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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02ABUJA2165 |
NIGERIA: BAKASSI -- ON THE MINDS OF MANY [...] (C) Summary: The GON is feeling a sense of urgency regarding a possibly adverse ICJ judgment on the Bakassi within the next few months. The GON is groping for a face-saving exit before finding itself boxed in a corner. The GON wants avoid the dilemma of having to accept an adverse judgment tha [...] |
2002-07-23 13:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PNAT MARR NI CM FR UK PTBS |
| 02ABUJA2800 |
NIGERIA -- DEFENSE MINISTER DANJUMA TALKS [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a September 23-24 Invitational Visit to EUCOM headquarters, Nigerian Defense Minister T.Y. Danjuma castigated the French for allegedly supporting Cameroon in the Bakassi dispute. A close confidante of President Obasanjo, Danjuma implied that Nigeria might nationalize Fre [...] |
2002-10-04 15:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PNAT MOPS NI CM PTBS |
| 03ABUDHABI2654 |
(S/NF) INFORMATION ON IRAQI SUNNI [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S/NF) Post provides the following information, gleaned from conversations with resident Iraqis and Emirati leaders and academics on Iraqi Sunni cleric Ahmed Al-Kubaysi. It is by no means comprehensive and we a [...] |
2003-06-04 10:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | KPRP PINR PGOV PINS PNAT PREL IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3856 |
UAEG DENIES BANKROLLING IRAQI SUNNI [...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Charge d'Affaires, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) UAE Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan denied that his government was financing Iraqi Sunni cleric Ahmed Al-Kubaysi. In an August 19 meeting with Charge and Polchief, [...] |
2003-08-23 11:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPRP PINR PGOV PINS PNAT PREL IZ TC |
| 03LAGOS2354 |
FMR BIAFRAN PRESIDENT GENERAL OJUKWU MEETS WITH CG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consul General and POLOFF (notetaker) met with former Biafran President General Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and his assistant Prince Bob J. Onyema on 10 November. Ojukwu has plans to travel to the US at the end of November. Ojukwu discussed court cases contesting the res [...] |
2003-11-14 10:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL PGOV PNAT SOCI EPET NI XY |
| 04DJIBOUTI1392 |
NEW SOMALIAN PRESIDENT SPEAKS ON CHALLENGES FACING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Al Hayat a London based Arabic newspaper published 30 October an interview with the new President of Somalia. In the interview, widely read in Djibouti, he addressed several issues dealing with his return to Mogadishu, the disarmament process, terrorism in Somalia and the African U [...] |
2004-11-01 10:39:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PNAT PARM PTER PINS DJ SO |
| 04DJIBOUTI1512 |
VISIT OF SOMALI PRESIDENT TO DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Summary: Newly elected President of Somalia, Abdillahi Youssouf Ahmed, came to Djibouti for a 24-hour visit on November 15, 2004. In a press conference with Djiboutian national media during the visit, Abdillahi Youssouf touched on the conflicting relations between Somaliland and Puntland, [...] |
2004-11-24 06:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM PHUM PNAT PBTS PINS PTER DJ SO |
| 04DJIBOUTI1566 |
PDD CURRIES SOMALILAND VOTE, PROMISES RECOGNITION, [...] (C) Summary: In a move aimed at currying the Djiboutian vote resident in Somaliland, Mohamed Daoud Chehem, President of the Djiboutian Party for Development (PDD), visited Hargeisa, Somaliland 1 December. While in Hargeisa, Chehem met with officials from Somaliland opposition party Kulmiye to [...] |
2004-12-09 03:03:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PNAT SO DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI915 |
DJIBOUTI CELEBRATES 27 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Djibouti marked the 27th anniversary of its independence from France, Sunday, June 27, 2004 with Government hosted celebrations including a military parade and a reception at the Presidential Palace. Ambassador with USLO attended the early morning parade, and was accompanied by U [...] |
2004-07-02 09:15:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PNAT IS IZ SU SO DJ |
| 04PARIS7928 |
TENSION IN TAHITI AS POLITICAL STRUGGLE PLAYS OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Political turmoil, confusion, and charges of corruption reign in Papeete and Paris as both Oscar Temaru and Gaston Flosse claim to be the legitimate president of French Polynesia in the aftermath of an October 9 vote of censure and subsequent October 22 vote for president in the [...] |
2004-10-29 11:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT FR FP XV |
| 05BAGHDAD3828 |
NEW ELECTION LAW HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Transitional National Assembly (TNA) passed the election law September 12. The electoral system for the December elections will consist of 230 seats allotted to 18 governorate electoral districts and another 45 seats distributed nationally as compensatory seats. The voter [...] |
2005-09-16 11:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PNAT IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD3874 |
PROPOSED CONFERENCE FOR POLITICAL MODERATES [...] C) Summary. Looking ahead to the December 15 elections, former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is planning to launch a new multi-political party entity that is centrist and moderate. There is a kick-off conference planned for later this month, according to Allawi political allies. Allawi's politi [...] |
2005-09-19 14:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PNAT IZ KDEM |
| 05BAGHDAD3887 |
SUNNI ARAB LEADER ON REFERENDUM PROSPECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sunni Arab Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) leader Ayad Samarai said September 18 that while constitution language on Arab identity is now sufficient, further language changes will need to be made on federalism and other national issues before Sunni Arab leaders could consider asking th [...] |
2005-09-20 11:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4018 |
ALLAWI POSTPONES CONFERENCE FOR CENTRIST [...] (C) Summary: Several TNA members have acknowledged that ongoing political differences, not security concerns, were the real reason former Prime Minister Allawi recently postponed a conference to launch a centrist political coalition. Some have refused to participate in the coalition talks al [...] |
2005-09-28 12:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PNAT IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4090 |
NEW TNA INTERPRETATION OF "VOTER" COULD SPARK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two days before recess, the Transitional National Assembly (TNA) passed a resolution on October 2 that could dim the hopes of Sunni Arabs seeking to vote down the constitution. The resolution inconsistently defines the word nakhabeen, or "voters", as it appears in Article 61 (c) [...] |
2005-10-03 20:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PHUM KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4109 |
CONDITIONAL DEAL TO FIX THE REFERENDUM LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY. DCM, UK Charge, and Acting UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Schulenburg met with Deputy Speaker Shahrastani and VP Adel Abd al-Mahdi October 4 to discuss the TNA's October 2 "double standard" interpretation of the word "nakhabeen" in TAL 61(c) as both act [...] |
2005-10-04 19:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PHUM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4122 |
CONSTITUTION PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORT INTENSIFIES [...] (C) Summary. UNAMI distribution of the Iraqi draft constitution is well underway. 750,000 copies of the text reached the southern governorates in the past five days. Distribution to other parts of the country continues. Kurdish copies are expected to arrive in Kurdistan by October 6. Meanw [...] |
2005-10-05 18:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PHUM KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4143 |
CHRISTIAN VOTERS TO HELP SINK THE CONSTITUTION? [...] (C) The leading Christian politician in Transitional National Assembly, Yonadam Kanna told PolOff, however, that many Christians are unhappy with the draft because Section One, Article 2A declares that no law can be passed that contradicts Islam. Moreover, some Christian minorities, such as t [...] |
2005-10-07 14:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PNAT IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4175 |
SHEIKH HAMMOUDI TELLS CODEL SHAYS WHEN U.S. CAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 9, TNA Constitution Committee Chair and senior Shia Islamist politician Sheikh Humam Hammoudi told Representatives Christopher Shays (R, CT), Michael McNulty (D, NY), Earl Pomeroy (D, ND), Michael Campuano (D, MA), Ron Kind (D, WI), and Eni Faleomavaega (D, American Sa [...] |
2005-10-11 06:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREL |
| 05BAGHDAD4200 |
WATCH SALAH AD-DIN AND NINEWA PROVINCES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. A last-minute political compromise to elicit Sunni Arab leader public expressions of support for the Constitution could help ensure its passage in the October 15 referendum. That deal apparently is sealed. Were it to fall through, the outcome of the referendum will probably be [...] |
2005-10-11 18:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PHUM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4208 |
CODEL REED VISITS PM JAFARI [...] (SBU) On October 11, Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari told Senators Jack Reed (R-RI) and Chris Dodd (D-CT) that he is optimistic that the constitution referendum will take place on time and will pass without issue. Jaafari added that he expects widespread voter turnout that will include Sunni [...] |
2005-10-12 16:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PREL IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4214 |
MAJOR SUNNI PARTY PARTICIPATES IN GATHERING IN [...] (C) Summary. The Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) reiterated support for the amended draft constitution at a big tent gathering of Iraqi political leaders October 12 in the Transitional National Assembly. A number of important amendments, negotiated in the last week, paved the way for the statemen [...] |
2005-10-13 12:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PHUM PTER IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4228 |
MIXED REACTION BY SUNNI ARABS TO CONSTITUTION [...] (C) An official from the Sunni Arab-dominated Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP), Nasir Al-Ani, told PolOff October 13 the IIP remains resolutely in support of the constitution despite insurgents firing rocket-propelled grenades on the IIP office in Fallujah October 13. Al-Ani said there were no casua [...] |
2005-10-14 15:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4235 |
IRAQI REFERENDUM 001 (OCTOBER 15) [...] (S) Summary. As of midday October 15, the Iraqi constitutional referendum generally was proceeding operating smoothly with problems most notably in Anbar and Ninewa; in both governorates it appears many polling stations did not open. The Independent Election Commission of Iraq (IECI) reporte [...] |
2005-10-15 11:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL PNAT IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4238 |
SAMARA SUNNI ARABS IN DENIAL ABOUT THEIR IP [...] (C) Summary: During an October 12 meeting in Samarra to discuss security and governance, MOD Senior Advisor General Amer al-Hashimi asked Coalition Force officers to reduce their security controls in the city. LTC Wald of the 42ND ID noted that there had been no change in the demands of the [...] |
2005-10-15 15:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PNAT PHUM PTER IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4242 |
FIRST REACTIONS TO REFERENDUM: SHIA CONFIDENCE, [...] (C) Summary: So far, the UN election advisory team has not heard of significant irregularities during the voting operation on October 15. In contrast to the January 2005 election, this time our Assyrian Christian contacts in Baghdad so far are not complaining of serious problems with the v [...] |
2005-10-15 20:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PNAT |
| 05BAGHDAD4271 |
IRAQI ELECTION COMMISSION DELAYS ANNOUNCEMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN Special Representative (SRSG) Qazi told P5 Chiefs of Mission late October 17 that the announcement of the constitution referendum results would be delayed while the Iraqi election commission investigates potential irregularities. Preliminary information from IECI field office [...] |
2005-10-17 18:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4284 |
PM AGREES NOT TO DELAY DECEMBER ELECTION [...] (C) Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari met with Ambassador Khalilzad and UK Ambassador William Patey on October 16 to discuss delaying the date for registration of political coalitions from October 21 to November 4 and the date of the National Assembly election from December 15 to December 29. They [...] |
2005-10-18 09:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PHUM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4291 |
SUNNI DEPUTY CITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN REFLECTS ON [...] (C) Summary. Immediately after polls closed for the October 15 constitutional referendum, Baghdad City Council Deputy Chairman (and sole Sunni member) Riyadh Nassir Al Adhadh shared his thoughts about the referendum and politics with PolOff. Dr. Riyadh said that perhaps half of the Sunni vot [...] |
2005-10-18 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ XL |
| 05BAGHDAD4311 |
SUNNI ARAB REACTION TO REFERENDUM RESULTS: SOME [...] (C) Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) General Secretary Tariq al-Hashimi told the Ambassador October 18 he is gravely concerned that a disputed referendum result in Ninewa handled indelicately would lead to a "disaster." He recommended the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) delay an anno [...] |
2005-10-19 13:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PHUM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4342 |
IECI-SUNNI ARAB OUTREACH MEETINGS A SUCCESS [...] (U) PolOffs organized trips during September and October to bring IECI commissioners to meetings in Ramadi, Fallujah, Tikrit, Kirkuk, and Mosul with local officials and notables. Typically, one or two IECI commissioners met at each location with provincial council representatives, mayors, po [...] |
2005-10-21 14:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS PNAT PHUM PTER IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4369 |
PERELLI REAFFIRMS AUDITS WILL NOT AFFECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN EAD chief Carina Perelli and advisor David Avery told the Charge October 23 that the audit team conducting ballot counts in Erbil had discovered indications of fraud, but none that would impact the outcome of the vote (ref a). Perelli said that audit teams in Basrah and Babil [...] |
2005-10-23 18:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4378 |
CHALABI PLAN FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. One of Ahmad Chalabi's senior advisors indicated to PolOffs willingness to form an alliance with Ayad Allawi to form one liberal, moderate, centrist coalition. If an agreement cannot be reached before the coalition registration deadline -- and we doubt an agreement would be possi [...] |
