nations (UN) views Tuz as one of the areas with Disputed Internal Boundari [...] | 2009-04-01 12:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PTER PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD899 | SOI OUTSIDE BAGHDAD WANT TO SEE THE MONEY, LESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sahwa/Sons of Iraq (SOI) and Sunni Arab contacts outside of Baghdad have not voiced major interest in the weekend arrest of local SOI leader Adel Al Mashhadani in the Fadhil neighborhood of Baghdad (ref B). In discussions with PRTs and Coalition Forces (CF) in the majority Sunn [...] | 2009-04-01 12:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD90 | PROSPECTS FOR IRAQI NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION AND [...] (C) Summary: Iraq sits on top of the world's tenth largest natural gas reserves. The vast majority of the gas is associated gas suspended in oil reservoirs and separates as the oil is produced; while some of this associated gas is captured for use in power generation and domestic production, [...] | 2009-01-13 15:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD91 | MFA READOUT OF PM MALIKI'S VISITS TO TEHRAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Maliki was warmly received during his January 3-5 visit to Tehran, in sharp contrast to his last trip in June, which was soured by belligerent Iranian opposition to the SOFA negotiations. According to a senior MFA official who accompanied Maliki, the visit focuse [...] | 2009-01-14 06:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD910 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: MOI HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 24 meeting, Idris Ahmed Khalaf, Deputy Chief of the Salah ad Din (SaD) Office of Human Rights, told the PRT that overall conditions in Ministry of the Interior (MOI) Detention facilities have "marginally" improved but are still severely overcrowded. Idris said that al [...] | 2009-04-02 07:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD911 | FINANCE MINISTER ON GE PAYMENTS, SONS OF IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary. Finance Minister Bayan Jabr told EMIN on March 30 that he had directed Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) to make $400 million in loan proceeds available to the Minister of Electricity to pay some of the $580M arrearage due to General Electric (GE) on March 29 Jabr further discussed his [...] | 2009-04-02 07:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD912 | LIKELY REACTIONS TO UNAMI'S DIBS REPORTS AND [...] (C) Summary: Likely reactions to the release by UNAMI of its reports on the Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs) areas in mid-April, absent diplomatic intervention by us, will range from public outrage to suspicious dismissal to private relief. In our recent, very light conversationswith Kurd [...] | 2009-04-02 11:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD918 | SENIOR GOI FIGURE REPORTS CHILLY IRAQ-KUWAIT [...] (C) During an April 1 meeting, Dr. Tariq Najm Abdullah, Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Maliki, told the Charge that PM Maliki had held a chilly bilateral meeting with Sheikh Sabah, the Amir of Kuwait, on the margins of the Doha Arab League Summit. According to Dr. Tariq, the Kuwaitis linked [...] | 2009-04-02 15:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD92 | NINEWA: IHEC SAYS IDP VOTING MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: The Ninewa Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) representative, Abdel Khaleq al-Dabbagh, said he foresees Election Day complications, including possible voting disruptions, due to unresolved issues surrounding Ninewa IDPs who now reside in the KRG. Dabbagh claimed that N [...] | 2009-01-14 08:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD921 | IRAQ 201: TURKEY'S INTERESTS AND INFLUENCE IN IRAQ [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The relationship between the Governments of Iraq and Turkey has improved substantially in the last one and a half years, though it remains fraught with long-standing differences. Ongoing areas of concern include KGK/PKK terrorists in northern Iraq; Kurdish demands to control K [...] | 2009-04-05 07:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PMIL MOPS TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD929 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: TRANSPORTATION OF CRUDE OIL VIA [...] This is a joint reporting cable from PRT Salah ad Din and PRT Anbar. 2. (C) SUMMARY: PRT and MND-N representatives called on Dr. Ali M. Al-Obaidi and Iraqi Railroad officials at the Bayji Refinery on 19 March to discuss issues related to the movement of crude oil from Salah ad Din Province [...] | 2009-04-05 09:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON EPET PGOV ELTN IZ |
09BAGHDAD931 | IRAQIS STILL THIRSTY FOR TURKISH WATER AFTER [...] (C) Summary: GoI contacts are pleased with Turkish President Gul,s visit to Iraq last week. They described a trust and warmth between the two countries not known for years. However, differences remain over Iraq,s desire for an increased flow of water from the Tigris and Euphrates. In the a [...] | 2009-04-05 11:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MOPS TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD933 | BAGHDAD U.: STUDENTS TALK POLITICS, OFFER BLUNT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloffs met for two hours on April 2 at Baghdad University with eight professors, the acting president, and approximately 120 students from the political science college. The group offered frank views about the U.S. decision to invade Iraq, what had happened in the country sinc [...] | 2009-04-06 07:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO |
09BAGHDAD934 | COALITION DRAWDOWN DEMONSTRATES IRAQ,S MIXED [...] (C) Coalition Forces, once representative of 39 countries participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom, have now mostly departed Iraq, indicative of significant improvements in Iraq's security environment and Iraq's own recognition of its sovereignty. Coalition members provided varying degrees of [...] | 2009-04-06 09:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN UK |
09BAGHDAD937 | FM ZEBARI PESSIMISTIC ON IRAQ-KUWAIT RELATIONS [...] (C) Iraq-Kuwait relations are stuck following what appears to have been a difficult bilateral on the margins of last week's Arab League Summit in Doha. FM Zebari, in an April 4 meeting with PMIN, recounted a tense exchange between PM Maliki and Kuwaiti Amir al-Sabah: Maliki refused to commit [...] | 2009-04-06 10:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD938 | FM ZEBARI ON PROPOSED APRIL 26 GCC3 MEETING IN [...] (C) This message contains an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Foreign Minister Zebari confirmed to PMIN April 4 Iraq's intention to host a one-day GCC 3 Ministerial in Baghdad on April 26, as proposed in Zebari's April 2 letter to Secretary Clinton (reftel). Zebari said the date [...] | 2009-04-06 10:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GCC IZ |
09BAGHDAD939 | SYRIAN FM MU'ALLIM'S VISIT TO BAGHDAD: SECURITY IS [...] (S) Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mu'allim became the latest high-level visitor to Baghdad March 25-26, following on the heels of Turkish President Gul's visit the day before (Ref A). (Note: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas subsequently visited Baghdad April 5.) During the two-day visit, [...] | 2009-04-06 13:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS IZ SY |
09BAGHDAD946 | PRT NINEWA: IN RABIYA DID ABDULLAH A STATELY [...] (C) Summary: Sheikh Abdullah Hamedi Ajil al-Yawer al-Shammari has parlayed control of the Rabiya port of entry, large tracts of irrigated farmland, and a close relationship with Coalition Forces (CF) into a strong position in the incoming Ninewa Provincial Council and administration. His rel [...] | 2009-04-07 07:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD947 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...] | 2009-04-07 07:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD951 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...] | 2009-04-07 11:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD952 | PM DISCUSSES SECURITY, SONS OF IRAQ, ANBAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 11:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER IZ EPET EFIN |
09BAGHDAD953 | SECOND MEETING OF ECONOMIC AND ENERGY JOINT COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih and EMIN Ambassador Marc Wall co-chaired the second Economic and Energy Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) under the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) on March 31. This follows the initial kick-off meeting held on February 12. Th [...] | 2009-04-07 11:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EINV ENRG ETRD PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD954 | DHI QAR: AT LAST, A COALITION [...] (SBU) After long negotiations, representatives of the Dhi Qar branches of the Da'wa/State of Law, National Reform Trend, and the Sadrist Free and Independent People's Trend parties jointly announced they had formed a coalition in the provincial council (PC),dubbed the "Coalition for Dhi Qa [...] | 2009-04-07 12:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD955 | Shell Moves Forward on Southern Flared Gas Project [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the media trumpeted news of the September 22, 2008, signing ceremony to end flaring of associated natural gas from southern oil fields, Shell and the South Gas Company only signed a heads of agreement commitment to form a joint venture to execute the 25-year project. S [...] | 2009-04-07 13:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EAID EINV PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD958 | ABU MAZEN COMES TO BAGHDAD - FINALLY [...] (U) After repeated delays caused by conflicting schedules, the Gaza crisis, and most recently a press leak, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) visited Baghdad April 5 -- his first as President of the Palestinian Authority and the first by a Palestinian leader since the 2003 fall of Saddam. During the [...] | 2009-04-08 07:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KPAL |
09BAGHDAD959 | IRAQI MARSHES STRUGGLING TO MAKE A COMEBACK (PART [...] (SBU) Iraq's marshes have been in trouble for a long time. Considering the marshes to be a waste of land and a breeding ground for mosquitoes, early British plans called for the near complete drying out of the marshes. By 1990, the marsh area had already been reduced by 50%. Saddam greatly [...] | 2009-04-08 07:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID SOCI SENV EWWT KGHG IZ |
09BAGHDAD960 | WHO'S WHO IN MARSHLAND RESTORATION (PART 2 OF 2) [...] (SBU) Marsh restoration is a nexus of delicate political, economic, and cultural issues, spanning three provinces and 12 Iraqi ministries. While only a few tens of thousands of Iraqis still lived in the marshes area in early 2003, estimates are that over 150,000 people have returned, with man [...] | 2009-04-08 07:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID SOCI SENV EWWT KGHG IZ |
