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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02ROME3703 |
AMBASSADOR RAISES ICC AND OEF TROOP REQUEST WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR SEMBLER MET WITH GIANNI LETTA, U/S AT THE PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, ON JULY 26 TO PURSUE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL REFTEL DEMARCHES ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS. AMB. SEMBLER URGED THE GOI T [...] |
2002-07-26 15:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IT KICC IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME3795 |
ITALY WILL PROVIDE TROOPS IN SUPPORT OF OEF [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (C) ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER SILVIO BERLUSCONI WILL RECOMMEND TO PARLIAMENT THAT ITALY SEND TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, ACCORDING TO BERLUSCONI'S TOP ADVISOR, GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA. IN A MEETING WI [...] |
2002-08-01 15:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME3880 |
IRAQ: MARTINO CAUSES STIR OVER ITALIAN SUPPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MARTINO CAUSED A STIR AMONG ITALIAN POLITICAL LEADERS AND COMMENTATORS BY SUGGESTING THAT ITALY WOULD "AUTOMATICALLY" SUPPORT U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTION IN IRAQ. HE ADDED, HOWEVER, THAT ITALY WOULD ONLY PARTICIPATE IN THE MILITARY EFFORT IF THERE IS "PR [...] |
2002-08-07 09:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR XF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME3942 |
CAREFUL USG-GOI COORDINATION ESSENTIAL ON ITALIAN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (C) WE UNDERSTAND FROM E-MAIL TRAFFIC THAT THE USG PREFERS TO ACCEPT ITALY'S OFFER OF TROOPS FOR OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) RATHER THAN THE GOI'S OFFER TO BACKFILL IN THE BALKANS (REF A). IT WILL TAKE CAREFUL HANDLING BY PRIME MI [...] |
2002-08-09 15:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME4484 |
WINNING ITALY OVER ON IRAQ -- CORRECTED VERSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS MOVING CLOSER TO WHERE WE WANT OUR NATO ALLIES TO BE ON IRAQ. PM BERLUSCONI, AND INCREASINGLY OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT LEADERS, UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF NEUTRALIZING IRAQ'S WMD CAPABILITIES. THEY HOPE WAR CAN BE AVOIDED. HOWEVER, THROUGH PUBLIC REMARKS AND [...] |
2002-09-13 17:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME4485 |
WINNING ITALY OVER ON IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS MOVING CLOSER TO WHERE WE WANT OUR NATO ALLIES TO BE ON IRAQ. PM BERLUSCONI, AND INCREASINGLY OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT LEADERS, UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF NEUTRALIZING IRAQ'S WMD CAPABILITIES. THEY HOPE WAR CAN BE AVOIDED. HOWEVER, THROUGH PUBLIC REMARKS AND [...] |
2002-09-15 06:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME4625 |
PRESIDENT OF GOI'S PARLIAMENT'S DEFENSE COMMITTEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 23, PARLIAMENTARY DEFENSE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 04625 241753Z COMMITTEE PRESIDENT LUIGI RAMPONI TOLD DCM THAT HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT UNSC MANDATED USE OF FORCE IN IRAQ WOULD HAVE STRONG, ACROSS THE BOARD SUPPORT IN THE CHAMBER. [...] |
2002-09-24 16:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME4668 |
ITALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON IRAQ: BERLUSCONI [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN HIS PRESENTATIONS BEFORE PARLIAMENT, ITALY'S PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI FOCUSED ON THE NEED TO SUPPORT THE UNITED STATES, UNDERSCORED THE THREAT FROM IRAQ'S WEAPONS CAPABILITIES, AND NOTED THAT MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE EFFECTIVE IN ORDER TO KEEP INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES [...] |
2002-09-25 17:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME4807 |
ITALIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES ITALY'S TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT GAVE SUBSTANTIAL -- IF REDUCED FROM LAST NOVEMBER'S VOTE FOR THE ORIGINAL DEPLOYMENT -- SUPPORT TO THE GOI PROPOSAL TO SEND UP TO 1,000 ALPINI GROUND TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN FOR OPERATION ENDURING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 0 [...] |
2002-10-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR AF IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME5184 |
ITALY'S CONTRIBUTION TO ENDURING FREEDOM: U/S [...] (C) SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 30, ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 05184 01 OF 03 232138Z REVIEWED OEF, ISAF/AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENTS, IRAQ, DEFENSE PROCUREMENT, AND THE ICC WITH USD/P FEITH. MARTINO PINPOINTED MARCH 1 AS THE TARGET DATE FOR DE [...] |
2002-10-23 13:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 02ROME5193 |
ITALY'S CONTRIBUTION TO ENDURING FREEDOM: U/S [...] (C) SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 30, ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 05193 01 OF 03 232006Z REVIEWED OEF, ISAF/AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENTS, IRAQ, DEFENSE PROCUREMENT, AND THE ICC WITH USD/P FEITH. MARTINO PINPOINTED MARCH 1 AS THE TARGET DATE FOR DE [...] |
2002-10-23 14:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME1100 |
IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TELLS GOI IRAN WOULDN'T MIND [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-17 16:20:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL IR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME1205 |
TFIZO1: ITALY TO EXPEL IRAQI DIPLOMATS [...] (S) IN A CONVERSATION LATE ON MARCH 21, ANTONIO BADINI, DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AT THE ITALIAN MFA, TOLD POLMC THAT ITALY HAD AGREED TO THE EXPULSION OF IRAQI DIPLOMATS FROM THE BILATERAL INTERESTS SECION. THEY HAD BEEN TOLD TO SUSPEND OPERATIONS AND DEPART ROME NOT LATER THAN SU [...] |
2003-03-21 21:05:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PGOV IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME1230 |
TFIZ01: ITALY TO ESTABLISH IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) IN A MARCH 21 MEETING WITH POL MINCOUNS AND ECONOFF, ANTONIO BADINI, THE ITALIAN MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST, SAID THAT HE WOULD ESTABLISH AN INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION FOLLOWING HIS TRIP THIS WEEK TO WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK. BADINI HAS YET TO ESTABLISH [...] |
2003-03-24 16:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG EAID IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME1270 |
TFIZO1: ITALY EXPELS FOUR IRAQI DIPLOMATS AND STAFF [...] (S) ON MARCH 25 GOI MFA CONFIRMED TO US DETAILS OF ITS EXPULSION OF FOUR IRAQI DIPLOMATS. TWO (THIRD SECRETARY ALI RIFAT AND ATTACHE MOHAMMED HUMADI) HAVE DEPARTED ROME FOR AMMAN. TWO STAFF MEMBERS (TAHER AHMED AND ABDULLAH HUMADI) WERE OUT OF ITALY WHEN DECISION WAS MADE AND WILL NOT BE ALL [...] |
2003-03-25 17:02:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PGOV IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME1387 |
TFIZ01: ITALY ECHOING OUR MESSAGE ON IRAQI WAR [...] (SBU) ON MARCH 31, POL MC DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO CLAUDIO BISOGNERO, THE MFA'S DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR. ON APRIL 1, ECON MC DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO ANTONIO BADINI AND LUIGI MACCOTTA, THE MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS AND THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR IRAQ, RESP [...] |
2003-04-01 14:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS KAWC IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME1410 |
TFIZ01: FM FRATTINI DISCUSSES IRAQ BEFORE [...] IN A SPEECH BEFORE A JOINT SESSION OF THE SENATE AND CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE COMMITTEES APRIL 2, FOREIGN MINISTER FRATTINI EXPRESSED "DEEP SORROW" FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE WAR IN IRAQ AND TOUCHED UPON FOUR AREAS OF INTEREST THAT MAY COME UP DURING HIS MEETING WITH THE SE [...] |
2003-04-02 15:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME1503 |
TFIZ01: UN FLASH APPEAL: ITALY UPDATE ON [...] (SBU) ECONOFF DELIVERED REF A POINTS ON APRIL 8 TO LUIGI MACCOTTA, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR IRAQ AND DEPUTY COORDINATOR OF ITALY'S IRAQ TASK FORCE. MACCOTTA UPDATED EARLIER FIGURES OF ITALY'S PLANNED CONTRIBUTION TO IRAQ HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (REF B). HE SAID THE TASK FORCE HAS RECEIVED PM [...] |
2003-04-08 16:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF EAID IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME1506 |
TFI01: GOI APPROACHES EMBASSY RE SAFETY OF ITALIAN [...] (SBU) MFA SECRETARY GENERAL'S CHIEF OF STAFF, ANTONIO ZANARDI LANDI, PHONED DCM AT THE INSTRUCTION OF FOREIGN MINISTER FRATTINI TO EXPRESS GOI CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY OF THE TWENTY ITALIAN JOURNALISTS AND SUPPORT STAFF IN BAGHDAD. THE JOURNALISTS WERE AT THE HOTEL SHERATON AND THE PALESTINE HOT [...] |
2003-04-09 05:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME1524 |
TFI01: UPDATE ON ITALIAN JOURNALISTS IN BAGHDAD [...] (SBU) EARLY ON APRIL 9 MFA SECRETARY GENERAL'S CHIEF OF STAFF, ANTONIO ZANARDI LANDI, SPOKE TO DCM TO FOLLOW UP PREVIOUS EVENING'S APPROACH RE SAFETY OF ITALIAN JOURNALISTS IN BAGHDAD (REFTEL). DCM ADVISED THAT WE HAD PASSED ON GOI CONCERNS TO DEPARTMENT AND TO CENTCOM, AND REAFFIRMED THAT U. [...] |
2003-04-09 16:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME1565 |
U/S BOLTON BRIEFS ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE JOHN BOLTON MET WITH ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONIO MARTINO IN ROME ON APRIL 9 TO DISCUSS IRAQ AND THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE. THE MOD IS PREPARING A PACKAGE OF POST-CONFLICT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S APPROVAL TO INCLUDE MILITARY POLICE, [...] |
2003-04-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME1646 |
TFIZ01: ITALY'S IRAQ TASK FORCE SEEKING TO LOCATE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY. POLMIN COUNSELOR AND ECONOFF MET LATE APRIL 14 WITH ANTONIO BADINI, MFA IRAQ TASK FORCE COORDINATOR, AND HIS DEPUTY, LUIGI MACCOTTA. BADINI NOTED THAT PM BERLUSCONI HAD GIVEN HIS BLESSING TO SENDING INTEGRATED FORCES TO [...] |
2003-04-16 15:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME1660 |
TFIZ01: ITALY TO DEPLOY FIELD HOSPITAL TO BAGHDAD [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS ACTION REQUESTS. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (C) LATE APRIL 17 ECONOFF RECEIVED A READOUT ON THE LATEST MEETING OF THE GOI IRAQ TASK FORCE MEETING FROM ITS DEPUTY COORDINATOR, LUIGI MACCOTTA. MACCOTTA SAID THAT THE TASK FORCE DECIDED TO DEPLOY WITHIN 10 TO 15 DAYS A [...] |
2003-04-17 14:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MOPS IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME1679 |
TFIZ01: ITALIANS DISCUSS BRIGADE AND CARABINIERI [...] (C) THE ITALIAN LNO AT TAMPA, GENERL SANTINI, IS EXPECTED TO PRESENT THE ITALIAN MIITARY'S PROPOSAL -- TO CONTRIBUTE A BRIGADE AS WEL AS CARABINIERI UNITS FOR IRAQ OPERATIONS -- TOCENTCOM AS EARLY AS APRIL 18, ONCE THE PLAN HAS BEN APPROVED BY THE CHOD. BASED ON OUR APRIL 17 METING WITH THE U [...] |
2003-04-18 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL EAID IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME1701 |
TFIZ01: ITALY NEEDS GUIDANCE ON FIELD HOSPITAL [...] (C) THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT, THE PUBLIC, AND THE GOI ARE EAGER TO SUPPORT A HUMANITARIAN MISSION TO IRAQ. FOR THE GOI, THE COMMITMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AID -- IMPORTANT IN AND OF ITSELF -- ALSO PROVIDES THE JUSTIFICATION FOR PUTTING BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN SUPPORT OF PHASE IV (REF A). WE THERE [...] |
2003-04-22 16:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL EAID IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME1833 |
ITALY ROLLING OUT FIELD HOSPITAL TO IRAQ [...] (C) EMBASSY ROME WANTS TO EXPRESS ITS APPRECIATION TO ALL THOSE IN THE FIELD-- ESPECIALLY AT CENTCOM--WHO ARE ASSISTING THE GOI DEPLOY ITS RED CROSS HOSPITAL TO IRAQ. WE UNDERSTAND ALL TOO WELL THAT UNTIL APRIL 24 THE TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION FLOW IN TAMPA DID NOT WORK AS IT SHOULD HAVE, BUT A [...] |
2003-04-30 16:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME2045 |
REVIEW OF ITALY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO OIF [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY ANSWERED THE CALL TO ASSIST THE COALITION WIN THE WAR IN IRAQ. THE GOI MADE A STRATEGIC CHOICE TO KEEP ITS POLICY ALIGNED WITH THE U.S. AND STUCK TO IT, DESPITE INTENSE INTERNAL POLITICAL PRESSURE TO FOLD. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 ROME 02045 [...] |
2003-05-12 17:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME2200 |
MARTINO OUTLINES DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ FOR PARLIAMENT [...] SUMMARY: ITALIAN MOD MARTINO TOLD PARLIAMENT MAY 14 THAT A CONTINGENT OF ABOUT 3000 MILITARY PERSONNEL WILL BE DEPLOYED AND OPERATIONAL IN IRAQ BY MID-JULY. TWO MINESWEEPS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THEATER WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL SOONER. AN ADVANCE TEAM WILL DEPART FOR IRAQ WITHIN DAYS TO ASSESS [...] |
2003-05-16 16:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL PGOV EAID MOPS MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM NATO |
| 03ROME2572 |
UPDATE ON ITALY'S INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR IRAQ'S [...] (SBU) IN A JUNE 6 CONVERSATION WITH THE DEPUTY COORDINATOR OF THE MFA'S IRAQ TASK FORCE, LUIGI MACCOTTA, ECONOFF LEARNED THAT THE MFA IS PROPOSING THE CANDIDACY OF EIGHTY PEOPLE TO THE OFFICE OF THE COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY (OCPA). MACCOTTA SAID THAT THE RESUMES OF FORTY PRIORITY CAND [...] |
2003-06-09 15:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME2728 |
USING SOME OF IRAQ'S FROZEN ASSETS IN ITALY [...] (C) ON JUNE 12, LUIGI MACCOTTA, THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR IRAQ, ASKED TO MEET WITH POL NEA WATCHER TO DISCUSS THE COST OF MAINTAINING THE TWO "IRAQI" WARSHIPS KEPT IN THE ITALIAN PORT OF LA SPEZIA. (NOTE: IN THE MID-1980S, FINCANTIERI, A GOI-CONTROLLED SHIPYARD COMPANY, BUILT FOUR LUPO FRI [...] |
2003-06-17 09:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME292 |
KEEPING ITALIAN SUPPORT STRONG [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. WHILE PM BERLUSCONI'S SUPPORT FOR THE US APPROACH TO IRAQ REMAINS RELIABLE, THE GOI - WITH EXTREME CAUTION - IS LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR AN EVENTUAL PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE AND VOTE ON THE EXTENT OF ITALY'S SUPPORT. (REF A). THE GOI CONTINUES TO WORK WITH US TO FIND WA [...] |
2003-01-24 17:27:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR EAIR IT IRAQI FREEDOM FORCES IN ITALY |
| 03ROME3793 |
ITALIAN TROOPS IN OEF [...] (C) CHARGE, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF, MET WITH ACTING DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO THE PRIME MINISTER FRANCESCO TALO ON AUGUST 20 TO DISCUSS A RANGE OF ISSUES (OTHER ISSUES REPORTED SEPTEL). CHARGE TOLD TALO THAT THE U.S. WAS PLEASED WITH THE HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE OF THE ITALIAN OEF CONTI [...] |
2003-08-21 15:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL AF IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME4101 |
ITALY'S REACTION TO NEW UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) ITALY CURRENTLY HAS A CONTINGENT OF APPROXIMATELY 3,000 TROOPS IN IRAQ (UNDER BRITISH COMMAND IN IRAQ'S SOUTHERN ZONE) TAKING PART IN OPERATION ANTICA BABILONIA, WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AND RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE. A NEW UN SECURITY RESOLUTION IS UNLIKELY TO IMMEDIATE [...] |
2003-09-09 07:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME4678 |
ITALY, IF ASKED, READY TO EXTEND IRAQ MISSION [...] (U) DEFMIN MARTINO, SPEAKING TO THE PRESS IN NEW YORK ON OCTOBER 11, SAID ITALY WAS CONSIDERING EXTENDING ITS MILITARY PRESENCE IN IRAQ FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS. THE ITALIAN MISSION, DUBBED ANTICA BABILONIA, WAS AUTHORIZED ON JULY 10 BY A GOVERNMENT DECREE, WHICH PARLIAMENT SUBSEQUENTLY [...] |
2003-10-14 13:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME473 |
ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF POWELL'S FEB. 5 UNSC [...] (U) SUMMARY: PM BERLUSCONI ENDORSED SECRETARY POWELL'S FEB. 5 PRESENTATION AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND CALLED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO REMAIN UNITED AND KEEP THE PRESSURE ON SADDAM TO DISARM. WHILE SAYING THAT WAR SHOULD BE THE VERY LAST MEASURE, THE PM CONTINUES TO STATE CLEARLY TH [...] |
2003-02-06 09:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ IT PREL IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME489 |
TAREQ AZIZ TO MEET THE POPE AND ITALIAN OFFICIALS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (C) CESARE RAGAGLINI, FM FRATTINI'S CHIEF OF STAFF, INFORMED POL MC THAT TAREQ AZIZ IS SCHEDULED TO VISIT THE VATICAN AND CALL ON THE POPE FEB. 14 (REF.) THE IRAQI INTEREST SECTION IN ROME HAD ALREADY CALLED THE MFA SEEKING OFFICIA [...] |
2003-02-06 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ IT PREL IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME4904 |