2005-10-24 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PNAT KCOR IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4380 |
PRESIDENT TALABANI'S CHIEF OF STAFF COMMENTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kurds appear fairly confident about their chances in the December election, and have begun working on their joint list of candidates, according to Kamiran Karadaghi, President Talabani's chief of staff, on October 23. The two Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) administratio [...] |
2005-10-24 13:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PHUM IZ KRG |
| 05BAGHDAD4390 |
OFFICIAL RESULT SHOWS THE CONSTITUTION PASSES - [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) announced final referendum results and passage of the constitution October 25, publicly certifying the results shortly thereafter. In what appeared a conciliatory gesture to Sunni Arabs, Deputy Speaker Shahristani said that thos [...] |
2005-10-25 15:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4436 |
UNAMI SUPPORTS OCTOBER 28 DEADLINE [...] (C) In an October 28 meeting with the Charge, SRSG Qazi and IECI international adviser Craig Jenness said they would press the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) to maintain the October 28 deadline for coalition registration and candidate lists. Qazi and Jenness agreed that the O [...] |
2005-10-28 16:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4437 |
UNAMI REAFFIRMS OCTOBER 28 DEADLINE [...] (C) In an October 28 meeting with the Charge, SRSG Qazi and IECI international adviser Craig Jenness said they would press the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) to maintain the October 28 deadline for coalition registration and candidate lists. Qazi and Jenness agreed that the O [...] |
2005-10-28 18:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4448 |
IRMO DIRECTOR'S MEETINGS WITH [...] Summary. During the period of October 16-25, IRMO Director Daniel Speckhard met separately with Ambassadors from the Republic of Korea, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, and Australia. The IRMO Director briefed the ambassadors on three initiatives: U.S. plans to establish the first th [...] |
2005-10-30 15:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PNAT PREL IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4776 |
PRESIDENT TALABANI ON ELECTIONS, CITIZENSHIP LAW [...] (C) In a November 27 meeting, President Talabani outlined to the Ambassador his predictions for the December election results: 90-110 seats for the Shia list; 50-60 seats for the Kurds; 45-50 seats for the Sunni Arabs; 25-35 seats for former PM Ayad Allawi's coalition; and 5-10 for Deputy PM C [...] |
2005-11-29 16:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PHUM CPAS IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4790 |
FORMER EXILE SAYS REAL TEST TO COME WITH POST- [...] (C) Summary: Former Iraqi exile Saad Saleh Jabr predicted that the Sunni victors in the upcoming elections would ally with Iyad Allawi, providing the Kurds with a king-making position of supporting either Allawi or Adel Abdel Mahdi. He complained about Iranian "control" of key Iraqi faction [...] |
2005-11-30 18:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PHUM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4796 |
IECI WILL NOT EXCLUDE CANDIDATES LISTED BY [...] (C) Prior to departing for OCV oversight trips on November 24, Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) Commissioner Farid Ayar told PolOff on multiple occasions that the IECI Commissioners had agreed not to exclude the names of any candidates on a letter previously submitted to the IEC [...] |
2005-12-01 11:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4804 |
PUSHING BACK ON DE-BA'ATHIFICATION COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The de-Ba'athification Commission (DBC) continues to submit names of election candidates for potential disqualification to the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI). The list comprises 117 names. However, Deputy Prime Minister Chalabi agreed with the Ambassador Novembe [...] |
2005-12-01 17:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4830 |
SUNNI OUTREACH: IECI COMMISSIONER VISITS RAMADI [...] (C) Summary: IECI Commissioner and Chief Electoral Officer Adel al-Ami visited Ramadi December 1 to discuss preparations for the upcoming elections. In a joint meeting with coalition forces (CF), the governor, local leaders, and representatives from IFES and the NGO Iraqi Institute for Peac [...] |
2005-12-03 14:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4853 |
ADNAN DULAIMI ON WAYS TO END THE INSURGENCY [...] (C/REL UK) SUMMARY. Adnan Dulaimi, in a meeting with UK Ambassador Patey and Poloff, proposed three measures to decrease insurgency violence against the Coalition. He called for an immediate halt to Coalition military operations in Anbar, a large-scale release of prisoners before the electio [...] |
2005-12-05 15:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PTER PHUM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4857 |
ELECTORAL COMMISSIONERS TALK DE-BA'ATH [...] (C) Summary. A total of 181 candidate names have been included by the De-Ba'athification Commission in lists sent to the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI). So far, 24 of these candidates have been withdrawn from the lists either by themselves or their parties. IECI Commissioner [...] |
2005-12-05 19:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4897 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH WATER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador and IRMO Director Speckhard met with Minister of Water Resources Dr. Latif Rashid on November 28 to discuss government transition, capacity development, and substantive issues related to Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR). These included transboundary water issues with [...] |
2005-12-08 10:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PNAT PREL IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4906 |
ALLAWI CAMPAIGN UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. Former PM Ayad Allawi's Campaign Manager, Renda Rahim Rancke, met with PolOffs on December 7 to provide them with proof of serious campaign violations and copies of the 55 complaints filed with the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI). She encouraged Embassy efforts [...] |
2005-12-08 17:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM PHUM PINR IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4928 |
VP GHAZI AL-YAWAR PREDICTS ALLAWI WILL BE PM [...] (C) Vice President Shaykh Ghazi al-Yawar told Ambassador on December 8 that only one of two groups will dominate after the December 15 election: the Allawi group (in which Shaykh Ghazi is running) or the "pro-Iranian group" (the Shia Alliance). Many Shia, Ghazi explained, particularly the sec [...] |
2005-12-10 15:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PREL PTER PHUM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4932 |
ELECTION PREPARATIONS APPEAR ON TRACK - SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With days to go until the December 15 election and despite the absence of several IECI Commissioners on Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) travel, preparations for domestic election preparations are well on track. Special voting for detainee, hospital, and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) [...] |
2005-12-11 10:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4960 |
VIOLENT ACTS OF INTIMIDATION MARR THE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. During early December we heard reports of blackmail, kidnapping and murder of political candidates and campaign workers in the run- up to the national elections. Numerous incidents have been reported to the Senior Representative of the United Nations Secretary General (SRSG) an [...] |
2005-12-12 18:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PHUM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4967 |
ALLAWI ALLY JANABI ON ELECTION PROSPECTS [...] (C) Saad Al-Janabi, head of the Iraqi Republican Group running under Ayad Allawi's National Iraqi List coalition, told Poloffs that he hopes the coalition will win at least 43 seats, despite expected ballot stuffing and other irregularities on behalf of the Shi'a and Kurdish coalitions. In an [...] |
2005-12-13 07:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PTER PHUM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4979 |
IECI STANDS UP TO DE-BA'ATHIFICATION COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary. In a press release distributed December 11, the IECI stated that it would not follow the recommendation of the National De-Ba'athification Commission (NDC) to disqualify any election candidates, citing the lack of evidence to substantiate the complaint being made. On December 12 [...] |
2005-12-13 18:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4983 |
UNSRSG QAZI ON ELECTION PREPARATIONS [...] (C) UN Special Representative Ashraf Qazi told Ambassador Khalilzad on December 10 that he would not object if the IECI disqualified some candidates charged by the De-Ba'thification Committee, as long as there were not too many disqualifications or the disqualified candidates were not well kno [...] |
2005-12-13 18:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PTER PHUM IZ UN |
| 05BAGHDAD4987 |
ELECTION UPDATE: SPECIAL VOTING, KIRKUK DECISION, [...] (SBU) Summary. The election has officially begun with special voting on December 12 for Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), detainees, and hospital patients. Logistically, the IECI is on track for a successful election day on December 15. In other developments, the IECI has publicly announced that - [...] |
2005-12-13 20:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5002 |
CAMPAIGN TONE GETS SHARPER, MORE INTENSE [...] (U) With just one day before the elections, campaigning for the December 15 elections has been intense, incredibly more personal, organized and criminal than the campaign in January. This has included inter-sectarian conflicts: the destruction of Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) offices by force [...] |
2005-12-14 16:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PHUM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5003 |
CAMPAIGN DEVELOPS SHARP ELBOWS [...] (U) With just one day before the elections, campaigning for the December 15 elections has been intense, incredibly more personal, organized and criminal than the campaign in January. This has included inter-sectarian conflicts: the destruction of Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) offices by force [...] |
2005-12-14 16:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PHUM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5005 |
IECI RECOVERS FROM ERRORS THAT OMITTED OVER [...] (C) Summary. When comparing the list of registered voters used for the October referendum with the list prepared for the December 15 election, the Kirkuk office of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) found a discrepancy in the number of voters. Alerted to this issue by the Kurd [...] |
2005-12-14 17:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5032 |
IRMO DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, IRMO Director Daniel Speckhard met with Japanese Ambassador Toshiro Suzuki to discuss a potential Japanese role in the PRT initiative and US-Japan cooperation to assist in Iraqi reconstruction efforts. Suzuki reaffirmed Japan's continued desire to assist in Iraq [...] |
2005-12-18 06:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PNAT PREL IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5052 |
POST-ELECTION UPDATE: PRELIMINARY RESULTS, [...] (SBU) Summary. The IECI has released preliminary information indicating that the December 15 voter turnout ranged from 65-70 percent, an increase over both the January elections and October referendum. Tallying for the elections is well underway, and in the case of Baghdad, almost complete. T [...] |
2005-12-19 17:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5065 |
PRELIMINARY RESULTS POINT TO BIG SHIA ALLIANCE [...] (C) Summary: Initial election returns from most of Iraq released on December 19 showed the Shia Islamist Coalition breezing towards a strong showing, while the list of former Prime Minister Allawi was scoring much lower than it had hoped, especially in its home base of Baghdad. The Sunni T [...] |
2005-12-20 14:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5066 |
IECI DISPATCHES AUDIT TEAMS TO TRADITIONAL [...] (C) Summary. As part of a previously planned initiative to enhance the credibility of the election process, the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) will conduct post-election audits in five cities throughout Iraq. These audits follow the pre- election audits conducted that establ [...] |
2005-12-20 14:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5072 |
AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S FIRST [...] (U) Action request, para seven. 2. (U) BEGIN SUMMARY. Ambassador Khalilzad and IRMO Director Speckhard met with Minister Nasreen Berwari, Iraq Minister of Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works (MMPW), on December 10 to discuss several substantive issues. Ms. Berwari suggested that th [...] |
2005-12-20 18:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PNAT PREL IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5081 |
IECI SCRUTINIZES COMPLAINT PROCESS AMIDST [...] (U) See paragraph 12 for recommended press guidance. 2. (C) Summary: On December 21 there were more denunciations of election fraud while the election commission investigated specific charges and complete the vote count. UN election team leader Jenness told us December 21 that the numb [...] |
2005-12-21 14:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5087 |
PRELIMINARY ELECTION RESULTS FOR ALL GOVERNORATES [...] (C) Summary: Post analysis on the preliminary and partial election counts shows the Shia Coalition winning 131 of the 275 Council of Representative Seats, with 53 seats going to the Kurdish Alliance, and 41 seats to Sunni Arab-dominated Tawaffuq. This would put the Shia Coalition in a very s [...] |
2005-12-21 16:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5131 |
ELECTION UPDATE: OCV DOES NOT CHANGE RESULTS, [...] (C) Summary: Preliminary counts from the over 300,000 out- of-country and 200,000 special voting ballots show the largest number of votes going to the Shia Coalition (36.6%) followed by the Kurdish Coalition(30%) and National Iraqi List (11%). When added into the preliminary totals, these v [...] |
2005-12-27 12:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5135 |
SUNNI ARAB PARTY SECGEN AL-HASHIMI COMPLAINS OF [...] (C) Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) General Secretary Tariq al-Hashimi told PolCouns December 26, the Tawafuq, a Sunni Arab coalition, has evidence of corruption within the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI). Al-Hashimi maintained IECI officials, including staff investigating election i [...] |
2005-12-28 05:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PNAT IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5148 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CHALDEAN PATRIARCH DELLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Chaldean Patriarch Mar Emmanuel III Delly on December 22, the Ambassador expressed the importance of an inclusive, cross-sectarian Iraqi government to promote national unity. Patriarch Delly agreed that a united government and society were essential to a strong [...] |