09BAGHDAD961 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-04-08 07:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD963 | UNAMI'S DIBS REPORT ROLLOUT STRATEGY: SRSG DE [...] (C) In an April 6 meeting with Charge and poloffs, SRSG De Mistura laid out his strategy and the specific steps he intends to take in the next ten days to roll out UNAMI's Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs) reports. De Mistura and his team have thought through possible reactions and strate [...] | 2009-04-08 08:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD964 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...] | 2009-04-08 08:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD965 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-04-08 08:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD967 | ANTI-CORRUPTION CONSULTATIONS IN DIYALA PROVINCE [...] (C) During a recent visit to Ba'aquba, capital of Diyala province, the Anti-Corruption Coordinator and staff (ACCO) attended a PRT/USAID-organized workshop for the recently elected provincial council members, giving a presentation on ways of combatting corruption at the provincial and local le [...] | 2009-04-08 10:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR IZ |
09BAGHDAD968 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...] | 2009-04-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD969 | IMPROVING COORDINATION: SCIENTIAL GLOBAL STUDY ON [...] Summary: The recently completed assessment of U.S. capacity development (CD) programs in Iraq by the independent consultant Scientia Global, Inc. calls for stronger coordination among the ministerial advisors, a comprehensive strategic framework, metrics for measuring progress, support for su [...] | 2009-04-08 13:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ ECON PGOV PREL EAID |
09BAGHDAD970 | IRAQ TO OFFER (ANOTHER) ROUND OF JOINT VENTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraqi Minister of Industry and Minerals Fawzi Hariri recently announced a third round of Joint Venture (JV) opportunities in Iraq's state owned enterprises (SOE) (Reftel A). The current bid round will include 15 SOEs, representing the construction, engineering, chemical-petroleu [...] | 2009-04-08 14:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD972 | IRAQI MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: Iraqi media outlets called President Obama's April 7, 2009, visit to Baghdad an opportunity to stress the significance of the next 18 months leading to the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq and to reaffirm his commitment to implement the U.S.-Iraq Security and Strategic F [...] | 2009-04-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ |
09BAGHDAD976 | THREE KEY US-IRAQ AGREEMENTS STILL UNRATIFIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI and the USG signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA),an OPIC Investor Incentive Agreement (IIA),and a Bilateral Assistance Agreement (BAA) in 2005, but all three remain unratified. These agreements would bolster US efforts to expand trade and investment a [...] | 2009-04-09 06:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINV PREL ETRD PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD979 | ISCI SEEKS TO REFINE IMAGE, TOYS WITH MORE DRASTIC [...] (C) Summary. The Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) is seeking to refine its public message away from religious themes and regionalism to regain lost political ground. Our recent meetings with ISCI officials indicate the party will continue to support good ties with the U.S. and remain in [...] | 2009-04-09 07:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD980 | RRT ERBIL: KRG: LAST DIVIDED MINISTRIES MERGE [...] (C) Summary. On April 6, the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament voted to approve the merger of the ministries of Finance, Interior and Peshmerga affairs, heretofore separated into KDP and PUK ministries, and to swear in the new Deputy Prime Minister, Emad Ahmad Sayfor (PUK). The merger completes a p [...] | 2009-04-09 11:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD981 | POLICE DISRUPT DIYALA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL INAUGURAL [...] SUMMARY (C) Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP)/Tawafuq leaders in Diyala report that the GOI attempted to arrest three of its newly elected Provincial Council (PC) members on April 6, at a meeting to elect the new Diyala governor. There are unconfirmed reports of a fourth warrant. The operation was c [...] | 2009-04-09 12:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD986 | GOI BUDGET - DRAMA WINDS DOWN, MORE TO FOLLOW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Iraq (GOI) 2009 budget is now on its way to be published in the Official Gazette and become the official GOI budget for 2009. The budget reflects changes passed by the Council of Representatives (CoR) on the budget: expenditures down to USD 58.6 billion; reven [...] | 2009-04-09 15:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD987 | OIL MINISTER COMPLACENT ABOUT UPSTREAM PRODUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 7 meeting with EMIN, Oil Minister Husayn al-Shahristani appeared unruffled by the February 27-March 1 Oil Policy Symposium and instead highlighted some of the recommendations likely to benefit the Oil Ministry. He detailed the Ministry's current efforts to expand [...] | 2009-04-09 16:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PREL IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD990 | WHO IS BEHIND LGBT PERSECUTION IN IRAQ? [...] (C) The London-based Iraqi LGBT (Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender) organization's March 30 claim that the GOI planned to execute over 100 gay men in the near future has sparked a storm of protest from gay rights activists around the world. Post has rigorously investigated the Iraqi LGBT cla [...] | 2009-04-10 15:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD991 | RRT ERBIL: MND-N MG CASLEN MEETING WITH KRG PRIME [...] (C) Summary: MND-N MG Caslen met with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani on March 31 to discuss political and military tensions in Kirkuk and Mosul, to assure the KRG of U.S. efforts in creating a climate of trust and to resolve conflicts between the Iraqi Ar [...] | 2009-04-10 15:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IZ IR TU |
09BAGHDAD992 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-04-11 07:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD996 | VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT AND WATCHLIST [...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: BAGHDAD MEETING DATE: 05APR2009 CHAIR: CHARG PATRICIA BUTENIS COORDINATOR: CONOFF ANUUTINEN ATTENDEES: RSO, POL/MIL, EXEC, ECON, PAO, DHS, FBI, CONS, MNF-I (CJ9) 3. (SBU) THE COMMITTEE IS SUBMITTING INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE VISAS [...] | 2009-04-12 03:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD998 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-04-12 08:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAKU132 | HOW IRAN BUILDS INFLUENCE [...] (S) Iranian outreach activities in Azerbaijan rest on a tripod of "social engagement" organizations, including an "Iran Assistance Society"; the Baku-based Iranian Culture House and its affiliates; and the Iranian Red Crescent society, based in "Iranian Clinics" in Baku and elsewhere. Importa [...] | 2009-02-18 11:10:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL KISL ECON EAID AJ LE IZ IR |
09BAKU139 | HOW IRAN BUILDS INFLUENCE: CULTURE HOUSE AND RED [...] (S) In addition to operating generous micro-loan and financial grant programs (Ref A),Iran builds its influence in Azerbaijan through overlapping ideological proselytizing, recruiting, network-building. and humanitarian assistance programs operating out of the Iranian Cultural House, Iranian [...] | 2009-02-20 10:44:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL KISL EAID LE IZ AJ IR |
09BAKU433 | AZERBAIJANI DEFENSE MINISTER: SEEKING STRONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 21, the Defense Minister told visiting EUCOM Commander Craddock that Azerbaijan is committed to building strong military relations with the U.S. and NATO. However, the Minister continued, Azerbaijan is under pressure from Iran, Russia and Armenia and requires greater com [...] | 2009-06-01 03:35:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ENRG ETRD PREL RS IZ TU AJ |
09BAKU745 | IRAN: ALLEGED OPPOSITION STRATEGY: DEMONSTRATIONS, [...] (S) A Baku Iran watcher contact with a wide range of energy sector, government, and Mousavi advisor contacts, briefed Iran watcher on his recent trip to Tehran and Isfahan, where he met with Moussavi advisors, influential notables, and key economic figures. He related that current opposition [...] | 2009-09-18 10:02:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV ECON ENRG PHUM KISL AJ IZ IR |
09BAKU759 | PRIVATE IRAN COMMENTS OF SISTANI, MALIKI, AND ALI [...] (S) A prominent Sh'ia cleric just returned from Iraq and Iran shared some of the Iran-related content of his recent meetings with Ayatollah Sistani, Prime Minister Maliki, and Ali Khomeini (a grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini). The cleric related that Maliki regards recent factional in-fighting [...] | 2009-09-24 07:07:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KISL PHUM AJ IZ IR |
09BAKU763 | IRAN: STEEL SECTOR OUTPUT DECLINES AMIDST PURGES; [...] (S) A Baku Iran watcher contact with a wide range of energy sector and government contacts briefed Iran watcher on his recent trip to Tehran and Isfahan, where he met with energy contacts and key economic figures. In Isfahan he met with the Chairman of Iran's biggest steel company, who told [...] | 2009-09-24 12:01:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV ECON ENRG AJ IZ IR |
09BAKU942 | HITTING THE PERSIAN POCKETBOOK: IRAN INFLATION [...] (C) The magnitude of inflation in Iran and the reliability of Iranian government inflation and income statistics are long-standing matters of dispute among Iran watchers within and without the USG. This cable attempts to clarify these issues by providing the results of an informal salary and [...] | 2009-12-08 12:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SNAR PGOV AJ IZ IR |
09BAMAKO125 | MALI: U.S. IRAQ POLICY TALKING POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 13:27:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS ML IZ |
09BANGKOK581 | THAI MFA ENCOURAGED BY U.S. MIDDLE EAST POLICY [...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of the Middle-East Division Nat Pinyowattanacheep March 6 regarding the review of U.S. policy in Iraq, including the drawdown and transformation of the U.S. force (reftel). Nat replied that the RTG found the U.S. approach encouragi [...] | 2009-03-06 10:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ TH |
09BASRAH1 | BASRA PROVINCIAL ELECTION ROADMAP [...] (C/REL MNFI) Summary: 81 political entities have registered for placement on the Basra provincial ballot, including eight coalitions and 19 independent candidates. Only eight Provincial Council members are running for re-election and many independent candidates have decided not to run, clear [...] | 2009-01-15 10:14:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BASRAH11 | THE FINAL COMPLAINTS OF BASRA GOVERNOR WA'ELI [...] (C) In a February 24 meeting with the REO, outgoing Governor Mohammed Wa'eli) characterized the State of Law coalition's victory as a surprise to everyone, including Prime Minister Maliki, and noted the fierce fighting within the coalition over the choice for governor. Wa'eli, accompanied by [...] | 2009-03-04 10:56:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BASRAH12 | BASRA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: In two separate meetings, REO discussed local Christian-minority issues with Chaldean Father Emad Aziz al-Banna. Emad, de facto leader of the Christian community in Basra, expressed great satisfaction that Christians now have a designated seat on the Provincial Council (PC). Th [...] | 2009-03-04 13:06:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KIRF IZ |
09BASRAH13 | CRACKS APPEAR IN STATE OF LAW COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Divisions are appearing within the State of Law coalition just weeks after the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) projected its overwhelming victory in Basra's provincial election (reftel). According to REO contacts, the seemingly solid "Maliki" bloc suffers from inter [...] | 2009-03-12 16:11:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BASRAH14 | BASRAH INVESTMENT COMMISSION CHALLENGES U.S. TO INVEST IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Basra Investment Commission (BIC) representatives Haider Ali Fadhel and Ihsan Abdul-Jabar Isamaael touted Basra Province's investment prospects and progress during a March 8 visit to the Basra Regional Embassy Office (REO). Haider plugged Basra Province's strategic location, inf [...] | 2009-03-20 15:28:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EWWT EPET ETRD IZ IR SY KU JO TU UK |
09BASRAH15 | BASRA: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) In March 17-19 meetings with the Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq and the Regional Embassy Office, Basra political leaders all but conceded that the next provincial government will be headed by the Da'wa-led State of Law coalition, despite attempts by opposition parties to capitalize on [...] | 2009-03-25 13:23:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ |
09BASRAH16 | BASRAH AIRPORT AIMS TO BECOME TRANSPORT, COMMERCIAL HUB [...] (SBU) Basrah International Airport (BIA) aims to play a future role in facilitating economic growth in southern Iraq, and become what Coalition and Basrah leaders hope will be a force-multiplier for hydrocarbon, services, ports, and other commercial activity. Historically under-utilized and rel [...] | 2009-04-03 13:09:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAIR ICAO ETRD IZ IR SA SY JO TU AE |
09BASRAH17 | BASRA: ONE YEAR AFTER CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. One year after the Iraqi Army (IA) routed militia groups (with US and UK military help) during Operation Charge of the Knights (CoK),Basra Province has stabilized. Continued gains in security, a boost to investment, and improvements in governance appear tantalizingly possible. V [...] | 2009-04-10 14:39:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV MARR IZ |
09BASRAH18 | BASRAH: UNITED KINGDOM HOSTS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 10:58:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV MASS EAIR EWWT UK IZ |
09BASRAH19 | BASRA EXECUTIVES ELECTED ACCORDING TO MALIKI'S PLAN [...] (C) Summary: The Basra Provincial Council (PC) elected new leadership on the evening of April 15. Although disagreements within the State of Law coalition over its gubernatorial nominee prevented an agreement during the PC's opening session, coalition members eventually agreed to follow a no [...] | 2009-04-21 17:29:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BASRAH2 | MAJOR GENERAL AZIZ CONFIDENT ABOUT SECURITY BUT ACKNOWLEDGES [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the REO Director at Iraqi Army 14th Division Headquarters, Major General Abd al-Aziz al-Dalmi expressed confidence in his security plans for election day but acknowledged the likelihood of some violence, including political assassinations and a brief period of politic [...] | 2009-01-25 14:27:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC IZ IR |
09BASRAH21 | BASRAH: NEW TWIST IN IRAN-BASED HOUSING PROJECT [...] (C) Basrah Investment Commission (BIC) advisor Ihsan Abdul-Jabar told REO that, contrary to widely held assumptions, the BIC has not submitted to Baghdad for approval a proposal for a USD 1 billion Iran-based Karman Company housing and development project in Basrah. In strictest confidence, I [...] | 2009-04-26 14:08:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ IR |
09BASRAH22 | NEW BASRA GOVERNOR SOUNDS CAUTIONARY NOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 28, new Basra Governor Dr. Shiltag Abud took the reins of power from outgoing Fadhila Governor Mohammed Wa'eli. In a ceremony that brought together members of the incoming and outgoing Provincial Councils, Shiltag sounded a cautionary note, observing that the provinc [...] | 2009-04-30 18:04:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON EINV IZ |
09BASRAH24 | TURKISH CONSULATE TO OPEN IN BASRA [...] (C) Summary: Over a REO-hosted lunch on April 19th, Turkish Consul General Ahmet Yazal announced his government's plan to open a consulate in Basra next month. The proposed consulate will be located in a temporary office until a suitable building can be constructed. The Turkish government's [...] | 2009-05-01 16:30:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BASRAH27 | BASRAH: SOUTH OIL COMPANY CHAIRMAN OUSTED [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 19, Iraq's South Oil Company (SOC) Chairman Kifah Numan was forced out of his job, and replaced by Fayadh Hassan Nima, most recently Director General (DG) of the Ministry of Oil's (MOO) Studies and Planning Directorate. Numan later told Basrah Provincial Reconstruction Te [...] | 2009-05-25 15:07:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET IZ ENRG PGOV |
09BASRAH28 | BASRA SECURITY FORCE LEADERS CAUTION US MILITARY TO KEEP LOW [...] (C) Summary: Basra Operations Commander Major General Mohammed Jawad Huwaidi complained to the PRT about the increased visibility of U.S. troops in the province. The General's grievances were echoed by his deputy and the Iraqi Army (IA) 14th Division commander, who were also present. Mohamm [...] | 2009-05-31 13:36:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINS ASEC IZ |
09BASRAH29 | BASRAH: OLD CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS ADD TO NEW PROVINCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The $201 million in GOI Accelerated Reconstruction Development Program (ARDP) funds allocated to Basra for 2009 will fall far short of the province's obligations for 2008. The new governor's decision to honor without further review the contractual obligations made by the previous [...] | 2009-05-31 15:39:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN IZ |
09BASRAH3 | ELECTORAL OFFICE DIRECTOR SPEAKS ON FAILED REGION INITIATIVE [...] (C/REL MNFI) Summary: REO met with Basra Governorate Electoral Office (GEO) Director Hazim Jodah on January 20. Jodah declared the failure of the federal region initiative and blamed Basra Governor Mohammed Wa'eli for its demise. Commenting on the elections, Jodah assessed the local security [...] | 2009-01-25 14:40:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BASRAH31 | CONOCO PHILLIPS SIZING UP OIL OPPORTUNITIES IN BASRAH [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior ConocoPhillips (CP) representatives briefed Basrah PRTOffs on their latest activities in Basrah during a May 31 visit, and indicated that they would likely bid on a number of fields in the first oil licensing round. They gave the Government of Iraq's (GOI) Ministry of Oi [...] | 2009-06-08 10:12:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ECON EAID PGOV IZ |
09BASRAH34 | PRT ENGAGES BASRAH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary. On June 3, PRT Basra met for the first time with the new Provincial Council as a group. PRT acting team leader delivered short remarks to remind Iraqis that U.S. military withdrawal does not mean U.S. withdrawal, and that the U.S. civilian presence will endure so long as the bila [...] | 2009-06-14 13:11:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ PGOV |
09BASRAH36 | BASRAH: SHELL STILL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FLARED GAS PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary. During a June 8 meeting with PRT EconOff, visiting Shell Gas and Power Vice President Mounir Bouaziz (Amcit, please protect) expressed optimism that Shell's multi-billion dollar South Gas Utilization Project would be approved within the next three months, although "there is stil [...] | 2009-06-20 14:02:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ |
09BASRAH38 | BASRA: LOCAL DISSATISFACTION GROWS IN FINAL RUN-UP TO FIRST [...] (C) Summary. In the run-up to the long-awaited and possibly historic late June-early July first round oil auctions, a growing opposition to the plan has emerged in Basra Province, where three giant oil fields are included in the first round, and state-owned South Oil Company (SOC) holds sway. [...] | 2009-06-29 17:04:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ |
09BASRAH39 | TOUR DE TABLE WITH BASRA'S SUNNI SHEIKHS AND CLERICS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 28 meeting with the Deputy Team Leader and other Basra PRT members, 14 Sunni tribal sheikhs and clerics from the districts of Basra, Abul Kasib, Al Faw, and Al Zubair, shared their views on political, security, and development issues. They voiced disenchantment with t [...] | 2009-07-04 06:54:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI IZ |
09BASRAH4 | REO REACHES OUT TO LOCAL BLACK COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: As a follow-up to the REO's December meeting with ethnically African candidates running in the Provincial Council (PC) elections, the REO visited an ethnically African neighborhood in Az Zubayr on January 14. The visit was hosted by leaders of the Iraqi Freedom Movement (IFM),a [...] | 2009-01-26 18:35:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ |
09BASRAH40 | BASRA: OMS LEADER FEARS MILITARY KILLING WILL HURT EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. Senior OMS (Office of the Martyr al-Sadr) leader Sheikh Mohammed al-Furaji expressed concerns about the June 21 killing of Ahmed Rahman Jasim, a member of Jaysh al-Mahdi, who he claims had no ties to Iranian-backed militant groups. Though the military operation that resulted in t [...] | 2009-07-06 08:40:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PINR PREL PTER IZ IR |
09BASRAH41 | BASRA: TWO AMERICAN FIRMS TO HELP BUILD MASSIVE "SPORTS [...] (U) Summary: According to local officials and media reports, the Government of Iraq (GOI) has selected two U.S. firms to design and provide engineering services for a massive new sports complex in Basra. The site is planned to be completed in preparation for the Basra-hosted 2013 Gulf Cup, an [...] | 2009-07-06 13:03:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV SOCI ELAB KPAO SCUL IZ |
09BASRAH43 | ONE BAATHIST LEADER SEEKS "GREEN LIGHT" FROM USG TO RETURN [...] (C) Summary: Awad al-Abdan, General Secretary of the Movement for the Liberation of the South, briefed PRT officials July 15 on his recent meeting in Syria with senior-ranking officials from two factions of the Baath party command. Al-Abdan met with Ahmed Younis al-Ahmed, who reportedly expr [...] | 2009-07-16 16:49:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL PINR PTER IZ SY IR |
09BASRAH44 | BASRA GOVERNOR SHILTAG SURVIVES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT [...] (C) Basra Governor Abud Shiltag escaped an attempt on his life during a visit to the electricity directorate on July 18. According the governor's head of security, Governor Shiltag was entering the directorate at around 7 p.m. when a shot rang out. His personal security detail quickly surround [...] | 2009-07-19 14:25:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL IZ IR |
09BASRAH46 | SUNNI ENDOWMENT LEADER REVEALS IIP ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C) In a August 12 meeting, Dr. Abd al-Kareem al-Khazraji, head of the Sunni Endowment for southern Iraq, provided his views on local and national issues. He gave positive marks to the current Basra Provincial Council and Sunni effectiveness within it, but criticized reconstruction efforts as [...] | 2009-08-13 14:47:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI IZ IR |
09BASRAH47 | PRT BASRA: ROUND-UP OF RECENT POLITICAL MEETINGS [...] (U) This cable provides summaries of PRT meetings held since July 13 with various Iraqi officials. These meetings have not been the subject of front-channel reporting. Complete reports of all these meetings are available by email by contacting MalloryJL@state.gov with a request for specific [...] | 2009-08-16 15:00:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER EAID SOCI PHUM IZ IR |
09BASRAH48 | BASRA GOVERNMENT FLEXES MUSCLES TO SACK MINISTERIAL DG [...] (SBU) In a first for the Basra government, the Provincial Council and Governor Shiltagh joined forces to use new Provincial Powers Law to remove a federal official from his job. Six times before, the Basra provincial government had tried to fire the managerially challenged Director General (DG [...] | 2009-09-03 08:21:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SOCI IZ |
09BASRAH49 | BASRA INTELLIGENCE CHIEF ON LOCAL AND FOREIGN THREATS [...] (C) In a September 6 meeting, Colonel Hazam, head of the Iraqi Intelligence Service's Fusion Center for the Basra region, called the special cells of Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) the biggest security threat in southern Iraq and said Baathists and other insurgent groups were infiltrating their ranks to [...] | 2009-09-10 12:15:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI IZ IR |
09BASRAH50 | BASRA INVESTMENT COMMISSION CHAIRMAN ON INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. Basra Investment Commission (BIC) Chairman Haider Ali told PRT EconOffs that many more investment licenses have been granted recently, and others are expected to follow soon. He said that at least for now, most new investors are Iraqi, and this trend could continue until the poli [...] | 2009-09-15 08:02:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ IR |
09BASRAH51 | SHEIKHS WARN MALIKI TO STEER CLEAR OF ISCI [...] (C) Several well connected sources briefed us on recent conversations with Prime Minister Maliki concerning his coalition building efforts. They have counseled Maliki to avoid alliances with ISCI, suspecting that it is behind the recent increase in violence in Iraq. They have urged the Prime [...] | 2009-09-17 09:07:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
09BASRAH52 | BASRAH: THE PORT OF UMM QASR AND AN OVERVIEW OF IRAQ'S PORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The port of Umm Qasr, Iraq's only deepwater port, with significant U.S. assistance, has made major progress in its rehabilitation since 2003, following years of wars, damage and sanctions, and must continue to play a central role if Iraq's post-war economic recovery is to be sust [...] | 2009-09-17 13:34:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EAID KSEC PREL PBTS ELTN IZ |
09BASRAH53 | BASRA JOURNALIST DISCUSSES MALIKI VISIT, JOURNALISTIC [...] (C) Summary. Local journalist and close PRT contact Majed Al-Brekan (strictly protect) dismissed Prime Minister Maliki's recent visit to Basra, ostensibly undertaken to deal with water shortages, as "entirely political," and said that that "all his promises were just talk." On the challenges [...] | 2009-09-24 06:52:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SCUL KPAO KMDR PGOV IZ |
09BASRAH54 | BASRA: A GLUM SHELL WONDERS ABOUT NEXT STEPS ON (DELAYED?) [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent visit to Basra, Royal Dutch Shell representatives told PRT EconOff that local stakeholders expressed continued strong support for its flared-gas project. However, they also expressed frustration about Shell's apparent inability to finalize the deal with the GOI a [...] | 2009-09-27 12:25:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ |
09BASRAH55 | PRT BASRA'S EID AL-FITR CELEBRATION A SYMBOLIC MILESTONE [...] This is a Basra PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Basra PRT hosted an Eid al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) event on September 23 for an estimated 130 guests from a broad swath of Basrawi society. The event took place at a new downtown Basra luxury hotel, significant itself, as it further demo [...] | 2009-10-06 07:25:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO SOCI ASEC EINV IZ |
09BASRAH56 | BASRA: BP CONFIDENT ABOUT RUMAILA OIL DEAL, PARTNERSHIP WITH [...] (U) This is a Basra PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. In an October 1 meeting with PRT Econoffs, BP Iraq Chief Operating Officer David Campbell (strictly protect) expressed confidence that BP and its China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) partner would soon finalize a contract with [...] | 2009-10-16 12:36:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EINV IZ CH |
09BASRAH57 | BASRA: THE SLUMS OF HAYYANIYAH [...] (SBU) Summary. Hayyaniyah is a poor and politically sensitive Basra city neighborhood with a history very similar to Baghdad's Sadr City. Wracked by extreme poverty, high unemployment, and an extremely dense population, the enclave of about 300,000 is largely comprised of Shi'a Marsh Arabs fr [...] | 2009-10-28 08:38:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON PREL PGOV SMIG IZ IR |
09BASRAH58 | THE VIEW FROM BASRA U: STUDENTS MOTIVATED TO VOTE FOR [...] (C) Conversations with a dozen students at Basra University's School of Law reveal strong interest in the upcoming national elections, but also fears that fraud will occur without strong oversight by international observers. All the students support an open list ballot, and the majority say [...] | 2009-11-02 11:14:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM IZ IR |
09BASRAH59 | (C) BASRA: SOUTH OIL COMPANY DIRECTOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: South Oil Company (SOC) Director General Dheyaa Jaafar told Basra Provincial Reconstruction Team and visiting Embassy Baghdad officers that a "completely different point of view" existed at SOC compared to just a few months ago, and international oil companies (IOCs) are now welcom [...] | 2009-11-05 12:58:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET ELAB PGOV IZ IR |
09BASRAH6 | STATE OF LAW COALITION BENEFITS FROM DA'WA'S APPEAL IN [...] (C) In separate meetings in Basra on February 3 with Senior Advisor Gordon Gray, local Da'wa leaders and journalists predicted that Prime Minister Maliki's State of Law list would win a majority of the 35 seats on Basra's Provincial Council. They attributed the list's success to Prime Minist [...] | 2009-02-13 09:08:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BASRAH61 | IRANIAN SOFT POWER IN BASRA: EASY TO SEE; HARD TO GAUGE [...] (C) In examining the scope and depth of Iran's influence in Basra, a nuanced picture emerges. Based on information from Basrawi and international contacts, it appears that Iranian influence here is both overt and covert, direct and indirect, welcome and unwelcome. The most visible form of Iran [...] | 2009-11-21 13:58:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETRD PTER SOCI KDEM IZ IR |
09BASRAH63 | ERA OF CLOSER COOPERATION BEGINS WITH BASRAH UNIVERSITY [...] (SBU/NF) In a December 3 meeting, Basrah University's new chancellor, Dr. Saleh Najim, reviewed the status of the province's premier academic institution and related plans to create a new university devoted solely to petroleum and mineral studies. The PRT outlined possible avenues of cooperat [...] | 2009-12-15 08:50:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC SCUL SOCI PREL PGOV IZ IR |
09BASRAH64 | BASRAH BLACK GOLD RUSH BEGINS: OIL COMPANIES FACE "DOING [...] (U) This is a Basrah PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) With the conclusion of Iraq's second oil bid round, successful bidders and oil-service firms are now increasing their presence in Basrah. Four super giant fields recently awarded at auction lie in Basrah Province - Rumai [...] | 2009-12-29 08:17:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON EINV PGOV SENV EAID IZ EWWT KCOR BTIO |
09BASRAH65 | BASRAH BLACK GOLD RUSH BEGINS: OIL COMPANIES FACE "DOING [...] (U) This is a Basrah PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) With the conclusion of Iraq's second oil bid round, successful bidders and oil-service firms are now increasing their presence in Basrah. Four super giant fields recently awarded at auction lie in Basrah Province - Rumai [...] | 2009-12-29 09:08:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON EINV PGOV SENV EAID IZ EWWT KCOR BTIO |
09BASRAH66 | STABLE SECURITY SITUATION IN BASRAH BOLSTERS CONFIDENCE IN [...] (C) The security situation in Basrah has remained stable since the April/May 2008 Charge of the Knights campaign. That operation largely rid Basrah of the militias that had turned the province into a cauldron of violence and instability. Although occasional IED and IDF attacks continue agains [...] | 2009-12-30 07:15:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV KCOR PTER PREL IZ |
09BASRAH67 | IRAQI FISHERMEN HARASSED BY IRAN AND KUWAIT [...] (C) Iraqi fishermen are bearing the brunt of conflicting claims by Iraq and its neighbors to territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. Media reports and personal accounts by fishermen, PRT members, US Navy personnel in the region, and a British naval officer familiar with the situation confirm r [...] | 2009-12-31 11:31:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EWWT ETRD PGOV EFIS PBTS IZ IR KU |
09BASRAH7 | BASRA PROVINCIAL ELECTION A SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: In a February 11 meeting with the REO, Governorate Electoral Office (GEO) Director Hazim Jodah expressed satisfaction with his staff's performance during the election and noted that representatives from various political entities had expressed similar sentiments. He praised the [...] | 2009-02-20 18:28:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BASRAH8 | LOSING POLITICAL ENTITIES CRY FOUL [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from 15 different political entities requested a ballot recount during a February 10 press conference in Basra. Among other complaints, the representatives asserted a discrepancy between the preliminary election results announced by the Independent High Electoral [...] | 2009-02-22 11:21:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BEIJING2997 | OCTOBER 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, FLU, BAGHDAD [...] Key points at the October 29 MFA press briefing: -- Efforts aimed at the rescue of the crew of the Chinese cargo ship the De Xin Hai were "underway." -- The Chinese Government would step up efforts and adjust its methods in order to deal with the spread of the flu this season. -- The ter [...] | 2009-10-29 23:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM SOCI CH PK NK UK IR IZ CA |
09BEIJING57 | DASD SEDNEY'S MEETING WITH COMMUNIST PARTY [...] (C) Vice Minister of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Department (CCID) Zhang Zhijun told Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) David Sedney December 18 that China "treasures" its relationship with the United States and considers the U.S.-China relations [...] | 2009-01-08 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS CH AF XD SO RS TW KN IZ XA |
09BEIRUT1207 | REFUGEES FACE ARBITRARY DETENTION AND A BROKEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Christians form a rapidly growing proportion of Lebanon's refugee population, according to UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representatives in Beirut. Iraqis are registering more quickly with the UNHCR, but they face bureaucratic obstacles to processing them for r [...] | 2009-11-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI SMIG EAID IZ LE |
09BEIRUT234 | LEBANON: SOME "INDEPENDENT" SHIA CONTACTS [...] (C) A number of "independent" Shia contacts have shared with us their exasperation with majority leader Saad Hariri's March 14 coalition. They say that the non-Hizballah Shia community was one of the initial supporters of the principles of March 14 -- Lebanese independence and sovereignty -- b [...] | 2009-02-26 18:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE IZ |
09BELGRADE1002 | SERBIA: MUNITIONS PLANT EXPLOSION KILLS SEVEN [...] (U) A September 3 explosion at a Serbian munitions factory killed seven. It is not yet known whether the explosion affected the portion of the factory that produces military munitions, including supplies for Iraq and Afghanistan. End Summary. Explosion Rocks Plant --------------------- [...] | 2009-09-04 14:12:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PREL IZ AF SR |
09BELGRADE1088 | SERBIA: EXPLOSION AT MUNITIONS PLANT CAUSES MINOR DELAYS IN [...] (SBU) Nebjosa Svjetlica of the Ministry of Defense's international cooperation office confirmed to us on September 15 that the September 3 explosion at the Prvi Partizan munitions plant (Ref A) would have no long-term impact on production as there was no damage to production lines or equipment [...] | 2009-09-23 08:29:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PREL IZ AF SR |
09BELGRADE172 | SERBIA: DELIVERY OF IRAQ POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 16:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL IZ SR |
09BELGRADE990 | SERBIA USES IRAQI MIGS TO SHOW ITSELF AS A TRUSTED PARTNER [...] (SBU) Serbian Minister of Defense Dragan Sutanovac has confirmed press reports that Serbia has six or seven MiG 21's and 10 MiG 23's which Yugoslavia received in 1989 from the Iraqi Government for refurbishment. According to Sutanovac, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki went public with the MiG stor [...] | 2009-09-02 11:19:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PREL IZ SR |
09BERLIN125 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, DAVOS, TURKEY-ISRAEL, FINANCE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iraqi Elections 3. Davos Global Economic Forum 4. Turkish PM Erdogan Clashes With Israel 5. Financial Markets 6. Protests in Russia  [...] | 2009-02-02 13:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM IS RS IZ TU XF |
09BERLIN1354 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, UN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iraq) New Violence 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (UN) Karadzic Trial 7. (Germany) Murder Trial Against Man Who Stabbed Muslim Woman 8. (Germany) New Coalition Agreeme [...] | 2009-10-27 13:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ IR AF UN GM |
09BERLIN1503 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-INDIA, CLIMATE, BRAZIL- [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Decision Time Approaching 3. (U.S.-India) PM Singh in Washington 4. (Copenhagen) Climate Summit 5. (Brazil-Iran) Lula-Ahmadinejad Meeting 6. (Iraq) Elections 7. (Philippines) Emergency After Killings 8. (Israel/Palestin [...] | 2009-11-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF IN KGHG BR IR IZ PH XF |
09BERLIN155 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, GUANTANAMO, MSC, ISRAEL, ECONOMY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iraqi Reconstruction 3. Fate Of Guantnamo Detainees 4. Munich Security Conference 5. Upcoming Israeli Elections 6. U.S. Economy -- Protectionism 7. Sarkozy Speech 8. Nuclear Energy 9. U.S. Healthcare Insurance 10. Vatican Controversy [...] | 2009-02-06 11:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM IZ US IS XF FR VT |
09BERLIN1566 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, IRAQ, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change: EPA on CO2 3. Terror Attacks in Iraq 4. Bosworth in North Korea 5. Afghanistan: Gates Visit 6. Mideast: EU Ministerial on Jerusalem 7. Iranian Clashes  [...] | 2009-12-09 11:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF IR KN KGHG IZ XF |
09BERLIN1571 | MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change 3. Nobel Peace Prize 4. Afghanistan 5. Iraq Terror Attacks 6. Greek Financial Crisis  [...] | 2009-12-10 13:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF NO KGHG IZ GR |
09BERLIN216 | GERMAN VIEWS ON THE FEBRUARY 23-24 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. While the Afghanistan discussion at the February 23-24 GAERC is supposed to be limited to just 30 minutes, Germany says EU foreign ministers will have a greater opportunity to address this issue at the March GAERC meeting and at a dinner on the margins of the March 19 EU Summit. [...] | 2009-02-20 20:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN XF ZL SU CE IZ AF GM |
09BERLIN217 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S FEBRUARY 7 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 7 meeting on the margins on the Munich Security Conference, Deputy Secretary Steinberg and German MFA State Secretary Silberberg discussed a wide range of issues, including Afghanistan, Russia, missile defense, Africa, and Iraq. Also participating in the meeting [...] | 2009-02-20 20:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV NATO AF RU XA IZ UP GG GM |
09BERLIN229 | GERMANS UNLIKELY TO INCREASE THEIR SUPPORT TO [...] (C) PolOff delivered ref points to Gunnar Denecke, deputy in the MFA's Defense and Security Policy Division, and (separately) Klemens Semtner, head of the Iraq Unit, on February 24. While both expressed support for NTM-I's mission, Denecke reiterated Germany's oft-heard "no boots on the groun [...] | 2009-02-24 18:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ EUN |
09BERLIN235 | STEINMEIER'S VISIT "TIMELY" AND "A SUCCESS." [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German Foreign Minister Steinmeier's February 17-18 visit to Iraq -- the first by a German FM in 22 years -- focused strictly on bilateral relations and particularly on economic and cultural ties. He was joined by three Bundestag (Parliament) members, seven business leaders, th [...] | 2009-02-25 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ EUN ECON ETRD |
09BERLIN282 | GERMANS SUPPORT NEW POLICY IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post discussed the new Iraq policy with MFA contacts who responded positively to the President's announcement and the decision to reduce U.S. troop strength in Iraq. While noting concern about future stability in Iraq, MFA reps indicated possible future German support for NTM-I. [...] | 2009-03-11 15:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ EUN ECON |
09BERLIN305 | GERMAN BUSINESSES "DUSTING OFF IRAQ FILE" [...] (C) Summary: German Cabinet level efforts to resurrect Germany's historically strong business ties with Iraq, recent political and security developments in Iraq, and declining export opportunities elsewhere have boosted German businesses' interest in re-entering the Iraqi market. In a March [...] | 2009-03-13 17:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EINV EFIN GM IZ |
09BERLIN328 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, EU SUMMIT, FED, FRANCE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. President Obama's Video Message to Iran 3. New U.S. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. EU Summit, Financial Crisis, G-20 5. Fed Policy 6. General Strike in France 7. Papal Visit to Africa 8. Iraqi Refugees in Germany  [...] | 2009-03-20 12:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR AF XG FR VT IZ |
09BERLIN336 | INDUSTRY SAYS GERMAN GOVERNMENT ADOPTING TOUGH [...] (C) Summary: German officials are exerting stronger moral pressure on industry to discourage business with Iran beyond those measures specifically stipulated in sanctions regimes, according to industry contacts. German government officials have reportedly emphasized the undesirability of L [...] | 2009-03-20 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ENRG PREL EFIN ETTC KMVP IZ IR GM |
09BERLIN34 | STEINMEIER'S OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA [...] (U) SUMMARY: A two-page open letter from German Foreign Minister Steinmeier to President-elect Barack Obama was published over the weekend of January 10-11 in Der Spiegel magazine. Steinmeier wrote that an incoming American president has never stimulated "so much hope and confidence," and he [...] | 2009-01-12 16:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSN GM MNUC NATO PGOV PREL IZ IR |
09BERLIN344 | MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMY, AFGHANISTAN, ISRAEL, IRAQ-TURKEY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. U.S. Bailout Plan 3. U.S. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. U.S. Budget Draft 5. Obama on AIG Bonuses 6. New Israeli Government 7. Turkish President Gul Visits Iraq 8. 10th Anniversary of NATO Intervention 9. Future NATO Secretary General 10. R [...] | 2009-03-24 12:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US AF IS IZ TU RS SF DA CH |
09BERLIN418 | MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISITS, CUBA, SOUTH AFRICA, PENTAGON, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Obama Visit to Turkey 3. Obama Visit Wrap Up 4. Obama Visit to Iraq 5. US Congressional Delegation in Cuba 6. Secretary Gates on Pentagon Budget 7. South Africa 8. Fujimori Trial in Peru 9. Guantanamo 10. Nuclear Weapons in Germany [...] | 2009-04-08 13:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US TU IZ CU SF PE |
09BERLIN433 | GERMANY'S ECONOMICS MINISTRY BULLISH ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Economics Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg plans to lead a large business delegation on a visit Baghdad and Erbil in early July although a precise date has not been confirmed. Econ Ministry staff told Econ Counselor that zu Guttenberg sees Iraq also as a European responsibi [...] | 2009-04-14 05:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD IZ GM |
09BERLIN485 | MEDIA REACTION: SWINE FLU, IRAQ, OBAMA, TALIBAN, CIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Outbreak of Swine Flu in Mexico 3. Secretary Clinton in Baghdad 4. President Obama's First 100 Days 5. Pakistan's Fight against the Taliban 6. CIA/Rule of Law 7. U.S.-Russian Disarmament Talks 8. Turkish Reaction to Obama Remarks on Armenia 9. [...] | 2009-04-27 13:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IZ PK SF IC |
09BERLIN777 | MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE BILL, OBAMA-MERKEL MEETING, [...] Lead Stories 2. U.S. Climate Policy 3. Chancellor Merkel In Washington 4. NATO-Russia Council 5. Iranian Protests 5. U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Iraq Lead Stories All major media led with stories on the CDU/CSU election platform. Most weekend media focused on the death of Michae [...] | 2009-06-29 12:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR RS IZ |
09BERLIN784 | MEDIA REACTION: [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Withdrawal of U.S. Forces from Iraqi Cities 3. Partial Recount of Iranian Votes 4. Honduras Coup 5. Outcome of Argentinean Elections 6. IRENA 7. Madoff Trial  [...] | 2009-06-30 13:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IZ IR HO AR |
09BERLIN918 | Iraqi Refugee Arrivals Proceeding: 866 of 2500 [...] (U) Summary: A total of 866 Iraqi refugees have arrived of the 2500 that Germany agreed to resettle under the terms of last year's European Union agreement. This is the first time that Germany has worked with the UNHCR to permanently resettle refugees directly from overseas. Iraqi refugee se [...] | 2009-07-31 14:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM IOM UNHCR IZ JO SY GM |
09BRUSSELS1053 | BELGIUM: SMALL IRANIAN PROTESTS REQUESTING U.S. [...] (U) Poloff met with three small groups of Iranians in front of the U.S. Embassy in Brussels on July 28, 29 and 31. Members of each group had immediate family inside Camp Ashraf and left Poloff with literature, which has been sent to the NEA/I desk. Their requests were for the U.S. to intervene [...] | 2009-07-31 15:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER PGOV IZ IR BE ASEC |
09BRUSSELS1344 | EU RULE OF LAW MISSION IN IRAQ: FUTURE PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials serving in the EU Rule of Law Mission for Iraq, EUJUST LEX, have assured us that they remain committed to expanding the EU's training and mentoring operations in Iraq. EUJUST LEX has developed plans to hold 18 additional training events both in Europe and in locations i [...] | 2009-10-02 15:09:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN IZ MARR MOPS PHUM PINS PREL PTER SOCI |
09BRUSSELS1527 | COUNCIL APPROVAL LIKELY FOR EUROPEAN COMMISSION [...] (SBU) According to the European Commission (EC) desk officer for Iraq, Julita Bas, the EC will recommend sending an "EU Enhanced Electoral Experts" mission (EEM) to Iraq for the January 2010 national elections, but Council (i.e., all Member States) approval will be necessary for the mission t [...] | 2009-11-13 19:03:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL EUN IZ |
09BRUSSELS1561 | EU MAKING THE "COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH" ITS [...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU's added value to international security is its ability to apply a broad range of developmental, humanitarian, civilian, and military instruments. The UN is the only other multilateral organization to do that, according to the European Commission Director for Crisis P [...] | 2009-11-20 18:30:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PREL EUN CD IZ AF SO |
09BRUSSELS1647 | US-EU OFFICIALS CONVENE ENERGY COUNCIL'S SECURITY [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar and RELEX North America Director Alan Seatter co-chaired the first meeting of the U.S.-EU Energy Council,s security and markets working group in Brussels on November 18, 2009. The meeting established when and how the work [...] | 2009-12-08 12:40:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL ECON TU IZ NI UP RU ZJ ZK XR |
09BRUSSELS727 | ACTING A/S WITTEN'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN MFA [...] (C) On May 19, PRM Acting A/S Samuel Witten met with Belgium's Director for Globalization in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Marc Gedopt, to discuss issues surrounding Iraqi refugees, asylees and displaced persons, and to urge Belgian support for efforts to facilitate the voluntary return of [...] | 2009-05-26 16:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL BE IZ |
09BRUSSELS732 | TURKEY SEEKS TO EXCLUDE IRAQI GAS FROM THE NABUCCO [...] (SBU) On May 27 Econ Officer spoke with a European Commission official involved with the Nabucco Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) negotiations, about the status of the IGA. The official was quite concerned over the state of negotiations. He said that negotiations had taken a turn for the w [...] | 2009-05-27 14:22:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN IZ TU |
09BRUSSELS768 | EU: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRAN AS AN ENTRY POINT [...] (SBU) On June 2, 2009 Econ Officer delivered reftel demarche to EU Commission officials Heinz Hilbrecht, Director for Security of Supply and Energy Markets at DG-TREN, and Brendan Devlin, Principal Administrator under Hilbrecht charged with shepherding the Nabucco Intergovernmental Agreement [...] | 2009-06-03 15:08:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN IR IZ TU |
09BRUSSELS779 | BELGIUM: PKK UPDATE [...] (S) Summary: Poloff and Polintern met with MFA Counterterrorism Coordinator Thomas Baekelandt June 4 to receive an update on the PKK (DHKP/C) in Belgium prior to Deputy CT Coordinator Schlicher's scheduled trip to Brussels June 9. Poloff and Legatt also met with Belgian Federal Police Islam E [...] | 2009-06-05 09:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | KTFN PGOV PREL PTER IZ BE |
09BRUSSELS802 | BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT'S MAY 27-28 [...] (SBU) Summary: Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht traveled to Iraq on May 27-28. While Belgium has been absent from Iraq for several years, his visit indicates a new willingness to be more active and cooperative with efforts to build security and good governance in the country. De Gucht [...] | 2009-06-09 11:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV EPET BE IZ |
09BRUSSELS854 | JUNE GAERC - GUANTANAMO, IRELAND, THE MIDDLE EAST, [...] (C) Summary: Meeting in Luxembourg on June 15, EU Foreign Ministers prepared the June 18-19 European Council summit meeting on guarantees for Ireland and financial regulation, and they addressed the Middle East, Western Balkans, and Cuba. Significantly, they announced the approval of joint US-EU jo [...] | 2009-06-19 17:11:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON EUN AF BK CU HR IR IZ MD PK |
09BRUSSELS895 | BELGIUM ON PKK AND CT COOPERATION [...] (S) Summary: Principal Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Ronald Schlicher met June 9 with Belgian CT officials to discuss PKK, Roj-TV, and wider CT cooperation; a luncheon hosted by the Charge covered additional CT themes. Ambassador Schlicher conveyed a message from Danish CT off [...] | 2009-06-30 09:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KISL PINR TU IZ BE |
09BRUSSELS976 | POTENTIAL U.S.-EU COOPERATION ON JUDICIAL TRAINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Union standing reluctance to work with the U.S. in Iraq now seems to be evolving into eagerness to cooperate. EU officials working on the EU's integrated Rule of Law mission in Iraq, EUJUST LEX, are ready to join us in providing judicial training in Iraq. After a positiv [...] | 2009-07-15 17:15:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN IZ PREL SOCI PHUM PINS |
09BRUSSELS984 | BELGIUM: REQUEST FOR TALKING POINTS ON ABU GHRAIB [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph three. 2. (C) During a July 13 meeting with MFA Director for Human Rights, France Chainaye, to discuss reftel demarche, Chainaye asked about the current status of Abu Ghraib prison and talking points the GOB can use on the treatment of pris [...] | 2009-07-17 14:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER AF IZ BE |
09BUCHAREST188 | ROMANIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY ON DEPLOYMENTS, [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with Ministry of National Defense officials, the Director General for Defense Policy discussed current thinking regarding Romania's participation in its overseas deployments, reassuring the U.S. on continuity of operations. He also raised the option of providin [...] | 2009-03-20 11:57:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV IZ AF RO |
09CAIRO1089 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' JUNE 7 MEETING WITH ARAB LG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 12:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL SY LE IZ IR SU IS EG |
09CAIRO1227 | EGYPT'S NEW AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ: SHARIF SHAHIN [...] (C) Ambassador met newly named Egyptian ambassador to Iraq, Sharif Shahin, on June 25. Shahin recently completed his first ambassadorial tour to Zambia and appeared enthusiastic about his appointment to Baghdad. His previous tours of duty included Lebanon (during the last years of the civil war and [...] | 2009-06-30 13:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EG IZ |
09CAIRO1349 | GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH EGIS CHIEF SOLIMAN [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) During a June 29 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus, Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) Chief Omar Soliman shared his views on Iraq, Iran, and ongoing efforts on Palestinian reconciliation. -- (S/NF) On Iraq, Soliman assessed that Arab leaders [...] | 2009-07-14 11:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS IR IZ KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO1350 | GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) During a June 29 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus, Minister of Defense Tantawi discussed bilateral military cooperation, counter smuggling, and Iraq. -- (S/NF) Tantawi thanked General Petraeus for opposing Congressional conditioning of U.S. assistance to Egypt a [...] | 2009-07-14 11:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS IR IZ KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO1351 | GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) During a June 29 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus, President Mubarak shared his views on Iraq, Afghanistan/Pakistan, Iran, Palestinian reconciliation, and counter smuggling. -- (S/NF) On Iraq, General Petraeus thanked Mubarak for naming a new Egyptian [...] | 2009-07-14 11:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS IR IZ KPAL IS AF PK EG |
09CAIRO1370 | MFA READOUT ON IRAQI FM ZEBARI VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-16 05:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ EG |
09CAIRO1616 | ARAB LEAGUE ASSISTANCE TO SOMALIA AND SUDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-20 11:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO SU IZ EG |
09CAIRO1788 | ARAB LEAGUE SPOKESMAN BRIEFS ON SEPTEMBER MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 10:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS IZ WEU GZ SY SU EG |
09CAIRO1993 | UNHCR CAIRO DISCUSSES REFUGEE CHALLENGES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF SU IZ SO ER IS EG |
09CAIRO2388 | ARAB LG COS ON ARAB DEVELOPMENT, IRAQ, IRAN, YEMEN, AND MOUSSA'S FUTURE PLANS Classified By: MINISTER-COUNSELOR DONALD A. BLOME REASONS: 1.4 (B) and (D) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-29 14:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YE IR IZ EG |
09CAIRO326 | SENATOR LIEBERMAN’S FEBRUARY 17 MEETING WITH GAMAL MUBARAK [...] (C) During an hour-long meeting on February 17, Gamal Mubarak discussed with Senator Joseph Lieberman the problems with Gaza and Palestinian reconciliation, as well as the broader political split within the Arab world. Senator Lieberman sought Gamal's advice on ways for the U.S. to engage Iran; Gam [...] | 2009-02-23 13:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL KPAL ECON IR SY IZ EG IS QA |
09CAIRO547 | EGYPTIAN SHI'A LEADER ON RELATIONS WITH GOE, IRAN [...] Key Points: --(C) We met recently with Mohamed al-Darini, leader of the Supreme Council of the Descendants of the Prophet, an Egyptian Shi'a organization. According to al-Darini, there are approximately 60,000 Shi'a in Egypt, not counting Iraqi refugees. --(C) Al-Darini said Egypt's Sh [...] | 2009-03-31 11:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KISL PREF SOCI EG IR IZ |
09CAIRO595 | ARAB LEAGUE COS BRIEFS ON MARCH 30-31 AL SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Key points: -- Arab League (AL) Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef told local diplomats April 2 that said that some progress had been made on Arab reconciliation at the Arab League Doha summit of March 30-31, but that much more needs to be done. -- Yousef strongly criticized the incoming I [...] | 2009-04-07 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ SY SU LE IS IR LY EG |
09CAIRO614 | CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH GAMAL MUBARAK [...] (C) Key Points -- Gamal Mubarak told CODEL McConnell that Egypt remained committed to economic reform despite the global financial crisis. -- Egypt wants increased trade with the U.S.; however, it is looking elsewhere for trade opportunities as well, including the EU, Russia, and China. [...] | 2009-04-12 10:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV ETRD IZ EG IS IR |
09CAIRO65 | CODEL DORGAN VISIT TO EGYPT DECEMBER 13-14 REF: A. CAIRO 2542 B. CAIRO 2435 C. CAIRO 2502 D. CAIRO 2505 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senators Byron Dorgan (ND),Thad Cochran (MS),Kent Conrad (ND) and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) visited Cairo on December 13-14. All of their GOE interlocutors asked them to convey to the incoming Obama Administration that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Palestinian statehood [...] | 2009-01-14 09:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PTER PREL EWWT MEPP IR IZ SO EG |
09CAIRO874 | SCENESETTER: PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S VISIT TO [...] (S/NF) Introduction: President Mubarak last visited Washington in April 2004, breaking a twenty year tradition of annual visits to the White House. Egyptians view President Mubarak's upcoming meeting with the President as a new beginning to the U.S.-Egyptian relationship that will restore a [...] | 2009-05-19 12:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON EG IS IR IZ |
09CAIRO939 | REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ/VIABILITY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 09:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PREL TBIO IZ EG |
09CANBERRA121 | AUSTRALIAN QUESTION ON IRAQI WMD SCIENTIST [...] (U) This is an action request for ISN/CTR. Please see para 5 below. 2. (S) Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, called in Deputy POLCOUNS on February 4 to discuss Dr. Ali Abdulrahman Abdullah Al-Za'ag, the former biological weapon scie [...] | 2009-02-04 06:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS PARM PREL AS IZ |
09CANBERRA252 | AL-MALIKI STRENGTHENS COMMERCIAL LINKS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting in Canberra March 12, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd agreed to strengthen agricultural and commercial links. Iraq will again buy wheat from Australia, which will also provide assistance to the agricultural and petroleu [...] | 2009-03-13 07:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EAID EAGR EPET IZ AS |
09CANBERRA265 | AUSTRALIA PROSCRIBES SIX TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS [...] (U) On March 18 the Australian Attorney General's Office announced the relisting of six groups as terrorist organizations under the criminal code because of information provided by Australia's security agencies. The relisting insures that it remains an offense to associate with, train with, pr [...] | 2009-03-18 05:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER AS KVPR CVIS PINR ASEC AF IZ PK YM IN |
09CANBERRA541 | AUSTRALIAN CIVILIANS DEPLOYED BY AUSAID IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Currently, AusAID has six long-term civilian experts in Afghanistan, who are working on a range of educational, health, agricultural, and institutional development activities. Besides these there are seven Australians regularly in the country on short-term assignments. AusAID is [...] | 2009-06-09 06:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM AS IZ AG PREL |
09CANBERRA675 | TEXT OF MOUS BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND IRAQ [...] (C/NF) START SUMMARY: On July 17, Lloyd Brodrick (protect),Director of the Iraq Section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade provided to the Embassy the texts of six MOUs signed by Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard, during her visit to Baghdad on June 27. The texts were signed i [...] | 2009-07-22 06:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL MARR IZ AS |
09CHISINAU136 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES TALKING POINTS ON REVIEW OF U.S. POLICY IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 11:02:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MD IZ |
09DAMASCUS114 | IRAQI KURDS REBUFF SYRIAN KURDISH ACTIVIST'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: We met with a Damascus-based Kurdish activist on February 3 who had smuggled herself from Syria into Kurdistan, Iraq on November 22, 2008 to solicit support from a range of Kurdish parties, including the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK),[...] | 2009-02-08 15:48:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS133 | WFP MANAGEMENT REVIEW TEAM VISIT RAISES MORE [...] (C) Summary: World Food Program (WFP) dispatched a Management Review Team to Damascus this past week whose mission was to investigate what went wrong this past December after the SARG turned-around U.S. and Italian-funded rice destined for the Iraqi refugee population here (Ref A, B, C, D, E) [...] | 2009-02-12 15:29:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS142 | RE-ENGAGING SYRIA: ENTERING THE SYRIAN SPIN MACHINE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO IZ IS SY |
09DAMASCUS147 | ASAD TELLS CODEL BERMAN SYRIA READY FOR PEACE, [...] (C) Summary: President Asad's February 21 meeting with CODEL Berman focused on the need for frank dialogue between the two countries, U.S. concerns about Syria's relations with Hamas, Iran, and Hizballah, and Syria's desire for an American umbrella in a comprehensive regional peace process. [...] | 2009-02-24 13:51:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV PTER PHUM IR IS IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS158 | KERRY - ASAD: DIVIDING IRAQ AND UNIFYING IRAN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator John Kerry told President Asad that he believed progress was being made in Iraq and the U.S. wanted to withdraw its troops as soon as possible. The recent provincial elections in Iraq had been the first real, positive [...] | 2009-02-27 13:21:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL IZ IR SY |
09DAMASCUS171 | CORRECTED COPY (CLASSIFICATION) RE-ENGAGING SYRIA: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Washington's answer on Syria related questions -- our policy remains under review -- has all but ceded public discussion of our policy to the Syrian government. As the Department proceeds with its review of U.S. policy toward Syria, the Syrian government's media manipulation of Co [...] | 2009-03-04 08:01:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL KPAO IZ IS SY |
09DAMASCUS176 | CODEL KERRY PRESSES SYRIAN VICE PRESIDENT ON [...] (C) In a February 21 meeting with CODEL Kerry, Vice President Faruq al-Shar'a declined to provide specific actions that the SARG wanted from the U.S. to improve the bilateral relationship. Senator Kerry enumerated three measurable ways that Syria could signal its intentions to the Obama Admin [...] | 2009-03-06 17:27:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV PTER IZ LE IS SY |
09DAMASCUS179 | PRESIDENT ASAD AND CODEL CARDIN DISCUSS A NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Cardin, in a February 18 meeting with President Bashar al-Asad, FM Muallim, Presidential Advisor for Political and Media Affairs Shaaban, and Ambassador to the U.S. Mustafa conveyed U.S. concerns regarding Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon, Syrian human rights abuses, the [...] | 2009-03-10 10:40:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IAEA KPAL PGOV PREL PTER IR IS IZ TU SY |
09DAMASCUS186 | SUBJECT: CODEL CARDIN HEARS FROM DISGRUNTLED [...] (SBU) Summary: CODEL Cardin received briefings from the Damascus office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) February 28 and heard there are currently 225,000 Iraqis registered with UNHCR. More than half of these, UNHCR estimates, are not considering returning within the near fu [...] | 2009-03-11 08:36:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL SY IZ |
09DAMASCUS196 | FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: Syrian FM Muallim and Acting NEA A/S Feltman each expressed support for a united, independent, stable, and secure Iraq. Muallim welcomed the U.S. President,s plan for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq in a responsible fashion. Feltman pressed Muallim to do more in the spir [...] | 2009-03-15 04:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS199 | CORRECTED COPY OF DAMASCUS 179 PARA 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Cardin, in a February 18 meeting with President Bashar al-Asad, FM Muallim, Presidential Advisor for Political and Media Affairs Shaaban, and Ambassador to the U.S. Mustafa conveyed U.S. concerns regarding Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon, Syrian human rights abuses, the [...] | 2009-03-15 05:49:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IAEA KPAL PGOV PREL PTER IR IS IZ TU SY |
09DAMASCUS218 | SYRIAN DELEGATION'S MISSION TO BAGHDAD [...] (S/NF) According to a reliable Embassy source, a Syrian delegation consisting of FM Walid al-Muallim and Deputy Vice President for Security Affairs Muhammad Nassif Khayr-Bayk will arrive in Baghdad on March 24. The delegation's mission is to prepare for a meeting between Syrian President Basha [...] | 2009-03-23 16:11:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IZ SY UK |
09DAMASCUS251 | SYRIAN SCORE CARD: NO GRAND BARGAINS, BUT POSITIVE FIRST [...] (S/NF) Summary: Four weeks after Acting NEA A/S Feltman and NSC NENA Senior Director Shapiro met with Syrian FM Muallim (refs A-F),Syria has taken some positive steps to facilitate more normal Embassy operations, named an ambassador to Lebanon, and sent Muallim to Baghdad to discuss enhanced secu [...] | 2009-04-06 13:01:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL PTER IZ LE IS SY |
09DAMASCUS27 | FM MUALLIM TELLS CODEL SPECTER BETTER U.S.-SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: In addition to sharing Syrian views about the situation in Gaza (ref B),FM Walid Muallim told Senator Arlen Specter December 30 the best way to change Iranian behavior related to its nuclear program was to remove the issue from the UN Security Council and pursue a monitoring sol [...] | 2009-01-07 14:46:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IR IZ LE SY |
09DAMASCUS273 | UK SEES MUALLIM TRIP TO IRAN AS ANOTHER POSITIVE [...] (S/NF) British DCM Irfan Saddiq (strictly protect) told us April 8 that British Foreign Minister of State (and MP) Bill Rammell raised Iraq and continuing concerns about foreign fighters with Syrian FM Muallim during their April 2 meeting. Muallim, who had just returned from Baghdad and Doh [...] | 2009-04-09 15:15:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR IZ IR SY |
09DAMASCUS33 | SYRIAN MP DISCUSSES "SHARED" U.S.-SYRIAN GOALS FOR [...] (C) A veteran 14-year Syrian MP with diverse business holdings told us the primary obstacle to trade with Iraq is no longer insufficient security, but habitually delinquent Iraqi payments. The MP related a recent discussion with Syrian Ambassador to Baghdad Nawaf al-Fares, in which al-Fares c [...] | 2009-01-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PGOV PTER CVIS IZ IR SY |
09DAMASCUS335 | MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging May 7 discussion, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro heard a litany of complaints from the Syrian side led by FM Muallim over Syria's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, renewal of U.S. sanctions, and the lack of serious eng [...] | 2009-05-12 14:54:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KPAL IZ LE IS SY |
09DAMASCUS342 | MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a prolonged May 7 discussion on differing U.S. and Syrian approaches to re-engagement, NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC NENA Senior Director Shapiro stressed the importance of stopping foreign fighters entering Iraq from Syria. They proposed a visit by a CE [...] | 2009-05-14 10:58:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS346 | SARG MESSAGING ON SANCTIONS RENEWAL AND FOREIGN [...] (C) The Syrian government's spin machine is in high gear following the May 7 renewal of E.O. 13338 and the May 11 Washington Post article describing a Syria-based foreign fighter pipeline. On E.O. 13338, Syrian Vice Foreign Minister Miqdad told a visiting UN Special Envoy to Iraq that the SAR [...] | 2009-05-14 14:18:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL PTER UNDP IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS364 | SARG USES TURKISH PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO HIGHLIGHT [...] (C) The SARG is championing Turkish President Abdullah Gul's three-day visit to Damascus as one of three recent examples of Syria's increasing regional economic integration. Syrian official media touted several bilateral agreements resulting from the visit, including Turkish cooperation in Sy [...] | 2009-05-25 03:14:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV ETRD PGOV IZ IR TU SY |
09DAMASCUS377 | CODEL KAUFMAN-PRESIDENT ASAD MEETING MAY 28 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 16:07:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER KWBG MOPS IS IZ LE SY |
09DAMASCUS390 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 17:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KWBG MOPS IS IZ LE SY |
09DAMASCUS402 | TRILATERAL DELEGATION VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-08 12:59:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PBTS PINS PTER MARR IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS426 | BORDER SECURITY: U.S. DELEGATION TAKES FIRST STEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-hour meeting between the U.S. and Syrian Arab Republic Government (SARG) delegations on June 12, both sides focused on border security and their respective efforts to stem the flow of foreign fighters crossing the Syrian-Iraqi border. Both sides concurred a secure and s [...] | 2009-06-21 13:37:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PINR PTER MARR MCAP MOPS IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS434 | THE STRUGGLE OF DAILY LIFE FOR IRAQI-PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: For the first time in over two years an Embassy officer visited the Iraqi-Palestinian refugees camp in Al-Tanf, established in the "no-man's-land" between the Syrian and Iraqi borders. Conditions remain hostile despite the UN's best efforts to provide basic food, non-food, medic [...] | 2009-06-23 09:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV KPAL IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS515 | OIL EXEC DETAILS CONTINUING PROBLEMS IN [...] (S/NF) An Iraqi-born British oil executive with access to both the Syrian and Iraqi leadership provided several examples of unresolved disputes that prevent the Syrian-Iraqi relationship from improving. He said the Syrian regime does not fully understand the depth of continuing suspicions wit [...] | 2009-07-22 12:52:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EPET ENRG PGOV PREL IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS536 | UNHCR UPDATES DONOR NATIONS ON IRAQI REFUGEES IN [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR officials held an information sharing meeting on July 28 to discuss: (1) increasing problems for refugees in renewing their residence permits; (2) the closing of the Al-Tanf refugee camp; (3) food distribution programs; and (4) families returning to Iraq. Additionally, WFP r [...] | 2009-08-03 12:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV KTIP IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS565 | SARG READY FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH BORDER ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-10 08:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PGOV PREL PMIL IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS574 | SYRIA AGREES IN PRINCIPLE TO (IDEALLY TRILATERAL) [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. and Syrian Arab Republic Government (SARG) delegations agreed in principle August 12 to cooperate on joint assessments of three Iraq-Syria border crossings in eastern Syria as part of their respective efforts to strengthen border security and stem the flow of foreign fight [...] | 2009-08-13 09:17:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PINR PTER MARR MCAP MOPS SY IZ |
09DAMASCUS577 | MUALLIM SUPPORTS TRILATERAL BORDER INITIATIVE, [...] (C) Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs Fred Hof met FM Muallim August 13 to follow up on the previous day's meetings between the Centcom-led and Syrian delegations on the trilateral border security assessment initiative (ref a). Hof stressed our desire to include the Iraqis in the ass [...] | 2009-08-13 13:15:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PINR PTER MARR MCAP MOPS SY IZ |
09DAMASCUS627 | SYRIAN MFA: WE HOPE LOGIC WILL PREVAIL IN DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: Husam Alaa, Chief of Staff for Vice Minister Faisal Miqdad, told Charge August 27 Syria had responded in kind to official statements and steps from Baghdad alleging Syria's harboring of Iraqi Baathist militants. But Damascus had hosted what it viewed as a positive August 18 P [...] | 2009-08-27 12:11:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IZ SY |
09DAMASCUS641 | IRAQI REFUGEES EXPRESS CONCERN OVER DETERIORATING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi refugees serving as community outreach organizers for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expressed concerns about the recent deterioration in Syrian-Iraqi relations and the withdrawal of the countries' respective ambassadors from Baghdad and Damascus [...] | 2009-09-02 13:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KHUM PREL PGOV SY IZ |
09DAMASCUS647 | DAMASCUS MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING IN SPAT [...] (C) Summary: Syria remains ready to take appropriate action once presented with "concrete evidence" from Baghdad that individuals resident in Syria were behind the recent bombings of the Iraqi Foreign and Finance Ministries, Vice Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad told diplomats September 2. Repe [...] | 2009-09-03 09:20:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNGA IZ SY |