ITALIAN ADVISOR TO IRAQ SEES THE GLASS AS HALF [...] (SBU) Summary. Acting DCM and PolOff attended a 22 October seminar on "Iraq -- Six Months After" with Italian Ambassador Pietro Cordone, who recently left his position as Advisor to the Iraqi Minister of Culture. Cordone was extremely positive in his assessment of US efforts in Iraq, but bel [...] |
2003-10-28 11:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME4932 |
REQUEST FOR ITALIAN TROOP EXTENSIONS AND [...] (S) Summary. As instructed, the Ambassador met with MOD Martino to request new Italian troop commitments in three areas: renewal of Italy,s deployment to Iraq beyond 2003; a new deployment of 1,000 Italian troops to Afghanistan in March 2004; and the standing up of an Italian PRT in Ghazni. [...] |
2003-10-29 18:37:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MOPS MASS PREL AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME4933 |
REQUEST FOR ITALIAN TROOP EXTENSIONS AND [...] (S) Summary. As instructed, the Ambassador met with MOD Martino to request new Italian troop commitments in three areas: renewal of Italy,s deployment to Iraq beyond 2003; a new deployment of 1,000 Italian troops to Afghanistan in March 2004; and the standing up of an Italian PRT in Ghazni. [...] |
2003-10-30 05:50:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MOPS MASS PREL AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
| 03ROME4974 |
IRAQ: ITALY REQUESTS SENIOR POSITION IN CPA [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Post has received a letter and "Aide Memoire" dated 28 October from Foreign Minister Frattini to the Ambassador outlining Italy's contributions to Iraqi reconstruction efforts and requesting that, in return, a senior Ital [...] |
2003-10-31 16:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME5008 |
PM'S DIP ADVISORS ON REQUEST FOR TROOPS IN IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. On October 31, Deputy Diplomatic Advisors to the PM, Paolo Dionisi and Francesco Talo, confirmed that Italy will likely approve our request for an extension of its deployment in Iraq. They asked that the Italian role in Iraq security and stabilization be given more public and offi [...] |
2003-11-04 17:19:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL IT EUN ESDP NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME5322 |
ITALIANS EXAMINING ISAF HELO AND OTHER REQUESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS STUDYING REFTEL A REQUEST TO CONTRIBUTE HELICOPTERS FOR ISAF, IS LIKELY TO DEPLOY A PRT TO GHAZNI, IS UNLIKELY TO RETURN TROOPS TO KHOST AND IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO EXTEND ITS MILITARY PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ, ACCORDING TO FRANCESCO TRUPIANO, DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO DEFMIN MARTI [...] |
2003-11-22 07:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR AF IT NATO UN AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME5344 |
IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION: GOI MAY SWEETEN TELECOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: TELECOM ITALIA OFFICIALS, EAGER FOR ANY PROGRESS ON THEIR PROPOSAL TO CONNECT IRAQ TO THE MEDNAUTILUS FIBER OPTIC NETWORK (SEE REF A), TOLD ECONOFF ON NOVEMBER 21 THAT THE GOI IS SO COMMITTED TO THE $15 MILLION PROJECT THAT IT MAY INCLUDE THE PROPOSAL IN THE 200 MILLION EURO DONATI [...] |
2003-11-25 10:51:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ECIN ECON ECPS IS IT IZ PGOV PREL IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME5475 |
IRAQ: MOD MARTINO VOWS ITALY WILL STAY THE COURSE [...] Summary: Italian MOD Martino told parliament December 3 that Italy will keep its troops in Iraq, because pulling out now would create a "dangerous vacuum." In stating Italy's unrenounceable and firm commitment to combat international terrorism, he remarked that the nature of the mission rem [...] |
2003-12-05 10:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV XF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME559 |
IRAQ/ITALY: GOI'S MEETINGS WITH AND MESSAGE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM BERLUSCONI WILL NOT/NOT MEET TAREQ AZIZ DURING HIS TRIP TO ROME. WHILE NOT CONFIRMED YET, IT IS LIKELY FM FRATTINI WILL MEET AZIZ IN ROME FEB. 14. GOI OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THAT THEY WILL GIVE AZIZ A STRONG MESSAGE IN PRIVATE AND WILL REITERATE THE SAME MESSAGE PUBLICLY: THE GA [...] |
2003-02-11 13:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME572 |
ITALY READY TO SEND LNO AS COORDINATOR [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (C) IN A FEBRUARY 12 MEETING, THE AMBASSADOR URGED ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MARTINO TO SEND A LIAISON OFFICER FOR IRAQ TO TAMPA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PER OUR REPEATED REQUESTS. MARTINO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT HE IS EAGER TO SEND AN OFFIC [...] |
2003-02-10 08:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME600 |
ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO PROVIDES ASSURANCES ON FLOW [...] (S) SUMMARY. ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR ON FEBRUARY 12 THAT THE GOI WOULD NOT LET THE U.S. DOWN ON FLOW OF FORCES AND OTHER USG LOGISTICAL REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO POSSIBLE MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ. PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI IS COMMITTED TO MEETING ITALY'S RESPONSIBILITIES (N [...] |
2003-02-13 18:17:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME619 |
TAREQ AZIZ'S VISIT TO ROME - PART I [...] (SBU) FM FRATTINI WILL CALL THE SECRETARY EARLY AFTERNOON EDT FEB. 14 TO DEBRIEF THE SECRETARY ON FRATTINI'S MEETING WITH TAREQ AZIZ IN ROME FEB. 14 (REF A). THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF AZIZ'S TRIP/STATEMENTS IN ROME SO FAR. --------------- AZIZ STATEMENTS --------------- 2. (U) EMBAS [...] |
2003-02-14 14:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME657 |
TAREQ AZIZ'S VISIT TO ROME - FINAL REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TAREQ AZIZ'S VISIT TO ROME DID LITTLE TO CHANGE THE GOI'S FIRM STAND ON IRAQ. AS REQUESTED IN REF E, PM BERLUSCONI DID NOT MEET AZIZ. FM FRATTINI SENT A TOUGH MESSAGE TO AZIZ IN PERSON AND IN PUBLIC ON IRAQ'S NEED TO COOPERATE IMMEDIATELY, FULLY, AND ACTIVELY WITH THE UN WEAPO [...] |
2003-02-18 14:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME699 |
ITALY: BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT RIDING TOUGH DOMESTIC [...] (C) ITALY HAS MADE ITS STRATEGIC CHOICE ON IRAQ. THE GOI WILL BACK FORCIBLE DISARMAMENT OF SADDAM, WITH OR WITHOUT A UN RESOLUTION, IF IT BECOMES NECESSARY. HOW IT GETS TO THAT DECISION POINT WILL BE MESSY, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE PM BERLUSCONI IS CONFRONTING A MOSTLY UNFAVORABLE POLITICAL SI [...] |
2003-02-20 17:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME763 |
BERLUSCONI-BLAIR ROME MEETING: SADDAM MUST DISARM, [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE BERLUSCONI-BLAIR MEETING IN ROME FEB. 21 TOUCHED ON "THE EUROPE OF THE FUTURE," DEFENSE AND SECURITY, UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00763 241801Z BUT FOCUSED ON THE CRISES IN THE MIDDLE EAST: MOSTLY IRAQ BUT ALSO THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. [...] |
2003-02-24 16:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IT UK IZ IRAQI FREEDOM NATO |
| 03ROME810 |
GOVERNMENT OF ITALY HAS HANDLE ON TRAINSTOPPING [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE GOI, WORKING WITH THE U.S. MILITARY AND THE EMBASSY, HAS PREVENTED ANTI-WAR PROTESTERS FROM STOPPING TRAINS MOVING U.S. MILITARY EQUIPMENT FROM THE SOUTHERN EUROPEAN TASK FORCE (SETAF) TO CAMP DARBY. PROTEST ACTIVITY IS SPREADING, BUT THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) HAS IMPL [...] |
2003-02-26 17:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR IT FORCES IN ITALY IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME854 |
IRAQ: IRAN WOULD ACCEPT UN-SANCTIONED WAR IN IRAQ, [...] (C) SUMMARY: IRAN WOULD NOT OBJECT TO MILITARY ACTION TO DEPOSE SADDAM -- PROVIDED IT IS UN-SANCTIONED, IRANIAN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00854 281620Z PRESIDENT KHATAMI HAS TOLD PM BERLUSCONI. KHATAMI'S VIEWS WERE DELIVERED TO BERLUSCONI BY HIS BROTHER, PAR [...] |
2003-02-28 15:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IR IT IRAQI FREEDOM NATO |
| 04ROME109 |
MINISTERS APPROVE FRESH FUNDING FOR ITALIAN [...] (U) LUIGI MACCOTTA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA IRAQ TASK FORCE, REPORTED TO ECONOFF JANUARY 12 THAT ITALY'S COUNCIL OF MINISTERS APPROVED EURO 11 MILLION IN IRAQ FUNDING AT ITS JANUARY 9 MEETING. THE FUNDS, PART OF THE EURO 200 MILLION PLEDGED BY ITALY AT THE MADRID DONOR'S CONFERENCE, WILL [...] |
2004-01-13 11:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP BTIO PREL ECON IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME1092 |
Iraq: Italian-Sponsored Marsh Restoration Program [...] (U) The Italian Ministry of Environment and Territory (MOE) has provided 2.1 million euros (1 euro 1.22 USD) through the Washington-based "Iraq Foundation" for a marshland recovery and water sanitation program called "New Eden." The Italian government will likely provide an additional 10 mil [...] |
2004-03-18 17:56:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME121 |
IRAQ: ITALY UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO SMALL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-01-13 17:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME1229 |
GETTING TO YES ON AN ITALIAN-LED AFGHAN FSB [...] (C) The Government of Italy, at very high levels, has indicated a willingness to contribute more to Afghanistan and to support ISAF expansion beyond Kabul. The Italians concur that rapid action to stabilize Afghanistan is of the highest political priority; they also share our conviction that [...] |
2004-03-26 18:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME1277 |
IRAQ: ITALY TO GIVE USD TEN MILLION TO THE UN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-31 15:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME1343 |
ITALY ON ANTI-COALITION VIOLENCE IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: (C) Italian officials agree on the need to respond firmly to al-Sadr's challenge to the Coalition's authority. MFA noted the importance of not allowing Jaysh al-Mahdi to establish a "territorial presence." The Italians also believe that Iran should share our interest in containing a [...] |
2004-04-05 17:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT IZ MARR MOPS PREL IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME1424 |
SOUTHERN IRAQ: KEEPING ITALY COMMITTED [...] (C) BERLUSCONI IS STANDING FIRM ON IRAQ AND THE NEED TO CONFRONT MUQTADA AL-SADR IN SOUTHERN IRAQ WHERE ITALIAN TROOPS ARE OPERATING. THE PRESIDENT'S LETTERS AND PHONE CALLS TO THE PRIME MINISTER, YOUR CONTACT WITH GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA, AND SECRETARY POWELL'S LETTER (REFTEL) TO FOREIGN MINIS [...] |
2004-04-09 14:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR OPDC IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME1437 |
IRAQ: WFP PROCUREMENT/LOGISTICS UPDATE [...] (SBU) The delivery of a minimum of 2.9 million metric tons of food commodities into Iraq, in the period April- September 2004, represents a significant operational undertaking on the part of both World Food Program (WFP) and the Iraqi Ministry of Trade (MOT). This task will require a carefully [...] |
2004-04-13 10:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC IZ WFP IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME1506 |
EU GYMNICH - ITALY WILL PUSH FOR UN IRAQ [...] (C) Iraq will be at the top of the agenda at the EU Informal Foreign Ministers' meeting (Gymnich) in Tullamore, Ireland. Italy's view is that the IC will have to make a long term military commitment to provide a secure environment in Iraq, and will push "soon" for a new UN resolution to provide [...] |
2004-04-16 09:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IT EUN MEPP IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME1526 |
ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SEEKS DEPUTY COMMANDER [...] (C) Italy expects to be a top candidate for a deputy commander position in the post-June 30 Iraq mission, Italian Defense Minister Antonio Martino told Ambassador Sembler on April 19. During the meeting, which Martino requested, Martino reaffirmed Italy's commitment to the mission in Iraq and [...] |
2004-04-19 17:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME1527 |
ITALY/IRAQ; FIRM ON TROOPS; WORKING ON HOSTAGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italian authorities expressed their strong agreement with points in reftel demarche; they are determined to stay the course with the Italian military deployment in Iraq. With the Italian public still shocked by the brutal murder of an Italian citizen taken hostage, the government [...] |
2004-04-20 05:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT IZ MARR MOPS OPDC PREL IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME1566 |
IRAQ: ROMAN BREAKFAST:BERLUSCONI SERVES HAM, PRODI [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM BERLUSCONI REACTED TO ZAPATERO'S WITHDRAWAL DECISION BY PUFFING OUT HIS CHEST AND CLAIMING THAT ITALY IS NOW AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE ALLY IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE. IT WILL STAY THE COURSE BUT PUSH FOR AN ENHANCED UN ROLE TO ASSIST WITH IRAQ'S POLITICAL TRANSITION. ROMANO PRODI, NOW [...] |
2004-04-22 05:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME1636 |
ITALY NOT PRESSING FOR ALBANIAN TROOPS TO JOIN [...] (C) CONTACTS AT THE MFA, MOD AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE CONFIRMED THAT PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI AND PRIME MINISTER NANO DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF ALBANIAN TROOPS JOINING WITH ITALIAN FORCES IN SOME THEATRE TO GIVE THE ALBANIANS MORE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. NONE OF OUR CONTACTS REFERRED [...] |
2004-04-26 13:31:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL AL IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME1756 |
ITALIAN PRT-FSB DECISION RESTS WITH PM BERLUSCONI [...] (C) Summary. Italy's ability to contribute a Forward Support Base (FSB) or Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in western Afghanistan depends on whether the Prime Minister's office can free up scarce resources to fund the effort, according to Embassy contacts at the MFA, MOD and the PM's Off [...] |
2004-05-05 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME1805 |
IRAQ: ITALY LIKELY TO DISPERSE E30 MILLION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: GIANNI GHISI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AT THE MFA, TOLD ECONOFFS THAT ITALY WILL DISBURSE EURO 30 MILLION OF ITS EURO 200 MILLION MADRID PLEDGE IN 2004. EURO 10 MILLION WILL GO TO THE INTERNATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION FUND FACILITY, WHILE THE REMAINING 20 MILL [...] |
2004-05-08 10:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IT IZ PGOV PREL IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME1806 |
IRAQ: ITALY TRAINS IRAQ TV JOURNALISTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: ITALIAN STATE BROADCASTER RAI HOSTED TEN TELEVISION JOURNALISTS AND TECHNICIANS FROM THE IRAQI MEDIA NETWORK FOR A TWO-WEEK TRAINING SESSION IN JANUARY. THE TRAINING PROVED USEFUL FOR THE IRAQIS, ACCORDING TO LUIGI SAITTA, A RAI NEWSROOM DIRECTOR WHO OVERSAW THE TRAINING. SAITT [...] |
2004-05-08 10:56:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID IT IZ KPAO XF IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME1852 |
ITALY: AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ AND NONPROLIFERATION ON [...] (C) Summary. Italy is likely to establish a Forward Support Base (FSB) and contribute to the existing US-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Herat as requested by the US (reftel B), according to Prime Minister Berlusconi's Diplomatic Advisor Giovanni Castellaneta. In a May 12 meetin [...] |
2004-05-12 15:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ AF IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME1950 |
IRAQ ASSISTANCE: MAY 25-26 DOHA MEETING ON IRAQ [...] (SBU) ECONOFF RAISED REF A POINTS WITH GIANNI GHISI, COORDINATOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA AT THE MFA'S DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION. ECONOFF ALSO DELIVERED REF A POINTS TO CARLO MONTICELLI, G7 FINANCIAL SOUS-SHERPA AT THE FINANCE MINISTRY. GHISI SAID HE AND GUGLIELMO GIORDANO, [...] |
2004-05-19 14:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME2050 |
IRAQ: SECURITY CONCERNS PUT E-GOV PROGRAM IN LIMBO [...] (C) Italy's Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MIT) is ready to send a team to Baghdad to start work on a Euro 11 million project to build an Intranet system for the Iraqi government. According to an aide to MIT Minister Lucio Stanca, however, the Italian Foreign Ministry will not approve [...] |
2004-05-26 05:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINT PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME2115 |
IRAQ: ITALY HOPES FOR EARLY SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY. WITH THE PLANNED VISIT OF PRESIDENT BUSH IN EARLY JUNE, ITALY WANTS TO FOCUS PUBLIC ATTENTION ON IRAQ,S NEW POLITICAL PHASE AND THE CONSENSUS AND DETERMINATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO ASSIST IRAQIS IN THAT PROCESS. ITALY HOPES FOR AN EARLY ADOPTION OF A SECURITY COUNCIL [...] |
2004-05-28 16:20:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT IZ UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME2168 |
MFA OFFICIALS TELL A/S JONES ITALY WILL HELP PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 4 meeting over lunch on the margins of President Bush's Rome visit, MFA Political Director Giampiero Massolo told EUR A/S Jones that the draft UNSC Iraq resolution was "heading for a good result in a relatively short time," and Italy was doing all it could to help. [...] |
2004-06-08 09:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ IR SR AF EUN NATO IAEA IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME227 |
ITALY: UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF IRAQI ASSETS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH FOUR. 2. (SBU) FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THAT APPROXIMATELY ONE MILLION DOLLARS WERE UNFROZEN AND TRANSFERRED TO THE DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR IRAQ (DFI) ON DECEMBER 18. ACCORDING TO ROBERTO CICIANI, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MONEY-LAUNDE [...] |
2004-01-22 12:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME2363 |
IRANIAN DIPLOMAT SOUNDS OUT THE BRITS [...] (S) ON JUNE 17, UK EMBASSY POL COUNS FRANCIS CAMPBELL (STRICTLY PROTECT) BRIEFED POLOFF ON HIS MEETING THE PREVIOUS DAY WITH IRANIAN EMBASSY SECOND SECRETARY ALI GHOLAMPOUR. THE MEETING TOOK PLACE IN CAMPBELL'S OFFICE IN THE UK EMBASSY. 2. (S) ACCORDING TO GHOLAMPOUR, IRAN IS "THANKFUL" THA [...] |
2004-06-18 12:08:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR IR IZ UK IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME2464 |
IRAQ POST-HANDOVER: GOI SUPPORT STRONG AND [...] This message contains an action request in paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Citing the parallel goals of strengthening Iraqi security services and forging an overarching Iraqi national identity from a highly regionalized reality, the GOI has described a comprehensive plan to provide assistance t [...] |
2004-06-24 15:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ECON EAID IT IZ PREL IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME2768 |
WFP'S VIEW ON THE PRESENT STATUS OF IRAQ'S PUBLIC [...] (SBU) US Mission/Rome met with WFP senior officials on Iraq food commodity operations on June 27 and July 2. If current ration levels are maintained, the Iraq Public Distribution System (PDS) is likely to experience shortages in a number of commodities throughout the coming months, according t [...] |
2004-07-16 07:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC IZ WFP IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME2893 |
GOI SUPPORTS DUAL-HATTING MFN-I COMMANDER, [...] (C) Following Reftel's request, Pol-Mil Officer demarched Italian MFA NATO Office Head Giovanni Brauzzi on July 26. Brauzzi responded that Italy had already decided to fully support the US proposal to dual-hat the MNF-I commander as commander of the NATO training mission in Iraq. Italy will [...] |
2004-07-26 14:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME2912 |
ITALIAN SUGGESTIONS ON COALITION STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Embassy Rome delivered ref A message and draft statement July 27 to MFA officials Deputy PolDir Bisogniero and Director-General (A/S equivalent) for Middle East Sessa. Because both officials were occupied with the current Italian Chiefs of Mission conference, they conferred and delivered t [...] |
2004-07-28 04:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT IZ MARR MOPS OPDC PREL IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME3190 |
BLAIR-BERLUSCONI VACATION-VISIT CONTINUES - NO [...] (C) Prime Ministers Berlusconi and Blair and their wives continue to enjoy their vacation at Berlusconi's home in Sardinia. Italian press has reported extensively on their activities. Despite speculation from throughout the Italian media that the PMs discussed a role for Italy as "mediator" [...] |
2004-08-18 13:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME3590 |
IRAQ: ITALIAN PLANS FOR TOKYO DONORS' MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy may not be able to make its planned Euro 10 million disbursement to the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI) prior to the Tokyo meeting due to chronic budget difficulties. Our judgment is that this is a matter of timing, and that the 2004 pledge is [...] |
2004-09-20 04:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME3849 |
ITALIAN PRT/FSB ON BACK BURNER FOR NEAR FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. Facing budget cuts and with a military straining to meet its current obligations overseas, Italy will not consider deploying a PRT/FSB in the near term. However, Italy has not ruled out leading a PRT/FSB at some point in the future. Italy will keep the possibility on the back bu [...] |
2004-10-05 13:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME385 |
ITALY: STATUS OF FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS [...] (SBU) Finance Ministry officials provided Embassy with updated list of Iraqi assets frozen and held in Italy. This list was reviewed and approved by the inter-ministerial Financial Security Committee at its January 29 meeting. 2. (SBU) Information is presented below as follows: bank in Ita [...] |
2004-02-04 10:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME3933 |
IRAQ/ITALY- ITALIAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON PLANS [...] (C) At their Oct. 6 meeting with Italian MFA DG Massolo, A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn discussed Iran and Iraq, as well as Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) issues (septel). Massolo underscored Italy's concern with Iranian nuclear ambitions. He sought details on the mix of MNF and Iraqi f [...] |
2004-10-12 08:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT IR IZ NATO EUN IRAQI FREEDOM GLOBAL DEFENSE |
| 04ROME401 |
IRAQ: ITALY AND THE IFC SMALL BUSINESS FACILITY [...] (U) IN RESPONSE TO REF B, EMBASSY REPORTED THAT THE GOI WAS NOT LIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE ITS MADRID-PLEDGED IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION FUNDS TO THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION'S SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE FACILITY FOR IRAQ (REF E). WE HAVE ALSO DESCRIBED ITALY'S OVERALL RECONSTRUCTION PRIORITIES [...] |
2004-02-04 17:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME4093 |
ITALY: IRAQ NATO MISSION AND ISAF PRT/FSB - [...] (C) In an October 22 discussion with PolMilCouns and ODC Chief, Diplomatic Advisor to the Italian Minister of Defense Francesco Trupiano and Italian J3 MG Giuseppe Marani said that at present, Italy was not considering contributing additional training assets to the NATO mission in Iraq, but wa [...] |
2004-10-22 13:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL IT AF IZ NATO IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME4252 |
NATO/IRAQ: ITALY OPPOSED TO CAVEATS ON NATO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Pol-Mil Officers discussed reftel demarche with Giovanni Brauzzi, head of the MFA's NATO office, on November 4. Brauzzi said that Italy agrees with the principle that NATO member states should not impose national caveats on agreed NATO missions, but noted that in practical terms [...] |
2004-11-05 11:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME4263 |
IRAQ: ITALY URGES MORE EU INVOLVEMENT, PLEDGES TO [...] (C) Summary. In their November 4 meeting in Rome, and on the eve of Iraqi PM Allawi's Brussels meeting with EU leaders, Italian PM Berlusconi and his Iraqi counterpart held a friendly meeting in which they discussed the current situation in Iraq and strategies for securing greater EU and othe [...] |
2004-11-05 15:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME430 |
IRAQ: UPDATE ON ITALY AND THE IFC SMALL BUSINESS [...] (C) ECONOFF MADE REF B POINTS FEBRUARY 5 TO LUIGI MACCOTTA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA IRAQ TASK FORCE, URGING GOI SUPPORT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION'S SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING FACILITY FOR IRAQ. MACCOTTA NOTED THAT WHILE THE GOI WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL- [...] |
2004-02-06 10:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME4544 |
IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER TELLS ITALIANS THAT [...] (C) Summary. In November 29 meetings with Italian government officials, Iraq Defense Minister Hazim al Shalam expressed security concerns about the upcoming elections in Iraq, going so far as to advocate their postponement. Italian officials told DCM that Italy will continue to support the Ir [...] |
2004-11-30 16:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI ELECTIONS |
| 04ROME4796 |
FOLLOW-UP WITH ITALY AFTER MEETING OF IRAQI DONORS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI has disbursed approximately Euro 65 million ($86.3 million) in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Iraq for 2003-2004, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials responsible for Iraq reconstruction aid. This total includes Italy's long-delayed 2004 paym [...] |
2004-12-17 17:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME4856 |
IRAQ: SUMMARY OF ITALIAN RECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY [...] Luigi Maccotta, Deputy Director of the Iraq Task Force at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, provided Econoff with the following summary, in English, of Italian humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Iraq. This document updates a previous summary Maccotta passed to Econoff in Jan [...] |
2004-12-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME638 |
ITALIAN SENATE APPROVES FUNDING FOR MILITARY [...] ON FEBRUARY 18, THE ITALIAN SENATE APPROVED THE GOVERNMENT DECREE EXTENDING UNTIL JUNE 30, 2004, FUNDING FOR ITALY'S PARTICIPATION IN ALL THE MILITARY MISSIONS IN WHICH IT IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED ABROAD, INCLUDING IRAQ. WHILE APPROVAL OF THE DECREE WAS ASSURED BY THE GOVERNING COALITION'S SOLID [...] |
2004-02-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME80 |
EXPANDING ITALY'S ROLE IN IRAQ: LETTER FROM FM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following is a letter and non-paper from FM Frattini to Ambassador Sembler dated December 23, 2003. The letter emphasizes Italy's continued determination to assume a greater role in Iraqi reconstruction and tacitly refers to the GOI's prior request for a senior position in CPA (Re [...] |
2004-01-09 18:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ECON PREL EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME860 |
AMBASSADOR BURNS REVIEWS NATO ISSUES WITH ITALIAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Burns discussed the Istanbul Summit, the Greater Middle East (GME) Initiative, NATO prospects for Iraq and Afghanistan and a successor mission to SFOR during Feb. 26-27 meetings with Italian officials, journalists and academics in Rome. Italy is revising its plans to s [...] |
2004-03-04 16:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL BK AF IZ IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME927 |
ITALY/AFGHANISTAN: CONTRIBUTIONS TO ISAF EXPANSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy remains fully on board with ISAF expansion. Although no formal policy decision has yet been made, the GOI (reportedly working closely with SHAPE) is focused on Herat, with the only apparent question being whether Italy will lead only a PRT, or that and a Forward Support [...] |
2004-03-09 16:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME936 |
ITALIAN LOWER HOUSE SET TO APPROVE FUNDING FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME969 |
ITALY: FUNDS FOR MILITARY MISSIONS ABROAD APPROVED [...] AS EXPECTED, THE ITALIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES MARCH 10 APPROVED EXTENDING UNTIL JUNE 30, 2004, FUNDING FOR ITALY'S PARTICIPATION IN ALL ITS MILITARY MISSIONS ABROAD, INCLUDING IRAQ (REF. B). THE CHAMBER DID NOT MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE SENATE ON FEBRUARY 18 (RE [...] |
2004-03-11 16:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME973 |
IRAQ: WFP WARNS OF POSSIBLE BREAKS IN FOOD PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: During February 26 meetings in Rome with the Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction, Ambassador Robin L. Raphel, officials of the World Food Program (WFP) warned that difficulties in the management and coordination of food contracts and deliveries with authorities in Baghdad, if [...] |
2004-03-12 07:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC IZ WFP IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1021 |
IRAQ: ITALIAN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION REQUESTS - [...] (S) Summary: Ref A requests that Embassy Rome, Department and OSD discuss whether the Italian criminal investigation team looking into the March 4 shooting by US forces of Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari should be supported based on the terms of reference (Ref D) or other arrangem [...] |
2005-03-24 15:44:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS KJUS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1024 |
IRAQ: US/ITALY JOINT INVESTIGATION - LOOKING AHEAD [...] (S) SUMMARY: We have gotten past Italian nervousness (Ref A) about participating jointly in the full range of Gen. Vangjel's investigation into the March 4 death of Nicola Calipari. PM Berlusconi's office, which is tightly managing the Italian public stance on this issue, remains concerned ab [...] |
2005-03-25 06:17:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | IT IZ KJUS MOPS PREL IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1270 |
CALIPARI: ITALY PROPOSES SPLITTING JOINT REPORT FROM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Italian government officials tell us they will refuse signature or endorsement as a "joint report" of any MNF-I AR 15-6 inves contains the unqualified conclusion that personal responsibility for th cannot be assigned and U.S. forces did not violate their ROE. They say a political [...] |
2005-04-14 15:17:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1392 |
IRAQ/ITALY: CALIPARI INVESTIGATION AND THE VIEW [...] (S) Summary: Based on what senior GOI officials have told us in the past 48 hours, we believe there is little chance that we can achieve a joint report in Baghdad on the March 4 Calipari shooting. We should prepare a public affairs strategy for that outcome now. The GOI's national security [...] |
2005-04-22 16:57:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS KJUS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1456 |
IRAQ: ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR THE TRANSITIONAL [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Iraq Task Force Director Damiano Francovigh. The MFA had already issued a statement on the formation of the Iraq Transitional Government. An informal translation of the statement is provided below. 2. (U) Begin text. The expected confidenc [...] |
2005-04-29 11:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1484 |
IRAQ: ITALIANS LEND SUPPORT TO AMB JONES' [...] (C) Summary. Senior diplomatic officials told Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones during his April 22 visit to Rome that Italy intends to continue its engagement in stabilization efforts in Iraq. They were optimistic that the current political stalemate, th [...] |
2005-05-02 11:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1506 |
IRAQ/ITALY: BERLUSCONI TRYING TO PUT CALIPARI [...] (S) Summary and Recommendation: Just prior to the May 2 release of the Italian report on the March 4 killing of intelligence officer Nicola Calipari at a U.S. checkpoint in Baghdad, Ambassador, DCM and PolMilCouns were called to PM Berlusconi's office to receive an advance copy of the report and to [...] |
2005-05-03 15:18:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS KJUS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1593 |
IRAQ/ITALY: BERLUSCONI IN PARLIAMENT ON CALIPARI- [...] (S) Summary and Recommendation: On May 5-6, PM Berlusconi spoke to both houses of Parliament about the joint investigation and separate reports of the March 4 shooting of Italian Intelligence officer Nicola Calipari by US forces near Baghdad. While Berlusconi defended the Italian report and took is [...] |
2005-05-09 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS KJUS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1635 |
IRAQ/ITALY:MORE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary. Following Berlusconi's recent statements on future troop withdrawals in Iraq (Ref A), both DefMin Martino and FM Fini have made statements in the past week suggesting that Italy will begin a major drawdown after the end of the year. Post views these statements, in the run-up to na [...] |
2005-05-12 07:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1742 |
FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE: FAO ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ [...] Summary: At a May 11, 2005, FAO Finance Committee meeting of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Henri Carsalade, Assistant Director General for Technical Cooperation, provided an overview of current FAO activities in Iraq. US Deputy Permrep, coordinating with Kuwait as Near East G [...] |
2005-05-20 09:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1883 |
IRAQ: ITALIAN MARSH RESTORATION TO ENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Italian Ministry of Environment (MOE) plans to spend approximately euro 12 million through 2005 on its "New Eden" marshland restoration project in Iraq. In partnership with the Free Iraq Foundation, the GOI has funded a two-year scientific survey of the re-flooded Abu Zirig [...] |
