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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06ABUDHABI3851 |
UAE DEFENSE SPENDING [...] (C) Estimates of the cumulative value of defense procurements by the UAE in recent decades reach well over 20 billion dollars (although the UAE does not publish its overall defense and security expenditures). Funded essentially by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, that money has been spent on sophis [...] |
2006-10-02 14:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAPS PREL MASS MOPS BEXP AE |
| 06WARSAW862 |
MINISTER OF DEFENSE SIKORSKI ON F-16 PROGRAM, IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-10 08:40:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MCAPS PREL PL IZ |
| 08BEIRUT848 |
LEBANON: WITH USDP EDELMAN, ACTING LAF COMMANDER [...] (C) Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman assured Acting Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander MG Shawki al-Masri of the U.S.'s commitment to assisting the LAF. Expressing his appreciation, Masri said timing of the assistance is "very critical". Noting that the LAF is assuming so [...] |
2008-06-05 16:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MARR MCAPS MOPS UNSC LE |
| 08BEIRUT849 |
LEBANON: MURR TELLS USDP EDELMAN HE EXPECTS TO [...] (C) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman expressed to Defense Minister Elias Murr the U.S. commitment to assisting the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). Murr reported that he understood from President Michel Sleiman that Sleiman would appoint him to stay on as Defense Minister in the [...] |
2008-06-05 16:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAPS PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
| 08BEIRUT850 |
LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI TELLS USDP EDELMAN THAT A [...] (C) Parliamentary Majority leader Saad Hariri told visiting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that a strong Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) can defeat Hizballah. Saad believes that U.S. military assistance to train and equip the LAF, funded in part by friendly Arab states, is Leb [...] |
2008-06-05 16:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAPS PTER PINR MOPS UNSC IR LE |
| 09AMMAN579 |
JORDAN'S TRANSFER TO LEBANON OF M60A3 TANKS [...] (SBU) Background: At the USG's request, Jordan agreed in November to upgrade and provide 66 M60A3 tanks to Lebanon to enhance the abilities and image of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) as a national fighting force. As part of efforts to strengthen the LAF in advance of the June parliamentary [...] |
2009-03-03 16:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MCAPS PGOV PREL LE AE JO |
| 09KHARTOUM501 |
SE GRATION MEETING WITH UN RC DAVID GRESSLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Resident Coordinator for Southern Sudan told U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration that with 20 months left until the 2011 Referendum, the international community, and particularly partners to the CPA, must re-focus their energies on achieving implementation of only t [...] |
2009-04-13 08:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MCAPS EFIN EAID ASEC AU UNSC SU |
| 09OUAGADOUGOU544 |
BURKINA FASO - TWO IMET GRADUATES PROMOTED TO CHOD AND ARMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President of Burkina Faso announced on July 8 that he was reshuffling his Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Chief of Defense (CHOD), Brigadier General Ali Traore was promoted to Major General and rotated out of his CHOD responsibilities, while the Chief of Staff of the Army was n [...] |
2009-07-10 11:25:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MCAPS PREL UV |