2005-12-28 15:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PNAT PGOV KDEM IZ KREL |
| 05BAGHDAD5149 |
INDEPENDENT POLITICIAN MITHAL AL-ALUSI CLAIMS IECI [...] (C) Summary: Mithal al-Alusi, an Independent Sunni Arab and founder of the Iraqi Nation Party, claimed December 27 that the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) is attempting to alter seat allocation in the new Council of Representatives by counting ballots the IECI's own investig [...] |
2005-12-28 15:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PNAT IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5154 |
AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES IECI TO ADDRESS CREDIBILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 28 meeting with eight commissioners of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI), the Ambassador urged the IECI to consider how best to address complaints about the credibility of the election results. The Ambassador suggested the Commission welcome outsi [...] |
2005-12-29 14:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PNAT PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5155 |
ALLAWI AND SUNNI ARAB PARTIES CONSIDER BROADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sunni Arab political party leaders reported to PolOffs December 29 that they are headed towards a government coalition alliance with both Ayad Allawi's National Iraqi List and the Kurdish Alliance and eventually later with the Shia Islamists. However, our Sunni Arab contacts also [...] |
2005-12-29 16:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PNAT IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD7 |
FOREIGN MINISTER ZIBARI SAYS IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Interim Government Foreign Minster Zibari told Deputy Secretary Armitage on December 31 that Iraq's Arab neighbors need to worry less about what the Shi'a will do in Iraq after elections and think about how to help convince Iraq's Sunni Arabs to stop tearing the country apar [...] |
2005-01-02 17:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL PNAT IZ SY TU |
| 05BRASILIA1325 |
BRAZILIAN INDIANS DEMAND RIGHTS, FAULT GOB FOR [...] (U) Summary. In his September 2002 "Commitment to the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil," then-candidate Lula da Silva recognized past GOB policy errors on indigenous issues and pledged to create "a coherent indigenous policy" to address land and other human rights issues. During Lula's first two [...] |
2005-05-18 19:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PNAT SOCI BR TIP |
| 05ISLAMABAD16480 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE: WHERE WE ARE AND [...] (U) Summary. As we approach the one-month anniversary of the earthquake, post offers this overview of relief efforts to date and an assessment of key priorities for the future. The earthquake itself caused much more damage and loss of life than initially estimated, but the Pakistani and inte [...] |
2005-11-04 15:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MARR MASS PNAT PREL PK |
| 05KIRKUK289 |
(C) TURCOMANS: USG MUST PREVENT KURDS STEALING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The Iraqi Turcoman Front (ITF) believes the Kurds are making a massive, flagrant effort to steal the election in Kirkuk with IECI connivance. ITF leaders made a number of specific complaints to us and repeatedly threatened to take to the streets if their concer [...] |
2005-12-14 19:07:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PNAT KCOR IZ |
| 05PARIS1613 |
FRENCH POLYNESIA: NEW PRESIDENT, UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following relatively smooth by-elections on February 13, the Polynesian National Assembly elected pro-independence candidate Oscar Temaru president of French Polynesia on March 3 by a vote of 29 to 26 (with two ballots left blank). Temaru's election brings to a close more than [...] |
2005-03-10 17:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT FR FP XV |
| 06ASUNCION1077 |
PARAGUAY: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CONCERN OVER BOLIVIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca visited Paraguay October 19-21 to address concerns about Bolivia's military agreement with Venezuela to build new military bases and increase weapons sales. The Duarte Administration maintains it is satisfied with the Bolivian explana [...] |
2006-10-26 14:03:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PREL PBTS PGOV PINS PNAT MASS MCAP PA BO VE |
| 06BAGHDAD1006 |
UN MOVES FORWARD ON IRAQI HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary. UNAMI Human Rights Chief Gianni Magazzeni explained to PolOffs March 17 that the UN was spearheading efforts with Iraqi Government leaders to establish a Human Rights Commission in Iraq by fall 2006 (reftel). The Commission, mandated in Article 50 of the TAL (and reconfirmed in A [...] |
2006-03-27 11:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1010 |
ABDUCTION AND DEATH: ONE STORY TO ADD TO THE REST [...] (S) In a March 22 conversation, Baghdad resident Mo'ayyad Al-Hamdani told PolOff that three of his brothers-in-law visiting from Diyala were stopped at a Sadr-City Jaysh al-Mehdi (JAM) checkpoint March 15, and were found in the morgue 4 days later (March 19). Al-Hamdani, who is also a news edi [...] |
2006-03-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PTER PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1054 |
SUNNI PARTIES SQUABBLE OVER POSITIONS [...] (C) Hassan al-Bazzaz, an advisor to Tawaffuq leader Adnan al-Dulaymi, told Poloff on April 1 that government formation talks are suffering from internal squabbling among the three Tawaffuq leaders. Bazzaz said that Tareq al-Hashimi is trying to exclude Adnan al-Dulaymi from a senior position [...] |
2006-04-01 13:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1097 |
BAGHDAD BUSINESSES TARGETED IN ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary. Businesses in Baghdad have been increasingly targeted as insurgents, criminals, and elements dressed as Iraqi Security Force (ISF) members concentrate on soft targets. These businesses have been targeted in two ways: small-scale but violent attacks on small entities such as bake [...] |
2006-04-04 14:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PNAT ECON EFIN KCRM KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD113 |
ELECTION RESULTS TIMELINE MUCH CLEARER BUT STILL [...] (C) The Acting UN SRSG Michael von der Schulenburg told the Charge January 11 that, in general, the international observer team (IMIE) is positive about its assessment of the electoral process and the work of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI). He added that the IMIE team int [...] |
2006-01-13 14:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1199 |
ACCOUNT OF AN ALLEGED DETENTION BY JAYSH AL-MAHDI [...] (C) Summary. In an April 6 conversation, Baghdad resident Hussein Muhammed (strictly protect) told PolOff he was kidnapped from his home February 22 by Jaysh-al-Mahdi (JAM) and taken blindfolded to an unknown location where he was physically abused after refusing to admit his Sunni affiliation [...] |
2006-04-13 10:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1300 |
BAHAI LEADER SAYS STILL NO PROGRESS IN [...] (C) In an April 6 conversation, President of the Bahai National Spiritual Advisory Group in Iraq, Abdul Razaq Abaychi told PolOff that Iraq's Bahai community had not made any headway in canceling the effects of the July 24, 1975 regulation (rule number 358) prohibiting the registration of nati [...] |
2006-04-21 16:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1352 |
POLITICAL BLOCS MOVING TO NEGOTIATE CABINET [...] (C) Summary. Three days after the Parliament elected its Presidency Council and House Speakers, the four major political blocs have switched focus to the next step in the government formation process, the naming of a cabinet. They are forming committees to negotiate ministerial names with e [...] |
2006-04-25 18:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1355 |
PROVINCIAL REACTION TO PM SELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Initial reactions from provincial contacts to Nuri Kamal (Jawad al-Maliki)'s selection as Iraq's next PM have been positive. Shia Islamists tended to view the new PM as equally capable as Jafari at promoting the UIC agenda. Sunnis and Kurds tended to question his independence, [...] |
2006-04-25 20:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1369 |
SHIA CLERIC: POOR EDUCATION FEEDS SECTARIANISM [...] (C) In an April 23 meeting with PolOff, Sheikh Ayad al-Ekabi, a local Shia imam, deplored the manner in which religion is misused in Iraqi politics. He attributed the situation to the low level of education of many Iraqis. Despite Grand Ayatollah Sistani's injunction to "follow their minds," [...] |
2006-04-26 19:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1370 |
FADHILA MEMBER ON PARTY'S ASPIRATIONS, CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: Fadhila Party parliamentarian Basim Sherif Nsaif al-Hechaimi told PolOff in an April 24 meeting that Abd al-Raheem al-Hasuna will be the next Fadhila Party Secretary General. Al-Hechaimi predicted that al-Hasuna's appointment, along with the addition of former UIA 169 independen [...] |
2006-04-26 20:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PNAT ENRG ECON KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1379 |
UN SRSG QAZI ON RECENT MEETINGS WITH SISTANI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an April 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi said that Grand Ayatollah Sistani told him in an April 19 meeting that he (Sistani) would not weigh in on the prime ministerial selection because he then would be resp [...] |
2006-04-27 14:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM PREL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1388 |
PRT BAGHDAD: COMMENTS BY BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Baghdad Provincial Council(PC) Deputy Chairman Mohan Al-Saidi recently told PRT member that the PC will not begin preparations for provincial and district elections until well after the formation of the Iraqi National Government. Mohan added that the PC does not have an election timeline. [...] |
2006-04-27 17:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1390 |
PRT BAGHDAD: PC DEPUTY CHAIRMAN MOHAN AL-SAIDI ON [...] (C) During a recent conversation with a Baghdad PRT member, Provincial Council (PC) Deputy Chairman Mohan Hashem Al-Saidi said he believes that the Government of Iraq does not have the authority to dictate or choose who can be mayor of Baghdad. Mohan advised that the recent selection of Attiy [...] |
2006-04-27 17:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1395 |
CABINET FORMATION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. Cabinet discussions between the Shia Coalition and the Kurds are well underway (See reftel). Internal Iraqiyya meetings have yet to produce results, as members await Ayad Allawi's decision whether or not Iraqiyya will participate. Iraqiyya may opt to go into opposition unless th [...] |
2006-04-28 13:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1422 |
MINDEF DULIME CONVEYS SECURITY CONCERNS TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Sadoun al-Dulime called on Ambassador to discuss his concerns with the "terrorist-controlled" highway between Baghdad and Amman and the 8,750 Iraqi security detail personnel currently being paid out of MoD's budget. Dulime also took this opportunity to cauti [...] |
2006-04-30 16:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1438 |
AMBASSADOR OFFERS HIS CONDOLENCES TO ITALIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 28, Ambassador offered his condolences to Italian Ambassador Maurizio Melani for the death of three Italian soldiers killed on April 27 in Nasiriyah. He further committed to sharing any investigative reports he receives from MNF-I on the incident. Melani conveyed that [...] |
2006-05-01 17:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1441 |
CABINET FORMATION AND PM OFFICE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. In an April 30 meeting with PolOffs, Shia Coalition independent Sami al-Askari reported that PM-designate Nuri Kamil al-Maliki has named Ahmad al-Saadawi as his private office director. Al-Maliki's inner circle is moving forward with re-organization and expansion plans for the PM [...] |
2006-05-01 22:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PINR IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1485 |
SADR CITY LOCAL LEADERS SAY SISTANI STATEMENT WILL [...] (C) Summary: In an April 30 meeting with PolOff, Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) members Ali Suadi and Ahmed Hassan said the Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) would not disband simply because of Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani's April 27 statement that weapons should only be carried by government for [...] |
2006-05-04 21:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1491 |
UN SRSG QAZI TRAVELS TO NEW YORK TO PUSH FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi said that he is departing May 5 to travel to New York, to try and overcome initial resistance to a UNAMI-sponsored Baghdad Peace Initiative. Briefing the Ambassador on th [...] |
2006-05-05 15:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM PREL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1492 |
BADR CORPS LEADER AL-AMIRI: DON'T CALL US A MILITIA [...] (C/REL UK) Badr Organization General Secretary Hadi al-Amiri and Badr Organization Deputy Secretary for Protection Tahsin al-Azawi said in an April 24 meeting with DCG LTG Robert Fry, MG Rick Lynch, RDML Scott Van Buskirk and PolOffs that the Badr Organization should not be labeled a militia " [...] |
2006-05-05 19:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1495 |
MCNS: MILITIAS AND IRAN [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: A MCNS was convened May 2 to propose further actions on militias. GEN Casey pressed for immediate implementation of new directives to control militia activities. MOI Jabr sought agreement on a proposal to integrate directly and immediately 5000 Badr Corps members in [...] |
2006-05-06 07:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ MOPS NATO PGOV PINS PNAT PREL TU |
| 06BAGHDAD1540 |
DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE ON GOVERNMENT POSITIONS [...] (C) Summary. The day before PM-designate al-Maliki's May 9 target date for announcement of the new government, debate among and within political blocs continued over key positions. Tawafuq appears to have settled on Agriculture specialist (and Adnan al-Dulaimi ally) Salam Zakam al-Zuba'i as [...] |
2006-05-08 15:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT ECON KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1554 |
CABINET NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE, MISSING [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister-designate Nuri al-Maliki told reporters May 9 that he might take all the time allotted to form his cabinet. He told the Ambassador May 8 that he would bend to the Kurds' insistence that Barham Salah become DPM but considered it an uncooperative beginning to their [...] |
2006-05-10 06:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT ECON ENRG EPET ETRD KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1558 |
COUNCIL MEMBERS YELL AND SCREAM, THEN RETURN TO [...] (C) Summary. At the May 10 session of the Council of Representatives, Speaker Mahmoud Mashhadani and SADR CoR member Gufran Abbod Husayn al-Saadi entered into a long and heated argument about a scuffle between their bodyguards. This resulted in Mashhadani storming out of the session. Al-Saad [...] |
2006-05-10 15:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1559 |
CABINET FORMATION UPDATE: PROGRESS BUT STILL A [...] (C) Summary: At the close of May 10, we see progress in the cabinet formation negotiations, with some ministries, such as the Foreign Ministry, Electricity and Oil, nearly finalized while debates about several ministries crystallized. Prime Minister-designate al- Maliki and Shia Coalition I [...] |
2006-05-10 19:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1566 |
GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: MUCH SWIRLING, [...] (C) Summary: We still see no closure on the key Interior, Defense and Finance ministry portfolios. Tawafuq negotiator Ali Baban told Poloff on May 10 that Tawafuq wanted the Planning, Education and Health Ministries but has not yet received confirmation that they will get them. He also said [...] |
2006-05-11 17:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1570 |
ANTI-IRANIAN SHIA CLERICS SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary: Baghdad Shia imams Sheikh Ayad al-Ekabi and Mahdi al-Shawki told PolOff in a May 7 meeting that some Iraqi Sunnis accuse Iraqi Shia of being pro-Iranian because of their opposition to the previous regime. According to the imams, many Sunni Arabs equate opposition to Saddam Hussei [...] |
2006-05-12 13:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1573 |
DPM CANDIDATE ZAWBI'E SAYS VIOLENCE GROWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Tawafuq nominee for Deputy Prime Minister Salam Zakum Ali Fadhi Al-Zawbi'e told Ambassador Khalilzad on May 8 that bloodshed and terrorism in Iraq are growing in a noticeable way. According to Zawbi'e however, the security situation is not terminal, and, if he is given the aut [...] |
2006-05-12 18:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1613 |
COR RANK AND FILE GRUMBLE OVER GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (C) Summary. While their party leaders talked in more restricted settings, in May 14 conversations with PolOffs, a number of Council of Representatives (CoR) rank and file members expressed dissatisfaction with the ministerial positions they understood PM-designate Maliki had offered to their [...] |
2006-05-15 13:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1615 |
UNAMI STAYS KEEN ON BAGHDAD PEACE INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-15 20:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM PREL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1619 |
SADRIST PARLIAMENTARIAN ON HOW TO DISSOLVE JAYSH [...] (C) Summary: In a May 9 meeting with PolCouns, Sadrist Council of Representatives member and Moqtada as- Sadr advisor Baha al-Araji said he expected more intense negotiations before a cabinet is agreed upon. Al-Araji said that Tawafuq has changed its mind on which ministries it wants. Al-Ar [...] |
2006-05-16 08:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD165 |
CONSTITUTION REVIEW SHOULD BE DELAYED SAYS SUNNI [...] (C) Saleh Mutlak, whose National Iraqi Front (NIF) won eleven seats in the December 15 elections, told Poloff on January 18 that Constitutional reform should be put off until the next Council of Representatives. The country cannot focus on the Constitution until there is security - the violenc [...] |
2006-01-20 17:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PNAT |
| 06BAGHDAD1655 |
IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION: BARGAINING DURING END [...] (C) Summary: As of midday May 18, a final deal on the new cabinet was close, but there were last minute changes and demands. The Finance, Interior and Defense slots were still undecided and we heard Tawafuq grumbling about some of the candidates proposed. Tawafuq negotiator Ali Baban told Po [...] |
2006-05-18 15:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1658 |
SADR CITY DAC MEMBER ON RECONSTRUCTION; DAC ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) and Baghdad City Council member Khudair al-Lami told PolOff on May 15 that Sadr City residents would give Coalition Forces (CF) credit for reconstructing their area if large, visible structures were built. It is difficult to notice sewer [...] |
2006-05-18 16:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD166 |
SUNNI LEADERS FEAR STREET REACTION TO ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met on January 15 with key leaders from the Iraqi National Dialogue Council (INDC). Sheykh Khalaf Al-Ayan said that Tawaffuq Front was under pressure from the "street" to abandon the political process if the International Mission for Iraqi Elections (IMIE) assessment d [...] |
2006-01-21 03:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PTER PHUM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1689 |
CABINET FORMATION ATMOSPHERICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Atmospherics at the May 20 inauguration of the new Iraqi Cabinet, reflected a blend of mirth, frustrated ambition, chaos -- but also satisfaction that a hurdle had been passed. Kurdish attendees joked over Speaker Mashadani's occasional malaproprisms and the fluid denouement to [...] |
2006-05-22 15:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PNAT PTER IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1690 |
IMPLICATIONS OF SUNNI COALITION SPLIT [...] (C) Summary. The simmering conflict within the Sunni Tawafuq bloc exploded on May 20 when Adb Nasir al-Janabi lead a walkout by about a dozen of the 59 Sunni Arab CoR members during Prime Minister Maliki's presentation of the cabinet (reftel A). The walkout was a manifestation of a long sta [...] |
2006-05-22 16:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PNAT PTER IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1735 |
MUTLAK SAYS HE WANTS TO BE IN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Sunni Hewar leader Saleh Mutlak told Poloff on May 23 that he believed SCIRI and perhaps President Talabani engineered the exclusion of his party from the cabinet. Mutlak claimed to be still very interested in being part of the government and was looking for Embassy support. He said, howe [...] |
2006-05-24 16:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1779 |
DANISH PRIME MINISTER COMMITTED TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 24, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Danish Defense Minister Soren Gade called on the Ambassador and GEN Casey. Rasmussen reported that the Danish Parliament is expected to vote next week to extend and adjust its military presence in Iraq through July 7, 2007 [...] |
2006-05-29 04:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ DA |
| 06BAGHDAD1822 |
MANSOUR HUMAN RIGHTS LEAD SAYS KILLINGS HAVE [...] (C) Hussein Al-Bayati, the human rights lead for the Mansour District Advisory Council (DAC), told PolOffs May 24 that the Baghdad neighborhoods of Khadra, Ghazaliya, and Hatin have experienced a marked decrease in reported extrajudicial killings (EJK) over the past month. Based on conversati [...] |
2006-05-30 20:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PNAT KDEM PGOV IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1833 |
SADR CITY RESIDENTS COMPLAIN ABOUT SECURITY [...] (C) At a May 25 meeting, five Sadr City residents told PolOffs that they were disappointed the security situation had not improved over the past year, and not hopeful that it would improve in the upcoming months. "You can not even trust your own neighbor these days," said Huda, a young female [...] |
2006-05-31 13:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ PGOV |
| 06BAGHDAD1845 |
PM HEADING TO BASRAH TO ADDRESS SECURITY, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki will focus on security during his May 31 trip to Basrah. Maliki said he will announce his nominees for Minister of Defense and Interior at the next session of parliament (either June 1 or June 4. The leading candidate for MOI now appears to be Farouq Al-Araj [...] |
2006-06-01 09:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1847 |
SENATOR DOLE EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR WOMEN MINISTERS [...] (C) On May 28, Ambassador and Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) met with Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Mikhail Salim and Minister of State for Women's Affairs Fatin Abd al-Rahman to congratulate each Minister and express support for their work to expand women's rights. The Ministers expressed g [...] |
2006-06-01 10:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1884 |
UN FOR EXPANSION IN IRBIL IN IRAQ AND DEDICATED [...] (C) On June 2, UN Under-Secretary General for Safety and Security Sir David Veness, accompanied by SRSG Ashraf Qazi, told the A/DCM that the UN believes it has a role in Iraq in the years ahead. As part of this role, Veness said, the UN will face significant challenges as MNF-I draws down and [...] |
2006-06-05 09:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM PREL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1894 |
PARLIAMENT SESSION POSTPONED; NO VOTE ON MOD OR [...] (U) Three hours after the scheduled session start time, Deputy Speaker Khalid Attiyah announced to the media June 4 the postponement of the Council of Representatives (CoR) session "until further notice" to "give the PM a greater chance to hold further consultations" on the candidates for the [...] |
2006-06-05 14:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1923 |
HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER DISCUSSES TRAFFICKING, [...] C) On June 1, PolCouns delivered talking points (ref A) on the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to Human Rights Minister Wijdan Mikhail Salim. Salim expressed interest in the issue as well as in learning more about the data supporting the assessment on Iraq. PolCouns agreed to assist the M [...] |
2006-06-07 16:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1924 |
MANDAEANS SAY TARGETING IN IRAQ UNBEARABLE, [...] (C) Summary. On May 31, Sabian Mandaean spiritual leader Shaykh Sattar Jabbar al-Helo and President of Mandaean Associations Union Dr. Akram Arar, told EmbOffs that the situation for Mandaeans in Iraq had become intolerable. They indicated to EmbOffs that their community had experienced an in [...] |
2006-06-07 18:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1957 |
SADR CITY DAC WOMEN'S AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIR [...] (C) Summary: Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) member Mustafa Jasim told PolOff in a June 5 meeting that both he and his wife, fellow Sadr City DAC member and chair of the DAC Women's Affairs Committee Siham Hatab, were told by Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) members that they must resign their [...] |
2006-06-10 04:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1958 |
SADR CITY DAC MEMBERS ON SECTARIAN DISPLACEMENT, [...] (C) Summary. On June 5, PolOffs met with Sadr City District Advisory Council members to discuss their assessment of security and human rights abuses. DAC Chairman Juwad Kadhem Al-Atabi, Deputy Chairman Abbas Ali Al-Tamimi, and member of the Sadr City human rights committee Dr. Haider Jabr Ze [...] |
2006-06-10 04:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1965 |
SCIRI CONTACTS SAY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF COUNCIL OF [...] (C) At a June 9 luncheon with PolOffs, SCIRI politburo member Ridha Jawad Taki reported that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had rejected multiple SCIRI-proposed candidates for the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers position. According to Taki, Maliki had firmly refused previous Se [...] |
2006-06-10 17:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1994 |
BADR ORGANIZATION AND FADHILA MEMBERS COMMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: In a June 4 meeting with PolOff, Badr Organization parliamentarian Sheikh Dhiya al-Din al-Fayyad said the current violence in Basrah can and should be contained by the provincial council. In a June 8 meeting with PolOff, Fadhila parliamentarian Kareem al-Yaqubi, cousin of Fadhil [...] |
2006-06-12 14:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2013 |
IRAQI LEADERS REACT TO POTUS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: President Bush's June 13 visit to Baghdad was well-received by most of Iraq's political leadership. Sunni Arab reaction has thus far been positive, with some welcoming the opportunity to discuss security issues with the President and others calling the meeting "inspiring." The tw [...] |
2006-06-19 06:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2028 |
NEW MINISTER OF DISPLACEMENT AND MIGRATION BRINGS [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns, RefCoord and IRMO/MODM consultants had a positive initial meeting with the new Minister of Displacement and Migration Abd-al- Samad Rahman Sultan on May 31. Sultan was well informed about all the populations of concern to the Ministry, and expressed a desire for a conti [...] |
2006-06-15 11:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PNAT SMIG KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2054 |
MINISTER OF JUSTICE MEET AND GREET [...] (C) Summary. In a June 12 introductory meeting with the new Minister of Justice (MOJ) Hashim abd Rahman al-Shibli, Emboffs expressed their desire to maintain a close relationship with the Ministry and to support its transition to primary responsibility for virtually all detention facilities. [...] |
2006-06-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2059 |
XXXXXXXXXXXX BLAMES UK FOR SECURITY [...] (S//REL UK) Summary: In a June 12 conversation with PolOff, XXXXXXXXXXXX told PolOff the UK is largely to blame for the unrest in Basrah. The UK has not brought militias under control, and so Basrah is now a violent place, he said. This, combined with the activities of foreign intelligence ser [...] |
2006-06-18 12:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2065 |
MODERATE ISLAMIST CABINET CONTENDER URGES USG TO [...] (S/REL UK) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with Emboffs, moderate Islamist Ali al-Dabbagh (strictly protect) said that the present Sadrist Minister of Transportation, Karim Mahdi Salih, may be forced to resign and that he is a possible candidate to replace him. Dabbagh claimed to be undecided as [...] |
2006-06-19 09:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PNAT ECON EAIR ELTN ETRD KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2067 |
INITIAL EMBASSY MEETING WITH STATE MINISTER FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 09:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM PREL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2068 |
IRAQI LEADERS REACT TO POTUS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: President Bush's June 13 visit to Baghdad was well-received by most of Iraq's political leadership. Sunni Arab reaction has thus far been positive, with some welcoming the opportunity to discuss security issues with the President and others calling the meeting "inspiring." The tw [...] |
2006-06-19 10:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2083 |
SADR CITY CONTACT LOOKS TO START LIBERAL POLITICAL [...] (C) On June 11, Sadr City General Information Center manager Nsaif Jasim told PolOff he and his supporters wanted to start a liberal, secular political party called the Gathering of Iraqi Liberals. A brother-in-law of former Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) member Siham Hatab (reftel [...] |
2006-06-19 16:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2085 |
DOCTOR COMPLAINS OF JAYSH AL-MAHDI "TAKEOVERS" AT [...] (C) On June 8, Dr Bashor (LNU), an emergency care physician at Karama hospital (located in the Saliya neighborhood near the IZ), complained to Poloff that Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) militia hospital "takeovers" have become common practice in several hospitals across Baghdad, including his own. The [...] |
2006-06-19 17:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD215 |
WITH COMPETING PROGRAMS, UNITY GOVERNMENT WILL [...] (C) Summary: One of Iraq's top Sunni Arab political leaders, Tariq al-Hashemi, told us January 25 that while his constitutents are not happy with the election process, he will move forward on unity government talks. He anticipated difficulties finding common ground with the Kurds and the S [...] |
2006-01-26 12:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM PHUM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2161 |
MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS REQUESTS GOI OBSERVERS [...] (C) On June 20, Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Mikhail Salim met with Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Bill Caldwell to request that the U.S. military Haditha investigation include Iraqi government observers. The Minister explained that the presence of these observers would bring a higher [...] |
2006-06-23 18:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2263 |
TWO SISTANI STUDENTS COMMENT ON MARJAIYA VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 14 meeting, Sheikh Ahmed al-Dhahabi and Sheikh Ayad al-Ekabi, students of Grand Ayatollah Sistani, told PolOff the political and economic situation in Iraq is steadily improving but more needs to be done to rebuild the country. Al-Dhahabi relayed to PolOff the Marjaiya [...] |
2006-06-27 12:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PNAT KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2286 |
ATTACK ON BAGHDAD PALESTINIANS KILLS FOUR [...] (C) On the morning of June 26, the Palestinian "compound" in Baghdad's Baladiat neighborhood was reportedly attacked by unknown assailants. Saeed al-Jafari from the Palestinian Human Rights organization told PolFSN that four residents were killed and nine injured in the melee. PLO representa [...] |
2006-06-29 12:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PINS PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ JO SY |
| 06BAGHDAD2315 |
WOMEN MINISTERS BRIEF CODEL GRANGER ABOUT EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Mikhail Salim and Minister of State for Women's Affairs Fatin Abd al-Rahman briefed Rep. Granger (R-TX), Rep. Johnson (D-TX), Rep. Biggert (R-IL) and Rep. Blackburn (R-TN) June 24 on efforts to improve the situation for women in Iraq. Minister Fatin [...] |
2006-07-02 18:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2373 |
FADHILA PARLIAMENTARY HEAD OFFERS TO COOPERATE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 29 meeting, Nadeem al-Jabiri, the head of the Fadhila Party parliamentary bloc, offered to help find a solution to Basrah's security problem. The Ambassador encouraged him to work with PM Maliki. Al-Jabiri attributed many of Basrah's problems to struggles between the UK [...] |
2006-07-06 14:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2445 |
MOI OFFICIAL SAYS WOMEN CANNOT OBTAIN PASSPORTS [...] (C) Summary. MOI Director of Nationality and Travel Yasseen al-Yassiri told PolOffs July 26 that Iraqi women were once again required to have their husbands' permission (or that of another male relative) in order to obtain a passport. This requirement, which was in effect during Saddam Hussei [...] |
2006-07-10 18:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PINS PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2446 |
MOI OFFICIAL SAYS WOMEN CANNOT OBTAIN PASSPORTS [...] (C) Summary. MOI Director of Nationality and Travel Yasseen al-Yassiri told PolOffs June 26 that Iraqi women were once again required to have their husbands' permission (or that of another male relative) in order to obtain a passport. This requirement, which was in effect during Saddam Hussei [...] |
2006-07-10 18:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PINS PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2460 |
VICE CHAIR OF COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES LEGAL [...] (C) Summary. Saleem al-Jaboori, Vice Chair of the Council of Representatives (CoR) Legal Affairs Committee, told Legal Adviser and PolOff July 10 that he expected the Tawafuq members to end their legislative boycott, which he characterized as a signal to the other parties and the USG not to t [...] |
2006-07-11 19:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2462 |
KARKH RESIDENTS ON THE CHALLENGES OF DAILY LIFE [...] (C) Summary. When asked in a meeting with PolOff to identify the most pressing issue affecting their lives, six residents of Baghdad's Karkh district (comprised of a mixture of Sunni, Shia, and Kurds) answered by highlighting the lack of electricity and its affect on their daily lives. Severa [...] |
2006-07-12 02:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KDEM PGOV PHUM PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2464 |
MCNS - UPDATE ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met July 9 to review the transfer of security authority to al-Muthanna Province, critical energy infrastructure protection, the Baghdad and Basrah Security plans, and events in Anbar. END SUMMARY. 2. (S//REL G [...] |
2006-07-12 14:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2512 |
COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES LEGAL COMMITTEE TO PUSH [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-14 18:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2519 |
UPDATE ON THE BAHAI: NO PROGESS YET ON IDENTITY [...] (C) On July 4, President of the Bahai National Spiritual Advisory Group Abdul Razaq Abaychi complained to Poloff that no progress had been made toward allowing Bahai to legally register for the national identity card, or "jensiyya" (reftel). Abaychi nonetheless expressed appreciation for the [...] |
2006-07-15 17:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD258 |
ALLAWI ALLY SAYS AYAD OPEN TO OVERSEEING SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Safia Suhail told Poloffs January 30 that former PM Allawi would be open to a government appointment overseeing the security ministries. She added that SCIRI's Abd' al-Aziz al-Hakim is trying to establish a political marja'iya in order to remain in power over ever-increasing popul [...] |
2006-01-30 13:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM KWMN IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2587 |
MCNS - BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN AND FORCE STRUCTURE [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met July 16 to hear MNF-I briefings on the progress of the Iraqi Army training and on the strategic view of the Baghdad Security Plan Phase II. The Iraqis expressed the desire for more Iraqi troops to be trained, [...] |
2006-07-19 16:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD259 |
ZEBARI DISCUSSES PM CANDIDATES AND CABINET [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-30 13:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2590 |
COR HUMAN RIGHTS CHAIR SUPPORTS HR COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary. On July 12, EmbOffs met with newly appointed Chair of the Human Rights Committee for the Council of Representatives (CoR), Mohammed al-Haideri (Shia Coalition/Independent). With less than two weeks under his belt, al-Haideri told PolOff that his Committee was still in the process [...] |
2006-07-20 02:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PHUM PNAT |
| 06BAGHDAD2609 |
PROGRESS OF ELECTORAL COMMISSION LEGISLATION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-20 17:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV PNAT PREL |
| 06BAGHDAD2653 |
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE CONFERENCE READOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), in partnership with the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights (UNHCR), held a conference on transitional j [...] |
2006-07-24 17:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PHUM PNAT PREL |
| 06BAGHDAD2677 |
IRAQI MINDEF ON IA DEVELOPMENT [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Iraqi Minister of Defense Abd al-Qadir al-Mufraji July 21 to discuss Baghdad security. Al-Mufraji said the situation reflected personal struggles among politicians who are behind the militias killing innocent Iraqis. He pledged to "nip in the [...] |
2006-07-26 19:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER |
| 06BAGHDAD2695 |
PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: THE ROAD AHEAD [...] (U) SUMMARY: While some in Baghdad's political class continue to discuss the possibility of Provincial Elections before the end of 2006, legal, technical and logistical reasons make an early spring (March 2007) date more likely. A law to establish the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHE [...] |
2006-07-28 13:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2750 |
VOTE ON ELECTION COMMISSION LAW POSTPONED UNTIL [...] (C) Summary: On July 30, the Council of Representatives (CoR) legislative term concluded with a decision to postpone a vote on Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) law until after the August recess. According to contacts on the CoR legal committee, it appears that a inter-committee mi [...] |
2006-08-02 02:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM |
| 06BAGHDAD281 |
HAKIM LARGELY AGREES WITH AMB,S GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 25 meeting, the Ambassador told SCIRI head Abdul Aziz al Hakim that he is focused on three areas of government formation: composition, structure, and program. Hakim told the Ambassador that he agrees largely with the Ambassador's plans for government formation. Haki [...] |
2006-01-31 17:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2991 |
BAYAN JABR AN POLITICS, AND "BAGHDAD BERMS" [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: During an August 14 dinner with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Bayan Jabr proposed that MNF-I construct an earthen berm around Baghdad, while gradually expanding the Green Zone walls outward - with the ultimate goal of turning the whole of Baghdad into a green zone - [...] |
2006-08-17 09:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PTER PNAT MOPS IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD3025 |
MCNS AUGUST 13 - TURKEY, IRAN, AL QAEDA, AND [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council on August 13, Prime Minister Maliki welcomed the proposed tripartite talks among the US, Turkey and Iraq on PKK Turkish Kurd terrorist activities. Improved relations with Turkey might also increase imports, and ease Iraq's fuel crisis. Rel [...] |
2006-08-20 11:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD3035 |
SLOVAKIAN PM PLEDGES TRANSPARENCY ON FUTURE AID TO [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: On August 17 the Ambassador and General Casey thanked Slovak Prime Minister Fico for his country's contributions to Operation Iraqi Freedom and asked that it conduct additional training of Iraqis, per ref A. Echoing the themes of ref B, Fico pledged to continue to help Ir [...] |
2006-08-21 08:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD3053 |
AUGUST 18 MEETING BETWEEN IRAQI PM, AMBASSADOR, [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At an intense August 18 meeting with Prime Minister Maliki, MNF-I Commander General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador, the PM reacted negatively to American news reports that the PM is willing to kill Sunnis, but shield Shia including Moqtada al-Sadr from MNF-I raids. The [...] |
2006-08-22 11:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD3057 |
IRAQI MINISTERS ON DETENTION CENTERS INSPECTIONS [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At an August 20 meeting at the Ambassador's Residence the Ministers for Defense, Interior, Justice and Human Rights discussed procedures for improving the treatment of criminal detainees in Iraq in accordance with applicable human rights standards. Regarding the Site [...] |
2006-08-22 14:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD306 |
GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: TAWAFUQ CRITICISM OF [...] (C) The Ambassador attended a February 2 luncheon hosted by President Talabani that drew together all major elected parliamentarians. The elaborate luncheon, complete with an honor guard, closed with a widely-attended press conference. Leading Tawafuq bloc figure Khalaf al-Ayan made news durin [...] |
2006-02-02 21:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD310 |
PM JAFARI ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS, SADDAMISTS AND [...] (C) During a January 31 discussion, Prime Minister Jafari told the Ambassador that Tekfiris (religious fanatics) and criminal Saddamists must be stopped at all costs. Jafari referred to the TNA anti-terrorism law that should be justly applied to these groups. There could be no negotiations w [...] |
2006-02-03 11:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD3157 |
MCNS AUGUST 21 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the August 21 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki emphasized the importance of civil support for the Baghdad Security operations; called for the reform of the Facilities Protection Service; and approved Iraqi assumption of sec [...] |
2006-08-28 17:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | GPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD319 |
IECI COMMISSIONER SAFWAT ARGUES FOR DELAYED [...] (C) SUMMARY: IECI Commissioner Safwat told poloffs February 1 that provincial elections should be delayed until at least midyear to give the IECI more time to prepare. He added that the IECI would need changes and improvements, with priorities including revamping the voter registry and reform [...] |
2006-02-04 18:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ UN |
| 06BAGHDAD320 |
IECI COMMISSIONER SAFWAT ARGUES FOR DELAYED [...] (C) SUMMARY: IECI Commissioner Safwat told poloffs February 1 that provincial elections should be delayed until at least midyear to give the IECI more time to prepare. He added that the IECI would need changes and improvements, with priorities including revamping the voter registry and reform [...] |
2006-02-04 19:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ UN |
| 06BAGHDAD3205 |
MCNS - AUGUST 27 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council for National Security (MCNS) on August 27, Prime Minister Maliki suggested that the looting of a former British base in Maysan province created a "public perception of defeat" that must be analyzed. The Baghdad Security Plan is progressing, [...] |
2006-08-31 11:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD3254 |
HONOR KILLINGS AND SUICIDE BURNINGS REPORTEDLY ON [...] (C) Summary. Kurdistan civil society and political leaders warned PolOffs in separate conversations late August that honor killings and suicide burnings were on the rise. Representatives of women's shelters in Kurdistan said that women were seeking out their help more frequently and that they [...] |
2006-09-04 19:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD3281 |
UN AMBASSADOR QAZI ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMPACT [...] (C) In an August 30 meeting with Charge, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi welcomed the UAE's decision to host the Iraq Compact Preparatory Committee meeting in Abu Dhabi on September 10. Qazi stressed that the Compact's political/security language should la [...] |
2006-09-06 02:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM PREL ECON IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD330 |
ABD AL-MAHDI CLAIMS HE IS HIS OWN MAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 3 dinner hosted by Minister of Planning (and senior Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) official) Barham Saleh, Deputy President Adel Abd al-Mahdi told the Ambassador that, if chosen to be Prime Minister, he would not be beholden either to SCIRI head Abd al-Aziz al-H [...] |
2006-02-05 16:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT IZ KDEM |
| 06BAGHDAD3318 |
KRG HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER DISCUSSES TRANSITION, [...] (C) In an August 30 meeting, KRG Minister of Human Rights Yousif Mohammed Aziz told PolOff that the integration of the two KRG human rights ministries had proceeded smoothly (ref A) and that he was looking forward to developing the new ministry into a stronger institution. As such, he was ins [...] |
2006-09-06 20:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD3346 |
MALIKI SAYS IRAQI POLICE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM; [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On September 6, during a briefing on the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP), Prime Minister Maliki told MNF-I Commanding General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador that he sees reforming the Iraqi Police as his number one issue, and key to solving other related problems. When the [...] |
2006-09-09 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD338 |
ALLAWI SAYS IRAN STRONGER IN IRAQ THAN U.S. [...] (S) At a February 1 dinner with the Ambassador, Dr. Ayad Allawi said that there is "unchecked Iranian involvement in Iraq." Allawi specifically cited the new constitution's provisions on federalism and decentralization as well as Iranian institution-building within the Iraqi Security Forces ( [...] |
2006-02-06 10:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PNAT PREL IR IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD3399 |
BADR CORPS SECGEN VIEWS ON MILITIA DEMOBILIZATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-12 12:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PNAT PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD3405 |
SHIA COALITION AND TAWAFUQ VERSIONS OF REGION [...] (U) On September 7, the Shia Coalition, with support of the Kurdish Alliance, attempted to add a first reading of its version of the region formation law to the Council of Representatives (CoR) agenda. Tawafuq also submitted that same day a version of its law to the Presidency Commission (Spe [...] |
2006-09-12 20:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD3454 |
KURDISH LEADER BARZANI SUPPORTS "PACKAGE DEAL" IDEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani told the Ambassador September 13 that he would support a "package deal" by Iraq's political leaders on federal region formation, constitutional questions, militias, hydrocarbons and other issues (ref A). Barzani feels a [...] |
2006-09-14 18:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD3456 |
MCNS - MALIKI ON OIL SMUGGLING, DIYALA SECURITY [...] (S/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the September 10 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki: -- Cited petroleum smuggling as a key source of terrorist financing that must be addressed together with energy infrastructure protection; -- Called for be [...] |
2006-09-14 19:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER |
| 06BAGHDAD3498 |
DRAFT IRAQ ELECTION COMMISSION LAW UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent Election Commission of Iraq (IECI) commissioners and International Election Assistance Team officials (IEAT) are concerned about the draft law to form a permanent election commission, worsening IECI morale, and a loss of IECI capacity due to staff departures. Election [...] |
2006-09-18 14:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV PNAT |
| 06BAGHDAD357 |
GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: SHAHRISTANI SAYS GAP [...] (C) Shia Independent PM candidate Shahristani told visiting DAS Godec February 6 that the gap has narrowed considerably in UIA 555 discussion on PM candidates. Both Shahristani and Shia Independent Sami al-Askari told us February 6 that the Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) would put the mat [...] |
2006-02-06 20:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PNAT |
| 06BAGHDAD3724 |
PESHMERGA TRANSFORMATION TALKS [...] (S/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On September 26, the Government of Iraq and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) held the second in a planned series of meetings to transform the Peshmerga into a unified regional force consistent with Iraq's constitution and federal law. Neither side presented a clea [...] |
2006-10-07 15:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PINS PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD382 |
SUNNI LEADERS TELL DAS GODEC VIOLENCE MUST STOP [...] (C) NEA DAS Robert Godec met on February 6 with key leaders from the Sunni Tawaffuq coalition at the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) headquarters. Dr. Adnan Dulaymi, Tarik al-Hashimi, Sheykh Khalaf Al-Ayan and Professor Hassan Bazzaz told DAS Godec that the security situation is their main concern. [...] |
2006-02-08 08:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PTER PHUM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD391 |
FM ZEBARI UPDATES DAS GODEC ON REGIONAL RELATIONS [...] (C) In a February 6 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told DAS Robert Godec and PolCouns that several ambassadorial assignments await the PM's approval. "We are all like planes in a holding pattern waiting to land," commented Deputy Foreign Minister for Bilateral Relations Hamid al-Bay [...] |
2006-02-09 08:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD409 |
IECI ANNOUNCES CERTIFIED ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) At a February 10 press conference, the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) formally announced the certification of results for the December 15 Council of Representatives elections. The press conference was called to order by IECI Chairman Izaddin Hindawi who thanked all contri [...] |
2006-02-10 18:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD420 |
GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: MODERATE SHIA [...] (S/REL UK) Summary. In a February 10 meeting, independent moderate Shi'a Islamist Ali al-Dabbagh told Poloffs that the two leading United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) candidates for Prime Minister, Ibrahim Jafari and 'Adil 'Abd al-Madhi, are in a dead heat, with eight or more Alliance members still u [...] |
2006-02-11 13:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PNAT KDEM ECON IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD423 |
GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: VERY CLOSE COUNT ON [...] (C) Summary: In the competition for Iraq's Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) to name a prime minister nominee, we estimate that incumbent Prime Minister Jafari has a slim lead on challenger Adil Abd al-Mahdi, but the race is too close to call. On February 11, Shia Coalition members decided [...] |
2006-02-11 20:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM ECON IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD4256 |
MOI BOLANI - MAIN THREAT IS SECTARIANISM; MOI [...] (C/REL UK, AUS) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bolani, Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte stressed the need to quell sectarian violence. Minister Bolani agreed, emphasizing that the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) is reducing abductions and kill [...] |
2006-11-16 03:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS MOPS PNAT PINR IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD4277 |
IRAQ'S INTERIOR MINISTRY ISSUES WARRANT FOR [...] (S/NF) Summary. On November 16 and 17, multiple Iraqi media sources reported that Iraq's Ministry of Interior (MOI) had issued a warrant for hard-line Sunni cleric Harith al-Dhari, currently in Jordan, on unspecified charges. MOI later announced that this was not an arrest warrant, but an "in [...] |
2006-11-19 18:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL PINS PNAT MOPS IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD4292 |
CHARGE AND INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS KIDNAPPINGS, [...] (S/NF) Summary: Charge D'Affaires Daniel V. Speckhard met with Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani November 17 to discuss Site 4, recent kidnappings and the warrant against Harith al-Dhari. Charge emphasized to Bolani the importance of ensuring that all Site 4 warrants are executed. Bolani said [...] |
2006-11-20 11:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL PINS PNAT MOPS IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD432 |
INITIAL REACTION TO JAFARI NOMINATION: MUTED [...] (C) Summary: The Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) February 12 voted 64-63 to renominate incumbent Ibrahim Jafari as Prime Minister. Jafari was supported by his Dawa Party, Dawa Tanzim, the Sadrists, and some independents in the Coalition. Jafari's challenger, Deputy President Adil Abd al- [...] |
2006-02-13 03:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD4323 |
STATE MINISTER WAILI TO MEET WITH TURKEY'S PKK [...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for National Security Shirwan Kamil Sibti al-Waili wants help outfitting his ministry, which focuses on domestic intelligence. He said he was looking forward to meeting Turkey's PKK Envoy during his November 16-17 trip to Ankara with PM Maliki (septel). Waili s [...] |
2006-11-22 15:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER TU IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD4346 |
PURSUING AN ACSA WITH THE GOI [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: As Iraqis move toward a more mature security relationship with the USG, we believe DoD should pursue an Acquisition Cross-Servicing Agreement with the Iraqi Ministry of Defense as soon as we have taken the necessary steps to ensure the Iraqis are capable of managing an [...] |
2006-11-25 13:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD4386 |
(C) IAEA INSPECTION AT TUWAITH NUCLEAR COMPLEX [...] (C) On November 20, Pol-Mil officer and Coalition forces assisted a four-person International Atomic Energy Agency team, in completing the annual Physical Inventory Verification of approximately 550 tons of yellow cake uranium and other accountable nuclear materials including uranium oxide s [...] |
2006-11-28 16:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PNAT PREL |
| 06BAGHDAD444 |
GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: KURDISH MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY On February 13, the day after the Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) decision on PM nomination, Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation Barham Salih cautioned poloffs against assuming that Jafari now has a lock on the premiership. Salih said he would push for Thamir Ghadb [...] |
2006-02-13 20:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD451 |
UN DISTRESS OVER STAFF HOUSING AVERTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi met Ambassador Khalilzad on January 26 and hinted that the UN would re-evaluate its presence in Iraq if security concerns for housing of its staff in Baghdad were not addressed. Qazi said the UN was concerned a [...] |
2006-02-14 15:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PNAT UNSC PTER PHUM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD4529 |
MCNS DECEMBER 3 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the December 3 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki: -- Responded to reports of attacks on downtown Baghdad banks and government ministries by calling for "Green Zone" like security zones in strategic areas of the capital; [...] |
2006-12-12 13:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PINS PGOV PNAT PTER MOPS IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD4530 |
MCNS DECEMBER 10 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the December 10 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki asked for options to rapidly restore security to the area around the Bayji Oil Refinery so that production may resume. Ministers also discussed increasing prison security a [...] |
2006-12-12 13:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PTER PNAT MOPS IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD4581 |
UNAMI DEPUTY DISCUSSES DRAWDOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 12, DCM met with UN Deputy Special Representative to the Secretary-General (DSRSG) Michael von der Schulenburg to express strong concern over the signal the UN decision to draw down UNAMI's in-country staff would send and the ability of UNAMI to stay meaningfully engag [...] |
2006-12-16 14:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM PREL IO IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD46 |
AMBASSADOR ADVISES IECI ON RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 2 meeting with IECI commissioners, the Ambassador encouraged the IECI Board to be careful announcing election results before the international observer group presents its own findings, lest those findings undercut the IECI. Recognizing that the IECI faced its own pr [...] |
2006-01-05 18:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PNAT PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD463 |
GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: HIZBALLAH LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi politicos are still adjusting to the victory of incumbent Prime Minister Jafari being named again by the Shia Islamist Coalition to be its prime minister nominee. A key element of the Shia Coalition, the SCIRI party, is worried about the rising influence of the rival Sad [...] |
2006-02-14 20:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD4715 |
MCNS DECEMBER 17 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Salam Al-Zubai presided over the December 17 Ministerial Council on National Security, and discussed his trip to the Bayji area to observe security operations against Al Qaeda. Ministers again discussed increasing prison security. Minister of D [...] |
2006-12-26 15:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD481 |
SCHEMING IN BAGHDAD: SUNNI ARAB DESCRIBES PLAN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Allawi allies told us February 15 that the USG should urge Talabani to join with Sunni Arabs and Allawi to form a larger parliamentary bloc than that of the Shia Islamist List 555. Separately, Sunni Arab Tawafuq Front official Mahmoud al-Mashadani speculated that Sunni and Kurdi [...] |
2006-02-16 09:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM |
| 06BAGHDAD490 |
SADR CITY DAC MEMBERS PREDICT JA'FARI WIN WILL [...] (C) Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) chair Hassan Shama and Sadr City DAC member Dr. Haider Jabar Ziden told PolOff in a February 13 meeting that Prime Minister (PM) Ibrahim Ja'fari's renomination to the PM post will likely boost Sadrist influence in Sadr City. Ja'fari has thus far al [...] |
2006-02-16 13:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD497 |
(U) KURDISH POLITICIAN MAHMUD OTHMAN: KIRKUK IS [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish government formation negotiating team member Dr. Mahmud Othman told PolOffs on February 15 that he stood by his comments in Al Dustour newspaper calling on Prime Minister- elect Ja'afari to commit publicly to resolving the Kirkuk issue. On Ja'afari nomination, Othman su [...] |
2006-02-16 20:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD498 |
ZEBARI SAYS JAFARI DOES NOT HAVE LOCK ON [...] (C) SUMMARY FM Zebari told PolCouns February 16 that Jafari does not have a lock on the premiership, although Zebari doubted SCIRI and Fadhila would leave the Shia Coalition as that would be contrary to the wishes of Grand Ayatollah Sistani. SCIRI Chief of Staff Haitham al-Husseini, told Pol [...] |
2006-02-16 21:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM |
| 06BAGHDAD508 |
PM SENIOR ADVISOR PREDICTS GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (C) Summary. In a February 15 meeting, Jafari senior advisor Hassan Hamid Hassan Al-Seneid told PolOffs that the Shia Coalition has placed conditions on Jafari assuming the premiership, as well as on any other Shia Coalition holder of positions in the new government. He estimated that govern [...] |
2006-02-17 18:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD509 |
FADHILA MEMBER AND SUNNI ARAB SHAYKH STRESS [...] SUMMARY: In a February 16 meeting, Fadhila Member Mohammed al-Kusai told PolOff that he doubted PM Jafari would be successful leading the new government. However, he maintained that the UIC 555 would seek to motivate Jafari to perform well. Also on February 16, an al-Dulaymi tribal leader lin [...] |
2006-02-17 19:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD510 |
DECLARED SHIA INDEPENDENT WORRIES ABOUT FRACTIOUS [...] (C) At a February 16 introductory meeting, independent Shia Coalition member Shatha Mosa Sadiq al-Mousawi expressed her strong resentment toward the Embassy for reaching out to Ayad Allawi and Sunni "Ba'thists" and for "ignoring" the Shia. She warned that public perception about Americans is [...] |
2006-02-17 20:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PINR KWMN IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD518 |
JAFARI DISDAINS "BACKROOM CONVERSATIONS" ON PM [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting with Ambassador, Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari agreed that the pace of government formation is too slow and lamented the absence of a set negotiating mechanism. When asked about his approach for securing his own premiership by a two-thirds vote in the Council of R [...] |
2006-02-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD550 |
DEPUTY TNA SPEAKER SPECULATES ON FUTURE [...] (C) In a February 16 meeting with Poloff, Deputy TNA Speaker Arif Taifour discussed the transition from the Transitional National Assembly to the Council of Representatives (CoR). He speculated that he or Fu'ad Ma'asum (leader of the Kurdish Alliance delegation in the TNA) would be a Deput [...] |
2006-02-21 19:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD567 |
SRSG QAZI'S VIEWS ON PRTS, JAPANESE ASSISTANCE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 19 meeting with the Ambassador, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi asked for the U.S. view on Iraqi constitutional revision and expressed a positive view of UN participation in Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs), hinting that a U [...] |
2006-02-22 20:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM PREL IZ JA |
| 06BAGHDAD574 |
(CORRECTED COPY) QUIET MORNING FOLLOWS SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although it appears there were more incidents on Wednesday after the Samarra mosque bombing than we reported (ref), there appear so far to be fewer incidents of sectarian violence on Thursday. Baghdad Deputy Mayor al-Bahrani told Poloff February 23 that approximately 30 Sunni mo [...] |
2006-02-23 13:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER PNAT PREL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD583 |
IRAQI LEGAL ADVISERS AGREE THAT COUNCIL OF [...] (C) Summary. The requirements of Article 54 of the Constitution continue to elicit multiple legal opinions. In separate meetings February 21 and 22, TNA Legal Committee Muhsin Saadoun and Presidency Council Legal Adviser Ameer Al-Shammari offered separate interpretations. The former said Ar [...] |
2006-02-23 18:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD610 |
RELATIVE CALM IN BAGHDAD; JAFARI MEETS WITH SISTANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Incidents of sectarian violence dropped further February 26. There were reports of mortar fire on a mosque in Sadr City and of an IED outside a mosque in Basra. Jafari's Chief of Staff reported that the PM had traveled to Najaf where Grand Ayatollah Sistani "approved" of the pr [...] |
2006-02-26 19:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD626 |
RELATIVE CALM PREVAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The overall security situation in Baghdad is relatively calm and reports of sectarian violence once again decreased overnight. The ban on vehicular movement in Baghdad was lifted at 0600 hrs on February 27, and our contacts appeared to be largely consumed with personal errands f [...] |
2006-02-27 19:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD648 |
FADHILA PARTY MEMBER WARNS SHIA ANGER MAY NOT BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 27 phone conversation with PolFSN, Fadhila Parliamentarian Mohammed Ismail al-Kusai said that Ayatollah Mohammed al-Yaqubi thinks Shia anger will be difficult to contain if another attack of the magnitude of the Samarra February 22 bombing occurs. Al-Kusai said rece [...] |
2006-02-28 20:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PTER IZ KISL |
| 06BAGHDAD659 |
MARCH 2 SECURITY MEETING PRODUCES LITTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Because of the latest spat with the Kurds, PM Jafari canceled a morning meeting of top political leaders that had been scheduled to discuss the security situation in Iraq. After much pushing from post, the meeting was held the evening of March 2. However, all the participants co [...] |
2006-03-02 20:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD664 |
FADHILA PARTY MEMBER: UIC 555 FOLLOWERS CRITICAL [...] (C) In a March 1 meeting held as a follow-on to reftel conversation, Fadhila Party Council of Representatives member Mohammed Ismail al-Kusai said that he believes the worst of the sectarian strife resulting from bombing of the Al-Askariyah Shrine in Samarra is over. He repeated reftel cautio [...] |
2006-03-03 16:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD682 |
SCIRI SIGNALS READINESS TO BE FLEXIBLE ABOUT PM; [...] (S) SUMMARY: SCIRI Chief of Staff Haitham al-Husseini advised us March 4 of a party statement expressing commitment to the UIC 555 nomination of Jafari as PM, but indicating openness to discussions about who would be the best Prime Minister. PUK's Barham Salih welcomed the SCIRI statement and [...] |
2006-03-04 20:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD72 |
ALLAWI RECOMMENDS POSTPONEMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) In their January 8 meeting, Ayad Allawi told the Ambassador that Iraqi President Talabani believes that a national unity government is a must, but Dr. Allawi added that this must be a national unity government in reality, not just cosmetically. He also highlighted the importance of balan [...] |
2006-01-09 12:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD733 |
POLITICAL LEADERS MEETING ENDS WITHOUT AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the close of the day March 7, it appeared that the Shia Islamists were resisting the Talabani call to convene the Council of Representatives March 12. List 555 independent Sami al-Askari told us March 7 that Deputy President Abd al-Mahdi's refusal to sign the convocation with [...] |
2006-03-07 19:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD738 |
UNAMI TO PULL BACK ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 27 meeting with MNF-I Deputy Chiefs of Staff MG Lynch, MG Findley and Poloff, DSRSG Stephan De Mistura said UNAMI clearly understood that constitution review would be best left off the agenda at the present time. De Mistura indicated that UNAMI would shift resources [...] |
2006-03-08 03:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD74 |
AMB URGES SUNNI POLITICAL LEADERS TO DENOUNCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Khalilzad met on January 5 with key leaders from the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) and on January 6 with the Iraqi National Dialogue Council (INDC) to review their concerns about the December 15 parliamentary elections and to solicit their views on the formation of a nationa [...] |
2006-01-09 13:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PNAT PTER PHUM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD749 |
JAFARI PM NOMINATION STILL UNCERTAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is no consensus yet on the fate of Ibrahim Jafari's PM nomination, with the Shia Coalition offering incentives for votes and Kurdish leaders threatening to withdraw from the government if a new nomination is not put forward. As of COB on Wednesday, we had conflicting repor [...] |
2006-03-08 18:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD75 |
ELECTION OBSERVER TEAM STILL AT WORK WHILE [...] (C) Summary. The international monitoring team (IMIE) continues its post-election assessment work, and has decided that its building workload will require postponement of its preliminary report about January 14. Partly as a result of this new date, the Iraqi election commission (IECI) has de [...] |
2006-01-09 13:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD777 |
ABD AL-MAHDI'S ADVISORS CONTEMPLATE CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) In a March 7 conversation, Zuhair Humadi, Kadhim Shubber, and Fareed Yasseen, advisors to Deputy President (DP) Adel Abd al-Mahdi, told PolOffs they plan to organize a think tank, to be called Al-Rafidain, which would include a number of people around DP Abd al-Mahdi on its board. The thre [...] |
2006-03-10 18:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KCOR KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD79 |
FM ZEBARI: SHIA FAR FROM DECISION ON PM CANDIDATE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told Ambassador on January 9 that the Kurdish Alliance has reached agreement on supporting Talabani for President in the new Iraqi government. The Shia UIA alliance is, in his view, deeply divided over whether to support current PM Ja'afari or curr [...] |
2006-01-09 17:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PREL IR IZ KRG |
| 06BAGHDAD812 |
MILITIAS AND OTHER ARMED GROUPS IN IRAQ - [...] (S//REL MNCI) SUMMARY. Militia organizations, acting both as extra-legal bodies and within government structures at multiple levels, will continue to pursue sectarian agendas that will undermine the government's ability to improve the security environment and will exacerbate sectarian tensions [...] |
2006-03-13 16:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KJUS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER |
| 06BAGHDAD813 |
SUNNI AND ALLAWI BLOCS READY FOR MORE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of the March 14 meeting of the major political blocs' leaders to work on resolving the government formation dilemma, Tawafuq official Mahmud al- Mashadani told us that Sunni Arab and Shia Coalition negotiators were working toward formation of an Arab political bloc. H [...] |
2006-03-13 20:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD852 |
IECI COMMISIONER COMMENTS ON LESSONS LEARNED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting Chair of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) Hamdia Al-Hussaini, met with PolOff 9 March to discuss recommendations from the IMIE-sponsored after action conference in Madrid and the future of the IECI. Recommendations from the Madrid conference include item [...] |
2006-03-16 18:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD863 |
GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: KURDS FEAR NO [...] SUMMARY. While all eyes on March 16 were focused on the first session of the Council of Representatives (CoR), several members offered their assessment of the government formation negotiations. Kurdish Alliance members were more pessimistic about the progress being made, while Sunni Arab memb [...] |
2006-03-17 13:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD896 |
SADR CITY OFFICIAL WANTS JAYSH AL-MAHDI TO SECURE [...] (C) In a March 14 conversation with PolOff, the supervisor of the Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) General Information Center (GIC), Nsaif Jassim, told PolOff that Coalition Forces (CF) need to "take care" of Iraq's militia problem. This will demonstrate that CF are serious about bui [...] |
2006-03-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD905 |
SHIA NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST SUPPORTS CPA DISSOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: In a March 9 conversation, Al-Adala newspaper columnist Ali Khaleef told PolOff and PAS/Off that economic progress in Iraq has not kept pace with political progress. Coalition Forces (CF) need to do more to fight corruption and promote economic growth in Iraq, he said. Khaleef [...] |
2006-03-20 10:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM PNAT PTER ECON KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD911 |
DAWA HARDLINER INSISTS DEEP-SEATED FEAR OF FORMER [...] (C) Summary. In a March 15 meeting with PolOffs, re- elected Dawa Council of Representative (CoR) member Kamal Abdullah Khallawi al-Saidi expressed only guarded support for Prime Minister Jafari to remain as PM, admitting that Jafari is not the most competent politician. He doubted anyone els [...] |
2006-03-20 11:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PINR IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD931 |
TRIBAL SHEIKH WANTS TO BE BIGGER THAN SCIRI [...] (C) In a March 4 conversation, Sheikh Talib al-Yasseri of Najaf told PolOffs that the politicians who were elected in the December 15 elections do not represent the ordinary people of Iraq. "There was much fraud," he said, "but the people remain silent. The winners passed over the heads of o [...] |
2006-03-21 11:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD944 |
POWERPOINT AND PSYCHO-BABBLE: SECOND-TIER JAFARI [...] (S) Summary. In a March 20 meeting with PolCouns and PolOff, PM advisors (and brothers) Bashar and Zuhair al-Naher, who aspire to join Jafari's inner circle, presented a plan they said PM Jafari had approved to reorganize the PM's office substantially and creating policy development and follo [...] |
2006-03-22 10:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD953 |
IECI COMMISIONER DEFENDS IRAQI ELECTION IN CAIRO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent Electoral Commission (IECI) Chief Electoral Officer Adil Mohammed Alwan Al-Lami described to PolOff on March 19 his defense of the Iraqi elections as valid, fair and representative at a regional election workshop in Cairo on March 12-13. Speaking to skeptical workshop [...] |
2006-03-23 11:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ EG |
| 06BAKU660 |
EU SPECIAL REP SEMNEBY ON EU SOUTH CAUCASUS POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Senior Advisor Steven Mann met with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby (Sweden) on April 22. Semneby provided a readout of his recent conversation with Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Azimov, outlined the EU process for committing peacekeepers, [...] |
2006-05-01 12:24:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PREF PBTS PNAT AJ GG RU MD |
| 06BASRAH111 |
BASRAH MANDAEAN LEADER EXPRESSES SERIOUS CONCERNS [...] (C) On June 29, the Regional Coordinator (RC) met with the spiritual leader of the Basrah Mandaean community, Shaykh Raad Gbashi at his request. Shaykh Raad is a contact of the Regional Embassy Office (see Ref A) and has met previously with the RC. At this meeting, Shaykh Raad said that his c [...] |
2006-06-30 07:53:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PNAT KDEM SMIG IZ JO SY |
| 06BASRAH115 |
FADILLAH LEADERS VISIT BASRAH [...] (U) Summary: On July 6, a delegation of Fadillah members from Baghdad visited the Regional Embassy Office (REO) and met with the Regional Coordinator (RC). The discussion centered on the broad topics of security in Basrah, particularly on militias and their infiltration of the Iraqi Police S [...] |
2006-07-09 13:11:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BELGRADE128 |
EU Envoy Tempers Optimism on Montenegro [...] (SBU) Summary: Preparations for the Montenegrin referendum are slowly progressing, but the two sides remain far apart on key modalities. After a month of talks, little has been decided, but discussions will begin to quicken as pro-Independence and pro-Union forces hopefully resolve the less c [...] |
2006-01-27 13:45:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT MW |
| 06BELGRADE1522 |
Scenesetter for the Secretary of Defense's Visit to [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as the Montenegrins celebrate their newly regained independence following a successful referendum in May. Most recently, during the 10 September parliamentary elections the Montenegrin voters handed Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic's ruling coalition another mandate with 4 [...] |
2006-09-19 15:46:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT MW |
| 06BELGRADE1554 |
BELGRADE'S RESPONSE TO STATE 138362 (C-RE6-01248) [...] (U) The following is Embassy Belgrade's response to INR's questions in reftel. 2. (C) Response follows (reftel's questions in caps): A. (C) WHAT IS THE NATURE OF KOSTUNICA AND TADIC'S RELATIONSHIP? (C) The President and Prime Minister continue to balance their dislike for each othe [...] |
2006-09-26 10:40:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PBTS PGOV PHUM PNAT PREL MW YI SR |
| 06BELGRADE210 |
MONTENEGRO: AFTER THE REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) Summary: It is increasingly likely that Montenegro will hold a referendum on independence in the spring of 2006. Whether or not the vote is for independence, Montenegro's relationships with Serbia, and, potentially, with the United States will change significantly. Regardless of the ou [...] |
2006-02-13 10:54:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR MW PNAT |
| 06BELGRADE322 |
Montenegro Referendum: Rules of the Game Are [...] (SBU) The Montenegrin parliament has adopted the EU- proposed ground rules for the independence referendum, which will be held 21 May. Nonetheless, the pro- independence government strongly complained that the EU-recommended 55 percent super-majority is unfair and more stringent than existing [...] |
2006-03-02 07:38:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT MW |
| 06BELGRADE499 |
SAM: Special Envoy Lajcak Emphasizes Unity [...] (SBU) The Montenegrin referendum campaign has begun to heat up and all signs indicate a no-holds barred campaign with both sides willing to exploit existing tensions to get their preferred outcome. We are coordinating closely with EU Special Envoy Lajcak in the run up to the May 21 vote. Th [...] |
2006-03-29 11:56:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT MW |
| 06BELGRADE623 |
Bulatovic Threatens Boycott [...] (SBU) Summary: Predrag Bulatovic, leader of the Socialist People's Party (SNP), has leveled accusations of impropriety and voter fraud against Montenegrin Prime Minister Djukanovic in the run-up to the independence referendum on May 21. He added that he is concerned over the international co [...] |
2006-04-20 14:37:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT MW |
| 06BELGRADE861 |
RESPONSE TO STATE 80071: KOSOVO FINAL STATUS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-31 06:39:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET | PINR PBTS PGOV PNAT PREL YI SR |
| 06BELGRADE967 |
Serbian Political Roundup - Crumbling Coalition? [...] (SBU) In a June 1 press conference, Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica officially responded to the final tally of the Montenegrin referendum, and addressed several key issues facing his governent: the formal dissolution of the State Union, he upcoming cabinet reshuffle, and a new constittion. W [...] |
2006-06-19 12:21:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL PBTS PNAT SR MW |
| 06BELGRADE97 |
Serbia - No Participation in Status Talks [...] (SBU) Key Serbian negotiators on Kosovo again told Contact Group (CG) representatives that the GOS would likely withdraw from status talks if independence was "presumed" at the outset. The GOS presented a non-paper detailing their objections to CG draft position papers (text below), which t [...] |
2006-01-23 10:05:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT |
| 06BUCHAREST1444 |
DAS KRAMER DISCUSSIONS WITH FM UNGUREANU AND [...] (C) Summary: During separate meetings with Foreign Minister Ungureanu and senior advisors in the offices of the President and Prime Minister on September 7 in Bucharest, EUR DAS Kramer provided the Department's perspective on regional issues including the upcoming independence referendum in T [...] |
2006-09-14 09:01:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PNAT MD EU RO |
| 06CHIANGMAI117 |
NORTHERN MUSLIMS CULTIVATE MODERATE IMAGE [...] (U) Summary: With 17 mosques and the largest percentage of Muslims outside of Thailand's southern provinces, Chiang Mai is regarded as a model of inter-cultural harmony. One important element is a Provincial Islamic Committee (PIC) that cultivates a moderate, scholarly image and works close [...] |
2006-07-21 08:29:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PNAT PHUM KPAO OEXC OIIP TH |
| 06ISLAMABAD21931 |
THE RIGA SUMMIT AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) During Assistant Secretary Boucher's November 6-7 visit to Islamabad, post was struck by senior Pakistani officials' and politicians' pessimism over Afghanistan. Interlocutors repeatedly expressed concerns that the U.S. and NATO were not in Afghanistan for the long-haul. While we know t [...] |
2006-11-09 12:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MASS MOPS PK PNAT PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD21948 |
THE RIGA SUMMIT AND PAKISTAN -- CORRECTED COPY, [...] (C) AmEmbassy Kabul concurs with this telegram. 2. (C) During Assistant Secretary Boucher's November 6-7 visit to Islamabad, post was struck by senior Pakistani officials' and politicians' pessimism over Afghanistan. Interlocutors repeatedly expressed concerns that the U.S. and NATO wer [...] |
2006-11-13 02:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MASS MOPS PK PNAT PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD22385 |
FIGHTING GWOT: IMPROVING FMF, FMS, AND OTHER [...] (S) As we enter the sixth year of this long war, it is increasingly clear that our Foreign Military Funding/Foreign Military Sales (FMF/FMS) programs, unchanged since 9/11, are not suited to the needs of GWOT allies like Pakistan. Difficulties we have encountered with some security assistanc [...] |
2006-12-09 04:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AF MASS MOPS PK PNAT PREL |
| 06JAKARTA11799 |
Central Sulawesi: "Poso 3" Executed - Violence [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Da Silva, and Marinus Riwu were executed September 22. Security situations in Palu, Poso and Tentena remained calm, inspired by a highly visible police and military presence patrolling the streets. Violence erupted in areas of West Timor, Nusa Tenggara [...] |
2006-09-22 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PGOV PNAT KJUS CASC ID |
| 06KIRKUK101 |
IRANIAN KURDS ORGANIZING AGAINST TEHRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an Iranian journalist in hiding in Northern Iraq, Iranian President Ahmadinejad has been cracking down on the Kurds in Iran and has caused souring relations between the Iranian Government and minorities. The Iranian Government under Ahmadinejad has become more reli [...] |
2006-04-28 15:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM PNAT PREF PREL PINR PGOV KDEM KCOR |
| 06KIRKUK104 |
KDP ASAYISH CHIEF ON SECURITY ISSUES IN KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The chief of Asayish in Kirkuk said the Iraqi Army and police in Kirkuk were neither effective nor serious in their duties because their loyalties were based on ethnic bonds. He said Hawijah was a terrorist safe haven and that its poor security situation had a negative effect o [...] |
2006-04-29 16:49:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINS PINR PREL PTER PNAT IZ IR SY TU |
| 06KIRKUK105 |
PUK ASAYISH CLAIMS SECURITY DOMINANCE IN KIRKUK [...] SUMMARY. The PUK chief of Asayish (internal security) in Kirkuk complained that the MNF-I and Iraqi Army did not recognize the Asayish as a formal security force below the greenline and expressed frustration that the Asayish had to obtain MNF-I permission prior to making an arrest. He claime [...] |
2006-04-29 16:49:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINS PINR PREL PTER PNAT IZ IR SY TU |
| 06KIRKUK107 |
(C) KRG-ERBIL INTERIOR MINISTER ON BORDER TENSIONS WITH [...] (C) On the margins of the Iraqi-American Chamber of Commerce conference in Erbil on April 27 Kurdish Regional Government Interior Minister Karim Sinjari briefly discussed recent border tensions with Turkey. Sinjari described the shelling of an Iraqi (Kurdish KDP) border post at Zaha-Sidarkan [...] |
2006-05-02 07:14:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PNAT PGOV PINR IZ TU IR |
| 06KIRKUK11 |
(SBU) KURDS EXPECT SHIITES WILL AGREE KIRKUK CAN JOIN KRG [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Kurdistan Regional Government-Sulaymaniyah (KRG-S) leaders complained to RC and DRC January 26 that the December elections had cheated the Kurds out of seats, though this would not prevent the Kurdish alliance from participating in the government. PUK Dep GenSe [...] |
2006-01-28 19:58:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT EFIN PREL IZ |
| 06KIRKUK115 |
SULAY STUDENTS VIEW ELECTION THROUGH KURDISH EYES [...] (SBU) Summary: Students from Sulaymaniyah University met on May 24 with IPAO to share reactions to the formation of the national government. The twenty-six students equally represented men, women, and both younger students from a variety of departments and older students attending graduate l [...] |
2006-06-04 14:02:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PNAT IZ |
| 06KIRKUK117 |
PUK LEADERSHIP: PARTY CHANGE, KRG UNITY, IRAN [...] (C) Summary. On May 31 PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed PRT/REO POLOFS that the number of new KRG ministries was linked to building support for the Kurds on the 2007 Kirkuk Referendum. Further, the PUK would soon hold a congress to restructure the party to adapt to the new political [...] |
2006-06-13 13:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PNAT KDEM KCOR EPET IZ IN |
| 06KIRKUK123 |
(U) NEW KIRKUK KURDISH POLITICAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ARTICLE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: IPAO on June 26 met with leaders representing local Kurdish parties who recently set aside differences to push implementation of Article 140. Kurdish representatives universally agreed that Baghdad must implement Article 140 immediately or risk discredit amo [...] |
2006-07-15 14:22:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PNAT PREF PREL KDEM ECON EINV IZ |
| 06KIRKUK124 |
(U) KURDISTAN REFERENDUM MOVEMENT LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: IPAO on July 3 met with leaders of the Kurdistan Referendum Movement (KRM) to discuss the structure of the organization, its current political goals, and future plans for a referendum on Kurdistan independence. (Note: the KRM was responsible for an unofficia [...] |
2006-07-15 14:28:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PNAT PREF PREL PBTS KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK125 |
(C) PUK CHANGES; KIRKUK MUST JOIN KDP; IRAN NO ALLY [...] (C) Summary. PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed IPAO on July 1 in Sulaymaniyah that the PUK had undertaken major reforms, including the re-election of all PUK leaders, beginning with the villages, districts, and sub-districts. Also, he said the Article 140 referendum was necessary [...] |
2006-07-15 14:33:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK126 |
(C) KDP-PUK UNITED FRONT AFTER DOKAN MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. KRG Prime Minister Nechirwan Barzani and PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed IPAO in separate meetings on July 2 and 1 respectively that the KDP and PUK politburos had agreed to end direct party interference in government affairs; delay appointment of deputy ministers; [...] |
2006-07-15 14:38:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK127 |
(C) PM BARZANI: INVESTMENT LAW PASSES; KRG EDUCATION IN [...] (C) Summary. KRG Prime Minister Nechirwan Barzani said in July 2 meetings with IPAO that the new Investment Promotion Law had been held up in Parliament over the provision for 100% foreign ownership of property. He said the KRG had a window of opportunity for attracting foreign investment t [...] |
2006-07-15 14:42:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK128 |
(U) KRG VP KOSRAT RASUL: KRG CHALLENGES, REFORMS, [...] (C) Summary: KRG Vice President Kosrat Rasul told IPAO in a July 1 meeting in Sulaymaniyah that the biggest challenge facing the newly unified KRG was public dissatisfaction over government services and the subsequent appeal of the Islamic movement. In his first address to the KNA as KRG V [...] |
2006-07-15 14:45:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK129 |
(U) KIRKUK IECI HEAD ON NORMALIZATION, UPCOMING CENSUS AND [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kirkuk head of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI), Ferhad Talabani, is threatening to close the office due to poor security, government corruption, and lack of funding. Talabani detailed the ethnic breakdown of the office personnel and perceiv [...] |
2006-07-19 16:12:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK133 |
(SBU) NEW KURDISH BLOC ON POLITICAL GOALS, OPPOSITION TO [...] (C/NF) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Leaders of the recently formed 5-party Kurdish political opposition bloc said they would focus on local issues and push to reduce the domination of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). They asserted that their bloc [...] |
2006-07-25 11:36:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM PTER IZ |
| 06KIRKUK134 |
(C/NF) KDSP LEADERS ON KRG'S CLOSURE OF KDSP OFFICES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-25 12:16:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PTER PNAT PREF KDEM IZ TU |
| 06KIRKUK135 |
(C) PUK ASAYISH HEAD - KIRKUK SECURITY WORSENING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Asayish head, Hallkawt Abdullah Aziz, said on July 24 that the security situation in Kirkuk was getting worse. He said terrorists had sympathizers among the Iraqi Police (IP) officers and checkpoint guards who facilitated t [...] |
2006-07-31 10:23:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER KDEM IZ |
| 06KIRKUK136 |
(C) KDP KIRKUK ASAYISH HEAD ON SECURITY, MERGER WITH PUK, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: KDP Kirkuk Asayish head, Hallo Najat Hamza, told IPAOs on July 25 that the terrorists were getting stronger and were targeting security forces in Kirkuk. Hamza said the open borders of Kirkuk and guards cooperating with the terrorists at checkpoints were pri [...] |
2006-08-02 17:27:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR |