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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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03AMMAN7578 | FONMIN MUASHER ON STATUS OF ARTICLE 98 NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told the Ambassador November 19 that Jordan wants to conclude an Article 98 agreement with the U.S., and that he has instructed Jordanian UN PermRep Prince Zaid bin Raad to be "as flexible as possible" in working out bridging language between the U.S. and [...] | 2003-11-20 17:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS JO |
03AMMAN7579 | GOOD VIBES AT IRAQI MOH BRIEFING FOR BIG PHRMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministry of Health (IMoH) will take over the importation of pharmaceuticals from the World Health Organization (WHO) by the end of November, and the IMoH drug formulary will be complete by early December. IMoH welcomes advice from PhRMA on the restructuring of Kimadia [...] | 2003-11-20 17:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV JO IZ |
03AMMAN7586 | SWEDISH EMBASSY SEEKS HELP LOCATING SWEDISH [...] (U) Action Request for CPA Baghdad. See paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Post has been contacted several times by Amman-based Swedish diplomats seeking welfare and whereabouts assistance for a Swedish detainee held in Iraq. The Embassy has been able to ascertain from the C [...] | 2003-11-22 17:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ SW JO |
03AMMAN7594 | AQABA CROSSING SHOOTING, RIYADH AND ISTANBUL [...] (C) In the aftermath of the shooting of foreign tourists at the southern Jordanian-Israeli border and bombings in Riyadh and Istanbul, Jordan is in a state of heightened alert as the country prepares for the week-long holiday marking the end of Ramadan. Security authorities believe the Jorda [...] | 2003-11-22 17:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PTER JO |
03AMMAN7620 | JENIN CAMP REHOUSING PROJECT: A PARABLE IN [...] (U) ConGen Jerusalem cleared this message. 2. (SBU) During a donor briefing on rehousing projects (other issues reported septel),UNRWA officials shared stories from the prolonged and difficult negotiations surrounding UNRWA's ongoing USD 27 million project to rebuild the part of Jenin re [...] | 2003-11-23 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO |
03AMMAN7627 | RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT STANDING COMMISSION [...] (C) Embassy Amman supports the candidacy of Jordan Red Crescent Society (JRCS) President Dr. Mohamed Al-Hadid for re-election to the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Al-Hadid supports strong relations with the United States Government and U.S. humanitarian orga [...] | 2003-11-23 14:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREF PREL JO ICRC |
03AMMAN7645 | DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) PolCouns and Italian DCM Nicola Lener (representing the EU presidency) jointly delivered ref points on the EU draft UNGA resolution on human rights in Turkmenistan to Ayman Aamiri, Acting Director of the International Organizations Directorate of the MFA on November 20. Lener and PolCou [...] | 2003-11-23 15:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TX JO UNGA |
03AMMAN7646 | UN/IRAQ AGENCIES IN JORDAN: ADRIFT WITHOUT [...] (C) Following the August 19 and September 20 attacks on UN installations in Baghdad, more than 400 UN international staff relocated from Baghdad to Amman, bringing the total number of UN international staff here to more than 500. The number of UN international staff should drop significantly [...] | 2003-11-23 15:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ASEC IZ JO |
03AMMAN7647 | IRAQ MOT, RJ, AND BOEING MOVE FORWARD ON NEW IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministry of Transport (IMOT) is moving ahead on a proposal to replace defunct Iraqi Airways with a new Iraqi airline that will be majority-owned by private Iraqi investors, managed by Royal Jordanian Airways (RJ),and receive assistance from Boeing. The proposed new air [...] | 2003-11-23 15:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV JO IZ |
03AMMAN7648 | DEMARCHE ON UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-23 16:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL IS JO UNGA |
03AMMAN765 | JORDAN'S AMCHAM PLANS 2003 PROGRAM [...] (u) With the regional outlook uncertain for the coming months, the Board of Directors of JABA, Jordan's AmCham, have restructured their event planning for 2003. They are shifting more of their events to late in the year and planning more trips to the U.S. in an effort to keep momentum going [...] | 2003-02-04 12:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV BEXP JO |
03AMMAN767 | JORDAN INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND METROLOGY LOOKS TO IMPROVE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-02-04 12:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD JO WTRO |
03AMMAN7688 | POST SECURES IRAQI PASSPORTS FROM IRAQI MISSION; [...] (U) Action request for Department. See paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On November 23, PolOff picked up from the Iraqi mission in Amman more than 3,500 blank Iraqi ordinary, service and diplomatic passports along with passport stickers. Post seeks Department guidance on pr [...] | 2003-11-24 16:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BA CE CH FI RS SW SZ JO |
03AMMAN7690 | JORDAN TERMS ISRAELI RELEASE OF 10 PRISONERS [...] (U) Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told the press that the Israeli cabinet decision on November 23 to release ten Jordanian prisoners as part of an Eid al-Fitr gesture was a "positive development," but that the GOJ would continue to work towards the release of all Jordanians in Is [...] | 2003-11-24 17:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IS JO |
03AMMAN7691 | JORDAN: NOVEMBER 17 MEETINGS ON FROZEN ASSETS [...] (S) Summary. In several hours of meetings November 17, Jordanian financial officials and a U.S. Treasury/Iraqi finance ministry team were unable to agree on a plan for the GOJ to transfer all of the remaining Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan to the Development Fund for Iraq. The Jordanians too [...] | 2003-11-24 17:33:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PREL IZ JO |
03AMMAN77 | RAED HIJAZI DEATH PENALTY CONVICTION UPHELD [...] (U) The State Security Court on January 5 upheld the death penalty conviction of Jordanian-American Raed Hijazi for conspiring to bomb tourist sites in Jordan during the Millennium celebrations. An Embassy Legal contact has confirmed press reports that Hijazi will be able to appeal the decisi [...] | 2003-01-06 13:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CASC PTER JO |
03AMMAN7798 | GOJ REITERATES PLEDGE TO CLOSE RUWEISHED REFUGEE [...] (U) In a November 30 press conference, Minister of Interior Samir Habashneh reaffirmed the GOJ's intent to close the Ruweished refugee camp after December 31. Referring to the 415 Palestinians who represent the core of the camp's population, Habashneh said "There is no solution for Palestini [...] | 2003-12-01 18:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO |
03AMMAN780 | Jordan Requests FDA Assessment Team [...] (u) Embassy Amman received a letter from Jordanian Health Minister Dr. Walid Ma'ani to HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson requesting assistance in developing Jordan's capacity to support a research-based pharmaceutical industry. The request follows successful meetings between Trade Minister Salah [...] | 2003-02-05 07:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID KIPR JO |
03AMMAN7804 | JORDANIAN ELITE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NEW GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) A recent opinion poll showed that, despite falling confidence in government on the part of "ordinary" citizens, "opinion leaders" have higher hopes for the success of the new government's reform agenda. Embassy sources split along similar lines, with members of the well-educated elite m [...] | 2003-12-02 09:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM JO |
03AMMAN7805 | KING ABDULLAH TALKS WITH NEA A/S BURNS ON IRAQ, [...] (S) NEA A/S Burns briefed King Abdullah and other senior GOJ officials on his discussion with Abu Alaa, noting that the Palestinians have an opportunity to move the roadmap forward, but must take concrete security steps. The King agreed and said Jordan would deliver the same message to Abu [...] | 2003-12-02 10:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON EAID KPAL IS IZ JO |
03AMMAN781 | EGYPTIAN QIZ'S IN JORDANIAN PERSPECTIVE [...] (c) SUMMARY: Activating the QIZ initiative in Egypt through parallel protocols would have profound effects on the long-term viability of QIZ's in Jordan. More seriously, such a deal would cause deep concern within the GOJ about equitable treatment for the politically tough decisions Jordan [...] | 2003-02-05 08:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD JO EG IS |
03AMMAN7813 | JORDAN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Answers keyed to reftel. A) (U) Significant actions taken by host governments to support the global coalition against terrorism. The GOJ continues to provide strong support for the global coalition against terrorism and has responded positively to U.S. requests for assistance. For exam [...] | 2003-12-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER JO |
03AMMAN7830 | JORDAN: FOLLOWUP WITH PM ON FROZEN ASSETS ISSUE [...] (S) Charge and ECON/C called on Prime Minister Fayez December 2 to follow-up on the discussion of Iraq assets issues during A/S Burns visit (septel). Adding a new element, the PM said that the GOJ "technical committee" evaluating Jordanian trade claims against Iraq now hoped to finish its w [...] | 2003-12-02 16:49:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PREL JO |
03AMMAN7832 | IAF MP COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. MEPP POLICY, GOJ [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff met November 16 with Dr. Tayseer Fetyani, an MP from the Islamic Action Front (IAF). Although Fetyani was cordial and talked about mutual understanding, he strongly criticized U.S. support of Israel and rejected arguments in support of U.S. peace process policies. He [...] | 2003-12-02 17:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM JO |
03AMMAN7849 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE GENEVA DOCUMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-03 11:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
03AMMAN7850 | MEPI "YOUNG AMBASSADORS STUDY OF THE U.S. [...] MS. LAILA YOUNES CONFIRMS HER PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT CONFERENCE. 2. TRAVEL ITINERARY FOLLOWS: --JANUARY 8, AMMAN - CAIRO VIA RJ 505 AT 1035/1200. PLEASE MEET AND ASSIST. --JANUARY 12, CAIRO - AMMAN VIA RJ 506 AT 1300/1415. 3. COST OF ROUND TRIP TICKET AMMAN-CAIRO-AMMAN IS JORDANI [...] | 2003-12-03 11:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
03AMMAN7852 | UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST: JORDAN LIKELY TO [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Muasher and Office Director Al-Ayed (both traveling),PolCouns December 3 delivered to Basheer Zoubi, Acting Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office, ref points on the possible UNGA Special Session on the Middle East and a possible Palestinian [...] | 2003-12-03 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO UNGA |
03AMMAN7874 | KING ABDULLAH OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH SPEECH [...] (U) King Abdullah inaugurated December 1 the regular session of the 14th Jordanian Parliament with a speech detailing his vision for the country. The King called for both political and economic development, including an emphasis on democracy and transparency, closely echoing his October 23 p [...] | 2003-12-03 17:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON JO |
03AMMAN7887 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE GENEVA DOCUMENT, MIDDLE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-04 15:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
03AMMAN7909 | ISLAMIC PARTY THE KING-MAKER IN JORDAN'S SPEAKER [...] (C) Saad Hayel Srour, former Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, told PolCouns and PolOff that he withdrew from the Speaker race after the Islamic Action Front made too many demands in exchange for backing his candidacy. He expects only limited progress in approving the backlog of provi [...] | 2003-12-04 17:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO KTER |
03AMMAN793 | CBJ TAKES ACTION AS LOAN SCANDAL WINDS DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of last year's "Shemailah" banking scandal involving unsecured bad loans by three Jordanian banks (REF B),the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) has assumed management of the two banks most weakened by the losses. The move signals a determination by the CBJ to use newl [...] | 2003-02-05 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV JO |
03AMMAN7952 | JORDANIAN REACTION TO POTUS IRAQ VISIT [...] (C) A sampling of Jordanian reaction to the POTUS visit to Iraq on November 27 indicates that many here believe the visit exposes low morale of U.S. forces in Iraq in need of a boost and pre-election posturing intended for U.S. consumption. Press reaction was light yet critical, while militar [...] | 2003-12-08 14:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
03AMMAN7972 | JORDAN COPYRIGHT LAW: WIPO COMPLIANCE A FOUNDATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See last para. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Industry and Trade contacts confirmed that the Government of Jordan (GOJ) cabinet has approved two WIPO internet treaties and expects the notification process to WIPO to be completed by the end of the year. Am [...] | 2003-12-08 18:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR KTIA PREL JO |
03AMMAN7989 | RJ FINALIZES CODESHARE WITH AMERICA WEST, BUT [...] (SBU) On December 6, Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) finalized a memorandum of understanding with America West Airlines (AW) providing for a codeshare arrangement between RJ flights originating/ending in New York (Kennedy) and Chicago (O'Hare) and connecting AW flights going to Phoenix and Las V [...] | 2003-12-09 16:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV JO IZ |
03AMMAN8021 | HIJAZI WILL APPEAL THIRD DEATH SENTENCE; ABU [...] (U) Two high-profile terrorism-related cases resumed in Jordan's State Security Court this week. For the third time, the court on December 8 sentenced Jordanian-American citizen Ra'ed Hijazi to death for his role in plotting anti-U.S. attacks during the millennial celebrations in Jordan in [...] | 2003-12-09 17:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC PTER JO |
03AMMAN8022 | UNAMI DONOR BRIEFING PREVIEWS "EXILE" ARRANGEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: At a December 9 donor briefing, UNAMI Officer-in-Charge Kevin Kennedy previewed UNSYG Annan's plans to name a new Special Representative for Iraq "within a few weeks" and divide UNAMI operations between Cyprus and Amman, with senior policy officials in Cyprus and U [...] | 2003-12-09 18:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID IZ JO UNSC |
03AMMAN8044 | JORDAN'S FAMILY PROTECTION PROJECT WINS UN PRIZE [...] (U) On December 10, the UN General Assembly President will present the Family Protection Project Management Team of Jordan one of six 2003 UN Prizes in the Field of Human Rights, which are awarded every five years. The Family Protection Project is being recognized as "a ground-breaking initiat [...] | 2003-12-10 10:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PHUM KWMN JO |
03AMMAN8050 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI POLICE TRAINING IN [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-10 12:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
03AMMAN8071 | IRAQI POLICE TRAINING CENTER IN JORDAN SPUTTERS TO [...] (C) The new Iraqi police training center in Jordan recently received its first class of approximately 500 trainees. The center ultimately plans to provide basic police training to 32,000 Iraqi recruits. The GOJ and the training staff, some of whom trained police in Kosovo, understand the i [...] | 2003-12-10 17:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ JO |
03AMMAN808 | JORDAN INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND METROLOGY LOOKS [...] (sbu) SUMMARY: The Jordan Institute of Standards and Metrology (JISM) has been working hard since its creation in 1995 to develop comprehensive product standards that conform with international norms and support Jordan's WTO commitments. At the same time, JISM is currently evaluating offers t [...] | 2003-02-05 16:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD JO WTRO |
03AMMAN8122 | JORDANIAN OPPOSITION TO GENEVA ACCORD GEARS UP IN [...] (C) Breaking weeks of relative silence on the issue, Jordanian officials, led by King Abdullah, are lauding the unofficial Geneva Accord as a means to enhance dialogue and complement efforts to end the current peace process stalemate -- while reiterating their support for the roadmap. The o [...] | 2003-12-11 18:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KISL IS JO |
03AMMAN8123 | COURT CONVICTS, SENTENCES, AND ORDERS THE RELEASE [...] (U) The State Security Court on December 10 convicted five men of sabotage and possession of explosive material for a plot dating back five years. The court sentenced a sixth man involved in the group, known as "Reform and Challenge," to four years for complicity in plotting subversive acts [...] | 2003-12-11 18:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER JO |
03AMMAN8136 | UNRWA LAUNCHES 2004 EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR WEST BANK [...] (U) UNRWA Commissioner General Peter Hansen launched the agency's 2004 emergency appeal for the West Bank and Gaza in separate donor briefings in Amman and Jerusalem on December 11 and 12. The USD 196 million appeal focuses on temporary employment (USD 62 million) and food security programs ( [...] | 2003-12-14 16:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA |
03AMMAN8137 | IRAQI AIRCRAFT IN JORDAN: FALCON 50 [...] (C) Senior CPA Transportation Advisor Darrell Trent has urgently requested Embassy Amman's assistance in returning to Iraqi control a Falcon-50 executive jet (tail number HB-IES). It has been sitting on the tarmac at Amman's Marka Airport since March 2003, collecting demurrage charges and sl [...] | 2003-12-14 16:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EFIN ETTC IZ JO |
03AMMAN8162 | JORDAN: FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS, MEETING WITH FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Jordan's Finance Minister told a visiting CPA official that Jordan would accelerate transfer of Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan to the Development Fund for Iraq and agreed on a mechanism for joint Jordanian-Iraqi assessment of commercial claims against those assets. However, th [...] | 2003-12-15 08:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO |
03AMMAN8169 | WASHINGTON BASED IRAQI DIPLOMATS STRESS IMPROVED [...] (C) PolOff met December 8 with two Washington bound Iraqi diplomats assigned to the Iraqi Interests Section. Both cited the critical need for improved security in Iraq to gain popular support for the U.S. presence. The diplomats said many Iraqis resent Jordan's support for Saddam and believe [...] | 2003-12-15 10:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
03AMMAN8171 | RAED HIJAZI DEATH PENALTY CONVICTION UPHELD [...] JORDAN TIMES EDITION OF DECEMBER 9, 2003 AND JORDAN TELEVISION REPORTED ON DECEMBER 8, 2003, THAT THE STATE SECURITY COURT SENTENCED JORDANIAN-AMERICAN RAED HIJAZI TO DEATH FOR THE THIRD TIME ON CHARGES OF PLOTTING SUBVERSIVE ACTS IN JORDAN AND MANUFACUTRING EXPLOSIVES AND FOR THE POSSESSION [...] | 2003-12-15 10:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PREL PTER CJAN JO HIJAZI RAED |
03AMMAN8175 | MEDIA REACTION ON SADDAM HUSSEIN'S CAPTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-15 16:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
03AMMAN8193 | PALESTINIAN CHALLENGE TO CREDENTIALS REPORT: [...] (C) PolCouns December 14 covered with Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher's Private Office, ref points on a possible Palestinian challenge to Israeli credentials in the UNGA. PolCouns asked that the GOJ try to convince the PA not to bring a credentials challenge and, fa [...] | 2003-12-15 18:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL JO UNGA |
03AMMAN8194 | CONSENSUS REACHED ON UNRWA GENEVA CONFERENCE; [...] (C) Summary and comment: UNRWA officials briefed donor and host government representatives on preparations for the June 2004 UNRWA Geneva conference during a December 11 steering committee meeting in Amman. Apparent EC agreement to drop its previous insistence on a separate workshop on huma [...] | 2003-12-15 18:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA |
03AMMAN8196 | SADDAM'S ARREST: MOST JORDANIANS SUBDUED; [...] (C) The reactions of Jordanians and Jordan-based Iraqis to Saddam's arrest varied from sadness at seeing a once powerful Arab leader in such a sorry state, to ridicule for his lack of personal resistance to arrest, to hope that an obstacle to restoring Iraqi security and self-governance has bee [...] | 2003-12-15 19:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
03AMMAN8205 | JORDAN: TRANSFER OF FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) Summary: During multiple conversations on December 15, I obtained renewed assurances from the Prime Minister (and affirmed by the Finance Minister) that no further payments would be made against claims for a finite period of time. The PM also affirmed that all Jordanian claim files wou [...] | 2003-12-16 13:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO |
03AMMAN8225 | JORDANIAN ISLAMIST LEADERS CALL FOR POLITICAL [...] (U) In recent press interviews, the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic Action Front welcomed government dialogue efforts, but warned that they would judge the government by its actions, rather than its words. The Islamists called for political reform, a new electoral law, and [...] | 2003-12-16 18:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM KISL JO KTER |
03AMMAN8237 | CT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR IRAQ [...] (C) Jordan's King Abdullah and U.S. Brigadier General Harrell (Special Operations Command, Central) signed an agreement December 15 for Jordan to provide counter-terrorism training for Iraqi forces with U.S. support. The agreement provides for counter-terrorism training for Iraqi recruits, to [...] | 2003-12-17 09:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS IZ JO |
03AMMAN8242 | JORDAN-SYRIA RELATIONS BECOME PUBLICLY TESTY [...] (C) Senior GOJ officials have expressed to us recently growing frustration with increased smuggling, depletion of water resources, and Syrian military "violations" along and across the Jordan-Syria border. They have complained about Syrian unwillingness to restart discussions on a formal de [...] | 2003-12-17 11:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SENV SY JO |
03AMMAN8254 | OUTCOME OF SUCCESS STORIES INITIATIVE IN JORDAN [...] SUMMARY: LAST SEPTEMBER (FY03),THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION OF THE U.S. EMBASSY IN AMMAN PARTICIPATED IN A STATE DEPARTMENT PROJECT DESIGNED TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPACT OF U.S. ASSISTANCE AROUND THE WORLD. IN COOPERATION WITH THE JORDANIAN MEDIA (TELEVISION, RADIO, PRINT, AND INTERNET),10 U.S.-FUN [...] | 2003-12-17 15:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO OIIP ECPS OEXC JO KMDR EAID PREF |
03AMMAN8271 | JORDANIANS IN CONTACT WITH PALESTINIANS, EGYPTIANS [...] (C) PolCouns on December 17 delivered to Foreign Minister Muasher's private office director Ali al-Ayed and deputy director Basheer Zoubi ref A points about the Palestinians' intention to introduce a new resolution on Palestinian representation to the General Assembly. Following up earlier [...] | 2003-12-17 17:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL JO UNGA |
03AMMAN8272 | GOJ TO CONFIRM NAMES OF RELEASED JORDANIAN [...] (C) PolCouns on December 17 provided Foreign Minister Muasher's private office director Ali al-Ayed and deputy director Basheer Zoubi with copies of ref list of 37 Jordanian prisoners detained in Iraq. Noting that five Jordanians on the list were released a week earlier, al-Ayed promised to [...] | 2003-12-17 17:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IZ JO |
03AMMAN8286 | PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ON ISLAMISTS, NEW GOVERNMENT, [...] (C) Lower House Speaker Abdul Hadi Al-Majali predicted to the Ambassador that "a good majority" would vote to approve the government of Prime Minister Fayez and pledged to cooperate with the government to implement King Abdullah's calls for political development. He denied public allegations [...] | 2003-12-18 12:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM PHUM ECON JO |
03AMMAN8293 | MEDIA REACTION ON SADDAM HUSSEIN'S CAPTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-18 14:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
03AMMAN8299 | RESUMPTION OF JORDANIAN BAGHDAD FLIGHTS DELAYED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Almost four weeks after suspending daily Amman-Baghdad passenger flights following a November 22 MANPADS strike on a DHL cargo aircraft, Royal Jordanian (RJ) has informed us that they are hoping to resume flights December 19, pending confirmation of insurance coverage and appro [...] | 2003-12-18 16:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL PINR IZ JO |
03AMMAN8312 | IRAQI-PALESTINIANS FACE HARDSHIP IN JORDAN [...] (U) The 386 Iraqi-Palestinians who were permitted to leave Ruweished refugee camp in August and reside in Jordan are seeking U.S. help. They want to regularize their status in Jordan or leave for a third country. The families have only limited access to humanitarian assistance and are unabl [...] | 2003-12-18 16:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KPAL IZ IS JO |
03AMMAN8321 | ANTINORMALIZERS IN JORDAN RALLY AGAINST GENEVA [...] (SBU) The unofficial Geneva accord -- particularly its provisions dealing with the Palestinian right to return -- is the latest cause celebre for antinormalizers in Jordan. The Professional Associations Council in Jordan -- headed by a prominent Muslim Brotherhood member -- is leading the ch [...] | 2003-12-18 16:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAL KISL IS JO |
03AMMAN8359 | JORDAN FTA: ACCELERATE TARIFF REDUCTIONS WHILE [...] (SBU) Embassy notes that the Trade Policy Staff Committee is reviewing (REF A) a proposal by the Government of Jordan (GOJ) to accelerate tariff elimination for certain apparel products under the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Jordan currently already exports most of these products [...] | 2003-12-21 17:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL IS JO |
03AMMAN8360 | GERMAN AMBASSADOR ON FISCHER VISIT TO JORDAN: [...] (C) German Ambassador Martin Schneller briefed Ambassador and PolCouns December 17 on German FonMin Fischer's December 15 visit to Amman. Schneller said Fischer met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, who both delivered a consistent line on Iraq: we support Iraqi indepen [...] | 2003-12-21 18:03:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KPAL IS SY JO GE |
03AMMAN839 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON SECRETARY POWELL'S [...] No summary [...] | 2003-02-06 12:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
03AMMAN8405 | SUNNI ROYALIST IRAQI DISCUSSES SUNNI SENTIMENT [...] (C) An Iraqi Sunni contact from the al-Darraji tribe in Samarra and advisor to the Royal Democratic Coalition party discussed with PolOff his views on Iraq and the Samarra region. Echoing a common theme, he claimed that most Iraqi Sunnis believe that the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) [...] | 2003-12-22 19:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
03AMMAN841 | PROPOSED JORDANIAN REPRESENTATIVES OCC REGULATORY [...] (U) As per reftel, post is conveying the Central Bank of Jordan nominations for representatives for the OCC Regulatory and Examination Assistance Course. They are: Arafat H. al-Fayoumi, Senior Financial Analyst, Ibrahim Q. al-Naser, Inspector, and Esam I. Qaqish, Inspector. E-mail address i [...] | 2003-02-06 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC SNAR KCOG KCRM JO |
03AMMAN8412 | BRIEFING ON LIBYA WMD PROGRAMS: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-23 13:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL LY JO |
03AMMAN8450 | GOJ OFFICIALS ON ARAB ECONOMIC REFORM, PEACE [...] (C) NEA DAS Satterfield and Ambassador met separately December 19 with Planning Minister Awadallah and Foreign Minister Muasher. Discussion covered the Aqaba "workshop," Abu Ala'a and the peace process, Iraq and Syria, Article 98 negotiations, and Jordan-Israel relations. End Summary. AQA [...] | 2003-12-24 09:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL ECON IS IZ SY JO |
03AMMAN8454 | BACKLASH AGAINST CAPTURE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN [...] (C) Although many Jordanians received the news of Saddam Hussein's capture with satisfaction or ambivalence (see ref),there has been some recent backlash against his arrest and perceived treatment by U.S. forces. A majority of members of Parliament denounced the "mean and humiliating" manner [...] | 2003-12-24 10:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
03AMMAN8467 | PROMOTING MIDDLE EAST FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS [...] Summary. Embassy and USAID Amman would like to alert our counterparts in Morocco and Bahrain to a January 21- 22 retreat of the "TIJARA" public-private partnership initiative for promoting trade and investment under the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement. We thought these posts might find it [...] | 2003-12-24 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID BEXP KMPI KPAO JO |
03AMMAN8469 | SUPPORT FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION IN JORDAN [...] (SBU) This is one in a series of cables highlighting the support that the Government of Jordan and the US mission in Amman are providing to Iraq and CPA reconstruction efforts. Highlights in this installment include the "Outreach 2004" Iraq Reconstruction Trade Show; training of Iraqi police f [...] | 2003-12-24 13:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IZ JO |
03AMMAN8520 | Request for a DVC Program in Honor of Black History [...] Summary: In honor of Black History Month, post would like to request IIP's support in organizing a 90 minute DVC program discussing the influence of African Americans in Popular American Music. 2. We expect an audience of 60 - 70 people for this DVC program. The audience will consist of st [...] | 2003-12-29 16:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
03AMMAN855 | USINT BAGHDAD PERSONNEL DEPART IRAQ; ARRIVE SAFELY [...] (C) All four Polish diplomats representing the U.S. Interests Section in Baghdad (along with two spouses) departed Iraq February 5 and have arrived safely in Amman. They are scheduled to fly on to Warsaw on Sunday, February 9. In a meeting with poloff February 6, USINT Baghdad chief Krzysztof [...] | 2003-02-06 14:42:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IZ JO |
03AMMAN8573 | JORDAN: RAFIDAIN BANK HELP ON FROZEN ASSETS [...] (SBU) Summary. Jordan's Finance Minister confirmed that the GOJ would work with Amman-based Rafidain Bank employees in assembling basic information about Jordanian commercial claims against Iraq, but said bank secrecy laws require that he first receive a letter from the Iraqi government aut [...] | 2003-12-30 18:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC IZ JO |
03AMMAN858 | POWELL SPEECH FAILS TO SWAY JORDANIANS' MINDS ON [...] (C) A quick sampling of Jordanian reaction to Secretary Powell,s February 5 presentation to the UNSC -- including from the Prime Minister -- indicates that it changed few peoples' minds on the issues of Iraq,s failure to comply with Resolution 1441, presence of WMD programs, or ties to Al-Qa [...] | 2003-02-06 15:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
03AMMAN859 | ONE IRAQI HOPES FOR WAR WHILE JORDANIANS PROTEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the weekend of January 31, which saw a large Jordanian anti-war protest (ref),political FSN spoke at length with a middle aged Iraqi woman, who fumed about the hypocrisy of her Arab brethren and hoped that war would soon sweep away Saddam and the misery besetting her [...] | 2003-02-06 16:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ JO PHUM SOCI |
03AMMAN8605 | JORDANIAN PRIME MINISTER EASILY WINS VOTE OF [...] (C) Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez and his Cabinet easily won a parliamentary vote of confidence December 23 with 85 out of 110 MPs backing his government. Twenty-two MPs cast a "nay" vote, including all 17 members of the Islamic Action Front who chided the government for failing to spell out [...] | 2003-12-31 16:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON JO |
03AMMAN8608 | 11TH HOUR REPRIEVE FOR RUWEISHED REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) The GOJ informed UNHCR today, December 31, that the Ruweished refugee camp would be allowed to remain open until April 2004. The GOJ previously had pledged to close the camp by December 31 (ref a). 536 individuals remain in the camp, including 60 Sudanese and Somali nationals who have [...] | 2003-12-31 17:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO UNHCR |
03AMMAN8609 | DEMARCHE ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PA: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-31 17:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG JO |
03AMMAN861 | SAUDIS TELL KING ABDULLAH THEY WILL JOIN OIL DEAL; [...] (S) King Abdullah told the Ambassador and PolCouns February 5 that Saudi CP Abdullah confirmed to him during his February 4 visit to Saudi Arabia that the Saudis are prepared to provide Jordan with oil in the event of a cutoff in supplies from Iraq. The King said the oil would come through [...] | 2003-02-06 16:42:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL EPET MARR IZ EAID SA KU JO UA |
03AMMAN876 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON SECRETARY POWELL'S [...] No summary [...] | 2003-02-09 11:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
03AMMAN878 | Request for a DVC Series on the Arts [...] Summary: Post would like to request IIP's support in organizing a new series of DVCs on the Arts for FY 2003. The series will be conducted in coordination with the newly established College of Arts and Design at the University of Jordan and will serve to educate and introduce the students at t [...] | 2003-02-09 12:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
03AMMAN893 | SUPPORT FOR KING ABDULLAH SOLID, BUT CHANGING: [...] (C) This is the first cable in a series that will examine the stability of the Hashemite regime based on the support of its traditional pillars. 2. (C) Despite troubling times in the region and a majority Palestinian population angry over continued Arab-Israeli violence, King Abdullah maint [...] | 2003-02-09 13:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI ECON KPAL JO |
03AMMAN898 | SWITZERLAND'S PROPOSED CONFERENCE ON IRAQ: JORDAN [...] (C) On February 9, A/PolCouns delivered reftel points on Switzerland's proposed February 15-16 conference in Geneva to coordinate assistance to a post-war Iraq to FM Muasher's personal assistant Ali al-Ayed. Al-Ayed said that the GOJ had already been informed of U.S. concerns and the reasons [...] | 2003-02-10 08:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID PHUM PREL PGOV SZ JO |
03AMMAN899 | U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE FEBRUARY 2003 AHLC [...] No summary [...] | 2003-02-10 08:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL KPAL JO KWGB |
03AMMAN902 | Order for Earth Day 2003 Poster [...] Post wishes to order ten 10-poster packages for the celebration of the 33rd anniversary of Earth Day on April 22. Please use APO shipment: CAO Donna Winton American Embassy Amman Cultural Affairs Office APO AE 09892 2. Please charge the cost of U.S. dollars 65 for th [...] | 2003-02-10 09:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
03AMMAN931 | FM MUASHER'S READOUT OF KING ABDULLAH'S 2/8 [...] (U) Charge called FonMin Muasher February 10 to get a readout of the King's 2/8 meeting in Aqaba with Egyptian President Mubarak, as well as of Muasher's own meeting with Sharon advisor Dov Weisglass the previous day (2/9) in Amman. --------------------------------------------- ------- Mubar [...] | 2003-02-10 13:40:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP |
03AMMAN938 | Jordan Media Training: Workshop on Feature and [...] Summary: In support of the MEPI goal of encouraging a professional and independent media, veteran journalist Gil Butler conducted a 3-day "feature and analytical writing" workshop for Jordanian journalists January 21-23. The program was part of PAS Amman's ongoing Media Professionalization [...] | 2003-02-10 14:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO XF JO |
03AMMAN939 | NOMINATING REGIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE OFFICE [...] AMMAN-BASED REGIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE OFFICE - PA NOMINATES MS. SALWA RIHANI, RELO ADMIN ASSISTANT FOR SUBJECT WORKSHOP. 2. ANSWERS TO INFORMATION REQUESTED IN PARA 5 AND 6 PER REFTEL IS AS FOLLOWS: - LAST NAME, FIRST NAME: RIHANI, SALWA - POST AND OFFICE [...] | 2003-02-10 14:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
03AMMAN940 | IRAQ PD: DVC WITH JAMES PLACKE, OIL ANALYST [...] IN A FEBRUARY 4 DVC HOSTED BY PAS AMMAN, OIL ANALYST (AND FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT DAS) JAMES PLACKE REFUTED EFFECTIVELY ALLEGATIONS THAT "CONTROL" OF OIL RESERVES -- AND NOT DISARMAMENT -- IS AT THE CENTER OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD IRAQ. ROUGHLY 20 JORDANIAN JOURNALISTS FILLED THE ONE HOUR PROGR [...] | 2003-02-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO OIIP IZ JO |
03AMMAN941 | SUBJECT: TV CO-OP PROPOSAL: BILATERAL AND [...] Summary: Embassy Amman proposes a TV Co-op with a three-person crew from Jordan Television, the government-owned and sole local television station in Jordan, to produce original news features in the United States on the role of the Arab and Jordanian community in the United States, with spec [...] | 2003-02-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO JO |
03AMMAN965 | O-F-F CONTRACT EXPOSURE OF JORDANIAN BANKS [...] (C) In response to the repeated requests from senior Jordanians that the USG ask the UN to modify Oil for Food Program (OFF) procedures so as to minimize the risk to the Jordanian banking system of contracts that cannot be delivered to Baghdad under wartime circumstances (ref a),the Ambassa [...] | 2003-02-12 09:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREF IZ JO |
03AMMAN967 | PILLARS OF THE REGIME PART II OF IV: THE EAST BANK [...] (C) Traditionally, the most important pillar of the Hashemite regime has been its East Bank constituency, including both Bedouin and non-nomadic tribes. East Bank tribes have also played an integral role in the other pillars that have emerged--the military/security services and the economic e [...] | 2003-02-12 10:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC SOCI ECON KPAL JO |
03AMMAN972 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH [...] (S/NF) A/DCM on February 13 contacted Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, and relayed points from reftel on the possibility of an Iranian Hizballah resupply flight through Jordanian airspace this week. Ayed said he would pass the information to the appropriat [...] | 2003-02-13 09:09:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL LE IR JO |
03AMMAN974 | HR ACTIVIST PREDICTS FUTURE PROTESTS WILL BE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 9, PolOff met with long-time human rights contact Fawzi Samhoury, who has close contact with the IAF and professional associations. Samhoury expects upcoming demonstrations planned by opposition leaders protesting possible military action against Iraq to remain pea [...] | 2003-02-13 11:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM JO |
03AMMAN980 | PILLARS OF THE REGIME PART III OF IV: JORDAN'S [...] (C) As Jordan prepares to face a possible war on its Eastern border, and then looks beyond the immediate crisis to longer term challenges, the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF),General Intelligence Directorate (GID) and Public Security Directorate (PSD) will serve as key pillars ensuring the stabi [...] | 2003-02-14 10:47:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PINS PGOV PREL ASEC JO |
03AMMAN988 | REINFORCING THE NPT: DEMARCHE TO JORDAN [...] (C) PolCouns February 16 discussed ref points on North Korea and the NPT with Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Al-Ayed responded that, while Jordan has not been directly involved in the North Korea dispute, it hopes that the current confrontation can be re [...] | 2003-02-17 14:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM JO |
03AMMAN990 | CARE IRAQ PROGRAM DIRECTOR: MAINTENANCE OF FOOD [...] (C) Summary: According to CARE Iraq Country Director Margaret Hassan (protect),the Iraqi population is "entirely dependent" on the OFF food ration system and has no economic resources to draw upon if the OFF pipeline is interrupted. Hassan also cautioned that Iraq's water/sanitation system a [...] | 2003-02-17 14:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID IZ JO |
03ANKARA1666 | S13-03: TURKS WILL BLOCK HEAT EXCHANGER EXPORTS [...] (S) On March 13, polmiloff met with Ferhat Alkan of the MFA's Iraq Desk and delivered Ref A points. Alkan remarked that the information was "news" to the MFA. He promised to pass the information immediately to the Turkish National Intelligence Agency (TNIO),the Turkish General Staff, and v [...] | 2003-03-17 08:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC TU IZ SY JO UNSC CBW |
03ANKARA3875 | MFA REQUESTS BILAT BETWEEN SECRETARY POWELL AND FM [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Embassy Ankara understands that Secretary Powell will attend the June 21-23 World Economic Forum meeting in Jordan. We received a call on June 16 from the acting DDG for the Americas at the MFA, who [...] | 2003-06-16 10:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | JO OVIP PREL TU |
03ANKARA4487 | ISRAELI PRESIDENT KATZAV'S VISIT TO TURKEY "A [...] (C) Ankara Israeli Embassy contacts are pleased with President Katzav's July 8-9 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. Israeli DCM Emmanuel Nahshon said "The visit was a great success," and further commented, "The mere fact the visit occurred was a success in itself. The Turks did everything they co [...] | 2003-07-17 13:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL JO IS TU |
03ANKARA6779 | SYRIA'S IRAQ MEETING: PART OF A PROCESS [...] (C) MFA MidEast DDG Safak Gokturk told polmilcouns October 30 that the meeting of foreign ministers from Iraq's neighbors plus Egypt in Damascus this weekend will be the fourth of its kind since January when the GOT convoked ministers in Istanbul, which they dubbed the "Regional Initiative." [...] | 2003-10-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA |
03ANKARA6923 | IRAQ: TURKISH READOUT OF DAMASCUS MEETING: SAUDIS, [...] (C) POLMILCOUNS called on MFA Deputy DG for Middle East Safak Gokturk Nov. 5 for a readout of the Nov. 1-2 Damascus meeting on Iraq. Gokturk, who had been at the Damascus meeting, said Turkey worked hard to make the original Syrian draft communique moderate and balanced, and found the meeting [...] | 2003-11-05 16:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA |
03KUWAIT1063 | KUWAIT REQUESTS IMMEDIATE U.S. ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (C) Summary: On March 24, the GOK requested immediate USG assistance in facilitating an oil swap with Saudi Arabia, thereby providing Jordan with badly needed crude oil. End Summary. 3. (C) During their March 24 meeting, Kuwaiti MinS [...] | 2003-03-24 18:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EPET KU SA JO |
03KUWAIT1153 | TFIZ01 - KUWAITI OIL FOR JORDAN [...] (S) Ambassador spoke with Kuwaiti Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah afternoon of Thursday, March 27 on the status of Kuwait's agreement to provide Jordan with 25,000 barrels of oil per day (BPD) in light of the loss of Iraqi oil supplies. Ambassador [...] | 2003-03-30 07:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | EPET EAID PREL KU SA JO |
03KUWAIT2448 | REVISED PROCEDURES FOR COALITION PARTNERS [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 4 below. 2. DCM, CONS Chief and OMC-K JAG met June 3 with Kuwaiti Chief of Immigration COL Abdullah Yousef Al-Ruwaieh and LTCOL Adeeb Al-Sweidan to discuss procedures which will allow CPA personnel currently in Iraq in an official capacity to depar [...] | 2003-06-04 13:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL IZ JO KU |
03KUWAIT3410 | DEMARCHE ON BORDER CONTROL DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2003-07-29 06:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | MARR MASS PREL KU SA JO |
03KUWAIT3703 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 4-10: GUANTANAMO [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti officials reportedly postponed a scheduled trip by Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to Kuwait this week over Palestinian "hesitation" to condemn the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. One commentator writes, "It is not acceptable to consider the occupation of Kuwait l [...] | 2003-08-12 11:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU JO IS KPAL KDMR |
03KUWAIT4960 | SYRIA TO CONVENE FM'S ON IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) MFA Undersecretary, Ambassador Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador during an October 28 telephone conversation that Syria has invited Foreign Ministers from states bordering Iraq to a meeting in Damascus on November 1 to discuss Iraq. Ja [...] | 2003-10-28 12:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA |
03KUWAIT4988 | (C) MORE ON SYRIA'S IRAQ MEETING [...] (C) After we sent ref A, MFA Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador that FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah had consulted with his Saudi, Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts. They had agreed that Saudi FM Prince Saud al-Feisal would call Syrian FM Sharaa and press him to invi [...] | 2003-10-29 14:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA |
03KUWAIT5183 | (U) JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH VISITS KUWAIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's King Abdullah II paid a brief visit to Kuwait on November 11, meeting with the Amir, Crown Prince and PM Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah. During his two-hour stay, the King discussed the current situation in Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Jordan's bilateral [...] | 2003-11-12 14:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ JO |
03KUWAIT614 | (C) OIL FOR JORDAN [...] (C) MFA MinState Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told Ambassador February 19 that he had recently informed Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan al-Muasher that Kuwait is prepared to provide Jordan up to 20,000 bpd of oil in the event that war cuts off Iraqi oil to Jordan. He understands the UAE will provi [...] | 2003-02-19 17:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID IZ JO KU |
03KUWAIT858 | (C) OIL FOR JORDAN: GOK AWAITS SPECIFIC REQUEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Shaykh Sabah told the Ambassador March 10 that Kuwait still awaits a specific request for support from Jordan (whose FM Muasher was due here later in the day). He spoke ambiguously about whether Kuwait's $100 million deposit in the Jordanian Central Bank is jus [...] | 2003-03-11 13:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS EAID JO IZ KU |
03ROME2766 | PM BERLUSCONI'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) PM Berlusconi's swing through the Middle East (Israel, Jordan, and Egypt June 9-11) ruffled (French) feathers only because some chose to misconstrue Italian motives, Berlusconi's deputy diplomatic advisor told us June 18. Scarante said French FM de Villepin's criticism of Berlusconi's deci [...] | 2003-06-18 16:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT IS KPAL EG JO |
03STATE23994 | TERRORIST FINANCING - UPDATED NONPAPER ON AL [...] (S) THIS CABLE REPLACES THE EARLIER VERSION OF THE NON- PAPER SENT OUT IN REFTEL. PLEASE DISCARD EARLIER VERSION. CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST CONVEYED BY NSC STAFF, ARE THE FOLLOWING: REFERENCE TO U.S. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF U.S. BRANCH HAS BEEN DELETED AND DELETIO [...] | 2003-01-28 02:43:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER EFIN ECON PREL SA IS JO |
04AMMAN10012 | TRUCKERS' DISRUPTION HAVING MINIMAL IMPACT ON [...] (SBU) Jordanian officials say the Aqaba port is running smoothly, despite a 18-day-old truckers' work disruption capturing local newspaper headlines. According to Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority Commissioner of Revenue and Customs Shadi Majali, about 1,000 to 1,500 truckers are target [...] | 2004-12-20 06:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELTN EPET JO |
04AMMAN10019 | MEDIA REACTION ON FRANCE'S CLOSURE OF MANAR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-20 11:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN10031 | FUNDING REQUEST FOR PEACEKEEPING TRAINERS IN JORDAN [...] To keep Jordan's peacekeeping instructors current on U.S. doctrine and philosophy, post requests funding of a minimum of six training courses for Jordanian instructors in fiscal year 2005 for a total of $85,284. End Summary. -------------------------------------------- Jordan Supports U.S. P [...] | 2004-12-21 07:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS JO |
04AMMAN10033 | Meteorology System Brings Israel, Palestinians, [...] Summary: An innovative Sandia Lab project in the Middle East called Sustainable Land Use has grown into a groundbreaking arrangement for sharing nearly real-time meteorological data between Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan. End summary. Meteorology System Builds on Earlier Lan [...] | 2004-12-21 08:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR TPHY IS JO |
04AMMAN10034 | BIO FOR NEWLY APPOINTED JORDANIAN AMBASSADOR TO [...] Omar Abdul-Monem Rifai has been appointed as the new Jordanian Ambassador to Egypt. Biographical information on Rifai follows. ---------------------- BIOGRAPHY: RIFAI, OMAR ---------------------- 2. Omar Rifai is a Muslim East-banker and the son of late Prime Minister Abdul Mun'em Rifai [...] | 2004-12-21 08:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL EG JO |
04AMMAN10040 | JORDAN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Per reftel, post submits the following language for use in the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. This text also will be e-mailed to the S/CT POCs, per reftel. 2. (SBU) Jordan continued its strong support for the global war on terrorism in 2004. Jordanian security services [...] | 2004-12-21 10:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL JO |
04AMMAN10062 | JORDAN'S COMPLIANCE WITH COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref demarche to MFA Legal Adviser Samer Naber on December 21. He confirmed that Jordan had acceded to two additional conventions and protocols earlier this year, adopting the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and t [...] | 2004-12-21 15:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL ASEC JO |
04AMMAN10088 | NEW TITLE FROM ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM-AMMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-22 10:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP OPRC JO |
04AMMAN10122 | Jordan Inactive on LMO's [...] Ministry of Agriculture Assistant Secretary General for Plant Health Mr. Adnan Abdul Noor told ESTH Foreign Service National on December 20 that Jordan has not yet taken a position or enacted regulations on Living Modified Organisms (LMO's) and are "observers" on LMO policy. Jordan is a part [...] | 2004-12-22 15:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD EAGR TBIO JO |
04AMMAN10141 | PARLIAMENT RESPONDS TO KING'S CALL FOR [...] (C) In response to King Abdullah's speech opening Parliament (reftel),the leaders of the Lower House and the Senate pledged support for the King's calls for continued development, modernization and security. Both men agreed with the King's emphasis on translating economic growth into improv [...] | 2004-12-23 08:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI JO |
04AMMAN10151 | The "Little" Peace Process Engine That Could - The [...] Summary: Ten years after its inception, the "little" Middle East Peace Process Regional Water Data Banks Project called "EXACT" is still chugging along, enjoying the strong support of both donors and the "core parties" Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan. This is due to dogged U.S. [...] | 2004-12-23 11:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV XF JO |
04AMMAN1017 | UPDATE ON JORDAN'S SUBMISSION TO THE ICJ CASE ON [...] (C) MFA Legal Department head Samer Naber told PolCouns and PolOff February 9 that Jordan has not yet decided whether it will make an oral presentation to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Israeli security barrier. Nevertheless, it will likely request from the court permission [...] | 2004-02-10 08:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO ICJ |
04AMMAN10173 | Finance Minister Presents Budget to Parliament [...] SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Mohammad Abu Hammour presented the 2005 Budget to parliament December 22. The budget projects expenditures at USD 4.7 billion, foreign aid at USD 1.5 billion, and a deficit of USD 234 million. The budget estimates real growth next year at 5 percent and inflation [...] | 2004-12-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JO |
04AMMAN10177 | ALLAWI MEETS WITH KING AND WOLFENSOHN [...] (C) In a December 22 meeting, Iraqi PM Iyad Allawi discussed with King Abdullah and World Bank (WB) President James Wolfensohn assistance to Iraq for the coming year, efforts to strengthen the Jordan-Iraq border, and GOJ proposals to develop the Aqaba-Al Karama road and upgrade the port at Aqa [...] | 2004-12-27 12:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN10178 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-27 12:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN10191 | KING ABDULLAH'S MEETING WITH CODEL KOLBE [...] (C) The upcoming elections in Iraq, the peace process, and Jordan's economic situation dominated CODEL Kolbe's meeting with King Abdullah in Amman on December 23. King Abdullah said Jordan is working to encourage Sunni participation in the January 30 Iraqi election, but voiced concern that [...] | 2004-12-27 16:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER KPAL IZ JO |
04AMMAN10193 | JORDAN ADOPTS WTO LABELING FOR PREPACKAGED FOODS [...] The Jordan Institute of Standards and Metrology (JISM) December 26 approved a proposal to label pre-packaged foods with "Best Before" dating, in line with World Trade Organization standards. As recorded in the Official Minutes of the June 8 U.S. Jordan Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee (J [...] | 2004-12-27 17:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PREL JO |
04AMMAN10217 | HUMAN RIGHTS DAY EVENT FOCUSES ON GENDER VIOLENCE [...] Post sponsored a Human Rights Day event on December 13. The program featured a panel discussion of four prominent women activists who discussed gender violence in Jordan, including honor crimes. The audience of approximately 45 included activists, NGOs, GOJ officials, local press, and members [...] | 2004-12-28 14:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM KMPI KWMN JO |
04AMMAN1023 | REQUEST FOR AN ACADEMIC SPECIALIST ON "CAREER [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION REQUESTS AN ACADEMIC SPECIALIST TO WORK WITH A LEADING NGO, THE KING ABDULLAH II FUND FOR DEVELOPMENT (KAFD),ON STAFF DEVELOPMENT FOR JORDAN'S FIRST "CENTER FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND COUNSELING OFFICES" (CDCO) AT JORDANIAN UNIVERSITIES. THE KAFD IS FORMALLY HEADE [...] | 2004-02-10 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC KPAO SCUL JO |
04AMMAN10231 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-29 10:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN10245 | KING OPTIMISTIC ON WEST BANK, "MORE NERVOUS" ON [...] (C) King Abdullah told Senators Joseph Lieberman and Mark Dayton that the Palestinians need to see quick results after the January 9 election, and that Iraq,s political leadership should create an Arab identity for Iraqis to overcome religious schisms and interference by Iran. End summary. [...] | 2004-12-29 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KPAL IZ IS JO |
04AMMAN10304 | SECURITY COURT CLEARS ANTI-U.S. PLOTTERS OF [...] (U) The State Security Court on December 27 acquitted 13 men -- 10 Jordanians in custody and three Saudis tried in absentia -- on charges of conspiring to commit terror attacks against the U.S. Embassy in Amman and Jordanian military bases near the Iraqi border, where the plotters apparently [...] | 2004-12-30 12:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC JO |
04AMMAN10307 | MEDIA REACTION ON US FOREIGN POLICY, IRAQ AND [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-30 12:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN10314 | DEMARCHE ON JORDANIAN PROPOSAL TO HOST IRAQ [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel points to Foreign Minister Hani al-Mulki on December 30. Mulki said he was very pleased to hear the message. He reiterated that the GOJ is in "total agreement" that encouraging Sunni participation in the elections is a key goal. He said the conference is in line [...] | 2004-12-30 14:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
04AMMAN10321 | EMBASSY RECEIVES LETTER FROM IARA-LINKED TF [...] On December 9 post received a faxed copy of a letter addressed to the "Ambassador of U.S. Embassy in Jordan" and signed by "Khalid Ahmed Al-Sudanee, Regional Director, Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA)." In his letter, Mr. al-Sudani appears to take issue with the U.S. domestic designation of him a [...] | 2004-12-30 16:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN ETTC JO |
04AMMAN1054 | RESULTS OF G-8 COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP [...] (SBU) DCM on February 5 hosted a discussion ref agenda items in preparation for the G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting in Washington on February 20. Participants were counterparts from G-8 missions in Amman, in addition to representatives of interested states and organizations [...] | 2004-02-11 08:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER EFIN JO |
04AMMAN1078 | UNHCR CONFIRMS IT WILL NOT PURSUE RESETTLEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary and comment: Contrary to statements made by UNHCR's regional mission in Cairo (ref a),UNHCR Jordan Representative Bronee confirmed that UNHCR currently does not plan to pursue resettlement of Iraqi-Palestinians outside the region. UNHCR would only consider third-country resettle [...] | 2004-02-11 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IZ JO |
04AMMAN1080 | QUAKE SHAKES AMMAN; NO DAMAGE REPORTED [...] At 1015 local, on Wednesday, February 11, a 4.9 magnitude earthquake surprised many of Jordan's inhabitants and prompted many to vacate buildings. The Jordan Seismological Observatory of the Natural Resources Authority and the Public Security Directorate told us that there has been no damage [...] | 2004-02-11 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AMGT EAID JO |
04AMMAN1110 | MEDIA REACTION ON U.S. POLICY IN MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-12 13:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN1120 | UN REP SAYS UN STAFF TO GO IN AND OUT OF IRAQ FOR [...] (C) Summary. Special Representative Ross Mountain said the UN would re-enter Iraq gradually with "in and out" trips from Amman and Kuwait. He confirmed that major UNAMI operations would be based in Amman, while HQ would remain in Cyprus. A February 10 UNAMI donor briefing, co-chaired by Mou [...] | 2004-02-12 16:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ JO UNSC |
04AMMAN113 | JORDAN ESF REQUEST FOR FY05-FY06 [...] (SBU) Following up on King Abdullah's December 6 letter to President Bush requesting that economic assistance to Jordan be increased to a level of $550 million in both 2005 and 2006, Planning Minister Awadallah sent the Ambassador the below letter, dated January 4. Expanding on the King's r [...] | 2004-01-06 17:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL JO |
04AMMAN1201 | UNRWA FUNDRAISING STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Refcoord met with UNRWA External Relations Officers February 11 to review UNRWA fundraising strategy. Noting that UNRWA expected a decreased response to its current emergency appeal, they said UNRWA also required increased funds for its General Fund programs. UNR [...] | 2004-02-17 14:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA |
04AMMAN121 | 2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] EMBASSY AMMAN'S SUBMISSION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT 2003 (INSCR) FOLLOWS: PART I: SUMMARY 2. JORDAN REMAINS PRIMARILY A TRANSIT COUNTRY FOR ILLICIT DRUGS BECAUSE OF ITS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION BETWEEN DRUG PRODUCING COUNTRIES TO THE NORTH AND DRUG CONSU [...] | 2004-01-07 08:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC SNAR JO |
04AMMAN1214 | FALCON-50 AIR CREW ON JET'S IRAQI OWNERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings, crew members of a Jordan-based Falcon-50 executive jet described their version of the history and current condition of thE aircraft and its substantial links to the government of Iraq (Reftel). They turned over to the Embassy documents relating to activiti [...] | 2004-02-18 10:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETTC IZ JO |
04AMMAN122 | SECURITY THREATS TO HUMANITARIAN AID AGENCIES: [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Per reftel, refcoord reviewed UNRWA security issues with Deputy ComGen AbuZayd on January 4. According to AbuZayd, the majority of security threats to UNRWA stem from IDF-Palestinian fighting in the West Bank and Gaza. UNRWA workers also face harassment and verbal [...] | 2004-01-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PHUM PREF PREL PTER KPAL IS JO UNSC |
04AMMAN123 | 2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] EMBASSY AMMAN'S SUBMISSION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT 2003 (INSCR) FOLLOWS: PART I: SUMMARY 2. JORDAN REMAINS PRIMARILY A TRANSIT COUNTRY FOR ILLICIT DRUGS BECAUSE OF ITS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION BETWEEN DRUG PRODUCING COUNTRIES TO THE NORTH AND DRUG CONSU [...] | 2004-01-07 08:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC SNAR JO |
04AMMAN1232 | RAVE REVIEWS FOR DRL-FUNDED HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING [...] As authorized in reftel, post arranged for human rights training, held February 7-10 in Amman for Jordanian government and human rights officials. Funded by DRL,s Economic Support Funds/Human Rights and Democracy Funds, American academics conducted four days of lectures, role plays, and questi [...] | 2004-02-18 13:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KDEM EAID JO |
04AMMAN1260 | JORDAN SUBMITS STATEMENT ON ISRAEL'S SEPARATION [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Muasher's Office Director Ali al-Ayed on February 17 presented the DCM with a copy of Jordan's written argument to the International Court of Justice on the legality of Israel's separation barrier. He was doing so separately with many members of the diplomatic corps. [...] | 2004-02-19 09:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL JO IS |
04AMMAN1280 | JORDANIAN MPS ADDRESS IRAQI OIL BRIBES & PUBLIC [...] (C) The Jordanian Parliament grappled in recent weeks with a variety of political topics. In addition to debating the government's proposed budget and controversial price hikes (reported septel),the Parliament addressed allegations of Iraqi oil "bribes" under Saddam Hussein, approved a cont [...] | 2004-02-19 17:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL PHUM IS IZ JO |
04AMMAN1286 | FONMIN MUASHER PUSHES GME, REGIONAL REFORM, AL [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that Jordan is suggesting that the Arab League endorse a set of reform principles that go along with the Greater Middle East initiative (GME). Muasher was supportive but expressed some concerns about the GME, hoping that it would not impose [...] | 2004-02-19 20:49:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV AL IZ JO |
04AMMAN1288 | MUASHER ON PRODUCTIVE KUWAIT MEETING, PERSISTENT [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that the Iraq neighbors Foreign Ministers meeting in Kuwait had been frank and productive, with the neighbors arguing strongly for guarantees of Iraqi unity and the rights of Iraqi minorities. Iraqi FonMin Zebari responded that Kurds do not want a [...] | 2004-02-19 20:55:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER IZ KU SY JO |
04AMMAN1292 | FONMIN MUASHER PUSHES GME, REGIONAL REFORM, AL [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that Jordan is suggesting that the Arab League endorse a set of reform principles that go along with the Greater Middle East initiative (GME). Muasher was supportive but expressed some concerns about the GME, hoping that it would not impose [...] | 2004-02-19 20:58:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV AL IZ JO |
04AMMAN1293 | FONMIN MUASHER PUSHES GME, REGIONAL REFORM, AL SUMMIT [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that Jordan is suggesting that the Arab League endorse a set of reform principles that go along with the Greater Middle East initiative (GME). Muasher was supportive but expressed some concerns about the GME, hoping that it would not impose [...] | 2004-02-19 21:10:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV AL IZ JO |
04AMMAN1294 | MUASHER ON PRODUCTIVE KUWAIT MEETING, PERSISTENT [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that the Iraq neighbors Foreign Ministers meeting in Kuwait had been frank and productive, with the neighbors arguing strongly for guarantees of Iraqi unity and the rights of Iraqi minorities. Iraqi FonMin Zebari responded that Kurds do not w [...] | 2004-02-19 21:10:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER IZ KU SY JO |
04AMMAN1302 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST, U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-23 11:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN1333 | UN ACTING SRSG ROSS MOUNTAIN DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a February 16 meeting, UN SRSG, a.i. Ross Mountain told PRM PDAS Greene that Special Advisor Brahimi's "good" visit to Iraq, a February 14 security mission to Basra and "a change of mood in CPA" were helpful for the UN's reentry to Iraq. Mountain hopes to resume [...] | 2004-02-23 16:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID IZ JO UNSC |
04AMMAN1334 | PRM PDAS GREENE DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a February 16 meeting with PRM PDAS Greene, UN Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees Morjane requested U.S. assistance in finding durable solutions for 345 Iraqi-Palestinians in Jordan's Ruweished refugee camp. Morjane -- to the surprise of the UNHCR Jordan re [...] | 2004-02-23 16:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IZ IS JO UNRWA |
04AMMAN1335 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FEB. 11 PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON [...] (U) On February 19, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to the Director of FM's Private Office, Ali Al-Ayed. Al-Ayed noted that the GOJ would carefully review the President's speech. GNEHM [...] | 2004-02-23 16:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM OPRC KNNP JO |
04AMMAN1336 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POSSIBLE CHR RESOLUTION ON IRAQ [...] (C) On February 19, PolCouns delivered reftel follow-up demarche to the Director of the FM's Private Office, Ali Al-Ayed. Al-Ayed said he was unaware of the issue, but promised to contact Jordan's Permrep in Geneva to obtain a copy of the Algerian Permrep's resolution. Al-Ayed stated that he [...] | 2004-02-23 16:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN1337 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOLLOW-UP ON IRAQI TRAVEL [...] (SBU) On February 19, PolCouns delivered reftel points and sample Iraqi travel documents to the Director of FM's Private Office, Ali Al-Ayed. Al-Ayed said the GOJ has been accepting ITDs and extended Iraqi passports on a case-by-case basis but was unaware of any formal decision to accept exten [...] | 2004-02-23 16:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN1390 | JORDANIANS PROTEST SEPARATION BARRIER [...] (SBU) Jordanians staged small and largely peaceful demonstrations in Amman on February 21 and 23 protesting Israel's construction of the security barrier in the West Bank. RSO contacts estimate that approximately 300 people attended a two-hour candlelight vigil in Amman during the evening o [...] | 2004-02-24 16:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREL KPAL JO IS |
04AMMAN1451 | JORDANIAN ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT KEEPS "MODERATE" [...] (U) The Shura Council of the Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, on February 21 reelected current Secretary General Hamzeh Mansour for another two-year tenure. In the IAF's 12-member Executive Committee, the Council replaced only four members w [...] | 2004-02-25 16:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KISL KPAL JO |
04AMMAN1452 | JORDANIAN MPS APPROVE GOVERNMENT BUDGET, BUT WARY [...] (C) Following a lengthy debate, 77 out of 97 deputies present in the Lower House of the Jordanian Parliament voted February 19 to approve the government's budget for 2004 as proposed. Prior to the vote, the government made a concerted effort to engage MPs and public opinion makers on the need [...] | 2004-02-25 16:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN JO |
04AMMAN1453 | LETTERS FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF JORDAN [...] The Embassy has received the following three letters regarding the Arab Bank from the GOJ. 2. Letter from Governor and Chairman of the Board of the Central Bank of Jordan Umayya Toukan to Ambassador Gnehm: Your Excellency, I am writing to Your Excellency with regard to the interest of [...] | 2004-02-25 17:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PINR JO UNSC IAZ |
04AMMAN1456 | JORDAN REDEEMS ITS BRADY BONDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A December 2003 redemption by the Jordanian Ministry of Finance of the balance of Jordan,s Brady bonds will result in substantial savings in annual interest payments by the GOJ. While the rising value of Jordan,s euro-denominated debt has essentially offset the buyback's impact [...] | 2004-02-26 06:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN JO |
04AMMAN1469 | MFA IN BAGHDAD TELLS IRAQ MISSION IN AMMAN TO HALT [...] (C) Maan Barakat, Charge d'Affaires at the Iraq Mission in Amman, told PolOff February 24 that he had been instructed by the Consular Department at the MFA in Baghdad to stop issuing ITDs. Barakat said he was advised that the ITD and the accompanying stamp imprint were too easy to forge. He [...] | 2004-02-26 09:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN1471 | UPDATE ON BOEING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In several conversations during the past 10 days, King Abdullah told the Ambassador that, even though the latest Airbus offer was better than Boeing's, he intended to make a "political" decision to have Royal Jordanian buy Boeing aircraft. Several recent developments, including [...] | 2004-02-26 12:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR BEXP ETRD PREL JO |
04AMMAN1496 | SPECIAL 301 SUBMISSIONS - JORDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) states that enforcement of IPR violations in Jordan is weak, the evidence available to us shows that enforcement efforts against pirating in Jordan are growing in scope and that significant numbers of convictions a [...] | 2004-02-26 18:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD PREL JO |
04AMMAN1497 | U/S LARSON MEETS YOUNG JORDANIAN PROFESSIONALS [...] (U) Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Alan Larson met on Tuesday, February 24, with a group of dynamic young Jordanian professionals and university students in a roundtable discussion. Following introductory remarks by Larson, participants raised a variety of concern that mainly [...] | 2004-02-28 18:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KPAO JO |
04AMMAN1501 | SPECIAL 301 SUBMISSIONS - JORDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) states that enforcement of IPR violations in Jordan is weak, the evidence available to us shows that enforcement efforts against pirating in Jordan are growing in scope and that significant numbers of convictions a [...] | 2004-02-29 05:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD PREL JO |
04AMMAN1532 | UN DISARMAMENT COMMISSION (UNDC) DEMARCHE: JORDAN [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper February 26 to Rima Alaadeen, Deputy Director of the International Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Alaadeen said the GOJ most likely would not be opposed, in principle, to a U.S. proposal calling for the UNDC to focus [...] | 2004-03-01 05:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM PREL JO UNDC CDG |
04AMMAN1539 | U/S LARSON MEETINGS IN AMMAN, FEBRUARY 24 [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary Larson used February 24 meetings with senior Jordanian officials to reinforce their commitment to fiscal discipline and growth-oriented economic policies, urge a quick return to Iraq of the full amount of Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan, and seek input and feedback [...] | 2004-03-01 05:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON JO |
04AMMAN1576 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST, IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-02 09:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN1591 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-02 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC JO |
04AMMAN1599 | DEMARCHE ON PROPOSAL TO RESTRUCTURE CTC STAFF: [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel talking points March 1 to Rima Alaadeen, Acting Deputy Director of the International Affairs Department of the MFA, requesting support for the proposal to restructure the staff of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC). Alaadeen said she would immediately raise [...] | 2004-03-02 14:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER JO UNSC |
04AMMAN1601 | EMBASSY AMMAN'S 2004 TIP REPORT [...] Following is Embassy Amman,s response to the Department,s action request in State 7869. The headings and lettering system are based on this request. --------- CHECKLIST --------- 2. A. Based on the information available to post, Jordan is not a country of origin or transit for trafficked me [...] | 2004-03-02 14:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB JO |
04AMMAN1604 | UNHCR REPEATS REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN RESETTLING [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: In a February 26 meeting with refcoord, UNHCR Middle East Director Radhouane Nouicer repeated previous requests (ref) for assistance in finding durable solutions for 348 Iraqi-Palestinians in Ruweished, Jordan. While UNHCR policy remains focused on finding re [...] | 2004-03-02 16:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS IZ JO UNRWA UNHCR |
04AMMAN1632 | UNRWA ASKS FOR MORE FOOD ASSISTANCE [...] THIS CABLE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY CONGEN JERUSALEM AND EMBASSY TEL AVIV. 2. Summary: At a February 10 meeting, UNRWA identified food assistance as its top emergency program priority for the West Bank and Gaza. In 2003, 61.8 percent of refugee families in the West Bank and 64 percent in Gaz [...] | 2004-03-04 07:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
04AMMAN1638 | JORDAN STRONGLY CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACKS IN IRAQ [...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel points March 3 to Manar Dabbas, Acting Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Dabbas agreed on the need for Arab states to publicly denounce the March 2 terrorist bombings in Iraq and noted that King Abdullah had strongly condemned the attacks [...] | 2004-03-04 09:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER IZ JO |
04AMMAN1665 | JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER BACKS INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Abdul Hadi Al-Majali, Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, told the Ambassador on March 4 that he had been in contact with a group called "The League for the Defense of the Rights of the Iraqi People" regarding a proposed conference comprised of representatives from many different gr [...] | 2004-03-04 19:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IZ JO |
04AMMAN1666 | HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA DETECTED IN A [...] Econoff accompanied by FAS specialist delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Agriculture Secretary General Awni Taimeh on Feb 26. They reviewed reftel points and left behind a non-paper on subject as prepared by Agrcoun Chaudhry, who was in Amman for a USDA-sponsored conference. 2. Pro [...] | 2004-03-04 19:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON JO |
04AMMAN1721 | MONITORING AND EVALUATING SEEDS OF PEACE'S [...] REGIONAL REFCOORD ASSISTANT MONITORED PRM-FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT SEEDS OF PEACE'S COEXISTENCE CENTER IN DECEMBER 2003 AND THROUGH FOLLOW-UP PHONE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH 2004. CABLE IS KEYED TO MONITORING GUIDANCE PROVIDED REF A. A. REFCOORD ASSISTANT MET WITH SEEDS OF PEAC [...] | 2004-03-07 16:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
04AMMAN1722 | (C) JORDANIAN BANKERS CITE UNEXPLAINED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the request of respective bank managers, the Ambassador met separately with representatives of the Export & Finance Bank (EFB) and the Arab Bank. Both banks raised concerns that they were being treated arbitrarily by Iraqi authorities and questioned how they might resolve [...] | 2004-03-07 16:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PREL PINR JO UNSC IAZ |
04AMMAN1730 | SHARIA' LAW FACULTY PRAISE THE "RELIGION IN [...] Summary. Ambassador Gnehm and PA met on Feb. 25 with three Sharia' Law graduate students who also assist in the mosques in Ma'an, Mafraq and the outskirts of Amman. A cleric from Ma'an -- an area known for its Salafi and gun- running ties to Saudi Arabia-- told us that immediately on returni [...] | 2004-03-08 07:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP SCUL KPAO OEXC JO |
04AMMAN1736 | PM FAYEZ TELLS U/S GROSSMAN THAT REFORM IN REGION [...] (U) U.S. U/S Marc Grossman Amb. Edward W. Gnehm NSC Staffer Dan Fried NEA DAS Alina Romanowski EUR A/DAS Glyn Davies P Special Assistant Jonathan Carpenter A/DCM Doug Silliman (notetaker) JORDAN ------ Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez Special Assistant Majed Qatarneh Media Advisor [...] | 2004-03-08 16:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF PHUM ECON JO |
04AMMAN1737 | JORDANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY REPS QUESTION U.S. STAYING [...] Jordanian civil society reps told U/S Grossman March 3 that they supported reforms in the Middle East, but saw deep mistrust of U.S. motives among Arabs. Most doubted the ability of the U.S. to carry through on its commitments to democratic reform. Many asked that the U.S. not impose ideas [...] | 2004-03-08 16:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM JO |
04AMMAN1738 | JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL FOCUS ON REFORM [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Muasher on March 8 provided a visiting delegation with a preview of his agenda for his upcoming visit to Washington. He said he will emphasize to U.S. officials that any reform efforts in the Middle East must be homegrown, country-specific, and linked to solvi [...] | 2004-03-08 16:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS JO |
04AMMAN1784 | IMPENDING PRICE AND TAX HIKES THREATEN PUBLIC [...] (C) The GOJ has publicly confirmed that it will raise the general sales tax rate and the prices of oil derivatives as early as April. Despite the GOJ's efforts to prepare the country for these increases, Jordanian public opinion remains overwhelmingly opposed to price hikes. Prime Minister Fa [...] | 2004-03-09 15:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON JO |
04AMMAN1802 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-09 17:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN181 | MEPI WOMEN AND THE LAW WORKSHOP [...] With reference to the MEPI "Women and Law" conference to be held in Amman on February 16-18, 2004: Post understands that the following Jordanians will be asked to take part in the Conference program: Dr. Rateb Thaher - Panel: The Role of the Legal Framework Dr. Hamdi Murad - Panel: The Rol [...] | 2004-01-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMPI KDEM KJUS PHUM KPAO SCUL JO |
04AMMAN1867 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-11 10:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN1870 | JORDANIAN COURT PONDERS VERDICT IN FOLEY [...] (U) Jordan's State Security Court proceeded with a number of high-profile cases during the last two weeks. The attorneys for accused assassins of U.S. diplomat Lawrence Foley concluded their argument on February 24, and the judge adjourned indefinitely to consider his verdict. The Court in [...] | 2004-03-11 12:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER IS JO |
04AMMAN1872 | JORDAN WELCOMES SIGNING OF IRAQ'S INTERIM [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOJ welcomed the IGC's signing of an interim constitution as a "step forward" that contributed to rebuilding Iraq's national institutions. Press reports were positive with many calling the interim constitution's signing a reassuring and positive step. Embassy contacts were [...] | 2004-03-11 13:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL JO |
04AMMAN1918 | IRAQI BUSINESSMAN "CAUTIOUSLY" OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. An Iraqi businessman who operates a small office supply factory in Baghdad told us that he is cautiously optimistic about social and economic developments in Iraq, and that he has increased production and is operating two shifts at his Baghdad factory. He hopes for better bankin [...] | 2004-03-13 07:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL SOCI JO |
04AMMAN1968 | DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON MOVING TOWARD A DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Muasher, PolCouns covered ref points March 15 with Ali al-Ayed, Director of FonMin Muasher's Private Office. Ayed thanked PolCouns for the presentation, noting that Jordan remains very concerned with the situation in Iraq. He asked that the USG continu [...] | 2004-03-15 16:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PARM IZ JO |
04AMMAN1970 | IRAQI ASSETS: LISTINGS SUBJECT TO UNSCR 1483, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-15 16:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL JO IQ UNSC |
04AMMAN1971 | Jordanian-Israeli Desert Research "Bridging the [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Amman/Embassy Tel Aviv message. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. With great fanfare, Israeli and Jordanian officials as well as private Israeli and U.S. financial backers laid the cornerstone of the "Bridging the Rift" (BTR) cooperative research facility in barren Wadi Ar [...] | 2004-03-16 06:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SENV IS JO |
04AMMAN199 | REFUGEE RETURNS TO IRAQ: JORDANIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Refcoord delivered ref a talking points on January 6 to Mr. Mukhaymer Jamous, Coordinator for UNHCR and Refugee Affairs at the Ministry of Interior. (Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaher Bak, our previous interlocutor on Iraq humanitarian issues, left with the November change of [...] | 2004-01-08 17:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN1991 | MEDIA REACTION ON SPAIN'S BOMBINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-16 13:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN1996 | IMPLEMENTING AN IRAQI RETURN AND REINTEGRATION [...] As requested, refcoord phoned UNHCR Iraq Head of Mission Yacoub El Hillo (resident in Amman) on March 14 to deliver ref a points regarding a follow-on meeting to the February 15-16 UNHCR strategic planning meeting for Iraq. El Hillo confirmed that he intends to convene a follow-on meeting in [...] | 2004-03-16 14:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN2004 | KING ABDULLAH TO CODEL STEVENS ON HIS CONCERN [...] (C) King Abdullah told CODEL Stevens that Iraqi security forces will not be ready for a July 1 handover of authority, and expressed continuing concern over what he sees as Iranian influence among the Shia in southern Iraq. He was pessimistic about prospects for progress on the MEPP before t [...] | 2004-03-17 09:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAL IZ IS JO |
04AMMAN202 | KING ABDULLAH TELLS CODEL SHAYS U.S. MUST STAY [...] (C) King Abdullah told CODEL Shays January 6 that Jordan strongly backs U.S. efforts in Iraq, but warned against handing over authority or withdrawing coalition troops prematurely. He expressed concern over terrorists infiltrating Jordan's borders, especially along the Saudi frontier, saying [...] | 2004-01-08 18:23:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP |
04AMMAN203 | JORDAN TRANSFERS $100 MILLION TO DFI [...] (SBU) Minister of Finance Muhammad Abu Hammour confirmed to the Ambassador January 8 that he had that day transferred $100 million from Iraqi accounts frozen in Jordan to the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. This brings the total transferred t [...] | 2004-01-08 18:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC IZ JO |
04AMMAN204 | RESUMPTION OF ROYAL JORDANIAN BAGHDAD FLIGHTS [...] (C) National Security Adviser and General Intelligence Department Director Sa'ad Khair told the Ambassador January 8 that he had authorized the resumption of Royal Jordanian (RJ) charter service to Iraq. Khair said that the government had concluded that with the passage of time the specific s [...] | 2004-01-08 18:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL PINR IZ JO |
04AMMAN2057 | TESOL 2004 CONVENTION NOMINEES [...] Amman-based Regional English Language Office and in cooperation with PA Beirut, PA Jerusalem and ACC Jerusalem nominates the following candidates to attend the TESOL 2004 Convention at Long Beach, California March 30 - April 4, 2004: Dr. Elias Ghazal, Lebanon; Ms. Edith Bitar, Lebanon [...] | 2004-03-17 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
04AMMAN2069 | (S) IRAQ, HAMAS ASSETS -- JORDAN [...] (S/NF) Ambassador met with Government of Jordan GID chief Saad Khayr March 16, joined by DCM and ORCA chief, to review Department demarche (Ref A). Saad offered full cooperation and promised to get back to us on the February 16 request related to Iraqi assets. He offered similar cooperatio [...] | 2004-03-18 09:23:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR EFIN PTER JO IZ |
04AMMAN2071 | Monitoring and Evaluating the International Rescue [...] As requested ref, regional refcoord and Embassy Beirut poloff monitored PRM-funded activities at Association Najdeh on March 10. Association Najdeh is the local implementing partner of the International Rescue Committee and the Women's Commission for Refugees for the sexual and gender- based [...] | 2004-03-18 09:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL SOCI KPAL KWMN LE JO |
04AMMAN2072 | Jordanian Youth Respond Enthusiastically to Youth [...] Summary. Over the last month, the Mission mounted a number of initiatives aimed at broadening our outreach to Jordanian youth. Among this population, animosity and distrust of the U.S. run high in the wake of the Israeli- Palestinian crisis and the overwhelmingly negative coverage in the [...] | 2004-03-18 09:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SCUL KPAO XF JO |
04AMMAN2098 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNHCR REQUEST TO RESETTLE [...] (SBU) Refcoord delivered ref points in separate conversations with UNHCR Jordan Representative Sten Bronee and UNHCR Iraq Representative Yacoub El Hillo on March 16, emphasizing that a voluntary return to Iraq was the only possible solution for the 348 Iraqi-Palestinians remaining in Ruweishe [...] | 2004-03-18 15:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS IZ JO |
04AMMAN2099 | Monitoring and Evaluating ICMC's Humanitarian [...] As requested ref a, regional refcoord and Embassy Beirut polFSN monitored ICMC's humanitarian assistance program for vulnerable Iraqis in Lebanon on March 12 (cooperative agreement SPRMCO03CA119). In addition to meetings at the ICMC/Caritas office, we also visited Baabda Hospital and Notre D [...] | 2004-03-18 16:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL IZ LE JO |
04AMMAN2129 | SECURITY EVALUATIONS OF REFUGEE PROCESSING SITE AT [...] The UNHCR compound is located in the town of Ruweished, population approximately 9,000 people. Ruweished is 80 kilometers East from the Iraqi border and approximately 285 kilometers from Amman. The Ruweished compound is 20 kilometers from refugee camp Alpha. The nearest town to Ruweished is [...] | 2004-03-21 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF ASEC AMGT JO |
04AMMAN2140 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ONE YEAR LATER [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-22 11:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR JO |
04AMMAN2164 | YASSIN ASSASSINATION SPARKS CONDEMNATION, RALLIES [...] (S) Both King Abdullah and Prime Minister al-Fayez publicly condemned the Israeli assassination of Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, warning that the killing would lead to an escalation of violence and instability in the region. A visibly upset Foreign Minister Muasher complained to the Amb [...] | 2004-03-22 18:18:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | ASEC PREL KPAL JO KTER |
04AMMAN2165 | SHEIKH YASSIN'S KILLING COMPLICATES JORDAN-ISRAEL [...] (C) A visibly upset FonMin Muasher told us March 22 that Israel's killing of HAMAS spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin just days after King Abdullah's meeting with Prime Minister Sharon in Israel embarrassed the King, whose government has recently come under intense criticism for continued [...] | 2004-03-22 18:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KISL IS JO |
04AMMAN2170 | YASSIN ASSASSINATION SPARKS CONDEMNATION, RALLIES [...] (S) Both King Abdullah and Prime Minister al-Fayez publicly condemned the Israeli assassination of Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, warning that the killing would lead to an escalation of violence and instability in the region. A visibly upset Foreign Minister Muasher complained to the Amb [...] | 2004-03-23 08:34:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | ASEC PREL KPAL JO KTER |
04AMMAN2193 | "MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE STUDY OF THE [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES THREE PRINCIPAL NOMINEES: MS. YASMEEN ABDEL-WAHAB HASAN ABU-TALEB, MR. LUKMAN FAROUQ ARSALAN, MR. KHALED WAIL FARID ALALI AND MS. DALIA H. AHMED AS AN ALTERNATE NOMINEE. 2. THE FOUR CANDIDATES ARE MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH EXCELLENCE COUNCIL OF THE KING ABDU [...] | 2004-03-23 13:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
04AMMAN2195 | MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL'S ASSASSINATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-23 14:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN2197 | JORDANIANS UNITE TO PROTEST YASSIN KILLING [...] (C) Following harsh public condemnation from Jordan's King and Prime Minister, cabinet ministers and other government officials joined large and emotional demonstrations in Jordan against Israel's assassination of HAMAS leader Ahmad Yassin on March 22. Protesters and the Islamic Action Fron [...] | 2004-03-23 17:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC IS JO |
04AMMAN2198 | IRAQI ASSETS IN JORDAN - INVITATION TO THE CPA [...] (U) This is an action message. See last Para. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) late on March 11 passed to Embassy a list of Iraqi counterparties earlier requested by Iraqi and CPA officials to review Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan. The local Rafidain Bank manager has sta [...] | 2004-03-23 18:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN2273 | MONITORING AND EVALUATING ICMC'S HUMANITARIAN [...] REGIONAL REFCOORD AND REF ASSISTANT MONITORED ICMC'S HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR VULNERABLE IRAQIS IN JORDAN ON FEBRUARY 25 (COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT SPRMCO03CA127). IN ADDITION TO MEETINGS AT CARITAS (ICMC'S LOCAL IMPLEMENTING PARTNER),WE ALSO CONDUCTED HOME VISITS TO FOUR PROSPECTIVE [...] | 2004-03-25 16:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM IZ JO |
04AMMAN2277 | FOMIN MUASHER DISCUSSES WITH AMB. JONES "BUMPY" [...] (C) Summary. FonMin Muasher has proposed to Iraqi FM Zebari that they form and chair a bilateral committee to resolve irritants in the relationship. End Summary. JORDAN-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS "BUMPY" -------------------------------------- 2. (C) In a meeting with visiting Deputy CPA Ad [...] | 2004-03-25 22:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ IS JO |
04AMMAN2356 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-28 12:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN2359 | Order for Earth Day 2004 Poster [...] Post wishes to order ten 10-poster packages for the celebration of the 34th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22. Please use APO shipment: CAO Donna Winton American Embassy Amman Cultural Affairs Office APO AE 09892 2. Please charge the cost of U.S. dollars 78 for th [...] | 2004-03-28 13:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
04AMMAN2366 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE CANCELLATION OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-29 10:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN2395 | JORDANIANS RALLY AGAINST YASSIN KILLING; VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Jordanian expressions of anger and frustration after Israel's killing of HAMAS founder Sheikh Yassin were capped by large demonstrations throughout Jordan following Friday prayers on March 26. Security sources reported that the vast majority received prior approval from the government [...] | 2004-03-29 16:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC IS JO KPAL PTER |
04AMMAN2409 | CLOGGED AQABA PORT CONTRACTED TO PRIVATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOJ has awarded a two-year contract for management of Aqaba,s congested container port to international port operator A.P. Moller over the objections of some members of parliament and the port workers, union. The award is good news for Jordanian industries dependent on for [...] | 2004-03-30 11:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EWWT ELTN ETRD IZ JO |
04AMMAN2450 | TRAVEL TO JORDAN OF DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR STEVE HADLEY [...] Embassy Amman warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy National Security Advisor Steve Hadley and his party for travel to Jordan March 31. Control officer, Embassy expediter, vehicles, and Embassy baggage handlers will meet the party on arrival. 2. Control Officer for the v [...] | 2004-03-30 00:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL IS JO OVIP EDRC STEPHEN HADLEY |
04AMMAN2469 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE ARAB SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-31 09:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN2494 | JORDAN TRADE MINISTRY LAYS OUT FTA TRADE ISSUES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In preparation for the U.S.-Jordan Joint Committee meeting, Ministry of Industry and Trade official Amer Hadidi March 25 reviewed key trade issues with the TIJARA coalition of trade and business groups and sought their views on issues for the JC. Issues included accelerating [...] | 2004-03-31 14:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTIA PREL ECON JO |
04AMMAN2520 | DEPUTIES EASILY APPROVE SALES TAX INCREASE OVER [...] (C) MPs on March 28 endorsed a three percent increase in the general sales tax as part of the GOJ's budgetary price and tax hike package. Apart from a few independent MPs and the members of the Islamic Action Front, a large majority of the 95 deputies present voted in favor of the legislation [...] | 2004-04-01 12:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN JO |
04AMMAN2525 | American Language Center, Message of Thanks from [...] I would like to extend my personal thanks to OBO Director Williams for his recent visit to Amman and especially for the OBO decision to approve up to 60,000 USD per year in leasehold funding for the American Language Center, which per reftel we will need to move from its present location for [...] | 2004-04-01 13:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SCUL KPAO XF JO |
04AMMAN2552 | JORDANIAN WOMEN ACTIVISTS AT ODDS OVER NATIONAL [...] (C) Infighting among Jordanian women's groups has hindered development of a coordinated national strategy for advancing women's rights in Jordan. Several leading women's groups boycotted a recent conference to discuss women's role in political development, saying that the organizing group -- [...] | 2004-04-01 14:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KWMN PGOV KDEM JO |
04AMMAN2553 | AQABA SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE MAKES STRIDES, BUT [...] (SBU) The three-year-old Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) has made significant progress in promoting Aqaba's tandem appeal as a tourism destination and a well-equipped industrial hub friendly to foreign investors and the environment. ASEZA is based on King Abdullah's vision for [...] | 2004-04-01 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON JO KISL KWMN PGOV |
04AMMAN2554 | AQABA AUTHORITIES CONFRONT SOCIAL, REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Despite significant achievements in the three years since the creation of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZA),major social and regional security issues remain. Commissioners say one of their greatest challenges is managing the delicate balance of economic openness and the needs of [...] | 2004-04-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON JO KISL KPAL KWMN PGOV PREF |
04AMMAN2574 | GOJ MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON COPYRIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOJ officials report good progress in response to USG requests for copyright and software protections in line with the bilateral Free Trade Agreement. Copyright amendments are expected to be passed by the cabinet and presented to parliament before the end of June. The GOJ is [...] | 2004-04-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR KTIA PREL JO |
04AMMAN2579 | JORDANIAN FINANCE MINISTER ON WANING ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Finance Minister revealed that although Saudi Arabia had ended its oil donations to Jordan as of April 1, Jordan had received and expected to continue to receive further financial support from the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In an April 1 [...] | 2004-04-04 13:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET JO PREL |
04AMMAN2601 | JORDAN AND JAYSH AL-MAHDI VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-05 08:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ JO MAR |
04AMMAN2633 | JORDAN AWAITS VERDICTS IN CASES TIED TO [...] (C) Jordan's high-profile prosecution of suspected terrorists linked to al-Qa'ida affiliate Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is moving forward against the backdrop of intense security operations to disrupt a plot by his associates in early April (refs a and b). A verdict is expected on April 6 in the t [...] | 2004-04-05 15:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER JO |
04AMMAN2634 | SECURITY IN JORDAN AND VIP VISITS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-06 04:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC JO OREP OTRA OVIP PREL |
04AMMAN2636 | "MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE STUDY OF THE [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES TWO PRINCIPAL NOMINEES: MR. MR. SAMI EL HOURANI AND MR. MAHMOUD NASER FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. THE FOLLOWING IS NOMINEES' BIODATA IN PRIORITY ORDER: FIRST NOMINEE: PERSONAL INFORMATION: A. NAME: SAMI HASHEM MAHMOUD EL-HOURANI B. DATE OF BIRT [...] | 2004-04-06 06:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
04AMMAN2644 | U.S.-RUSSIA CT COOPERATION AND JORDAN [...] (C) Embassy Amman and the Russian Mission have a regular dialogue at the DCM level on a range of issues, including counterterrorism. The Russian DCM participates in the G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meetings, most recently hosted by Post on February 5. Although he thus far has c [...] | 2004-04-06 16:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER JO |
04AMMAN2645 | JORDANIAN COURT SENTENCES 8 TO DEATH FOR FOLEY [...] (U) The Jordanian State Security Court on April 6 sentenced eight men to death for killing USAID official Laurence Foley in front of his Amman home on October 28, 2002. All six suspects tried in absentia, including Jordanian national and al-Qa'ida affiliate Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, received t [...] | 2004-04-06 17:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER JO |
04AMMAN2655 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE SHI'A "INTIFADA" IN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-06 17:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN2671 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-07 09:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN2696 | Ambassador's Fund proposal [...] Proposal Summary The American Embassy in Amman seeks a grant in the amount of $29,628.96 to conserve and present Khirbet Salameh, an ancient farmhouse founded initially in the 3rd century B.C. The purpose of this project is two-fold: to preserve and present an important cultural heritage site [...] | 2004-04-08 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SCUL KPAO XF JO |
04AMMAN2701 | PROPOSAL FOR INL-FUNDED JOINT ISRAELI-JORDANIAN [...] (U) Embassy Amman, with the support of Embassy Tel Aviv, requests assistance from DOS/INL to fund a mid-level Major Case Management (Law Enforcement) Course to be held in Amman, Jordan. In 1999, this course was offered as part of a joint training program between the Israelis and Jordanians, [...] | 2004-04-08 13:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL IS JO |
04AMMAN2728 | EXBS: INVITATION TO GLOBAL TRANSSHIPMENT CONTROL [...] In response to reftel letter, the Government of Jordan (GOJ) has indicated its acceptance of subject invitation for six GOJ officials. Via diplomatic note and working closely with the Ministry of Planning, Embassy has sought and received positive responses for three candidates in the legal w [...] | 2004-04-08 15:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL PTER KSTC JO |
04AMMAN2729 | PARTIAL JORDANIAN DOMESTIC REFORM PLAN IN DRAFT, [...] (SBU) The Jordanians are continuing their efforts to give the reform effort a local flavor, in both the regional and their domestic agendas. Jordan is already a regional leader in innovative economic reform and liberalization. The GOJ itself has recently been more forward leaning in its calls [...] | 2004-04-08 16:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM ECON KMDR JO |
04AMMAN2735 | BASHAR AL-ASAD IN AMMAN: PROGRESS ON REFORM, MEPP [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador that Bashar al-Asad's April 7 visit to Amman had been productive, with the Syrians assenting to inclusion of positive reform and MEPP language at the Arab Summit. King Abdullah told a group of House staffers just before Bashar's arrival that Syrian fir [...] | 2004-04-08 17:20:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV SY IZ JO |
04AMMAN2751 | IRAQ CONSUL AGAIN ISSUING INTERIM TRAVEL DOCUMENTS [...] (C) Iraq Consul Ahmad Jirallah Al-Dabbagh informed ConsOff on April 1, 2004 that the Iraq Mission in Amman is back to issuing Interim Travel Documents (ITD) to its citizens. As of April 5, 2004, the Iraq Mission has issued a total of 377 ITDs. The Iraq Mission does not issue ITDs to those in [...] | 2004-04-12 14:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREL JO |
04AMMAN2752 | NGOS COPE WITH KIDNAPPING THREATS IN IRAQ, RESPOND [...] A quick survey of NGO representatives in Amman revealed that most relief agencies had pulled their international staff from Iraq in early April in anticipation of violence surrounding the April 9 anniversary of the fall of Baghdad and the Arba'aeen Shi'a pilgrimage. As IRD Iraq Representativ [...] | 2004-04-12 14:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID IZ JO PHUM PREF PREL |
04AMMAN2754 | JORDAN PUBLISHES GIST OF KING'S LETTER TO [...] (U) The semi-official Arabic-language daily al-Ra'i on April 12 summarized a letter from King Abdullah to President Bush stating Jordan's support for the President's vision of a two-state solution as the only acceptable means for ending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and achieving stability [...] | 2004-04-12 15:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO |
04AMMAN2764 | GOJ AND MPS BRISTLE AT ALLEGATIONS BY JORDANIAN [...] (C) The Islamic Action Front (IAF) has denounced legislators who voted to approve a recent tax increase, prompting strong reaction from government officials. The GOJ also responded forcefully to allegations that it may have fabricated reports of a recent terrorist threat to the country. The [...] | 2004-04-13 07:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL JO |
04AMMAN277 | U.S.-FUNDED ILO CHILD LABOR PROJECT GETS UNDERWAY [...] (U) The Ministry of Labor announced on January 5 the commencement of a one milion USD ILO project to combat child labor in Jordan. To be undertaken with the cooperation of the Ministries of Education and Social Development, it aims to rehabilitate working children under 18 years of age, helping [...] | 2004-01-13 06:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM SOCI PGOV JO |
04AMMAN2770 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN2789 | DEMARCHE ON BERLIN ANTI-SEMITISM CONFERENCE: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-13 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI JO OSCE |
04AMMAN2790 | JORDAN'S DPM ON IPR ISSUES, PRE-INSPECTION [...] (C) Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade, when confronted with the first known U.S. exporter casualty of Jordan's pre-inspection program, promised to look into the case and said that the government is trying to work out a formula for freezing inspections of U.S. [...] | 2004-04-14 05:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR JO |
04AMMAN2791 | JORDAN'S EXPORTS TO IRAQ SURGE DESPITE ANTI-JORDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although Jordan's exports to Iraq surged by 47% over the first two months of this year, a top Jordanian Trade Ministry official reported that Jordan still faces an anti-Jordan bias in some quarters in Iraq. He recently met with a visiting Iraqi trade official who had promised [...] | 2004-04-14 05:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD IZ JO PREL |
04AMMAN2802 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-14 09:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN2873 | U.S.-IAEA ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-15 14:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY KNNP JO IAEA |
04AMMAN2874 | REVISED LIBYA ARMS EXPORT POLICY: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-15 14:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC OPDC PARM PGOV PREL HR LY JO |
04AMMAN2875 | DEMARCHE ON PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-15 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM JO |
04AMMAN2881 | MUASHER SEEKS CLARIFICATION ON POINTS FROM [...] (S) Foreign Minister Muasher told the Charge April 15 that the President's April 14 statement with Israeli PM Sharon on the Gaza disengagement plan in essence closes off negotiations on return of refugees, kills the Arab peace initiative, attempts to change the status of the West Bank and Ga [...] | 2004-04-15 18:54:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KPAL IS US JO |
04AMMAN2882 | JORDANIANS WORRY CONCESSIONS TO ISRAEL PAVE WAY [...] (C) Jordanian commentators and contacts almost uniformly criticized President Bush's remarks on April 14 endorsing Israel's plan to withdraw from Gaza, seeing his statements about Palestinians' right of return and Israeli settlements as an inappropriate attempt to prejudge final status issues [...] | 2004-04-15 18:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF ASEC KPAL IS JO |
04AMMAN291 | Support to Coalition Provisional Authority [...] Summary: In October 2003, Embassy Amman created its Iraq Support Unit to coordinate Iraq-related activities in Jordan and assist travel of official visitors through Amman to and from Iraq. To facilitate such travel, guidelines are repeated below for U.S. civilian and military personnel trave [...] | 2004-01-13 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA MOPS IZ JO |
04AMMAN2957 | JORDANIANS REACT TO RANTISSI KILLING [...] (C) King Abdullah and the GOJ strongly condemned the Israeli killing of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantissi, stating that the move would only lead to more violence and anger in the region. A spontaneous demonstration erupted at the Baqaa refugee camp shortly after news of the killing broke, but [...] | 2004-04-18 14:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPAL PREL PGOV PTER JO |
04AMMAN2982 | MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL'S ASSASSINATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-19 11:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN3026 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-20 10:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN3027 | IRAQI ASSETS: RECOVERING ASSETS OF SADDAM HUSSEIN [...] (C) POLCOUNS DELIVERED THE POINTS RELAYED IN REFTEL TO ALI Al-AYED, THE DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN MINISTER MARWAN MUASHER'S PRIVATE OFFICE, AND TO PRIVATE OFFICE U.S. ACTION OFFICER MANAR DABBAS, ON APRIL 15. BOTH PROMISED TO FOLLOW UP. 2. (U) EMBASSY ALSO DELIVERED THE FORMAL DIPLOMATIC NOT [...] | 2004-04-20 11:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IZ JO PREL |
04AMMAN304 | CURRICULUM REFORM RANKLES IN JORDAN [...] (C) A recent Ministry of Education (MoEd) announcement of plans to incorporate human rights concepts in school curriculum unleashed a media frenzy in opposition to the perceived imposition of western standards. While the status of the changes remains unclear, GOJ statements and the timing of b [...] | 2004-01-14 06:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL IS JO |
04AMMAN3059 | ARAB BANK: THE SECRETARY'S LETTER DELIVERED, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-20 14:50:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | EFIN IZ JO PREL |
04AMMAN3060 | IRAQI ASSETS FOLLOW-UP [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-20 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | EFIN IZ JO PREL |
04AMMAN3075 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-21 10:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN3098 | JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER OPEN [...] While several recent erroneous reports have stated or implied that the border between Jordan and Iraq has been closed, this border has in fact remained open at all times during at least the last four months. Since the end of major combat operations in Iraq, the only closures of this border ha [...] | 2004-04-21 13:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD JO IZ |
04AMMAN3125 | DEMARCHE ON UNSC DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL JO UNSC |
04AMMAN3126 | GOJ REQUESTS INVESTIGATION OF ATTACK AGAINST [...] (U) On April 20, post received via fax a diplomatic note from the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding an attack on two Jordanian citizens, one of whom was killed, on April 14 while driving a vehicle in Iraq. (A translation of the note in English is provided below in paragraph fo [...] | 2004-04-21 15:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ JO |
04AMMAN3129 | DEMARCHE TO OIC ON IRAQ ISSUES: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-22 04:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO OIC |
04AMMAN3140 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-22 12:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN3147 | POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL CONFERENCE IN IRAQ: JORDAN [...] (S) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel points April 22 to Manar Dabbas, Acting Deputy Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Dabbas said he understood the importance of our request and noted Jordan's absolute commitment to help prevent Iraq from becoming a terrorist base of operati [...] | 2004-04-22 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS IZ JO |
04AMMAN3148 | KING'S DECISION TO POSTPONE D.C. VISIT LOWERS [...] (C) Summary. Activists have continued to express the anger and sympathy felt in Jordan after the Rantissi assassination and President Bush,s assurances to Sharon. The GOJ has aligned itself with public opinion, denouncing the Israelis' "heinous crime" in the killing and postponing an Abdulla [...] | 2004-04-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KISL KPAL IS JO |
04AMMAN3149 | UNAMI'S VIEW OF HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) In an April 20 donor coordination meeting UNAMI Humanitarian Officer Wojtek Wilk reported that 50,000 to 100,000 IDPs have fled Fallujah to Baghdad. He noted the problems relief agencies face providing aid in Fallujah and unconfirmed reports of a possible new movement of Iranian Kurds f [...] | 2004-04-22 15:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID IZ PHUM PREF PREL JO |
04AMMAN3157 | JORDAN'S MINISTER OF EDUCATION WILL HOST MAY [...] In a meeting with PAO and CAO on April 18, Jordan's Minister of Education Dr. Khalid Touqan agreed to co-host the MEPI-sponsored Education Steering Committee on the morning of May 15. 2. The meeting will be held at the Dead Sea as a preliminary to the World Economic Forum, and is curren [...] | 2004-04-24 18:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO KMPI XF JO OXEC KEDU |
04AMMAN3209 | GOJ REITERATES IMPORTANCE OF U.S. TIES IN WAKE OF [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns April 25, Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher said that King Abdullah wants to make sure the USG knows that he wants to visit Washington, and that the postponement of his April 21 meeting with the President was not in any way meant to damage U.S. [...] | 2004-04-26 15:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON US IS IZ JO |
04AMMAN3225 | ABU MAHJOOB MEETS BART SIMPSON AND NEMO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-27 13:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KPAO US JO |
04AMMAN3227 | JORDANIAN RESPONSE TO GME INITIATIVE: U.S. [...] (U) In response to ref, Post solicited feedback from our interlocutors within the GOJ, academia, and the NGO community about the G-8 Greater Middle East Initiative papers. The response was generally favorable, but activists cautioned that implementation will be difficult given low U.S. cred [...] | 2004-04-27 16:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV JO |
04AMMAN3230 | JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request for CPA, CENTCOM, and CJTF-7. See para 4 below. ------------------------------ JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN IRAQ ------------------------------ 2. (C) Let me take this opportunity to offer my sincere appreciation for your continuing efforts in Iraq. As we [...] | 2004-04-27 16:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ US JO |
04AMMAN3231 | JORDANIAN RESPONSE TO GME INITIATIVE: [...] (U) In response to ref, Post solicited feedback from our interlocutors within the GOJ, academia, and the NGO community about the G-8 Greater Middle East Initiative papers. The response was generally favorable, but activists cautioned that implementation will be difficult given low U.S. cre [...] | 2004-04-27 17:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV JO |
04AMMAN3274 | DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) PolCouns delivered ref points on the draft GA resolution on the UN Palestinian observer mission April 28 to Manar Dabbas, U.S. Action officer in FonMin Muasher's Private Office. Dabbas promised to consider the points carefully and deliver the points to Jordan's UN Mission in New York. [...] | 2004-04-28 13:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL JO UNGA |
04AMMAN3288 | VARIED JORDANIAN REACTION TO TELEVISED TERRORIST [...] (C) Jordanian emotions were all over the map in reaction to the televised confessions of suspected al-Qaeda/Zarqawi affiliates who planned to unleash massive truck bombs against GOJ targets and the U.S. Embassy in Amman. The GOJ's motivations in airing the confessions appear to have been to [...] | 2004-04-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KISL JO |
04AMMAN3293 | JORDAN-IRAQ POWER SECTOR COOPERATION: MORE SMOKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past eight months, the Jordanian Ministry of Energy (JMOE) and the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity (IMOE) have engaged in a series of meetings on power sector cooperation that has received substantial publicity in the Jordanian press. The talks that have been held have [...] | 2004-04-29 10:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV JO IZ |
04AMMAN3298 | JORDAN. SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON DISCUSSIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-29 12:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN3301 | GOJ'S RESPONSE TO ALLEGATION OF 1000 MISSING OR [...] (C) A member of Parliament this week alleged that there are 1000 Jordanians who are either missing or detained in Iraq. The GOJ publicly refuted the number, but the MFA formally requested USG assistance in collecting a list of all Jordanians in CPA or Coalition military custody. End summary. [...] | 2004-04-29 12:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO |
04AMMAN3303 | ANOTHER GROUP OF ANTI-U.S. PLOTTERS ON TRIAL; [...] (U) Jordan's state security court in late March initiated another trial against men suspected of planning attacks on U.S. and Israeli targets in Jordan. Authorities charged three men from the "Obedience and Compliance" group with possessing illegal weapons and ammunition with illicit intent [...] | 2004-04-29 12:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JO |
04AMMAN3305 | JORDAN BRIEFED ON ESTABLISHING A U.S. MISSION IN [...] (C) Per ref, PolCouns on April 26 briefed Ali al-Ayed, Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office Director, and Manar Dabbas, Private Office U.S. Action Officer, on the establishment of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Ayed and Dabbas took extensive notes and said they would brief the Minister. [...] | 2004-04-29 13:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT IZ US JO |
04AMMAN3306 | JORDANIAN INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to a reiterated request for information on Jordan's contribution to the reconstruction of Iraq, the Jordanian Ministry of Planning provided to the Embassy a report detailing Jordan's Iraq-related activities. The report highlights several areas in which the GOJ has of [...] | 2004-04-29 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN JO IZ |
04AMMAN331 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-14 15:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN3328 | FINANCE MINISTER'S RESPONSE ON PRICING OIL [...] (C) John, During an April 8 call on you in Washington by GOJ Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour mentioned to you the serious impact of higher oil prices on Jordan's budget. You asked for details. When I called on Abu Hammour April 27 to discuss a range of issues, he noted that he had prom [...] | 2004-04-29 15:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JO |
04AMMAN3348 | JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT ASKS KING TO CALL SPECIAL [...] (U) The Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament delivered a petition April 27 to the Prime Minister requesting an extraordinary session to debate 88 of the remaining provisional laws approved by the GOJ during Parliament's almost two-year absence. The petition was signed by 71 of the 110 me [...] | 2004-05-03 13:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
04AMMAN3352 | GOJ BACKTRACKING ON BOMB PLOT REINFORCES PUBLIC [...] (U) The April 29 Zarqawi audiotape acknowledging sponsorship of the recent bomb plot in Amman but denying a chemical agent was involved got wide publicity in Jordan. It prompted the GOJ to walk back from previous claims that the bombers aimed to kill 80,000 Jordanians with chemical bombs (r [...] | 2004-05-03 14:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV ASEC JO |
04AMMAN3380 | ISLAMISTS CONDEMN MISTREATMENT OF IRAQI INMATES, [...] (U) The Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of the national Muslim Brotherhood, issued a scathing statement May 2 condemning U.S. mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners of war (POWs) and claiming that it proved American "contempt" for Islam and the Arab people. The IAF alleged [...] | 2004-05-03 15:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KISL IZ JO |
04AMMAN3388 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI PRISONER [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-04 09:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN3405 | MAY 4 JORDAN-IRAQ REPORT: ABU GHREIB PRISON, [...] (U) This is another of post's periodic wrap up cables on Iraqi items as seen from Amman followers. -------------------- UNAMI and Abu Ghreib -------------------- 2. (C) A United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq's (UNAMI) Political Officer, Alan Fellows, suggested to PolOff on May 4 t [...] | 2004-05-04 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IZ JO |
04AMMAN3406 | IRAQ PRISON ABUSE CHARGES SHAKE JORDANIAN VIEW OF [...] (C) Shocked and consumed by heavy media coverage of the Iraqi prison abuse scandal, Jordanians tell us that the resulting damage to America's image in the region may be "irreversible." The bombardment of images of naked Iraqi men forced into humiliating sexual positions, as American personn [...] | 2004-05-04 17:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ASEC PTER KISL IZ JO |
04AMMAN342 | FY-04 FUNDED VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM ON [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION REQUESTS A FUNDED VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM FOR TEN DAYS STARTING THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH, 2004 FOR THREE LEADING JORDANIAN SCHOLARS ON "RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AND COEXISTENCE." THE REQUEST SUPPORTS THE MISSION'S LONG TERM OBJECTIVES OF "DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS" AN [...] | 2004-01-15 11:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL OIIP JO |
04AMMAN3425 | JORDAN HINTS AN FTA WAIVER FROM DAMAN PROGRAM WILL [...] (SBU) Post this week received a letter from Deputy Prime Minister Halaiqa, dated April 29, which attempts to walk the cat back from a previous exchange with the Ambassador (reftel) in which Halaiqa had been forward-leaning, suggesting that exemption of U.S.-origin imports from the DAMAN pre- [...] | 2004-05-05 16:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL KTIA JO |
04AMMAN3429 | A KALEIDOSCOPE OF ARAB ICT ISSUES: EB/CIP DAS [...] SUMMARY: Earlier this year, Amb. David Gross, U.S. Coordinator for Communications and Information Policy, attended and gave keynote addresses at annual conferences of the Arab Telecommunications Regulatory Network (ATRN) and the Arab Regional IT Association (ARAITA). On the margins of these c [...] | 2004-05-05 16:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EAID PGOV JO |
04AMMAN3430 | JORDAN: UPDATE ON IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordanian Finance Minister Abu Hammour told us that to date $170 million in frozen Iraqi assets had been released to settle Jordanian commercial claims, with an additional $60 million agreed for release last week. ($235 million has been transferred to Iraq to date.) He said the [...] | 2004-05-05 17:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN3432 | IRAQI FALCON 50: JORDAN READY TO HAND IT OVER ONCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Director General of Civil Aviation said that the Iraqi Falcon 50 which has been parked at Marka Airport for the past year could be turned over to Iraq once several issues are resolved. These include the fees charged for the aircraft, the need for the aircraft to be re [...] | 2004-05-06 05:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETTC IZ JO SZ |
04AMMAN3449 | MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S REMARKS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-06 11:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN348 | JORDAN: KUWAITIS DO NOT PROMISE TO CONTINUE FREE [...] (C) On the margins of a separate meeting, Foreign Minister Muasher gave the Ambassador a readout of his recently concluded trip to Kuwait for a meeting of the bilateral Jordan-Kuwait Higher Committee. Muasher said he had been very well received ("like royalty," in fact),including extensive [...] | 2004-01-15 15:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL EPET KU JO |
04AMMAN3484 | JORDANIANS VENT ANGER AT U.S., WHILE OTHERS [...] (C) Strong public opposition to U.S. policies in the region and, more recently, outrage over the Abu Ghreib prisoner abuse story continue to fuel anti-U.S. sentiment in Jordan. Articles attacking the U.S. figure prominently in the press while opposition groups have stepped up their activitie [...] | 2004-05-06 16:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PHUM PREL KISL KPAL IZ IS JO |
04AMMAN3485 | JORDAN: CLARIFICATION ON IRAQI ASSET FIGURES [...] (C) On May 6, 2004, Charge called alone on Jordanian Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour to clarify the figures on the remaining frozen Iraqi assets he relayed in the earlier May 4 meeting (Reftel). Abu Hammour admitted to some reluctance to speaking openly in front of the Iraqis who part [...] | 2004-05-06 17:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN3486 | MFA CLAIMS AS MANY AS 35 JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN [...] (C) MFA officials told the Embassy this week that they believe there are as many as 35 Jordanians in Coalition custody in Iraq, and that the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad and CPA have identified 23 detainees in Coalition custody as Jordanian. The MFA believes other Jordanians might be mis-id [...] | 2004-05-06 17:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM US IZ JO |
04AMMAN3488 | FREE SAUDI OIL FOR ANOTHER YEAR! OR MAYBE NOT... [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ announced yesterday that Saudi Arabia will provide Jordan with free oil for another year. Unfortunately, this public announcement may well endanger Jordan's informal accord with the publicity-shy Saudis. If the oil deal falls through, Jordan still faces a bleak budgetary [...] | 2004-05-06 19:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EFIN JO SA |
04AMMAN349 | BAQA'A REFUGEE CAMP LEADERS TELL STAFFDEL ISRAEL'S [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: GOJ-appointed leaders from Baqa'a refugee camp told staffdel Nordquist January 13 that construction of the security barrier in the West Bank is a "mockery" of the peace process and a direct threat to U.S. plans for a two-state solution. They warned that current Is [...] | 2004-01-15 16:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
04AMMAN3494 | JORDAN'S DEBT SWAP PLANS [...] The Debt/GDP (Debt to Gross Domestic Product) ratio increased by 11 percentage points during 2002 and 2003 due to the appreciation of the exchange rate of the Euro. 2. In December 2003 we had a buy-back operation concerning Jordan's stock of Brady Bonds. We also concluded debt swap agree [...] | 2004-05-09 12:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN JO |
04AMMAN350 | JORDAN: BUSINESS CONFIDENCE STRONG [...] (SBU) Summary: As a new year begins, Jordan's economy continues to perform well and the business community is looking forward to continued strong activity, based in part on new opportunities in Iraq and under the U.S. FTA, as well as on good policies at home. Nevertheless, business people [...] | 2004-01-15 16:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV JO |
04AMMAN3500 | SCHEDULING AFGHAN DONOR MEETING IN JORDAN MAY [...] (U) Action request for Kabul: The Jordanians have agreed to organize and host a meeting between Afghan ministers and GCC counterparts on the margins of the World Economic Forum in Jordan on May 15-17. We understand that the meeting is an opportunity for the Afghan ministers to brief GCC of [...] | 2004-05-09 15:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL AF JO |
04AMMAN3501 | DEMARCHE TO ARAB LEAGUE MEMBERS ON IRAQ: JORDAN [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points May 9 to Manar Dabbas, Acting Deputy Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Dabbas said he understood the importance of this matter to the U.S. and promised to immediately forward the information to Foreign Minister Muasher at the Arab League Fo [...] | 2004-05-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AL IZ JO |
04AMMAN3503 | UNHCR AGAIN PUSHES FOR RESETTLEMENT OF IRANIAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: During a May 4 briefing, UNHCR urged resettlement countries to consider for resettlement the 1,047 Iranian Kurds who fled Iraq's Al Tash refugee camp in April 2003 and have remained camped on the Iraqi-Jordanian border ever since. UNHCR presented specific c [...] | 2004-05-10 05:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM IR IZ JO |
04AMMAN3504 | THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ONE YEAR LATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Center for Human Rights (NCHR) has begun to improve Jordan's domestic human rights situation through education and influencing the GOJ's decision last year to admit several hundred refugees from Iraq. Despite centralized decision-making that has led to some internal p [...] | 2004-05-10 06:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREF KPAL JO |
04AMMAN351 | EXIM AND EB/CBA ADVOCATE FOR BOEING WITH RJ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with representatives from Ex-Im Bank and the State Department, Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) CEO Majali stated that he is willing to allow a Boeing team to review RJ's estimates of the costs associated with a potential Boeing purchase so that they can form their own [...] | 2004-01-15 16:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR BEXP JO |
04AMMAN3600 | PUBLIC ACCOLADES FOR KING'S WHITE HOUSE MEETING, [...] (C) Jordanians lauded King Abdullah for his May 6 meeting with President Bush, crediting the King with three specific achievements: 1) securing written U.S. guarantees to protect Jordan's interests; 2) encouraging a much-awaited presidential apology for Iraq prison abuse; and 3) influencing [...] | 2004-05-10 15:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IZ JO |
04AMMAN3638 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI PRISONERS ABUSE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-11 09:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN3645 | JORDAN'S EXPORTS THRIVE; U.S. IS NUMBER ONE TRADE [...] Jordan's exports continued to surge ahead in the first quarter of 2004, totaling 615.1 million Jordanian Dinars (JD) or about USD 860 million, according to a Ministry of Finance publication confirmed by the Department of Statistics (DOS). Of the total, about USD 140 million was in re-exports ( [...] | 2004-05-11 12:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON JO |
04AMMAN3677 | IRAQ MISSION IN AMMAN ALLEGES IRAQ-JORDAN BORDER [...] (C) The Iraq Mission in Amman alleges that Iraqi border police at the border between Iraq and Jordan are actively soliciting bribes before allowing Iraqis to pass to the Jordanian side. Iraqi border police in many cases are letting Iraqis pass without verifying the existence or authenticity o [...] | 2004-05-12 08:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IZ JO |
04AMMAN3690 | IRAQ, PEACE PROCESS WILL DOMINATE DEAD SEA WEF [...] (C) In hosting the second World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting at the Dead Sea, King Abdullah hopes to promote Jordan as an island of political stability and economic opportunity in the region, and portray himself as both a peacemaker and deal-maker. Your participation underscores U.S. suppor [...] | 2004-05-12 12:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PTER ASEC OVIP KPAL JO |
04AMMAN3717 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-12 13:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN3733 | GOJ PROGRESSING ON PLAN OF ACTION FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) The Ministry of Political Development recently distributed a draft strategy and plan of action for political reform to selected diplomatic missions, members of Parliament (MPs),journalists and NGOs. The plan is relatively forthright in its assessment of the obstacles to the development [...] | 2004-05-13 09:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM JO |
04AMMAN3739 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-13 12:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN3741 | JORDAN-SOLICITING ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action cable; see para 6. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Jordanian Minister of Environment, Alia Bouran, welcomed the opportunity for 1- 2 of her employees to attend the Iraq environment experts workshop. (COMMENT: Post does not believe, however, that Jordan's nas [...] | 2004-05-13 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KSCA SENV TSPL IZ JO |
04AMMAN3801 | U/S LARSON MEETING WITH JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Alan Larson met May 15 with Government of Jordan (GOJ) Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to seek comments on the G-8 draft plan of support (Ref A). Abu [...] | 2004-05-16 12:30:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | EFIN PREL ECON IZ JO |
04AMMAN3803 | U/S LARSON MEETING WITH JORDAN'S DEPUTY PRIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under Secretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs Alan Larson reviewed trade issues with Government of Jordan (GOJ) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade Mohammad Halaiqa on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF) May 15. Halaiqa noted the GOJ's pr [...] | 2004-05-16 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL EAID ECON JO |
04AMMAN381 | ISLAMISTS WEIGH IN AGAINST THE U.S., ISRAEL AND [...] (C) The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),have recently joined a charge against reform of the state educational curriculum and spearheaded a new drive in Parliament to sever relations with Israel. The Islamists also denounced the French gover [...] | 2004-01-15 17:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KISL IS JO |
04AMMAN3822 | JORDAN MFA REQUESTS INFORMATION ON 19 JORDANIANS [...] (U) This is an action request for CPA, CENTCOM, and CJTF-7. See para 5 below. ----------------------------- JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN IRAQ ----------------------------- 2. (C) There have been persistent reports of the detention of Jordanian citizens in Iraq. Members of the Jordanian Pa [...] | 2004-05-17 06:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ US JO |
04AMMAN3829 | ARAB PARLIAMENT SPEAKERS DEBATE FUTURE OF IRAQ, [...] (C) Speakers of seven parliaments in the region held a two-day conference May 12-13 in Amman to discuss the situation in Iraq. Participants called for an end to U.S. occupation, highlighted their support for democratic institutions in Iraq, and advocated a wider UN role in rebuilding the cou [...] | 2004-05-17 09:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IZ SY JO |
04AMMAN385 | PRIME MINISTER REAFFIRMS DECISION ON RJ FLIGHTS, [...] (C) The Iraqi Ba,ath party,s January 14 public threat to Royal Jordanian flights to Baghdad, which had only just resumed on January 9 following a month-plus long suspension, again has given Jordanian officials a severe case of cold feet over RJ,s service and their own accountability in the eve [...] | 2004-01-15 18:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EAIR IZ JO |
04AMMAN386 | JORDAN-ISRAEL RELATIONS IN NEED OF TENDING [...] (S) Recent separate conversations with the Jordanian MFA and the Israeli Embassy indicate that both sides are letting an accumulation of irritants affect the tone of the overall relationship. We reminded both of the strategic partnership that is the base of Jordan-Israel relations, and reemp [...] | 2004-01-15 19:06:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IS JO |
04AMMAN387 | UNAMI DONOR BRIEFING ADDRESSES IRAQ SECURITY AND [...] (SBU) A January 13 UNAMI donor briefing addressed security and UN strategic planning. While UNSECOORD provided a dismally pessimistic assessment of the current security situation in Iraq, UNAMI officers were optimistic about a return to Iraq in the future. They also expressed concern that ap [...] | 2004-01-15 19:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID IZ JO UNSC |
04AMMAN388 | TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE: BURNS STAFFER PROPOSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) staffer Myron Nordquist and Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) CEO Muna Nijem discussed a possible training session for Iraqi regulators to be held in Amman soon. The proposed training session could further Nijem's goal of establishing a regio [...] | 2004-01-15 19:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EAID KPAO JO |
04AMMAN389 | OPPOSITION ATTACKS GOJ MINISTERS, POLICIES AS NEW [...] (S) Recent royal and government statements encouraging greater political openness have led to new and more open public and private debate on important public policy issues, including school curriculum reform, contemplated price increases, and government spending on social programs. The deba [...] | 2004-01-15 19:21:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM JO |
04AMMAN3907 | IRAQ FY 05 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM [...] NAME: MS.AMAL UMRAN AL RUBAIEE TITLE: MANAGER, WOMENS'S CENTER COUNCIL PROJECT: RP: "YOUNG LEADERS," JULY 7-JULY 22, 2005 NOMINATING SECTION: PAO- KARBALA- R. ANDREW DICKSON III RANK 1 2. NAME: MS. NIHAL ABDULZAHRA TITLE: MEMBER OF PROVINCIAL CONCIL PROJECT: MRP: "GRASSROOTS DE [...] | 2004-05-19 10:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI OEXC SCUL JO PGOVE |
04AMMAN391 | INVITING JORDAN TO LIBERIA RECONSTRUCTION [...] PolCouns January 14 cover ref points with Basheer Zoubi, Officer in Charge of UN affairs in FonMin Mausher's Private Office. PolCouns encouraged Jordan, and a troop contributing country, to attend the Liberia reconstruction conference February 5-6. Zoubi said that Jordan would most likely a [...] | 2004-01-16 10:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EAID EFIN AORC LI JO |
04AMMAN392 | LIBYA: INFORMING JORDAN OF EXTENSION OF IEEPA [...] (SBU) PolCouns covered ref points on the extension of IEEPA sanctions on Libya January 14 with Ali al-Ayed, Director of FonMin Muasher's private office, and Basheer Zoubi, Private Office officer in charge of UN affairs. PolCouns also passed to Ayed and Zoubi the text of the President's notic [...] | 2004-01-16 10:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ETRD PTER MNUC PARM PREL JO |
04AMMAN3951 | U/S LARSON MEETING WITH PAKISTANI MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) U/S Larson met with Minister Shaikh for 15 minutes on May 15 on the margins of the WEF at the Dead Sea in Jordan. Also present in the meeting were Larson visit control officer Greg Lawless and notetaker Amy Schedlbauer. 2. (SBU) Larson gave the minister a copy of the draft G-8 Plan o [...] | 2004-05-19 13:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL PK EFIN JO |
04AMMAN3958 | MAY 19 JORDAN-IRAQ REPORT: NGO COORDINATION, [...] (U) This is another of post's periodic wrap up cables on Iraqi items as seen from Amman. We report these views without assessing their validity. ------------------------ NGO LACK OF COORDINATION ------------------------ 2. (U) Iraqi Reconstruction and Development Council rep Bushra Jam [...] | 2004-05-19 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ JO |
04AMMAN399 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-19 15:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN400 | JORDAN EXERCISED OVER RED-DEAD INACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Jordanian Minister of Planning Awadallah vented his extreme frustration to the Ambassador over continuing squabbling and inaction on the Red-Dead Feasibility Study Terms of Reference. Awadallah blamed both the Israelis and Palestinians for the lack of movement on the project a [...] | 2004-01-19 17:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL IS JO |
04AMMAN401 | KING ABDULLAH ON IRAQ, MEPP, SAUDI ARABIA WITH [...] (C) King Abdullah addressed his concerns on Iraq, the Palestinian-Israeli peace process and Saudi Arabia in a meeting with Staffdel Nordquist on January 13. The King voiced concerns over the U.S. timetable in Iraq, in-fighting in the Palestinian Prime Ministry, and extremists in Saudi Arabia. [...] | 2004-01-19 17:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS SA IZ JO |
04AMMAN4052 | DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYRIA [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff covered ref points on the implementation of the Syria Accountability Act May 20 with Basheer Zoubi, Deputy Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office, and Manar Dabbas, Private Office U.S. action officer. Neither Zoubi nor Dabbas made any substantive comment, [...] | 2004-05-20 13:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD SY JO |
04AMMAN4054 | BRIEFING JORDAN ON U.S. POLICY TOWARD CIVILIAN [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff covered ref points on U.S. policy toward civilian hostages in Iraq May 20 with Basheer Zoubi, Deputy Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office, and Manar Dabbas, Private Office U.S. action officer. Zoubi thanked PolCouns for the information, and asked that th [...] | 2004-05-20 13:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PREL PGOV IZ JO |
04AMMAN4061 | EMBASSY AMMAN PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Embassy Amman is pleased to submit a project proposal for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor's (DRL's) consideration. Per the invitation in reftel B, post seeks funding for this proposal from DRL's FY2004 Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF). This proposal would build on post's [...] | 2004-05-20 15:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EAID KDEM JO |
04AMMAN4065 | JORDAN MFA REQUESTS INFORMATION ON 10 MORE [...] (U) This is an action request for CPA, CENTCOM, and CJTF-7. See para 4 below. ----------------------------- JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN IRAQ ----------------------------- 2. (C) The GOJ believes that as many as 38 Jordanians may be in coalition custody, 10 to 15 of which may be incorrectly [...] | 2004-05-23 04:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ US JO |
04AMMAN407 | FM MUASHER SAYS ISRAELI WALL IS KILLING PROSPECTS [...] (C) FM Muasher told a Senate staff delegation on January 15 that the Israeli separation barrier - "the wall" - is killing prospects for a two-state solution, and that he expects negative movement in the peace process this year. He fears a future partitioning of Iraq if any arrangement is made [...] | 2004-01-19 17:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS IZ SY IR SA JO MEPP |
04AMMAN409 | JORDANIANS PROTEST AGAINST ISRAEL AND U.S. IRAQ [...] (C) A non-violent demonstration held January 16 in Amman garnered several hundred Jordanians who protested against Israeli policies and the U.S. presence in Iraq. In contravention of parameters pre-arranged with the GOJ, several demonstrators held up pictures of Saddam Hussein and Iraqi flag [...] | 2004-01-19 18:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL KISL IS IZ JO KTER |
04AMMAN4115 | NEW (BOGUS) ALLEGATIONS SURFACE ABOUT FOLEY [...] (C) Jordanian security contacts have dismissed a renewed claim of responsibility for the October 2002 assassination of USAID official Lawrence Foley, and say they are confident that the right people have been convicted for the crime. The Islamic Action Front (IAF)-affiliated newspaper al-Sab [...] | 2004-05-23 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER JO |
04AMMAN4132 | GOJ CONFRONTS POSSIBLE LABOR TRAFFICKING SCAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has learned of several dozen third country nationals (TCNs) brought to Jordan by apparently unscrupulous recruiting agents and sent to Iraq. All have needed some assistance in returning to their home countries and in at least one case, the workers were physically abused in Ir [...] | 2004-05-24 15:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PREF KWMN IZ JO KTIP |
04AMMAN4133 | JORDAN'S TRADE MINISTER REVIEWS FTA TRADE ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPM and Trade Minister Mohammad Halaiqa reviewed with the Ambassador a number of trade issues, most related to the upcoming June 8 meeting of the FTA Joint Committee. Halaiqa reported that he had spoken with Israeli DPM and Trade Minister Ehud Olmert regarding accelerated tarif [...] | 2004-05-26 04:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KTIA KIPR PREL JO |
04AMMAN4200 | UNRWA SEEKS ADDITIONAL USD 1 BILLION IN [...] (U) Summary: In a May 19 briefing, UNRWA unveiled its draft medium-term plan (MTP),designed to make up for ten years of austerity measures and underfunding. The ambitious plan, valued at USD 1 billion over five years, includes much-needed improvements in basic education and health services [...] | 2004-05-26 13:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG SY LE JO UNRWA |
04AMMAN4230 | POSITIVE JORDANIAN REACTION TO G-8 REFORM PLAN [...] (U) Embassy Amman has continued its consultations with Jordanian government officials and civil society leaders on the G-8 reform plan (refs). Feedback has been constructive, highlighting weaknesses of the civil society movement and Jordanian government strictures that could affect reform i [...] | 2004-05-27 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV JO |
04AMMAN4236 | IRAQIS IN JORDAN FEAR JUNE 30 HANDOVER WILL RESULT [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are Iraqis in Jordan who fear that the June 30 transfer of authority to the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) will result in an escalation of violence, and support the presence of coalition forces until a stable government is in place. END SUMMARY. -------------------------- [...] | 2004-05-27 13:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IZ JO |
04AMMAN4238 | FONMIN MUASHER ON REGIONAL REFORM, ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) FonMin Muasher expressed pleasure May 26 with the results of the Tunis Arab League summit on the subjects of Arab League reform, Iraq, the Middle East peace process, and regional reform. He said the reform resolution is a good basis for a dialogue between the G-8 and Arab states on refo [...] | 2004-05-27 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM JO |
04AMMAN4250 | QIZ LABOR UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Employing more than 30,000 workers, more than half of whom are Jordanians, Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs),are an important part of the Jordanian economy, especially the textile and apparel sector. Though working conditions are generally good, including for foreign workers, [...] | 2004-05-27 14:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB JO |
04AMMAN4251 | UNHCR UPDATE ON JORDAN AND IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: The UNHCR missions for Jordan and Iraq updated the diplomatic community May 24 on recent refugee developments in the two countries. In Jordan, UNHCR acknowledged that return to Iraq is the only option for 314 Iraqi-Palestinians in UNHCR's Ruweished refugee camp, while the 386 Iraqi [...] | 2004-05-27 15:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM KPAL IR IZ JO |
04AMMAN4252 | JORDAN TRADE MINISTRY ON FTA JOINT COMMITTEE AGENDA [...] This is an action request. See last para. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Industry and Trade senior officials briefed embassy on the proposed agenda for the June 8 Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee meeting (the JC). A key change is the GOJ's likely submission of a revised list of good [...] | 2004-05-27 15:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTIA KIPR PREL JO |
04AMMAN4275 | Jordan's Public Debt: Government Continues to Make Progres [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-29 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON JO |
04AMMAN4310 | ENERGY MINISTER ADDRESSES TRANSPARENCY CONCERNS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Energy Minister Khreisat, the al-Samra power plant construction tender has been and will remain transparent, despite complaints by U.S. contractor Black & Veatch (B&V). In a May 24 meeting, Khreisat also shared the Energy Ministry,s plans for modernization of the Z [...] | 2004-05-31 14:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV JO |
04AMMAN4329 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-01 10:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN4330 | VISITING IMF TEAM IMPRESSED BY THE STATE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the end of a two-week mission, a visiting IMF team tallied a long list of indicators reflecting the current strength of Jordan's economy. Economic growth continues to build momentum and the IMF has increased its estimate for real growth in Jordan's GDP this year to 5.5%. Fi [...] | 2004-06-01 10:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC EAID IZ JO |
04AMMAN435 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN4410 | Jordan's Public Debt: Government Continues to Make Progress [...] Summary: According to a Ministry of Finance quarterly bulletin on public debt, Jordan's total public debt at end of March 2004 stood at $9.84 billion, 92.4% of estimated GDP for 2004, down from a figure as high as 111% in 1999. Of the total debt, about 76%, $7.47 billion, consists of foreign o [...] | 2004-06-02 07:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON JO |
04AMMAN4426 | STAFFDEL SCHARFEN MEETINGS ON OIL-FOR-FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a May 21-24 visit to Jordan, Staffdel Scharfen engaged in meetings with officials from the Iraqi government, CPA, Jordanian government, and the United Nations. In these meetings the delegation dealt primarily with issues pertaining to Iraqi trade during the period of UN sanct [...] | 2004-06-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ETTC JO IZ |
04AMMAN4427 | MEDIA REACTION ON NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-02 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN4470 | EUROPEANS PRESSURE UNRWA NOT TO PROVIDE REHOUSING [...] (SBU) UNRWA's May 31 launch of a new USD 15.8 million supplementary appeal for Rafah was dominated by discussion of Israel's obligations under international humanitarian law. According to UNRWA External Relations Director Andrew Whitley, the European Commission and "seven or eight European co [...] | 2004-06-02 15:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PREL PHUM EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO UNRWA |
04AMMAN4485 | DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON SUPPORTING THE IIG AND [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff covered ref A and B points on the revised draft text of the new UNSCR on Iraq and supporting the Iraq Interim Government (IIG) June 2 with Ali Al-Ayed, Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Al-Ayed said that the GOJ was pleased with the selection of Ghazi A [...] | 2004-06-03 09:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN4493 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-03 11:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN4542 | JORDAN PRIVATELY WELCOMES THE IIG; PRESS CRITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official GOJ reaction to the selection of Ghazi Al Yawer as the President of the Iraq Interim Government (IIG) was positive. King Abdullah issued a statement of support to the Iraqi leadership, and FM Muasher told the press that the GOJ welcomed the appointment of Al Yawer. Pre [...] | 2004-06-06 10:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN4581 | ROYAL WEDDING ROCKS AMMAN [...] (U) Jordan -- or at least part of it -- was swept up in elaborate festivities May 26-28 marking the wedding of Crown Prince Hamza to his 22-year old distant cousin, Princess Noor Bint Assem, despite the prince's reported desire for a low-key event. The widely-publicized celebration makes o [...] | 2004-06-06 14:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR JO |
04AMMAN4582 | REMOVING HURDLES TO DEEPER U.S.-JORDAN ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S.-Jordanian economic and trade relations have boomed over the past five years of economic reforms launched by King Abdullah. The U.S. has become Jordan's No. 1 trade partner and Jordan's economy is strengthening on a number of fronts. However, there remains room for impro [...] | 2004-06-06 14:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD JO |
04AMMAN459 | PM FAYEZ ON RELATIONS WITH GULF, ISRAEL, IRAQ [...] (C) PM Fayez told the Ambassador January 19 that he did not receive a promise from Kuwait to continue its supply of free oil to Jordan on his recent trip there, but that he would keep "chipping away." It was more important to continue the larger Saudi supply, and he hoped his family connect [...] | 2004-01-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ECON EAID KU IS SA JO |
04AMMAN460 | AMBASSADOR RAISES TRADE ISSUES WITH DPM HALAIQA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gnehm joined by Economic Officer called on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Mohammad Halaiqa December 31 to review outstanding trade issues. Securing a date for the FTA Joint Committee meeting was a top issue. DPM Halaiqa assured the Ambas [...] | 2004-01-20 16:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR JO |
04AMMAN4625 | FY'05 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM NOMINATIONS [...] THE FOLLOWING IS MISSION'S REVISED LIST OF FY 2005 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR NOMINEES AS DETERMINED BY THE IV SELECTION COMMITTEE. 2. ALL NOMINEES LISTED BELOW HAVE RECEIVED "COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL" FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE IV PROGRAMS. --NAME: MS. EVA ABU HALAWEH TITLE: DIRECTOR AN [...] | 2004-06-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI OEXC SCUL JO PGOVE |
04AMMAN4629 | INTERIOR MINISTER TAKES JORDAN'S ANTI-NORMALIZERS [...] (C) Interior Minister Habashneh has strongly chastised Jordan's professional associations for resurrecting the previously banned "anti-normalization" committee that advocates ending Jordan's peace treaty with Israel. Habashneh also slammed the associations for attempting to enlist Lebanese H [...] | 2004-06-07 14:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC IS KPAL JO |
04AMMAN4667 | SCENE SETTER FOR KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO U.S. [...] (C) King Abdullah is very pleased to have been invited to attend the G-8 Summit to discuss reform in Jordan, as well as in the Middle East. The King sees himself as a leader in the region on reform and will attempt to speak for other reform-minded Arabs during his visit. The King, however, [...] | 2004-06-08 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ECON KDEM KPAL MASS IZ JO |
04AMMAN4668 | SHARING JUNE 4 REVISED TEXT OF UNSCR ON IRAQ: [...] (U) Acting PolCouns delivered the draft June 4 UNSCR on Iraq and related talking points per ref a on June 7 to Basheer Zoubi, Deputy Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Zoubi said that he was pleased with the latest changes and hoped that the Security Council would be able to [...] | 2004-06-08 14:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ JO UNSC |
04AMMAN4670 | JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES IMF VISIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Abu Hammour related to the Ambassador June 2 that the visiting IMF team said Jordan would graduate from the IMF program "with honors." Although the IMF had raised its growth estimate for Jordan for 2004 to 5.5%, he said it could just as easily have been 6%. Bo [...] | 2004-06-08 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID IZ JO |
04AMMAN469 | KING COVERS SYRIA, BORDER ISSUES, SECURITY [...] (S) King Abdullah told visiting Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) January 11 that increasingly sophisticated weapons continue to be smuggled across the Syrian border. He expressed concern over the security of his border with Saudi Arabia as well as Saudi stability, hoping that Saudi internal efforts [...] | 2004-01-21 07:10:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER IZ SA SY JO |
04AMMAN4692 | CONDOLENCE LETTER ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT REAGAN [...] (U) Post received a letter of condolence from Prince El Hassan bin Talal to President Bush on the death of former President Reagan. Enclosed below is the text of the letter. The original will be sent by pouch to NEA/LEA. Royal Palace Amman, Jordan 8 June 2004 To: The Honorable Mr. G [...] | 2004-06-09 10:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO |
04AMMAN4693 | REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR ENEMY COMBATANTS AT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-09 13:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC PINR PREL JO |
04AMMAN4694 | IRAQ CHARGE IN AMMAN URGES U.S. FOCUS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq Charge in Amman Ma'an Barakat urged the U.S. to focus on the reconstruction of Iraq once the Iraq Interim Government (IIG) assumes sovereignty after June 30. He asserted that Iraqis will accept the authority of the IIG if it takes charge in civil and criminal matters. He also [...] | 2004-06-09 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN4698 | NO TALK OF KUWAITI OIL IN JORDAN [...] (C) REF B requested Embassy Amman's readout on a reported Jordanian claim of an understanding regarding Kuwaiti provision of oil to Jordan. In the Ambassador's recent discussions with the King, the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister (Ref A),we have heard no claims of a Kuwaiti promise [...] | 2004-06-09 14:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN IZ KU JO |
04AMMAN4748 | NAQUORA KURDS STUCK IN AMMAN [...] (U) The nearly two-and-a-half year saga of the "Naquora Kurds," Iraqi Kurds who attempted to seek political asylum in Israel and ended up stranded on the Israeli-Lebanese border under UNIFIL protection (ref),hit a new snag this week when the UN plane carrying the remaining 14 Kurds from Leban [...] | 2004-06-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL IZ LE JO UNHCR |
04AMMAN479 | UNAMI OFFICIALS HINT DEPUTY SRSG FOR IRAQ WILL BE [...] (C) Summary: Although the UN has not yet decided where to base Deputy Special Representative for Iraq Ross Mountain, UNAMI staff have been instructed to establish a 17-person "coordination cell" to support his activities in Amman. Mountain will oversee UN operational and program issues in I [...] | 2004-01-21 09:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ASEC IZ JO UNSC |
04AMMAN4836 | NAQUORA KURDS DEPART AMMAN, ARRIVE SAFELY IN [...] After a tense weekend of continued standoff among GOJ, Dutch and UNHCR officials (reftels),the 14 Naquora Kurds departed Amman on June 13 via a UN-chartered Russian plane and accompanied by security officials from the Iraqi Embassy in Amman. According to UNHCR officials, the plane arrived s [...] | 2004-06-14 10:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL IZ LE JO UNHCR |
04AMMAN4855 | JORDAN TAKES ACTION TO PREVENT TRAFFICKING OF [...] (C) King Abdullah and senior GOJ officials have strongly condemned the possible trafficking of third country nationals (TCNs) into Iraq from Jordan. The Minister of Interior promised the Ambassador that he would take firm action against unscrupulous labor recruiting agents and others complic [...] | 2004-06-15 12:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PREF KWMN IZ JO KTIP |
04AMMAN4887 | UNRWA COMGEN HANSEN TESTS WATERS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a June 14 phone call to refcoord, UNRWA chef de cabinet Aquarone indicated that ComGen Peter Hansen may not intend to step down after his current term expires in February 2005. We believe that a fourth term for Hansen serves neither U.S. nor UNRWA interests and r [...] | 2004-06-16 10:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA |
04AMMAN4953 | LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT DEBATES COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) The Lower House of Parliament tentatively approved an amendment to a human rights law which bans the National Center for Human Rights from cooperating with organizations belonging to "the Jewish entity and those who support it." Islamist MPs overcame an earlier committee defeat of the ame [...] | 2004-06-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS JO KHUM |
04AMMAN4981 | Special Visa Procedures for Official Travelers from [...] (U) Summary: Several recent groups of travelers from Iraq have arrived at Embassy Amman with requests for visas with little or no advance notice. Regardless of the circumstances, post will do everything in its power to facilitate official business involving Iraqi travelers. However, the lack [...] | 2004-06-17 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS AMGT CMGT JO IZ |
04AMMAN4983 | JORDAN'S BORDER PROCEDURES REGARDING SCRAP METAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Jordan (GOJ) Customs Department described procedures for handling scrap metal and spare parts at the Al Kerama border station with Iraq, a process that was upgraded in early May after the CPA issued licensing procedures in Iraq. Screening at the border includes a [...] | 2004-06-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC IZ JO |
04AMMAN5005 | JORDAN WILL SUPPORT U.S.ICAO COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAIR XX JO ICAO |
04AMMAN5007 | JORDANIAN VISITS TO WEST BANK STIR CONTROVERSY [...] (C) The visit of two Jordanian delegations to the West Bank earlier this month has fueled speculation among some quarters about the GOJ's future role in the West Bank. On June 2-3, a group of retired Jordanian generals conducted a Track II related visit to Israel and the West Bank. Separate [...] | 2004-06-21 07:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KPAL IS JO |
04AMMAN5080 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE AL-QAEDA BEHEADINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-22 10:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN5085 | LETTER OF CONDOLENCE FROM KING ABDULLAH TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-22 12:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL JO KTER |
04AMMAN5086 | PARLIAMENT REVERSES COURSE ON PROPOSED BAN ON [...] (C) The Lower House of Parliament voted June 20 to remove a controversial amendment to a human rights law that it had earlier approved which banned cooperation with Israeli organizations and "those who support it." While a strong GOJ lobbying campaign succeeded in swaying the votes of former [...] | 2004-06-22 12:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL PGOV PREL IS JO KHUM |
04AMMAN5088 | IRAQ MISSION IN AMMAN: NO INSTRUCTIONS FOR VISA [...] (U) Recent international press articles reported that the Iraq Ministry of Interior (MOI) will require visas for all foreigners visiting Iraq after June 30. One article quoted Hadi Muhanna, Iraq MOI travel department director, that "without exception" all foreign visitors must apply for visas [...] | 2004-06-22 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN5090 | IRAQI REFUGEES TURN WORLD REFUGEE DAY CELEBRATION [...] (U) UNHCR's June 20 World Refugee Day celebration -- titled "A Place to Call Home" -- took an unexpectedly political turn when Iraqi refugees turned a speech and poetry reading into a fiery rejection of voluntary repatriation and an emotional call for resettlement outside the region. UNHCR's [...] | 2004-06-22 14:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL IZ JO UNHCR |
04AMMAN5092 | JORDAN'S TRANSPORTATION MINISTER REQUESTS MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-22 15:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP JO |
04AMMAN5094 | KING ABDULLAH DISCUSSES POLICE/MILITARY TRAINING [...] (S/NF) King Abdullah told CODEL Daschle January 20 that he shared their concerns over whether current training programs for the Iraqi military and police would allow Iraqis to assume responsibility for their own security without a significant U.S. troop presence. The King pledged that Jordan [...] | 2004-06-23 05:48:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MASS IZ JO KTER |
04AMMAN5100 | RJ CEO SEES A GOOD YEAR BUT CHALLENGES IN 2004 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) CEO Samer Majali briefed ECON/C and SCO on prospects for RJ over the near-to-medium term during a June 20 courtesy call at RJ headquarters. Majali believes that despite substantial challenges to the airline resulting from higher fuel prices and uncer [...] | 2004-06-23 07:47:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | EAIR BEXP KPRV JO IZ |
04AMMAN5109 | JORDANIAN-PALESTINIANS ON EDGE AS CONFLICT ROILS [...] (C) The festering Palestinian-Israeli conflict has rekindled sensitivity among some Jordanians of Palestinian origin about their position in Jordanian society, highlighting their strained relationship with the dominant (but minority) East Bank Jordanian community. It also has given rise rec [...] | 2004-06-23 10:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS JO |
04AMMAN5131 | JORDAN'S EDUCATION MINISTRY EMBROILED IN CHEATING [...] (C) The Education Ministry is under fire after the GOJ announced on June 21 the suspension of Jordan's annual high school exams (tawjihi) to investigate allegations that students obtained copies of at least one of the exams in advance. The head of the GID's Anti-Corruption Unit says that at [...] | 2004-06-23 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC JO |
04AMMAN5278 | JORDAN'S SECURITY COURT CLEARS OUT MORE CASES [...] (U) Jordan's State Security Court has ruled in a number of terrorism cases involving al-Qa'ida/Abu Musab al-Zarqawi-related anti-U.S. plots in Jordan in recent weeks. On June 23, the Court affirmed its guilty verdict (first handed down in September 2000) against ten men accused of plotting [...] | 2004-06-28 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV JO |
04AMMAN5281 | UNAMI HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UPDATE IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) reps warned of a looming humanitarian crisis this summer in southern Iraq in a June 24 humanitarian situation update. These warnings tempered the announcement of the United Nations Development Group's (UNDG) approval of 17 infrastruc [...] | 2004-06-28 12:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM IZ JO |
04AMMAN5353 | MEDIA REACTION ON TRANSFER OF IRAQI AUTHORITY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-29 11:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN5385 | MEDIA REACTION ON TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY TO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-30 12:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN5395 | JORDAN ARGUES LIMITING REFORM DIALOGUE SCOPE COULD [...] (C) King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Muasher argued to A/S Burns in separate meetings June 27 that the best way for the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) initiative to succeed is to draw in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The best way to do this, the King and Muasher argued, is to view [...] | 2004-06-30 13:50:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV SY IZ JO |
04AMMAN5397 | IRAQIS IN JORDAN REACT POSITIVELY TO HANDOVER, BUT [...] SUMMARY: Iraqi contacts in Jordan see the transfer of sovereignty to the Iraq Interim Government (IIG) as a positive step toward a better Iraq. They expect that the violence will continue in coming months, but subside as the IIG asserts its authority. These contacts maintain that security i [...] | 2004-06-30 13:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN5399 | JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER RESTRICTIONS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: We understand that elements of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) have restricted all military-age men from entering Iraq through the Jordan border crossing at Karama. Our Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Center (HACC) border liaison contacts said that the MEF elemen [...] | 2004-06-30 14:59:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM IZ JO |
04AMMAN540 | ISLAMISTS RENEW DEMANDS TO CANCEL VISIT OF ISRAELI [...] (U) In a statement released to the press January 20, the Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, urged the GOJ to cancel the upcoming visit to Jordan of Israeli Foreign Minister Shalom. The statement read, in part, that, "The announcement of a visit [...] | 2004-01-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IS JO |
04AMMAN5403 | MOBILE TELEPHONY COMPETITION EXPANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has granted a new mobile telephony license, on a preliminary basis, to a consortium of local Jordanian businessmen and Kuwaiti investors. The new entrant should further enhance the competitiveness of Jordan,s telecommunicati [...] | 2004-06-30 15:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EAID PGOV KPRV JO |
04AMMAN5405 | FTA ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM STILL ON A FAST TRACK [...] This is an action cable. See last paragraph. 2. (SBU) Ambassador on June 28 paid a farewell call on Minister of Tourism and Antiquities and Minister of Environment Alia Hattough-Bouran in which she raised the FTA Environmental Forum. (NOTE: The U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement included [...] | 2004-07-01 09:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON KTIA PREL JO |
04AMMAN5415 | MEDIA REACTION ON TRANSFER OF SOVEREIGNTY TO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-01 11:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN5418 | LETTER FROM KING ABDULLAH II TO SECRETARY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-01 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS JO KTER |
04AMMAN5419 | CURRENT STATUS OF IRAQI FROZEN ASSETS IN JORDAN [...] (C) On June 29, ECOUNS spoke with Finance Ministry Secretary General Mohammad Mumtaz about the current status of SIPDIS the frozen Iraqi assets remaining in Jordan. As reported in reftels, Jordan is reviewing private sector claims against these assets and will transfer the remaining balan [...] | 2004-07-01 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID IZ JO |
04AMMAN5430 | OFFICIAL/INFORMAL FOR DCM AMBASSADOR JAMES JEFFREY [...] (SBU) Post personnel have recently been in contact with a Jordanian conference organizer who has expressed his readiness to organize a conference focusing on investing opportunities in both Iraq and Jordan. The conference, tentatively planned to be held in Amman and dated October 5-7, would b [...] | 2004-07-02 08:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN JO IZ |
04AMMAN5431 | KING ABDULLAH WELCOMES IIG; PRIVATE JORDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The official GOJ reaction to the surprise early transfer of sovereignty to the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) was strongly positive. King Abdullah sent separate congratulatory messages to President al-Yawar and Prime Minister Allawi pledging Jordan's full support to ensure Iraqi [...] | 2004-07-02 08:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN5471 | JORDAN LIKELY TO BE HELPFUL ON IRAQI [...] (S/NF). The Jordanian government strongly supports the interests of the United States in reducing the terrorist violence on-going in Iraq, violence which Jordan has suffered from directly with the August 2003 attack on its Embassy in Baghdad. Political stability in Iraq and a peaceful envir [...] | 2004-07-06 03:45:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN MOPS PREL PTER JO IZ |
04AMMAN5475 | SPEAKER EVALUATION: GOJ SPOKESPERSON TRAINING [...] Summary: PA Amman sponsored a three-day training course for newly-appointed Government of Jordan spokespersons led by IIP-arragned media expert and author Margueritte Sullivan June 7-9. Twenty-two spokespersons took part in the training, representing the Jordanian Ministries of Justice, For [...] | 2004-07-06 07:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO JO |
04AMMAN5476 | OF TRIBAL SHEIKHS, ISLAMIC ZANIES AND CRUSADER [...] (U) The Ambassador visited the governorates of Kerak and Ma'an in a June 23-24 trip that highlighted the regional variety in Jordan's history, economy and topography. The Ambassador met with local officials and inaugurated USAID-funded clinics in and around the hilly city of Kerak, an histor [...] | 2004-07-06 07:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL JO |
04AMMAN5480 | MEDIA REACTION ON SADDAM'S TRIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-06 10:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN5508 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO JORDAN: IRAQ, [...] (C) King Abdullah has sought to portray Jordan (and himself) as both a peacemaker and deal-maker in the Middle East. The popular mood, however, is uneven: the invasion of Iraq and perceived stronger pro-Israel tilt in U.S. policy have shaken Jordanian popular confidence in the moral underp [...] | 2004-07-06 15:04:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ECON PTER KPAL ASEC US JO |
04AMMAN5522 | MEDIA REACTION ON SADDAM'S TRIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-07 11:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN5611 | 2004 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, post updates an outstanding investment dispute by a "U.S. person" against the Government of Jordan (GOJ). Claimant A refers to Jacobs Engineering Group of Pasadena, California. Claimant B refers to Arab Potash Co., Ltd., which at the time the dispute arose was 52 [...] | 2004-07-07 14:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE CASC JO OPIC |
04AMMAN5623 | QUAKE SHAKES AMMAN: NO DAMAGE REPORTED [...] At 17:35 local, on Wednesday, July 7, a 4.6 magnitude earthquake was felt in Amman. The Jordan Seismological Observatory of the Natural Resources Authority and the Public Security Directorate told us that no damage has so far been reported in Amman or elsewhere. 2. The epicenter of the q [...] | 2004-07-07 15:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AMGT EAID JO |
04AMMAN5642 | PRM AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR REFUGEES: FUNDING [...] Ambassador requests $40,000 from the PRM Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees to support two projects: a women-only internet cafe at the Women's Program Center in Baqa'a refugee camp ($20,000) and expansion of the legal aid office and women's rights awareness program at the Women's Program Center [...] | 2004-07-08 12:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID KPAL JO |
04AMMAN5653 | DOJ REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTS RELATING TO CERTAIN ARMY [...] Post has collected seven documents relating to the LOGCAP contract and will preserve them until otherwise instructed. A brief description of the preserved documents as requested in Reftel follows: --E-mail message from Richard P. Collins to Patricia A. Lieberman, dated March 29, 2004 [...] | 2004-07-08 14:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AINF AMGT IZ JO |
04AMMAN5674 | JORDANIAN CABINET SENDS MEDIA REFORM MEASURES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE JORDANIAN CABINET APPROVED JULY 6 THREE MEASURES AIMED AT LIBERALIZING PRINT AND BROADCAST MEDIA IN JORDAN. DRAFT REFORMS INCLUDE THE ELIMINATION OF PRE-PUBLICATION REVIEW OF BOOKS; PROTECTION OF JOURNALISTS FROM DETENTION OR THE CLOSURE OF PUBLICATIONS WITHOUT A COURT ORDE [...] | 2004-07-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM JO |
04AMMAN5676 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO KERAK QIZ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a June 23 visit to the Kerak QIZ, Ambassador led the press through a tour of Camel Textile's factory-based training center helping to build skills of local Jordanian garment workers. In a separate, private tour, the Ambassador witnessed a rapidly growing garment factory [...] | 2004-07-08 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL ETTC EINV KTIA JO |
04AMMAN5684 | ACTIVISTS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN AGAINST GOJ SECURITY [...] (C) Media reports of King Abdullah's purported readiness to send troops to Iraq elicited a quick "clarification" by the Foreign Ministry while prompting opposition activists to launch a petition campaign against the government's Iraq policy. One of the campaign organizers accused the King and [...] | 2004-07-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ JO |
04AMMAN5685 | JORDAN: COMING TO CLOSURE ON AN ARTICLE 98 [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Ambassador raised forcefully with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher the USG's strong desire to come to closure on an Article 98 agreement in two separate meetings on July 7 and 8. The Ambassador noted that the GO [...] | 2004-07-08 16:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL US JO KICC |
04AMMAN5725 | GOJ APPROVAL RATING RISES IN POLL, BUT HOW LONG [...] (C) The government of Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez enjoyed a rise in public approval ratings, according to an opinion poll conducted 200 days after the government's formation. The poll director attributed this development to low initial expectations and a combination of one-time factors, a [...] | 2004-07-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL PTER ECON JO |
04AMMAN5726 | JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Finance Minister Abu Hammour related to the Ambassador July 5 that he expected all claims on Iraqi frozen assets to be settled by mid-July and the balance remaining transferred to Iraq. On other Iraqi issues, Abu Hammour reported that Jordan had still not heard from I [...] | 2004-07-11 13:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL ETRD JO IZ |
04AMMAN5784 | TALES OF CORRUPTION CIRCULATE AROUND AMMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amman is rife with rumors of high-level manipulation and alleged official corruption, with stories of a multi-million dollar theft of royal jewelry in shipment from Europe and a multi-layered Kuwait oil deal that gives Palace and GID slush funds -- not just the Treasury -- part [...] | 2004-07-12 07:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
04AMMAN5786 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE HAGUE'S VERDICT ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-12 08:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN579 | JORDAN'S EXPORT AND FINANCE BANK IS FIRST INVESTOR [...] Jordan,s private Export and Finance Bank (EFB) signed an agreement January 17 to purchase 49 percent of the private National Bank of Iraq (NBI) for US $8.5 million. It is the first foreign bank to take a stake in an Iraqi bank since regime change. According to EFB Chairman Ali Al-Husry in a [...] | 2004-01-22 15:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN JO IZ |
04AMMAN581 | MUASHER ON ARAB INITIATIVE, TUNIS SUMMIT, [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador that he is trying to revive the Arab initiative for the upcoming Arab summit in Tunis and wants to add an element of public diplomacy outreach to Israelis, but has found little interest from the Saudis or Egyptians in moving in this direction. He plans [...] | 2004-01-22 15:44:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KPAL IS EG SA JO |
04AMMAN585 | COMMERCE A/S LASH RAISES TRADE ISSUES WITH DPM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary William Lash and Ambassador Gnehm met January 10 SIPDIS with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Mohammad Halaiqa to review bilateral trade issues and discuss the prospects for Jordanian companies doing busines [...] | 2004-01-22 16:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR JO WTO |
04AMMAN5876 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH JORDAN'S KING [...] (C) Summary. King Abdullah stressed to the Deputy Secretary his commitment to helping U.S. policy SIPDIS succeed in Iraq, described his offers of assistance to the IIG, and expressed concern about Iranian infiltration there. He emphasized concerns about instability in Saudi Arabia and the [...] | 2004-07-13 08:22:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MASS MARR JO IZ |
04AMMAN5891 | DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON [...] (C) PolCouns delivered ref points on the ICJ advisory opinion on the Israeli security barrier July 13 to Manar Dabbas, USA action officer in Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. PolCouns emphasized that all parties must remain focused on realizing President Bush's vision of two states [...] | 2004-07-13 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL US IS JO |
04AMMAN5892 | JORDANIAN ATTENDANCE AT AND U.S. INITIATIVES FOR [...] Manar Dabbas, USA action officer in Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher's private office, told PolCouns July 13 that FonMin Muasher will lead the Jordanian delegation to the UNGA. Muasher plans to arrive in New York on September 19 and stay through September 30. Dabbas said that Muasher would l [...] | 2004-07-13 14:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL ECON PHUM AORC JO UN |
04AMMAN5893 | JORDANIAN RELEASED FROM GITMO INTERVIEWED BY [...] Jordan Islamist weekly Al-Sabil published July 6 a lengthy interview with, they report, the first Jordanian released from the Guantanamo detention camp in Cuba. The former prisoner described his alleged experiences at detention camps in Afghanistan and Cuba from January 2002 until April 2004 [...] | 2004-07-14 02:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM IZ JO |
04AMMAN5894 | UNAMI TO REDUCE STAFF IN AMMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Interim Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq (A/SRSG) Ross Mountain and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Malloch Brown, the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) plans to reduce its staff profile in Amman sligh [...] | 2004-07-14 02:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IZ JO |
04AMMAN5918 | UNRWA BEGINS CONSULTATIONS ON GOVERNANCE REFORM [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 13. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: As follow-up to its June 7-8 conference in Geneva, UNRWA held informal consultations July 8 in Amman to review governance issues with key stakeholders: current and incoming Advisory Commission chairs Japan [...] | 2004-07-15 07:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA |
04AMMAN5935 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-15 11:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN5939 | KING BACKS DECENTRALIZATION, PUSHES RELUCTANT [...] (SBU) King Abdullah has made a priority of decentralization through expanding the responsibilities and capacity of the 12 regional governorates beyond their traditional security mandate. The appointed administrative governors have not made much progress in exercising the authority granted them [...] | 2004-07-15 12:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM JO |
04AMMAN5989 | JORDAN'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON ARAB BANK, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Jordan's Central Bank Governor Touqan asserted that the legal suit filed against Jordan's Arab Bank in New York hinges on payment orders issued by Saudi authorities through Arab Bank to beneficiaries in the West Bank. Although some of these beneficiaries may inadvertently b [...] | 2004-07-18 04:38:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER JO IZ SA IS |
04AMMAN6039 | MEDIA REACTION ON "CHAOS" IN GAZA [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-19 11:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN610 | JORDANIAN STATE SECURITY COURT PLOWS AHEAD WITH [...] (U) The Jordanian State Security Court this month proceeded with a number of ongoing trials involving anti-U.S. terrorist plots. The prosecution in the Foley assassination case concluded its presentation on January 20 with a call for the death penalty against the accused killers. Government [...] | 2004-01-25 15:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC JO |
04AMMAN6107 | MEDIA REACTION ON "CHAOS" IN GAZA [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-20 12:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN6121 | COMMERCE A/S LASH SECURES EXEMPTION FROM DAMAN [...] This is an action cable. See para 3. 2. Assistant Secretary of Commerce William Lash June 29 called on Dr. Ahmad Hindawi, head of the Jordan Institute of Standards and Metrology (JISM),the lead Jordanian agency for the DAMAN product conformity pre-shipment inspection program. In respon [...] | 2004-07-20 17:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL JO |
04AMMAN6130 | COMMERCE A/S LASH SECURES EXEMPTION FROM DAMAN [...] This is an action cable. See para 3. 2. Assistant Secretary of Commerce William Lash June 29 called on Dr. Ahmad Hindawi, head of the Jordan Institute of Standards and Metrology (JISM),the lead Jordanian agency for the DAMAN product conformity pre- shipment inspection program. In respo [...] | 2004-07-21 04:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL JO |
04AMMAN6160 | PERSONAL STATUS LAW DEFEATED, AGAIN [...] (C) Despite lobbying by activists, conservative, tribal, and Islamist members of Jordan's Lower House of Parliament joined to reject for a second time a provisional "Personal Status Law" that gives a woman the right to divorce her husband. Dubbed the "khuloe law," it also includes a provisi [...] | 2004-07-21 12:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN JO |
04AMMAN6171 | JAF VICE CHIEF OF STAFF CRITICIZES SYRIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: JAF Vice Chief of Staff General Saud Nsairat alleged that Syrian border officials are not putting forth a sincere effort to stop illegal border crossers and weapons from entering Jordan. Nsairat said Jordan needed a large x-ray machine to inspect vehicles entering Jordan through [...] | 2004-07-21 14:12:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN6172 | JISM HEAD WAITING FOR GUIDANCE FOR DAMAN EXEMPTION [...] (U) This is an action request. See last para. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan Institute of Standards and Metrology (JISM) head Dr. Ahmad Hindawi called on Charge July 21 to reiterate his commitment to revamp the DAMAN pre-inspection system to be consistent with the FTA and to request "compre [...] | 2004-07-21 15:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTIA PREL JO |
04AMMAN6173 | ALLAWI HAS PRODUCTIVE VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan FM Marwan Muasher told A/S Bloomfield and Charge July 19 that the then-ongoing visit of Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) Prime Minister Allawi was proceeding positively. Both sides showed a clear political will to establish solid, positive bilateral relations and to resolve [...] | 2004-07-22 04:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN6179 | MFA LEGAL ADVISOR ON JORDAN'S "DECLARATION" ON THE [...] (C) Charge and PolCouns queried MFA Legal Department Head Samer Naber July 21 on the meaning of Jordan's "declaration" about national liberation movements on the Convention on the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. Naber clarified that the Jordanian statement was a "declaration" and [...] | 2004-07-22 07:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EFIN JO UN |
04AMMAN62 | MEDIA REACTION ON CHANGING THE CURRICULUM IN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-05 14:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN6211 | UNMIK: JORDAN AWAITS INVESTIGATION RESULTS, [...] (C) Charge discussed the status of Jordanian police units in Kosovo July 22 with Samir Rifai, Minister of the Royal Court to King Abdullah. Charge expressed serious USG concern over the apparent pattern of improper and violent behavior of Jordanian police personnel in UNMIK. Even if the UN [...] | 2004-07-22 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC PTER KCRM YI KPKO JO UNMIK |
04AMMAN6212 | MEN CONVICTED IN FOLEY ASSASSINATION, CAR BOMBING [...] (U) Jordanian officials on July 20 announced that two Jordanians who were sentenced to death in absentia for separate attacks in Amman -- including the assassination of USAID official Laurence Foley -- had been apprehended in Iraq earlier this year. Now in Jordan, the two will face re-trial [...] | 2004-07-22 14:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JO |
04AMMAN6213 | KING URGES GOVERNMENT TO PULL UP ITS SOCKS [...] (C) King Abdullah wrote a critical letter to Prime Minister Faisal Fayez on July 20 prodding the government to take action on the priorities that the King laid out at the formation of the government in October 2003. Debate ranges on whether the tone of the letter indicates a reaffirmation of s [...] | 2004-07-22 14:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM JO |
04AMMAN6215 | JORDANIAN EXTREMISTS SUSPECTED IN INFILTRATION [...] (C) On July 19 at approximately 0600 local time, Jordanian border security forces detected four individuals attempting to infiltrate northern Israel from Jordanian territory near Waqqas. A siege ensued when the gunmen refused orders to surrender and opened fire on the Jordanian security for [...] | 2004-07-22 14:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER KISL IS JO |
04AMMAN6223 | MEPN: ARABS, ISRAELIS WORK COOPERATIVELY TO SOLVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the heels of the International Court of Justice ruling on Israel's security barrier, and rising tension in the Occupied Territories, Israeli, Jordanian, and Palestinian technical experts participated for four days in Barcelona in a U.S.-sponsored workshop on wastewater reuse. [...] | 2004-07-22 14:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV EAID KWBG IS JO MEPN |
04AMMAN6249 | JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON IRAQI ASSETS, IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Mohammad Abu Hammour July 21 told the Charge that the final payment to DFI of Iraqi assets would be about USD 50 million, but averred he did not know the precise number. He noted the cabinet had released the Rafidain Bank's USD 84 million in operating capit [...] | 2004-07-23 08:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL ETRD IZ JO |
04AMMAN6250 | JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON IRAQI ASSETS, IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Mohammad Abu Hammour July 21 told the Charge that the final payment to DFI of Iraqi assets would be about USD 50 million, but averred he did not know the precise number. He noted the cabinet had released the Rafidain Bank's USD 84 million in operating capit [...] | 2004-07-23 08:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL ETRD IZ JO |
04AMMAN629 | MEDIA REACTION ON VP CHENEY'S REMARKS AT THE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-26 12:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN6305 | MEDIA REACTION ON DARFUR CRISIS, ISRAEL'S [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-26 10:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN6341 | DIMONA RADIATION FEARS HEIGHTENED BY VANUNU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Comments made by Israeli nuclear scientist Mordechai Vanunu to a UK paper have inflamed public concerns in Jordan regarding Israel's Dimona reactor. The GOJ quickly countered Vanunu's claims that Jordanians - and others in the region - are at risk from leaks or other environmental [...] | 2004-07-26 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PREL PGOV KRAD JO |
04AMMAN6356 | GOJ PROMISES TO CLAMP DOWN ON RADICAL CLERICS, ACT [...] (C) Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez pledged July 22 to take action on unaccomplished goals identified by King Abdullah. In accordance with the King's directive to "improve the living standards of citizens," Fayez promised to hold a national conference on poverty and unemployment in September [...] | 2004-07-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
04AMMAN6360 | JORDANIAN REPLACEMENT OFFICERS EN ROUTE TO KOSOVO, [...] (C) Public Security Directorate (PSD) Chief Tahseen Shurdom told Charge on July 26 that four Jordanian officers are en route to Kosovo to replace the four that are currently subject of an internal UNMIK investigation for threatening U.S. soldiers in June. Shurdom said that he understood the [...] | 2004-07-27 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC PTER KCRM YI KPKO JO UNMIK |
04AMMAN6369 | JORDANIAN ALLEGATIONS OF SYRIAN-AL-QA'IDA/ZARQAWI [...] (S/NF) Jordanian officials over the last several weeks have expressed their concern about alleged Syrian support for al-Qa'ida and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi operatives, pointing to ongoing smuggling activity through Jordan's northern frontier as a major worry. There is no indication available to [...] | 2004-07-27 16:25:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER SY JO |
04AMMAN6370 | JORDAN SEIZED BY HOSTAGE CRISIS IN IRAQ [...] (C) Two Jordanian truck drivers, who work for a Jordanian company operating in al-Qaim, were seized by militants in Iraq on July 26. The kidnappers reputedly have demanded that the company withdraw from Iraq and pay a ransom. Despite GOJ advice not to give in to the demands, their employer [...] | 2004-07-27 17:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC JO IQ |
04AMMAN6410 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX, 2004 - [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-28 14:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV JO |
04AMMAN6416 | DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING THE CWC: JORDAN [...] PolOff delivered reftel talking points July 28 to Samer Naber, Legal Advisor for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Naber stressed Jordan's support for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and promised to formulate a response to our points after consulting with relevant GOJ officials. Post wi [...] | 2004-07-29 07:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ABUD JO AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
04AMMAN6435 | PALACE BRINGS EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Just as MPs were being criticized for not getting their work done, the Palace surprised them with a snap adjournment of their summer extraordinary session. With most decision makers traveling with the King, there has been little clarity on the strategy behind the adjournment. A second e [...] | 2004-07-29 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
04AMMAN6436 | FOUR MORE JORDANIANS REPORTED KIDNAPPED IN IRAQ [...] (C) The Jordan-Iraq hostage saga continues, as Jordanian officials scrambled to confirm press reports that militants kidnapped another four Jordanians in Iraq. The two men abducted on July 26 are not yet free despite their employer's acquiescence (at least on the surface) to the kidnappers [...] | 2004-07-29 14:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC JO IQ |
04AMMAN6437 | IRAQI CHARGE UPBEAT ON RECEPTION, ALLAWI VISIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Charge in Amman Ma'an Barakat portrayed a July 26 reception celebrating the transfer of sovereignty to the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) as a "major success". The turnout, however, was far smaller than Iraqi National Day receptions of the recent past. Barakat said that v [...] | 2004-07-29 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN6438 | IRAQ MISCELLANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Consul in Amman Ahmad Jirallah confirmed a July 28 media report that the mission would not place visas inside passports containing Israeli stamps. EU rep Ana Gallo Alvarez said the EU is hoping to open a Baghdad office at the end of 2005, though this date could be moved up. [...] | 2004-07-29 15:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN6439 | FM MUASHER CLAIMS HANDS ARE TIED ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-29 15:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PTER JO UN |
04AMMAN6440 | REPLACEMENT FOR UNRWA COMMISSIONER GENERAL: JORDAN [...] (SBU) Charge reviewed reftel points July 29 with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. (A separate demarche will be delivered August 1 to the GOJ's Director for Palestinian Affairs, currently out of the country, and reported septel.) Muasher agreed on the need to consult closely on candidates, an [...] | 2004-07-29 16:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF JO |
04AMMAN6441 | SOCIAL SECURITY CHAIR WANTS TO SOLVE "PENSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The sustainability of the national pension fund is a source of concern to Social Security Corporation (SSC) chairman Khalid Al-Wazani - but he has a plan to address these problems. There is progress on the SSC,s proposed buyout of the stake held by the Arab Potash Company in J [...] | 2004-07-29 16:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KPRV PINR JO |
04AMMAN6454 | RECALL OF AMMAN 6436 [...] (U) Please cancel, recall, and destroy all copies of AMMAN 6436. The message will be transmitted with new MRN. A corrected version will be sent septel. 2. (U) Baghdad minimize considered. HALE [...] | 2004-08-01 13:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JO IQ |
04AMMAN6456 | FOUR MORE JORDANIANS REPORTED KIDNAPPED IN IRAQ [...] (C) The Jordan-Iraq hostage saga continues, as Jordanian officials scrambled to confirm press reports that militants kidnapped another four Jordanians in Iraq. The two men abducted on July 26 are not yet free despite their employer's acquiescence (at least on the surface) to the kidnappers [...] | 2004-08-01 14:02:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC JO IQ |
04AMMAN6463 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN6468 | JORDANIAN ENGAGEMENT WITH THAIS ON IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] Charge conveyed orally reftel talking points August 1 to Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. (Post also faxed the points to al-Ayed's office at the MFA.) Al-Ayed promised to have them brought to King Abdullah's attention in Bangkok. 2. Baghdad minimize co [...] | 2004-08-02 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR IZ TH JO |
04AMMAN6472 | DEMARCHE TO GOJ ON REPLACEMENT FOR UNWRA [...] (SBU) PolOff presented ref A points to Department of Palestinian Affairs Director Abdulkarim Abulhaija on August 2, and noted that Charge had discussed the issue with Foreign Minister Muasher (ref B). Abulhaija promised to give it serious thought and consult with Muasher about possible cand [...] | 2004-08-02 14:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF JO |
04AMMAN6473 | GOJ SPOKESWOMAN BRISTLES AT REPORTS OF ISRAELI [...] (U) The GOJ reacted angrily to Israeli media reports August 1 claiming that Israel is trying to block the U.S. sale of AMRAAM missiles to Jordan. Minister of State and Government Spokeswoman Asma Khader alleged that Israeli opposition to the arms deal was in response to Jordan's strong stanc [...] | 2004-08-02 14:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL IS JO |
04AMMAN6505 | IMPLEMENTING THE CWC: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ABUD JO AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
04AMMAN6507 | JORDAN-IRAQ HOSTAGE CRISIS ESCALATES [...] (U) Jordanian officials on August 3 confirmed that yet another Jordanian has been kidnapped in Iraq, bringing the total number of hostages to seven. Foreign Minister Muasher said that the government is exerting "huge" efforts to win their release, and is keeping the families apprised of dev [...] | 2004-08-03 15:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC JO IQ |
04AMMAN6508 | JORDAN IPR - TWO STEPS FORWARD, A HALF STEP BACK [...] This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's parliament began debate on the temporary copyright law and FTA-compliant amendments to it in mid-July. Although MPs did not conclude deliberations before adjourning, the chief government proponent of the amended copyrigh [...] | 2004-08-03 15:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD EAID KTIA PHUM JO |
04AMMAN652 | JORDAN PM PLEDGES CONTROVERSIAL TAX AND PRICE [...] (C) Summary. With unusual candor, Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez publicly announced oil product price and tax hikes to take effect later this year. Although Fayez softened the blow by announcing public pay increases and blaming previous governments and external forces, his political honeymo [...] | 2004-01-26 18:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV EAID PREL JO |
04AMMAN6545 | KING'S SLAP AT PA STIRS CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary. King Abdullah's comments about the stymied peace process during a prime-time interview with al-Arabiya has sparked controversy, prompting Palestinian officials to seek "clarification" from Amman. The King reiterated the importance of the roadmap. In response to a suggestion th [...] | 2004-08-04 15:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL IS JO |
04AMMAN655 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] (C) Embassy's preliminary investigation of TELETEC Corporation indicates that TELETEC is currently under investigation by the U.S. Customs Department. It is our understanding that this investigation is sensitive in nature and thus we suggest PM/DTCC case officer confer with U.S. Customs on th [...] | 2004-01-27 11:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KOMC ETTC JO |
04AMMAN6555 | JORDAN'S 2004 EXPORTS TO REACH USD 2.5 [...] SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Mohammad Halaiqa predicted that Jordan's exports would exceed USD 2.5 Billion during 2004. Trends in domestic exports support this forecast; Jordan's total exports for the first five months of 2004 increased by 43.5% over t [...] | 2004-08-05 12:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON JO |
04AMMAN6574 | FOUR JORDANIAN HOSTAGES FREED IN IRAQ [...] (U) Four Jordanian citizens kidnapped in Iraq last week have been freed as a result of the intervention of Iraqi tribal leaders and the Muslim Ulema Committee in Fallujah, according to MFA official Ali al-Ayed. Press reports indicate that Iraqi Shaykh Haj Ibrahim Jassam learned on August 3 [...] | 2004-08-05 14:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC JO IQ |
04AMMAN6575 | JORDAN TO HOST SECOND MEETING WITH GENEVA ACCORD [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian and Israeli supporters of the Geneva Accord will convene in Jordan August 5-6 in the hopes of gaining momentum for their unofficial peace initiative. Foreign Minister Muasher will speak at the opening of the meeting, and Jordanian officials say they hope the effort [...] | 2004-08-05 14:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
04AMMAN6576 | NEW JORDAN DAILY SHAKES UP MEDIA MARKET [...] Summary: A new Jordanian daily newspaper ("Al Ghad" - "tomorrow") hit the stands August 1, billing itself as an independent (financially and editorially) alternative to Jordan's staid and risk-averse media establishment. Its owner, a marketing tycoon with connections to the Royal Family, pro [...] | 2004-08-05 14:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV KMPI PHUM KMDR JO |
04AMMAN6581 | JORDAN'S EXPORTS TO IRAQ ARE STRONG AND GROWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bilateral Jordan-Iraq trade is flourishing, even without considering the strong transit trade. Domestic exports to Iraq took off in 2003 in unexpected sectors. Iraqis' pent-up demand for tobacco and alcohol are keeping Jordanian manufacturers and truckers busy. Soaps, animal [...] | 2004-08-05 17:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL EFIN IZ JO |
04AMMAN6587 | WARNING SIGNS ON BOEING SALE TO RJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of conversations with Jordanian stakeholders in Royal Jordanian Airlines' proposed purchase of five Boeing 737s, Charge and Emboffs have received mixed signals on how salvageable negotiations between Boeing and RJ may be. This may reflect a decision by Jordanian stakeho [...] | 2004-08-05 18:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR BEXP JO |
04AMMAN6638 | JORDANIAN HOSTAGE IN IRAQ RELEASED AFTER FAMILY [...] (C) Summary: A Jordanian businessman abducted in Iraq has returned to Jordan after his family paid a $100,000 ransom. The GOJ confirms it is still working "behind the scenes" -- in part through the mediation of an Iraqi tribal leader -- to secure the release of two others kidnapped on July [...] | 2004-08-09 10:55:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER JO IQ |
04AMMAN664 | MEDIA REACTION ON VP CHENEY'S REMARKS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-27 12:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN665 | MUASHER ASKS FOR HELP WITH THE SAUDIS ON OIL [...] (C) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told the Ambassador and PolCouns January 21 that neither Kuwait nor the UAE had yet provided all the free oil they had promised to Jordan in the aftermath of the Iraq war. Kuwait, he asserted, had committed to providing 25,000 bpd for six months, and Jorda [...] | 2004-01-27 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PREL KU SA JO TC |
04AMMAN6669 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER SECURITY [...] (S) Charge delivered reftel points on Syria-Iraq border security to Royal Court Minister Samir al-Rifai on August 3 and on August 8 to Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez. Fayez confirmed he would be traveling to Damascus on August 20 for a meeting with his counterpart, primarily focused on econom [...] | 2004-08-09 13:31:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | ECON ETRD IZ JO PREL PTER SY |
04AMMAN6691 | OIL-FOR-FOOD VIOLATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent visit by HIRC STAFFDEL Scharfen may have uncovered hard, documentary evidence of involvement of some Jordanian banks in facilitating the payment of kickbacks during the closing years of the Oil-for-Food (OFF) program. This evidence, if verified, would still leave some doub [...] | 2004-08-09 14:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL JO IZ UN |
04AMMAN6726 | NONVIOLENT IRAQI OPPOSITION FIGURES AIR FAMILIAR [...] SUMMARY: A two-day meeting held in Amman in late July offered an opportunity for prominent, nonviolent members of the Iraqi opposition to the coalition forces (CF) and Iraqi interim government (IIG) to meet with prominent, but predominantly non-official, Americans. The meeting produced a few [...] | 2004-08-10 14:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL JO IZ |
04AMMAN6736 | PALESTINIAN-JORDANIAN LEADERS CRITIQUE THE KING [...] (C) Summary. Prominent Palestinian critics of the regime -- malcontents who nonetheless voice views held more widely -- recently shared with us their analysis of King Abdullah,s standing. They attacked his political reforms as lacking in substance, and therefore uninspiring to the public an [...] | 2004-08-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PGOV JO |
04AMMAN6760 | JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH VISITS ASIA SEEKING TRADE, [...] (U) SUMMARY: King Abdullah's swing through Asia was aimed at diversifying the Kingdom's trade and investment partners and seeking bilateral assistance. The King succeeded in obtaining several grants and loans from China and South Korea; Jordan and Korea also signed a tax treaty. The King's [...] | 2004-08-11 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV EAID JO CH KS TH |
04AMMAN6765 | GENEVA ACCORD BACKERS CONVENE IN JORDAN; GOJ [...] (C) Summary. Geneva Accord supporters met at the Dead Sea August 5-7. They agreed to develop a response to PM Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan in the coming weeks. Prior to kicking off the meeting, Foreign Minister Muasher met with the Israeli author of the plan, Yossi Beilin, and re-stated [...] | 2004-08-12 13:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
04AMMAN6767 | JORDAN PSD AGREES TO LOA ON IRAQI POLICE TRAINING [...] (SBU) Discussions in Amman concluded August 4 between INL and Public Security Directorate (PSD) chief Gen. Tahseen Shurdom concerning continued training of Iraqi police. Post has since received PSD Commander Gen. Shurdom,s August 4 letter to INL PDAS Todd recording Shurdom,s agreement in prin [...] | 2004-08-12 13:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN6771 | ANTI-NORMALIZERS, ISLAMISTS DEFY GOVERNMENT AND [...] (C) The Jordan Engineers Association (JEA) announced a "boycott" of MP Raed Qaqish after he appeared on an Al Hurra television program debating an Israeli official. The GOJ publicly rebuked the JEA and the related Professional Associations Council (PAC),reminding them that the PAC Anti-Norm [...] | 2004-08-12 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IS JO |
04AMMAN6794 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR VISIT OF [...] Embassy Amman grants country clearance for and warmly welcomes the visit of CEA William Block, EB/IFD/OMA Daniel Peters, and four officials from the Department of Treasury to travel to Amman August 15-20 for consultations with Iraqi officials. 2. Your control officer for this visit will b [...] | 2004-08-15 06:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EFIN JO IZ |
04AMMAN6803 | JORDAN'S ISLAMIC CENTRIST PARTY PUSHES AHEAD [...] (C) A small party that has splintered from the Islamic Action Front -- and strives to be a moderating Islamic counterweight -- has suffered internal, personality driven rivalries. Nonetheless, the Islamic Centrist Party is expected to weather a recent leadership crisis and continue to advoc [...] | 2004-08-15 09:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ASEC KISL KWMN JO |
04AMMAN686 | QIZ'S HAVE ANOTHER BANNER YEAR [...] (SBU) Exports to the United States from Jordan's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ's) jumped up the charts to USD 586.6 million in 2003, a 54 percent increase over 2002. Garments represented about 95 percent of the exports, according to the confirmed statistics from the Ministry of Industry an [...] | 2004-01-27 16:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX PREL IS JO |
04AMMAN688 | JORDANIANS NOTE THAT STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH [...] (U) President Bush's state of the union address has received substantial coverage in all major dailies. While many of these reports were mostly factual in nature, several prominent articles highlighted the absence of references to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as well as the Democrats' c [...] | 2004-01-27 17:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO KTER |
04AMMAN6881 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-16 12:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN6883 | U.S.-BASHING LEAVES REGIONAL TRADE UNION CONGRESS [...] Summary: Trade Union leaders from across the region used a conference in Amman to denounce U.S. foreign policy. One of the few real labor issues raised was a dispute with the Anglo-Dutch firm Unilever. END SUMMARY. 2. The General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions (GFJTU) held its Fifth G [...] | 2004-08-16 12:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PREL KPAL LE IZ SU JO |
04AMMAN689 | SHALOM VISIT POSTPONED [...] (S) By mutual Jordanian-Israeli agreement, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom's January 28 visit to Jordan has been postponed. Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told Charge late January 27 that Shalom refused to come without a scheduled meeting with King Abdullah, an ultimatum M [...] | 2004-01-27 17:11:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IS JO |
04AMMAN6916 | U.S. NOTE VERBALE ON REFORM OF UNGA FIRST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-17 06:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL JO AROC CDG UNGA |
04AMMAN6918 | GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-17 06:46:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PREL JO NATO |
04AMMAN695 | JORDANIAN BUSINESSMAN RELATES DANGERS OF DOING [...] (C) A Jordanian businessman, Dureid Mahasneh (please protect),told PolOff January 26 of the dangers his transportation and shipping company has experienced while operating in Iraq. After paying protection money to keep his Baghdad warehouse free from attack, the facility was subsequently bu [...] | 2004-01-28 07:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD IZ JO ELTD KTER |
04AMMAN6951 | QIZ GARMENT FACTORIES IN JORDAN: STITCHING A NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) in Jordan have created thousands of semi-skilled industrial jobs, attracted foreign investment, and increased exports. Less evident are the ensuing impacts that the factories have had on individuals, families, and villages - particularly in th [...] | 2004-08-18 05:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ETRD PREL KTIA ECON ELAB IS JO |
04AMMAN6968 | IRAQ MISCELLANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq named a new Ambassador to Jordan, Ata Abdul Wahab. Recent guidance from the Iraqi MFA on visa procedures appears to have cleared up some of the Amman Embassy,s confusion on this issue. Separately, a former Iraqi minister criticized PM Allawi,s performance. End Summary. [...] | 2004-08-18 13:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS CPAS KFRD IZ JO |
04AMMAN6973 | KEEPING U.S. SYRIA POLICY OUT OF N.A.M. STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-18 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SY JO |
04AMMAN6977 | CHILD LABOR INFORMATION UPDATE: JORDAN [...] Post has contacted appropriate ministries, international organizations and NGOs as requested in reftel to update the Department of Labor's 2003 "Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor" report. The majority of the information found in the 2003 report remains unchanged and the worst forms of [...] | 2004-08-19 05:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI JO |
04AMMAN699 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI WMD [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-28 13:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN7153 | JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON DEBT POLICY, IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Finance Minister reviewed how he hopes to reduce Jordan's debt burden, complying with a Jordanian debt management law setting a debt/GDP ratio of 60% by end-2006. He explored with a visiting Treasury delegation the measures he has taken and the steps he hopes to take t [...] | 2004-08-26 03:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JO IZ |
04AMMAN7179 | IRAQ, PEACE PROCESS, SYRIA DOMINATE LANTOS VISIT [...] (C) During separate meetings with King Abdullah, GID Director General Sa'ad Kheir, and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, in Amman on August 19, Congressman Tom Lantos focused on the positive in Jordan and criticized leaders from neighboring Arab countries. The Jordanians reiterated their suppor [...] | 2004-08-26 05:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ SA SY JO |
04AMMAN7199 | JORDANIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Strong GOJ backing for the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) continues, but the GOJ has yet to comment publicly on the situation in Najaf or the new Iraqi Interim National Council (IINC). The Najaf situation draws significant negative attention here. End Summary. -------------- [...] | 2004-08-26 15:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN72 | JORDAN: COMMITMENT TO PETROLEUM PRICE HIKES [...] (C) Summary. Jordan's Finance Minister believes he has met the 2003 budget deficit target in substance, although a delay in receiving expected oil aid from Gulf countries will likely require a waiver of the budget deficit target when the IMF Board reviews the stand-by agreement in mid-late F [...] | 2004-01-05 16:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL JO |
04AMMAN7200 | JORDANIAN PM'S VISIT TO SYRIA: "SOME POSITIVENESS" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade said the recent Jordanian visit to Syria found "some positiveness" on most economic issues, especially on trade. Jordan's main interest on the economic side was getting Syria to implement agreements already in p [...] | 2004-08-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON JO SY |
04AMMAN7203 | FORUM FOR THE FUTURE - JORDAN WANTS MORE COMPANY [...] (C) Summary: FM Muasher says Jordan will attend the FFF meetings September 23-24 in New York if Egypt or Saudi Arabia are also there. End summary. 2. (C) A/DCM delivered reftel points, agenda and paper on the G-8 Broader Middle East Initiative Forum for the Future to Manar Dabbas of FM [...] | 2004-08-28 15:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KMPI JO UNGA |
04AMMAN723 | IRAQIS IN JORDAN SHOW LITTLE INTEREST IN RETURNING [...] (C) Summary and comment: A range of embassy contacts report that Iraqis continue to seek refuge in Jordan, with only limited returns from Iraq to Jordan. The handful of voluntary returns in the last six months was limited to new caseload refugees or individuals with particular reasons to ret [...] | 2004-01-29 08:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL IZ JO |
04AMMAN724 | IRAQI MISSION'S CONSULAR SECTION IN AMMAN RENEWING [...] (SBU) Summary. Iraqi Consul in Amman Ahmad Jirallah Al-Dabbagh told EmbOffs that he had recently received authority to extend Iraqi passports and issue Interim Travel Documents (ITDs). He reported a constant demand from Iraqis for more consular services, including issuance of new passports. [...] | 2004-01-29 08:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CVIS IZ JO |
04AMMAN725 | JORDAN FDA DECISION ON OSTEOPOROSIS DRUG GENERIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan appears on a collision course with Merck Sharp and Dohme over MSD's osteoporosis drug, FOSAMAX OW, which a Jordanian drug firm called JOSWE is marketing as a generic after receiving permission last September from the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA). After info [...] | 2004-01-29 08:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR PREL JO |
04AMMAN728 | IRAQI SUNNIS VISIT AMMAN, SEEK TO ENGAGE U.S. IN [...] (S) A group of Sunni Iraqis representing the Iraqi Peace Party told PolCouns January 22 that they want to cooperate with the CPA and Coalition Forces in Iraq, but are put off by tough security measures there. The group said that anti-U.S. violence in the Sunni triangle does not represent sup [...] | 2004-01-29 08:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM KISL ECON IZ JO |
04AMMAN730 | JORDAN: FY04 FOOD AID [...] (C) We understand that USDA and State are considering reducing Jordan's PL480 Title I allocation from $20 million in FY03 to $15 million in FY04 due to a reduction in the global amount of funding available for this program. We cannot comment on competing needs, but Washington should be awar [...] | 2004-01-29 09:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PREL JO |
04AMMAN7319 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-01 11:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN7336 | CABINET SHAKE-UP EXPECTED [...] (C) Summary: PM Fayez has told the press a cabinet shuffle will occur soon, probably by early October. For different reasons, he and ministers heavily involved in Jordan's economic and social reform successes appear safe for now, but a degree of royal disfavor with Fayez remains evident. [...] | 2004-09-01 17:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JO |
04AMMAN7337 | RJ WILL LEASE AIRBUS, BUT KING REITERATES [...] (C) An August 31 article in Al-Rai, a daily generally regarded as an official mouthpiece, cited an unidentified government official as stating that Royal Jordanian Airlines would announce, at its September 1 board meeting, its decision to acquire ten Airbus aircraft. Samer Majali, in a conver [...] | 2004-09-02 05:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR BEXP JO IZ |
04AMMAN7338 | RE: REQUEST FOR NAMES OF AVIATION AND MARITIME [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-02 06:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON JO |
04AMMAN7344 | HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS POSTED TO EMBASSY AMMAN [...] Per reftel A, this message confirms that the relevant English language texts of the human rights reports have been posted to the U.S. Embassy Amman website. The locally prepared Arabic translation of the 2003 Human Rights Report for Jordan will be posted to the website as soon as recent damage [...] | 2004-09-02 09:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO JO |
04AMMAN7360 | MUASHER MEETING WITH S/P DIRECTOR REISS: PEACE [...] (C) Summary: FM Muasher expressed his frustration with the stalemate in the peace process, calling the Palestinians "unhelpful." Jordan is committed to helping Iraq stabilize, but Muasher noted the GOJ's growing concern about Iran's intentions in Iraq. He criticized Syria's "negative" impac [...] | 2004-09-02 15:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS KPAL JO |
04AMMAN7394 | DAS DIBBLE VISIT: JORDANIAN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Since the establishment of the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) and conclusion of the Jordan-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA),Jordan's economy has flourished, despite the considerable bumps during the Iraq War. Jordan's reform program has achieved fiscal and monetary stability; [...] | 2004-09-07 10:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD JO FINV |
04AMMAN7400 | MEDIA REACTION ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-07 12:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN7402 | JORDAN WITHDRAWS NOMINATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-07 13:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM JO |
04AMMAN7403 | JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON DEBT AND OIL PRICES; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although making considerable progress on Jordan's public debt front, Jordan's Finance Minister is pushing for more. Driven by targets set by a Jordanian Public Debt Law, he seeks U.S. support in the Paris Club to support Jordan's debt swap plans as well as technical assistanc [...] | 2004-09-07 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET EAID JO IZ |
04AMMAN7404 | GOJ REFORMERS TOUT PROGRESS DURING MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Key GOJ reformers presented a positive picture to S/P Director Mitchell Reiss of Jordan's pioneering progress to implement key economic, political and social reforms, but acknowledged that significant obstacles remain. Several activists, including a former Prime Minister, are no [...] | 2004-09-07 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IZ JO |
04AMMAN7405 | JORDANIAN CIVPOL PROBLEMS IN KOSOVO: POSITIVE GOJ [...] (C) Charge shared reftel points with Foreign Minister Muasher on September 7, emphasizing our expectations for improved leadership, management, and the proper vetting of Jordanian officers participating in the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. Charge also highlighted the request for periodic [...] | 2004-09-07 15:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI JO UNMIK |
04AMMAN7406 | JORDAN ENDORSES UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Muasher publicly endorsed the recent UNSC resolution on the Lebanese presidential elections during a press conference on September 6. While stressing that the resolution "must be carefully studied," he noted that Jordan had never stood against any of the Securi [...] | 2004-09-07 15:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE JO |
04AMMAN748 | IRAQI POLICE GRADUATION [...] The first class of Iraqi police cadets graduated from their coursework at the Jordan International Police Training Center on January 29. The 500 cadets were greeted by the Iraqi and Jordanian Interior Ministers, CPA senior advisor Steve Casteel, senior Jordanian police, and diplomats represe [...] | 2004-01-29 12:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN7508 | JORDANIAN REPLY REGARDING USG PROPOSAL TO AMEND [...] (U) Embassy received on September 7 the following letter from Jordan's Director General of Civil Aviation Authority: BEGIN TEXT: Dear Mr. Eason, With reference to your letter of August 31, 2004, concerning the U.S. Government proposal to amend the U.S./Jordan Air Services agreement by [...] | 2004-09-09 08:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA JO |
04AMMAN7528 | BOEING VS. AIRBUS: WHAT IS GOING ON?? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The past month of the Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) Boeing purchase saga has seen an increasingly clear-cut paradox. All available signs point to a clear decision by the GOJ, especially including the Palace, in favor of a continued RJ relationship with Airbus as sole provider of [...] | 2004-09-09 13:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR BEXP PINR JO LY |
04AMMAN7529 | IRAQ BORDER UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordanian security officials at the Karameh border crossing have eased restrictions on the entry of Iraqis. Communications between Jordanian and Iraqi border officials remain poor, and Iraqi border officials are, reportedly, demanding bribes at numerous "check points" prior to f [...] | 2004-09-09 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS CPAS PTER MOPS IZ JO KINR |
04AMMAN7530 | JORDANIAN DAILY ERRONEOUSLY LINKS USAID WITH [...] (U) The new Jordanian daily newspaper Al Ghad has acknowledged its editing staff erred on September 7 by running a photo of a crate bearing the USAID logo and a supposed pile of illegal narcotics alongside a lengthy article about drug smuggling operations between Iraq and Jordan. The black [...] | 2004-09-09 14:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR IZ JO |
04AMMAN7571 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-13 10:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN7619 | GOJ DETAINS, RELEASES UNLICENSED PREACHERS [...] (C) Summary: A GOJ crackdown on unlicensed preachers over the weekend ignited a furious reaction from Jordan's powerful Muslim Brotherhood, which accused the GOJ of kowtowing to U.S. demands and restricting public freedoms. Intervention from the Prime Minister resulted in the release of 11 [...] | 2004-09-14 14:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
04AMMAN7659 | JORDAN'S NEW BORDER TASK FORCE AIMS AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ cabinet approved a new inter-ministerial border management task force that will focus on facilitating trade and travel. The cabinet decision appointed National Customs as the lead agency in a task force comprising nine ministries and agencies. It is too soon to say whe [...] | 2004-09-15 13:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP ETRD JO |
04AMMAN7660 | POLISH POLICE PRESENCE IN JORDAN AT RISK [...] (C) Summary. A high level USG approach in Warsaw is recommended to seek reevaluation of a decision to withdraw Polish trainers from the Iraq cadet program in Jordan. End summary. 2. (C) Polish Ambassador Biera (protect) confirmed to Charge on September 15 that Poland,s Ministry of Inter [...] | 2004-09-15 15:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO PL |
04AMMAN7732 | JORDAN MEDIA: 9/11 EDITORIALS TURN ANGRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Opinion columns published around the 9/11 anniversary in Jordan reflected a depressed and angry tone, with many writers railing against a U.S. response to the attacks they claim has undermined global security. One writer said the time for sympathy with America was over, and a [...] | 2004-09-17 11:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KMDR KISL JO |
04AMMAN7752 | ISLAM AND POLITICS IN JORDAN [...] (C) There has been a steady and unmistakable increase in the influence of Islam in Jordanian society over the last two decades. The younger generation, in particular, has embraced its Islamic roots. Surprisingly, participation in the Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing, the Islamic Ac [...] | 2004-09-19 08:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PTER JO |
04AMMAN780 | USG APPROACH TO ICJ SECURITY BARRIER CASE - [...] (U) PolCouns January 29 covered ref points on the USG approach to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) case on the Israeli security barrier with Ali al-Ayed, FonMin Marwan Muasher's Private Office Director. Ayed said that the GOJ appreciates the updates on the USG's thinking on the ICJ [...] | 2004-01-29 15:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER IS KPAL JO |
04AMMAN783 | JORDAN, ISRAEL SEEK QIZ CONTENT OF EIGHT PERCENT [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paras 7 - 9. 2. (SBU) Government of Jordan (GOJ) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade January 29 delivered a package to the Ambassador containing a letter addressed to USTR Zoellick informing the USG that Israel and Jordan have reached [...] | 2004-01-29 17:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL IS JO |
04AMMAN784 | ASSETS: JORDANIANS SAY $50 MILLION MORE TO DFI, [...] (C) Summary. Finance Minister Abu Hammour committed to transfer an additional $50 million to the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) in early February and to finalize a list of pending and paid claims against frozen Iraqi funds so that an Iraqi team that could travel to Amman -- ideally in mid- [...] | 2004-01-29 17:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC IZ JO |
04AMMAN7841 | GOJ SUPPORTS IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION; PRESSES RELATED [...] (C) At a September 20 meeting in Amman, the Jordanian Minister of Planning confirmed that he will head the Jordanian delegation to the upcoming Tokyo IRFFI conference. He reiterated strong GOJ support for our Iraq reconstruction efforts, offered to host the second IRFFI donor conference next [...] | 2004-09-21 07:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EAID JO IZ |
04AMMAN7860 | JORDAN WILL JOIN IN DESIGNATION OF JTJ [...] (S) CDA met with Royal Court Minister Samir Rifai September 21 and presented the demarche and background materials provided reftel. Rifai said that Jordan would "of course" join the U.S. in seeking designation of Jamiat al-Tawhid wal Jihad. Emboffs also made reftel demarche with the Foreign [...] | 2004-09-21 13:07:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN JO LVPR |
04AMMAN7862 | KING FACES IN TWO DIRECTIONS AS HE PROCEEDS WITH A [...] (C) Summary. The King will proceed with a cabinet reshuffle and new government mandate in October, but in two contradictory directions: reinforcement of the cabinet reformists while redoubling efforts to silence Islamists and troublesome political activists in the professional associations [...] | 2004-09-21 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KISL JO |
04AMMAN7927 | IRAQ ROUNDUP: NEW IRAQI AMBASSADOR AND FORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly-arrived Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan Ata Abdul Wahab,s primary mission is to change the distorted picture many Jordanians have of developments in Iraq. Abdul Wahab last served in the Iraqi government as King Faisal II's private secretary in 1958. Separately, former Jordan Am [...] | 2004-09-23 11:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO KINR |
04AMMAN7959 | DEATH OF PRISON INMATE AND RELATED ABUSE [...] (C) A report on abuses in Jordanian prisons, including the alleged beating death of an inmate, has prompted government and press inquiries. End Summary. -------------------- DEATH AT AL-JUWEIDEH -------------------- 2. (U) On September 19, the Jordanian press made public a report by [...] | 2004-09-23 15:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KMPI JO |
04AMMAN7960 | STATE SECURITY COURT RESUMES AFTER SUMMER HIATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JO |
04AMMAN7962 | APPROVAL OF IRAQI POLICE TRAINING CENTER LOA [...] (U) Post received notice September 22 that the Jordanian cabinet approved the US-Jordan Letter of Agreement (LOA) (reftel) on the Iraqi Police Training Center in Jordan. This follows the August 4 letter from Jordan Public Security Directorate (PSD) chief General Tahseen Shurdom to INL in whic [...] | 2004-09-26 06:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ JO KINL |
04AMMAN8013 | MORE ON EU SUPPORT FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION, [...] (C) European Commission (EC) Iraq Delegation chief Ana Gallo Alvarez provided additional information to us on planned EU support for Iraq reconstruction and elections (ref A) during a meeting in Amman on September 21. According to Alvarez (who resides in Amman pending improvement in the secu [...] | 2004-09-27 08:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EAID JO IZ EU |
04AMMAN8045 | TREASURY-LED DELEGATION FINDS DEFICIENCIES IN [...] (C)SUMMARY: A visit by a Treasury-led team focused on terrorist financing and anti-money laundering issues, both with respect to broad structural concerns and specific bilateral information requests. Regarding the structural issues, the team found that the Jordanian anti-money laundering (AML [...] | 2004-09-27 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV JO KTRF |
04AMMAN8047 | GOJ AGREES TO ALTER TAX EXEMPTION CARDS TO ENHANCE [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PROTECT ACCORDINGLY 2. (SBU) Following Charge's recent meetings with Royal Court Minister Samir al-Rifai, PSD Commander Tasheen Shurdom, and Finance Minister Muhammad Abu Hammour, and a separate meeting with GID Chief Saad Khayr, the Jordanian government agre [...] | 2004-09-28 05:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC JO PGOV PTER |
04AMMAN8073 | MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (C) A/DCM called on Manar Dabbas, of FM Muasher,s personal staff, September 20 to deliver points provided reftel requesting treatment in Jordan of an ailing Afghani being released from Guantanamo. Dabbas replied that, while he recognized the humanitarian dimensions of the case, the GOJ woul [...] | 2004-09-28 11:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER KAWC AF PK JO |
04AMMAN8107 | JORDANIAN REQUEST FOR IRAQ-RELATED AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ has launched a two-track push for increased aid for Jordan, which would also benefit Iraq. One track proposes debt forgiveness for Jordan. Jordan would then apply some of the savings from the debt forgiveness against the debt it is owed by Iraq, thereby reducing Iraq's [...] | 2004-09-29 15:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EAID IZ JO |
04AMMAN8110 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER - JORDAN [...] Amman TFCO is acting DCM Christopher Henzel, phone 962-6-590-6640, e-mail henzelcp@state.gov. Deputy TFCO is Economic section chief Richard Eason, phone 962-6-590-6556, e-mail easonrm@state.gov. 2. Terrorist Finance working group meetings, chaired by A/DCM, are held in conjunction with V [...] | 2004-09-30 05:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL JO |
04AMMAN8129 | U.S. DRAFT REFORM RESOLUTION FOR UN FIRST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-30 12:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PARM PREL JO CDG UNGA |
04AMMAN8133 | SHEMAILEH SCANDAL BANKS BACK FROM THE DEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan is clearing up the final residue of a 2002 scandal involving hundreds of millions of dollars in unsecured bad loans to 31-year-old businessman Majed Al-Shemaileh (Ref A). The Shemaileh fiasco brought down the former head of Jordan,s General Intelligence Directorate, pushed [...] | 2004-09-30 13:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV JO |
04AMMAN8135 | ARAB MINISTERS LAUNCH REGIONAL GOOD GOVERNANCE [...] (U) Fifteen Arab ministers meeting in Amman, Jordan, along with representatives from the OECD and UNDP, announced September 26 the launch of a regional reform initiative focused on good governance and administrative modernization. The initiative is an outgrowth of commitments to reform made a [...] | 2004-09-30 14:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM KMPI JO |
04AMMAN8145 | TRACKING CHANGES IN TEXTILES AND APPAREL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The textiles and apparel sector continues to increase its share of Jordan's GDP, due largely to the contribution of Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) and their duty-free, quota-free exports to the United States, which stood at USD 584 million in 2003. In 2002-2003, manufactu [...] | 2004-09-30 15:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ECON ETRD ELAB JO |
04AMMAN8146 | UNRWA'S ADVISORY COMMISSION ATTEMPTS TO USE ANNUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Breaking with recent practice, UNRWA's Advisory Commission (AdComm) met in Amman on September 30 in advance of the informal fall meeting of UNRWA major donors and host governments (MDM). Incoming AdComm Chair, Jordan, chose the unusual timing to further its campaign to invigora [...] | 2004-10-01 16:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL JO |
04AMMAN818 | FY-04 FUNDED VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM ON [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION REQUESTS A FUNDED VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM FROM MARCH 1-9, 2004, FOR FOUR LEADING JORDANIAN SCHOLARS ON "RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AND COEXISTENCE." THE REQUEST SUPPORTS THE MISSION'S LONG TERM OBJECTIVES OF "DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS" AND "U.S. SOCIETY AND VALUES." FUN [...] | 2004-02-03 13:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL OIIP JO |
04AMMAN8195 | JORDAN: PARLIAMENTARY UPDATE [...] (U) Parliament is due to resume business on December 1. Security services continue to crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood clerics and politicians. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- -------- FALL SESSION OF PARLIAMENT, CABINET RESHUFFLE DELAYED ----------------------- [...] | 2004-10-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL JO |
04AMMAN830 | Jordan, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon Sign Phase Two [...] (u) SUMMARY: The Prime Ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon witnessed the signing of agreements to begin the second phase of a pipeline to supply natural gas from Egypt to the other three countries. This phase will extend the current Egypt-Jordan pipeline north to the Rihab Power S [...] | 2004-02-03 15:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN JO |
04AMMAN831 | UPDATE ON IRAQ-RELATED EVENTS IN JORDAN [...] Over 500 Iraqi officer candidates continue to train under Jordanian instruction. Additionally several senior officers and pilots are being trained by the Jordanians. This training is being conducted at several Jordanian bases in Zarqa, Madaba, and Mafraq. The candidates at Zarqa have moved into [...] | 2004-02-03 15:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT CVIS EAID MASS JO IZ |
04AMMAN832 | JORDANIAN FM DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, RELATIONS [...] (C) Jordanian FM Marwan Muasher told visiting NEA DAS Satterfield on February 1 that he was pushing for an Arab League resolution to help bolster the peace process, including a provision that would specifically condemn suicide bombings. He said it remained unclear whether the Arab League sum [...] | 2004-02-03 17:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IZ JO KTER |
04AMMAN8350 | KING ABDALLAH FIVE YEARS ON [...] (C) Jordan's King Abdallah continues to enjoy firm backing from the Hashemites' traditional pillars of support -- the East Bank tribes and the security/military services -- as well as the economic elite. His supporters give him credit for navigating Jordan through several regional crises dur [...] | 2004-10-06 12:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL KMPI ECON JO |
04AMMAN8353 | REACTIONS TO ISRAELI INCURSIONS IN GAZA, U.S. VETO [...] (U) The Israeli operations in Gaza prompted demonstrations in the Baqa'a refugee camp near Amman October 5 that resulted in clashes with Jordanian security forces. The Jordanian government has continued its call for a halt to incursions in Gaza and for renewed effort on the peace process. The L [...] | 2004-10-06 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL JO |
04AMMAN8380 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) CHALLENGE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-07 13:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR MASS MOPS JO |
04AMMAN8401 | JORDAN'S CENTRAL BANK CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Central Bank and several Jordanian and foreign banks here have reported over recent weeks attempted cash deposits of large dollar amounts by individuals who claim to be operating on behalf of Iraqi government entities or contractors operating in Iraq. The CBJ Dep [...] | 2004-10-07 13:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN KCRM KFRD JO IZ |
04AMMAN8402 | TENSIONS APPARANT ON HANDLING OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary. Interior Minister Habashneh, taking his cue from the King, has continued to apply pressure on the Muslim Brotherhood, with a series of arrests of activist preachers and threats to prosecute certain MPs. Each step he takes seems to be reversed the following day by PM Fayez, who [...] | 2004-10-07 15:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO |
04AMMAN8404 | JORDAN CAUTIOUSLY RECEPTIVE TO "STOP" INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy October 7 delivered reftel information on the "Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy" (STOP) to Mahmoun Talhouni, Director General of the National Library, who oversees Jordan's IPR Enforcement Unit. Embassy also delivered the reftel non-paper to The Ministry of Indust [...] | 2004-10-07 16:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR KPAO KTIA JO WTRO |
04AMMAN842 | JORDAN: HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY IN 2003/4 [...] Post is providing the following report on actions taken by the USG in Jordan during 2003 and January 2004. This information is keyed to the requirements of reftel para 6. 2. Begin text: A) Jordan has a history of restrictions on freedom of speech, press, assembly, and association, a weak [...] | 2004-02-04 11:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM JO |
04AMMAN8438 | ARTIFICIAL CORAL REEFS: SHARING THE JORDANIAN [...] Summary: The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) organized and hosted a September 27-29 regional meeting in Aqaba entitled "Artificial Reefs in the Gulf of Aqaba." Keynote speaker ASEZA Environment and Health Commissioner Dr. Bilal Bashir emphasized regional cooperation, comprehen [...] | 2004-10-12 05:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV JO |
04AMMAN8460 | TENSE ICFTU CONFERENCE FOR IRAQI TRADE UNIONISTS [...] (SBU) The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) held a training seminar on core labor standards for Iraqi sectoral unions in Amman October 3-5. While rival union leaders at least sat down in the same room, a marked improvement over the previous conference, an atmosphere of t [...] | 2004-10-12 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM KDEM JO IZ |
04AMMAN850 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-04 14:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN8509 | CEPPS PROJECT - SUPPORT FOR POLITICAL [...] Mission welcomes the subject proposal by IRI and NDI under Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS) to be carried out in Jordan between August 2004 and January 2006. We would, however, like to highlight some political sensitivities regarding assistance to and con [...] | 2004-10-14 05:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO KMPI XF JO OXEC KEDU |
04AMMAN8544 | ISLAMISTS BURN ISRAELI, U.S. FLAGS; KING EXTOLS [...] (U) Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders organized a peaceful demonstration October 8 in Amman protesting Israeli actions in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as the U.S. presence in Iraq. Protesters called for "unfreezing" assets of ostensible Palestinian charities. Separately, King Abdullah p [...] | 2004-10-14 15:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PREL PTER KISL KPAL IS IZ JO |
04AMMAN8545 | COORDINATING USG POSTURE TOWARD PRESENCE AT GOJ [...] (S) We are picking up reports that King Abdullah,s staff are inviting leading Sunni Iraqi personalities to Jordan for a conference, probably to be held in early November. As this event takes firmer shape, Embassy Amman will keep Department and our civilian and military colleagues in Iraq full [...] | 2004-10-15 09:15:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN8580 | ANOTHER PRISON RIOT PRECEDES ABUSE TRIAL [...] (U) Another riot at the Al-Juweideh correctional facility October 6 preceded the opening of the trial of eleven officers charged in connection with the September 1 death of an inmate (reftel). Violence erupted a third time at the prison October 12. End Summary. ---------------------------- [...] | 2004-10-17 14:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KMPI JO |
04AMMAN8591 | US NOMINATION OF JUDGE THEODOR MERON: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-18 13:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM JO UNGA |
04AMMAN8592 | CUBA'S RESOLUTION AGAINST U.S. EMBARGO: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-18 13:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CU JO UNGA |
04AMMAN8595 | MEDIA REACTION ON ANTI-SEMITISM LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-18 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN8596 | ICT EVENTS SPOTLIGHT EMERGENT SECTOR OF JORDAN'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Three recent and ongoing events have thrust Jordan,s growing information and communications tecnology sector once more into the spotlight. The industry, which has benefited from active royal patronage and substantial USAID and other donor support, has successfully carved out a nic [...] | 2004-10-18 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EAID EINV BEXP PGOV JO |
04AMMAN8600 | FOREIGN MINISTER SET FOR A NEW CABINET POST; HANI [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Muasher informed us that he will leave his job with next week,s cabinet reshuffle. He has been offered a senior post to drive the King,s public sector and administrative reform agenda. Muasher, aware of the considerable obstacles to the political component of r [...] | 2004-10-18 16:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KMPI JO |
04AMMAN8601 | JORDAN INDICTS ZARQAWI - COMMUTES HIJAZI DEATH [...] (U) The Jordanian State Security Court indicted Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and 12 others October 17 for plotting to bomb the U.S. Embassy and GOJ targets in Amman. Separately, the Court of Cassation commuted the death sentence of Raed Hijazi October 11 to 20 years with labor. End Summary. -------- [...] | 2004-10-18 16:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JO |
04AMMAN8628 | BIO FOR ANTICIPATED NEW FOREIGN MINISTER HANI [...] It has been widely reported that the new foreign minister in the expected cabinet reshuffle will be Hani Mulki, currently the Jordanian Ambassador in Cairo (reftel). Biographical information on Mulki follows. ---------------------- BIOGRAPHY: MULKI, HANI ---------------------- 2. A Musl [...] | 2004-10-19 14:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL KMPI JO |
04AMMAN8636 | AMCIT RAED HIJAZI DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO [...] (U) AS REPORTED REF A, THE JORDAN TIMES EDITION OF OCTOBER 5, 2004 REPORTED THAT QUOTE THE CASSATION COURT ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2004, COMMUTED THE DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST (AMCIT/JORDANIAN) RAED HIJAZI, CONVICTED OF PLOTTING TERROR ACTS, TO TWENTY YEARS IN JAIL WITH LABOR AND THAT THE COURT'S D [...] | 2004-10-20 08:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PREL PTER CJAN JO HIJAZI RAED |
04AMMAN8686 | JORDAN AND SYRIA DISCUSS BORDER DISPUTE [...] (S) Summary: Foreign Minister Muasher informed us October 18 that joint Syria-Jordan border committee discussions were focused now on possible land swaps to satisfy Syrian concerns about the fate of the 1,000 Syrian nationals living in Syrian-occupied Jordanian territory. The Jordanian-Syrian [...] | 2004-10-21 09:45:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PREL KMPI JO |
04AMMAN8693 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE MIDDLE EAST, ANTI- [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-21 11:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN8714 | JORDANIAN REQUEST FOR INTEREST BEARING ACCOUNT [...] (C) The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) have requested the disbursement of unexpended Foreign Military Financing (FMF) funds into an interest bearing account (IBA). The JAF believes an IBA would help long-range planning, ease the debt burden caused by delays in Coalition Support Fund (CSF) payme [...] | 2004-10-21 15:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | MARR MASS PREL IZ JO |
04AMMAN8793 | THE JORDAN-ISRAEL PEACE TREATY: TEN YEARS LATER [...] (C) At the ten year mark, the Jordan-Israel peace treaty remains a cornerstone for Jordan's security and economic strategy. Despite a rocky political relationship, intelligence and military relations between Jordan and Israel are solid. Furthermore, the treaty provided the breakthrough whic [...] | 2004-10-25 19:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO |
04AMMAN8794 | KING RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] (C) The long-awaited cabinet reshuffle took place October 24 in line with expectations (ref A). Only three ministers were replaced, while seven other new ministers were added. The new government retains, even sharpens, a division between the reformist wing and conservative East Bankers. Biogra [...] | 2004-10-26 08:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM JO |
04AMMAN8809 | UNRWA WEST BANK STRIKE: UNION LEADERS HOPE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNRWA's West Bank Field is entering a third week of strike action by its locally-hired employees. UNRWA staff report that militant union leaders demanding hazard pay and other wage increases are enforcing the action through threats of violence. The strike has severely impacted t [...] | 2004-10-26 12:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID ELAB JO SY LE IS |
04AMMAN8812 | BIOS FOR JORDAN'S NEW CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) King Abdullah swore in ten new ministers October 24 and accepted the resignation of three (ref A). The expanded cabinet raised the number of ministers from 21 to 28 by separating ministerial portfolios combined when PM Fayez's first cabinet was formed in October 2003 and by creating two ne [...] | 2004-10-26 13:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV KDEM JO |
04AMMAN8826 | DEPLOYMENT OF PEACEKEEPING FORCES TO HAITI: JORDAN [...] (U) Acting PolCouns delivered ref A talking points October 26 to Ashraf Zeitoon, Acting Deputy Director for the Foreign Minister's private office. Zeitoon said he would immediately forward the points to the military attache at the Jordanian UN Mission in New York, as well as to the Jordanian [...] | 2004-10-27 07:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR MOPS PREL JO |
04AMMAN8832 | EXCHANGE PROGRAMS ALUMNUS MEMBERS IN THE JORDAN'S [...] PRMIE MINISTER FAISAL AL FAYEZ RESHUFFLED HIS GOVERNMENT ON OCTOBER 23, 2004. TEN NEW MINISTERS WERE SWORN-IN WHICH RAISED THE NUMBER OF THE CABINET FROM 21 TO 28 MEMBERS. IT ALSO INCREASED THE NUMBER OF WOMEN MINISTERS FROM THREE TO FOUR. 2. EXCHANGE ALUMNI MEMBERS IN THE CABINET ARE: [...] | 2004-10-27 11:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OEXC JO |
04AMMAN8858 | JORDANIAN SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO CIVPOL: ROTATION [...] (U) Post received October 14 a letter (text faxed to NEA on 10/14 and provided below) from the head of Jordan,s Public Security Directorate (PSD),General Tahseen Shurdom. It provides the steps taken by the PSD in response to our request (ref). The PSD later informed post that it had replaced [...] | 2004-10-27 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV YI JO UN UNMIK |
04AMMAN8865 | JORDAN'S NEW FM ON IRAQ, PALESTINIAN REFORM [...] (U) Charge and A/DCM paid an introductory call on Hani Al-Mulki, who was named Foreign Minister October 24 (ref A). Al-Mulki said he looked forward to continuing the close cooperation between the GOJ and USG, and expressed appreciation for the Secretary's congratulatory phone call October 2 [...] | 2004-10-28 17:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ KPAL JO |
04AMMAN8866 | JORDAN - NEW FM ON ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) During an introductory call October 27 on newly-appointed Foreign Minister Hani Al-Mulki, Charge raised the high priority the USG places on finalizing an Article 98 agreement. Charge noted that the GOJ had been considering A/S Bloomfield's letter, and expressed his view that the two go [...] | 2004-10-28 17:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IZ JO |
04AMMAN8868 | ANTI-NORMALIZERS, ISLAMISTS ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (C) A Jordanian court declared illegal an anti-normalizer boycott of a member of parliament. Rumors of corruption are plaguing Islamists, whose push to oust the Interior Minister failed (in fact, may have saved him). A sit-in protesting the peace treaty with Israel drew a smaller than expect [...] | 2004-10-28 17:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
04AMMAN8905 | JORDAN'S FINANCE MINISTER ON WASHINGTON VISIT, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Jordan's Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour's main concerns remain high oil prices and hope for a debt swap increase under the Paris Club. He raised the issue during his recent meetings in Washington on the margins of the IMF/World Bank meetings, and other senior Jordania [...] | 2004-10-31 11:15:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | EFIN EAID JO IZ |
04AMMAN8939 | TERRORIST FINANCE: IARA INFORMATION REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-01 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN CVIS PREL PTER JO ETC LVPR |
04AMMAN8944 | UNGA HUMAN CLONING RESOLUTION: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-01 14:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO PREL JO UNGA UN |
04AMMAN8945 | REPASCH CANDIDACY FOR UN PENSION COMMITTEE: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-01 15:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC JO UNGA UN |
04AMMAN8998 | NEW CABINET TEAM ACTIVIST ON GOVERNMENT REFORM, [...] (C) Summary: At the King's instigation, the newly reshuffled cabinet has embarked on a wholesale reform of the way government does business -- adopting what amounts to an MPP for government and ministries, in which mission goals, performance standards, and resource allocation are to be seaml [...] | 2004-11-03 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI ECON JO |
04AMMAN9013 | UNRWA COMMISSIONER GENERAL SUCCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the informal UNRWA Major Donors Meeting in Amman October 13-14, PRM A/S Dewey met with Commissioner General Peter Hansen to inform him that the United States does not support any extension of his tenure beyond his current term, which expires in February. Hansen claimed he had [...] | 2004-11-04 16:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PREF JO |
04AMMAN9085 | BOEING IN JORDAN - STILL IN A MUDDLE, DESPITE THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting Boeing officials, King Abdullah reiterated his political commitment to buy Boeing aircraft and his strategic interest in a mixed fleet of Boeing and Airbus aircraft. The possible options include a purchase of four 737s by merging transition start-up [...] | 2004-11-09 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR BEXP JO IZ |
04AMMAN9087 | DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-09 12:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL JO |
04AMMAN9092 | JORDAN WILL SUPPORT U.S. NOMINATION OF JUDGE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-09 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM JO UNGA |
04AMMAN9095 | JORDANIANS AWAIT NEWS OF ARAFAT'S FATE [...] (C) News of Arafat's impending death and speculation over succession have dominated Jordanian conversations in the waning days of the Ramadan season. Many expect that an announcement of his passing will be marked in Jordan with a non-violent outpouring of emotion; this initial, sympathetic [...] | 2004-11-09 14:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPAL IS JO |
04AMMAN9097 | NODEL WEXLER MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (C) In a November 8 meeting with NODEL Wexler, King Abdullah advocated early Palestinian elections to replace Yaser Arafat with a new generation of leaders. The King urged that a new leadership be quickly empowered to improve socio-economic conditions to bolster its legitimacy among the Pale [...] | 2004-11-09 15:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS IZ JO |
04AMMAN9112 | IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH EXPORT CREDIT AGENCY [...] Jordan does not have a government-operated export credit agency (ECA) similar to the Export-Import Bank. The closest entity similar to an ECA would be the Export & Finance Bank, a public shareholding company based in Amman that is engaged in privately funded export credits. A senior contact [...] | 2004-11-10 12:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV JO IZ |
04AMMAN9145 | PROPOSED FIVE-YEAR RECIPROCITY ON E1-E2 TREATY [...] Post has reviewed the diplomatic note from the Jordanian embassy in Washington, DC, (REF) which requests that, under the relevant article in the bilateral Free Trade Agreement, the USG and GOJ jointly examine the possibility of issuing E1/E2 visas based on a five year visa issuance. Post rec [...] | 2004-11-10 17:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS ETRD KTIA PREL JO |
04AMMAN9146 | DEMARCHE ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF UNESCO DRAFT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs November 10 delivered reftel demarche to key contacts in the Ministry of Industry and Trade and to the International Organizations Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. To the extent that Jordan engages in the UNESCO process, we can expect a sympathetic resp [...] | 2004-11-10 17:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JO WTO UNESCO |
04AMMAN9149 | NEW INDUSTRY AND TRADE MINISTER ON FTA JC [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Minister of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Ahmed Hindawi discussed with Charge follow-up on the Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee and other trade issues. Hindawi noted "very close" relations with the United States, acknowledged that some obstacles to trade might exist, but offe [...] | 2004-11-11 14:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EAGR KTIA PREL PINR JO |
04AMMAN9151 | PENDING JORDANIAN REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE [...] ( U ) With King Abdullah likely to visit Washington on or about December 6, we provide below post,s understanding of the state of play of a number of Jordanian assistance requests, some of which have been on the table for more than a year. Ref A was post,s scene-setter for this visit. XXXX [...] | 2004-11-15 14:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS EAID EFIN IZ JO |
04AMMAN9152 | JORDAN TO PUSH FOR INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF [...] (C) At the direction of King Abdullah, one of Jordan's leading Muslim clerics issued a strong message November 9 rejecting religious extremism and terrorism while promoting principles of moderation, tolerance and dialogue. The GOJ intends to host an international conference of Muslim scholar [...] | 2004-11-15 18:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL JO |
04AMMAN9153 | JORDANIAN PUBLIC AND MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] OUTSIDE RULING CIRCLES, POST'S JORDANIAN CONTACTS REACTED WITH SUBDUED EMOTIONS TO THE RE-ELECTION OF PRESIDENT BUSH. MOST REMAIN HIGHLY CRITICAL OF U.S. POLICIES TOWARDS THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT AND IRAQ, BUT DOUBT THAT A KERRY ADMINISTRATION WOULD HAVE PURSUED SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT POLICI [...] | 2004-11-16 06:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN9176 | NEW TITLE FROM ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM - AMMAN [...] Post is pleased to announce the publication of the Arabic version of Watching the Wind by Susan Collins Mark, a touching narrative of the struggle for conflict resolution during South Africa's transition to democracy. 2. Per standard procedure each NEA post will receive two review copies of [...] | 2004-11-16 14:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP OPRC KIRC JO |
04AMMAN9210 | SUBDUED JORDANIAN REACTION TO ARAFAT'S DEATH [...] (U) The drawn-out nature of Yasser Arafat's demise, as well as the long Eid al-Fitr holiday weekend, ensured that there was a subdued response in Jordan to the Palestinian leader's death. Jordan's official reaction was correct: the PM declared a three-day mourning period nationwide and King [...] | 2004-11-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL KPAL IS JO |
04AMMAN9215 | KING DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP AND [...] (C) King Abdullah endorsed Abu Mazen and dismissed Qaddoumi as an "eccentric" during a meeting with CODEL Ackerman November 11. The King was concerned about Islamist political activity in Jordan and said that it was time for moderate Muslims world-wide to be more vocal in denouncing violence. [...] | 2004-11-17 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL KPAL IS JO |
04AMMAN9226 | ZARQAWI'S HOMETOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zarqa, Jordan,s second-largest city, is the home of the bulk of Jordan,s heavy industry and infamous terrorist Abu Mus,ab Al-Zarqawi. Zarqa has been on a losing streak for the past decade. Underrepresented in the Jordanian government and the Parliament because of its large Pales [...] | 2004-11-18 12:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SENV EINV ETRD SOCI JO IZ |
04AMMAN9243 | JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES TURN UP THE HEAT ON ZARQAWI [...] (U) Jordanian authorities have issued an ultimatum to convicted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, demanding that he turn himself in within ten days to face terrorism conspiracy charges. Meanwhile, the State Security Court sentenced Bilal Hiyari, a Zarqawi fundraiser, to six months in jail, but [...] | 2004-11-18 17:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KTFN JO |
04AMMAN9252 | POST SUPPORT FOR MEPI PROGRAM IMPLEMENTERS [...] Following are answers to questions posed in reftel. 2.a. MEPI implementers are not registered as NGOs. b. Jordan's Ministry of Planning prefers that all organizations providing technical or economic assistance funded by the USG be registered under the bilateral administrative agreement. [...] | 2004-11-21 08:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID ECON KDEM KPAO PREL JO KMPL |
04AMMAN9278 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-21 11:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN9280 | GOJ DIPS IN PUBLIC APPROVAL RATING [...] (U) According to a late October public opinion poll, only 16.8% of Jordanians believed that the government would be greatly successful in achieving its priorities, down from 23.3% of those surveyed four months earlier (ref b). Asked about the October 25 Cabinet reshuffle, 58% of Jordanians t [...] | 2004-11-21 12:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL ECON KMPI JO |
04AMMAN929 | ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING AT UNRWA [...] POST SENT ORIGINAL COPY OF UNRWA'S STAFFING PATTERN TO THE DEPARTMENT BY AIR POUCH NUMBER 7823512 ON FEBRUARY 8, 2004. ADVANCE COPY WAS FAXED TO IO/S/EA ON JanuarJANUARY 26, 2004. 2. PLEASE CONTACT REFCOORD ASSISTANT IBRAHIM BISHARAT AT 962-6-529-0101, EXT 2707 IF FURTHER INFORMATION IS [...] | 2004-02-08 11:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER PREF ECON JO POL UNRWA |
04AMMAN9311 | JORDAN'S ECONOMIC REFORMS AFTER FIVE YEARS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past five years, the government of Jordan has carried out a broad range of economic reforms. These have opened Jordan to foreign trade and investment and made the economy run more efficiently. There is hardly an aspect of Jordan's economy that has not been changed, whe [...] | 2004-11-22 06:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID KPRV KMPI JO |
04AMMAN9312 | JORDAN'S ECONOMIC REFORMS AFTER FIVE YEARS: [...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the past five years, the government of Jordan has moved boldly to open up its economy to foreign trade and investment. Jordan has become a member of the World Trade Organization, negotiated a Free Trade Agreement with the United States, initialed an Association Agreement [...] | 2004-11-22 08:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID KPRV KMPI JO |
04AMMAN9328 | SUPPORTING SECRETARY POWELL'S INTERVENTION AT THE [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel talking points November 21 to Auda Abu-Tayeh of Foreign Minister Hani Mulki's Private Office. Abu-Tayeh had no substantive comments on the points, but promised to share the information immediately with relevant GOJ officials, including the Jordanian delegation tra [...] | 2004-11-22 16:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC IZ JO |
04AMMAN9350 | JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS DEMAND GOJ CUT TIES TO IIG [...] (U) Combat in Fallujah has prompted Jordan's Islamic Action Front to step up its public rhetoric against the U.S. effort in Iraq, this time calling on the Jordanian government to sever its ties to the Iraqi Interim Government. The GOJ publicly expressed concern that the security situation wo [...] | 2004-11-23 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KISL IZ JO |
04AMMAN9370 | RE: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] (SBU) Jordanian military expenditures are audited concurrently by three different entities. Expenditures are audited continuously by the Jordanian Armed Forces' own internal auditors. These expenditures are also reviewed by (civilian) Ministry of Finance personnel detailed from the Office of [...] | 2004-11-24 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID MARR JO |
04AMMAN9411 | NO PLANS TO RESCHEDULE IRAQI SUNNI ARAB CONFERENCE [...] (S) Summary: GOJ and Iraqi migr contacts tell post there are as yet no plans to convene the conference of Iraqi Sunni Arabs that was postponed indefinitely two weeks ago. End summary. 2. (S/NF) Per ref A, post is seeking updates on any changes in the GOJ,s thinking concerning the conference [...] | 2004-11-24 19:23:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR IZ JO |
04AMMAN9437 | INTERIOR MINISTER IGNITES CONTROVERSY OVER [...] (U) Jordan's interior minister had to backpedal after publicly stating that the GOJ will not consider revamping the current election law -- which favors tribal, East Bank communities at the expense of Jordanian-Palestinians citizens -- until the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is resolved. At [...] | 2004-11-28 15:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KMPI KDEM KPAL KISL KWMN JO |
04AMMAN9468 | UNRWA STAKEHOLDERS DEBATE PALESTINE REFUGEE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNRWA,s stakeholders endorsed a controversial plan to strengthen the Agency,s governance bodies by 2006 at their fall major donors meeting. They also gave conditioned backing to the Agency,s decision to launch its own ambitious USD 1 Billion five-year Medium Term Plan (MTP). Re [...] | 2004-11-29 12:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID IS SY LE JO |
04AMMAN9484 | JORDAN AND SYRIA CLOSING IN ON BORDER AGREEMENT [...] (C) An MFA participant in the Jordanian delegation to Damascus that discussed the border dispute told PolOff November 24 that the talks were positive and claimed, "Syria has given us our land back." He cautioned that the agreement had only been initialed by the participants in the bilateral me [...] | 2004-11-29 15:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KMPI JO SY |
04AMMAN9485 | NO IRAQI POLITICAL CONFERENCE PLANNED [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-29 16:09:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PINR IZ JO |
04AMMAN9486 | IN JORDAN, CROWN PRINCES COME AND GO [...] (C) In a surprise move, King Abdullah relieved his brother Hamza of his duties as Crown Prince on November 28, igniting speculation among Jordanians over the King's motives. The King did not name Hamza's replacement. Until he does so, the constitution provides that Abdullah's eldest son, t [...] | 2004-11-29 16:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR JO |
04AMMAN9502 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-30 12:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN9521 | JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [...] ON NOVEMBER 10, 2004, POST RECEIVED A DIPLOMATIC NOTE FROM THE JORDANIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA),IN RESPONSE TO OUR DIPLOMATIC NOTE NUMBER 910 DATED AUGUST 10, 2004, CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (REF. B). 2. THE MFA [...] | 2004-12-01 11:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN PTER JO |
04AMMAN9593 | KING ABDULLAH ON IRAQI ELECTIONS AND ALLAWI VISIT [...] (S) Summary: The GOJ remains deeply worried that January 31 elections in Iraq will produce either chaos, a Shia landslide, or both. King Abdullah reiterated his support for Allawi and his readiness to help with outreach to Iraqi Sunni Arabs if Allawi wants it. Allawi generated goodwill amon [...] | 2004-12-05 06:27:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ASEC IZ JO |
04AMMAN9602 | JORDANIAN REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE - UPDATE [...] (C) Ref A previewed requests for assistance that we expect King Abdullah to pursue during his December 6 meetings in Washington with President Bush and others. Updates follow on likely requests for FMF, ESF, Gulf state support, and debt relief. 2. (C) Military assistance: Prince Faisal p [...] | 2004-12-05 08:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS EAID EFIN IZ JA JO GCC |
04AMMAN9672 | PM ALLAWI'S AMMAN MEETINGS WITH IRAQI [...] (S) On December 1 and 2 Iraqi PM Allawi and DPM Barham Saleh held meetings in Amman with Iraqi Sunni figures, most from Al-Anbar province, ranging from IIG-allied brothers Amer and Sheikh Majid ali Suleimein Dulaim, to prominent Sunni Arab rejectionists. The latter category included the norm [...] | 2004-12-06 14:43:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | IZ JO PINR PREL |
04AMMAN9678 | IRAQI POLICE TRAINING - POLES SEEK MORE MONEY, [...] (U) Action requested: See para 5. 2. (U) Polish General Eugeniusz Szczerbak, First Deputy Commander in Chief of the Polish Police, toured State/INL,s Jordanian-Iraqi Police Training Center (JIPTC) outside Amman November 28. Ten excellent Polish police officers are currently serving at JIP [...] | 2004-12-07 07:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC MOPS PL IZ JO |
04AMMAN9717 | GOJ PUSHES 'AMMAN MESSAGE' ON ISLAM [...] (U) Following the GOJ roll-out of the "Amman Message" last month denouncing political abuse of Islam, the Jordanian government has taken steps to show it is serious about promoting a mainstream religious message. In addition to patronizing two large conferences on Islam, the King has increa [...] | 2004-12-08 11:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KMPI KPAL JO |
04AMMAN9762 | KING OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH EMPHASIS ON ECONOMY; [...] (U) King Abdullah opened December 1 a new session of Parliament with a speech focusing on the need to spread the benefits of economic growth to all Jordanians and to aggressively combat poverty and unemployment. References to political reform and democracy were muted, in contrast to the cent [...] | 2004-12-09 09:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO |
04AMMAN9777 | POSSIBLE CONTINGENCY PLANNING TO SUPPORT A UN [...] (C) A mid-level Jordanian military officer informed USDAO Amman (septel) that the Jordanian military is conducting contingency planning to deploy approximately 70 soldiers to serve as UN military observers in Darfur, Sudan in January 2005 in the event the UNSC agrees to establish a peace supp [...] | 2004-12-09 14:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO SU JO UN |
04AMMAN9779 | KING MEETS WITH PALESTINIAN LEADERS; JORDANIANS [...] (U) In the wake of Yasser Arafat's death and amidst preparations for the Palestinian elections, Jordanians are cautiously optimistic that a new window of opportunity now exists to move the peace process forward. The government of Jordan has pledged moral support for the upcoming vote, and an [...] | 2004-12-10 10:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO |
04AMMAN979 | IRAQI GC MEMBER AND FRIENDS SHARE VIEWS ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) member, Dr. Rajaa H. Khuzai (please protect),and a group of female Iraqi Shi'a, Sunni and Christian friends, expressed to us a mixture of gratitude for the U.S. liberation and criticism for post-liberation mistakes and squandered goodwill. Dr. Khuza [...] | 2004-02-09 13:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SOCI IZ JO |
04AMMAN9851 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-13 12:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN9855 | HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL (HEC) RESHUFFLE OF PUBLIC [...] THE MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION DR. ISSAM ZABALAWI ANNOUNCED THE RESHUFFLE OF SEVEN (OUT OF EIGHT) PUBLIC UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS, EXCLUDING DR. WAJIH OWEIS, PRESIDENT OF THE JORDAN UNIVERSITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. THE RESHUFFLE TOOK PLACE ON DECEMBER 3, 2004. 2. THE NEW PRESIDENTS [...] | 2004-12-13 14:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OEXC JO |
04AMMAN9888 | MEDIA REACTION ON UKRAINE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-14 12:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
04AMMAN9891 | UNRWA SUCCESSION - UNRWA STAFF AND DONORS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. UNRWA's small cadre of reformist senior managers are resigning themselves to the growing possibility the SYG will extend Peter Hansen's tenure as UNRWA ComGen. They fear that major donors' inability to coalesce around a viable alternative, combined with the fact that [...] | 2004-12-14 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA |
04AMMAN9898 | IRAQ OUT-OF-COUNTRY VOTING PROGRAM LAUNCHES IN [...] (U) The International Organization for Migration launched its Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) Program for Iraq from its Amman headquarters on December 12. Eligible Iraqis living outside Iraq will have the opportunity to register and vote in 14 countries, in the national assembly election. A si [...] | 2004-12-14 14:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC IZ JO |
04AMMAN9909 | US-EU DIALOGUE ON MIDDLE EAST REFORM: JORDAN [...] As instructed reftel, Charge, accompanied by A/PolCouns and USAID officers, met December 7 to discuss reform programs per reftel with Angeline Eichhorst, Head of Operations for the European Commission (EC) delegation to Jordan. Also attending were representatives from the following ten of the [...] | 2004-12-15 13:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMPI XF ECON EAID PGOV PREL JO |
04AMMAN9915 | NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC JO |
04AMMAN9916 | STAFFDEL GROVE MEETING WITH PRINCE FAISAL [...] (C) In a meeting with Staffdel Grove on December 8, Prince Faisal advocated support for Jordan's current military funding request, focusing on border security needs. He presented a positive long-term view of Iraq and highlighted opportunity in the Arab-Israeli conflict, while dismissing Syria [...] | 2004-12-15 16:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL MASS IZ JO |
04AMMAN9917 | JORDAN'S NON-U.S. AID FUNDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan receives substantial non-military aid from sources other than the U.S. Government. According to the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC),non-U.S. development assistance pledged in 2004 amounted to US$141 million in grants and US$111 million in soft [...] | 2004-12-15 16:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL JO |
04AMMAN9945 | QIZ'S PRESS GOVERNMENT; EDGY ABOUT EGYPTIAN QIZ'S, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an unprecedented series of meetings with high government officials, Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) factory owners and zone operators have been pushing hard for reforms in key areas affecting their operations, from paperwork to Aqaba Port congestion to handling of a work [...] | 2004-12-16 12:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL KTIA JO |
04AMMAN9974 | ILO CONFERENCE ON EMPLOYMENT IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) The International Labor Organization (ILO) sponsored a conference in Amman on the role of employment in the reconstruction of Iraq. The Iraqi Ministers of Labor and Planning attended, as well as representatives from international organizations, donor countries, and an Iraqi labor union. [...] | 2004-12-16 15:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM KDEM JO IZ |
04ANKARA1491 | TURKS READY TO SEND POLICE TRAINERS TO JORDAN [...] MFA provided to us March 11 a list of 31 police trainers that the GOT is preparing to send to the Iraqi police training facility outside Amman. MFA Deputy Iraq Coordinator Ethem Tokdemir told us that they could be ready to travel as early as March 31. While most are general police trainers, [...] | 2004-03-12 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ JO MARR PGOV PREL EAID TU |
04ANKARA2189 | AMBASSADOR RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM, TIP, AMCIT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 14 meeting with Justice Minister Cicek, the Ambassador praised GOT human rights reforms and encouraged further progress in the run-up to the December EU Summit. He recommended the Embassy and GOT establish a regular exchange of information on trafficking in persons (T [...] | 2004-04-15 16:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EINV KCRM KWMN JO TU |
04KUWAIT1812 | (C) JORDAN'S KING DID NOT DISCUSS OIL [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah told Charge June 7 that Jordanian King Abdullah had not/not discussed oil during his June 1 visit to Kuwait (other topics septels). (NOTE: the local media reported that the King had said Kuwait had renewed for six months the p [...] | 2004-06-08 13:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO IZ KU |
04LJUBLJANA377 | SLOVENIA: TERRORISM FINANCE: PREVENTING KONGRA-GEL [...] (C) ON 23 APRIL, ECONOFF DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO PETER JAPELJ, FIRST COUNSELOR IN THE MFA OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND DISARMAMENT. JAPELJ PROMISED TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH MFA STATE UNDERSECRETARY FOR VISA POLICY ANDREJ STER. HE WILL ALSO DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION AMONG TH [...] | 2004-04-26 12:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL PTER IZ TU SY JO SI |
04LONDON3070 | PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-23 17:47:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS IZ TU EU SY JO UK |
04MADRID3073 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MILLER [...] Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep. Jeff Miller, House Armed Services Committee (HASC),and delegation, to visit Spain from August 24-25, 2004 for an overnight stop at Rota Naval Base. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is Econ Officer Richard C. Mer [...] | 2004-08-11 14:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JO PK AF IZ BA DJ EG SP |
04PARIS3123 | PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-23 17:18:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PINS IZ TU EU SY JO FR |
04STATE89155 | PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] (S) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. ACTION ADDRESSEES ARE TO DRAW FROM THE POINTS IN PARA 2-4, AS APPROPRIATE, WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS AT THE HIGHEST APPROPRIATE LEVELS TO SEEK THEIR HELP IN PREVENTING A PARTY CONGRESS IN IRAQ BY KONGRA-GEL, THE TERRORIST SUCCESSOR TO THE PKK. THE U.S. WILL DO ALL IT [...] | 2004-04-22 00:48:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS IZ TU EU SY JO |
04TELAVIV1362 | WERTHEIMER APPARENTLY GIVING UP ON "MARSHALL PLAN" [...] (SBU) Israeli industrialist Stef Wertheimer told visiting NSC Director Adnan Kifayat and Embassy Econoff on Feb. 24 that he will no longer seek USG financial assistance for his "New Marshall Plan" for the Middle East. Using the phrase "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't force him to [...] | 2004-03-04 14:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD PREL KWBG TU JO IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04THEHAGUE14 | IRAQ: DUTCH PROVIDE MILITARY CARGO AIRCRAFT FOR [...] The Netherlands will deploy one Dutch Air Force Fokker "60" transport aircraft and a 20-man crew to the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS),part of the World Food Program (WFP). The plane and crew will be based in Amman for use in operations in Iraq. It will be available February 1 to A [...] | 2004-01-06 10:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID IZ JO NL WFP |
05ABUDHABI1605 | SHEIKH HAMDAN ON IRAQ, GAZA, MLAT [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and Ambassador met April 10 to review regional developments and U.S.-UAE relations. The UAE remains very worried about Iranian influence in Iraq. HbZ urged the U.S. to stand behind Mahm [...] | 2005-04-11 12:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD JO IZ IR TC |
05ABUDHABI4025 | MINSTATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAMDAN ON IRAQ, SAUDI [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador called on Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed al Nahyan (HbZ) September 19 to thank the UAE for its $100 million in Hurricane Katrina assistance and to discuss Iraq, the UAE-Saudi border, UAE assistance to the Palestinians, and possible addi [...] | 2005-09-22 15:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SA JO TC |
05ABUDHABI5168 | EXBS ADVISOR VISIT TO UNITED ARAB EMIRATES OCTOBER 2005 [...] Several times during the period October 9-23, EXBS Advisor met with principal US Embassy and Consulate staff to discuss the state of EXBS in UAE. Salient points of subsequent conversation were as follows: A. UAE has unique challenges with implementation of EXBS principles due to the st [...] | 2005-12-21 14:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO |
05ADANA2 | NEW TURKISH-SYRIAN TRADE DEAL SIGN OF BETTER THINGS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-03 07:48:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL SY JO IZ TU ADANA |
05ADANA51 | COMMERCIAL LOGISTICS SUPPORT TO U.S. MILITARY IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-17 08:34:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD MARR MOPS IZ JO TU ADANA |
05ALGIERS2296 | BOUTEFLIKA'S MESSAGE TO KING ABDALLAH FOLLOWING [...] Following the bombings in Amman which killed 59 people and wounded 96, President Abelaziz Bouteflika sent a condolence message November 11 on behalf of the Algerian people to King Abdallah II. Bouteflika wrote, "It is with profound sadness and affliction that I have learned about the painful [...] | 2005-11-16 06:32:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER AG JO |
05AMMAN1014 | FY-05 FULBRIGHT AMERICAN STUDIES INSTITUTE ON [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES DR. ZYAD GOGAZEH, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES, UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN. DR. GOGAZEH'S BIODATA FOLLOWS: PERSONAL INFORMATION: A. NAME AS IN THE PASSPORT: FIRST: ZYAD MIDDLE: MOH'D FAMILY: GOGAZEH B. DATE OF BIRTH (MONTH/DAY [...] | 2005-02-07 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
05AMMAN103 | GOJ MOVES TO RETURN AMBASSADOR TO TEL AVIV [...] (C) Summary. The King has instructed his government to return an Ambassador to Tel Aviv, and the Israeli Ambassador here - usually a glass half empty man - is modestly optimistic that a way can be found to save the Jordanian government's "face" with a modest release of Jordanian prisoners, n [...] | 2005-01-05 15:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO |
05AMMAN1038 | TERRORISM FINANCE DESIGNEE AL-SUDANI [...] (S/NF) Post Legatt, acting on instructions it has received through its own channels, has moved to contact al-Sudani in order to follow up on his offer of cooperation, and Legatt will pass reftel points to Mr. al-Sudani. After Legatt has made contact with al-Sudani, post will reassess the desi [...] | 2005-02-08 05:17:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER PGOV JO |
05AMMAN1058 | JORDAN AGREES TO MILITARY ASSISTANCE AMENDMENT [...] The Government of Jordan has formally agreed to the amendment proposed in reftel to satisfy the requirements of Section 505(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act. The Jordanian Foreign Ministry transmitted the agreement by diplomatic note number KT/75/1/104 dated February 7, 2005. The text of the d [...] | 2005-02-08 11:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PGOV KTIA JO |
05AMMAN1063 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-08 12:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
05AMMAN1076 | CODEL SHAYS STAFF REVIEWS IRAQI COUNTER TERRORISM [...] (C) Jordanian Special Operations Command briefed staff members of Codel Shays January 29 on training for the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF). The Jordanians requested U.S. support for a new training facility, unique to the region, that would provide greater capacity for counter terrorism [...] | 2005-02-08 13:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS IZ JO |
05AMMAN1087 | AMMAN STOCK EXCHANGE REACTS TO RUMORS, THEN NEWS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A week-long, 12% drop in Arab Bank,s share price appears to have paused, as the price rose 1.5% today on domestically-reported news that the bank is considering voluntary closure of its New York branch. While the recent slide in price was not due entirely to rumors of impending e [...] | 2005-02-08 16:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KTFN JO |
05AMMAN1094 | RETURN OF JORDANIAN AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL [...] (C) After Charge expressed U.S. concern about the vagueness on the timing of the return of Jordan's Ambassador to Israel late February 8, Foreign Minister al-Mulki informed that he would convoke the Israeli Ambassador in Amman on February 9 and seek agrement for Jordan's nominee. At that poi [...] | 2005-02-09 09:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL JO IS |
05AMMAN1099 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-09 11:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
05AMMAN1123 | JORDAN REQUESTS DEMINING ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Prince Mir'ed bin Ra'ad bin Zeid, Chairman of the National Committee for Demining and Rehabilitation (NCDR),met with Charge February 8 at his initiative to provide a progress report on demining in Jordan and to request U.S. political and financial assistance. Prince Mir'ed asked that the [...] | 2005-02-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KHDP MASS PGOV PREL IS JO |
05AMMAN1125 | IRAQ WORLD BANK CHIEF ON ASSISTANCE ISSUES [...] (U) This message was cleared by Embassy Baghdad. Summary ------------ 2. (U) The head of the World Bank's Iraq Mission discussed with emboff a wide range of Iraq assistance issues, including the upcoming February 8-10 World Bank negotiations with the IIG, planned FY2005 World Bank (IDA [...] | 2005-02-09 13:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID ENRG IZ JO |
05AMMAN1137 | INITIAL REACTION TO RETURN OF AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL [...] (U) Following the Israeli-Palestinian summit in Sharm al-Sheikh, major Jordanian dailies on January 9 led with generally upbeat headlines on the meeting and highlighted King Abdullah's supporting role (ref a). Scant attention was paid, however, to the announcement of the return of a Jordania [...] | 2005-02-09 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS JO |
05AMMAN1147 | UPDATE ON U.S.-JORDAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT JOINT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 5 and 14. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Since USTR hosted Jordan at the annual Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Joint Committee (JC) meeting last June, steady progress has been made on the twelve action items raised. Five action items are completed, from t [...] | 2005-02-09 15:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SENV CVIS PREL EAGR KTIA JO |
05AMMAN119 | SENATOR KERRY'S JANUARY 4 MEETING WITH KING [...] (C) Senator John Kerry (D-MA) met for nearly an hour with King Abdullah on January 4. Deputy Prime Minister Muasher (as acting Foreign Minister),Royal Court Minister al-Rifai, and Palace Media advisor Bahous joined Nancy Stetson and Charge in the meeting, which focused almost exclusively on [...] | 2005-01-06 08:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO |
05AMMAN1192 | World Bank Holds Successful Iraq IDA Talks [...] (U) This cable was cleared by Embassy Baghdad. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) World Bank and Iraqi government delegations concluded successful negotiations on the modalities of up to $700 million in World Bank assistance in Amman on February 10. Bank representatives were impressed by both [...] | 2005-02-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID EFIN IZ JO |
05AMMAN1199 | JORDAN RED CRESCENT PROPOSES STRATEGY TO ADOPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President of the Jordanian Red Crescent Society, currently Chair of the Standing Commission of the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, Dr. Mohammed Al Hadid, remains committed to solving the issue of Israeli National Society membership during his current term of of [...] | 2005-02-14 08:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO |
05AMMAN1201 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-14 10:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
05AMMAN1234 | PARLIAMENT APPROVES 2005 BUDGET BY WIDE MARGIN [...] (C) The Lower House of Parliament approved the government's 2005 budget of 3.3 billion Jordanian dinars (JD) -- approximately USD 4.7 billion -- on February 12 by a vote of 82 to 24. During the four days of debate preceding the vote, 99 out of 110 MPs insisted on presenting individual speech [...] | 2005-02-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN JO |
05AMMAN1241 | MEDIA REACTION ON HARIRI'S ASSASSINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-15 12:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
05AMMAN1245 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION HOST COUNTRY [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref a talking points February 15 to Waleed Obeidat of the Foreign Minister's private office concerning the proposed U.S.-Jordan agreement on challenge inspections under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). MFA Legal Advisor Samer Naber informed post in December 2004 tha [...] | 2005-02-15 16:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA JO CWC |
05AMMAN1274 | JORDAN'S POSITION ON HARIRI'S DEATH [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister al-Mulki and Royal Court Minister al-Rifai, and spoke briefly with the King on the matter, on February 16. Mulki said he had garnered support within the Arab League and from Amre Moussa to host an emergency ministerial in Damascus on F [...] | 2005-02-16 12:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL LE JO |
05AMMAN13 | JORDAN, ISRAEL UPGRADE TRADE AGREEMENT TO CREATE [...] (SBU) Jordan hosted the signing of an upgraded trade agreement with Israel December 23 to take aim at a Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) arrangement with the EU using cumulation of content under a pending Pan-Euro-Mediterranean rules of origin system. The pact moves Jordan and Israel toward [...] | 2005-01-03 12:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL KTIA KTEX IS JO |
05AMMAN1306 | REACTION TO IRAQI ELECTION RESULTS IN JORDAN [...] (U) Jordanians remain concerned about the status of Sunnis in a Shia-dominated transitional Iraqi government, but analysts are hopeful that the Iraqi elections will contribute to democratization in the region. Local press continues to accentuate negative analyses of the election, but a growing [...] | 2005-02-16 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
05AMMAN1308 | JORDAN'S 1559 CONFERENCE IDEA DIES [...] (C) Foreign Minister al-Mulki informed Charge late on February 16 that the Syrian government had rejected the Jordanian proposal for an Arab League ministerial in Damascus on February 18. Foreign Minister Shara told him over the phone, he said, that if the aim of the meeting is to support Sy [...] | 2005-02-16 15:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO |
05AMMAN1309 | KING ORDERS ANOTHER COMMITTEE TO DEFINE JORDAN'S [...] (C) King Abdullah has formed a new 26-member commission to delineate the goals for Jordan's development over the next ten years. The group is diverse and includes current and former senior government officials, civil society activists, business leaders, and significant opposition figures, no [...] | 2005-02-16 15:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO |
05AMMAN1340 | FM MULKI CALLS OFF TRIP TO DAMASCUS, CAUTIONS [...] (C) FM Mulki told Charge February 18 that he had canceled plans to travel to Damascus for bilateral discussions after confirming that Syrian PM Mohammad al-Utri, accompanied by several other Syrian ministers, had arrived in Tehran for cooperation talks with Iranian officials. Mulki said he w [...] | 2005-02-17 13:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KPAL IR SY JO |
05AMMAN1346 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: CHECK ON ITAR 129 REGISTERED [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL INQUIRY REGARDING THE ITAR 129 REGISTERED BROKER "MIDDLE EAST ESTABLISHMENT FOR AIRCRAFT PARTS TECHNOLOGY (MEAT)," POST HAS CONCLUDED ITS INVESTIGATION WHICH INCLUDED A SITE-VISIT AND PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING DETAILS. MEAT IS A ONE PERSON OPERATION OWNED AND OPERATED BY R [...] | 2005-02-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC JO |
05AMMAN1350 | GOJ PREPARES TO SUBMIT ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT TO [...] Two local newspapers on February 13 reported for the first time that Jordan and the U.S. had entered into an Article 98 agreement on December 16, 2004. Citing unnamed "diplomatic sources," Arabic daily Al-Ghad noted that the bilateral agreement was signed during King Abdullah's visit to Wash [...] | 2005-02-17 14:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO MARR PREL |
05AMMAN1351 | ARAB COUNTRIES LAUNCH GFD INITIATIVE; PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) At a February 6-7 conference in Jordan, representatives of Arab governments formally launched the "Governance for Development in the Arab Countries" (GFD) initiative under the auspices of King Abdullah. The GFD calls for partnerships between Arab states and OECD countries and the UNDP [...] | 2005-02-17 14:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KDEM KMPI ECON EINV JO |
05AMMAN1353 | GOJ-PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS DISPUTE STILL [...] (U) Summary: The professional associations continue to challenge the government's ban on its "political activity" (refs). The like-minded opposition political parties have now taken up the cause, calling for more public freedoms during a sit-in in front of the Parliament building on Februa [...] | 2005-02-17 15:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB KMPI JO |
05AMMAN1356 | U/S LEVEY BILATS ADDRESS ARAB BANK AND AML LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In bilateral meetings held in Amman February 16, a multi-agency delegation led by Under Secretary of Treasury for the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey heard GOJ and Arab Bank concerns about the impending regulatory action against Arab Bank. In response [...] | 2005-02-17 17:03:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL ETTC KTFN PINR JO IZ |
05AMMAN1357 | IRAQI POLITICAL FIGURES SEEK COMMON GROUND ON [...] (C) A two-day, U.S. NGO-sponsored "Iraq Constitution Roundtable" was held at an Amman-area hotel on February 14-15. Twenty-one Iraqis representing most strands of Iraqi political opinion attended the conference, which focused almost entirely on discussion of modalities for drafting Iraq's ne [...] | 2005-02-17 18:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PINR IZ JO |
05AMMAN1384 | JORDAN TO MAKE JORDANIAN PASSPORTS AVAILABLE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan intends to issue "special case" passports to a select group of investors in Jordan, with the primary beneficiaries said to be Iraqi businessmen. While the passports will not confer some rights (e.g., voting, transmission of citizenship),they will perm [...] | 2005-02-21 12:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS PREL KFRD JO |
05AMMAN1422 | RESIGNATION OF PLANNING MINISTER [...] (C) Jordan's Planning Minister, Bassam Awadallah, resigned effective February 20. His replacement, Tayseer Smadi, who had served as Awadallah's secretary general for over a year was sworn into office the same day (biographical information septel). 2. (C) When informing Charge of his plan [...] | 2005-02-21 16:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KMPI JO |
05AMMAN1436 | BIO OF NEW PLANNING MINISTER TAYSEER AL-SMADI [...] (SBU) Minister of Planning Bassem Awadallah resigned on February 20; he told us he left in order to pursue a private-sector opportunity in Dubai (reftel). The Ministry,s Secretary-General Dr. Tayseer al-Smadi was sworn in on February 21 as the new Minister. Awadallah has retained responsibil [...] | 2005-02-22 11:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EAID PGOV KMPI JO |
05AMMAN1441 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-22 12:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
05AMMAN150 | SYMBOLIC PARLIAMENTARY RESOLUTION AGAINST IRAQI [...] (C) Summary. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has started a voter registration media campaign for Iraqis in Jordan with the placement of billboards and posters throughout Amman. The Lower House of Parliament adopted a symbolic resolution January 5 against the electoral pro [...] | 2005-01-06 14:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IZ JO |
05AMMAN1504 | MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH IN EUROPE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-23 11:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
05AMMAN1515 | Jordan Re-engaging with Israel, U.S. on TRIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from Jordan, Israel and the United States met in Amman on February 16 to discuss collaboration under the Trilateral Industrial Research and Development fund (TRIDE). Jordan is now ready to re-engage on TRIDE. Each of the three countries has committed one- third [...] | 2005-02-23 14:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND ECON PREL EAID IS JO |
05AMMAN1552 | "FY-05 MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE STUDY OF [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES THREE PRINCIPAL NOMINEES: MS. HALA MAKAHLEH, MS. ZEINA AHMAD AND MR. RAJA SUNNA. MR. MAJD AL USTA AS AN ALTERNATE NOMINEE. 2. THE FOUR CANDIDATES ARE MEMBERS OF THE KING ABDULLAH II FUND FOR DEVELOPMENT (KAFD). KAFD WAS ESTABLISHED BY A ROYAL DECREE I [...] | 2005-02-24 09:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
05AMMAN1578 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION AND [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref a talking points February 24 to Bashir Khassawneh, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Legal Department. Khassawneh said the GOJ was well aware of its obligations under Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and was currently determining if existing legi [...] | 2005-02-24 14:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ABUD JO AROC CWC OPCW |
05AMMAN162 | JORDAN SET TO INDICT ANOTHER GROUP OF TERRORIST [...] (S/NF) Press reports indicate that the GOJ is preparing to indict several Jordanian extremists who were arrested last year for planning terrorist attacks against U.S. and other foreign targets in Jordan. At least four are in custody, and several others remain at large. Jordanian security se [...] | 2005-01-06 15:26:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC JO |
05AMMAN1620 | CSW WOMEN'S ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT RESOLUTION: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-24 16:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN EAID JO UN CSW |
05AMMAN1629 | PAS Amman Conducts Web Dialogue [...] PAS Amman hosted February 17 a web dialogue on the Embassy's public website between USAID Jordan Mission Director Anne Aarnes and the Jordanian public. This is the first of what are planned as monthly web dialogue sessions with senior country team members. The web dialogue enabled Jordanians [...] | 2005-02-27 09:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP KIRC EAID SCUL JO |
05AMMAN1649 | NEA ESTH Conference Links ESTH To Full Range of [...] (SBU) Summary: Thirty-eight officers from a range of U.S. departments and NEA missions met in Wadi Mousa, Jordan February 2-3 for a workshop to discuss U.S. environment, science, technology and health (ESTH) priorities in the region. The workshop provided an opportunity for participants to ex [...] | 2005-02-27 15:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD KPAO TBIO KHIV SOCI JO XF |
05AMMAN1651 | JORDAN RESOLUTE ON SYRIAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR [...] (U) In a French television interview broadcast February 23, King Abdullah called on Syria to comply with UN resolution 1559. "What we hope for is that Syria will respect the United Nations resolution," he told France 2 television during an official visit to Paris. "We think Lebanon's future [...] | 2005-02-27 15:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY JO |
05AMMAN1652 | SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO ARAB LEAGUE: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-27 15:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG JO |
05AMMAN1666 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-28 11:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
05AMMAN1683 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR FISCAL RESTRAINT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB JO ILO |
05AMMAN1697 | SUCCESS WITH JORDAN COPYRIGHT LAW, CENSORSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's parliament has approved new copyright legislation, and we expect King Abdullah to sign it into law soon. Censorship fees (ref A) are also reportedly to be restructured shortly, using a formula acceptable to key IPR supporters in private industry. Finally, a MEPI-spon [...] | 2005-03-01 08:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ETRD PREL KTIA JO |
05AMMAN1701 | YEAR 2005 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-01 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD JO |
05AMMAN1702 | EMBASSY AMMAN'S 2005 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Amman's contribution below to the annual Trafficking in Persons report is keyed to the instructions found in reftel. --------- Checklist --------- 2. (SBU) A. Based on the information available to post, Jordan is not a country of origin or transit for trafficked men, women, [...] | 2005-03-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO |
05AMMAN1709 | FY-05 FULBRIGHT AMERICAN STUDIES INSTITUTE ON "U.S. [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES DR. SOHAIL MAGABLEH, HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY. DR. MAGABLEH'S BIODDATE FOLLOWS: PERSONAL INFORMATION: A. NAME: SOHAIL ISSA MAGABLEH FIRST NAME: SOHAIL MIDDLE NAME: ISSA LAST NAME: MAGABLEH B. DATE OF BIRTH (MONTH/DAY/Y [...] | 2005-03-01 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
05AMMAN1710 | FY-05 STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES INSTITUTE FOR [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES DR. MOHAMMED OKOUR, SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SIPDIS FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE NOMINEES' BIODATA: PERSONAL INFORMATION: A. NAME: MOHAMMAD-JOM'A YASEEN "OKOUR" FIRST NAME: MOHAMMAD-JOM'A MIDDL [...] | 2005-03-01 14:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
05AMMAN1719 | INTERIOR MINISTER GRILLED IN PARLIAMENT WHILE [...] (C) Interior Minister Habashneh fended off heated questioning in Parliament regarding the GOJ's crackdown on political activity by the country's professional associations. Deputies from the Islamic Action Front (IAF) led the attack, while other MPs criticized the government for failing to pr [...] | 2005-03-01 16:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO |
05AMMAN1720 | GOJ REOPENING PARIS CLUB DEBT FORGIVENESS REQUEST [...] (C) King Abdullah told Charge on February 26 that during his recent visit to Europe he had heard positive responses from French, German, and British leaders to his request to revisit the question of debt forgiveness, collectively through the Paris Club and bilaterally. Finance Minister Abu H [...] | 2005-03-01 16:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL JO |
05AMMAN1725 | ENGAGING JORDAN ON REDIRECTION OF IRAQI WMD [...] (SBU) Anne Harrington, Deputy Director of the Office of Proliferation Threat Reduction (NP/PTR),Richard Jarvis, PTR's Iraq Program Manager, and Amman's ESTH Hub Director visited several Amman-based NGOs to discuss their possible collaboration with State's program to redirect Iraqi WMD scienti [...] | 2005-03-02 08:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL JO IZ TI |
05AMMAN1783 | SUSPECT IN FOLEY ASSASSINATION GETS NEW LAWYER; [...] (U) The State Security Court appointed a new lawyer for Muammar al-Jaghbir, who is being retried for his role in the assassination of USAID officer Laurence Foley. Separately, Jaghbir and Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi were formally charged on March 2 for bombing the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad in 2 [...] | 2005-03-03 15:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PHUM IZ JO |
05AMMAN1784 | JORDAN AND SYRIA FORMALLY END BORDER DISPUTE, BUT [...] (C) The Prime Ministers of Jordan and Syria signed a raft of agreements and memorandums of understanding (MOUs) in Amman on February 28, including an agreement formally demarcating the border between the two countries. Despite this public display of mutual cooperation, the GOJ retains seriou [...] | 2005-03-03 15:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON SY JO |
05AMMAN1785 | JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS UNDER PRESSURE AS GOJ PUSHES [...] (C) King Abdullah continues to emphasize Jordan's "Amman Message" endorsing a moderate Islam. The GOJ hosted a meeting of international Islamic clerics to plan the agenda for a summer conference based on the Amman Message, which will seek to promote Islamic unity and outline Islam's stand o [...] | 2005-03-03 16:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL PHUM KWMN JO |
05AMMAN1793 | MEDIA REACTION ON SYRIA'S PULLOUT FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-06 11:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
05AMMAN1826 | MDA ISSUE: EMBLEM WORKING GROUP'S NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on recent consultations with regional members of the Emblem Working Group, the Chair of the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement's Standing Commission is confident the majority of Arab National Societies can be persuaded to actively support the reconvening of the a [...] | 2005-03-06 14:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL PREF IS JO ICRC |
05AMMAN1829 | DEMARCHE ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL FROM LEBANON: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-06 16:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE JO |
05AMMAN1837 | AML LAW GOES TO PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Mohammed Abu Hammour informed Charge on March 5 that Jordan's Cabinet had approved the anti-money laundering (AML) bill that it had been considering over the past month. Abu Hammour had consulted with Abdul-Hadi al-Majali, the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, and not [...] | 2005-03-07 06:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KTFN ETTC PGOV JO |
05AMMAN185 | IIG FM ZEBARI PLEASED WITH OUTCOME OF NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Summary. IIG FM Zebari praised the outcome of the January 8 neighbors conference in Amman. The only point of controversy was a Syrian stab at removing language about federalism, which Zebari parried. Zebari was pleased with Jordan's overall help but dismissed the leadership's analysis [...] | 2005-01-09 12:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO IZ |
05AMMAN1854 | MEDIA REACTION ON SYRIA'S PULLOUT/US [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-07 11:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
05AMMAN1859 | SCENESETTER FOR KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO U.S. [...] (S) King Abdullah is very pleased to be returning to the U.S. after his most recent visit in December 2004. The King, who sees his strategic interests as intertwined with our own regional agenda, remains committed to supporting our efforts to stabilize Iraq, advance Israeli-Palestinian peace [...] | 2005-03-07 17:15:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ECON MARR IZ JO |
05AMMAN187 | PARLIAMENT IS SUCH A DRAG [...] (C) The cabinet's working relationship with Parliament has deteriorated since MPs reconvened in December 2004. Allegations of corruption resulted in heated exchanges on the Parliament floor, while perceived GOJ indifference to MPs' concerns contributed to vocal opposition against a trade agre [...] | 2005-01-09 13:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
05AMMAN1924 | JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT'S INTENTIONS TOWARD THE [...] (C) Summary. King Abdullah and Royal Court Minister al-Rifai have explained to Charge that the government's campaign against the professional associations is designed to ensure a fairer representation of their members and a transparent, legal distribution of their finances. These aims are t [...] | 2005-03-08 13:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KMPI KISL IS JO |
05AMMAN1945 | MULKI VISIT WARMS JORDANIAN-ISRAELI TIES; CALLS [...] (C) During a two-day visit to Israel and the West Bank March 5-6, Jordanian Foreign Minister al-Mulki announced that Jordan would "intensify its mediating role" between Israelis and Palestinians. Mulki said the Palestinians agreed to accept the dispatch of a Jordanian-trained Palestinian for [...] | 2005-03-08 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KISL PTER IS SY LE JO |
05AMMAN1957 | TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 - EMBOFF ROLE [...] Post provides replies to reftel queries as follows: 2. (C) Over the past two years, the GOJ has not reported the seizure of any funds belonging to 1267-designated individuals or entities, though it has sent out freeze orders after each 1267 designation. (They did, however, freeze hundreds o [...] | 2005-03-08 15:02:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS JO |
05AMMAN1959 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL RICHARD MYERS [...] (S//NF) GENERAL KHALID SARAIREH, CHAIRMAN, JORDAN ARMED FORCES IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT TO JORDAN. IT WILL PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE JAF LEADERSHIP FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT TO OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AND WILL HELP ENSURE JORDAN'S [...] | 2005-03-08 15:56:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM MASS JO |
05AMMAN1997 | FM MULKI ON HIS MARCH 5-6 VISIT TO ISRAEL AND THE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Mulki described to Charge a very positive visit to Israel. Israel and Jordan agreed to seek U.S. support for reviving the trilateral economic committee, and Mulki believes he gained PM Sharon,s support for a deal on the release of Jordanian prisoners in Israeli [...] | 2005-03-09 16:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN KPAL IS JO |
05AMMAN2004 | "FY-05 MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE STUDY OF [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES MS. HALA HATAMLEH, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, YARMOUK UNIVERSITY MODEL SCHOOL. 2. THE FOLLOWING IS NOMINEES' BIODATA IN PRIORITY ORDER: FIRST NOMINEE: PERSONAL INFORMATION: A. NAME: LAST NAME AS ON PASSPORT: HATAMELH B. FIRST NAME AS ON PASSPORT: [...] | 2005-03-10 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
05AMMAN2042 | KING ABDULLAH HALTS PLAN TO CLOSE RUWEISHED [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah has put a halt to GOJ planning to transfer refugees from UNHCR's Jordan-Iraq camps to another site in the "no-man's-land." An additional 53 Iranian Kurds formerly resident at the UNHCR camp near Ramadi, inside Iraq, arrived at the Jordan-Iraq border last week, bri [...] | 2005-03-10 16:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO |
05AMMAN2043 | UPDATE ON POLITICAL REFORM IN JORDAN [...] (C) After a hopeful start, a well-publicized push for political reform announced by King Abdullah in late 2003 lost momentum as the GOJ struggled internally with unresolved questions on both the pace and extent of change. Heightened security concerns have given a louder voice to officials war [...] | 2005-03-10 17:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KMPI JO |
05AMMAN2044 | FORMER PM'S LICENSE APPLICATION IS A TEST FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The announcement by former Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb that he has applied for a new banking license has stirred up considerable interest in the Jordanian business community, but also provoked controversy and a war of words between Abul Ragheb and another former prime minister, [...] | 2005-03-10 18:03:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ECON PGOV JO |
05AMMAN2049 | NEW STUDY GAUGES ARABS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE WEST, [...] (U) A new study published by Jordan University's Center for Strategic Studies based on polls conducted in five Arab countries reveals that Arabs tend to distinguish between policy and culture when viewing the West. A negative view of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, not American value [...] | 2005-03-13 06:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KISL KPAL JO |
05AMMAN2050 | A STEP FORWARD AND A SHUFFLING OF FEET: BANKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The excellent recent profitability of banks is continuing to drive change in the Jordanian banking sector. A successful medium-sized bank is looking for a partner in what would be the first merger not driven by a bank failure in well over a decade and the last remnants of the 200 [...] | 2005-03-13 06:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV JO |
05AMMAN2051 | JORDAN: ALI HATTAR SLANDER CASE PROCEEDS [...] (U) Defense witnesses testified on March 7 in the case of Engineers' Association member Ali Hattar, who is accused of slandering the government during a speech he delivered at the Professional Associations complex on December 14 (refs A and B). The lecture, entitled "Why We Boycott America," [...] | 2005-03-13 06:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM JO |
05AMMAN2055 | MERC "Red-Dead" Project Promotes Scientific Engagement [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A USAID Middle East Regional Cooperation (MERC)-funded project on the proposed multi-billion dollar "Red- Dead" project to bring Red Sea water to the Dead Sea is expanding scientific and governmental cooperation between Israel and Jordan. There are no conclusions yet on the imp [...] | 2005-03-13 08:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID TPHY PREL IS JO |
05AMMAN2087 | ELECTORAL REFORM AND IFES ASSESSMENT MISSION [...] (C) Summary. MEPI Committee members met with IFES local coordinator Mohammed Tarawneh on March 8 to further explore IFES, request to conduct an assessment of Jordanian electoral procedures and laws beginning March 22. Given the sensitivity of the electoral reform issue here, and IFES, propos [...] | 2005-03-13 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI JO |
05AMMAN2092 | IRAN DEMARCHES DELIVERED TO GOJ [...] (U) A/PolCouns delivered on March 13 ref A talking points and statement on U.S. support for EU-3 diplomacy efforts on Iran to Waleed Obeidat, Acting Deputy Director for the Foreign Minister's private office. Obeidat had no substantive response, but said he would forward the information to FM [...] | 2005-03-13 16:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL KPAO IR IZ JO |
05AMMAN2093 | MULKI REITERATES CALL FOR SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL; [...] (C) Foreign Minister Mulki reiterated to Charge on March 13 Jordan's position that Syria must immediately implement Security Council 1559 and withdraw completely from Lebanon (refs). Reflecting an interview he gave to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on March 12, Mulki said that the discussion sho [...] | 2005-03-13 16:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE SY JO |
05AMMAN2094 | JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT MOVES ON CASES [...] Two groups of local extremists charged with targeting U.S., Israeli, and GOJ interests last year appeared before the State Security Court in separate trials on March 7. The court also began the re-trial of Mustafa Siyyam, arrested in Iraq last year, on charges that he plotted to kill a Jorda [...] | 2005-03-13 16:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV PHUM JO |
05AMMAN2130 | UNRWA'S PROJECTED OUT-YEAR BUDGET REQUIREMENTS [...] (SBU) UNRWA has provided the following budget projection in response to ref A request for estimated 2006-2007 funding requirements: UNRWA 2006-2007 ESTIMATED BIENNIUM BUDGET (IN MILLIONS USD) =========================================== 2006 2007 Regular [...] | 2005-03-14 16:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN2131 | REPORTED JORDANIAN SUICIDE BOMBER IN IRAQ [...] (C) King Abdullah has publicly chastised a local newspaper for its laudatory coverage of a "martyrdom celebration" here in honor of a Jordanian citizen who reportedly carried out a suicide attack in Iraq earlier this month. GOJ officials have tried to refute SCIRI accusations that the GOJ f [...] | 2005-03-14 16:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL IZ JO |
05AMMAN216 | FM MULKI ON SHARM FOLLOW-UP, ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Charge reviewed the demarche (ref a) on the January 11 Sharm Conference Follow-up Meeting with Foreign Minister al-Mulki on January 10. Advised by Egyptian FM Abdul Ghaith that his presence at the ambassadors-level meeting was not necessary, Mulki is sending Jordan's Ambassador to Egypt, [...] | 2005-01-10 12:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID JO IZ |
05AMMAN217 | MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTION, SUDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-10 12:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
05AMMAN22 | SENATE STAFFERS MEET KING ABDULLAH, PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) A Government of Jordan-sponsored U.S. Senate staff delegation met with King Abdullah December 21 to discuss the U.S.-Jordanian relationship, peace process, and Iraq. The King urged all of the involved parties not to let the opportunity of the January 9 Palestinian presidential elections s [...] | 2005-01-03 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KISL IZ JO |
05AMMAN2217 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT [...] (C) CDA made ref A points March 16 to Foreign Ministry Secretary General Abdullah Madadha (FM Mulki and his private SIPDIS office staff are in the U.S. with King Abdullah.) -- On Syria/Lebanon, Madadha said Jordan would continue to press for immediate Syrian withdrawal, and would also use [...] | 2005-03-16 15:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL SY LE IZ JO ICRC |
05AMMAN2218 | JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES DETAIN, RELEASE JOURNALIST [...] (C) Post contacts confirm that Jordanian authorities -- reportedly on the orders of Interior Minister Samir Habashneh -- detained for questioning and later released a reporter for Arabic daily al-Ghad on March 14 on suspicion that he fabricated the story that a Jordanian citizen, Raed Mansour [...] | 2005-03-16 16:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL IZ JO |
05AMMAN2251 | PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS DERAIL QUICK APPROVAL OF [...] (C) Leaders of Jordan's professional associations launched a full-court press against draft government legislation designed to wrest control of the unions (and their funds) from an Islamist minority out of step with rank and file members. Peaceful demonstrations were held across the country [...] | 2005-03-20 08:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KMPI KISL JO |
05AMMAN2286 | JORDAN: CHILD MARRIAGE [...] Responses to reftel questionnaire on child marriage in Jordan are provided below: 2. The Jordanian government introduced a provisional law in 2001 in the absence of parliament that, among other things, raised the legal marrying age for both men and women to 18 years old. Islamic shari'a [...] | 2005-03-20 16:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB ECON PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN JO |
05AMMAN2295 | ECONOMIC REFORM PROGRAM ON TRACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Jordan remains dependent on foreign aid, its economic reform program is making substantial progress that has continued, undiminished in scope and urgency, since its "graduation" from an IMF program in summer 2004. The GOJ has succeeded in limiting the growth of current exp [...] | 2005-03-21 11:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN KPRV EPET PGOV JO |
05AMMAN2297 | JORDAN EVACUATES ITS EMBASSY FROM BAGHDAD, [...] (C) The staff of the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad evacuated to Fallujah on March 20. In Algiers, FM Mulki publicly denied that the Jordanian Charge had been "summoned" to Amman, but rather repatriated for security reasons. Iraqi diplomats in Amman confirmed their Ambassador will go back to [...] | 2005-03-21 11:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IZ JO |
05AMMAN2328 | AML LAW DEFERRED [...] (U) In a procedural vote March 20, the Chamber of Deputies, Jordan's lower house of Parliament, declined to give "urgent" status to the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) bill approved by the GOJ Cabinet on March 5 (reftel). After hearing a defense of the bill's importance from Justice Minister Sal [...] | 2005-03-21 15:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN ETTC PGOV JO |
05AMMAN2378 | NATIONAL AGENDA COMMITTEE MOVES FORWARD [...] (C) The royal committee charged with drafting a "national agenda" is reportedly on track to complete a final report in September. Committee members have divided their work into 11 separate subjects and established outside working groups that include experts and non-government representatives. [...] | 2005-03-22 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI JO |
05AMMAN2382 | KING ABDULLAH ORDERS JORDANIAN ENVOY BACK TO [...] (C) King Abdullah on March 21 ordered the Jordanian Charge to Iraq (currently in Amman) back to Baghdad. On March 22, the Jordanian Charge was making arrangements to travel to Baghdad, but said he plans to set up shop in a hotel given the poor security situation at the Jordanian embassy. R [...] | 2005-03-22 15:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IZ JO |
05AMMAN2394 | Tour D'Horizon of Jordan's Health Sector: Cancer Driving [...] Summary: Jordan's biggest health priority is non-medical; it needs to develop a comprehensive national health strategy. Jordan strongly supports the NIH-supported Middle East Cancer Consortium. HIV/AIDS and cancer are not as problematic in Jordan as are chronic, non-infectious "lifestyle" dis [...] | 2005-03-23 06:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI KHIV JO |
05AMMAN2426 | JORDANIAN STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST U.S., [...] (SBU) Police contacts confirm that approximately 400 students at the University of Jordan in Amman held a demonstration on March 22 to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of HAMAS founder Sheikh Yasin. During the rally, which was organized by members of the Islamic Action Front, demo [...] | 2005-03-23 16:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC PGOV PTER KPAL IS IZ JO |
05AMMAN2427 | GOJ UNVEILS DRAFT POLITICAL PARTIES LAW [...] (C) The Minister of Political Development presented on March 21 a draft law on political parties. The law would provide public funds to parties with more than 1,000 members. Additional funds would be made available to parties if women or young adults exceed 20 percent of their total membersh [...] | 2005-03-23 18:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO |
05AMMAN2435 | PAS Amman Hosts Iraqi and Jordanian [...] Summary: As part of PA Amman's ongoing Media Professionalization Program, and in support of the MEPI goal of encouraging a professional and independent media, PA Amman organized workshop on economic, financial, and business journalism in the period March 14-17. The workshop, which was direc [...] | 2005-03-24 08:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMPI KPAO XF IZ JO |
05AMMAN2463 | RUSSIAN DRAFT NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-24 15:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER JO UN |
05AMMAN247 | JORDANIANS HOPE PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS WILL JUMP [...] (C) Jordanians followed the Palestinian elections with interest, lauding the Palestinians for the smooth process and high voter turnout. King Abdullah on January 10 called Abu Mazen to congratulate him on his election and dispatched FM Mulki to Ramallah to congratulate the new Palestinian p [...] | 2005-01-11 07:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
05AMMAN2474 | POTENTIAL CUTS TO REFUGEE "SAFETY NETS" IN GAZA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With donors currently providing only 20 percent of its requested emergency funds (and earmarking them heavily to rebuild demolished refugee housing in Rafah),UNRWA believes it will be forced to scale back its emergency food and employment programs -- which support fully three-f [...] | 2005-03-24 16:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN2531 | CODEL PELOSI MEETS WITH PRINCE FAISAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Pelosi engaged Regent Prince Faisal in a wide-ranging discussion centered primarily on Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects, the potential for Iraqi stabilization, and developments in Lebanon. Faisal provided the delegation with his perspectives on Iranian interests in the r [...] | 2005-03-28 08:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL ECON JO |
05AMMAN255 | JORDAN TO EXPEDITE FOOD TRUCKS TO AND FROM IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordanian Customs officials confirmed January 4 that they have begun expediting outbound food trucks destined for Iraq under the Public Distribution System (PDS). Customs Director General Mahmoud Quteishat said that GOJ customs is prepared to implement a seven-day, 24-hour c [...] | 2005-01-11 11:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ELTN ETRD PREL ECON IZ JO |
05AMMAN2551 | Biblical River Jordan Now Sewage-Laden, Drying Up [...] This is a joint Embassy Amman - Embassy Tel Aviv message. 2. Summary: The NGO Friends of the Earth Middle East (FOEME) organized a symposium on March 8 on Peace Island (Bakoura Island) for representatives from Jordan, Israeli, the Palestinian Authority and the international community to [...] | 2005-03-28 13:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON PREL XF IS JO |
05AMMAN2556 | POLISH CONTINGENT TO WITHDRAW FROM JORDAN'S POLICE [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Despite earlier indications that the Polish contingent at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) would remain in place (refs),the Polish contingent commander at JIPTC and the Polish Ambassador in Amman have [...] | 2005-03-28 15:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC MOPS KCRM IZ JO |
05AMMAN2564 | ROYAL JORDANIAN AIRLINES CODE SHARE WITH [...] Summary: Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) finalized a code share agreement with America West Airlines (HP) in the fall of 2004 (reftel). The code share enables USG employees to fly non-stop from Jordan to the U.S. in compliance with the Fly America Act. Unfortunately, implementation of the code [...] | 2005-03-29 07:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAIR ECON IZ JO |
05AMMAN2570 | NEW TITLE FROM ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM-AMMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-29 09:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP OPRC JO |
05AMMAN2592 | KING EMPHASIZES POLITICAL REFORM WITH CODEL DREIER [...] (C) In a March 27 meeting with Codel Dreier, King Abdullah described the importance of comprehensive social, economic and political reform in Jordan. The King reiterated his support of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a partner for peace. The King stated that he did not believe Syria wou [...] | 2005-03-29 13:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OREP IZ IS SY JO |
05AMMAN2608 | WIPO SESSION ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND [...] Econoff delivered reftel non-paper to counterparts in the Jordanian Ministry of Industry and Trade and to the National Library, which has responsibility for IPR enforcement issues. While GOJ officials took on board the points and indicated general sympathy with the message, they were not yet [...] | 2005-03-29 18:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EAID OIIP JO WIPO |
05AMMAN2687 | NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF COMBATANT STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-31 13:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC PINR PREL JO |
05AMMAN2694 | AMMAN BUZZES WITH RUMORS OF IMPENDING GOVERNMENT [...] (C) There is widespread public speculation that King Abdullah plans to overhaul his cabinet. The recent crisis in Jordanian-Iraqi relations and missteps at the Arab League Summit in Algiers have fueled rumors that the King is ready to dismiss PM al-Fayez and FM al-Mulki. End Summary. ---- [...] | 2005-03-31 15:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO |
05AMMAN2706 | WIPO SESSION ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DEVELOPMENT - [...] Econoff delivered reftel non-paper to counterparts in the Jordanian Ministry of Industry and Trade and to the National Library, which has responsibility for IPR enforcement issues. While GOJ officials took on board the points and indicated general sympathy with the message, they were not yet p [...] | 2005-04-03 04:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EAID OIIP JO WIPO |
05AMMAN2713 | DRL-FUNDED HUMAN RIGHTS WORKSHOP A SUCCESS [...] Embassy Amman successfully implemented human rights training for GOJ officials on February 26-27 sponsored by DRL's Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF). Working with the Jordanian Foreign Ministry and its Institute for Diplomacy, post held a two-day workshop with 30 participants from 13 dif [...] | 2005-04-03 05:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM KISL JO |
05AMMAN2714 | JORDANIAN CHARGE RETURNS TO BAGHDAD; MEDIA [...] (U) Jordan's charge d'affaires returned to Baghdad on March 24. The King has taken a conciliatory stand, emphasizing in a press interview Jordan's strong support for Iraq, highlighting Jordan's ongoing training of Iraqi security forces and its commitment to secure the Iraqi-Jordanian border [...] | 2005-04-03 06:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL IZ JO |
05AMMAN2753 | FINANCE MINISTER REVIEWS STATUS OF OIL GRANTS [...] (C) In a March 30 meeting with Charge, Finance Minister Mohammed Abu Hammour reviewed the likelihood of Jordan's receipt of oil grants in 2005. Abu Hammour noted that during the most recent visit by King Abdullah to Saudi Arabia in early March, the Saudis had promised to grant Jordan 25,000 ba [...] | 2005-04-03 14:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL EFIN SA KU JO TC |
05AMMAN2776 | AMMAN STOCK EXCHANGE BUBBLE: WIDER DANGER FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A dramatic rise at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) over the past two years has both reflected and reinforced the Jordanian economy,s healthy growth since the 2003 coalition invasion of Iraq. The ASE was one of the best performers in the world over 2004, turning in one of the best [...] | 2005-04-04 11:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV KPAL JO |
05AMMAN2796 | AMMAN-BASED IRAQI SUNNIS WORKING ON A NEW IRAQ [...] (C) Despite a series of false steps beginning in 2004, Jordan-based Iraqi billionaire Talal al-Gaaod and his family and associates are continuing to work on schemes for promoting an end to the Sunni insurgency and organizing future large-scale Sunni Arab political participation in Iraq. Tala [...] | 2005-04-05 03:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JO |
05AMMAN2800 | UNRWA TO LAUNCH NEW GOI DISENGAGEMENT RESPONSE PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Commissioner General Peter Hansen's departure from UNRWA has kick-started the UN agency's stalled effort to develop a disengagement response plan for the Palestinian refugee community, which comprises about 60 percent of the population of Gaza and 29 percent of the pop [...] | 2005-04-05 06:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN281 | MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-12 11:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
05AMMAN2819 | NEW PRIME MINISTER NAMED [...] (C) The government of Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez tendered its resignation April 5, and King Abdullah named Dr. Adnan Badran as the new PM to lead a reshuffled cabinet. This development is in line with the King's earlier discussion with Charge on a government change (ref B) and comes on th [...] | 2005-04-05 14:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JO PBIO |
05AMMAN2826 | DETAILS ON JORDAN'S NEW REFORMIST GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. Jordan's King has selected a committed reformist and respected figure, but a bit of a dark horse, as the next prime minister. Marwan al-Muasher gave the cabinet details to Charge. These include his taking the highly influential post of Royal Court Minister, the removal of the [...] | 2005-04-05 15:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JO |
05AMMAN2828 | KING ABDULLAH TO ATTEND PAPAL FUNERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-06 08:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VT IT JO |
05AMMAN2849 | JORDAN AND THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM [...] (C) As requested reftel, post offers its assessment of how best to advance the global war on terrorism (GWOT) from Jordan. The Jordanian government understands very clearly that it and the U.S. have enemies in common, and the GOJ places a very high priority on CT cooperation with us. We wo [...] | 2005-04-06 15:41:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL ASEC PGOV JO |
05AMMAN2850 | JORDAN AGREES TO POSITIVE STEPS TO FACILITATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a call on Minister of Industry and Trade Ahmad Hindawi April 4, Commerce Assistant Secretary William Lash was briefed on Jordan's latest positive responses to USG concerns (reftel) regarding trade barriers created by Jordan's DAMAN product conformity program. Hindawi promi [...] | 2005-04-06 15:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL KTIA JO |
05AMMAN2851 | KING CHARGES NEW PM WITH ACCELERATING REFORMS [...] (C) King Abdullah has publicly instructed new PM Adnan Badran to form a government that will focus on speeding up the pace of reform, while cultivating good relations with Arab states. Initial reaction on Badran's appointment from contacts has varied, although all recognized his integrity an [...] | 2005-04-06 16:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI ECON JO |
05AMMAN2858 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JORDAN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE [...] (S) Emboffs on April 6 delivered reftel demarche to Walid Obeidat of the Foreign Minister's Private Office and Siwar Massadeh of the MFA's Legal Affairs Department. Obeidat commented that because Hiyari, a Jordanian citizen, was convicted in the State Security Court of financing Zarqawi's ne [...] | 2005-04-07 08:10:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PTER PREL KTFN EFIN ETTC CVIS JO |
05AMMAN2864 | DEMARCHE ON THE OSLO DONORS' CONFERENCE ON SUDAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered on April 7 reftel talking points to Walid Obeidat of the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Obeidat responded that the Government of Jordan fully supported the North-South Comprehensive Peace Agreement and that Jordan had sent two plane loads of humanitarian assistance to [...] | 2005-04-07 09:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL SU JO |
05AMMAN2889 | TERRORISM CASES ADVANCE IN JORDAN'S SECURITY COURT [...] (U) Five separate terrorism cases moved forward in Jordan's State Security Court in recent weeks. The prosecution in the case of nine Zarqawi affiliates accused of plotting against the U.S. Embassy and GOJ targets last year called several witnesses. Muammar Jaghbir, accused of involvement [...] | 2005-04-07 15:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV PHUM JO |
05AMMAN2890 | KING ABDULLAH SWEARS IN NEW CABINET [...] (U) King Abdullah swore in a new cabinet under recently-appointed Prime Minister Adnan Badran on April 7 (refs). Of the 26 ministers (counting Badran),only 11 are hold-overs from the previous cabinet, and four of those have shifted to new ministries. New Deputy Prime Minister Hisham al-Te [...] | 2005-04-07 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM PREL ECON JO PBIO |
05AMMAN2909 | THINKING AHEAD: IRAQ TRAINING PROGRAMS IN JORDAN [...] (C) The recent row between Jordan and Iraq sparked by alleged Jordanian suicide bomber Ra'ed al-Banna demonstrated how brittle this bilateral relationship can be when mismanaged (on the Jordanian side in this instance) and how much emotional baggage the Iraqis in particular bring to the relat [...] | 2005-04-11 07:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL IZ JO |
05AMMAN2912 | Cancer Fight in Middle East Focuses on Tobacco, [...] Summary: The six members of the Middle East Cancer Consortium (MECC) met the CEO of the American Cancer Society in Amman on March 26 for a review of MECC's work and a discussion of the disease itself which focused on tobacco control and early detection. MECC, funded at roughly 600,000 dollar [...] | 2005-04-11 08:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO XF IS JO |
05AMMAN2915 | DEMARCHE ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION INVOLVING UN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-11 09:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PHUM KCRM KPKO CG JO MONUC |
05AMMAN2918 | UNRWA SEEKS DIRECT ROLE IN DISENGAGEMENT PLANNING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Karen Abu Zayd, Acting Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA),called on Ambassador Kurtzer and Consul General David Pearce in separate April 5 meetings to review the modifications UNRWA is making to both [...] | 2005-04-11 10:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN293 | IRAQ ELECTIONS - DEVELOPMENTS IN JORDAN [...] (SBU) The GOJ publicly rejected a non-binding parliamentary resolution against Iraqi campaigning and voting in Jordan. King Abdullah and senior Jordanian officials continue to issue strong statements in support of the January 30 elections despite protests from the Islamic Action Front and it [...] | 2005-01-12 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC IZ JO |
05AMMAN2942 | OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE HUMANITARIAN AND ECONOMIC [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Israeli assistance in the removal of mines laid by Israel in the Wadi Araba region of Jordan would highlight the humanitarian and economic benefits of the 1994 Jordan-Israel peace treaty. End Summary. ---- [...] | 2005-04-12 05:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KHDP MASS PGOV PREL IS JO |
05AMMAN2968 | JORDANIANS PROTEST REPORTS OF ISRAELI EXTREMIST [...] (SBU) Reports that Israeli extremists intended to enter the Haram al-Sharif over the weekend prompted public warnings from King Abdullah that such a move would spark wider unrest in the region. GOJ officials say they are in close contact with Israeli counterparts to avoid re-kindling yet ano [...] | 2005-04-12 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL IS JO |
05AMMAN2969 | LIBERALS, TRADITIONALISTS BOTH EXPRESS THEIR [...] (C) Both liberal activists and their traditionalist opponents here voice reservations about the new Jordanian cabinet. Liberals have hailed the strong rhetorical emphasis on reform, but doubt the new government will be able to match its words with action. At the same time, traditionalist Eas [...] | 2005-04-12 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI JO |
05AMMAN297 | NO MAN'S LAND REFUGEES FACE POOR SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven-hundred fifty asylum seekers formerly resident in Iraq have been in the no-man,s land at the Jordan-Iraq Al Karama border crossing since April 2003. In the absence of concrete assurances that they will have somewhere to go after Jordan, the GOJ fears admitting them to a cam [...] | 2005-01-13 04:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER EAID MOPS IZ JO |
05AMMAN2970 | NEW FINANCE MINISTER REVIEWS PARLOUS STATE OF GOJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Jordanian Minister of Finance (and former Minister of Planning) Bassem Awadallah told Charge on April 12 that Jordan will likely face a $282-352 million shortfall as a result of higher-than-expected crude oil prices and lower-than-expected grant income. The Minist [...] | 2005-04-12 14:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL EPET KPRV JO |
05AMMAN2973 | OPPONENTS OF REFORM ALREADY BALKING AT JORDAN'S [...] (C) Summary. Public opposition to the new cabinet from southern tribesmen in parliament comes as no surprise ) they loathe the Palestinian reformists who are the stars in the new government ) but has rattled PM Badran and some of the targets of this attack. The cabinet brings together an ex [...] | 2005-04-12 14:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON IZ JO |
05AMMAN2974 | JORDAN: BIOS FOR BADRAN CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) Reflecting a trend (and the 11 ministers) carried over from the previous cabinet, Western-educated Muslim East Bankers dominate the newly-appointed 26-member cabinet of Prime Minister Adnan Badran (ref a). We count eight Jordanians of Palestinian origin (West Bankers),compared to only [...] | 2005-04-12 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM ECON JO PBIO |
05AMMAN3000 | JCAA RESPONSE TO DHS LIGHTER BAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-13 13:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER JO EURN |
05AMMAN3022 | JORDANIAN FM TELLS AMB JONES HE WILL VISIT IRAQ [...] (U) See action request para 5. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Newly appointed Jordanian Foreign Minister Farouq Qasrawi told Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Richard Jones April 12 that he will work to improve relations with Iraq and is ready to visit Baghdad to congratula [...] | 2005-04-14 11:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
05AMMAN3040 | UNRWA TELLS HACFO STAFFDEL OPERATIONAL CHANGES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNRWA Acting Commissioner General Karen Abu Zayd and senior agency officials updated HACFO Staffdel on the status of current operations and planned changes prior to disengagement. The closure regime created by Israeli security measures and the construction of the separation bar [...] | 2005-04-14 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN3048 | GOJ WORKING TO SMOOTH TIES WITH IRAQ AS OPPOSITION [...] (C) King Abdullah has taken charge of the GOJ's effort to repair strained Jordanian-Iraqi relations. He has given his new cabinet (public) orders to cultivate better ties with Iraq, and underscored Jordan's commitment to Iraq's reconstruction and institution-building. His former Minister o [...] | 2005-04-14 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL IZ JO |
05AMMAN3075 | ARABIC TRANSLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS POSTED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-17 11:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM ELAB KPAO KSPR JO |
05AMMAN3087 | DEMARCHE ON UNESCO NEGOTIATIONS ON CULTURAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-17 15:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | XG JO UNESCO |
05AMMAN3088 | PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE OUTREACH IN [...] In response to reftel, PAO Amman, in consultation with Legal Attache, has made plans to exploit the following outreach opportunities to publicize the message of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Jordan. PAO will use material available on the Bureau of International Information Pro [...] | 2005-04-18 04:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KPAO OIIP PARM PHSA JO |
05AMMAN3123 | JORDAN: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-18 14:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL JO |
05AMMAN3126 | GOJ WELCOMES NEWS OF PARTIAL PRISONER RELEASE, [...] (U) Foreign Minister Farouq al-Qasrawi welcomed Israel's announcement on April 17 that it will release nine Jordanian prisoners currently held in Israel as a "positive and good step in the right direction." However, he emphasized that Jordan remained committed to bringing all of the prisoner [...] | 2005-04-18 15:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
05AMMAN3145 | INTERNATIONAL VISITOR ALUMNUS HEADS JORDAN'S NEW [...] NEW JORDANIAN PRIME MINISTER DR. ADNAN BADRAN, ALONG WITH A NEW CABINET, WAS SWORN IN ON APRIL 7, 2005. DR. BADRAN IS AN ALUMNUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM ON "HIGHER EDUCATION" IN 1977. DR. BADRAN HAS SERVED ON THE BOARD OF THE FULBRIGHT COMMISSION SINCE AUGUST 15, 2000 AND SERVED [...] | 2005-04-19 09:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
05AMMAN3151 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) During an introductory call on Foreign Minister Qasrawi on April 19, Charge reviewed important outstanding bilateral issues, emphasizing that they came in the context of our overall excellent relationship. Qasrawi had received a non-paper on these issues prior to the meeting, and in res [...] | 2005-04-19 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC CJAN EFIN PHUM MARR JO |
05AMMAN316 | NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF COMBATANT STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-13 13:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL JO |
05AMMAN3171 | IPR ENFORCEMENT TEAM GOES AFTER COPYRIGHT LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Within days of the new Jordanian Copyright Law's promulgation on March 31, GOJ IPR enforcement teams were on the streets enforcing the new law. Officials raided 40-50 software shops and confiscated pirated software in five, referring the cases for prosecution. With the Busi [...] | 2005-04-20 10:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON KTIA JO |
05AMMAN3188 | COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: ELECTION STANDARDS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-20 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL JO |
05AMMAN3231 | KING MEETS IRAQI JOURNALISTS; STRESSES COMMITMENT [...] (U) King Abdullah received a group of Iraqi journalists on April 18, stressing that Jordan is doing its utmost to protect its border with Iraq and prevent terrorist infiltrations. The journalists, in Jordan for a conference with local counterparts, also met the PM and speaker of the Lower H [...] | 2005-04-25 12:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IZ JO |
05AMMAN3252 | TRADITIONALISTS CONTINUE THEIR OPPOSITION TO NEW [...] (C) Despite overtures by the King and PM Badran, traditionalists in parliament have not withdrawn their opposition to the new cabinet. The GOJ is considering the addition to two new ministers from the south to address complaints of geographic inequity, but Finance Minister Bassem Awadallah [...] | 2005-04-25 14:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
05AMMAN326 | OFFER TO FACILITATE JORDAN'S CSF CLAIMS [...] (U) Embassy Amman strongly supports a proposal, put to King Abdullah during his December 2004 Washington visit, to send a U.S. budgetary delegation to Amman to facilitate the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) reimbursement process. The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) have submitted new claims (ref A),[...] | 2005-01-13 13:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS IZ JO |
05AMMAN3358 | NEW ENVIRONMENT MINISTER EAGER TO MOVE AHEAD WITH [...] This is an Action Request for EPA--see para. 8 for action requested. 2. Summary: Newly-appointed Environment Minister Khalid Irani hopes to revamp his Ministry and transform it into a regulatory agency not charged with managing directly all aspects of Jordan's environment. One of the to [...] | 2005-04-27 15:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD JO |
05AMMAN3364 | Deal Signed on Red-Dead Feasibility Study Terms [...] Summary: Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority reached agreement on April 19 for Terms of Reference (TOR) to a feasibility study of the proposed Red Sea to Dead Sea water project ("Red-Dead"). The next tripartite Red-Dead meeting will be at the May 21-23 World Economic Forum Dead Sea, [...] | 2005-04-28 06:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PREL KPAL IS JO |
05AMMAN3388 | JORDAN HOPES UNHCR EXCOM MEMBERSHIP WILL THAW ITS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Refcoord delivered on April 28 ref A demarche Dr. Khalid Takhayneh of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. The demarche supported Jordan's application for membership in UNHCR's [...] | 2005-04-28 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF JO UNHCR |
05AMMAN3394 | DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1559: JORDAN [...] (C) Charge met with Foreign Minister Farouk Qasrawi on April 28 to deliver the demarche on the need to sustain pressure on Syria to comply fully with UNSCR 1559. Charge pointed to Jordan's strong and consistent support for the resolution; more needed to be done to ensure its implementation. [...] | 2005-04-28 13:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO LE SY JO |
05AMMAN3396 | PARTICIPANTS IN PEACE PROCESS BIOSOLIDS WORKSHOP [...] Summary: Twenty-five representatives from Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority plus five USG officials met in Sydney March 7-10 in a Peace Process workshop on using biosolids in agriculture. The workshop was sponsored by the State Department and presented by USDA and EPA. Participant [...] | 2005-04-28 14:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR PREL XF IS JO |
05AMMAN3398 | FM QASRAWI: KING'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE JORDAN-IRAQ [...] (C) Foreign Minister Qasrawi told Charge on April 28 that King Abdullah's meeting earlier this month with Iraqi journalists visiting Jordan (reftel) was part of a focused strategy to improve relations with Iraq, strained after reports last month that a Jordanian carried out a suicide bombing [...] | 2005-04-28 14:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IZ JO |
05AMMAN3399 | JORDAN'S STIFLED (BUT EXPANDING) MEDIA SECTOR [...] (C) Jordan,s media sector has seen rapid expansion recently, driven by government measures to open the broadcast sector to private ownership and a booming advertising market. Private radio has begun broadcasting in Jordan for the first time, while plans are underway for Jordan,s first private [...] | 2005-04-28 14:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PHUM ECON ECPS KMPI JO |
05AMMAN340 | NATO SYG VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (C) NATO Secretary General Scheffer briefed NATO Chiefs of Mission on January 13 on his visit to Jordan, part of his effort to pursue contacts with Mediterranean Partner countries. In meetings with King Abdullah, the Jordan Armed Forces Chief of Staff (JAF COS),and Deputy Prime Minister Mua [...] | 2005-01-13 15:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS JO IZ NATO |
05AMMAN342 | IOM ANNOUNCES REGISTRATION PROCEDURES AND POLLING [...] (U) At a January 12 press conference in Amman, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced the location of twelve registration and polling stations for eligible Iraqi voters in Jordan (estimated at up to 200,000 persons) as part of its out-of-country voting (OCV) program. Eigh [...] | 2005-01-13 16:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC IZ JO |
05AMMAN343 | JORDAN: BLUE LANTERN PROGRAM POC [...] EMBASSY AMMAN DESIGNATES ECONOFF RICHARD C. DONOVAN AS THE PERMANENT BLUE LANTERN POINT OF CONTACT. 2. MR. DONOVAN'S CONTACT INFORMATION IS AS FOLLOWS: RICHARD C. DONOVAN ECONOMIC OFFICER TEL: 011-962-6-590-6659 FAX: 011-962-6-592-7653 UNCLASS EMAIL: DonovanRC@STATE.GOV SIPDIS [...] | 2005-01-17 09:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC KSEP US JO ETCC |
05AMMAN345 | NEW TERRORISM CASES ENTER JORDANIAN COURT SYSTEM; [...] (U) Two new terrorism cases began court proceedings in early January. The State Security Court on January 9 formally charged 16 Jordanians for plotting against foreign and Jordanian targets during 2004. Separately, the Court on January 4 indicted four men accused of planning attacks agains [...] | 2005-01-17 09:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JO KHMN |
05AMMAN3467 | JORDAN WELCOMES NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Following wide local press coverage of PM Badran's April 29 congratulatory telephone call to his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim Ja'fari, poloff delivered ref A points to Walid Obeidat in Foreign Minister Qasrawi's private office. Obeidat underscored the GOJ's commitment to supporting Iraq's [...] | 2005-05-03 14:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IZ JO |
05AMMAN3503 | JORDAN'S PM BADRAN VISITS SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Adnan Badran, accompanied by his foreign and interior ministers, conducted a two-day official visit to Syria on May 2-3. Charge registered USG displeasure over the visit with King Abdullah and Royal Court Minister Muasher in light of the effort to isolate Syria [...] | 2005-05-04 13:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE SY JO |
05AMMAN3533 | LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH - EPA'S HELI PROGRAM [...] Summary: EPA's Children's Environmental Health Indicators (CEHI) program and the Health and Environment Linkage Initiative (HELI) program, co-chaired by UN Environment Program (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO),seek to assess the health costs of environmental factors and ultimatel [...] | 2005-05-05 12:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO XF JO |
05AMMAN3551 | OPPOSITION TO NEW CABINET IN PARLIAMENT REMAINS [...] (C) Opposition to King Abdullah's new reform cabinet continues to grow. Rumor mongers point to the cabinet's many reformist ministers and conclude the U.S. must have pressured the King to appoint them. PM Badran is proceeding with his public and private outreach efforts to shore up support [...] | 2005-05-05 15:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MARR EFIN PTER JO |
05AMMAN3594 | PRISON VISIT, ADEL KHOURY [...] (U) ACSOFF and ACSFSN visited Adel Khoury for 45 minutes on 4 April 2005 at Suwaqa prison south of Amman. Mr. Khoury was, as always, pleased by the visit. 2. (U) MR. KHOURY SAID THAT ACCORDING TO HIS DOCTOR, HIS CANCER IS CURED; HE CONTINUES ROUTINE TESTING TO CONFIRM THIS DIAGNOSIS. MR [...] | 2005-05-08 12:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER JO CASC KHOURY ADEL |
05AMMAN3629 | EXBS-MIDDLE EAST REGION ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] SUMMARY. Regional EXBS Advisor completed coordination for the "Export Control Legal-Regulatory Workshop I," scheduled for Oman and began coordination for the visit of a MEGAPORTS Initiative/Second Line of Defense Program assessment team to Oman. END SUMMARY. 2. MIDDLE EAST REGION (OMAN, U [...] | 2005-05-09 10:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO |
05AMMAN3649 | JORDAN HAS A PROMISING NEW ECONOMIC TEAM, BUT CAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's new economic team only took office as part of the new cabinet on April 7 but has already shown its eagerness to move ahead with economic reform. It has quickly moved to resolve several long-standing economic and investment problems. In an initial series of calls with [...] | 2005-05-10 03:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV JO |
05AMMAN3696 | IRAQI PRESIDENT CONCLUDES TWO-DAY VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (C) Jordanians and Iraqis have characterized Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's two-day visit to Jordan May 7-8 as a success. The two sides pledged to cooperate even more closely on security and counterterrorism. Talabani told a local daily that the U.S. military presence is still needed in [...] | 2005-05-10 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IZ JO |
05AMMAN3709 | Jordan Health Minister to Attend MECC Ministerial [...] Post delivered reftel invitation from HHS Secretary Leavitt, with a covering letter from the Charge, to Minister of Health Said Darwazeh on May 9 to attend the Middle East Cancer Consortium Ministerial in Geneva on May 17. Deputy Secretary General for Hospital Affairs Samir Al-Kayed told S [...] | 2005-05-11 07:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA JO PBIO |
05AMMAN3794 | Support Funding Environmental Economist at Jordan [...] Embassy Amman supports the proposal for an EPA environmental economist to work at the Jordanian Ministry of Environment with funding from the OES Initiative (OESI) grant program. This project was agreed to at the September 2004 Joint Environment Forum (Ref A),and post understands that there [...] | 2005-05-15 11:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV JO |
05AMMAN3907 | OUTREACH ACTION ON ALLEGED KORAN [...] 1. Post raised the Koran desecration issue with the GOJ and widely distributed the Secretary's comments and the Newsweek retraction to the media and our journalist contacts in addition to posting them on the Embassy Webpage. While the Jordanian press prominently reported "Islamic [...] | 2005-05-18 08:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KISL PREL JO |
05AMMAN3915 | Enthusiastic Participation in EPA Environmental Law [...] Summary: Participants at a May 8-11 MEPI- and OES- sponsored EPA course on environmental law in Amman were so passionate and enthusiastic that they wouldn't stop talking, according to an EPA facilitator. The professional caliber of the participants was high and represented a wide range of in [...] | 2005-05-18 09:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV XF JO |
05AMMAN3921 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION'S VISIT [...] (U) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes you to Jordan. Your participation in the G-8/BMENA Education Ministerial Meeting on Education, as well as bilateral discussions with Queen Rania and other high-level Jordanian, G-8, and BMENA officials will provide an excellent opportunity to highlight Americ [...] | 2005-05-18 11:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP JO |
05AMMAN3957 | DECISION ON RETURN OF NON-ENEMY COMBATANTS: JORDAN [...] (C) Charge raised reftel points on May 17 with Foreign Minister Qasrawi and pressed for a quick resolution of the issue. Qasrawi replied that he would discuss this as soon as possible with the Minister of Interior to provide a complete response to our requests. The one outstanding issue, he [...] | 2005-05-19 12:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO |
05AMMAN3963 | IRAQIS IN JORDAN: WELL-INTEGRATED, ECONOMICALLY [...] (C) This cable provides an overview of the Iraqi community in Jordan based on information obtained from Jordanian and Iraqi government, UN, NGO, and Iraqi and Jordanian business and academic figures. Approximately 350,000 Iraqi nationals are presently living in Jordan, mostly in the greater [...] | 2005-05-20 03:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CPAS IZ JO |
05AMMAN3971 | Iraqi Scientists Work on Grant Proposals at [...] (SBU) Summary: Over thirty Iraqi scientists worked with international collaborators on developing scientific and business-related grant proposals during a May 16-18 proposal- writing workshop in Amman. The workshop was sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE) in cooperation with the UAE- [...] | 2005-05-22 07:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR XF JO |
05AMMAN4074 | INVITATION TO U.S.-EU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] Acting PolCouns delivered ref B briefing points, minus information on proposed Cairo Prepcom meeting, on May 23 to Walid Obeidat in the Foreign Minister's private office. Obeidat said that Foreign Minister Qasrawi was tentatively planning on traveling to Brussels for the conference, but that [...] | 2005-05-25 04:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC IZ JO EUN |
05AMMAN4075 | PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE UPDATE: JORDAN [...] (C) On May 17, 2005, Charge briefed Jordanian Foreign Minister Qasrawi on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and encouraged active Jordanian participation in this effort. Qasrawi received the information favorably, as had Prince Faisal, whom Charge had briefed earlier on the PSI. How [...] | 2005-05-25 04:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KPAO PARM PHSA MNUC OIIP JO |
05AMMAN4102 | DEMARCHE ON ILO BUDGET AND CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR ILO [...] Poloff delivered ref A and B demarches to Foreign Ministry Legal Advisor Bishar Khassawneh regarding the upcoming International Labor Conference in Geneva. Khassawneh noted that Jordan shares U.S. concerns over International Labor Organization (ILO) budgetary increases. Poloff urged that the J [...] | 2005-05-25 11:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL AORC BB CU JO ILO |
05AMMAN4105 | FY 2006 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM [...] THE FOLLOWING IS MISSION'S SLATE OF FY 2006 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM NOMINEES AS DETERMINED BY THE IV SELECTION COMMITTEE. WE ARE NOMINATING UP TO TWENTY-TWO CANDIDATES. 2. ALL THE NOMINEES LISTED BELOW HAVE RECEIVED COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PR [...] | 2005-05-25 12:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI OEXC SCUL JO |
05AMMAN4125 | DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR 2005-2006: JORDAN [...] Post has identified four desired outcomes in our effort to support Jordan's reform plans and to advance democracy: 1) enhancement of political participation and representational government through passage of new election and political parties laws; 2) greater government accountability resultin [...] | 2005-05-25 15:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KMPI JO |
05AMMAN4126 | U.S.-ISRAEL-JORDAN TRILATERAL ECONOMIC COMMITTEE [...] Jordanian FM Qasrawi and Israeli FM Shalom met May 22 at Jordan's Dead Sea conference center on the margins of the World Economic Forum. At a press walk-out after the meeting, each foreign minister said he would ask the United States to support the re-launch of trilateral economic discussions [...] | 2005-05-25 15:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL KPAL IS JO |
05AMMAN4203 | JORDAN TO ATTEND U.S.-EU CONFERENCE ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-31 07:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC IZ JO EUN |
05AMMAN4228 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 20 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Friday, May 20, 2005, 1:30 p.m., King Hussein Convention Center, Dead Sea, Jordan. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Executive Assistant to the Deputy Secretary Ross Wilson Embassy Amman Charge d'Affaires David Hale (notetaker) Farah Pandith (NSC) Jordan King [...] | 2005-06-01 07:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KMPI KPAL ECON EFIN IZ SU SY JO |
05AMMAN4244 | Jordan and Palestinians Welcome U.S./Israeli [...] SUMMARY: The Board of Directors of the U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD) visited Jordan May 23-24 to discuss including Jordan and the Palestinian Authority in an expanded version of BARD dubbed MARD. A wide range of Palestinian and Jordanian officials a [...] | 2005-06-01 09:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PREL TSPL KPAL EAID IS JO |
05AMMAN4297 | NEW CARS REMOVED FROM DAMAN INSPECTION PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Jordan standards official announced May 31 the immediate removal of new passenger vehicles from the list of products covered by its DAMAN product conformity program, a story covered by most of Jordan,s Arabic-language dailies on June 1. This is the first in what post expect [...] | 2005-06-01 13:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL KTIA BEXP JO |
05AMMAN4298 | DEMARCHE FOR INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF EVENTS IN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Ambassador Ziad Majali, head of the Human Rights Directorate of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry. Majali received the information without substantive comment. HALE [...] | 2005-06-01 13:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER CASC KISL JO |
05AMMAN4301 | INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN COESPU: JORDAN [...] Acting PolCouns talked with Captain Mohammad Shara, head of the International Cooperation office of the Public Security Directorate (PSD),on May 31 regarding Jordanian participation at the Center for Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) in Italy. Shara said that the PSD was finali [...] | 2005-06-01 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MASS MARR JO |
05AMMAN4303 | PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE - JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-01 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KPAO PARM PHSA MNUC OIIP JO |
05AMMAN4320 | HOUSE STAFFDEL MEETS WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (C) Summary. A staff delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives, accompanied by Charge, met with King Abdullah on May 29. The staffdel trip was hosted by the Government of Jordan, arranged by the Jordanian Embassy in Washington, and the Jordanian Foreign Ministry. Also present were Roya [...] | 2005-06-02 06:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL EFIN IZ JO |
05AMMAN4326 | ISLAMISTS SCORE POPULIST POINTS [...] (U) Jordanian Islamists have capitalized on the Koran desecration allegations and other developments to promote their agenda and maintain a high public profile. They staged a peaceful demonstration May 27 against alleged U.S. desecration of the Koran, and publicly denounced the recent World [...] | 2005-06-02 07:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL ASEC ECON JO |
05AMMAN4368 | IS THE GOVERNMENT TURNING THE CORNER IN GAINING [...] (C) Jordan's eight-week old reform-oriented cabinet continues to encounter stiff resistance from members of parliament (now in recess) and their allies in the press. This opposition stems from fear of genuine reforms, antagonism toward the leading reformist personalities, hostility toward the [...] | 2005-06-02 13:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN JO |
05AMMAN4391 | A/S WAYNE,S MEETING WITH JORDAN CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings on the margins of the BMENA Trade and Investment Finance Conference held in Amman May 18, EB Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne raised with Jordan Central Bank Governor Umayya Touqan counter terrorism financing and anti-money laundering issues, including the Arab [...] | 2005-06-03 13:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN ETTC PGOV PREL JO |
05AMMAN44 | JORDANIAN DELEGATION TO MONITOR PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary. Jordan's FM, in coordination with Egypt, is looking for ways to return an ambassador to Tel Aviv this month. Silvan Shalom may visit Amman as early as January 12. Contradicting a previous announcement, Jordan is sending a mixed public/private sector delegation to help monitor [...] | 2005-01-03 14:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO |
05AMMAN4417 | MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] ( C ) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche June 2 to Ambassador Rajab Suqairi, director of the Foreign Minister,s private office. On the opening of new Arab trade/representative offices in Tel Aviv, Suqairi said Jordan would benefit from additional Arab missions in Tel Aviv, but urged the United [...] | 2005-06-05 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IO IS IZ LE SY JO |
05AMMAN4440 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY WAYNE'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: EB Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne met with two new reformist Jordanian ministers from the Ministries of Trade and Planning on the margins of the BMENA Trade and Investment Finance Conference held in Amman May 18. Both laid out the GOJ's aggressive plans for fiscal reform, [...] | 2005-06-05 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG EAID ECON JO |
05AMMAN4450 | Solar Power for Electricity and Desalination is [...] Summary: Over 170 people, including five ministers, from the Middle East and Europe were in Amman for the May 9-11 Middle East and North Africa Renewable Energy Conference (MENAREC-2). The focus of the meeting was using the Middle East's abundant solar energy for use in desalination and elec [...] | 2005-06-06 09:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY SENV XF JO |
05AMMAN4474 | MDA: ISRAEL "WON'T PAY FOR MDA" WITH FOURTH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Israel would rather abandon the possibility of holding a diplomatic conference this fall than accept Swiss Envoy Pfirter's proposal to overcome Egyptian/Arab League opposition by recommending Fourth Convention follow-on monitoring mechanisms when Switzerland presents its Interna [...] | 2005-06-06 11:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS EG JO ICRC |
05AMMAN4487 | JORDAN: TERRORISM SUSPECTS THREATEN COURT [...] (U) Several high-profile, emotionally-charged terrorism trials are continuing in Jordan's State Security Court. Azmi Jayusi, the reputed cell leader in a Zarqawi plot to bomb the Jordanian Prime Ministry, intelligence headquarters, and U.S. Embassy in Amman last year, threatened the judge an [...] | 2005-06-06 11:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PHUM JO |
05AMMAN451 | JORDAN - SEMINAR ON IPR ENFORCEMENT FOR MEPI REGION [...] Embassy Amman nominates the following three candidates for the MENA regional seminar on IPR enforcement for customs officials, sponsored by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI),and to be conducted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in Amman, Jordan on February 15- 16. [...] | 2005-01-19 05:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR OTRA JO |
05AMMAN4521 | NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-07 05:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC JO |
05AMMAN4529 | JORDAN: DEVELOPMENTS IN TRIAL OF SUSPECTS IN 2002 [...] (U) The highly contentious trial of more than 100 Jordanians charged with involvement in the 2002 disorders in the southern city of Ma'an proceeded in Jordan's State Security Court this week. Eight of the 14 in custody on June 5 retracted their earlier confessions, which they said were extr [...] | 2005-06-07 12:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER PGOV PHUM JO |
05AMMAN453 | RECALL OF AMMAN 326 [...] Please cancel, recall and destroy all copies of AMMAN 326. A corrected version will be sent septel. 2. Baghdad minimize considered. HALE [...] | 2005-01-19 06:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS IZ JO |
05AMMAN4549 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY WAYNE'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the BMENA Trade and Investment conference in Amman on May 18, Qatar's Sheikh Mohamed Ahmed Al-Thani, Minister of Economy and Commerce, told Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne that while substantially increased investment was flowing to Qatar from the U.S., US [...] | 2005-06-07 14:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ENRG BEXP ECON JO |
05AMMAN4574 | JORDAN: TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff delivered the trafficking in persons (TIP) demarche to Foreign Ministry Legal Advisor Bishar Khassawneh on June 7 (refs A and B) and a suggested work plan for improving Jordan's performance on TIP issues. Khassawneh engaged poloff in a candid discussion about the challenges the GOJ [...] | 2005-06-08 12:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OPRC KCRM KWMN SMIG JO |
05AMMAN4593 | UNRWA REFORM: STAKEHOLDER MEETING ADVANCES DONOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leadership change at the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA),combined with coordinated donor pressure, turned that agency's latest (May 17-20) round of stakeholder consultations in Amman into a rare debate on the role UNRWA should play in de [...] | 2005-06-08 15:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV EAID KPAL IS JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN4594 | THE FIRST LADY'S VISIT TO JORDAN, MAY 20- [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-09 04:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO OVIP BUSH LAURA |
05AMMAN4597 | BMENA CONFERENCE: A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the BMENA Trade and Investment Conference in Amman on May 18, Pakistan's Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar told Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne that her government was pleased to be part of the BMENA process and was committed to broa [...] | 2005-06-09 05:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID KMPI PREL ECON JO PK |
05AMMAN4598 | OUTREACH TO SUNNIS OUTSIDE IRAQ [...] (C) Post will continue its ongoing interagency efforts (ref D) to maintain and expand contacts with appropriate Sunni Arab Iraqis living in and transiting Jordan, keeping in mind the need to isolate supporters of the insurgency. We will also carry on our efforts to urge these contacts to pa [...] | 2005-06-09 05:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ JO |
05AMMAN4600 | JORDAN: CCIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche seeking Jordanian support for the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism to Foreign Minister Qasrawi on June 7. Qasrawi did not offer a substantive response, but promised to look into the issue. Charge briefed the British ambassador ahead of [...] | 2005-06-09 05:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER JO UNGA |
05AMMAN4620 | REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT DETAINEE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-09 11:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL JO |
05AMMAN4630 | JORDAN: NOTIFICATION OF DETERMINATION BY [...] (C) On June 8, PolOff delivered reftel information to Walid Obeidat in the Foreign Minister's private office regarding the Administrative Review Board's decision that here is a need for continued detention of Jordanian Zaid Muhammad Sa'ad Al-Husayn. He agreed to share the information with th [...] | 2005-06-09 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL JO |
05AMMAN4635 | GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE REFUGEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRM PDAS Rich Greene reviewed the implications Israel's planned Gaza disengagement will have for UN programs that currently sustain over 950,000 Palestinian refugees -) two-thirds of the population -- in May 15-19 meetings with officials from the Israeli MFA, the Palestinian Autho [...] | 2005-06-09 12:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO |
05AMMAN4652 | THE KING PLAYS HIS HAND [...] (C) In a series of meetings and remarks reported prominently in the Jordanian media, King Abdullah confirmed this week that the government will seek a vote of confidence for Badran's government during an extraordinary session of parliament to be convened at the end of June or beginning of Ju [...] | 2005-06-09 13:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL ECON JO |
05AMMAN4657 | JORDAN: CHARGE REVIEWS BILATERAL ISSUES WITH FM [...] (C) Charge reviewed a number of bilateral issues with Foreign Minister Qasrawi during a meeting on June 8. Head of the Americas Desk Nabih Shuqom and Walid Obeidat from the FM's private office also attended the meeting. Highlights of the meeting follow: 2. (C) U.S.-EU Iraq donors conf [...] | 2005-06-09 14:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CASC IZ IS JO NNPT |
05AMMAN4659 | SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE: CISCO [...] Embassy Amman nominates Cisco Systems, Inc. of San Jose, California, for the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence. Since the joint announcement of the Jordan Education Initiative at the World Economic Forum in 2003, Cisco Systems has shown a deep commitment to King Abdullah's vision fo [...] | 2005-06-09 14:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD SENV KSEP JO |
05AMMAN4664 | DISTURBANCE AMONG IRAQI POLICE TRAINEES AT JIPTC [...] SUMMARY: On the evening of June 10, Iraqi police officers and police cadets at the Jordanian International Police Training Center (JIPTC) engaged in unruly and at times violent conduct over the course of three hours. Several hundred trainees damaged thirty vehicles, broke windows of four ad [...] | 2005-06-11 14:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC IZ JO |
05AMMAN468 | OUT-OF-COUNTRY VOTING OFF TO SLOW START [...] (SBU) Out-of-country (OCV) voter registration for Iraqis in Jordan has to date proceeded smoothly. Registration sites have had ample security and more than adequate staff to register voters and answer questions. Turnout, however, has been low, with only 710 Iraqis (out of an estimated 200,000 [...] | 2005-01-19 14:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL IZ JO |
05AMMAN4680 | GOJ NOTIFIED OF USG POSITION ON PARIS CLUB DEBT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-12 10:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL JO |
05AMMAN470 | SUSPECTS IN 2002 MA'AN RIOTS FINALLY HAVE THEIR [...] (U) More than two years after riots shook the restive southern town of Ma'an, the State Security Court in January finally opened the trial of 108 individuals suspected of involvement. The violence in November 2002 left six people dead, including two police officers, and resulted in criticis [...] | 2005-01-19 15:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PTER JO KHMN |
05AMMAN471 | GUIDANCE REQUEST FOR UNRWA ADVISORY COMMISSION [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Consulate General Jerusalem, and contains a request for Department guidance in advance of a January 24 extraordinary meeting of UNRWA's Advisory Commission. 2. (SBU) UNRWA has requested an extraordinary meeting of its Advisory Commission (AdCom) in Amma [...] | 2005-01-19 16:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
05AMMAN4726 | Prime Minister Tells A/S Turner that Red-Dead is [...] Summary: Prime Minister Badran told visiting OES Assistant Secretary John Turner on May 31 that Jordan needs the proposed "Red-Dead" water project to cope with its status as one of the world's most water-short countries. Jordan continues its drive to utilize every possible water source but th [...] | 2005-06-14 07:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID OPRC KGLB IS JO |
05AMMAN4759 | WCO FRAMEWORK OF STANDARDS TO SECURE AND [...] (SBU) ECON/C June 14 delivered Ref A demarche to Jordan's new Customs Director General Alaa A. Batayneh, noting Jordan's strong support for the USG position in prior World Customs Organization (WCO) meetings, including at the Policy Commission meeting chaired by Jordan in Amman last December [...] | 2005-06-15 07:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL JO CTM |
05AMMAN4780 | THE COMBUSTIBLE POLITICS OF FUEL SUBSIDIES IN [...] (C) Proposed plans to end fuel subsidies have already elicited howls of protest throughout Jordan. Numerous MPs have confirmed that blocking an increase in fuel prices is one of the top concerns of their constituents, and the Islamic Action Front has made opposition to fuel price increases a [...] | 2005-06-15 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID ECON EPET JO |
05AMMAN4782 | 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post herewith updates the October 2004 "Report of U.S. Citizen Expropriation Claims and Certain Other Commercial and Investment Disputes" regarding an outstanding investment dispute by a "U.S. person" against the Government of Jordan (GOJ). Claimant A refers to Jacobs Eng [...] | 2005-06-15 15:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EFIN EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV JO |
05AMMAN4874 | MDA: JORDANIAN STANCE ON CONFERENCE FOR THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-16 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ JO ICRC |
05AMMAN4885 | Jordan Supports Global Fund Phase 2 Renewal [...] Summary: Post recommends reftel Phase 2 renewal of Jordan's grant under the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS in Jordan. The Global Fund grant has been utilized effectively and complements efforts made by the Government of Jordan (GOJ) and other donors to combat HIV/AIDS. Jordan's Country Coord [...] | 2005-06-19 03:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI KHIV EAID JO |
05AMMAN4886 | Jordan - UNESCO Bioethics Demarche Delivered [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-19 03:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO JO UNESCO KSCI |
05AMMAN4889 | Jordan Supports Global Fund Phase 2 Renewal [...] Summary: Post recommends reftel Phase 2 renewal of Jordan's grant under the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS in Jordan. The Global Fund grant has been utilized effectively and complements efforts made by the Government of Jordan (GOJ) and other donors to combat HIV/AIDS. Jordan's Country Coord [...] | 2005-06-19 04:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI KHIV EAID JO |
05AMMAN4890 | EXBS-MIDDLE EAST REGION ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] SUMMARY. Regional EXBS Advisor completed coordination for visits to Yemen and Oman. The "Export Control Legal-Regulatory Workshop I," held in Oman May 15-18, provided exposure to a complex subject for Omani officials, but the course detail and subject were premature in terms of the level of d [...] | 2005-06-19 06:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO |
05AMMAN4897 | UPDATE ON JORDANIAN DETAINEE AT GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-19 08:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PTER KAWC JO |
05AMMAN49 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, TSUNAMI AND THE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-04 11:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
05AMMAN4937 | PROMOTING UN REFORM PRIORITIES: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-21 08:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KUNR JO UNSC AROC |
05AMMAN4947 | DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR DARFUR: [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Walid Obeidat in the Foreign Minister's private office on June 20. Obeidat did not offer a substantive response, but noted that Jordan's financial situation would likely preclude monetary donations to the mission in Darfur. However, he said that he would pa [...] | 2005-06-21 10:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON SU JO |
05AMMAN4961 | MEDIA REACTION ON SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-21 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
05AMMAN4991 | JORDAN PREPARES FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) Jordan will host an international conference from July 4-6 to promote the Amman Message of moderate Islam. Tentatively entitled "True Islam and its Role in Contemporary Society," the organizing foundation has issued invitations to Muslim scholars, government officials, and religious figure [...] | 2005-06-22 07:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL IZ JO |
05AMMAN4996 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 20 ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS [...] (U) The Deputy Secretary met separately with members of Jordan,s civil society and with business leaders from the BMENA region on May 20 at the Dead Sea Movenpick Hotel, Jordan, on the margins of the World Economic Forum conference. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ----- The Deputy Secretary [...] | 2005-06-22 11:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KMPI JO |
05AMMAN5009 | JORDAN COMMITTED TO ENDING FUEL SUBSIDIES [...] (C) In conversations this week with virtually every relevant Jordanian official - the King, Prime Minister, outgoing Finance Minister, Planning (and acting Finance) Minister, and Royal Court Minister, Charge has heard renewed pledges of their commitment to ending fuel subsidies over a three-ye [...] | 2005-06-22 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID JO |
05AMMAN5043 | UNEP Supporting Study of Depleted Uranium in Iraq; [...] Summary: The United Nation Environment Program (UNEP) organized a one-day training seminar on May 31 in Amman to review depleted uranium (DU) in Iraq. Iraqi officials at the seminar said that DU presents serious health risks and is responsible for higher cancer rates in and around Basra. In [...] | 2005-06-23 11:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO MOPS JO |
05AMMAN5053 | AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR REFUGEES: FY 05 FUNDING [...] Embassy Amman received applications from twenty-three Jordanian organizations seeking to participate in this year's Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees initiative (reftel). The Charge requests USD 17,450 to support a project by the Zahr Al Basateen Charity Association to establish a physiotherapy [...] | 2005-06-23 11:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID KPAL JO |
05AMMAN5065 | KING REACHES OUT TO PARLIAMENT IN WAKE OF FINANCE [...] (C) The resignation of Finance Minister Bassem Awadallah was welcomed by traditionalist forces in parliament, most of whom are expected to drop their opposition to PM Badran's reformed cabinet in an upcoming vote of confidence. While some observers warn the move could embolden anti-reform fo [...] | 2005-06-23 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI ECON JO |
05AMMAN5111 | Jordan Supports Global Fund Phase 2 Renewal [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends reftel Phase 2 renewal of Jordan's grant under the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS in Jordan. The Global Fund grant has been utilized effectively and complements efforts made by the Government of Jordan (GOJ) and other donors to combat HIV/AIDS. Jordan's Country [...] | 2005-06-27 09:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI KHIV EAID JO |
05AMMAN5128 | AMERICAN MUSIC ABROAD REQUEST FOR AMMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-27 13:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL JO |
05AMMAN5129 | MDA DEMARCHE BEFORE JUNE 27 OIC MEETING: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL JO ICRC |
05AMMAN5130 | JORDAN-ISRAEL TRADE AND RESEARCH INITIATIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has pursued trade discussions with Israel and Egypt related to Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs). The GOJ seeks USG support of Jordanian positions to lower Israeli content to five percent in QIZ products and to use the simpler Egyptian QIZ product [...] | 2005-06-27 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL KTIA SENV ECON PGOV KDEM EG IS JO |
05AMMAN5136 | JORDANIAN BANKS RECEIVE LARGE DEPOSITS FROM [...] (U) This cable represents a joint message from Embassies Amman and Baghdad. 2. (S/NOFORN and throughout) In the course of checking into recent rumors about alleged large-scale deposits into Jordanian banks by Iraqi government personnel, Amman Emboff learned of an alleged Iraqi Ministry of D [...] | 2005-06-28 06:15:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV ECON PREL IZ JO |
05AMMAN5195 | WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud and his Senior Advisor Bill Behrens held meetings on the margins of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea (May 20-22) with numerous businessmen and Government of Jordan (GOJ) leaders who repeated posit [...] | 2005-06-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL JO |
05AMMAN5228 | FUEL PRICE INCREASES IN JORDAN ON THE HORIZON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Royal Court Minister Marwan Muasher June 27 spoke briefly about lifting oil subsidies in remarks carried prominently in most of the Arabic-language dailies. It is only a matter of time before the first wave of oil and gas price hikes are announced and implemented. Muasher's re [...] | 2005-06-29 14:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EFIN ECON JO |
05AMMAN5230 | GOJ PREVIEWS NATIONAL AGENDA FOR REFORM TO COUNTER [...] (C) Royal Court Minister Muasher gave a briefing to press June 22 on the status of the National Agenda committee, followed by a meeting on June 27 to discuss reform with private Jordanians. Promising feasible solutions rather than rhetoric, Muasher stated that work on the National Agenda was [...] | 2005-06-30 08:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO |
05AMMAN5232 | JORDAN'S FAMILY PROTECTION DEPARTMENT A WORK IN [...] (U) Jordan's Family Protection Department (FPD) is making headway in providing quality care abuse victims. The FPD has the backing of Queen Rania and the support of the Ministry of Social Development (MSD). A major project for the FPD, a shelter to house adult women abuse victims, is still not [...] | 2005-06-30 09:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KWMN KCRM JO |
05AMMAN5247 | MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S SPEECH ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-30 11:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
05AMMAN5258 | C-NE5-00725: UPDATE ON JORDANIAN CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on June 28 and 29 with King Abdullah, National Security Advisor Saad Khayr, and special adviser to the King (and the King's first cousin) Prince Ghazi, Charge received an update on plans for the conference on "True Islam and its Role in Modern Society," to b [...] | 2005-06-30 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL IZ JO |
05AMMAN531 | JORDAN - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 [...] In response to reftel request, post submits the Investment Climate Statement for 2005 for Jordan. As requested, post will also send a copy of the ICS via email to EB/IFD/OIA. BEGIN TEXT OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, JORDAN: Investment Climate Openness to Foreign Investment Since [...] | 2005-01-23 07:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB JO OPIC USTR |
05AMMAN5311 | IMF ADVANCE REPORT PRESENTS STARK FISCAL PICTURE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to advance reports, a quarterly IMF review of Jordan,s economic situation shows a dramatic deterioration in the fiscal position of the GOJ, broadly in line with figures that we have seen from the Ministry of Finance, that stems from the rise of world crude prices and the [...] | 2005-07-03 11:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL KPRV JO |
05AMMAN5314 | JORDAN: CABINET RESHUFFLE ANNOUNCED [...] As widely anticipated, Prime Minister Badran reshuffled his cabinet on July 3, nearly three months after its initial appointment (refs). The reshuffle resulted in the addition of three new cabinet positions, bringing the total to 29, including Badran. Complete bios of the new ministers and [...] | 2005-07-03 13:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PBIO KDEM PHUM PREL ECON JO |
05AMMAN5354 | ATTENDANCE AT SUDAN'S NATIONAL UNITY INSTALLATION: [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-05 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SU JO IGAD |
05AMMAN5357 | C-NE5-00725: OPENING OF INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC [...] (SBU) The international conference on "True Islam and its Role in Modern Society" opened in Amman on July 4 amidst great fanfare. Large banners promoting the conference adorned major thoroughfares in the city, while prominent advertisements for the conference were splashed across major daili [...] | 2005-07-05 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL JO PERL |
05AMMAN5365 | USG CANDIDACY FOR UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE: [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-06 05:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL JO UNESCO |
05AMMAN537 | MESSAGE FOR GENERAL CASEY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-23 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS IZ JO |
05AMMAN538 | FIRST NEW BANK LICENSES IN DECADE PROVOKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The past two years have seen the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) perform an increasingly difficult, but so far successful, balancing act. On the one hand, CBJ has remained committed to consolidation of the fragmented Jordanian banking sector and resisted pressure from domestic mag [...] | 2005-01-23 12:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL EINV ECPS KPRV JO |
05AMMAN5386 | UPDATE ON JORDANIAN PARTICIPATION IN COESPU [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-06 12:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MASS MARR JO |
05AMMAN5387 | FOREIGN MINISTER QASRAWI ON UN REFORM, OTHER ISSUES [...] (U) Charge met with Jordanian FM Qasrawi on July 5 and discussed the following subjects: UN REFORM --------- 2. (C) Charge explained USG positions (ref A) on the various aspects of UN reform, and Qasrawi answered each in turn, spending most of the time discussing Security Council reform. [...] | 2005-07-06 12:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KPAL JO |
05AMMAN5415 | COORDINATING CONSTITUTIONAL ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ: [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-06 12:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID EIND IZ JO EUN |
05AMMAN5417 | JORDANIAN FUGITIVE ARRESTED IN SYRIA [...] (C) Post security contacts on July 5 confirmed press reports that Syrian authorities arrested a Jordanian fugitive, Sharif Ayid al-Smadi, wanted in Jordan on charges of murder, armed robbery, and theft. Jordan's state prosecutor on June 23 had charged Smadi and two of his brothers (Mohammed [...] | 2005-07-06 13:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER SY JO |
05AMMAN5451 | GOJ TO PARTIALLY ELIMINATE FUEL SUBSIDIES JULY 9 [...] (C) In Charge's initial courtesy call on recently appointed Finance Minister Adel al-Kodah on July 7, Minister Kodah stated that the Council of Ministers had finalized its decision to raise fuel product prices. In its first session, on July 5, the Cabinet had set July 9 as the date on which t [...] | 2005-07-07 12:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EAID EFIN PGOV PREL JO |
05AMMAN5456 | C-NE5-00725: ISLAMIC CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS IN [...] (U) The three-day international conference "True Islam and its Role in Modern Society" closed on July 6 in Amman with a joint statement that forbids declaring adherents to any one of the eight schools of Islamic jurisprudence an apostate (takfir) (refs). Signed by a wide range of prominent [...] | 2005-07-07 14:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL JO |
05AMMAN5466 | FY-05 P4L: "WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS" AUGUST 22- [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION IN IRAQ NOMINATES THREE PARTICIPANTS FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format, which enables : Automated processing in Washington and should not be : Edi [...] | 2005-07-10 04:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
05AMMAN5473 | INTERNATIONAL VISITOR ALUMNUS HEADS JORDAN'S [...] PRIME MINISTER DR. ADNAN BADRAN RESHUFFLED HIS TWO-MONTH- OLD GOVERNMENT ON SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2005 WITH EIGHT NEW MINISTERS SWORN IN BEFORE HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH. PRIME MINISTER DR. BADRAN IS AN ALUMNUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM ON "HIGHER EDUCATION" IN 1977. DR. BADRAN HAS SERV [...] | 2005-07-10 09:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OEXC SCUL JO |
05AMMAN5484 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF ICMC PROGRAMS FOR [...] (U) Following is a monitoring and evaluation report for PRM cooperative agreements SPRMCO04CA150 and SPRMCO04CA140 with the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC),designed to secure medical care, primary and non-formal/vocational education and basic humanitarian aid for extremely [...] | 2005-07-11 05:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL IZ LE JO |
05AMMAN5510 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S JULY 10, 2005 MEETING WITH KING [...] (U) Deputy Secretary's meeting with King Abdullah on July 10, 2005, 11:30 a.m., Amman, Jordan. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Zoellick Mr. Natsios, AID Administrator Ms. O'Sullivan, NSC Mr. Ross Wilson, D Executive Assistant Charge (notetaker) Jordan King Abdullah II [...] | 2005-07-11 12:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JO |
05AMMAN5519 | STAFFDEL TALWAR AND FM QASRAWI DISCUSS GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 9 meeting, Jordanian Foreign Minister Farouk Qasrawi shared with Senior Professional Staff Member Puneet Talwar (SFRC) and Charge his opinions on regional issues. The upcoming Gaza withdrawal, Qasrawi felt, should be followed up with further Israeli withdrawals and a co [...] | 2005-07-12 04:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL ECON JO IZ |
05AMMAN5555 | GREEN LIGHT FOR THE RETURN OF JORDANIAN DETAINEE [...] (C) Charge met with Foreign Minister, Justice Minister and de facto head of the security services Mohammad Dhahabi in separate meetings over the past week concerning the return of Guantanamo detainee Khalid Mahmoud Abdul Wahab (refs). In the final meeting on July 12, Dhahabi offered authoritat [...] | 2005-07-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO |
05AMMAN5575 | JORDANIAN COMMENTS ON JULY 18-19 IRAQ DONOR'S [...] (SBU) Embassy passed reftel demarche on July 10 to Ghaith Zureikat, Director of the U.S., South America, and Australia Bilateral Cooperation Division at the Ministry of Planning and Bilateral Cooperation. (Note: The Ministry has lead responsibility within the GOJ for organizing the Jordan-h [...] | 2005-07-13 05:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PREL JO IZ |