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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01VATICAN2295 |
USG READINESS FOR PAPAL TURNOVER AND HIGH [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES A.I. JOSEPH CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 02295 01 OF 04 270100Z MERANTE. REASONS: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THERE IS NO NEW INFORMATION SUGGESTING AN IMMINENT PAPAL DEMISE, BUT THE POPE'S HEALTH APPEARS TO CONTIN [...] |
2001-04-26 09:27:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR VT KPRP |
| 02AMMAN6706 |
PALESTINIAN REFUGEES AND THE RIGHT OF RETURN: THE [...] (S) Following more than two years of Israeli-Palestinian violence and Israel's intense and still ongoing military operations in the West Bank and Gaza, few if any Palestinian refugees in Jordan are focused on the right of return. In the eyes of Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Israeli govern [...] |
2002-11-17 10:09:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PINR KPAL KWBG IS JO KPRP |
| 02HANOI2465 |
VIETNAM: APEC OCTOBER MEETING (C-AL2-00879) [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CLAIRE A. PIERANGELO, ECONOMIC COUNSELOR. REASON 1.5 (C). 2. (C) POST HAS HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS WITH GVN OFFICIALS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS REGARDING APEC AND CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02465 01 OF 02 100745Z VIETNAM'S RO [...] |
2002-10-10 07:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECIN VM KPRP APEC CTERR |
| 02ROME2958 |
ECONOMIC FORECAST FOR ITALY 2002-2003: JUNE [...] SUMMARY. THE ITALIAN ECONOMY IS LIKELY TO REMAIN SOMEWHAT WEAK OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD. GDP GROWTH IS EXPECTED TO BE AN ANEMIC 1.3 PERCENT IN 2002. THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES TO DAMPEN ITALIAN EXPORTS, AND HEIGHTEN CONSUMER UNCERTAINTY. THE CONVERSION TO THE EURO HAS PUSHED UP [...] |
2002-06-18 11:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
| 02ROME3551 |
ITALY: 4-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN 2003-2006 [...] SUMMARY. ITALY IS UNLIKELY TO ELIMINATE ITS DEFICIT BEFORE 2005, ACCORDING TO THE GOI'S RECENTLY RELEASED FOUR-YEAR BUDGET PLAN (DPEF). GOI PLANS FOR SUBSTANTIAL TAX CUTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, COMBINED WITH LESS OPTIMISTIC ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS, LIKELY RULE OUT A BALANCED BUDGET BEF [...] |
2002-07-18 05:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
| 02ROME4053 |
KEY ECONOMIC POLICY-MAKERS ON GOI BUDGET ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE BALLOONING PUBLIC DEFICIT IS A MATTER OF GREAT CONCERN TO THE GOI, SEVERAL KEY ECONOMIC POLICYMAKERS TOLD ECONOMIC COUNSELOR DURING A SERIES OF RECENT MEETINGS. DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER MARIO BALDASSARRI, FINANCE MINISTRY UNDER SECRETARY VITO TANZI, AND SENIOR RESEARCHER AT T [...] |
2002-08-20 07:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
| 02ROME462 |
ECONOMIC FORECAST FOR ITALY 2002-2003: JANUARY [...] SUMMARY. ITALY'S ALREADY WEAK ECONOMY WILL REGISTER AN ANEMIC GDP GROWTH RATE OF ONE PERCENT IN 2002, WITH A MODERATE ECONOMIC RECOVERY EXPECTED ONLY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR. IN 2003, GDP GROWTH IS EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE TWO PERCENT. INVESTMENT WILL PROMPT THE VERY MODEST GROWTH IN 20 [...] |
2002-01-30 12:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
| 02ROME5083 |
ITALYS 2003 GOI BUDGET (PART II) [...] SUMMARY: THE GOI PRESENTED ITS 2003 BUDGET TO PARLIAMENT ON OCTOBER 2. REVISIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE PARLIAMENT APPROVES THE BUDGET IN LATE DECEMBER. THE 2003 BUDGET TOTALS E619.1 BILLION (47.4 PERCENT OF GDP), WITH A DEFICIT OF E19.6 BILLION (1.5 PERCENT OF GDP). A PACKAGE OF E20 BILLION (1 [...] |
2002-10-17 14:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IT KPRP |
| 03ABUDHABI1292 |
(C) ABU DHABI'S OIL PRODUCTION CAPACITY (C- [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S/NF) Summary and comment: In separate meetings with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) CEO Yousef bin Omeir and Deputy CEO Abdulla Nasser Al-Suweidi on March 17, Econchief was provided an unprecedented l [...] |
2003-03-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | KPRP PINR ENRG EINV EPET ETRD |
| 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 |
| 03ABUDHABI3164 |
UAE: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-07 06:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON KSPR KTBD KPRP OPIC 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 |
| 03ABUJA1560 |
NIGERIA: RULING PARTY COHESION (C-AL3-00674) [...] (S) Responses to specific reftel questions are below. They are based on the assumption that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains the ruling party after the various legal challenges to the 2003 elections. BACKGROUND 2. (C) The PDP was founded in the wake of Abacha's death [...] |
2003-09-05 16:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PINS NI KPRP |
| 03ROME379 |
ECONOMIC FORECAST FOR ITALY 2003-2004: [...] SUMMARY: ITALY IS LIKELY TO GROW ONLY MODERATELY OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD. IN 2002, THE GDP GREW BY A MEAGER 0.4 PERCENT (BELOW THE EU AVERAGE), BUT SHOULD INCREASE BY 1.1 PERCENT IN 2003 AND BY TWO PERCENT IN 2004, SUPPORTED BY A MODEST RECOVERY IN DOMESTIC DEMAND. 2. THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] |
2003-01-31 12:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
| 03ROME5689 |
ITALY TO INCREASE SUDAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (U) IN SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH PAOLA IMPERIALE, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR EAST AFRICA, AND GIOVANNI BATICCI, MFA AFRICA DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE EXPERT, EMBOFFS RECEIVED DETAILED INFORMATION ON ITALY'S PLANNED 63 PERCENT EXPANSION OF ASSISTANCE TO SUDAN IN 2004. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING [...] |
2003-12-23 05:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EAID IT SU KPRP |
| 03SANAA2251 |
YEMEN OFFICIALS: AL-AHMAR AND SALIM SALIH MUHAMMAD [...] (s) Answers are keyed to reftel questions. See reftel b for more information on prominent exiles returning to Yemen. 2. (s) Salim Salih Muhammad: A. (s/nf) Why did President Saleh appoint Muhammad as his special advisor when he was Saleh's former political rival? President Saleh has [...] |
2003-09-10 12:08:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PINR YM KPRP DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 04ABUDHABI2343 |
UAE: JULY 2004 APPENDIX TO 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (U) This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Government's decision to begin publishing the Country Commercial Guide (of which the Invest [...] |
2004-07-13 11:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KSPR KTBD KPRP OPIC TC |
| 04ROME1649 |
C-RE4-00182: G8 SUMMIT AGENDA ISSUES - ITALIAN [...] (U) The Political, Economic, Consular and Science sections have provided the following responses to ref a request for Italian views on G8 Summit Agenda proposals. GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE (GME) ------------------------------------ 2. (C) The Italians have been very supportive of the [...] |
2004-04-27 10:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD PINR PREL IT KPRP |
| 04ROME3232 |
SINISCALCO UNVEILS ITALY'S CONTROVERSIAL FOUR-YEAR [...] The July 29 release of Italy's four-year economic blueprint opens Italy's annual budget process. The release follows the political turmoil surrounding Finance Minister Tremonti's resignation and the appointment of the new Minister Siniscalco. The DPEF, which sets budgetary guidelines for the [...] |
2004-08-20 14:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
| 04ROME3283 |
Parmalat Tussles With Major Creditors and Former [...] Following GOI approval of a restructuring plan based on a debt-to-equity swap in late July, Parmalat Commissioner Enrico Bondi opened his legal campaign in August against some of the world's largest banks for their alleged role in helping Parmalat Finanziaria (or "Parmalat," Parmalat's holding [...] |
2004-08-26 15:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR IT KPRP |
| 04ROME4194 |
The Italian Banking Sector: a Decade of [...] Since the mid-1990s, the Italian banking sector has undergone significant consolidation through mergers and acquisitions among major banks. The consolidation was the largest in Europe in terms of assets, and was driven in large part by domestic privatization efforts, Italy's entry into the Eu [...] |
2004-10-29 16:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
| 04ROME4599 |
ITALY'S UNDERGROUND ECONOMY [...] The underground economy has been a consistent part of post-war Italy, and is a result of the country's systemic inefficiencies, in particular its bureaucracy, high taxation, and rigid labor market. Recent estimates place the size of the underground economy at about 15-17 percent of Italian G [...] |
2004-12-03 16:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP |
| 04ROME4922 |
AT ELEVENTH HOUR, ITALY APPROVES 2005 BUDGET [...] ON DECEMBER 29, PARLIAMENT PASSED THE 2005 BUDGET AFTER A LONG DEBATE TO RECONCILE THE COMPETING DEMANDS OF GOVERNING COALITION PARTNERS FOR PORK; PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI FOR A TAX CUT; AND FINANCE MINISTER SINISCALCO FOR A 2005 BUDGET DEFICIT BELOW THE STABILITY PACT THREE-PERCENT BUDGET [...] |
2004-12-30 09:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP |
| 04THEHAGUE2308 |
CABINET APPROVES AND FORWARDS NEW DUTCH COUNTER- [...] On September 10, Justice Minister Donner and Interior Minister Remkes submitted to the Second Chamber of Parliament CT Coordinator Joustra's plan to streamline Dutch counter-terrorism policies. As expected (reftels), the plan establishes an office of National CT Coordinator (NCTb) by January [...] |
2004-09-14 05:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS NL KPRP |
| 04THEHAGUE2995 |
CRITICAL REPORT ON DUTCH INTELLIGENCE SERVICE [...] On November 16, a special blue-ribbon panel published its long-awaited evaluation of the Dutch AIVD (civilian intelligence service). The "Havermans Committee," which included a former Interior Minister and several senior officials, was formed in February 2004 at the request of Interior Minist [...] |
2004-11-17 16:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS NL KPRP |
| 04THEHAGUE3025 |
RECENT CT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] An update of recent CT developments in the Netherlands follows: -- PKK Training Center Dismantled -- Van Gogh Assassination - Continuing Fall-out -- AIVD Assessment Report -- Act on Terrorist Crimes Finally Effective -- Pending CT Legislation/Proposals -- Port and Maritime Security - ISPS Op [...] |
2004-11-19 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS NL KPRP |
| 04THEHAGUE3044 |
AFTERMATH OF VAN GOGH MURDER - MORE CT PROPOSALS [...] On Nov. 11, the Justice, Interior and Immigration Ministers sent a letter to parliament outlining details of the van Gogh murder (reftels) and containing proposals for additional CT measures. These include: - having the AIVD intelligence service share its information more widely; - establish [...] |
2004-11-22 12:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS NL KPRP |
| 04YEREVAN2062 |
ARMENIA: BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AND PROLIFERATION [...] (S/NF) Armenia does not have an active biological warfare program nor does it have an interest, desire or capability to start one (reftel). The Armenian government has denied ever having a biological warfare program and currently Armenian biological institutes and private companies are struggl [...] |
2004-09-17 13:51:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PINR ECON PTER TBIO PARM AM KPRP |
| 04YEREVAN2331 |
ARMENIA: RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE CESIUM-137 DETAINED [...] (C) On 19 October, the Armenian press reported that an Armenian citizen, Gagik Tovmasyan, was arrested on Oct 19 while transporting Cesium-137. National Security Service officials confirmed this during an Oct 19 meeting. Ashot Martirosyan, Head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency, verif [...] |
2004-10-20 08:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECON PTER PARM AM KPRP |
| 04YEREVAN2450 |
ARMENIA: UPDATE ON CESIUM-137 CONFISCATED FROM [...] (C) As reported in ref A, Ashot Martirosyan, Head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA), verified on October 19 that approximately two curies of radioactive cesium-137 was seized from an Armenian citizen Gagik Tovmasyan on October 15. 2. (C) On November 5, we met again with Marti [...] |
2004-11-08 09:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC AM KPRP |
| 04YEREVAN2526 |
UPDATE ON CESIUM-137 CONFISCATED FROM ARMENIAN [...] (C) We met November 18 with Ashot Martirosyan, head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA) and underscored the USG's continued interest in this cesium-137 seizure case (refs A and B). Martirosyan stated that he had still not received any substantive information from the Armenian Nat [...] |
2004-11-24 08:18:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC AM KPRP |
| 05GABORONE21 |
OUTLOOK FOR RURAL AREA DWELLERS BLEAK [...] SUMMARY: The outlook for Botswana's Remote Area Dwellers (RADs) is bleak, despite the Government of Botswana's multifaceted efforts to improve their standard of living. RADs endure high rates of poverty and unemployment, exacerbated by limited access to natural resources (especially land), a [...] |
2005-01-07 06:37:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI KHIV BC KPRP SAN CKGR |
| 05GABORONE532 |
BOTSWANA TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY [...] (C) Summary. This cable is an analysis of the Botswana telecommunications industry's efforts at greater liberalization and the potential consequences of political interference in the nation's regulatory framework. The Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) held a stakeholders' workshop in [...] |
2005-04-15 15:33:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV EIND ETRD OTRA BC KPRP |
| 05GABORONE879 |
ADDRESSING LABOR EFFECTS OF HIV/AIDS [...] (U) Summary: HIV/AIDS is slowing economic growth in Botswana by an estimated 1.5 percent per year, in part through its impact on labor - decreased productivity, increased leave taking, and lost workers. In order better to quantify this drag on growth, the GOB has begun to collect data on th [...] |
2005-06-27 07:55:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KHIV PGOV PHUM BC KPRP HIV AIDS |
| 05HARARE98 |
ZIMBABWE,S AMBASSADOR,S SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROGRAM [...] (U) Post does not anticipate returning any of its USD 89,100 FY 2004 Self-Help Allowance for re-allocation. Funds were obligated on September 30, 2004 as outlined in paragraphs 3, and 4 below. 2. (U) For FY 2005, post requests Self-Help funding be restored to the FY 2003 level of USD 110,0 [...] |
2005-01-19 08:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID XA ZI KPRP |
| 05LIMA3983 |
Eradication and Interdiction Program Status - [...] (SBU) With a backdrop of increased coca hectarage and cocaine production in Peru, NAS is facing challenges to step up eradication levels in a more conflictive environment. There have been two distinct phases in eradication and interdiction efforts this year. From January until the end of Ma [...] |
2005-09-14 15:28:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PE KPRP |
| 05ROME1043 |
ITALIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES APPROVES BILL TO [...] On March 4, the Chamber of Deputies approved, and sent to the Senate for consideration, the reform of Italy's fragmented financial markets oversight system. The government promised the reform one year ago in the wake of the Parmalat scandal. The current bill addresses conflict of interest b [...] |
2005-03-29 08:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP |
| 05ROME1588 |
Italian Economic Policy and Challenges Under [...] (SBU) By reluctantly agreeing to resign and form a new Government, PM Berlusconi bought himself and the governing coalition another year to convince Italian voters to re- elect them in 2006. Growing evidence indicates that a weak economy is a leading contributor to public dissatisfaction with [...] |
2005-05-09 14:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT EUN KPRP ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME2002 |
ITALY: COMPETITIVENESS AND GROWTH PROGRAM, PART I [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Senate gave final approval May 12 for the first part of the 2005-2008 four billion euro plan to improve Italian competitiveness and implement EU Lisbon agenda reforms. The package will likely be the government's most significant piece of economic legislatio [...] |
2005-06-13 12:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP |
| 05ROME4182 |
U.S. Terror Victims Accuse Italy of Siding with [...] Lawyers of the families of three U.S. victims of Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel in 1995 and 1996, to whom a U.S. Court in 2003 awarded USD 523 million in damages against Iran, have accused Italy of siding with Iran in the legal battle to collect damages from Iran's assets here. The lawyers [...] |
2005-12-29 17:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV IR IT KPRP ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
| 05ROME574 |
Italy's 2005 budget - Smoke and Mirrors [...] For the last several years, Italy has relied on extraordinary one-off revenue measures and spending deferrals to avoid bumping up against the euro zone budget deficit/GDP ceiling of three percent. Finance Minister Siniscalco, a technocrat, has sworn off tax amnesties and pursued the most chal [...] |
2005-02-22 09:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05TAIPEI17 |
TAIWAN: 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] The U.S. trade deficit with Taiwan was $14.2 billion in 2003, up $385 million from 2002. U.S. goods exports during the same period were $ 17.4 billion, down 5.1 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Taiwan were $31.6 billion, down 1.7 percent. Taiwan is the 9th la [...] |
2005-01-04 06:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KTDB TW KPRP |
| 05THEHAGUE2648 |
DUTCH COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION [...] SUMMARY: Since the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, the Dutch have steadily constructed a solid framework of counter-terrorism (CT) laws. The Netherlands has ratified and implemented all UN conventions and protocols on terrorism as well as all legal instruments in the Eu [...] |
2005-09-30 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS PGOV NL KPRP |
| 05THEHAGUE2793 |
DUTCH ARREST SEVEN IN COUNTER-TERRORISM RAI... [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the largest single counter-terrorism action in the Netherlands since the 9/11 attacks, a newly formed rapid intervention team arrested six men and one woman in The Hague, Amsterdam and Almere on October 14. Among those arrested were Jermaine Walters, the brother of (American) H [...] |
2005-10-14 18:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PINS PGOV PREL NL KPRP |
| 05THEHAGUE2850 |
PROSECUTORS ON DUTCH TERROR ARRESTS [...] (C) Summary. Dutch prosecutors responsible for terrorist cases confirmed during an October 17 lunch that the timing of the arrests of seven terror suspects on October 14 was driven by intelligence information indicating the threat of an imminent attack; they did not provide details on the s [...] |
2005-10-20 15:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PTER NL KPRP |
| 05THEHAGUE2948 |
NETHERLANDS/EXTREMISM: ONE YEAR AFTER VAN GOGH, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly one year after the murder of controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by Islamic extremist Mohammed Bouyeri, the GONL is still struggling to craft a strategy to address rising radicalization of its large and disenfranchised Muslim population. An October 26 conference i [...] |
2005-10-28 17:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PINS PGOV PREL NL KPRP |
| 05YEREVAN131 |
CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED ON THE TURKISH BORDER [...] (C) At a January 23 meeting, Ashot Martirosyan, head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA) told us that on 16 December, a source of Cesium 137 was seized by Turkish Authorities at the Turkish-Georgian border. Martirosyan stated that he received a fax from the Turkish Atomic Energy [...] |
2005-01-26 11:51:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC AM KPRP |
| 05YEREVAN312 |
LITTLE PROGRESS ON INVESTIGATING SEIZURE OF [...] (C) Armenia asserts that it has still not received formal notification that from either the IAEA or from the Turkish authorities that Cesium-137 seized on the Georgia-Turkey border in December 2004 originated in Armenia. Armenian MFA experts tell us they will insist on a formal investigation [...] |
2005-02-24 09:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC AM TU KPRP |
| 06AITTAIPEI428 |
TAIWAN INVITES COMMENTS FROM DRUG COMPANIES [...] SUMMARY. Joseph Damond VP International Affairs of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PHRMA) met with Bureau of National Health Insurance (BNHI) and Dept of Health (DOH) officials Jan 19-20 to discuss PHRMA market access concerns in Taiwan. They discussed separation of p [...] |
2006-02-12 01:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KPRP KTDB TW |
| 06LONDON8372 |
U.S. JOURNALIST: TEHRAN MAN IN THE STREET LOVES [...] Summary: (C) An American journalist just back from her third working visit to Iran reports a paradox in popular feeling in Tehran: the man in the street has a positive view of America and hates the current high level of political oppression, but at the same time takes great patriotic pride i [...] |
2006-12-15 17:51:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL KPRP PHUM IR UK |
| 06ROME28 |
ITALY'S BUDGET: SQUEEZED BY ELECTION-YEAR SPENDING [...] On December 22, Parliament approved the 2006 budget which includes euro 27.5 billion in spending cuts and new revenue measures to shrink the deficit/GDP ratio to 3.8 percent (Italy's EU ceiling for 2006). Italy's budget process faced the double pressure of EU deficit ceilings, and front-loaded [...] |
2006-01-04 17:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP |
| 06ROME384 |
ITALY,S PARLIAMENT PASSES "SARBANES-OXLEY". [...] SUMMARY. On December 23 Italy's Senate passed the financial market oversight reform bill, two years after the massive Parmalat fraud scandal and just following the resignation of Bank of Italy (BOI) Governor Fazio. The bill leaves in place the five regulatory authorities: antitrust, central [...] |
2006-02-09 11:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP |
| 06ROME449 |
Italy's Parliament Passes "Sarbanes-Oxley". [...] SUMMARY. On December 23 Italy's Senate passed the financial market oversight reform bill, two years after the massive Parmalat fraud scandal and just following the resignation of Bank of Italy (BOI) Governor Fazio. The bill leaves in place the five regulatory authorities: antitrust, central [...] |
2006-02-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP EUN |
| 06ROME471 |
AMBASSADOR'S PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH: ITALY'S [...] Italy has proven to be the best U.S. ally in continental Europe in this young millennium. Unfortunately, since 2000, Italy's economy has grown at an anemic annual rate of only 0.75 percent. To promote economic dynamism in Italy that will produce the resources for Italy to continue to join th [...] |
2006-02-16 10:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP EUN |
| 06ROME943 |
ITALY: TAKEOVERS SHAKE-UP BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) The December 2005 resignation of Bank of Italy (BOI) Governor Antonio Fazio, and the appointment of reformist Mario Draghi, has raised expectations that a wave of bank mergers will sweep Italy in 2006. French bank BNP-Paribas made the first move, taking over Banca Nazionale del Lavoro [...] |
2006-03-28 09:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 06THEHAGUE2415 |
SIX SUSPECTS ARRESTED FOR JIHAD RECRUITM... [...] The National Crime Squad (NR) arrested five men and one woman in Amsterdam and The Hague on November 6 and 7 for suspicion of recruitment for Jihad, participating in a terrorist organization, and obtaining false travel documents. According to the National Prosecutor's Office, the arrests are [...] |
2006-11-08 16:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS KPRP PGOV NL |
| 06THEHAGUE527 |
HOFSTAD GROUP RULED A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION [...] (U) The Hague court ruled March 10 that the Hofstad group was a terrorist organization, because it aimed to incite hatred, violence, and intimidation, according to press reports. Nine of the 14 defendants were found guilty of membership in a criminal-terrorist organization. One of those conv [...] |
2006-03-10 16:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KCRM KPRP PINR PREL PGOV CASC NL |
| 07DUSHANBE1752 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON [...] (S) PolOff delivered a demarche regarding Robert Levinson on December 14 to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Foreign Ministry,s Department of European and American Affairs. He said he would forward the information on Levinson to his colleagues at the Department of Asian and African Affairs, w [...] |
2007-12-14 12:09:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | CASC KDEM KISL KJUS KPRP PGOV PREL |
| 07KUWAIT1736 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-17 10:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KU KJUS KPRP PHUM PTER |
| 07LONDON2182 |
UK SHARES CONCERNS ON THE GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (C) HMG is "on the same page" regarding growing Iran-Venezula ties, FCO Venezuela Desk Officer Peter Kay told us May 17. Kay, who had visited Caracas the previous week, had discussed the Iran-Venezuela relationship with numerous interlocutors; he noted Venezula at that point had just announc [...] |
2007-06-06 17:08:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK VE LG |
| 07LONDON3175 |
IRAN: BROTHER OF IRGC'S SAFAVI SAYS A U.S. TERROR [...] (C) Summary. xxxxxxxxxxxx Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) xxxxxxxxxxxx told London Iran Watcher xxxxxxxxxxxx that Iran's cooperation on security in Iraq, though not yet evident, would be forthcoming, but in the same breath argued that a U.S. terrorist designation of the IRGC would prevent any [...] |
2007-08-17 08:34:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL BA KU IR IS UK |
| 07NAIROBI1077 |
FEWSNET REGIONAL FOOD SECURITY PRESENTATION [...] USAID/East Africa Regional Economic Growth and Integration (REGI) and Regional Food for Peace (FFP) Offices have cultivated a productive relationship with the regional FEWSNET Office. In that light, FEWSNET has been holding periodic briefings for USAID's offices (USAID/EA, Kenya, Somalia, Su [...] |
2007-03-07 08:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID XA ZI KPRP |
| 07PARIS18 |
FRANCE'S ENERGY SECURITY POLICY [...] (C) Summary. The GOF is enhancing its energy security through diversification of supply sources and increasing the percentage of nuclear and renewables in its energy mix, while decreasing the use of oil and coal. While these changes are guided partially by a desire to become more energy indep [...] |
2007-01-03 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EPET ENRG KPRP ECON FR |
| 07STATE166405 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson on March 8, 2007, during a t [...] |
2007-12-13 02:52:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | BA CASC IR IZ JO KDEM KISL KJUS KPRP KU LE MU PGOV |
| 07STATE166577 |
CORRECTED COPY - DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. This cable included corrected action request/objectives. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired F [...] |
2007-12-13 15:13:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | BA CASC IR IZ KJUS KPRP KU LE MU PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
| 08HARARE784 |
ZIMBABWE - AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROGRAM FORMAL [...] Summary: Post has focused funding the following areas based on the current harsh economic and political climate and the HIV/AIDS pandemic: communities, children and orphans, schools, water development projects and income generation. During the election period from mid March for the next thre [...] |
2008-09-08 09:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPRP XA ZI |
| 08LONDON103 |
(S) IRAN: UK READOUT ON EL BARADEI'S LONDON [...] (S) Summary. IAEA Head Mohammed El Baradei raised no new points during his January 7 meetings in London with Foreign Secretary Miliband and other senior UK officials, ahead of El SIPDIS Baradei's visit later this week to Tehran. Per ref, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) told London Ir [...] |
2008-01-10 17:41:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK |
| 08LONDON132 |
HORMUZ STRAITS INCIDENT: ALLEGEDLY AN IRGC [...] (S/NF) Summary. A long-time Embassy contact, reportedly relaying information from a close friend who is an active duty member of the Iranian military, told Poloff the Deputy Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (Naval Forces) independently planned and led the January 6 feint by [...] |
2008-01-15 17:43:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL IS IR LE SY UK KR |
| 08LONDON189 |
EL BARADEI ON HIS TEHRAN VISIT: SEES IRANIANS AS [...] (C/NF) Summary. IAEA Head Mohammed El Baradei told UK Foreign Secretary Miliband January 17 that during El Baradei's visit to Tehran last week Iranian officials appeared "very relaxed" and seemed to be feeling no pressure on the nuclear file. Miliband's conversation with El Baradei reported [...] |
2008-01-18 18:22:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK |
| 08LONDON2691 |
IRAN: SAFAVI CLAIMS KHAMENEI WILL HOLD HARD LINE, [...] (S/NF) Summary: Senior Iranian cleric and IRGC figure Salman Safavi told a private dinner, attended by Embassy London Iran watcher (Poloff), that Supreme Leader Khamenei will ease or harden the tone of Iran's nuclear policies based on who wins the U.S. presidential election. Safavi gave no s [...] |
2008-10-24 18:14:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL IS IA IR LE UK |
| 08LONDON272 |
IRAN: UK SAYS EU DESIRE FOR THIRD UNSCR MEANS NO [...] (C) Summary: The UK expects no new EU steps on autonomous measures against Iran before a March 10-11 GAERC ministerial, due to the desire of most EU governments to have the legal and political cover of an approved third UN Security Council Resolution in place before any further EU action, ac [...] |
2008-01-29 18:44:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK |
| 08LONDON305 |
IRAN: NAMES PROPOSED BY UK AND FRANCE FOR EU ASSET [...] (C/NF) Providing further details of UK efforts to obtain autonomous EU sanctions against Iran (see ref), the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on January 30 gave London Iran Watcher (Poloff) a list of 18 entities and 14 individuals that the FCO says the UK and France have jointly proposed to EU [...] |
2008-01-31 17:07:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPRP PGOV ETTC IR UK |
| 08LONDON3215 |
IRAN: READOUT FROM UK LEGISLATORS AND FROM XXXXXXXXXXXX REP ON MEK RECONCILIATION [...] (C/REL UK) Summary: The Tehran regime is giving high priority and visibility to its efforts to reconcile those former members of the terrorist entity Mujahaddin e-Khalq (MEK aka MKO aka NCRI, inter alia) who have returned to Iran, according both to UK Parliamentary legislators who in October and N [...] |
2008-12-24 11:44:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL IS IA IR LE UK |
| 08LONDON630 |
IRAN NUCLEAR: UK COMMONS REPORT WILL CALL FOR DROPPING SUSPENSION; FCO DISCOUNTS REPORT'S IMPACT REF: A. LONDON 4204 B. EMBASSY DAILY OF JANUARY 31 C. 2008 D. GAYLE-NEA/IR FEBRUARY 29 E-MAIL [...] (C) The UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee on March 2 will urge a major change in HMG and collective western policy on Iran's nuclear program, most notably the dropping of the suspension requirement before there can be direct talks on nuclear issues with Tehran. According to an excerpt f [...] |
2008-02-29 16:29:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK |
| 08NEWDELHI1277 |
DELHI DIARY, APRIL 28-MAY 09 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 28-May 09, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India and Pakistan Trade Tit-for-Tat Missile Tests -- Lok Sabha Speaker Withdraws Action Taken Against Unruly MPs -- Indian Custodia [...] |
2008-05-09 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KPRP MCAP MNUC PARM SOCI |
| 08NEWDELHI731 |
INDIA LAUNCHES A NEW SALVO IN ASIAN MISSILE RACE [...] (S/NF) (NOTE: This cable is intended in part to fulfill reporting requirements outlined in SECSTATE 20964. END NOTE.) SUMMARY: India successfully test-fired an indigenously-designed submerged ballistic missile on February 26, signaling its intent and eventual capability to launch submarine-b [...] |
2008-03-10 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KPRP MCAP MNUC PARM XD XF XE IN CH PK |
| 08STATE30340 |
(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: PARAGUAY [...] (S/NF) This cable reports the results of a recent Washington review of reporting and collection needs for Paraguay. The review produced a list of priorities (paragraph 5) intended to guide participating USG agencies as they allocate resources and update plans to collect information on Paragua [...] |
2008-03-24 18:30:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR KPRP ECON PREL PGOV ETRD PA |
| 09LONDON100 |
IRAN: HMG FEELS LEGALLY COMPELLED TO OPPOSE MEK RE-LISTING IN FUTURE EU VOTES, BUT ARGUES ITS ANTI-MEK POLICY IS UNCHANGED [...] (C) UK Government representatives in Brussels are likely to begin voting to oppose re-listing the Mujaheddin-e-Khalq (MEK) under EU anti-terror regulations as the issue arises, FCO Iran Coordination Group Bilateral Team Leader Margaret Tongue told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) January 12. The rev [...] |
2009-01-14 17:07:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPRP PGOV PHUM PTER IR EU UK |
| 09LONDON207 |
IRAN - ANALYST KHAJEHPOUR ARGUES FOR: BROADENING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Iran's leadership is committed domestically to low-grade enrichment but is not irretrievably committed to creation of a nuclear weapon, in the view of Tehran-based political risk analyst Bijan Khajehpour, who met privately in London with U.S Ambassador to UNVIE Greg Schulte ac [...] |
2009-01-23 15:56:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR IS KPRP LE PGOV PHUM PINS PREL UK IA SW |
| 09LONDON445 |
IRAN: JOURNALIST PROPOSES BASKERVILLE DOCUMENTARY [...] (S/NF) Summary: A UK-Iranian dual citizen journalist and historian told London Iran Watcher (poloff) he seeks USG support to make a 50-minute documentary, to be filmed during 2009 in Iran, UK and the United States, about Howard Baskerville, the American teacher who was in the past beloved in [...] |
2009-02-19 16:31:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | KPRP PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PROP IR UK |
| 09LONDON55 |
OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP: HMG BELIEVES ISSUE IS NOT WINNABLE AND USG SHOULD NOT ASK FOR A VOTE [...] (C) Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Iran Coordination Group Multilateral Team Leader Will Gelling, in several conversations January 8 with London Iran Watcher (Poloff) on ref b, said HMG would stand with USG if there is a vote but deferred to FCO officials leading on the issue. Gelling said [...] |
2009-01-08 17:46:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL UN IR UK |
| 09LONDON837 |
IRAN/ISRAEL: REGIME INSIDER REPORTEDLY PASSES [...] (S/NF) Summary: IRGC figure Salman Safavi (refs) on April 6 reportedly said Iran's senior leadership has "no interest in engagement" with a Netanyahu government on the subject of Israeli IDF hostages possibly held by Hamas, according to a regular Embassy London contact who said he has, at Isr [...] |
2009-04-07 18:11:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KPRP IA IR IS LE UK |
| 85BANDARSERIBEGAWAN214 |
BIG BUSINESS IS ROYAL BUSINESS IN BRUNEI [...] No summary [...] |
1985-03-04 06:20:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON BX KPRP |
| 85DAMASCUS1314 |
THE SYRIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: THE ONLY POPULAR MOVEMENT EVER TO HAVE MOUNTED A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO ASAD'S REGIME--THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD--HAS NOT RECOVERED FROM ITS INTERNAL DIVISIONS AND THE DEVASTATING BLOW SUFFERED AT HAMA. THE JANUARY 25 "PARDON" ANNOUNCED FOR CERTAIN MUSLIM [...] |
1985-02-26 15:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | KPRP PINS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 85DAMASCUS3741 |
SYRIA AND TERRORISM [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: SYRIA CONSIDERS ITSELF A TRUE CONFRONTATION STATE--EVERYTHING THAT CONTRIBUTES TO DEFEATING THE ENEMY IS POSITIVE. THE "STRUGGLE" PROVIDES A GUIDE FOR CHOOSING THE TARGET AND LEGITIMIZES THE MEANS, INCLUDING TERRORISM, WHICH IS VIEWED AS COST-EFFECTIVE. [...] |
1985-06-13 12:22:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PTER KPAL KPRP JO IS LE SY |
| 85DAMASCUS7872 |
SYRIA AND IRAN: ALMOST A RETURN TO STATUS QUO [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: BY CUTTING OFF OIL TO SYRIA, IRAN SIGNALED ITS DISPLEASURE OVER THE MOUNTING SYRIAN DEBT TO IRAN, SYRIAN POLICIES IN LEBANON, AND MOVES TOWARD RAPPROCHEMENT WITH JORDAN AND IRAQ. BY ALL ACCOUNTS, HOWEVER, PM KASM'S VISIT TO TEHRAN DECEMBER 1-3 PRODUCED [...] |
1985-12-18 10:26:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL KPRP SY IR |
| 85RIYADH4906 |
THE ROLE OF SAUDI PRINCES IN UNIFORM [...] (S - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. SUMMARY. THE PRESENCE OF A NUMBER OF SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE MILITARY--WE CAN IDENTIFY MORE THAN 25 AND THERE ARE CLEARLY OTHERS--HAS LONG BEEN A SUBJECT OF INTEREST. ALSO THE FOCUS OF CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION HAS BEEN THE ROYAL FAMILY'S WELL CALCULATED EF [...] |
1985-05-27 08:59:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | KPRP MCAP MASS SA |
| 85RIYADH5470 |
SAUDI POLICY TOWARD IRAN [...] S - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: EVENTS AND PASSAGE OF TIME HAVE COM- BINED TO MITIGATE SAUDI FEARS AND HOPES REGARDING IRAN. MORE CONFIDENT NOW THAT IRAQ WILL NOT BE DEFEATED, THAT THERE IS LESS DANGER OF A DIRECT IRANIAN ATTACK ON SAUDI ARABIA, THAT THE LIKELI- HOOD OF EFFECTIVE IRANIAN-I [...] |
1985-06-12 14:31:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | KPRP PREL MOPS ENRG IR SA |
| 86BOGOTA9347 |
PROSPECTS FOR COLOMBIA'S GUERRILLA WAR [...] No summary [...] |
1986-07-08 23:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | CO KPRP MILI PINS PTER |
| 87ALEXANDRIA290 |
ISLAMIC TRILOGY, PART I: AN OVERVIEW OF [...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) - - ALEXANDRIA'S RADICAL PAST... ---------------------------- 2. PERHAPS IN KEEPING WITH ITS REPUTATION AS A CENTER OF DISSENT, IN THE 1970'S, ISLAMIC RIGHT ACTIVITIES IN ALEXANDRIA WERE FOCUSED ON THE POLITICAL: THE RADICAL "SHIBAB MUHAMMAD" ORGANIZATION, [...] |
1987-02-25 15:18:00 | Consulate Alexandria | CONFIDENTIAL | KPRP PINS PGOV PHUM ECON PINR SOCI EG |
| 87ALEXANDRIA291 |
ISLAMIC TRILOGY, PART II: LEADERS AND [...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) - - 2. SUMMARY AND COMMENT: THIS TELEGRAM TRANSMITS PART II OF OUR REPORT ON THE ISLAMIC RIGHT IN ALEXANDRIA AND IDENTIFIES SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL SPIRITUAL AND (POTENTIALLY) POLITICAL LEADERS IN THIS CITY AND THE MAIN "RADICAL" MOSQUES. WHILE THERE ARE DOU [...] |
1987-02-25 15:25:00 | Consulate Alexandria | CONFIDENTIAL | KPRP PINS PGOV PHUM ECON PINR SOCI EG |
| 87ALEXANDRIA292 |
ISLAMIC TRILOGY, PART III: COMMERCIAL AND [...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) - - 2. SUMMARY AND COMMENT: THIS TELEGRAM TRANSMITS THE THIRD AND FINAL INSTALLMENT IN OUR SERIES ON THE ISLAMIC RIGHT IN ALEXANDRIA. WHILE THE SPIRITUAL FORCE OF RIGHTIST ISLAM IS GROWING, ITS POLITICAL POTENTIAL IS STILL RELATIVELY UNFORMED AND DIFFICULT [...] |
1987-02-25 16:04:00 | Consulate Alexandria | CONFIDENTIAL | KPRP PINS PGOV PHUM ECON PINR SOCI EG |
| 87ALGIERS2184 |
ALGERIA AND THE PLO [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: ALGERIA HAS LONG BEEN AN ACTIVE-- IF DISTANT--PARTICIPANT IN MIDDLE EAST DIPLOMACY. ENGAGEMENT ARISES FROM ALGERIA'S SELF-PERCEPTION AS ROLE MODEL FOR ALL NATIONAL LIBERATION STRUGGLES AND FROM STRONG EMOTIONAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE ARAB/ISLAMIC CAUS [...] |
1987-04-11 16:29:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL KPRP PLO AG |
| 87BOGOTA7890 |
THE GUERRILLA SITUATION: PREPARING FOR WAR? [...] (C) SUMMARY. COLOMBIA'S GUERRILLA WAR HAS BEEN QUIESCENT THE LAST FEW WEEKS. THOUGH ARMED CONTACTS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS GUERRILLA GROUPS AND THE MILITARY CONTINUE, THE PACE OF MAJOR CONFRONTATIONS HAS SLACKENED. THE MAIN ARENA OF CONFRONTATION HAS BEEN THE MEDIA, WHERE THE UNION PATRIOTICA ( [...] |
1987-06-09 22:18:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | KPRP PINS MILI PTER CO |
| 87DHAKA2354 |
BANGLADESH-INDIA RELATIONS [...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT). -- 2. SUMMARY: BANGLADESH HOPES THAT RAJIV GANDHI WOULD BE A POWERFUL FORCE IN IMPROVING BILATERAL RELATIONS HAVE FADED OVER THE PAST YEAR. BANGLADESH AND INDIA HAVE MADE LITTLE SUBSTANTIVE PROGRESS ON LONG-STANDING PROBLEMS UNDER RAJIV; MANY AGAIN APPEAR [...] |
1987-04-02 09:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPRP IN BG |
| 88ATHENS4106 |
GREECE: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] GREECE. 2. DURING 1987 GREECE CONTINUED TO BE THE SCENE OF TERRORIST INCIDENTS, SPONSORED BOTH BY DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN GROUPS. TWO ATTACKS WERE DIRECTED SPECIFICALLY AGAINST AMERICANS. THE EXTREME-LEFT GREEK "NOVEMBER 17TH" TERRORIST ORGANIZATION (ACTIVE SINCE 1975 AND RESPONSIBLE FOR [...] |
1988-03-14 15:37:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER GR KPRP |
| 88BOGOTA18301 |
COLOMBIA: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] COLOMBIA HAS A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT WHOSE INSTITUTIONS ARE UNDER ATTACK BY FOUR MAJOR SUBNATIONAL GUERRILLA GROUPS AND BY NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS. FAR FROM BEING A SUPPORTER OF TERRORISM, COLOMBIA IS THE VICTIM OF SUSTAINED TERRORIST ATTACKS. THE COUNTRY'S INSTITUTIONS ARE THREATENED THROUGH [...] |
1988-12-08 00:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KPRP PTER CO |
| 88BOGOTA19003 |
COLOMBIA: ADDITIONS TO 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM [...] EMBASSY SUBMISSION FOR THE 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT INADVERTENTLY OMMITTED REFERENCE TO THE QUESTION ON PLO REPRESENTION. THE PLO DOES NOT/NOT, NOR HAS IT IN THE PAST, HAD ANY OFFICIAL STATUS OR RECOGNITION IN COLOMBIA. HOWEVER, AN INDIVIDUAL NAMED MANDOUH GABER HAS BEEN NOTED IN THE PA [...] |
1988-12-23 16:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KPRP PTER CO |
| 88HARARE1365 |
THE NEW GOZ: BIO INFORMATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT MUGABE ANNOUNCED ON JANUARY 2, 1988 THE COMPOSITION OF HIS NEW CABINET (REF A). THIS NEW GOVERNMENT CONSISTS OF THREE SENIOR MINISTERS, 21 CABINET MINISTERS, 3 CABINET-RANK MINISTERS OF STATE, 15 DEPUTY MINISTERS, 5 MINISTERS OF STATE WHO WORK AS "PARTY APPOINTEES", AND [...] |
1988-03-14 09:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PINR KPRP PGOV |
| 88HARARE5924 |
ZIMBABWE - 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE FOLLOWING IS OUR SUBMISSION FOR THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT AS OUTLINED IN REF A: COURT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING TERRORISM IN 1988 --------------------------------------------- -- 2. THERE WERE TWO NOTEWORTHY COURT CASES INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IN 1988. THE FIRST CONCERNED S [...] |
1988-11-15 11:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI KPRP PTER |
| 88LONDON16998 |
NORTHERN IRELAND - CONTROLLING THE VIOLENCE [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE RECENT ESCALATION OF IRA ATTACKS, WHICH HAVE INCLUDED NOT ONLY MORE KILLINGS IN NORTHERN IRELAND BUT ALSO BOMBINGS AT UK MILITARY BASES IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE AND THE FIRST BOMBING IN BRITAIN ITSELF SINCE 1984, HAVE CAUSED HMG TO REEXAMINE ITS [...] |
1988-08-09 17:35:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | KPRP PTER PGOV MARR MCAP UK EI |
| 88TUNIS12749 |
(U) SPR 0002, TUNISIA'S RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALMOST ALL COMMUNIST COUNTRIES MAINTAIN AN ACTIVE DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN TUNISIA. THE SOVIET AND CHINESE REPRESENTATIONS ARE, CHARACTERISTICALLY, THE LARGEST. OVERALL, TUNISIA'S RELATIONS WITH THESE COUNTRIES ARE GOOD BUT NOT OVERLY WARM. 1988, TUNISIAN PRESIDENT ZINE EL ABID [...] |
1988-12-14 14:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | KSPR AINF KPRP PINR TS |
| 89BOGOTA19513 |
COLOMBIA: 1989 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] COLOMBIA HAS A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT WHICH IS UNDER ATTACK BY THREE SUBNATIONAL GUERRILLA GROUPS AND BY NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS. THE COUNTRY IS THE VICTIM OF SUSTAINED TERRORIST ATTACKS AND THE FOE OF BOTH GUERRILLA AND NARCOTICS-RELATED TERRORISM. THE GOVERNMENT OF VIRGILIO BARCO EMERGED IN [...] |
1989-12-16 17:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KPRP PTER CO |
| 89CAIRO16206 |
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: DEFANGED BUT REHABILITATED [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: TWO YEARS AGO, MUBARAK BET THAT BY ADMITTING THE OUTLAWED MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB) TO THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY, THE GROUP WOULD BE COOPTED AND THUS UNDERMINED AS THE CATALYST OF AN ISLAMIC OPPOSITION MOVEMENT. NOW, THE BET IS PAYING OFF: THE MB HAS G [...] |
1989-07-20 17:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PINS KPRP EG |
| 89COLOMBO2434 |
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE LTTE? [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THIS REPORT IS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE 1989 POST REPORTING PLAN. 3. SUMMARY: THERE IS STILL STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) AMONG THE 1.5 MILLION TAMILS IN SRI LANKA'S NORTH AND EAST, WHO SEE THE TIGERS A [...] |
1989-04-11 05:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPRP PREL PGOV PINR PINS PTER CE IN |
| 89KUWAIT3922 |
THE MERCHANT FAMILIES LOSE GROUND TO [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. - ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. THE 1980'S HAVE WITNESSED A GRADUAL REALIGNMENT IN THE BALANCE OF POWER AMONG KUWAIT'S FOUR MAJOR FAMILY GROUPS: THE RULING AL-SABAH, THE SUNNI AND SHIA MERCHANT ARISTOCRACIES, AND THE JENAAT (IRAQI-ORIGIN SUNNI). THE AL-SABA [...] |
1989-08-01 11:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KPRP SOCI ECON EFIN PGOV KU |
| 89KUWAIT5979 |
THE PRESS LORDS OF KUWAIT [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: IN LESS THAN 30 YEARS, KUWAIT HAS DEVELOPED A POWERFUL CLASS OF NEWSPAPER MAGNATES WHICH, NOT SURPRISINGLY REFLECTS THE POLITICAL-ECONOMIC GROUPINGS IN MODERN KUWAITI SOCIETY. END SUMMARY. 3. REFTELS WELL POINT OUT THE ROUGH DIVISION OF THE K [...] |
1989-11-02 11:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | OPRC KPRP KU |
| 89MOSCOW31607 |
CAN WARSAW PACT MEMBERS QUIT? [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------------------- SUMMARY AND COMMENT ------------------- 2. AT THE END OF OCTOBER A STIR WAS CREATED AS THREE SOVIET SPOKESMEN STATED THAT EAST EUROPEAN STATES WERE FREE TO QUIT THE WARSAW PACT IF THEY SO DESIRED. THE SOVIETS REGARD THIS AS A LOGICAL OUT [...] |
1989-11-13 11:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM KPRP WPO ZC UR GC HU PL |
| 89RIYADH9763 |
SAUDI ARABIA: 1989 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THERE FOLLOWS DRAFT VERSION OF SAUDI ARABIAN SUBMISSION TO THE 1989 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, KEYED TO REFTEL. DRAFT VERSION OF CLASSIFIED ANNEX IS BEING SENT SEPTEL. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL POSTS -- - A. RESULTS OF 1989 COURT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING [...] |
1989-12-06 14:05:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPRP SA |
| 89RIYADH9764 |
SAUDI ARABIA: 1989 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT, [...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. THERE FOLLOWS DRAFT VERSION OF CLASSIFIED ANNEX OF SAUDI ARABIAN SUBMISSION TO THE 1989 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TERRORISM, WHICH SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUCTION WITH THE UNCLASSIFIED DRAFT (SEPTEL). 3. IN ADDITION TO INTENSIFIED INTERNAL SECURITY FOLLOWING THE [...] |
1989-12-06 14:09:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KPRP SA |
| 89STATE29225 |
LOOKING BACK: THE PKK IN 1988 [...] No summary [...] |
1989-01-31 10:55:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KPRP TU |
| 90KHARTOUM3477 |
SUDAN AND THE ARABS: POSSIBLY STEP-SISTERS; [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: SUDAN'S ARAB RELATIONSHIPS HAVE UNDERGONE A METAMORPHOSIS SINCE THE MILITARY COUP OF JUNE 1989. MOST ARAB STATES REACTED WARMLY TO THE OUSTER OF SADIQ AL- MAHDI. SINCE THEN, THIS WARMTH HAS DISSIPATED AS AN UNENLIGHTENED GOS HAS DRIFTED TOWARD LI [...] |
1990-04-01 07:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON MASS KPRP SU |
| 90KHARTOUM5759 |
SUDAN'S MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT: MORE IN CHECK [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JUNE 30, 1989, WHEN ELEMENTS OF SUDAN'S ARMORED AND AIRBORNE FORCES SEIZED POWER FROM PRIME MINISTER SADIQ AL MAHDI, IT WAS WIDELY BELIEVED THAT THE LONG-AWAITED TAKEOVER BY THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT HAD FINALLY TAKEN PLACE. [...] |
1990-05-31 11:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | MARR MCAP PGOV PINR KPRP SU |
| 90MADRID12668 |
SPAIN: 1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOR SPAIN FOR 1990. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO THE QUESTIONS IN REFTEL. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A. PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING TERRORISM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. THE TWO MAJOR TERRORIST GROUPS IN SPAIN ARE THE EXTREM [...] |
1990-10-31 15:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SP PGOV KPRP |
| 90RIYADH10007 |
SAUDI ARABIA: 1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THERE FOLLOWS DRAFT VERSION OF SAUDI ARABIAN COMPONENT OF THE 1990 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, KEYED TO REFTEL. 2. A) DESCRIBE ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: - THERE WERE NO GOVERN [...] |
1990-11-14 10:02:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPRP SA |
| 91CAIRO12383 |
THE GREAT SHAYKHS: THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. POLITICAL ISLAM IN EGYPT IS GENERALLY DIVIDED INTO ESTABLISHMENT ISLAM REPRESENTED BY THE RELATIVELY MODERATE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB), AND THE RADICAL FRINGE REPRESENTED BY OMAR ABDURRAHMAN AND COMPANY. THESE GROUPS COMPETE FOR RECRUITS, STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF THE [...] |
1991-07-11 15:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KISL PINS KPRP EG |
| 91HARARE10989 |
ZIMBABWE: 1991 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] EMBASSY'S SUBMISSION FOR THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT, AS OUTLINED REFTEL, FOLLOWS. A. PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. THERE WERE NO PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING TERRORISM IN 1991. IN OCTOBER, FOUR CONVICTED SABOTEURS BEGAN [...] |
1991-11-14 11:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPRP PREL IZ LY SF ZI |
| 91MADRID12971 |
SPAIN: 1991 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS EMBASSY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOR SPAIN FOR 1991. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO THE QUESTIONS POSED IN REFTEL. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A. GOS PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOM [...] |
1991-11-12 18:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV KPRP SP |
| 92BOGOTA10667 |
"SNOW WHITE AND THE FOUR DWARFS" -- BIOS OF [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE HIGHEST DECISION-MAKING BODY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES OF COLOMBIA (FARC), COLOMBIA'S OLDEST AND LARGEST GUERRILLA GROUP, IS ITS FIVE-MEMBER GENERAL SECRETARIAT, COMPOSED SINCE AUGUST 1990 OF LEGENDARY FARC HEAD MANUEL MARULANDA VELEZ [...] |
1992-07-23 12:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KPRP PINR PINS PGOV CO |
| 92BOGOTA2165 |
COLOMBIAN COMMUNISTS WANT TO TAKE OVER FARC [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: ROBERTO SAENZ VARGAS, YOUNGER BROTHER OF FARC LEADER ALFONSO CANO (NOM DE GUERRE OF GUILLERMO LEON SAENZ VARGAS), AND FARC GO-BETWEEN MORRIS ACKERMAN SEPARATELY HAVE TOLD POLOFF THAT HARDLINERS WHO NOW CONTROL THE COLOMBIAN COMMUNIST PARTY (PCC), [...] |
1992-02-12 17:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PINR KPRP CO |
| 92HARARE12655 |
ZIMBABWE: 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
1992-11-13 05:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPRP PINS ZI |
| 92ISLAMABAD8548 |
ONE YEAR AFTER THE SHARIA ACT, [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF'S SHARIA (ISLAMIZATION) ACT, PASSED BY THE PAKISTANI NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ONE YEAR AGO, WAS SYMPTOMATIC OF THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY ON PAKISTANI POLITICS. THE POORLY DRAFTED AND VAGUELY WORDED DOCUMENT P [...] |
1992-06-08 12:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM KPRP PK |
| 92KUWAIT4025 |
KUWAIT'S SUNNI MERCHANTS: UNHAPPY [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. THE TRADITIONAL POLITICAL PREEMINENCE OF KUWAIT'S LARGE ARISTOCRATIC SUNNI MERCHANT FAMILIES IS THREATENED BY THE PACE AND DIRECTION OF POLITICAL CHANGE IN THE EMIRATE. ALREADY EMBATTLED BY A DECADE OF FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL S [...] |
1992-07-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPRP EFIN PINR PREL KU |
| 92LONDON23667 |
UNITED KINGDOM: 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY INPUT FOR THE UK PORTION OF THE 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN PARA 5 REFTEL. 2. PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: -- HMG, LIKE THE USG, ISSUED INDICTMENTS OF T [...] |
1992-12-14 18:11:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPRP UK EI |
| 94BEIRUT5863 |
(S)ELECTING A LEBANESE PRESIDENT IN 1995: A [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: VIRTUALLY EVERY PROMINENT MARONITE POLITICAN IN LEBANON (AND IN PARIS) HOPES TO SUCCEED PRESIDENT HRAWI, WHOSE TERM IS SET TO EXPIRE IN NOVEMBER 1995. FURIOUS JOCKEYING HAS BEGUN, AND A DIZZYING ARRAY OF POSSIBLE SCENARIOS EXISTS, BEGINNING WITH AN E [...] |
1994-11-09 09:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PHUM KISL KPRP LE |
| 94COLOMBO3119 |
LIFE UNDER THE LTTE [...] SUMMARY. RECENT TRAVELERS TO JAFFNA REPORT THAT THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) CONTINUE TO SET UP CIVIL ADMINISTRATION IN AREAS UNDER THEIR CONTROL. A TIGER POLICE FORCE HAS REPLACED THE REGULAR LTTE CADRES ON THE STREETS OF JAFFNA, TIGER COURTS ARE DISPENSING JUSTICE THROUGHOU [...] |
1994-06-17 12:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PHUM PTER KPRP CE |
| 94KADUNA284 |
LAST GASP FROM KADUNA: POLITICS IN NORTHERN [...] THIS IS THE SECOND OF FOUR END-OF-TOUR, END-OF-POST CABLES FROM KADUNA, GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF NORTHERN NIGERIA. THE OTHER THREE WILL DEAL RESPECTIVELY WITH THE COMMERCIAL AND ECONOMIC CLIMATE, THE CULTURAL SCENE, AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES AND CONDITIONS. THEY ARE MEANT FOR ORIENTATION OF OFFICE [...] |
1994-03-10 07:53:00 | Consulate Kaduna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPRP PGOV NI |
| 94KADUNA365 |
THE LAST GASP FROM KADUNA: WHO'S WHO [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT 2. THE FOLLOWING CABLE PROVIDES BIOGRAPHIC DATA REFLECTING THE CONSUL GENERAL'S CONTACTS THROUGHOUT THE NORTH OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. THE SKETCHES DO NOT AIM TO REPRODUCE MATERIAL MOST LIKELY ALREADY AVAILABLE IN AF AND INR FILES, BUT RATHER TO GIVE IMPRESS [...] |
1994-03-29 14:45:00 | Consulate Kaduna | CONFIDENTIAL | KPRP PINR PGOV ECON NI |
| 95PRETORIA5893 |
SOUTH AFRICA: THABO MBEKI, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE [...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. AFTER A YEAR IN OFFICE DEPUTY PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI'S IMAGE APPEARS A BIT TARNISHED, THE RESULT OF HIS QUESTIONABLE HANDLING OF THE FIRING OF WINNIE MANDELA, HIS HASTE TO CAST DOUBT ON ALLAN BOESAK'S CULPABILITY ON CORRUPTION C [...] |
1995-05-10 14:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KPRP SF |
| 97ABUDHABI3777 |
THOUGHTS ON IRAN - THE LION AND THE CAGE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: DAVID D. PEARCE, CONSUL GENERAL. 2. (S) SUMMARY THIS CABLE EXAMINES SOME OF THE VARIABLES AFFECTING IRANIAN GOVERNMENT DECISIONMAKING -- ESPECIALLY REGARDING POLICIES WE OPPOSE -- FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE WIDE VARIETY OF IRANIAN CONTACTS WE INTERVIEW IN DUBAI. WE HAVE [...] |
1997-05-21 14:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EFIN PTER KPRP IR |
| 97ADDISABABA2584 |
ALLAH IN ETHIOPIA: MOSTLY QUIET ON THE ISLAMIC FRONT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLOFF JEFFREY JACOBS, REASON 1.5 (D) . ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) FEW ISSUES ARE OF GREATER LONG-TERM CONCERN TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA (GFDRE) THAN THE THREAT OF MILITANT POLITICAL ISLAM. AT PRESENT THE GFDRE FACES LITT [...] |
1997-04-01 15:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KISL PHUM PTER PREL KPRP ET |
| 97GABORONE4838 |
A SADC PRIMER: TIME FOR A REVISED EDITION? [...] SUMMARY. SOUTHERN AFRICA IS INCREASINGLY TOUTED AS THE CONTINENT'S ENGINE OF GROWTH, WITH THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) DRIVING THE TRAIN. SADC HAS MATURED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE ITS FORMATION IN 1992, BUT FORGING REGIONAL COOPERATION FROM NATIONALIST PROCLIVITIES IS AS DEL [...] |
1997-09-04 14:53:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ECON KPRP |
| 97ISLAMABAD5640 |
JAMMU AND KASHMIR ISLAMIC FRONT (C-NA7-00565) [...] No summary [...] |
1997-07-03 11:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KPRP PINR PTER PK |
| 97ISLAMABAD7636 |
JAMMU AND KASHMIR ISLAMIC FRONT (C-NA7-00565) [...] No summary [...] |
1997-09-05 08:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KPRP PINR PTER PK |
| 97NEWDELHI6957 |
JAMMU AND KASHMIR ISLAMIC FRONT (C-NA7-00565) [...] (U) CLASSIFIED SECRET BY NEW DELHI ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR GORDON HELLWIG. REASON 1.5 (C). 2. (S) EMBASSY WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE MORE INFORMATION ON THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR ISLAMIC FRONT (JKIF) AS REQUESTED IN REFTEL. POST PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, OBTAINED BY THE REGIONAL SECU [...] |
1997-07-08 05:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | KPRP PINR PTER IN PK |
| 97ROME5198 |
ITALY: A MORE ACTIVIST POLICY TOWARD ROGUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT GOI ACTIVITY SUGGESTS ITALY IS PURSUING MORE ACTIVIST POLICIES TOWARD THE SO-CALLED "ROGUE" STATES: IRAN, IRAQ, AND LIBYA. ACCORDING TO THE MFA, ITALY HAS, IN FACT, A SINGLE, BROAD POLICY FOR THESE COUNTRIES, CENTERED UPON THE BELIEF THAT ENGAGEMENT, NOT ISOLATION, IS TH [...] |
1997-06-11 16:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL UNSC PTER KPRP IR IZ LY IT |
| 98RIYADH3482 |
SAUDI ARABIA: USAMA BIN LADIN (C-NA8-00989) [...] (S) THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON EX-SAUDI TERRORIST USAMA BIN LADIN, WHICH INCLUDES INPUT FROM CONSULATES DHAHRAN AND JEDDAH, IS KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN REF A. A. (S) ISLAMIC LEADERS ADMIRED BY BIN LADIN: BIN LADIN WAS RAISED IN A CONSERVATIVE WAHHABI MUSLIM FAMILY. AS A YOUNG MAN [...] |
1998-10-13 08:37:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | KPRP PTER PGOV PINR SA |