2005-06-03 12:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID IT IZ SENV IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME2051 |
U.S.-EU IRAQ CONFERENCE, ITALY UNLIKELY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Italian Foreign Minister Fini will attend the Brussels conference, but aid officials tell us Italy will not commit to new assistance for Iraq. End summary. 2. (SBU) Visiting A/S Fried discussed reftel points with Giovanni Castellaneta, Diplomatic Advisor to Prime Minister Be [...] |
2005-06-16 05:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IT IZ EUN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME2115 |
IRAQ/ITALY - MOD/IDGS STUDYING ISF EMBEDDING [...] (S) Ambassador discussed Engaging the Coalition message (Ref A) with DefMin Martino June 17; Army Attache and PolMilCouns, accompanied by UK counterparts, followed up with D/CHOD Castagnetti and MoD Diplomatic Advisor Amerio June 20. The Italians noted that while they would begin an internal [...] |
2005-06-20 16:46:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL IT IZ NATO EUN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME2348 |
IRAQ: ITALIANS FOCUSED ON UN MANDATE, TROOP [...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones and CENTCOM Deputy Commander LTG Lance Smith led a delegation to Rome July 6-7 to discuss the way forward in Iraq with senior Italian diplomatic and military officials. The Italians stressed that Italy's con [...] |
2005-07-14 06:42:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME2349 |
IRAQ: AMBASSADOR JONES DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard H. Jones updated key Italian MFA officials on Iraqi efforts to draft a new constitution, including the increased Sunni participation in the drafting committee, and US views on UNSCR 1546 and continuing the mandate [...] |
2005-07-14 06:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EIND IZ IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME249 |
IRAQ: ITALY SENDING POSITIVE MESSAGES ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite the recent death of another Italian soldier in Iraq, Italy has no intention of withdrawing its troops until asked by the new Iraqi government. Furthermore, Italian officials continue publicly to support the January 30 elections as the first step in the transition to a free [...] |
2005-01-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IT IRAQI ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME2569 |
IRAQ/ITALIAN TROOP DEPLOYMENT: PARLIAMENT EXTENDS [...] (U) Summary. On July 27, the Italian Parliament extended funding for Italy's mission in Iraq to December 31, 2005, by a wide majority. With the exception of the Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR), the opposition voted against. Wide differences of opinion have emerged within the opposition [...] |
2005-08-02 14:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME2885 |
IRAQ: ITALY PRAISES DRAFT IRAQI CONSTITUTION [...] (U) DCM has requested an appointment to discuss reftel demarche with the MFA's Director General for the Mediterranean and the Middle East. In the meantime, below are comments from PM Berlusconi and Deputy PM/FM Fini regarding the Iraqi constitution. 2. (U) In an August 28 press statement [...] |
2005-08-30 12:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME29 |
IRAQ: ITALY NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Poloff spoke with MFA Iraq officer Daniano Francovigh (speaking on behalf of Iraq Office Director and Task Force Director Luigi Maccotta) on January 4 regarding Ref A demarche. Francovigh said that because of time and financial restraints, Italy will not be able to support the IMIE for Ir [...] |
2005-01-05 09:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROP PHUM IZ IT IRAQI ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME2937 |
IRAQ: ITALY REMAINS COMMITTED ON ALL FRONTS, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Though Italian leaders publicly praised the signing of the new Iraqi constitution (Ref B), MFA officials privately told us they have deep cause for concern, especially regarding what they perceive as the lack of inclusiveness of all ethnic groups in the political process. However [...] |
2005-09-02 17:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME296 |
IRAQ: ITALY ON BOARD WITH EVOLVING MNF-I MISSION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials are well-aware of and comfortable with proposals for the MNF-I to shift some emphasis to training and increasing the capacity of Iraqi Security Forces. Italy intends to maintain its current force [...] |
2005-01-28 16:10:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME3179 |
ITALY: AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PRODI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted lunch on September 20 for Center-Left political leaders Romano Prodi, Piero Fassino, Francesco Rutelli, and Massimo D'Alema. The four politicians were mostly in sync, willing to contradict each other politely, and were only moderately deferential to their p [...] |
2005-09-23 11:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MOPS EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME3226 |
IRAQ: ITALY REASSURES IT WILL NOT CUT AND RUN [...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials, commenting on the recent visit to Rome by Dhi Qar province Governor Aziz Kadum Aluan Al Aghely, insist that Italy has no intention of withdrawing more troops from Iraq in the near future. As conditions permit, however, they do envision a progressive withdr [...] |
2005-09-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME3585 |
SCENESETTER FOR PM BERLUSCONI'S OCTOBER 31 MEETING [...] (C) Summary. PM Berlusconi specifically requested this meeting, and a spring address to a joint session of Congress, to bolster his prospects in Italy's April elections. Behind in the polls and facing his toughest campaign, Berlusconi will juxtapose his proactive and pro-U.S.foreign policy with tha [...] |
2005-10-26 10:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME3630 |
IRAQ: ITALY PRAISES REFERENDUM RESULTS [...] (U) The Italian government hailed the success of the Iraqi constitution as an historic step in October 25 and 26 statements from Prime Minister Berlusconi, President Ciampi, Foreign Minister Fini and Defense Minister Martino. Translations of the statements are reprinted below. 2. (U) Begin [...] |
2005-10-28 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ IT KDEM KPAO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME3632 |
PM BERLUSCONI'S FOCUS WILL BE IRAQ TROOP LEVELS [...] (U) The Ambassador called on PM Silvio Berlusconi on the eve of Berlusconi's trip to Washington for his meeting with POTUS. Berlusconi was accompanied by Under Secretary for the Council of Ministers Gianni Letta, Special Assistant Valentino Valenti, Diplomatic Counselor Gianpaolo Scarante and [...] |
2005-10-31 06:19:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME3697 |
ITALIAN DEFENSE BUDGET: PM'S OFFICE SEES PROPOSED [...] (C) After hearing in the past few weeks from the Chief of the Italian Defense General Staff and the Minister of Defense that cuts envisioned by the proposed Italian defense budget for 2006 would put Italian defense spending in the range of 0.85-to-0.9 percent of GDP, jeopardizing Italian parti [...] |
2005-11-04 16:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR ECON IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME3763 |
IRAQ: TALABANI IN ROME URGES NO HASTY TROOP MOVES [...] (C) Summary. During his November 7-13 visit to Italy, Iraqi President Talabani discussed current developments in Iraq and Iraqi relations with Syrian, Iran and Turkey with Embassy officials. Talabani received assurances from Italian center-left leaders that they would not withdraw Italian tr [...] |
2005-11-15 10:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM NATO |
| 05ROME3936 |
ITALY: ON IRAQ CENTER-LEFT MOVES RIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DS Party Secretary Piero Fassino says that if a Center-Left government comes to power next spring it would withdraw troops from Iraq in close coordination with the Iraqi government, the U.S. and other allies. A DS Official told us that Center-Left PM candidate Romano Prodi had a [...] |
2005-11-30 16:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME4052 |
ITALIANS FOCUS ON LONG-TERM IN IRAQ, SEEK [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with the Deputy Senior Coordinator for Iraq Robert Deutsch, Italian government officials stressed the need for the continued involvement and commitment of the international community in Iraq. The Prime Minister's office suggested a UN Presidential statement would hel [...] |
2005-12-13 15:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM NATO |
| 05ROME4071 |
IRAQ: ITALY PRAISES IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (U) PM Berlusconi issued a statement on December 15 praising the Iraqi elections as a further step on the road to democracy. Noting that first indications suggested a significant Sunni turnout, Berlusconi said the vote also marked a strike against the insurgents. The statement also noted It [...] |
2005-12-16 14:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ IT IRAQI ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME4169 |
IRAQ - ITALY REQUESTS HELP TO DISBURSE SOFT LOANS [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 4 below. 2. (SBU) Federika Ferrari Bravo, MFA Coordinator for Economic Assistance to Iraq, asked December 6 for U.S. help to complete an Italy-Iraq loan agreement to permit Italy to disburse a five million euro soft loan to reestablish the Iraqi [...] |
2005-12-29 11:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PHUM PK PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AVIATION FAA |
| 05ROME537 |
IRAQ: ITALIAN SENATE APPROVES CONTINUED FUNDING [...] SUMMARY: The Italian Senate has approved funding for Italy's continued military mission in Iraq. We expect the Chamber to follow suit when the measure is scheduled for a vote in the lower house in the coming weeks. END SUMMARY. 2. On February 16, the Italian Senate approved financing f [...] |
2005-02-17 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS MARR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
| 05ROME714 |
ITALIAN UNIONS ON COMPETITIVENESS, IRAN AND IRAQ [...] Summary. Italian unions, led by CGIL, have proposed a new plan to promote competitiveness that addresses structural weaknesses and the need for increased investment in education, training, infrastructure and R&D. It represents another step towards unity among the trade union confederations [...] |
2005-03-03 13:55:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL PGOV IR IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME781 |
IRAQ/ITALY: ACCIDENTAL KILLING IN BAGHDAD, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the last 24 hours PM Berlusconi has pressed hard for the establishment of some mechanism to show that Italy was an active participant in the investigation into the killing of Italian intel officer Nicola Calipari by US forces near Baghdad, which he could use to calm criticism o [...] |
2005-03-08 20:11:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME799 |
IRAQ/ITALY: FM FINI SPEAKS TO PARLIAMENT ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: DPM/FM Gianfranco Fini told the Chamber of Deputies March 8 that the March 4 killing by a U.S.patrol of Italian SISMI official Nicola Calipari near Camp Victory in Baghdad was "certainly an accident" but that there [...] |
2005-03-10 05:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME819 |
LETTER FROM ITALIAN PRESIDENT CIAMPI TO PRESIDENT [...] Please deliver following message from President Ciampi to President Bush. 2. Begin Text. Mr. President, Dear George, I appreciate the sincerity of the words of solidarity you have addressed to me after the tragic accident in Iraq which caused the death of Nicola Calipari and the woundi [...] |
2005-03-10 17:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL IT US IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME820 |
IRAQ: ITALIAN ASSISTANCE TO DATE TOTALS EURO 78M [...] (U) Summary: The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports the GOI spent Euro 78 million ($101 million) on Iraq aid in 2003-2004. For 2005, the GOI plans to disburse about Euro 30 million ($39 million) in additional reconstruction assistance, though this figure represents an estimate, rather [...] |
2005-03-10 17:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME821 |
IRAQ/ITALY: PM BERLUSCONI SPEAKS TO THE SENATE ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Italian PM Berlusconi stressed to the Senate March 9 the importance of the U.S.'s "unprecedented" decision to allow Italy to participate in the investigation of the circumstances that led to the March 4 killing of [...] |
2005-03-11 05:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME858 |
U.S.-ITALY INVESTIGATION INTO DEATH OF ITALIAN OFFICIAL CALIPARI IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) By exchange of letters dated March 12, the Embassy concurred with the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the subject investigation as proposed by the GOI. The Italian letter containing the proposed TOR follows the text reported in para 7 of reftel and was signed by Undersecretary in the Prime [...] |
2005-03-14 16:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM PHUM |
| 05ROME886 |
IRAQ/ITALY: BERLUSCONI SAYS ITALY TO BEGIN [...] (C) On March 15, PM Berlusconi said in a TV interview that Italy would begin reducing its troop presence in Iraq in September, conditions permitting. He did not refer to any Italian draw-down in his presentations to the Senate last week and his statement caught Italian officials off-guard. De [...] |
2005-03-16 11:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
| 05ROME902 |
IRAQ/ITALY - TRANSCRIPT AND COMMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Berlusconi's comments on the March 15 edition of ""Porta a Porta,"" a popular television news/interview program, suggesting the withdrawal of Italian troops from Iraq beginning in September of this year, have made an impact in both the Italian popular press and in internatio [...] |
2005-03-17 05:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
| 05ROME919 |
IRAQ/ITALY: PARLIAMENT APPROVES FUNDING FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 15, the Italian Chamber of Deputies gave final approval to extend through June 30 funding for Italy's military mission in Iraq. We expect funding to be extended for the July-December period without difficulty, given the size of the Government's majority. The subseque [...] |
2005-03-17 16:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS MARR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
| 06ROME119 |
IRAQ: ITALIANS WANT TO LEAD PRT, EVALUATING OTHER [...] (C) Summary. Italy would like to lead the PRT in Dhi Qar province, where it has considerable military and civilian experience. It sees this as a useful vehicle for an increasing focus on civilian activities as well as security training. Packaging the coalition's evolving role in Iraq in ter [...] |
2006-01-12 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 06ROME122 |
AMBASSADOR PUTS DOWN MARKER WITH CENTER-LEFT ON [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador on January 11 told Daisy Party leader Francesco Rutelli that the Center-Left could not begin its relationship with the United States in a worse manner than to unilaterally declare a withdrawal of Italian troops from Iraq in the event of a Center-Left victory in the [...] |
2006-01-13 05:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME173 |
SCENESETTER: YOUR MEETING WITH ITALIAN FM FINI [...] (C) This meeting is an opportunity for FM Fini and the Berlusconi government to showcase Italian foreign policy successes in advance of April elections. Fini will want to show the public that Italy's engagements abroad have advanced its national interests, enhanced its international standing, [...] |
2006-01-18 16:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS IT PGOV PREL ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS AFGHANISTAN UN |
| 06ROME583 |
ITALY'S DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN DECLINE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In view of Italy's extraordinary 27.6% cut in 2006 foreign assistance from 2005 levels, DCM called on Guiseppe Deodato, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General for Development, recently to hear his views and ensure continued good cooperation on development assistance. [...] |
2006-02-24 15:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IT IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
| 06ROME85 |
ITALY'S CENTER-LEFT PLANS IRAQ PULLOUT BY END OF [...] (C) Romano Prodi's international affairs adviser and spokesperson January 10 expressed confidence in a center-left victory in Italy's elections next April. He said that a Prodi-led government would announce immediately upon winning national elections its intent to withdraw from Iraq. Ricardo [...] |
2006-01-10 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME904 |
IRAQ: ITALIAN MFA SAYS PRT MOVING AHEAD REGARDLESS [...] (C) Italy's Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Dhi Qar province will be fully operational by the end of April. MFA officials are confident that, barring an unexpectedly large vote for the extreme left in Italy's April 9 election, a center-left election victory will not affect the current [...] |
2006-03-22 15:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV EAID IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |